Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 22 - Pescennius Niger846 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AE22 (6.35g). Laureate head right / ΚΑΙCΑΡΕΙΑC ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗC, coiled serpent left. Near VF, brown patina, rough surfaces. Very rare. Drewry Coll.; Ex Mabbott Coll. (Schulman, 6/1969), lot 1091. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 4 - EL 1/24 Stater846 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.65g, 7mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of lion right / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare. Kalymna (BC 3rd cent) Didrachm845 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. (BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 16845 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 1/24845 viewsca 650-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.52g). Facing lion's head / Incuse. VF, toned. Herakleia Pontika (BC 420-390) Diobol845 viewsLate 5th cent BC. AR Diobol (14mm, 1.72g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion’s skin headdress / Quartered linear square, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ around, within larger incuse square. Good VF, toned, a little granular. Limyra (BC 167-100) Drachm 844 viewsLycian League, 167-100 BC. AR Drachm (2.92g, 12h, 17mm). Laureate head of Apollo right, bow and bowcase behind / ΛΥ-ΚΙ-ΩΝ / Λ-Ι, 2-string lyre, within incuse square. Lightly toned, aEF. Ex Giessener Muenzhandlung Auk. 82 (4/1997), lot 138. Adana (BC 200-0) AE 16844 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. Autokane (BC 400-300) AE 15844 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. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater 844 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.34g, 9mm). Lion right, gnawing on leg of prey; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. This is the second of three known that have been offered at auction. This obverse has very close links to other coinage of similar period. Early drachmae of Velia have a similar type. Colin M. Kraay [Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976), p. 263] comments on the connection of the drachmae and this Kyzikos example, noting the rarity of deliberate reproductions of specific coin types across cities. An almost identical type is also found on a hecte emission of Mytilene (Bodenstedt 78 – Coin ID #11257). Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater844 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. Phaselis (BC 100-80) Drachm843 viewsLycian League, ca 100-80 BC. AR Drachm (2.05g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Kithara with four strings; ΦΑΣΗΛΙ above, crown of Isis to left, long, burning torch to right; within shallow incuse square. Nice toning, EF. Traces of overstriking on obv. From the estate of Dr. R. Alexander, Rochester, NY. Ephesos (BC 122-121) Tetradrachm843 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). Sinope (BC 410-375) Trihemiobol843 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. Laodikeia (BC 134) AE 14843 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. Trapezos (AD 222-227) AE 29 - Orbiana843 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. Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm843 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Drachm (3.34g, 13mm). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. Toned good very fine. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - maenad843 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. Herakleia Pontika (BC 345-337) Didrachm842 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. Sinope (BC 333-322) Drachm - Ariarathes I842 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. Tralleis (BC 200-100) AE 19842 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. Tyana (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla842 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. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Nike842 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. Lampsakos (AD 198-217) AE 15 - Caracalla841 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. Savatra (AD 138-161) AE 25 – Antoninus Pius841 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE25 (11.14g) Laureate head right / CΑΟΥΑ ΤΡεΩΝ, Water-god standing with ears of corn, fish at his feet. (BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - Stater841 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 9.08g). Forepart of boar left / Incuse punch, diagonally divided. Good VF. Synnada (BC 133) AE 21841 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. (BC 133-130) Eumenes III - Cistophoric Tetradrachm841 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. Bithynia Uncertain (AD 117-138) AE 22 - Hadrian840 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. Thyateira (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius & Agrippina Jr.840 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. Amaseia (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla839 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (16.34g), 209 AD. Draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / Altar aflame, tree at left. Good VF. Rhodes (BC 27) Drachm839 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 (AD 138-161) AE - Antoninus Pius839 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. Abydos (BC 320-200) AE 16839 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. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B42839 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. Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus839 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. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B93 - EL 1/6 Stater839 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head left, hair in sphendone, wearing earring / Quadripartite incuse square, irregular fields. EF. Rare. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B91838 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Veiled head of Demeter right / Tripod. aEF. Pergamon (AD 138-161) AE - Antoninus Pius838 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/4 Stater838 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. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/3 Stater838 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. Sardeis (AD 98-180) AE 25838 viewsImperial Times, 2nd cent AD. AE25 (7.28g). Head Herakles left / CAPΔIANΩN, Omphale standing right, wearing lion skin and holding club. Black patina. GVF. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater838 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. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater838 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 Stater838 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. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Drachm837 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. Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/12 Stater837 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. Thyateira (BC 200-100) AE 16836 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. Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol 836 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol - Attic standard (5mm, 0.21g). Bull butting right / 8-rayed star with central pellet, MA above. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B52836 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. Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Aristokrates835 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. Miletos (BC 550-525) Stater835 viewsca mid-6th century BC. AR Stater (11.82g) Forepart of lion left, head turned right / Irregular incuse square. Ialysos (BC 510-480) Stater835 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. Tralleis (BC 200-100) AE 19835 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 - Augustus835 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. Perge (BC 222-189) AE 19835 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. Kaisareia (AD 96-98) Didrachm - Nerva835 viewsNerva, 96-98 AD. AR Didrachm (6.68g). Dated COS IIII (98 AD). Laureate head right / YΠATOY TETAPTOY, mount Argaeus. Toned very fine. Pergamon (BC 200-30) AE 19835 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 (BC 370) Vedevie and Perikle - 1/8 Stater834 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. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B41 - EL 1/6 Stater834 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. Zephyrion (BC 1st cent-AD 1st cent) AE 24834 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. Chios (BC 190-84) AE 18834 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. Ilion (AD 100-200) AE 21834 viewsAutonomous Issue, ca 2nd cent AD. AE21 (3.88g). Helmeted bust of Athena left / Aeneas walking right carrying Anchises, leading Ascanius by the hand. VF, brown and red patina, rough spot on reverse. Ex CNG 51 (9/1999), 873. Founded in the seventh century BC by Aeolians on the site of ancient Troy, Ilion prospered and ultimately developed into a successful Hellenistic and Roman city. It possessed a famous temple of Athena (‘Ilias’) which was visited by King Xerxes of Persia and later by Alexander the Great. The Romans always had a high regard for Ilion because of the legend of Aeneas and the tradition that Rome's founders were of Trojan origin. His son Ascanius became king of Alba Longa, from which the first kings of Rome claimed descent. Ascanius was also known as Iulus, and the Julian gens claimed primacy of place as his direct heirs. Kotiaeion (AD 222-235) AE 30 - Severus Alexander834 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 Mallos (BC 385-333) Stater - Autophradates(?)833 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. Maionia (AD 193-211) AE 36 - Septimius Severus833 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. Uncertain (BC 480-420) Obol833 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. Myrina (BC 300) Hemidrachm832 viewsca 300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.91g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Bust of Artemis facing. EF. Germanikopolis (AD 117-138) AE 24 - Hadrian832 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater832 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. (BC 182-149) Prusias II - Tetradrachm832 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. Dia (BC 85-65) AE 21832 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. (BC 377-353) Maussollos - Drachm832 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. Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 165) Tetradrachm831 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. Dardanos (BC 450-420) Obol831 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.61g). Cock standing left / Diagonally criss-crossed pattern. Toned VF. Kos (BC 285-258) Tetradrachm831 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). Neandreia (BC 400) Obol831 viewsca 400-370 BC. AR Obol (0.58g, 11mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / NEA/N, ram standing right. EF/VF. Rare. Kyme (BC 165-140) Tetradrachm831 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. Pergamon (AD 218-222) AE 41 - Elagabalus831 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. Mallos (BC 425-385) Tetrobol831 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. Abydos (BC 320-280) Drachm831 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6831 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) Tridrachm831 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. Mallos (BC 425-385) Obol830 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Obol (0.61g). Forepart of human-headed bull left / Facing female head, MAP. Toned VF, light porosity. (BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 31830 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE31 (12.20g, 12h). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Nike walking right, carrying trophy over left shoulder; monogram to inner right. Good VF, mottled brown patina, adjustment marks on both sides, probably overstruck. Kos (BC 500-480) Hemiobol830 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.59g). Crab / Rough incuse square. VF, toned, porous. Very rare. Chios (BC 84-30) Drachm830 viewsca 1st century BC. AR Drachm (4.05g). Mosxion, magistrate. Sphinx seated left; grapes before / Amphora; XIOΣ to left, ΜΟΣΧΙΩΝ to right; all within laurel wreath. gVF. Rare. Kebren (BC 520-480) Triobol830 viewsca 500 BC. AR Triobol (11mm, 1.86g). Head of ram left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare. Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles829 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 (BC 380-360) Perikle - Stater829 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater829 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. Abydos (BC 175-70) AE 11829 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE11 (1.81g). Laureate head of Artemis right / A-B/Y/D-H, Torch and quiver crossed. Fine. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/6829 viewsca 600 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.48g). Phokaian standard. Figural type. Bridled horse's head right / Irregular incuse square. Unpublished. Good VF. Unique. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts X (9/1981), lot 167. There are a variety of published horse's head electrum in various denominations from this general period (eg. Weidauer 141-142), but none have the horse's head facing right. In addition, the style of both the horse and the incuse punch are significantly different from the present coin. Kamiros (BC 500-480) Stater828 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Stater (11.96g). Fig leaf / Rectangular incuse divided by thick central band. Good VF, toned. Excellent metal for issue. Laranda (AD 244-249) AE - Philip I828 viewsPhilip I Arab, 244-249 AD. Bust right / Herakles standing left with club and lion skin. Dark green patina, VF/EF. Kalchedon (AD 238-244) AE 25 - Tranquillina828 viewsTranquillina, 238-244 AD. AE25 (8.25g). Bust right / Apollo holding lyre reclining on back of swan swimming left. Tripolis (AD 253-268) AE 34 - Gallienus828 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE34 (17.84g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Legend in four lines within wreath surrounded by city ethnic. Good VF, brown patina, reverse flan flaw. Apameia (AD 209-211) AE 21 - Geta828 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE21 (4.98g, 12h). Laureate head right / Daphne kneeling right, head left, with hand raised; to left, laurel tree. Unpublished. VF, dark green and brown patina, slight porosity. Extremely rare. Ex Peus 366 (10/2000), lot 548; Münzen und Medaillen FPL 422 (5/1980), lot 146. The nymph Daphne, the daughter of the local river-god Peneus, attracted the unwelcome advances of Apollo. As he aggressively pursued her, Daphne, wishing to put a stop to his advances, prayed to her father to help her. Peneus transformed her on the spot into a laurel tree (Greek Dafnh). Heartbroken, Apollo declared that this tree would be special to him, and made the laurel his sacred tree. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater828 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. Paphos (BC 400) Stater - Onasioikos827 viewsOnasioikos, King of Paphos, ca 400 BC. AR Stater (10.93g, 6h). Bull standing left; solar symbol and Cypriot letters 'Ba si O na si' above (obscured by die breaks), ankh to left; Cypriot letters 'Ba si le' below / Eagle flying left, Cypriot letters 'Ba and O' between; ankh to left; all within incuse square. Very rare. Beautifully toned. Obverse struck from the usual worn and partially damaged die, otherwise, very fine/extremely fine. 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