Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol754 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. Patara (BC 420-370) Drachm753 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 Very rare and apparently unpublished. Alexandreia (AD 180-192) AE 25 - Commodus753 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE25 (6.44g). Draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / COL - AVG TROAD, naked Apollo Smintheus standing left, bent with right foot on basis, holding branch in right hand, left hand on hip; bird standing left at feet. Brown patina with light green highlights on obv., VF/gVF. Rare. Abbaitis (BC 200-0) AE 22753 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. Sinope (AD 217-218) AE 30 - Diadumenian753 viewsDiadumenian, as Caesar, 217-218 AD. AE30 (13.50g), dated CY 261 (217 AD). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Serapis standing left, right hand raised, holding sceptre in left. Near VF, brown patina, minor roughness. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater753 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. Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol753 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.48g). Ram's head right / Young male head right, Karian legend. VF. Dionysopolis (AD 14-37) AE 14 - Tiberius752 viewsTime of Tiberius, 14-37 AD. AE14 (2.76g). ΔΙΟNYΣOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, head of Dionysos right / APIΣΤΟΣ APIΣΤOY, cista with crossed thyrsis. Very fine. Mallos (BC 375-360) Obol752 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. Amorion (BC 200-0) AE 23752 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE23 (7.25g). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / ΑΜΟΡΙ-ΑΝΩΝ, eagle standing right on thunderbolt; kerykeion over shoulder, monogram to left, ΚΛΕΑΡ to right. Good style, dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Righetti coll. Miletopolis (BC 400-300) Trihemiobol752 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. Eleutheria (BC 4th cent) AE 10751 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/12751 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. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL 1/6 Stater751 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.7g). Head of Attis right, wearing a Phyrgian cap / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 42 - Caracalla751 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. Mallos (BC 425-385) Hemiobol750 viewsca 385-333 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42g). Turtle / Swan right; lotus flower to right. Toned, good VF, light porosity. Rare. Magnesia (BC 350-325) Didrachm750 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. Phaselis (BC 230-190) Stater750 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 Stater750 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. Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol750 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol - Attic standard (0.29g). Bull butting right / 8-rayed star with central pellet, MA above. Kaisareia (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus750 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (18.55g, 1h), dated RY 11 (203/4 AD). Laureate head right / Mt. Argaeus on platform; star above. VF, brown patina, flan split. Wagner Coll. Alexandreia (AD 250-268) AE 20750 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. Priene (BC 290-250) Hemidrachm749 viewsca 290-270 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.57g). Helmeted head of Athena left / Trident within circular maeander pattern, ΠΡΙΗ to left, ΛΥΣΑΓΟ (magistrate) to right. Good VF, light porosity on the obverse. Knidos (BC 520-490) Drachm749 viewsca 520-490 BC. AR Drachm (6.27g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Archaic head of Aphrodite right within incuse square. Toned, nice VF. Myous (BC 400-380) AE 17749 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. Lamponeia (BC 500-450) Hemiobol749 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g). Bull's head facing / Quadripartite square incuse. Rare. Good very fine. Neonteichos (BC 300-150) AE 11749 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE11 (1.48g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Owl standing right on NE monogram. Green patina, VF. Side (BC 250-150) Obol749 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) Drachm749 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. Rhodes (BC 405/404) Tridrachm749 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. (BC 220-163) Ariarathes IV - AE749 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. Autophradates (BC 380-355) Trihemiobol749 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). Kolophon (BC 389-350) Drachm748 viewsca 389-350 BC. AR Drachm (3.42g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre; ΑΡΙΣΤΕΙΔ[ΗΣ] (magistrate). Toned, good VF, light porosity. Pergamon (BC 300-250) AE 17748 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. Amisos (AD 241-244) AE 36 - Tranquillina748 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 Aurelius748 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. Samos (AD 81-117) AE 14748 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. Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Drachm748 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. Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE747 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) Diobol747 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. Kyme (BC 165-140) Tetradrachm747 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. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE 21747 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. Kyzikos (BC 530-500) Hemiobol747 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Obol (?) (0.31g). Head of tunny fish left / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare. Good VF. Mueller coll. Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Trihemiobol747 viewsca 500-470 BC. AR Diobol (1.23g). Female janiform head / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet, within incuse square. EF. Pinara (BC 167-81) Drachm747 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. Mylasa (AD 198-209) AE 38 - Geta746 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. Tion (AD 98-117) AE 32 - Trajan746 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. Alabanda (BC 167/6) Tetradrachm746 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) Diobol746 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 Amastris (AD 209-211) AE 21 - Geta746 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? Amathos (BC 411-374) Stater - Evagoras I746 viewsEvagoras I, King of Amathos, 411-374 BC. AR Stater (6.67g). Lion lying right, eagle above / Forepart of lion right. VF. Very rare. (BC 425-400) Kherei - Trihemiobol746 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 228-183) Prusias I - AE 28746 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. Aigeai (AD 217-218) AE 30 - Macrinus746 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE30 (18.29g, 6h). Dated CY 264 (217/8 AD). AV[T K] M • OΠ CЄV MAKPINO[C], radiate and cuirassed bust right; countermarks: 1) eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread; 2) laureate head (of Elagabalus?) right; 3) head of Asclepius right / MAKPINOV Π[...]Θ around, AIΓЄΩN in exergue, ship under sail to left beside the pharos (lighthouse) of Aegeae surmounted by statue of Poseidon, holding trident; to left, goat kneeling right above second ship in the distance; Δ[ΞC] to upper right. VF, green patina. An apparently unpublished variant of a very rare type. An interesting coin with a reverse superior to the cited specimens. Those examples differ in bust types, obverse legend (in the case of the Levante coin), and in minor details of the reverse. Perge (BC 260-230) Tetradrachm 746 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. (BC 169-150) Mithradates IV - Tetradrachm746 viewsMithradates IV, ca 170/169-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.99g), struck ca 169-150 BC. Diademed and draped busts of Mithradates IV and Laodice right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] / ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ - ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ / ΛΑΟΔΙΚΗΣ / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ, Zeus, with thunder­bolt, and Hera standing facing side by side, both holding scepter. Extremely rare. An issue of great fascination with two pleasant Hellenistic portraits, surface somewhat porous, otherwise gVF. Ex NAC sale 2 (1990), lot 173. From the Jameson and Salvesen collections. Mithradates IV Philopator succeeded his brother, Pharnakes I, as king of Pontus and took great pains to undo the damage to the Pontic kingdom caused by Pharnakes’s conflicts with the neighboring Bithynian and Attalid kingdoms. He supported Attalos II against Prousias II of Bithynia in 154 BC, which also made him a friend of Rome. The friendly relationship that he established with the Romans remained firm until it was shattered irreparably by Mithradates VI Eupator and the Asiatic Vespers of 89/8 BC. Although little else is known about the reign of Mithradates IV, his coins reveal much about the king’s desire to present himself as a Hellenistic monarch equal to the Antigonid, Seleucid, and Ptolemaic kings who could trace their bloodlines back to the generals of Alexander the Great. Despite his Iranian ancestry and possession of a backwater kingdom on the Black Sea, this tetradrachm firmly places him in the tradition of Hellenistic royal superpowers. He wears the diadem, the universal symbol of Hellenistic kingship, and is jugate with the head of his wife, Laodice, who also happened to be his sister. The royal jugate portrait was first pioneered by Ptolemy II Philadelphos for gold coins celebrating the deification of his father and mother as well as of himself and his own sister-wife, Arsinoe II. While marriage between brother and sister had a long tradition among the pharaohs and therefore Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II could be seen as continuing the native Egyptian custom, it was not acceptable in mainstream Greek culture. In an attempt to make his brother-sister marriage more palatable to Greeks, the apologists of Ptolemy II appealed to his divinity, pointing out that Zeus and Hera were also brother and sister. The reverse type of this tetradrachm also seems to make the same argument, depicting the full-length figures of Zeus and Hera as a parallel for the portraits of the king and Laodice on the obverse. The type was presumably aimed at a Greek audience (outside of Pontus?) since brother-sister marriages were not unknown among ancient Iranian elites and would not have required any special explanation - and certainly not one appealing to Greek gods - to the native Iranian population of Pontus. In addition to the aspiration to royal greatness in the footsteps of the Ptolemaic kings expressed by this coin, the treatment of the portraits is remarkable. Unlike the frequent tendency towards idealization in Hellenistic royal coin portraits, the portraits of Mithradates VI and Laodice approach a style that seems to underline the non-Greek ethnicity of the Pontic king and queen. The un-Greek character of the royal portraits are at odds with the other features of the coin that virtually scream Greek royal culture following the Ptolemaic model. As such, this coin brilliantly encapsulates the spirit of the Hellenistic Age, in which many non-Greeks sought to elevate themselves through the adoption of Greek cultural elements. Antandros (BC 440-400) Drachm745 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. Abydos (BC 500-480) Trihemiobol745 viewsbefore 480 BC. AR Diobol (1.43g). Eagle standing left / Quadripartite incuse. Lightly toned, good VF, light porosity. Mallos (BC 350) AE 12745 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE12 (1.11g). Head of Pyramos right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Gorgoneion facing. VF, green patina. Fulvia (BC 41-40) AE 20 - Fulvia745 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. Salamis (BC 330) Triobol - Nikokreon745 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. Kindya (BC 510-490) Tetrobol745 viewsca 510-480 BC. AR Tetrobol (11mm, 2.00g). Head of ketos left / Incuse geometric pattern. Good VF. Atarneos (BC 350-300) AE745 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. Abbaitis (BC 200-0) AE 16745 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. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B96745 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. Pitane (BC 350) AE 16744 viewsca 4th century BC. AE16 (3.66g) Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, pellet in center, ΠΙΤΑΝ. VF, brown patina. Rare. Freedman Coll. Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 10744 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. Skepsis (BC 440-400) Tetrobol744 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. Priapos (BC 300-200) AE 12744 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. Kaunos (BC 450-430) Stater744 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. Selge (AD 117-138) AE 25 - Hadrian744 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE25 (9.25g). Laureate, draped bust right / CEΛ-ΓEΩN; holy trees on platform. Interesting. Very fine. Kaisareia (AD 217-218) AE 36 - Macrinus & Diadumenian744 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. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater744 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. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Obol743 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. Salamis (BC 373-361) AV 1/12 Stater - Nikokles743 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. Aspendos (BC 465-430) Stater743 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. Rhodes (BC 125-88) Drachm743 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. Tabai (BC 100-0) AE 16743 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE16 (3.65g, 11h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Caps of Dioskouri, stars above, ΤΑΒΕNΩΝ below. (BC 500-460) Uncertain Dynast - Stater743 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. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B94 - EL 1/6 Stater743 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of nymph left; [small seal behind] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, patchy toning. Tarsos (AD 117-138) AE - Hadrian743 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! Ankyra (AD 198-217) AE 29 - Caracalla743 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. Thyateira (AD 54-68) AE 18 – Nero & Poppaea743 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. Kaisareia (AD 177-192) AE 27 - Commodus743 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. Assos (BC 450-400) Obol743 views5th century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.53g). Griffin leaping right / Head of roaring lion right in incuse square. VF. Komana (AD 37-41) AE - Caligula743 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. Salamis (BC 411-373) Stater - Evagoras I743 viewsEvagoras I, ca 411-374 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.93g, 1h). Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; Euagoro in Cypriot to right / Ram recumbent right; barley grain above, Cypriot a to right, basileus in Cypriot and EY around. Near EF, toned. Ex Tan Coll. (Geminii VII, 1/2011, lot 562); Nomos 2 (5/2010), lot 128; Hess-Divo 307 (6/2007), lot 1296; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 518 (2/1989), lot 18. Xanthos (BC 167-81) Drachm743 viewsLycian League, ca 167-81 BC. AR Drachm (3.64g, 16mm, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right, bow and quiver over shoulder / City initials Ξ-Α on either side of kithara, ΛVKIΩΝ above; all within shallow incuse square. EF. Xanthos was the capital of Lycia with a strong acropolis beside the river Xanthos. The city controlled the federal sanctuary of the Lycian League, the Letoon. Fulvia (BC 41-40) AE 17742 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. Magnesia (BC 350-320) Hemidrachm742 viewsca 350-320 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.51g). Horseman right, holding couched spear / Bull butting left; maeander pattern below, grain ear behind (off flan), ΣΚΥΘΟ[Î¥] (magistrate). Nice VF, minor porosity, light obverse scratch. Marion (BC 4th cent) AE 12742 viewsTimocharis, King of Marion, 4th cent BC. AE12 (1.92g). Head of Aphrodite right / BA and Cypriot syllabics (Marieus) flanking thunderbolt. aVF. Scarce. Priene (BC 150-125) AE 21742 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. Laodikeia (AD 198-217) AE 45 - Caracalla742 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. Lakanatis (AD 38-72) AE 23 - Antiochos IV742 viewsAntiochos IV, 38-72 AD. AE23 (10.77g). ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ, diademed head right / ΛΑΚΑΝ-ΑΤΩΝ, scorpion in wreath. Dark green patina, VF/EF. Amastris (AD 235-260) AE 22742 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. Abydos (BC 510-480) Obol742 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Obol? (8mm, 0.80g). Eagle standing left / Rough square incuse. VF, a little porous. Mytilene (BC 400-350) Diobol742 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Diobol (1.37g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MYTI, female head right. EF. Methymna (BC 520-460) Hemiobol742 viewsca 500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.24g, 6mm). Head of Selinos facing / Quadratum incusum. Very rare. Very fine. Tmolos (AD 136-138) AE 30 - Hadrian & Aelius742 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. Assos (BC 420-380) Obol742 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