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Antandros (BC 350-250) AE 15784 views4th cent BC. AE15 (3.93g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion's head right, tongue protruding; ANTAN to right, ivy leaf? below. Dark brown-green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Kaisareia (AD 117-138) Didrachm - Hadrian784 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Didrachm (6.84g, 21mm, 12h). Struck 128-138 AD. Laureate head right / Mount Argaeus surmounted by statue. VF, attractively toned. Good portrait. From the Sierra Coll.; ex Gorny & Mosch 142 (10/2005), lot 2045.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B16784 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.53g, 6h). Head of ram right; below, cockerel standing left / Incuse head of roaring lion left. Near EF.
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Samos (BC 393-388) Tetradrachm783 viewsca 393-388 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.88g, 21mm, 11h). Lion scalp facing / Forepart of bull right, ΚΛΕΑΓΟΡΗΣ (magistrate) above, ΣA below, within incuse square. Very scarce, VF.
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Klannuda (BC 200-0) AE 19783 views2nd-1st century BC. AE19 (6.60g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, wings closed, ΚΛΑΝ / ΝΟΥΔ - ΔΕ/ΩΝ. aVF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/18? Stater783 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Diobol (8mm, 0.72g). Female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap / Quadripartite incuse square. Near VF, porous.
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Methymna (BC 330-240) Triobol783 viewsca 350/330-250/240 BC. AR Triobol (2.82g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Lyre, B to right, all within dotted square border. Nicely toned. Minor scratches, otherwise, extremely fine. Ex Kokoschka Coll. (Lockett IV, Glendining & Co. (2/1961), 2252), and Pozzi Coll. (Naville I (3/1921), 2342.
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Kaisareia (AD 193-211) Drachm - Septimius Severus783 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AR Drachm (3.08g, 17mm, 11h). Dated RY 2 (AD 193/4). Laureate head right / Mount Argaeus surmounted by six-pointed star; ЄT B in exergue. Good VF, minor porosity.
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(BC 301-280) Ariarathes II - AE 13783 viewsAriarathes II, ca 301-280 BC. AE13 (1.9g). Head left, wearing bashlyk / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ, Athena standing left, holding spear and shield. VF. Very rare.
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Klazomenai (BC 386-301) Hemidrachm783 viewsca 380-360 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.86g, 11h). Pytheos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left / Swan standing left, wings spread; ΠYΘEOΣ and monogram above. VF, toned, light cleaning marks. Rare.
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Rhodes (BC 408-400) Hemidrachm782 viewsca 408-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.87g. 12h). Head of Helios facing, turned slightly right / P-O, head of Nymph Rhodos right, hair in sphendone, wearing earring. within shallow incuse square. aEF. Very rare.
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 18782 views190-85 BC. AE18 (3.31g). Head of Priapos right / Kantharos.
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Oinoanda (BC 200) Didrachm - Series 3782 viewsca 200 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 7.58g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right; B (erased in die) and scepter behind / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt; Γ to left; to right, sword behind shield. EF, dark find patina. Rare. Winokur Coll.

This short series of coinage from Oinoanda was apparently struck in three series, each marked with A, B, or Γ. Originally these letters were thought to represent dates on a local era, but Ashton’s study shows this is far from conclusive, regardless that they were struck sequentially. The obverse die used for this coin was originally used for series 2 didrachms, which have a B on the obverse.
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Tenedos (BC 400) AE 8782 viewsafter 400 BC. AE8 (0.45g). Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane / TE, double-axe, uncertain symbol above. VF. Very rare. Joy coll.; ex Lindgren coll.
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Tavion (AD 50) AE 22782 viewsAutonomous issue, mid-1st cent AD. AE22 (6.85g, 1h). Laureate head of Zeus left / Hexastyle temple façade. Good VF, blue-black patina.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater782 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 9mm). Laureate head of Zeus left, small seal upwards to right / Quadripartite incuse. Toned, gVF. Carr coll.

This is unlisted in Bodenstedt, but cf. Em. 76 describes 2 examples of a similar portrait without laurel wreath. Two other examples are known from auctions – Roma III, lot 209 and Roma XI, lot 321, both same dies.
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Parion (BC 350-300) AE781 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE (5.76g). Bull butting right, grapes above / Π-Α/Ρ-Ι, altar of Parion; amphora standing in front. Dark green patina, VF. Ex Knopek Auk. (Koln, 1981), lot 162.
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Marion (BC 330-312) AE - Stasoikos II781 viewsStasoikos II, King of Marion, 330-312 BC. AE (7.24g). Shield / Head of lion left. Fine. Extremely rare.
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(BC 377-353) Maussollos - Tetradrachm781 viewsMaussollos, Satrap, ca 377/6-353/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.25g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / ΜΑΥΣΣΩΛΛΟ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and scepter; retrograde P to left, small A to lower right. Near EF, lightly toned. Unpublished variety.
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Aigai (BC 400-300) Hemidrachm781 views4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.92g, 14mm). Helmeted head of Athena right / Head of goat right, AIΓΑE to left. Apparently unpublished.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B90781 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 12h, 9mm). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Facing large bald head of satyr with small ‘ears’ and close cropped beard and moustache, all within linear square. Good VF. Carr coll.

There are seven general reverse varieties/types for Bodenstedt 90. This is the first known from an auction of what we can call "type 7."
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Patara (BC 410-380) Diobol780 viewsca 450-430 BC. AR Diobol (1.11g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Head of Hermes right, wearing winged petasos; caduceus to right, diskeles to left; all within dotted circle incuse. Superb EF, obverse slightly double struck. Ex Triton IV (12/2000), lot 284.

Both Tlos and Patara struck coins with similar designs, this coin though lacks any identifying inscription.
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Pergamon (BC 27-AD 14) AE 21 - Augustus780 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE 21. Laureate head right / Temple with six columns. aVF.
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Kios (BC 330-300) AE 12780 viewsca 330-300 BC. AE12 (1.36g). Head of Mithras right, wearing a laureate tiara / Kantharos with two grape vines, K-I-A around, within wreath of grain. gVF, dark green patina. Gutknecht coll.
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Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 25-1) AE 23 - Cicero Minor780 viewsM. Tullius Cicero Minor, late 1st cent BC. AE23 (5.55g, 12h). Theodoros, magistrate, struck after 30 BC. Bare head of Cicero Minor right / Right hand holding wreath, grain ears, and vine branch with grape bunch. Near VF, blue-gray patina with traces of black deposits. Extremely rare.
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Apameia (AD 198-217) AE 34 - Caracalla780 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE34 (22.10g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, holding scepter and patera. VF, green-brown patina, some encrustation on reverse. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Sigeion (BC 350) AE 16780 viewsca 355-334 BC. AE16 (5.34g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right / Owl standing right, head facing; crescent behind. Good VF, dark green patina. Herman Coll.
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Parion (AD 54-68) AE 23 - Nero780 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE23 (6.77g, 12h). Laureate head right; star below chin / Capricorn right, head left; cornucopia behind. Near VF, green patina.
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Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm780 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.90g, 13mm). Horse prancing right / KE-B-P-H within quarters of quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Near EF, double struck on obverse. Extremely rare.
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(BC 380-370) Zagaba - Stater779 viewsZagaba, Dynast, ca 380-375 BC. AR Stater (9.87 gm, 9h). Facing lion's scalp / Triskeles, T in center; Lycian letters 'zag' around, tunny to left. Superb EF, lightly toned, well centered and fully struck. Very rare.
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Smyrna (AD 37-41) AE 19 - Caligula779 viewsCaligula, with Drusilla, 37-41 AD. AE19 (3.51g), struck ca 37-38 AD. GAION KAICAR - A GERMANIKON EPI [AOUIOLA]. Laureate head of Caligula right / DROUC[ILLAN ZMURNAIW]N MHN-OFANHC. Drusilla with poppies and scepter sitting left. Dark green patina, aEF.
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Neandreia (BC 350) AE 11779 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE11 (1.55g). Laureate head of Apollo right / N•E•-•A•N• around corn grain. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Samos (BC 408-380) Tetradrachm779 viewsca 408/4-385/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.83g, 7h). Marsyas, magistrate. Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; branch behind, MAPΣYAΣ above, SA below nose, bee below. Good VF, attractively toned, well-centered. Extremely rare, one of only two coins known from this magistrate (both from the Pixodarus hoard). Ex Lanz 46 (1998), lot 278; Antiqua FPL IX (undated [2000]), no. 49; Pixodarus Hoard (CH 9, 421).
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Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Drachm779 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.12g, 15mm). Head of Kore-Persephone left, wearing wreath of corn ears, hair in sphendone and covered with veil; ΣΩΤΕΙ above / ΚΥ-ZΙ; lion's head left, tunny below, ivy wreath in field to right. Very rare denomination. Slightly off-centre. Good very fine.
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Kyme (BC 100) AE 16779 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE16 (4.07g). Artemis, with long torch, greeting the Amazon Kyme, who holds transverse sceptre / Two figures (Apollo and Kyme?) in quadriga right. VF, brown patina.
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Chios (BC 478-431) Didrachm779 viewsca 478-431 BC. AR Didrachm (15mm, 7.78g). Sphinx seated left, grape bunch above amphora to left; within convex circle / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, some obverse die rust.
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Abydos (BC 385-335) Drachm779 viewsca 385-335 BC. AR Drachm (2.57g, 9h). Hyllippos, magistrate. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / ABY, eagle standing right; [Υ]ΛΛΙΠΠΟΣ to left, bee to right. EF, toned. An excellent example. Ex Brand Coll. (Sotheby’s, 2/1984), lot 187.
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Ephesos (AD 81-96) AE 33 - Domitian779 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE33 (21.43g, 6h). Homonoia with Smyrna. P. Calvisius Ruso, anthypatos (proconsul). Struck AD AD 92-94. Laureate head right / Nemesises of Ephesus and Smyrna, each raising veil and holding scepter, standing on either side of cult statue of Artemis (Diana) Ephesia. Good VF, dark olive and red-brown surfaces. Tricarico coll.
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Salamis (BC 330) Didrachm - Nikokreon779 viewsNikokreon, 331-310 BC. AR Didrachm (6.23g, 2h). Turreted head of Aphrodite right, NK to left / Laureate head of Apollo left, BA behind. Nice style and patina, small cracks, otherwise VF. Very rare.
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Pedasa (BC 4th cent) AE 11779 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.65g, 10-11mm). Head of Athena right wearing crested Attic helmet / ΠΗΔΑ−ΣΕΩΝ, owl standing right, head facing. Extremely rare, apparently the third known coin of this city in any metal. Nice VF.
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Alexandreia (AD 256-258) AE 21 - Valerian II778 viewsValerian II, Caesar, 256-258 AD. AE21 (5.50g, 12h). IMP LICI COR VALERIA, bare-headed draped bust right / COL AVG TROA, horse grazing right. VF.
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Sagalassos (BC 100-0) AE 14778 viewsAutonomous, 1st cent BC-1st cent AD. AE14 (3.37g). Head Zeus right / Two goats attacking each other. Very fine.
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Aigeai (BC 175-164) AE 21 - Antiochos IV, Epiphanes778 viewsAntiochos IV, Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AE21 (7.21g, 12h). Diademed head right / Bridled horse head left. Good VF, green patina, light deposits, a few scratches.
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Alexandreia (AD 198-217) AE 22 - Caracalla778 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE22 (6.10g). ANTONINV - S PIVS AV, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / GEN CO - L - AUG TRO, Genius standing facing, head left, holding cornucopiae in left hand and statue of Apollo in his outstretched right hand. About VF. Hoeft coll.

Bellinger 221 has the same rev. type for Commodus, but does not list it for Caracalla. Curious, since Cohen 801 has the type for Caracalla, citing the Paris collection. This coin is different than Lindgren's and Cohen's. Obv. legend different, ANTONIVS PIVS AV versus M AVREL ANTONINVS. Rev. legend different, GEN COL AVG TRO versus COL AVG TRO CN (GEN?) (per Curtis Clay)
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(BC 182-149) Prusias II - Tetradrachm 778 viewsPrusias II Cynegos, 182-149 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.79g, 12h), Nikomedeia mint. Head of Prusias right, with slight beard and wearing winged diadem / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Zeus standing left, half draped, crowning king's name with an olive wreath held in his right hand and holding a long scepter in his left; to left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt over monogram. aEF. PGB coll.

Prusias II was a king about whom little good can be said. His epithet means “the Hunter” and that was the activity he liked most. As his reign went on, he became more and more disliked; he was killed after his much more attractive son Nikomedes revolted against him and took over the throne to universal acclaim.
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Elaia (BC 340-300) AE 11777 viewsca 350-320 BC. AE11 (1.48g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / E-Λ, corn grain within olive wreath. Very fine.
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Skepsis (BC 440-400) Obol777 viewsca 450 BC. AR Obol (0.47g). Forepart of horse right / Tree, N-E (retrograde); all within incuse square. VF, light porosity. Rare.1 comments
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Smyrna (BC 100) Tetradrachm777 viewsca 100 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.68g, 12h). Hermippus, son of Sipylos, magistrate. Turreted head of Tyche right / ZΜΥΡ-ΝΑΙΩΝ, lion right; ΕΡΜΙΠΠΟΣ ΣΙΠΥΛΟΥ below; below; all within wreath. Good VF, toned. Very rare.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B56777 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Cow's head right in incuse square. VF.
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(BC 460-440) Uncertain Dynast - Stater777 viewsUncertain Dynast (Kuprilli?), ca 460-440 BC. AR Stater (9.08g), Xanthos mint? Lion with bull's leg in mouth left on ground line / Triskeles in dotted square and deep incuse. VF. Very rare.
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Anazarbos (AD 81-96) AE 27 - Domitian777 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE27 (16.29g, 1h). Dated CY 113 (94/5 AD). Laureate head right / Veiled head of Tyche right, wearing mural crown; date before. VF, even dark brown patina, with lighter brown highlights, overall attractive strike.
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Abbaitis (BC 200-0) AE 19777 views2nd-1st century BC. AE19 (4.76g, 1h). Head of Herakles right wearing lion skin / Lion skin draped over club; monogram to right; all within wreath. Near EF, dark green patina. Ex Popken Coll.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B48 - EL 1/6 Stater777 viewsca 520 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.57g). Bull's head left, the truncation with a dotted rim; behind, seal swimming upwards / Incuse square with irregular surfaces. EF.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B72777 viewsca 360-340 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Head of Athena facing right, wearing Attic helmet, the side-flap turned up / Lion-scalp facing in thin square frame, all in incuse square. Good VF/VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 440-390) Trihemiobol777 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.43g, 3h). Janiform female head / Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Good VF, darkly toned, light porosity.
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Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol776 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR Obol (0.60g). Tunny fish left / Quadripartite incuse square. Nice very fine.
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Pergamon (BC 131) AE 16776 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (3.14g). Laureate head of bearded Asklepios left / Snake coiled around staff, B to left. Good style, EF. Scarce.
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Pergamon (AD 98-117) AE 17 - Trajan776 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE17 (2.51g). Laureate head right / Z(retrograde)ΕΩC - ΦΙΛΙΟC, head of laureate Zeus Philios right. Black patina, some corrosion, good VF.
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(BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 16776 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE16 (4.71g). Laureate head Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, bow and quiver. Dark green patina, EF.
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Paphos (AD 98-117) AE 24 - Trajan776 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE24 (9.92g). Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / Temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, within which is a conical xoanon flanked by two stars, semicircular courtyard around. Near VF, black and green patina, some light roughness. Alexandre de Barros Coll.; ex CNG El. 72, lot 77.
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(BC 340-334) Pixodaros - Trihemiobol776 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 340-334 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.84g). Halikarnassos mint. Head of Apollo facing, chlamys fastened round neck / ΠΙΞΟΔΑΡΟ between eight rays of an ornament star. EF. Rare.
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Kalchedon (BC 200) AE 25776 viewsIn alliance with Byzantion, ca 200 BC. AE25 (9.98g, 1h). Bust of Zeus right / KALXA - BYZAN, Athena with spear and shield right; countermark. This is one of five types issued in alliance of these two cities.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B38776 viewsca 460-440 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g). Head of Silenos in three-quarter view, looking left / Head of roaring lion facing right in square frame, the whole in incuse square. Good VF.
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Salamis (BC 450) Obol - Euanthes775 viewsEuanthes, King of Salamis, ca 450 BC. AR Obol (0.75g, 11h). Head of ram right / head of ram right, jug with one handle below; all within circular incuse. Extremely rare. Toned, VF. Ex Hess-Leu 31 (12/1966), lot 505, and from the collection of V.M. Brand.
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Abydos (BC 480-450) Drachm775 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (5.27g). Eagle standing left, ΑΒΥΔ−[Η]ΝΟΝ / Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue, within incuse square. Toned, good VF. Very rare. Ex Marian A. Sinton Collection (Triton III, 1999), lot 503; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Sotheby's, 6/1991), lot 578 (part of).
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 350) Drachm775 viewsca mid-4th cent BC. AR Drachm (3.89g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Bust of Hera left, wearing decorative stephane, moon to left; ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ to right. Toned, VF. Rare.
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(BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - Stater775 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Stater (9.43g). Forepart of boar left; KVB monogram on shoulder / Irregular incuse punch. EF, some minor die rust and porosity. Well struck and exceptional. Ex Fielder Coll.; ex Peus 360 (4/1999), lot 5; Lanz 48 (11/1989), lot 354.
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Kotiaeion (AD 253-268) AE 22 - Gallienus775 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE22 (5.85g). Diogenes, son of Dionysius, magistrate. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Cybele riding lion right. VF, dark greenish-brown patina, attractive. Wagner Coll.; Ex Duke of Argyll Coll.
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Kaisareia (AD 193-217) AE 24 - Julia Domna775 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE24 (10.00g, 12h), dated RY 14 (206/207 AD). Draped bust right / Legend and date within laurel wreath. VF, reddish-brown patina, reverse a bit off-center.
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Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Tetradrachm775 viewsca 387/6-340 BC. AR Stater (14.54g). Bull standing left on grain ear, ΚΑΛX above, ΔA monogram to left / Quadripartite incuse square with stippled quadrants. Good VF, toned, small die break in field on obverse. Well centered.
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Salamis (BC 351-332) AV Stater - Pnytagoras775 viewsPnytagoras, ca 351-332 BC. AV Stater (8.26g, 10h). Persic standard. Draped bust of Aphrodite left, hair rolled above forehead and falling in long wavy strands to front and back of shoulder, wearing beaded necklace, triple-drop earring, and turreted crown, ΠN behind / Draped bust of Aphrodite left, hair in tight ringlets falling before ear and down back of neck, wearing torque (open end at front of her neck), beaded hoop earring, fillet, and crown decorated with semicircular plates; BA behind. VF, underlying luster, a few minor field marks. Very rare.
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Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 200-0) AE 21775 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (7.3g). Turreted head of Tyche (Kybele) right / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ - ΣΙΠΥΛ, Zeus Lydios standing left, holding eagle and scepter; monogram before. VF.1 comments
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Keramos (BC 300-200) Hemidrachm774 views3rd cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.21g, 11mm, 11h). Young male head (Apollo?) right, with long-hanging hair curls / Bull's head facing (bucranium), ΚΕΡ-Α / ΠΟΛ-Ι, within incuse square.
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Miletos (BC 175-85) Drachm774 viewsca 175-86/5 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.90g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion standing right, looking back at 8-rayed star, MI (city) and EP monograms to right, ΒΙΩΝ (?) (magistrate) in exergue.
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Ankyra (AD 200-220) AE 23774 viewsPseudo-autonomous, ca 200-220 AD. AE23 (7.30g). ΙΕPΑ-CVΝ ΚΛΗΤΟΝ, bare-headed, draped bust of young Senate right / ΑΝ/ΚΥΡΑ/ΝΩΝ in three lines within laurel wreath. EF.
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Pergamon (AD 161-180) AE 33 - Marcus Aurelius774 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE33 (16.96g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ[ΗΛΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ]ΟΣ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / [ΕΠΙ ΣΤΡΑΤΚ]ΑΙΣΤΕΑ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ / [ΒΝΕ]ΟΚΩΡΟ[Ν], Marcus Aurelius in military uniform galloping to right spearing Barbarian below horse in lower field to right, B. Very rare. Green patina. Very fine.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater774 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.32g, 9mm). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing geometric designs. Good Fine. Very rare denomination.
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Lampsakos (AD 235-238) AE 24 - Maximinus I773 viewsMaximinus I Thrax, 235-238 AD. AE24 (9.94g). Laureate, draped bust right / LAMY - AKHNWN, bearded ithypallic Priapos left, standing on base, holding thyrsos in left hand and cup in right. Rare. Thick, olive-green patina, VF.
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Aspendos (BC 330-280) Stater773 viewsca 330-280 BC. AR Stater (10.42g, 25mm). Two wrestlers grappling, ΠΟ between / Slinger right; ΕΣΤFΕΔΙΙY to left, forepart of horse and spear-head to right. About extremely fine.
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Rhodes (BC 350) Tetradrachm773 viewsca 350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.14g). Head of Helios facing 3/4 right / ΡΟΔΙΩΝ, half-blown rose; Δ and bud to left, dolphin swimming downwards to right. Struck in very high relief, superb iridescent tone and EF. Ex Leu sale 42 (1987), lot 308.
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Sinope (BC 310-290) Hemidrachm773 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.53g). Female head left wearing turreted crown / Prow of galley left; aplustre and monogram before. Toned, good VF, some light obverse die rust. Scarce issue.
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Tenedos (BC 450-387) Drachm773 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Drachm (3.49g). Janiform female and male heads, the male laureate and facing right, the female diademed and facing left / ΤΕ-ΝΕ/ΔΙ-ΩΝ around double-axe; grape bunches to left and right; within shallow incuse. VF.
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Paphos (BC 460) Stater - Pnytos I773 viewsPnu..., King of Paphos, ca 460 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 11.08g, 12h). Bull standing left / Head of eagle left, olive sprig to left; within dotted square. Very rare. Toned, gF.
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Athenodoros772 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.51g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, grain ear before, Α-ΘΗΝΟ-ΔΩΡΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Good VF.
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Kaisareia (AD 198-217) Drachm - Julia Domna772 viewsJulia Domna, 198-217 AD. AR Drachm (3.08g, 18mm). IOVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ CEB, draped bust right / MHTPOΠΟ KAICAPI, ET E (=year 5, 197/8 AD). Very fine.
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Atarneos (BC 350-300) AE 18772 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE18 (3.93g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right; coiled serpent above, AB monogram to right, ATAP below. Dark green patina, gVF.
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(BC 380-360) Perikle - AE 12772 viewsPerikle, ca 380-360 BC. AE12 (1.88g). Horned head of Pan left / Lycian letters 'Π^-ΡΕ-ΚΛ' around triskeles. VF, patches of minor roughness. Ex Gutknecht coll.
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Miletos (BC 259-246) Drachm771 viewsca 259-246 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 5.33g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion standing left, looking back; monogram before, star above; ΒΙΩΝ (magistrate) in exergue. Good VF, even grey tone.

Stylistically, this drachm of Miletos seems to fall into Deppert-Lippitiz's period IV that was issued circa 259-246, but Deppert-Lippitz does not record any coins for this magistrate at this time. There are, however, several issues with the name ΒΙΩΝ throughout the remainder of the 3rd century and early part of the 2nd century BC.
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Kotiaeion (AD 198-217) AE - Caracalla771 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE (20.11g). Ioulios Kodratos magistrate Draped, cuirassed and lauretate bust right / Kybele in biga drawn by lions left with tympanon. Very rare. Dark green patina, very fine.
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Savatra (AD 138-161) AE 20 - Antoninus Pius771 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE20 (5.69g). AV KAI AΔP- ANTΩNINO; Laureate; draped and cuirassed bust right / CAOYA-TPЄΩN, Athena standing left with spear and shield, right hand over Thymiaterion (?).Nice very fine.
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Kyme (BC 350-250) Hemidrachm771 viewslate 4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 1.76g, 12h). Archelatos, magistrate. Eagle standing right, head turned left / Forepart of a horse right; grain ear below. VF, toned, porous.
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Uncertain (BC 480-420) Hemidrachm771 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm - Triobol (1.93g, 10mm, 12h). Forepart of Chimaira right / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. VF, porous. Extremely rare.
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Zela (AD 98-117) AE 35 - Trajan771 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE35 (24.15g, 5h). ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟ[C] Κ[ΑΙC]ΑΡ [C]ΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚΟC, cuirassed, draped and laureate bust right / ΘΕΑ ΑΝΑΕ∙ΙΤΙC∙ZΗΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΤΟΥC, persian goddess Anaitis sitting left, crescent on head, holding ears (of wheat?) in right hand, N in exergue. gVF. Unique? Ex Lanz 146 (5/2009), 438; ex Künker 193 (9/2011), 679.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/24 Stater770 viewsca 510-494 BC. AR 1/24 Stater (0.58g). Female head right, hair in sakkos / Quadripartite incuse square, the quarters partially filled. Toned VF.
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Rhodes (BC 405/404) Tridrachm770 viewsca 405/404 BC. AR Tridrachm or Disiglos (11.09g). Infant Herakles wrestling with two snakes / P-O, rose. Toned VF. Very rare, and listed in Sear's Greek Coins and Their Values, vol. 2, no. 5031, at EUR 4000.
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Tyana (AD 161-169) AE 22 - Lucius Verus770 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE22 (8.43g). Laureate bust of Lucius Verus right / ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΠΤΙΕΡΑΣΥΑΥΤ ΕΤ ΘΙ, Tyche seated left, upper part of River God swimming left, below.
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Kyme (BC 165-140) Tetradrachm770 viewsca 165-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.72g, 12h). Seuthes, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia / Horse prancing right; one-handled cup below; ΣΕΥΘΗΣ in exergue; all within wreath. Good VF. Although the obverse die of this coin is not recorded by Oakley, both of its dies are very similar to Oakley's dies 62/a.
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Ophryneion (BC 350-300) AE 11770 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE11 (2.27g, 6h). Helmeted head of Hektor facing slightly right / Infant Dionysos kneeling right, holding grape cluster; ΟΦΡΥ to left. VF, rough green patina. Alighieri Coll.
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Neandreia (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm770 views4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.78g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse feeding right, NEAN above. VF. Extremely rare.
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Magnesia (BC 300-200) Drachm770 viewsca 300-200 BC. AR Drachm (5.60g, 11h). Persic standard. Kydrokles, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right; monogram below / Bull butting left; grain ear behind, KYΔPOKΛHΣ in exergue; all within circular Maeander pattern. EF. Well centered and struck. Very rare.
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