Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Sardeis (AD 250) AE 41815 viewsMid-3rd cent AD. AE41 - Medallion (25.50g, 12h). Aurelius Rufinus, first archon for the second time. MHTPOΠΟΛIC CAPΔIC ·ACIAC· ΛVΔIAC· EΛΛAΔOC· A·, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right, wearing mural crown / EΠI AVP POV[Φ]EINOV APX T(o) B CAPΔIANΩN B NEΩKOPΩN, ZEVC LVΔIOC across inner fields, Zeus Lydius seated left on high throne, holding Nike in right hand and sceptre in left, surrounded by zodiacal wheel border. Good VF, red and brown patina with green overtones. Very rare. In Treasures of Ancient Coinage: From the Private Collections of ANS Members, Catharine Lorber catalogued a coin of Maximinus I Thrax from Anchialus in Thrace with a very similar reverse type (see p. 121, no. 110). Lorber summarized the type as "...a symbolic map of the cosmos. Zeus, chief of the gods, is the central figure... Surrounding this scene is a broad band containing the twelve signs of the zodiac. The entire design reflects the common belief of 3rd century Romans that their lives were shaped by higher powers. This schema and variations on it were employed by numerous mints for different emperors from the mid-2nd through the mid-3rd centuries." Myous (BC 400-380) AE 10815 views4th century BC. AE10 (1.34g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MY, bull butting right on ground line within maeander circular border. Joy coll. Mytilene (AD 138-192) AE 27 - Lesbonax815 viewsLesbonax, period of the Antonines, 138-192 AD. AE27 (7.72g). ΛЄCBΩNAΞ HPOC NЄΩC, male bust right, beardless, wearing wreath of ivy-leaves and berries (Lesbonax in the character of Dionysos) / MVTIΛH NAIΩN, Lesbonax standing right wearing tainia, holding long staff and simpulum (?). Otherwise apparently unpublished and unique. Minor adjustment marks, good very fine. This coin depicting Lesbonax is one of a series honoring noteworthy citizens. Lesbonax known from only a few preserved rhetorical and philosophical works was also depicted with beard thus as a proper philosopher (SNG von Aulock 1751). Deified as “the New Hero” Lesbonax obviously had to be equaled to the gods by depicting him as Dionysos. “Der kleine Pauly” lists three separate people who were called Lesbonax while others rather keep it by one or two. Other portraits honoring distinguished local citizens are known of Julia Procula, Flavia Nicomachis, Sextus Nicomachus, Theophanes, Archedamis, Nausikaa and Sappho. Except Sappho most of these citizens are more or less obscure historical figures. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater815 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Stater (15.85g). Head of Silenos facing; two tunnies upward to either side / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, the third known. The other two examples, noted by Hurter & Liewald, were in the Von Aulock Coll. (but unpublished) and the Velkov Coll. (Vinchon, (11/1994), lot 61 = CH II, p. 7, 2). Lydia Uncertain (BC 5th cent) Tetartemorion815 views4th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.18g, 6mm). Head of ram right; uncertain legend around / Helmeted head of Athena right within incuse square. EF. Extremely rare. Zeleia (BC 400-300) AE 11814 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE11 (1.04g). Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane / Monogram within grain-wreath. VF, orange-dark brown patina. Very rare. Freedman coll. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Geometric - EL 1/12814 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.47g). Euboic standard. Geometric type. Three-sided square with central projection, surrounded by radiate lines / Rough incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare. Struck from the same obverse die as the Boston specimen, and the same die and punch as the others and the following lot. Pontos Uncertain (BC 130-100) AE 12814 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE12 (1.92g). Head of horse right, star on neck / Comet (?). VF.1 comments Ephesos (BC 375-325) AE 10813 viewsca 375-325 BC. AE10 (1.28g). Female head (Artemis?) left, wearing stephane / Ε-Φ, bee. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Etenna (BC 300-200) Obol813 views3rd century BC. AR Obol (0.61g, 6h). Facing gorgoneion / Curved knife. VF, toned. Extremely rare, one of only three known, the others in museum collections (Paris and Munich). Dia (BC 85-65) AE 20813 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE20 (8.66g, 12h). Struck under Mithradates VI of Pontos. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; monograms flanking. Near EF, dark green patina. Rare in this condition. Phokaia (BC 521-478) seal - 1/48 Stater812 viewsca 6th century BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.35g). Head of seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Selge (BC 380-370) Stater812 viewsca 380-370 BC. AR Stater (11.01g, 23mm). Two wrestlers / Slinger standing right, [ΕΣΤ]ΛΕΛΙΙΥΣ to left, triskeles to right. Lightly toned, EF. Very rare. Nikomedeia (AD 180-192) AE 26 - Commodus812 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE26 (11.97g, 8h). Bust right / Herakles standing right, holding lionskin and attended by fluttering figure of Telephos. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater812 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.28g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened "haphazard" striated surface / Double incuse punch. Good VF. Although the present specimen does not have one of its square punches oriented diagonally, as the Weidauer specimens, the punches share common characteristics, such as a featureless surface and sides with vertical striations. Lapethos (BC 6th-5th cent) Stater812 viewsca 500 BC. AR Stater - Double Siglos (20mm, 10.60g, 3h). Head of female right / Herakles running right, wearing lion skin, holding club in right hand, bow in left, within dotted square. Toned, aVF. Extremely rare, the 3rd known and the only in private hands. Kaisareia (AD 193-217) Drachm - Julia Domna812 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-217 AD. AR Drachm (2.83g, 18mm), dated year 16 (208/9 AD). Draped bust right. / Agalma of Mt. Argaeus with star; date in exergue. Minor obverse scratches in right field, good very fine. Pergamon (BC 200-30) Diobol812 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Diobol (13mm, 1.50g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Eagle, with wings spread, standing facing on palm; AΘhNA[Σ] / NI-ΠE / NIKHΦOPOY. VF, porous. Extremely rare with this reverse legend. Tenedos (BC 480-450) Obol812 viewsca 550-470 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.64g, 3h). Janiform head, female on left, male on right / Labrys (double-axe) within incuse square. VF, porous. Antandros (BC 350-250) AE 11811 viewsca 350 BC. AE11 (1.77g) Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion's head right, ANTAN to right. Elaia (BC 340-300) AE 11811 viewsca 340-300 BC. AE11 (1.40g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / E-Λ, corn grain in olive wreath (no monogram). Dark green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater811 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.35g). Crab; above, head of tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well struck. Sinope (BC 310-290) Hemidrachm810 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.41g). Female head left wearing turreted crown / Prow of galley left; ΣΙΝΩ above, aplustre and EA monogram to left. Good VF, toned. (BC 163-130) Ariarathes V - Drachm810 viewsAriarathes V, Eusebes, Philopator. 163-130 BC. AR Drachm (3.93g). Diademed head right / Athena left with spear and shield holding figure of Nike, T in left field. Interesting and rare barbaric style. Very fine. Elaia (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Agrippina Jr810 viewsAgrippina Jr., mother of Nero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (3.43g). Apphios Magistrate, 54-59 AD. AΓPIΠΠINA ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust right/ EΠI AΠΦIOY EΛAITΩN, calathos containing poppy-heads and corn-ears. Very fine. (BC 133-130) Eumenes III - Cistophoric Tetradrachm810 viewsAristonikos as Eumenes III, 133-130 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.11g, 12h), dated year 4 (131/130 BC). Mobile mint, struck in Lydia, Apollonis. Cista mystica with open lid, snake crawling out to left, all in ivy wreath / ΒΑ-ΕΥ /Δ/ 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. VF. Very rare. Knidos (BC 411-405) Tetartemorion810 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.27g, 6mm). Forepart of roaring lion left / Head of Aphrodite (?) left within incuse square. Phygela (BC 400-350) Hemiobol810 viewsca 400­-380 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.39g). Head of Artemis Munychia wearing polos, facing three-­quarters left / Bull butting left; above, palm branch and +; all within incuse square. Extremely rare and in unusually fine condition for the issue. Old cabinet tone and about extremely fine. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 12 (1996), 209. Abydos (BC 470-440) Obol809 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.69g, 11mm). Eagle left, ABY to left, cup to right / Gorgon head facing. Very fine. Kebren (BC 480-440) Obol809 viewsca 5th cent BC. AR Obol (0.53g). Forepart of ram right / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, nice VF, minor porosity. Sinope (BC 410-375) Trihemiobol809 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (12mm, 1.52g). Head of Nymph Sinope facing slightly left / ΣΙ-ΝΩ, sea eagle standing facing, wings spread, head turned left. gVF. Teos (BC 300) Hemidrachm809 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.42g). Griffin with pointed wings springing right / Kantharos; THI above, ΙΦΙΚΡ-ΑΤΗΣ (magistrate). Good VF. Neokaisareia (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus809 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (10.49g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΣΕΠ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΟΣ, laureate and draped bust right / ΚΟΙΝ ΠΟΝ ΝΕΟ-ΚΑΙΣ ΜΗΤΡΟ, Tyche seated with cornucopia surrounded by five more City-Goddesses. Very rare. Black patina. Very fine. Tarsos (AD 100-200) AE 19809 views2nd century AD. AE19 (4.40g, 6h). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / Decastyle temple. Good VF, black patina with earthen highlights. Ex Alighieri Coll. Erythrai (BC 320-280) Drachm808 viewsca 320-280 BC. AR Drachm (3.48g, 18mm). Diopeithes, magistrate. Head of youthful Heracles right, wearing lion's skin / ΕΡΥ, Club and bow in gorytos, ΔΙΟΠΕΙΘΗΣ between, owl in field to left. Toned. Surfaces slightly pitted. Very fine. Mallos (BC 425-385) Obol808 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (0.73g, 5h). Beardless male, winged, in kneeling-running stance right, holding solar disk with both hands / Swan left, MA-P to left and above. VF, toned. Dalisandos (AD 161-169) AE24 - Lucius Verus808 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE24 (9.73g). AVTOK KAIΣ Λ AYPH OYHPOΣ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right/ ΔΑΛΙΣΑΝΔΕΩΝ, Zeus enthroned left, holding scepter and phiale. Rough spot on obv., very fine. Sardeis (AD 253-260) AE 46 - Valerian808 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE46 - Medallion (42.0g). Radiate, cuirassed bust right / Demeter in car right drawn by two winged serpents. Extremely Rare and nice. Lampsakos (BC 440-390) Trihemiobol808 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.30g, 3h). Janiform female head, dolphin below / ΛΑΜ, helmeted head of Athena right within incuse square. Good VF Klazomenai (BC 480-400) Drachm808 viewsca 480-400 BC. AR Drachm – Pentobol (3.40g, 12h). Forepart of winged boar right / Gorgoneion within incuse square. Good VF, toned. Very rare. Herman Coll.; ex Künker 94 (9/2004), lot 1082. Kyme (BC 190) AE807 viewsAfter 190 BC. AE (4.87g). Bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver to left / Vase with one handle, Z-Ω-I-Λ-Ο-Σ (magistrate). Green patina, VF. Mallos (BC 425-385) Obol807 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.77g, 6h). Forepart of bull left / Neck and head of man-headed bull right, ankh symbol below. Toned, aEF, minor porosity. Apparently unpublished. (BC 220-130) Ariarathes IV or V - AE 12807 viewsAriarathes IV or V, 220-130 BC. AE12 (1.94g). Head of Artemis left / ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘ[ΟΥ], Tripod. gVF. (BC 340-334) Pixodaros - Didrachm807 viewsPixodaros. Circa 341/0-336/5 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 6.99g, 12h). Wreathed head of Apollo facing slightly right, drapery around neck / Zeus Labraundos standing right. EF, very lightly toned. Klazomenai (BC 190-30) AE 17806 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE17 (5.39g). Forepart of winged boar right / ΚΛΑZΟ-ΜΕ-ΝΙΩΝ in divided linear square. Dark brown patina, VF. Scarce variant. Gutknecht coll. Antandros (BC 440-400) Obol806 viewsLate 5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.54g, 5h). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / ANTA-N, goat standing right within incuse square. VF, minor porosity. Alighieri Coll. Neandreia (BC 450-390) Hemiobol806 views5th-4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.36g). Helmet decorated with spiral / NE-AN, corn grain. EF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B91806 viewsca 350-335 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Veiled head of Demeter facing right, wearing grain-wreath and earring / Tripod with taenia in square frame; the whole in incuse square. EF. Teos (BC 530-500) Trihemiobol806 viewsAfter 530 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.39g). Forepart of winged griffin right / Rough incuse square. Good VF. Unpublished in the standard references, possibly unique. Side (BC 200-0) Tetradrachm805 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.74g). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / Nike left, holding wreath; pomegranate to left, ΑΦ below. EF. Xanthos (BC 425-400) Drachm - Kherei805 viewsKherei, Dynast, ca 425-400 BC. AR Drachm (4.21g). Head of Athena right / Head of Kherei right; Lycian letters 'Arnnahe' to left, 'Kherei" to right, within shallow incuse square. VF/aEF. Rare. Methymna (BC 500-450) Obol805 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Obol (0.63g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Turtle in incuse dotted square. VF. (BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 19805 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE19 (3.85g). Head of Prusias right, wearing a winged diadem / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ right, ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ left, Herakles standing left, holding club in right hand, lion's skin in left. Dark patina, nice very fine. Myrina (BC 425-375) Obol805 views4th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.54g, 9h). Facing female head, hair in band with grain ears at sides / Head of goat right within incuse square. VF, toned, a little porous. Extremely rare. Smyrna (AD 54-68) AE 19 – Nero & Agrippina II805 viewsNero with Agrippina, 54-68 AD. AE19 (6.20g). Aulos Gessios Philopatrsi, 54-59 AD. ΝΕΡΩΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΝ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝ, confronted busts of Nero and Agrippina / ΑΥΛ ΓΕΣΣΙΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΡΙΣ ZΜΥ, winged Nemesis with caduceus. Rare. Nice dark green patina, EF. Sinope (BC 333-322) Drachm - Ariarathes I804 viewsca 365-322 BC, in name of Satrap Ariarathes I of Cappadocia. AR Drachm (5.28g). Head of nymph Sinope left, hair in sphendone, aplustre in front, Aramaic letters ('m) behind / Aramaic legend (Arydrt), dolphin and sea-eagle left. Deep cut, toned very fine. Erythrai (BC 300-200) AE 20804 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE20 (6.59g). Head of Herakles right , wearing lion skin/ Bow in case, club, bust of Herakles 3/4 facing right, and ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΩΝΑ... ΕΡΥ. Good VF, dark brown patina with light green background. Freedman coll. Attaleia (AD 198) AE 17804 viewsCaracalla and Geta, ca 198 AD. AE17 (2.81g). Confronted bare headed busts of Caracalla and Geta / Roman she-wolf with twins. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, brown patina. From the Marc Melcher Collection. Ex CNG 54 (6/2000), lot 1109. The youthful busts, lack of titulature, and Imperial reverse theme suggest this coin was struck very shortly after the elevations of Caracalla and Geta to Augustus and Caesar respectively in January, 198 AD. Antiocheia (AD 138-161) AE 22 - Faustina804 viewsFaustina, died 141 AD. AE22. Draped bust right / Two cornucopiae; in between, caduceus. Very fine. Kaunos (BC 465-460) Stater803 viewsca 465-460. AR Stater (11.65g). Naked youthful Genius with spread wings kneeling right, raising left hand in which he holds caduceus / Lion crouching left, raising right foreleg, head reverted, ZMB (retrograde), within shallow incuse square. Rare. A superb and elegant late archaic coin, EF. Ex Ars Classica XVII, 1934, 385; Glendining 1961, Lockett collection part IV, 2392; Hess-Leu 61, 1966, 53; M&M 68, 1986, 292, NAC 7, 1994, 243. From the Carian hoard 1932 (IGCH 1180). Uncertain Satrap (BC 4th cent) Satrap - Obol803 viewsEvagoras II, King of Salamis, mid 4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.62g, 10mm). Turreted head of Aphrodite left / Head of Satrap (Evagoras?) left, wearing Persian tiara (bashlyk) with flaps tied below chin, star in front. Good VF. Rare. Rhodes (BC 385-360) Tetradrachm803 viewsca 385-360 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.11g, 12h). Head of Helios facing, turned slightly to right / Rose, bud to left, caduceus to right. Very rare. Attractively toned. An impressive coin in high relief. EF. From the collection of H.S. von Aulock. Thymbra (BC 350) AE803 viewsca 4th century BC. AE (6.24g). Head of Zeus Ammon left / Star of eight rays, Θ-Î¥ between two, HP monogram below. Dark green patina, VF/EF. Rare. Apameia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 21 - Augustus803 viewsAugustus, with Gaius Caesar, 27 BC-14 AD. AE21 (6.29g). X Gaius Masonius Rufus, magistrate. Laureate head right / ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ above, ΓΑΙΟΣ ΜΑΣΩΝ[Ι]/ΟΞ ΡΟΥΦΣ/[Α]ΠΑΜΕ[ΩΝ] in three lines in exergue, Gaius in facing quadriga. VF, brown patina. Rare. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 42 - Caracalla802 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE42 Medallion (46.65g). AUT KAI M AUR CEOUHR - ANTWNEINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, (below Gorgoneion); counterstamp: wreath / EPI C - TR - M KAIREL AT - TA - L - O - U - PERGAMHNWN - PRWTWN G NE - WKORWN, three tempels in name of Augustus, Caracalla und Trajan; inside the middle: Asklepios with staff and scepter sitting left. Dark green-brown patina, VF/aEF. Very rare. Gargara (BC 400-350) Drachm802 viewsca 350 BC. AR Drachm (2.83g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull standing left feeding, ΓΑΡΓ above. Smyrna (AD 130) AE 40 - Antinoos802 viewsAntinous, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE40 - Medallion (46.55g, 12h), Polemon, magistrate. ANTINOOC HRΩC, bare head right / ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΑΝΕΘ ΗΚΕ CΜΥPΝΑΙΟC, prow of galley right. VF, dark brown patina, some smoothing on reverse. Ex Dowdy Coll.; ex Sternberg 11 (11/1981), lot 283. Sinope (AD 41-54) AE 28 - Claudius802 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD, with Messalina (his third wife). AE28 (12.73g), struck 41 AD. TI CLAVDIVS CAES [AVG C I F ANNO LXX]XVI (= Year 86 of the local era). Laureate head of Claudius right / MESSALINA - [AVGVSTA], draped bust of Messalina right. red-green patina, corrosion, G/VF. Extremely rare. Ex Auctiones AG 10, Basel (1979), lot 170. Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 13802 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE13 (1.14g). Head of bull right in beaded circle / KY/ZI in a monogram, within oak wreath. Dark green patina, good VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Oinoia (BC 300-200) AE 19802 views3rd century BC. AE19 (5.17g). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Grape bunch on vine, ΟΙΝΑΙΩΝ below. Dark olive-green patina, porous, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.; ex Rhousopoulos coll., Hirsch 13 (Munchen, 1905), lot 3831. Nikomedeia (AD 138-161) AE 28 - Antoninus Pius802 viewsAntoninus Pius, AD 138-161. AE28 (15.07g, 6h). Laureate head right / Troptolemos driving biga of winged serpents right. VF, brown surfaces, light roughness. Apparently unpublished. From the Tony Hardy Collection. Kaisareia (AD 69-79) Didrachm - Vespasian & Titus802 viewsVespasian & Titus as Caesar, 69-79 AD. AR Didrachm (6.87g, 22mm, 6h). Struck 76-77 AD. Laureate head of Vespasian right / Laureate head of Titus right. Good VF, toned. Deposits on portrait of Titus. From the Sierra Coll.; Ex Gemini III (1/2007), lot 352. Myra (BC 27-AD 14) Drachm - Augustus802 viewsLykian League. Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.50g, 12h). Struck for the Masicytus district, probably at Myra, circa 27-20 BC. Bare head right; Λ-Y across field / Owl and branch between two citharae; M-A across field. Superb EF, attractively toned. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B39802 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 3h). Male head right / Calf’s head right within a linear square. Rare. With a particularly beautiful head. Extremely fine. Belgian private collection; with Tradart, Geneva. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater802 viewsca 500 BC. EL Hekte (2.65g). Young male head left, wearing Ionic helmet; tunny to right (?) / Quadripartite incuse punch. Apparently unique. A very interesting representation of masterly Archaic style, perfectly struck in high relief. Good extremely fine. Ex Naville IV (1922), Grand­ Duke Michailovitch, 698 and M&M­ Leu 28 (5/1974), Kunstfreund, 7. Tarsos (AD 98-117) Tetradrachm - Trajan801 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.73g). Dated Cos. V (103-111 AD). Laureate head right / Tyche seated right on rocks, holding palm; river-god swimmin; below, monogram before. Toned VF, obverse scratch. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B96 - EL 1/6 Stater 801 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of Io left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Ephesos (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm801 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.76g, 11h), struck 160-150 BC. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΕΦΕ, bow-case with serpents; cult statue of Artemis Ephesia to right. EF, attractive dark gray tone with yellow hues around the devices. Seleukeia (BC 200-0) AE 25801 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE25 (7.33g). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, ΣΑ behind / ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩΙ ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔΝΩΙ, Nike flying left, wearing long chiton, holding wreath in outsretched right hand; ΑΘΗ and monogram in field to left. Dark green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll.; ex Sternberg AG, Zurich, Auc. 25 (1991), lot 161. Pergamon (BC 310-282) AE800 views4th-3rd century BC. AE (3.92g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Head of bull left, ΠΕΡΓΑ below, owl to right. Dark green patina, VF. Parion (BC 200-0) AE 20800 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE20 (8.56g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull butting left, ΠΑΡΙ above, monogram and caduceus below. EF, dark brown patina, a few small spots of roughness. Salamis (BC 411-373) Stater/Double Siglos - Evagoras I800 viewsEvagoras I, King of Salamis, 411-374/3 BC. AR Stater or Double Siglos (11.10g, 8h). Head of bearded Herakles wearing lion skin headdress right; Cypriot letters, 'Eu fa go ro' to right (mostly off the flan) / 'Ba si le fo se eu' (in combined Cypriot and Greek letters), goat seated right on dotted ground line; barley grain above. Very rare. Toned, good VF. Lampsakos (BC 27- AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus800 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (3.43g). CΕΒΑCΤΟΥ − ΛΑΜΨΑΚΗ, laureate head right / ΙΕΡΑ − CΥΝΚΛITΤΟC, daped young bust of Senate right. Rare. Brown-green patina, EF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B44800 viewsca 454-427 BC. El Hekte (2.53g, 12h). Diademed female head facing slightly right / Bull's head left; M above. VF. Struck with fresh dies. Very rare. Bodenstedt records only 4 specimens of this variety with the M on the reverse die, all of which are in museums. Ephesos (AD 198-217) AE 36 - Caracalla800 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE36. Bust of Caracalla right / Temple of Artemis. Very rare. VF. Ex Duke of Argyll collection. Iasos (BC 320-250) Drachm800 viewsca 320-250 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.30g). Pantainos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Hermias swimming with dolphin right, ΠΑΝΤΑΙ/ΝΟΣ below, within spaced dotted circle. Near VF, flan crack, porous. Rare. Germanikopolis (AD 98-193) AE 29800 views2nd cent AD. AE29 (12.33g). Bearded head of Herakles right, club over shoulder / Apollo(?) standing left, extending arm and holding boule-headed sceptre. VF. (BC 400-350) Uncertain Satrap - Tetartemorion800 viewsEarly-mid 4th cenutry BC. AR Tetartemorion(?) (6mm, 0.21g). Mylasa mint(?). Head of the Persian Great King left / Stellate pattern of Milesian style. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, porous. Extremely rare. It is unlikely that this coin was part of a Persian-related issue at Miletos. In the early 4th century, however, the Milesian stellate pattern reverse was revived in the fractional coinage of the Hekatomnid satraps of Caria that were struck at Mylasa. These coins used the Milesian weight standard, which is likely the reason for their revival of that particular stellate type. There are a variety of issues from Caria during the Persian period that used Persian iconography, so it is likely that this coin belongs among these issues, and perhaps was struck under the Hekatomnids at Mylasa. Birytis (BC 350-250) AE 11799 viewsca 300 BC. AE11 (1.23g). Head of beardless Kabeiros left, wearing pilos, two stars / Club, B-I/P-Y, within wreath. Near EF, choice patina. Kolophon (BC 450-410) Drachm799 viewsca 440-400 BC. AR Drachm (5.36g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Lyre within incuse square, ΚΟΛΦ-Ω-ΝΙΩΝ. Toned VF. Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 1 - Diobol799 viewsafter 500 BC. AR Diobol? (1.49g). Head of bull left / Incuse punch with crossing lines. VF. 1 comments Gargara (BC 350) AE799 viewsafter 350 BC. AE (4.22g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse trotting right; ΓΑΡ above, bunch of grapes below. Dark green patina, VF. Kragos (BC 23-19) AE 24799 viewsLycian League, Kragos-Xanthos, ca 23-19 BC. AE24 (5.00g). Λ-Î¥, diademed head of Apollo right / K-R / Ξ/A-N and lyre; within laurel wreath. Superb EF, dark brown patina. Apameia (AD 69-79) AE 25 - Vespasian799 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE25 (8.72g). Laureate head right / ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΦΡΥΓΙΑΣ ΑΠΑΜΕΙΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΑΡΟΥ, bundle of five grain-ears. Good Fine, brown surfaces. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Ponterio 123 (11/2002), lot 610. Pergamon (BC 27-AD 14) AE 18 - Augustus799 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE18 (4.14g), struck during time of Trajan, 98-117 AD. AVTOKPATOPA CEBACTON KAICAPA, laureate head right / CEBACTON ΠEPΓAMHNOI, temple with four columns enclosing statue of Augustus. GVF. Phokaia (BC 521-478) EL 1/6 Stater 799 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Forepart of lion left; above, seal right / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished. Good VF. Unique. Ex Tkalec (5/2006), lot 67. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater799 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.69g). Forepart of lion left, devouring prey; to right, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, a little die rust. Ex Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland 10 (3/2002), lot 81; Numismatica Ars Classica K (3/2000), lot 1301. Kaunos (BC 470) Stater798 viewsca 470 BC. AR Stater (11.76g, 7h). Nude winged male running right on ground line, knees bent, monogram above / Lion left, head turned back, paw raised; between lip and tail point monogram; Carian letters (ZMB retrograde) above; all in deep incuse square. Rare. Light toning, VF-aEF. From the Carian Fund of 1932 (IGCH 1180). Ex Naville - Ars Classica, Auktion XVII (10/1934, Luzern), lot 585; Ex R. C. Lockett, Glendining & Co., Auction 21 (2/1961) Greek Coins IV (London), lot 2392; Ex A. Hess AG - Bank Leu & Co. AG, Auction 31 (12/1966, Luzern), lot 458; Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Auction 54 (4/1992, Zurich), lot 139. Perperene (AD 193-211) AE - Septimus Severus798 viewsSeptimus Severus, 193-211 AD. AE (3.18g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΣΕΒΗΡ, laureate head right / ΠΕΡΠΕΡΗΝΙΩΝ, Asklepios standing, head turned left, holding staff. Dark green patina, VF. Aspendos (BC 420-400) Stater798 viewsca 420-400 BC. AR Stater (10.81g). Two naked wrestlers, the left contestant trying to unbalance the right by pulling his leg / Slinger right, in short chiton, drawing back his sling; ΕΣΤFΕΔΙΙYΣ to left, triskeles to right, dotted square border within shallow incuse square. Very fine. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen AG 41 (Basel 1970), lot 261. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 - 149