Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Parion (AD 253) AE 21 - Aemilian742 viewsAemilian, 253 AD. AE21 (5.12g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / C G H I P, capricorn swimming right, cornucopiae on back; star between forelegs. VF, brown surfaces. Drewry Coll.; Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XX (3/1992), lot 429. Miletopolis (BC 400-300) Trihemiobol742 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.96g) Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Double-bodied owl, head facing, within linear square. VF. Unique. R. Mueller coll. Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol742 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.23g, 7h). Female double-head, wearing earring / ΛΑΜ, head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet; fly to right. gVF. (BC 220-163) Ariarathes IV - AE742 viewsAriarathes IV, 220-163 AD. AE (4.80g, 12h). Eusebeia Tyana. Bust right, wearing Tiara, monogram to left / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ, Athena seated to left with spear and shield, holding Nike in right hand. Very rare. VF. Methymna (BC 500-450) Stater741 viewsca 480 BC. AR Stater (8.21g). Boar standing right, head lowered / ΜΑΘVΜΝΑΙ-ΟΣ, helmeted head of Athena righ, dotted square border; all within an incuse square. VF, porous. Rare. Myous (BC 400-380) AE 17741 views4th century BC. AE17 (2.77g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bird (Pelikan?) standing left, MY to right, within maeander circular border. Rare. F-VF. Phaselis (BC 230-190) Stater741 viewsca 230-190 BC. AR Stater (10.96g, 24mm). Polykrates, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Athena standing right on prow, brandishing spear, shield on left arm; Φ to left, serpent to right, ΠΟΛΥΚΡΑΤΗΣ below. EF. Very rare, unpublished magistrate? Phaselis (BC 550) 1/3 Stater741 viewsca 550-480 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (3.25g). Prow of galley in the form of boar's head right / Irregular incuse square. Toned VF, porous. Rare. Rhodes (BC 405/404) Tridrachm741 viewsca 405/404 BC. AR Tridrachm or Disiglos (11.21g). Infant Herakles wrestling with two snakes / P-O, rose. VF. Extremely rare. Ex Lanz Auc. 40 (Muenchen 1987), lot 291. Alexandreia (AD 250-268) AE 20741 viewsQuasi-autonomous, ca 250-268 AD. AE20 (5.65 g, 12h). AL-EX TRO, Draped bust of turreted bust of Tyche right, vexillum behind shoulder / COL AVG TRO, Horse grazing right. EF, brown patina. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater741 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.32g). Head of tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Exceptional strike. Very rare, and better than the three recorded by Hurter & Liewald. Alighieri Coll. Mallos (BC 375-360) Obol740 viewsca 375-360 BC. AR Obol (0.62g). Aphrodite seated right, wearing sphendone, holding sceptre / Wreathed head of female left, MA to right. Extremely fine, rare. Knidos (BC 520-490) Drachm740 viewsca 520-490 BC. AR Drachm (6.27g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Archaic head of Aphrodite right within incuse square. Toned, nice VF. Skepsis (BC 440-400) Tetrobol740 viewsca 450 BC. AR Triobol (2.00g). Forepart of Pegasos right / Tree; E-N (retrograde); all within dotted incuse square. Good VF, light porosity. Rare. BMC suggests that the NE on the reverse may indicate an alliance between Skepsis and Neandria. Antandros (BC 440-400) Drachm740 viewslate 5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.85g). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / Goat standing right, ANTA-N, in incuse square. VF, struck with worn obverse die, porous with light smoothing on cheek. Scarce. Mallos (BC 425-385) Hemiobol740 viewsca 385-333 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42g). Turtle / Swan right; lotus flower to right. Toned, good VF, light porosity. Rare. Neonteichos (BC 300-150) AE 11740 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE11 (1.48g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Owl standing right on NE monogram. Green patina, VF. Abbaitis (BC 200-0) AE 22740 views2nd-1st century BC. AE22 (6.60g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΜΥΣΩΝ ΑΒΒΑΙΤΩΝ, winged thunderbolt, monogram below; all within oak wreath. Dark olive-green patina, gVF/VF. Very rare. Righetti coll. Samos (AD 81-117) AE 14740 viewsImperial Times, late 1st to early 2nd century AD. AE14 (3.04g). CAMIWN, Ankaios standing left, holding patera and scepter / HPMC, peacock standing left. Rare. VF. Assos (BC 450-400) Obol740 views5th century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.53g). Griffin leaping right / Head of roaring lion right in incuse square. VF. Triangular incuse with owl on Ionia, Klazomenai740 viewsca 375-340 BC. AE17 (3.9g). Three-quarter facing head of Athena, head turned slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet decorated with olive branch, earrings and necklace, countermark: triangular incuse containing double-bodied owl (?) / KLAZOMENIΩN, ram walking right, two bees in exergue. VF. Kaisareia (AD 217-218) AE 36 - Macrinus & Diadumenian740 viewsMacrinus, with Diadumenian as Caesar, 217-218 AD. AE36 (25.92g, 12h). Struck 218 AD. AY K M OΠ CЄOY MA[KPI]NOC M OΠ ΔIAΔOY ANTωNЄ[I], confronted busts of Macrinus right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Diadeumenian left, bareheaded and draped / M[HTP]OΠOΛC (sic) [KAICAPIAC?], Mt. Argaeus surmounted by statue; star and crescent in upper field; at base of mountain, tetrastyle temple between two agonistic urns; in exergue, NEΩΚOPOV/ ЄT B (date) in two lines. Good VF, dark green patina, earthen highlights. Lamponeia (BC 500-450) Hemiobol739 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g). Bull's head facing / Quadripartite square incuse. Rare. Good very fine. Eleutheria (BC 4th cent) AE 10739 viewsca 4th cent. BC. AE10 (1.10g, 12h). Athena in triple-crested helmet 3/4 to right, wearing necklace / Lion walking right, head turned left, uncertain symbol above, ΕΛΕΥ to right. VF. Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE739 viewsca 4th century BC. AE (4.39g). Head of Athena facing slightly to right, wearing Attic helmet / Ram walking right, ΚΛΑZΟΜΕ/ΝΙΩΝ above, thunderbolt to right. Dark green patina, VF. Methymna (BC 500-450) Diobol739 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Diobol (1.35g). Facing head of Gorgoneion, tongue protruding / Head of Athena? left, wearing Corinthian helmet, within dotted incuse square. Toned, gVF/EF. (BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 28739 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE28 (7.55g). Laureate head Apollo left / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Nike in long Chiton standing left, holding shield in left hand, crowing king's name with wreath in right; IA monogram to left. Light brown-green patina, some corrosion, gVF/F. Gutknecht coll. Amisos (AD 241-244) AE 36 - Tranquillina739 viewsTranquillina, 241-244 AD. AE36 (29.69g). CABINIA TPANKYLINA CAICBACTH(?), bust right / Pallas standing left, wearing corinthian helm, holding transverse spear and resting hand on shield. Very rare. About very fine. Ephesos (AD 161-180) AE 19 - Marcus Aurelius739 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE19 (4.43g). KAICAP.OV - VHPOC, draped bust right / EΦE / CIΩN (in ex.), emperor, with waving chlamys behind, stg. right in biga drawn by two stags, holding reins in outstretched hands. VF-. Unpublished, probably unique. Hoeft coll. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/12739 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.36g, 8mm). Milesian standard. Geometric type. Raised clockwise swastika pattern / Incuse square. Good VF, struck from worn obverse die. Very rare denomination. Abydos (BC 500-480) Trihemiobol738 viewsbefore 480 BC. AR Diobol (1.43g). Eagle standing left / Quadripartite incuse. Lightly toned, good VF, light porosity. Side (BC 250-150) Obol738 viewsca 3rd-2nd cent BC. AR Obol (0.64g). Head of lion left, traces of Pamphylian inscription above / Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet. EF. Phaselis (BC 120-80) Drachm738 viewsLycian League, ca 2nd-1st cent BC. AR Drachm (2.56g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Kithara with two? strings; ΦΑΣΗΛΙ above, crown of Isis to left, long, burning torch to right; within shallow incuse square. Nice toning, EF. Alabanda (BC 167/6) Tetradrachm738 viewsafter 167 BC. AR Staphanephoric Tetradrachm (16.94g, 34mm), dated 167 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, hair falling down neck in large curls / ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΕΩΝ, Pegasus flying right, A below (= year 1 of the local era). Large flan, slight weakness, EF. Very rare. Rhodes (BC 229-205) Diobol738 viewsca 230-205 BC. AR Diobol (0.96g). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O on either side of two rosebuds, oil-lamp above.1 comments Patara (BC 420-370) Drachm738 viewsca 5th century BC. AR 1/2 Stater (3.71g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Lycian letters 'pttah' around triskeles within circular incuse. VF. Very rare and apparently unpublished. Pergamon (BC 300-250) AE 17738 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE17 (3.82g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Head of bull right, A to left, ΠΕΡΓΑ below. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Priene (BC 150-125) AE 21738 viewsca 150-125 BC. AE21 (9.50g). Achilleides, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right on amphora; flower and ivy leaf on either side, magistrate ΑΧΙΛΛΕΙ/ΔΗΣ, below. Good VF, dark brown and green patina, nicely struck. Selge (AD 117-138) AE 25 - Hadrian738 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE25 (9.25g). Laureate, draped bust right / CEΛ-ΓEΩN; holy trees on platform. Interesting. Very fine. Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol738 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.48g). Ram's head right / Young male head right, Karian legend. VF. Amastris (AD 209-211) AE 21 - Geta737 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE21 (7.19g, 1h). AYTKNCE RETAC AYR (Supreme-commander, Caesar, P. Septimius Geta, Emperor) / Pallas standing right, wearing a helmet, chiton, and peplos; in her right hand a spear; in her left, an owl, ΑΜΑCΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ. Scarce. See BMC 13, p. 150, 8 (for obv) and p. 87, 20 (for rev - Ant. Pius), unpublished? Gamerses (400-380) AE 13737 viewsGamerses, Satrap of Lydia, early 4th cent BC. AE13 (1.52g). Youthful head with short hair (with a braided strand in back) right (Eunuch Gamerses?), wearing earring and necklace / Zeus standing right, holding sceptre in right hand, eagle in left; star to left, ΓΑΜΕΡΣΟΥ to right. EF, dark green patina. Kindya (BC 510-490) Tetrobol737 viewsca 510-480 BC. AR Tetrobol (11mm, 2.00g). Head of ketos left / Incuse geometric pattern. Good VF. Abydos (BC 510-480) Obol737 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Obol? (8mm, 0.80g). Eagle standing left / Rough square incuse. VF, a little porous. Abbaitis (BC 200-0) AE 16737 views2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (3.98g, 9h). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΜΥΣ-ΩΝ ΑΒΒΑ, labrys (double-axe); monogram to left; all within wreath. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll. Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Trihemiobol737 viewsca 500-470 BC. AR Diobol (1.23g). Female janiform head / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet, within incuse square. EF. Samos (BC 600-570) EL 1/24 Stater737 viewsca 600-570 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.77g). Samian-Euboeic standard. Geometric type. Rough obverse with irregular spiral markings / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Exceptionally clear obverse. Rare. Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 42 - Caracalla737 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE42 - Medallion (37.96g, 6h). Julius Anthimus, strategos. Struck circa 214 AD. AVT • KPAT • K • MA-PKOC • AVP • ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery / ЄΠI CTP IOV-Λ ANΘIMOV ΠЄPΓAMHNΩN/ ΠPΩTΩN TRIC/ NЄΩKOPΩ/N, Caracalla, holding spear in left hand, advancing right on horseback; to left, Victory walking right, holding palm frond in left hand and crowning emperor with wreath held in right; to right, trophy and two bound captives, one seated and the other standing. EF, brown patina, minor adjustment marks. Rare and in exceptional condition for issue. Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA V (12/2008), lot 270. This medallion is part of a highly interesting series that has long fascinated numismatists. Taken as a whole, the group chronicles the major events of Caracalla’s visit to Pergamum en route to an eastern military expedition in AD 214. While this was only one stop on a trip that included imperial visits to the major cities and religious sites of Asia Minor, Pergamum’s sanctuary of Asclepius (the Asclepion) was of particular appeal to Caracalla, whose health declined precipitously in the latter years of his reign. Marion (BC 4th cent) AE 12736 viewsTimocharis, King of Marion, 4th cent BC. AE12 (1.92g). Head of Aphrodite right / BA and Cypriot syllabics (Marieus) flanking thunderbolt. aVF. Scarce. (BC 425-400) Kherei - Trihemiobol736 viewsKherei, ca 425-400 BC. AR Trihemiobol? (1.05g, 12mm), uncertain mint. Two cocks confronted, uncertain symbol betwen / Lycian letters 'KE,' eagle standing left, lotus flower above; within deep dotted square incuse. Lightly toned, gVF. (BC 500-460) Uncertain Dynast - Stater736 viewsUncertain Dynast, ca 500-460 BC. AR Stater (9.20g, 1h), Patara? Sphinx sitting left on double ground line, right foot raised / Crab, smaller crab above?, within deep incuse square. Lightly toned, VF. very rare. Ex Giessener Muenzhandlung, Auk. 64 (10/1993, Muenchen), lot 194. Priapos (BC 300-200) AE 12736 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE12 (1.38g). Laureate head of Apollo right, wearing long hair (more female-like) / Crab, harpa and ΠΡΙ below, Α above. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare city and type. Gutknecht coll. Tarsos (AD 117-138) AE - Hadrian736 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE (once plated) Tetradrachm (6.85g, 1h). Countermarked under Caracalla, 215-217 AD. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ΤΑΡCΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩC, lion bringing down bull to left; c/m: laureate head of Caracalla right, A-M-K around bottom of bust; all within incuse oval. Very rare, very fine, about 20 % cut off. The countermark exposed the coin as being plated, the coin fooled people for about 100 years in between being struck and countermarked! Salamis (BC 330) Triobol - Nikokreon736 viewsNikokreon, King of Salamis, ca 331-310 BC. Rhodian Triobol? (13mm, 1.87g, 12h). Head of Aphrodite right, wearing turreted crown, BA to left / Laureate head of Apollo left, N[K] to right. Toned, VF. Very rare. Ankyra (AD 198-217) AE 29 - Caracalla736 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE29 (17.04g, 121h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Octastyle temple façade. EF, blue-black and black-green patina. de Barros Coll. Salamis (BC 373-361) AV 1/12 Stater - Nikokles735 viewsNikokles, King of Salamis, 373-361 BC. AV 1/12th Stater (0.68g). Head of Aphrodite left / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet. aEF. Mylasa (AD 198-209) AE 38 - Geta735 viewsGeta as Caesar, 198 - 209 AD. AE38 (21.40g). Bust right, PO SEPTIMIOS GETAS KAI / Cult statute of Zeus Labraundos with polos, scepter und double-axe in tetrastyle Ionian temple. Green and brown patina, VF. Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 10735 views4th century BC. AE10 (0.90g). Head of horned Nymph facing, slightly to right / Forepart of bull right, head turned facing, ΛΑ above. Rare. Dark patina. EF. Kolophon (BC 389-350) Drachm735 viewsca 389-350 BC. AR Drachm (3.42g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre; ΑΡΙΣΤΕΙΔ[ΗΣ] (magistrate). Toned, good VF, light porosity. Magnesia (BC 350-325) Didrachm735 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Didrachm (7.16g). Diopeithes, magistrate. Rider on horseback right, holding lance / Bull butting left, ΔΙΟΠΕΙΘΗ[Σ] (magistrate) below; all within circular maeander pattern. Good VF, well centered. Tabai (BC 100-0) AE 16735 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE16 (3.65g, 11h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Caps of Dioskouri, stars above, ΤΑΒΕNΩΝ below. Kyzikos (BC 530-500) Hemiobol735 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Obol (?) (0.31g). Head of tunny fish left / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare. Good VF. Mueller coll. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) female/lion - Obol735 viewsca 5th cent. BC. AR Obol (0.61g). Female head (of Archaic style) left, hair in sakkos / Facing head of lion within incuse square. gVF. Unpublished? Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B96735 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of serpent right within linear square. Good VF, a little off center. Perge (BC 260-230) Tetradrachm 735 viewsca 260-230 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.1g, 29mm). Wreathed head of Artemis right; quiver over shoulder / ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟΣ - ΠΕΡΓΑΙΑΣ, Artemis standing left, wearing short dress, holding wreath and scepter; to left, forepart of stag standing left, looking up. VF. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Obol734 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Obol (0.56g). Janiform head, female on left, male on right (Hera and Zeus) / Double-axe, T-E over crossing line; within incuse square. VF, typical porosity. Rare. Rhodes (BC 125-88) Drachm734 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 2.94g, 12h). Antaios, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose, bud to right; sun to right, ΑΝΤΑΙΟΣ above. Superb EF, slight reverse die shift. Fulvia (BC 41-40) AE 20 - Fulvia734 viewsFulvia, wife of Mark Antony, ca 41-40 BC. AE20 (7.43g). Zmertorigos, son of Philonidas, magistrate. Head of Fulvia as winged Nike right; 2 countermarks: monograms in circles / Athena advancing left with spear and shield; the ethnic "Fulviana" has been erased. Near VF, dark green patina, light scratches. Thyateira (BC 200-100) AE 20734 views2nd cent BC. AE20 (9.73g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Filleted tripod; monogram above; all within wreath. VF, dark green, almost black, patina. Thyateira (AD 54-68) AE 18 – Nero & Poppaea734 viewsNero, with Poppaea, 54-68 AD. AE18 (3.82g, 12h), struck ca 62 AD. Laureate head of Nero right / Draped bust of Poppaea right. Near VF, orichalcum surfaces, minor areas of roughness. Ex Wagner Coll. Magnesia (BC 459) Tetartemorion - Archepolis734 viewsArchepolis(?), ca 459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.23g, 9h). Bearded male head right, wearing laurel wreath / Eagle flying right within linear square in incuse square. VF, minor porosity. Apparently unpublished. For similar trihemiobols of Archepolis, but eagle left with ethnic, cf. Nollé & Wenninger A 2a = Gorny & Mosch 102, 254 and Triton V, 1425. Atarneos (BC 350-300) AE734 viewsca 400-350 BC. AE (4.24g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right; coiled serpent above, ΛΦ monogram to right, ATAP below. Dark green patina, aEF. Mueller Coll. Komana (AD 37-41) AE - Caligula734 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE (6.44g), dated Year 6 (39/40 AD). Radiate female head right / ΚΟΜΑΝΟΝ, club in wreath. Brown patina, VF. Tmolos (AD 136-138) AE 30 - Hadrian & Aelius734 viewsHadrian, with Aelius Caesar, 136-138 AD. AE30 (16.46g, 1h). AV • AΔPIANOC • CЄ • Λ • AI • KAI-CAP, confronted busts of Hadrian right, laureate and draped, and Aelius left, bareheaded and cuirassed, with slight drapery / TMOΛI-TΩN, Tmolus standing facing, head right, leaning on knotted staff and cradling the infant Dionysus in a fawn skin (nebris) tied around his neck. EF, dark brown patina, lightly rubbed on high points. Aspendos (BC 465-430) Stater733 viewsca 465-430 BC. AR Stater (10.92g). Warrior advancing right, holding shield and short sword, uncertain symbol below / ΕΣΤF, triskeles with floral motif in centre, cock to left, branch right, within shallow incuse square. Scarce. VF. Fulvia (BC 41-40) AE 17733 viewsEumenea as Fulvia, ca 41-40 BC. AE17 (4.83g). Draped bust of Fulvia as winged Nike right / [Φ]ΟΥΛΟΥΙ - ΑΝΩΝ - ZΜΕPΤΟPΙ, legend in three lines within ivy-wreath. Good VF, glossy black patina. Rare. Freedman Coll. The city name was changed to Fulvia on the occasion of Mark Antony's journey to the east in 41 BC. Fulvia was to die in the next year, hence this was a short-lived coinage. Tion (AD 98-117) AE 32 - Trajan733 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE32 (23.56g). AVT NEP TPAIANOC KAICAP CEB GM D, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / ZEVC CVPGACTEIOC TIANWN, Zeus Syrgastes standing left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle at feet. VF, orichalcum patina, some porosity. Zeus Syrgastes represents the assimilation of Zeus with a local high god. Antiocheia (BC 200-100) AE 19733 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AE19 (6.30g). Radiate and draped bust of Helios right / Lyre within laurel wreath. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B02733 viewsbefore 522 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Forepart of bull left / Incuse lion's head right. VF/EF. Amathos (BC 411-374) Stater - Evagoras I733 viewsEvagoras I, King of Amathos, 411-374 BC. AR Stater (6.67g). Lion lying right, eagle above / Forepart of lion right. VF. Very rare. Kyme (BC 165-140) Tetradrachm733 viewsca 165-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.80g, 12h). Amphiktion, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia / Horse prancing right; one-handled cup below raised foreleg; ΑΜΦΙΚΤΥΩΝ in exergue; all within wreath. Good VF, dark patina, a few flan flaws. From the John F. Sullivan Collection. Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 13733 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE13 (2.09g). ΛΑ-Îœ, Kerykeion (caduceus) within olive wreath / Ψ-Α, Pegasos right, dolphin? below. Light green patina, EF/gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Laodikeia (AD 198-217) AE 45 - Caracalla733 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE45 - Medallion (44.56g, 12h). Aelius Pigretus, magistrate. [AV]T KAI M AVP ANTΩNЄINOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ЄΠI AIΛ ΠIΓP HTOC ACIAP, LAOΔIKЄΩN• NЄΩKOPO•N• in exergue, Caracalla, laureate and togate, in a chariot drawn by four lions left, holding Victory on globe in right hand, sceptre in left. VF, dark green patina, ancient mount removed from obverse, leaving smoothed surfaces and traces of silvering. Ex Drewry Coll.; ex Burstein Coll. - Peus 366 (10/2000), lot 799. Kaisareia (AD 177-192) AE 27 - Commodus733 viewsCommodus, 180-193 AD. AE27 (14.36g). M KOMO ANTΩNINOC, laureate, cuirassed and draped bust right / MHTPOΠO KAICAPЄIA, Agalma of mount Argaios on altar inscribed, ЄT ΓI. Black patina, VF. Mallos (BC 375-360) Obol733 viewsca 375-360 BC. Mallos Satrapal coinage. AR Obol (0.61g). Herakles strangling the Nemean lion / Great King running right holding spear and bow. Toned, VF. Pinara (BC 167-81) Drachm733 viewsLycian League, ca 167-81 BC. AR Drachm (). Laureate head of Apollo right, bow and quiver over shoulder / City initials Π-Ι on either side of kithara, ΛVKIΩΝ above; all within shallow incuse square. Extremely Rare; only 2 drachms of Pinara were known to Troxell. gVF. This reverse die is new, whereas the obverse die is linked to no. 7.2. Pinara is located in the middle Xanthos valley and is today one of the most impressive sites of ancient Lycia. Autophradates (BC 380-355) Trihemiobol733 viewsAutophradates, Satrap of Sparda (Lydia and Ionia), circa 380s-350s BC. AR Diobol(?) (10mm, 1.01g, 10h). Head left, wearing satrapal cap / Head of horse left; OATA above, ΠO monogram to lower left. VF, dark find patina. Very rare. Autophradates distinguished himself in the Great Satraps Revolt (365-360 BC) by supporting Artaxerxes II and imprisoning the satrap of Lydia and Ionia, Artabazos (Dem. Aristoc. 671). In 333 BC, Autophradates, along with his fellow-commander, Pharnabazos, took over the Persian fleet and completed the siege of Mytilene, which had been begun by Memnon. In the Greek revolts which arose in the Aegean and western Asia Minor as a result of Alexander III’s victories, Autophradates tried to return these areas to Persian control (Arr. Anab. 2.1; Arist. Pol. 2.4.10). Little else is known of his subsequent career, although it is possible that he was among those satraps who presented themselves before Alexander at Zadracarta (Arr. Anab. 3.23). Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater733 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Stater (15.98g). Triton swimming left, holding wreath in left hand; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare and undoubtedly the finest specimen known. Fine style, perfectly struck and centered on a full flan. Good extremely fine. Telmessos (BC 81-27) AE732 viewsLycian League, ca 81-27 BC. AE (3.76g). Λ-Î¥, head of Artemis right / ΤΕΛ/ΛΥ, stag standing right on ground line, within dotted circle. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Kaunos (BC 450-430) Stater732 viewsca 450-430 BC. AR Stater (11.72g). Winged female figure in kneeling/running stance left, head turned right, holding caduceus and wreath / Baetyl(?), granulated patterns resembling birds on either side. Nice VF. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B94 - EL 1/6 Stater732 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of nymph left; [small seal behind] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, patchy toning. Amastris (AD 235-260) AE 22732 viewsImperial Times, ca 3rd cent AD. AE22 - 3 Assaria (3.60g). Draped bust of Homer right, wearing taenia; c/m: head of Gordian III right / Hades-Serapis seated left holding scepter; Cerberus seated before. Near VF, brown patina with some green highlights. Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Drachm732 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 5.15g, 12h). Janiform female head / Helmeted of Athena left, monogram on helmet. Very rare. Porosity and area of encrustation on obverse, otherwise VF. Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 10731 viewsafter ca 350 BC. AE10 (0.93g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Star. VF, brown patina. Mallos (BC 350) AE 12731 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE12 (1.11g). Head of Pyramos right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Gorgoneion facing. VF, green patina. Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Janiform - Obol731 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.74g). Janiform (bicephalic) head, the left face bearded, the right not / Tricephalic bearded head. Good VF, hoard patina. Rare. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE 21731 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AE21 (5.39g). Head of bearded Herakles right, club on shoulder / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ, lion prancing right. Dark brown patina, EF. Gutknecht coll. Lakanatis (AD 38-72) AE 23 - Antiochos IV731 viewsAntiochos IV, 38-72 AD. AE23 (10.77g). ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ, diademed head right / ΛΑΚΑΝ-ΑΤΩΝ, scorpion in wreath. Dark green patina, VF/EF. Eikonion (AD 54-68) AE 26 - Nero731 viewsEikonion as Klaudeikonion. Nero, 54-68 AD. AE27 (9.06g), struck ca 62-65 AD. NEPWN KAICAP CEBACTOC, laureate head right / ΠOΠΠAIA CEBACTH KΛAVΔEIKO[NIEWN], Poppaea (as Kore) seated left, holding poppy and scepter. Assos (BC 420-380) Obol731 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Obol (0.5g, 9mm). Female head left / A-T, head of griffin right within dotted border in incuse square. VF. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 - 149