Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Nikomedeia (AD 130) AE 38 - Antinoüs858 viewsAntinoüs, favorite of Hadrian. died 130 AD. AE39 (37.91g). HPΩC ANTINOOC, bare head right / H MHTPOΠOΛIC NIKOMEΔEIA, bull standing right; crescent moon on flank. VF, brown patina with touches of red, slightly porous surfaces. Ex Triton IV (12/2000), lot 358; Münzen und Medaillen 52 6/1975), lot 643; Von Aulock Collection, 7102. Sinope (AD 138-161) AE - Antoninus Pius857 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE (9.94g), struck ca 159 AD. Head right / Head of bull on human leg before burning altar (Cult statue of Serapis?). Red-brown patina, VF. Very rare. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL Stater857 viewsca 575 BC. EL Stater (14.01g, 19mm). Lion reclining right, his head turned back to left: al within ornamental rectangular frame divided into smaller rectangular compartments / Three ornamental incuse punches (in oblong orientation): 1) on left, a four ‘leaf’ punch containing a star of four pellets (stellate or quincuncial pattern) connected by single lines; 2) at center, vertical rectangular shaped punch with triangular indents along each side, within rectangle a fox running left (here downwards) and separately, three pellets – two lateral connected by two lines and third pellet below; 3) on right, square shaped punch with one triangular indent on each side, stag head facing right. Good VF, toned, exceptional for this very rare variant issue with lion right. The ‘common’ type for this issue has an obverse with the lion reclining left. 7 others known of this variant of a lion reclining right [CNG Triton V (1/2002), lot 1427; CNG 64 (9/2003), lot 266; Kunker 104 (9/2005), lot 251; CNG 94 (9/2013), lot 516; CNG 100 (10/2015), lot 1456; Heritage 3051 (1/2017), lot 34029; Savoca 256 (9/2018), lot 254] of which only one, the Savoca 9/2018 example, has same sequence. Knidos (AD 198-217) AE 33 - Caracalla856 viewsCaracalla and Plautilla, 196-217 AD. AE33 (16.07g). ANTWNINOC (running clockwise) - PLAVTILLA (counterclockwise), confronted busts of Caracalla, on left, and Plautilla, on right; countermark: laureate bust of Caracalla right / Aphrodite standing right, holding veil. Fine, green patina. Roper Coll.1 comments (BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 16856 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE16 (2.19g). Head of Hermes right, wearing Petasos / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, caduceus. Dark green patina, VF/gVF. Very rare type. Gutknecht coll., ex Bank Leu AG, Zurich. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 3 - EL 1/24856 viewsca 650-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.52g). Facing lion's head / Incuse. VF, toned. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B42856 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 11h). Forepart of goat right, head left / Owl standing facing, wings spread, within incuse square. VF, light obverse die rust, die break on reverse. Rare. Tralleis (BC 200-100) AE 19856 views2nd cent BC. AE19 (6.46g). Head of laureate Zeus right / ΔΙΟΣ ΤPΑΛ/ΛΙΑΝΩΝ, winged thunderbolt, within laurel wreath. Dark olive-green patina, EF. Very rare, possibly unpublished. Gutknecht coll. This rare issue is typologically related with a simultaneous issue in Abbaitis/Mysoi in Phrygien, SNG von Aulock 3330. Trapezos (AD 222-227) AE 29 - Orbiana856 viewsOrbiana, wife of Severus Alexander, 222-227 AD. AE29 (14.28g). OPB CAΛOY OPIANH AYT, diademed and draped bust right / TPAΠEZOYNTIWN, Zeus Serapis standing left hooding scepter, extended right. Unpublished (?). Rare. Good very fine. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Nike856 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.43g). Laureate head of Nike left, wing attached to neck / Forepart of winged horse monster right. Somewhat softly struck on obverse. Extremely fine. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater856 viewsca 500-­450 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.57g). Winged male mythological creature running/­kneeling left, head right, holding tunny by its tail / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, slightly off center on obverse. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater856 viewsca 560 BC. EL Hekte (2.33g). Panther crouching left, head facing, four annulets over its body / Rectangular incuse punch with raised lines. Apparently unique and unrecorded. Struck on a full flan and extremely fine. Ex Tkalec 29 (2/2000), 102. Lampsakos (AD 198-217) AE 15 - Caracalla855 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE15 (2.18g). Draped, laureate bust right / Λ-ΑΜΨΑ-ΚΗΝΩΝ, naked Eros riding dolphin right, holding wreath in right hand. Thick, dark green patina. Good VF. (BC 149-128) Nikomedes II - Tetradrachm855 viewsNikomedes II, 149-128 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.68g). Diademed head of Nikomedes right / Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; eagle on thunderbolt and monogram to left. Good VF, broad flan, a few field nicks. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex CNG 43 (9/1997), lot 492. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - maenad855 viewsca 350-330 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.43g). Ivy-wreathed head of Maenad left, wearing ivy wreath, single-pendant earring and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos right within shallow incuse square. Very rare. aEF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B25 - EL 1/6 Stater855 viewsca 625/620-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Lion's head with closed mouth left; above, seal right(?) / Incuse with three irregular fields. aEF. Rare. Kalymna (BC 3rd cent) Didrachm854 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AR Didrachm (6.46g). Male head RIGHT, wearing crested Athenian helmet / Lyre, [Κ]ΑΛΥΜΝΙΟΝ below, within dotted square. Attractively toned, nice VF. Scarce. Savatra (AD 138-161) AE 25 – Antoninus Pius854 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE25 (11.14g) Laureate head right / CΑΟΥΑ ΤΡεΩΝ, Water-god standing with ears of corn, fish at his feet. Kyzikos (BC 300-200) AE 25854 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE25 (12.48g). Prow right / KY/ZI and monogram within wreath. Near VF, patina stripped. Very Rare! The type is completely missing from the published collections in Copenhagen, Paris and the British Museum. Only one low grade specimen illustrated in von Aulock and another double struck specimen in von Fritze. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Drachm854 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Drachm (3.57g, 12h). Janiform head of a diademed female and laureate male / ΤΕΝΕ-ΔΙ-ΩΝ, labrys; grape bunch and lyre in fields; all within incuse square. VF, toned. Ex Peus 380 (11/2004), lot 486. Autokane (BC 400-300) AE 15854 views4th-3rd century BC. AE15 (2.92g, 1h). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / AYTOKA, helmeted head of Athena right. Dark green patina, VF. Extremely rare. Alighieri coll. Rhodes (BC 27) Drachm853 viewsafter 27 BC. AR Drachm (2.97g, 12h). Cistophoric standard. Radiate facing head of Helios / RODIwN, open rose seen from above. EF, beautiful iridescent toning, bump on left cheek. Very rare. Sinope (BC 410-375) Trihemiobol853 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.49g). Head of Nymph Sinope facing slightly left / ΣΙ-Ν[Ω], sea eagle standing facing, wings spread, head turned left. EF. (BC 133-130) Eumenes III - Cistophoric Tetradrachm853 viewsAristonikos as Eumenes III, 133-130 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (30mm, 11.94g, 11h), dated year 3 (132/131 BC). Mobile mint, struck in Lydia, Apollonis. Cista mystica with open lid, snake crawling out to left, all in ivy wreath / ΒΑ-ΕΥ /Γ/ ΑΠ-ΟΛ, Two snakes around bow case decorated with aphlaston, thunderbolt above; in left field, head of Zeus (?) left, in right, head of Dionysos (?) right. Corroded, VF. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auk. 113 (10/2001), 5250. Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/12 Stater853 viewsca 510-494 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.30g, 9mm). Head of archaic nymph left, hair in sakkos; countermark: }Θ (dynastic symbol?) / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Herakleia Pontika (BC 345-337) Didrachm852 viewsca 345-337 BC, time of Tyrants Timotheos and Dionysios. AR Didrachm (9.30g). Head of Dionysos left / Naked Herakles with lion skin and club; trophy. VF. Rare. Bithynia Uncertain (AD 117-138) AE 22 - Hadrian852 viewsKoinon of Bithynia, Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE23 (6.50g, 7h). Laureate head right / Octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, annulet in pediment. Good VF, even brown patina, with orichalcum highlights. Mallos (BC 385-333) Stater - Autophradates(?)852 viewsAutophradates(?), ca 380-333 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 9.83g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin around neck / Head of satrap right, wearing Persian headdress. VF, minor roughness. Winzer's attribution to this satrap is based on the this coin's portrait to others stylistically similar bearing Tirabazos' name. It is also quite possible the satrapal portrait is that of Autophradates, Tiribazos' successor. Laodikeia (BC 134) AE 14852 viewsbefore 133 BC. AE14 (1.98g). Turreted head of Tyche right / ΛΑΟΔΙ-ΚΕΩΝ, lion seated left, forepaw raised. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Adana (BC 200-0) AE 16852 views2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (3.57g) Veiled head Demeter right, wearing stephane / ΑΔΑΝΕΩΝ, horse springing left; monogram to left. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/3 Stater852 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, ca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR 1/3 Stater - Drachm (14mm, 4.22g), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left; [E]KA above / Stellate pattern. Good VF, slightly granular surfaces. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B52852 viewsca 400-380 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Head of male youth facing right (Apollo?), wearing knotted taenia with lotus-like ornament above the forehead / Male head with long beard facing right within broad square frame, the whole in incuse square. Pleasant VF. Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm851 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Drachm (3.34g, 13mm). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. Toned good very fine. Myrina (BC 300) Hemidrachm850 viewsca 300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.91g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Bust of Artemis facing. EF. Sinope (BC 333-322) Drachm - Ariarathes I850 viewsca 365-322 BC, in name of Satrap Ariarathes I of Cappadocia. AR Siglos/Drachm (5.36g). Head of nymph Sinope left, hair in sphendone, aplustre in front, Aramaic letters behind / Eagle on top of dolphin left, Aramaic legend ('Arydrt' - Ariarathes) below. Very rare. VF. (BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - Stater850 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 9.08g). Forepart of boar left / Incuse punch, diagonally divided. Good VF. Tyana (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla850 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (14.04g), dated RY 16 (213 AD). Laureate head right / Victory seated right on rocks, holding large shield inscribed VIC/AVG in two lines. VF, green and brown patina, some light roughness. Wagner Coll. Thyateira (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius & Agrippina Jr.850 viewsClaudius, with Agrippina Junior, 41-54 AD. AE20 (5.06g, 12h). Bare head of Claudius right / Draped bust of Agrippina right. Good VF, black-green patina with traces of light olive. Synnada (BC 133) AE 21850 viewsafter 133 BC. AE21 (7.55g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Poppy and grain ear between caps of the Dioskouroi; [Îœ]ΑΡΣΥΟΥ / [ZΗΝΟΦ] (magistrates) below. Good VF, light roughness, black patina on the obverse, brown surfaces on the reverse. Pergamon (BC 200-30) AE 19850 views200-133 BC. AE19 (3.73g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / AΘHNAΣ NIKHΦOPOY, owl with closed wings standing facing on thunderbolt. Corrosion, gVF.1 comments Pergamon (AD 138-161) AE - Antoninus Pius849 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE (7.67g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ, laureate head right / ΕΠΙ ΣΤΡ ΚΥΑΡΤΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑ / ΤΟ Β, Asklepios sitting on throne left, holding scepter in left hand, patera in right, snake at feet. Brown patina, VF. Rare. Ephesos (BC 122-121) Tetradrachm849 viewsC. Atinius C.f., Praetor, 122-121 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.55g, 12h). Dated CY 13 (122/1 BC). Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Bow case between two serpents; IG and caduceus above, torch to left. Near VF. Extremely rare, fewer than ten known. The earliest Roman cistophoric tetradrachm. T.R.S. Broughton, in The Magistrates of the Roman Republic 3. Supplement (1986), identified this praetor as C. Atinius Labeo, who is best known for attempting to have the censor (and hero of the Fourth Macedonian War) Q. Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus thrown off the Tarpeian Rock for expelling him from the Senate (see Livy, Per. LIX.10). Abydos (BC 320-200) AE 16849 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE16 (4.02g). Draped bust of laureate Artemis facing / 4-string kithara, A-B-Y/D-H. Dark green patina, gVF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/4 Stater849 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/4 Stater (3.67g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened "haphazard" striated surface / Cleft and incuse punch. Good VF. Unpublished, possibly unique. The striated type appears to encompass two varieties, one with roughly parallel striations on the obverse, as the previous three lots, or haphazard striations, as here and on the following lot. Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus849 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (15.39g). ΣЄOYHPOΣ P ΣЄ AY KA ΣЄΠ, laureate head right / KAIΣAPЄIAΣ ΓЄPMANIKHΣ, eyes view of omega shaped harbor of Germanika with light tower and column with statue both placed at the entrance of a harbour; distyle temple seen from above to left, calf reclining above. Very rare. Dark brown patina. Very fine. Sardeis (AD 98-180) AE 25849 viewsImperial Times, 2nd cent AD. AE25 (7.28g). Head Herakles left / CAPΔIANΩN, Omphale standing right, wearing lion skin and holding club. Black patina. GVF. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B93 - EL 1/6 Stater849 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head left, hair in sphendone, wearing earring / Quadripartite incuse square, irregular fields. EF. Rare. Miletos (BC 550-525) Stater848 viewsca mid-6th century BC. AR Stater (11.82g) Forepart of lion left, head turned right / Irregular incuse square. Mallos (BC 425-385) Obol848 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Obol (0.61g). Forepart of human-headed bull left / Facing female head, MAP. Toned VF, light porosity. Amaseia (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla848 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (16.34g), 209 AD. Draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / Altar aflame, tree at left. Good VF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B91848 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Veiled head of Demeter right / Tripod. aEF. Kos (BC 285-258) Tetradrachm848 viewsca 285-258 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.07g, 6h). Timolykos, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Κ−ΩΙΟ−Ν, crab; ΤΙΜΟΛΥΚΟΣ and bow and quiver below; all in dotted square within shallow incuse. Good VF, attractively toned. Choice surfaces. Ex Triton V (1/2002), lot 1449 ($3,200). Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater848 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.58g). Head of tunny right, holding eel in its mouth / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, unpublished as a hekte. Tralleis (BC 200-100) AE 19847 views2nd cent BC. AE19 (5.62g). Head of laureate Zeus right / ΔΙΟΣ ΤPΑΛ/ΛΙΑΝΩΝ, winged thunderbolt, within laurel wreath. Dark brown patina, EF. Very rare. Uncertain (BC 27-AD 14) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Augustus847 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.59g, 6h). Unidentified mint C. Restitution issue struck under Hadrian, after 128 AD. Bare head of Augustus right / Hadrian standing left, holding grain ears. VF, toned, graffiti on reverse. Rare. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B63 - EL 1/6 Stater847 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54g). Head of young male left, wearing tainia; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, obverse die a bit rusty. Rare, only seven specimens cited by Bodenstedt. Zephyrion (BC 1st cent-AD 1st cent) AE 24846 views1st cent BC-1st cent AD. AE24 (10.03g, 1h). Crossed torches within laurel wreath / ZΕΦΥΡΙ/ΩΤΩΝ; two monograms below, within laurel wreath. Good VF, green-brown patina, surface scratches. Rare. Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Aristokrates845 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.56g). Laureate head of Apollo right, K[IA] below / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΑΡΙΣΤΟ-ΚΡΑΤΗΣ (magistrate) above and below. Lightly toned, good VF, light porosity. Apparently an unrecorded denomination for this magistrate. Ialysos (BC 510-480) Stater845 viewsca 510-480 BC. Stater (13.77g, 11h). Forepart of winged boar left / ΙΑΛΥΣΙΟΝ, head of eagle right, floral palmette above, within dotted incuse square. Very rare, of 22 known examples from 5 types, 14 are in museums. Some corrosion, otherwise, VF. From the collection of H.S. von Aulock. Sinope (AD 138-161) AE - Antoninus Pius845 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE (12.08g), struck ca 140 AD. CIF A-NN CL-XXXU (= Year 185 of the local era, beginning 45 BC), head right / Two-columned shrine with bow, inside statue of Nemesis left. Unique? Good style, fine green patina, aEF. Ex Schulten & Co. GmbH, Koeln (10/1985), lot 372. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater845 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.38g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. VF. Struck from the same punches as the previous two lots. Perge (BC 222-189) AE 19845 views220-189 BC. AE19 (4.52g). Sphinx with kalathos seated left / ИANAΨAΣ/ ΠΡEIIAΣ, Artemis standing left, wearing short chiton, holding scepter and wreath. Brown patina, aVF. Rare variant. Gutknecht coll. Kyme (BC 165-140) Tetradrachm845 viewsca 165-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.80g). Straton, magistrate. Head of Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia / Horse standing right, raising foreleg; one handled cup below, ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝ in exergue. VF, cleaned. Kebren (BC 520-480) Triobol845 viewsca 500 BC. AR Triobol (11mm, 1.86g). Head of ram left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/24 Stater845 views6th-5th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.60g, 7mm). Head of lion left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare. Apparently unpublished. (BC 370) Vedevie and Perikle - 1/8 Stater844 viewsVedevie and Perikle, Dynasts, ca 370 BC. AR 1/8 Stater (1.24g, 2h). Antiphellus. [FF]E, Lion to right, attacking bull kneeling to left, head lifted / Bust of Athena facing, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet ornamented with a winged siren, and a chlamys tied beneath her chin; triskeles to left. Toned and attractive. Extremely fine. Ex Monnaies et Medailles XXVIII (6/1964), lot 182. Thyateira (BC 200-100) AE 16844 views2nd cent BC. AE16 (4.40g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΘΥΑΤΕΙ/PHN-ΩN, labrys; bow to left. EF, glossy black patina under some pale green earthen encrustation. Kaisareia (AD 96-98) Didrachm - Nerva844 viewsNerva, 96-98 AD. AR Didrachm (6.68g). Dated COS IIII (98 AD). Laureate head right / YΠATOY TETAPTOY, mount Argaeus. Toned very fine. Maionia (AD 193-211) AE 36 - Septimius Severus844 viewsSeptimius Severus, AD 193-211. AE36 - Medallion (25.13g, 12h). AY KAI Λ CЄΠ CЄΟ ΥΗΡΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ, Dionysus, holding thyrsus and reins, in chariot drawn by two panthers and guided by Eros; above, maenad left playing tambourine; in exergue, ЄΠΙ ∆ΑΜΑΒ CΑΒЄ INIANOY APX ATOB. The theme of the Dionysiac procession represents the struggle of the young god, son of Zeus and Semele, to gain his place among the gods of the Greek pantheon. In literature his progression, accompanied by satyrs and maenads, is hailed from Greece to the shores of India, i.e. the entire known world, as he brings ectasy and the knowledge of wine to all peoples. Kotiaeion (AD 222-235) AE 30 - Severus Alexander844 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE30 (15.31g). M. Aur. Quintus Quintianus. Bust left with imperial mantle, holding scepter, raising right hand in greeting / Asklepios standing facing, head toward Hygieia, small Telesphoros between them; in exergue, KOTIAEΩN.1 comments Pergamon (AD 218-222) AE 41 - Elagabalus844 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE41 (43.66g). ΑΥ [...]ΑΙ Îœ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙ [...], laureate and cuirassed bust right / around, ΕΠΙ ΣΤΡ ΤΙΒ ΚΛΑ ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΟΣΟΛΟ, within wreath, ΠΕΡΓΑ / ΜΗΝΩΝ / ΠΡΩΤΩΝ / ΤΡΙΣ ΝΕΟ/ΚΟΡΩΝ. Very fine. Dark green patina. Very fine. Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol 844 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol - Attic standard (5mm, 0.21g). Bull butting right / 8-rayed star with central pellet, MA above. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6844 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.34g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of lion right, in linear form / Rough incuse square. Near EF. Very rare denomination. 1 comments Ephesos (BC 404-394) Tridrachm844 viewsca 404-394 BC. AR Tridrachm (11.20g). The infant Herakles, naked, kneeling to right on ground line, strangling a serpent in each hand, Σ-Y-N / Bee with curved wings, E-Φ / Π-E. Very fine and very rare. From the Hecatomnus Hoard; ex Frank Sternberg, Auction XIII, Zurich (11/1983), lot 175; purchased from B.A. Seaby Ltd., London (4/1984) US$ 8,000. Mylasa (BC 520-490) 1/6 Stater843 viewsca 500 BC. AR 1/6 Stater (1.80g). Forepart of lion left, Carian monogram on shoulder / Irregular incuse punch. Cleaned, very fine. Germanikopolis (AD 117-138) AE 24 - Hadrian843 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE24 (8.63g, 24mm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Zeus standing left with patera and sceptre; eagle before him. Good VF, black and earthen patina. Mallos (BC 425-385) Tetrobol843 viewsca 440-390 BC. AR Tetrobol (3.28g, 12h). Persic standard. Winged figure advancing right, holding disk; [ankh symbol to left] / Swan standing right; MAP above, leaf to right; all in dotted square within incuse square. VF, porous. Extremely rare, possibly the second known. Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 165) Tetradrachm842 viewsafter 165 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.45g). Head of Athena right, wearing ornately decorated helmet, Pegasos above raised ear flap, five horses on visor, star on ear flap / Club, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ above, two monograms and Nike holding wreath below, all within oak wreath. Lightly toned, good VF. Kamiros (BC 500-480) Stater842 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Stater (11.96g). Fig leaf / Rectangular incuse divided by thick central band. Good VF, toned. Excellent metal for issue. Tralleis (BC 128-85) Cistophoric Tetradrachm842 viewsca 128-85 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.61g, 27mm, 12h). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΔΙΟΝ, bow-case with serpents; ΤΡΑΛ to left, kithara to right. Superb EF. Neandreia (BC 400) Obol842 viewsca 400-370 BC. AR Obol (0.58g, 11mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / NEA/N, ram standing right. EF/VF. Rare. Dia (BC 85-65) AE 21842 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE21 (9.14g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right; monogram in left field. Good VF, black-green patina. Ex Drewry Coll.; ex Huston 120 (11/1992), lot 109; Lindgren Coll. Kos (BC 500-480) Hemiobol842 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.59g). Crab / Rough incuse square. VF, toned, porous. Very rare. (BC 377-353) Maussollos - Drachm842 viewsMaussollos, Satrap, 377-353 BC. AR Drachm (3.68g). Three-quarter facing head of Apollo wearing laurel wreath, head turned slightly right / ΜΑΥΣΣΩΛΛΟ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double axe (labrys) and lotus-tipped sceptre. Superb EF. Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles841 viewsThemistokles (died 459 BC), Satrap of Magnesia, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g). Bearded head of Themistokles right / ΘΕ monogram in dotted square, within incuse square. F-VF Laranda (AD 244-249) AE - Philip I841 viewsPhilip I Arab, 244-249 AD. Bust right / Herakles standing left with club and lion skin. Dark green patina, VF/EF. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/3 Stater841 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR 1/3 Stater - Drachm (16mm, 4.14g, 1h), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left, EKA above / Stellate pattern in incuse square. Toned EF. Karl Coll. Abydos (BC 320-280) Drachm841 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 2.29g). Kephalos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left; thymiaterion in wreath to left, ABY above; ΚΕΦΑΛΟΥ to right above. Good VF, light porosity, cleaned. Copenhagen identifies the symbol within the wreath as a club, but their example is too worn to clearly see that it is a thymiaterion. Uncertain (BC 480-420) Obol841 views5th century BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.68g). Elements of Chimaera: foreparts of lion, stag, and dragon(?), joined together at center and radiating outward / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. Unpublished. VF, toned, some porosity. Possibly unique. This coin appears to be the obol denomination for a series featuring the Chimaera on the obverse and a gorgoneion in incuse on the reverse, for which drachms and hemidrachms are known. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater841 views5th century BC. EL Hekte (9.5mm, 2.6g). Cockerel left, with curled wing; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. A surprisingly scarce type of Kyzikos electrum, apparently unknown as a fraction. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Griffin - EL 1/6841 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (10.5mm, 2.34g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Head of lion(?) left, pellet (sun?) on forehead / Two incuse squares with irregular lines within. Good VF. Very rare.1 comments (BC 380-360) Perikle - Stater840 viewsPerikle, Dynast, ca 380-360 BC. AR Stater (9.76g, 12h), struck circa 380-375 BC. Laureate and draped bust of Perikles facing slightly left / Warrior, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, fighting to right with shield and sword; Lycian triskeles to lower right; all within incuse square. Virtually as struck, some light striking weakness on nose and chin. Ex Triton VII (1/2004), lot 287. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B41 - EL 1/6 Stater840 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Helmeted head of Athena left; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, only seven specimens listed by Bodenstedt. Phokaia (BC 525-500) Tetartemorion840 viewsca 530-478 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.25g). Griffin head left / Quadripartite incuse square with central pellet. Good VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater840 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Sixth Stater - Hekte (2.38g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. VF. Struck from the same punches as the previous and following lots. (BC 182-149) Prusias II - Tetradrachm840 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.99g, 11h). Diademed and winged head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Zeus standing left, holding wreath in right hand, lotus tipped sceptre in left; to inner left, monogram above and below eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Superb EF, lightly toned. Exceptional Hellenistic portrait. Ex Leu 83 (5/2003), lot 281; Tkalec (10/1994), lot 94; Leu 2 (4/1972), lot 223. Chios (BC 190-84) AE 18840 viewsca 190-84 BC. AE18 (4.00g). Aspas, magistrate. Sphinx seated right; grapes before / Amphora; grain-ear to left, star to right; ΑΣΠΑΣ, magistrate. Good VF, brown and green patina. Antissa (BC 300-200) AE 12840 views3rd century BC. AE12 (1.64g). Bull standing left, head facing; club above / Α-Ν/Τ-ΙΣ, head of Dionysos Phallen right, wearing conical headdress. VF. Extremely rare. Joy coll.; ex Lindgren coll. Neandreia (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm840 viewslate 4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.85g). Laureate head of Apollo right / NEAN, horse grazing right. Extremely rare. Lovely light iridescent tone and good very fine. Kyme (BC 190) AE839 viewsAfter 190 BC. AE (4.05g). Bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver to left / Vase with one handle, Z-Ω-I-Λ-Ο-Σ (magistrate). Dark green patina, good VF. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 - 149