Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Aigeai (AD 217-218) AE 30 - Macrinus731 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 An apparently unpublished variant of a very rare type.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. Magnesia (BC 155-140) Tetradrachm730 viewsca 155-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.53g). Erognetos (son of) Zopyrionos, "magistrate." Diademed bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Apollo standing left, tall tripod behind; ΗΡΟΓΝΗΤΟΣ ZΩΠΥΡΙΩΝΟΣ to left, ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ to right, maeander pattern below. EF, small scratch in obverse field behind head. Magnesia (BC 350-320) Hemidrachm730 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. (BC 460-440) Khinakha - Tetrobol730 viewsKhinakha, Dynast, ca 460-440 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.66g, 11h). Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet with three olive leaves over the visor and spiral palmette on the bowl / Eagle facing with spread wings, Lycian letters 'K-E' in fields, within incuse dotted circle. Apparently unique and unpublished. Very fine. Iolla (BC 4th cent) AE 18730 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE18 (3.51g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of Pegasos right; ΙΟΛΛΑ above, grain-ear below. Dark green patina, some corrosion on rev., gVF/VF. Rare. Ex. J-P Righetti Coll. Ankyra (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Septimius Severus730 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE31 (17.63g). Laureate, draped cuirassed bust rigt, seen from behind / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛEΩC - ΑΝΚΥΡΑC, Dionysos enthroned left, holding thyrsos and grapes. Rare. Stripped patina. Good very fine. Aigai (AD 69-79) AE 19 - Titus & Domitian730 viewsTitus & Domitian, as Caesars, 69-79 AD and 69-81 AD. AE19 (3.86g). Apollonios, victor of the Nemean Games. Laureate head of Titus on left vis à vis bare head of Domitian on right / Isis standing facing holding sistrum. VF, dark green patina with some encrustations. Very rare. Hyllarima (AD 140-200) AE 16730 viewsca 140-200 AD. AE16 (3.01g, 6h). ΕΠΙ ΤΕΙΜ - Ο - ΑΡCΟΝΤΟC, veiled female bust right / ΥΛΛΑΡΙΜΕ / ΩΝ, Apollo (?) driving quadriga right. About EF. Karl Coll.; ex Righetti coll. - Münzen und Medaillen, Auktion 13 (10/2003), 424. Alexandreia (AD 218-222) AE 24 - Elagabalus730 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE24 (6.50g, 8h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / She-wolf standing right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. VF, green patina. Ex Alighieri Coll. Methymna (BC 520-460) Hemiobol730 viewsca 500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.24g, 6mm). Head of Selinos facing / Quadratum incusum. Very rare. Very fine. Xanthos (BC 167-81) Drachm730 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. (BC 169-150) Mithradates IV - Tetradrachm730 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. Pitane (BC 350) AE 16729 viewsca 4th century BC. AE16 (3.66g) Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, pellet in center, ΠΙΤΑΝ. VF, brown patina. Rare. Freedman Coll. (BC 380-370) Trbbenimi - Stater729 viewsTrbbenimi, Dynast, ca 380-370 BC. AR Stater (9.85g), uncertain mint. Facing lion's scalp; T below / Lycian triskeles within incuse circle. Superb EF, lightly toned, perfectly centered, choice flan. Exceptional for issue. Priene (BC 150-125) AE 20729 viewsca 150-125 BC. AE20 (6.98g). Achilleides, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right on amphora; flower and ivy leaf on either side, magistrate ΑΧΙΛΛ[ΕΙ/ΔΗΣ], below. Good VF, dark brown and green patina. Hierapolis (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero729 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (5.72g). Bare headed and draped bust right; c/m: radiate bust of Helios(?) right / The Rape of Persephone: Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying Persephone; Eros flying above, overturned cista mystica below horses. Coin good VF, c/m Fine, brown patina with earthen highlights. Extremely rare and possibly unique. Ex Simpson Coll. Hades fell in love with Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, and asked Zeus for permission to marry her. Zeus feared to offend his eldest brother by a downright refusal, but knew also that Demeter would not forgive him if Persephone were committed to the underworld. Zeus "therefore answered politically that he could neither give nor withhold his consent." This emboldened Hades to abduct Persephone, as she was picking flowers in a meadow, and carry her away in his horse-drawn chariot to the underworld. Assos (BC 300-250) AE 16729 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE16 (3.40g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Griffin seated left, ΑΣΣΙ above, bukranion below. Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 11729 views4th century BC. AE11 (1.08g, 2h). Horned female river-god facing slightly right / Λ-Α, laureate head of Apollo right. VF, brown patina, rubbed on the high points. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater729 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 11mm). Laureate head of Zeus left / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B74728 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of Artemis-Kybele right, wearing stephane decorated with palmettes / Head of an African right, wearing stephane, within linear square. Good VF, nicely centered. Very rare; only one coin with this die combination recorded by Bodenstedt. Anazarbos (AD 81-96) AE - Domitian728 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE (7.37g), dated 93/94 (=year 112 AD). AYTO [KAI QE UI DOMI] - TIANOC CE GEP. Laureate head r.; in field to the left, star. / KAICAPEWN DOMETIA CEBACTH / IB - P. Draped bust l. Dark patina, very fine. Lampsakos (BC 350-250) AE 19728 views4th-3rd cent BC. AE19 (7.24g). ΛΑΜ, laureate female head right, wearing earring, within dotted circle / ΨΑ, forepart of Pegasos right, ear below. Olive-green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Poimanenon (AD 244-249) AE 26 - Otacilia Severa728 viewsOtacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE26 (11.38g, 9h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Artemis advancing right, drawing bow from quiver and holding bow; at feet, hound leaping right. VF, brown patinas. Extremely rare. Ex CNG 51 (9/1999), lot 870. Artemis and her twin Apollo were the children of Zeus and Leto. A confirmed virgin, Artemis inhabited the woodland areas with her followers, hunting wild animals and scrupulously avoiding male company. She can be seen with her hunting-dog at her side, and the symbol most often associated with her is the stag, a possible association with the myth of Actaeon. At Ephesus the Artemesion, a huge temple complex whose initial construction dated back to the Bronze Age, and which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was her major cultic shrine. Kyme (BC 350-250) Hemidrachm728 viewsca 3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.99g). Eagle standing right, head reverted, KY to left / Forepart of horse right, ΚΛΕΑΝΔΡΟΣ (magistrate) above. gVF/VF. Rare type. Adada (AD 0-100) AE 15728 viewsPseudo-autonomous issue, ca 1st century AD. AE15 (3.03g, 6h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / AΔAΔЄΩN, helmeted bust of Ares right. VF, brown patina. Ex Righetti Collection, 6187. Ephesos (BC 27-14 AD) AE 21 - Augustus & Livia728 viewsAugustus, with Livia, 27 BC-14 AD. AE21 (7.33g). Archiereus Asklas, magistrate. Jugate heads of Augustus and Livia right / EΦE / APXIEPEYΣ AΣKLAΣ NIKOΣTPATOΣ, stag standing right; quiver above. gVF. Kaisareia (AD 222-235) AE 26 - Severus Alexander727 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE26 (12.49g), dated RY 6 (227 AD). Cuirassed, draped and laureate bust right, ΑΥ K CEOVΗΡ ΑΛΕIΞΑΝΔΡΟC, Mount Argeus with wreath, ET S - MHTPO KAICAPI. Very fine. Miletos (BC 260-220) AE 14727 viewsca 260-220 BC. AE14 (2.27g). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left / Lion right, looking back at star. Nice VF, green and brown patina. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL 1/6 Stater727 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.7g). Head of Attis right, wearing a Phyrgian cap / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 218-222) AE 29 - Elagabalus726 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE29 (11.31g). Draped bust right / ΒΙΘΥΝΙΕΩΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Nemesis standing facing, wearing long garb, head to left, right hand at chin; wheel at side. Dark brown patina, aVF. Unpublished? (BC 380-370) Trbbenimi - Obol726 viewsTrbbenimi, Dynast, ca 380-370 BC. AR Obol (0.65g). Facing lion's scalp, T below right cheek / Triskeles, Lycian letters 'trbbenimi' around; all within incuse circle. VF. Unpublished denomination. Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 18726 views164 BC and later. AE18 (4.97g, 1h). Athenodoros, magistrate. Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / Sandan on mythical animal right; ΑΘΗ/ΝΟΔ/ΩΡΟ in three lines to left. Good VF, dark green-brown patina. Attractive style. Hierapolis (AD 54-68) AE 16 – Agrippina II726 viewsAgrippina II, mother of Nero, died 59 AD. AE16 (3.89g). M. Antonios Kalos. Draped bust right / Îœ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣ / ΚΑΛΟΣ - ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙ/ΤΩΝ scepter of Asklepios. Rare. Black green patina. Good very fine. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater726 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.68g). Nude youth kneeling right, hair bound by taenia with frontal projection, holding a tunny fish in his extended left hand / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, lightly toned. Ex Triton VI (1/2003), lot 307. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater726 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (11mm, 2.41 g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches without designs. Good VF. Very rare denomination. The earliest example of this denomination; not only are the incuses devoid of any designs, the style of the obverse is more “archaic” in appearance. Myous (BC 2nd cent) AE 16726 viewsca 2nd (?) century BC. AE15.6 (2.10g). Head of Asklepios right / Îœ-Î¥/Ω-Ν, serpent-staff within wreath. Unpublished? (BC 333-322) Ariarathes I - AE726 viewsAriarathes I, 333-322 BC. AE (1.77g). Ariarathes standing right, in Persian dress, shooting bow / Ibex standing right. VF, green patina. Extremely rare. Alinda (AD 198-217) AE 36 – Caracalla & Plautilla726 viewsCaracalla, with Plautilla, 198-217 AD. AE36 (22.18g, 6h). Marcus Ulpius Uliades, magistrate. Struck circa AD 202/3. AV K M A-NTΩNINOC N(εα) Θ(εα) H(ρα) ΠΛAVTIΛ, confronted busts of Caracalla right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Plautilla left, draped and wearing stephane / Apollo standing facing, head left, holding plectrum and lyre. Good VF, brown patina that is lightly rubbed on the highpoints. Fine style portraits of the young newlyweds. Better than the above referenced specimens and lacking the usual countermark. From Group CEM. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XIV (11/1984), lot 493. Three Carian cities - Alinda, Alabanda, and Stratonicea - commemorated the marriage between Caracalla and Plautilla by issuing coins with dual portraits proclaiming the young empress as “the new goddess Hera.” As Ken Harl notes (Civic Coins and Civic Politics in the Roman East: A.D. 180-275 [Berkeley, CA: University of California Press], p. 41): “By implication, Caracalla was envisioned as a youthful Zeus, so that the imperial marriage became a symbolic reenactment of the celestial one.” Methymna (BC 520-460) Hemiobol726 viewsMethymna(?). ca 550/30-450/40 BC. AR Tritartemorion (6mm, 0.24g). Facing head of Silenos / Incuse square. VF, toned. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/6726 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.21g). Uncertain standard. Figural type. Forepart of bridled horse left, legs forward in running motion, and mane flowing behind / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, a little porous. Extremely rare with horse forepart. Skepsis (BC 350-300) AE 16725 viewsca 350-310 BC. AE16 (4.65g). Forepart of Pegasos right / Fir-tree in linear square; thunderbolt to left. VF, dark green, almost black, patina. Overstruck with traces of the undertype visible on the reverse. (BC 380-360) Perikle - Stater725 viewsPerikle, Dynast, ca 380-362 BC. AR Stater (9.78g), struck circa 380-375 BC. Laureate and draped bust of Perikles facing slightly left / Warrior, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, fighting to right with shield and sword; Lycian triskeles to lower right; all within incuse square. Toned, good VF. Ex McLendon Collection (Christie's New York, 6/1993), lot 65. Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Pegasos - Obol725 viewsca 375-333 BCE. AR Obol (0.55g, 9h). Diademed head of Zeus Karneios right, with ram's horn at forehead / Pegasos flying right; uncertain letter below. Good VF, dark toning. Both types completely unknown in the Samarian series. This surprising Samarian obol combines a Zeus Karneios head that must have been influenced by the types of Kyrene and a Pegasos from the ubiquitous Corinthian staters. Neither seem to have much of a direct connection with Samaria.1 comments Miletos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian725 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.67g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Temple of Apollo Didymeus: tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, pellet in pediment; within, statue of Apollo standing facing, holding stag and bow. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Memnon (BC 340-334) Tetradrachm725 viewsMemnon of Rhodes, Satrap in Ionia, ca 340-334 BC. Ephesos? AR Tetradrachm (15.19g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos(?). Toned, EF. Extremely rare. Laranda (BC 400-330) Obol725 views4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.69g). Facing head of Baaltars / Forepart of wolf right, star above. Good very fine. Mytilene (BC 400-350) Diobol725 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Diobol (1.37g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MYTI, female head right. EF. Gryneion (BC 350-250) AE 16725 views4th century BC. AE16 (3.87g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left / Mussel shell. VF, dark green patina. (BC 380-360) Perikle - AE 14724 viewsPerikle, ca 380-360 BC. AE14 (2.31g, 12h). Horned head of Pan left / Lycian letters 'Π-ΡΕ-ΚΛ' around triskeles. VF, dark green patina, light earthen encrustation around devices. Kyzikos (AD 0-100) AE 20724 viewsunder Roman rule, ca 1st cent AD. AE20 (4.02g). Head of Kore right, grain ear in hair; within a wreath of grain / K-Y/ZI, caduceus, in the center of which is a gorgoneion, the handle is made of a club, crescent above, tunny below, monogram to right; all within a laurel wreath. Green patina, gFV. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Kyzikos (BC 420-390) Hemiobol724 viewsca 420-390 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.22g, 12h). Male head right, wearing winged petasos / KY/IZ, tuna right. Porous. Rare. Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) Trihemiobol724 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.12g). Head of Athena right / Owl standing facing; ΑΛΙΚΑΡ left, ΔΡΑΚΟ[Ν?] (magistrate) to right. VF. Kaunos (BC 490-470) Trihemiobol724 viewsca 490-470 BC. AR Trihemiobol (11mm, 1.34g). Winged female figure running right, head left / Griffin standing left, right foreleg raised, in incuse square. VF, porous. Tisna (BC 350-300) AE 18?723 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE (3.64g). Head of young, horned Tisnaios left / Kotyle, ΤΙΣ−ΝΑΙΟΝ. Black patina, VF. Rare. Kamiros (BC 500-480) Stater723 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Stater (12.18g). Fig leaf / Rectangular incuse with irregular surfaces, divided by a broad band. Toned, good VF, some minor roughness. Rare. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B54723 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 3h). Head of Aktaeon right, wearing stag's horn / Gorgoneion in linear square within incuse square. Good VF. Herman Coll.; Ex Elsen 71 (9/2002), lot 214. Ankyra (AD 193-217) AE 29 - Julia Domna723 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE29 (16.89g). ΙΟΥΛΙΑ - CΕΒΑCΤΗ, draped and diademed bust right / [Îœ]ΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ - ΕΩC ΑΝΚΥΡΑC, Tyche facing, holding anchor and cornucopiae. Very rare. Dark, brown green patina. Very fine/ almost extremely fine. Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 29 - Pescennius Niger723 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AE29 (11.67g, 8h). Laureate head right / Zeus(?) standing left, holding long sceptre. Fine, brown surfaces, centering holes. Extremely rare. Ex Sullivan Coll. Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol723 viewsca 459 BC, probably an issue of Archepolis. AR Trihemiobol (1.06g, 2h). Head of Hephaistos right, wearing diadem, A to left / Head of eagle left; AM below. VF, typical light porosity. Unpublished as a trihemiobol. Kolophon (BC 450-410) Drachm723 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 5.44g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo right; A behind neck / Kithara within incuse square. VF, toned. Unpublished variety. The A control is known on drachms from the earlier issue, with the long-haired Apollo, but none are published for this series. Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm722 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Drachm (3.34g). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Rare. Ilistra (AD 161-180) AE - Marcus Aurelius722 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE (11.09g). AUTOK KAICAP - M AURH ANTW CEB, laureate, cuirassed and draped bust left; in field, two monograms / ILICTREWN KOIN - LUKAONIAC, Zeus holding scepter and phiale seated left; at his feet, eagle. Very rare, dark brown-green patina, very fine. Skepsis (BC 250-210) AE 17722 viewsca 250-210 BC. AE17 (4.24g). Rhyton in form of forepart of flying Pegasos left / Six-branch fir-tree, Σ-Κ, in linear square; thyrsos to left, bukranion to right, H below. Fine green patina, thick flan, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Rhodes (BC 275-250) Didrachm722 viewsca 275-250 BC. AR Didrachm (6.61g, 12h). Erasikles, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / P-O, rose with bud to right; EPAΣΚΛΗΣ above, helmet to lower left. EF, obverse a little soft. Tlos (BC 490-440) Stater722 viewsUncertain dynast, ca 490/80-440/30 BC. AR Stater (9.36g, 8h). Protodynastic period B. Lion seated left, raising right paw / Forepart of Pegasos right in dotted square within incuse square. Good VF, toned, a couple flan flaws on obverse. Rare. Salamis (BC 411-373) Stater - Evagoras I722 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/6722 viewsca 600­-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.20g). Athena or Artemis standing facing, head left, holding with both hands a long thin object across waist / Irregular incuse punch. Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second specimen known. Extremely fine. Ex Leu 76 (1999), 165. Aigeai (AD 244-249) AE 28 - Philip I, Philip II and Otacilia Severa721 viewsPhilip I, Philip II and Otacilia Severa. 244-249 AD. AE28 (16.11g). Philip, radiate draped and cuirassed right facing Otacilia, diademed and draped left; small laureate head of Philip II between / Hexastyle temple of Asklepios and Telesphoros; eagle on pediment. Fine, brown surfaces, a little rough. Scarce. (BC 380-360) Perikle - 1/6 Stater721 viewsPerikle, Dynast, ca 380-360 BC. AR 1/6th Stater (1.68g). Helmeted facing head of Athena, slightly left / PEERKLE, helmeted facing head of Athena, slightly left (copied from the Eukleidas tetradrachms of Syracuse). Not published in the standard references. Near EF, peripheral porosity. Very Rare. Ex CNG Auction 49 (3/1999), lot 637. Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm721 viewsca 412-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.14g, 9h). Skymnos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch to left / Quadripartite incuse square, ΣΚΥΜΝΟΣ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Good VF, heavily toned. Hermokapeleia (AD 0-100) AE 15 721 viewsClaudian era, under the Romans. Anonymous 1st century AD. AE15 (3.81g, 8h). [ΙΕΡΑ CΥΝ] − ΚΛΗΤΟN (?), Draped bust of Senate right / ΕΡΜΟΚΑΠΗ-ΛHΤΩΝ, draped bust of goddess right. VF, green patina. Attuda (AD 100-200) AE 21721 viewsImperial Times, 2nd cent AD. AE21 (6.55g, 12h). ΔHMOC - ATTOVDЄ-ΩΝ, head Demos right / ΔIA MЄNIΠ-ΠOY, Zeus Sabazios with double axe riding on horseback to right. Almost extremely fine. Hauck & Aufhäuser, Auc 13 (10/1997), Nr. 186. Ex Karl coll. Nysa (BC 200-0) AE 721 views2nd-1st century BC. AE. Laureate head of Hades and wreathed head of Kore right / ΝΥΣΑΕΩΝ, young Dionysos in short chiton standing left, holding thyrsos in left hand, kantharos in right hand; in left field, date ETOYΣ / E? (=year 5?). Green patina, gVF. Rare. Ex Hirsch Auk. 178 (Muenchen, 1993), lot 409. (BC 440-425) Kheriga - 1/3 Stater721 viewsKheriga, Dynast, ca 440-425 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (3.08g), Phellos mint. Head of female right / Tetraskeles; inside, owl standing right, head facing; all within incuse square. VF. Very rare. Abydos (BC 320-200) AE 10721 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE10 (0.87g). Bust of Artemis facing, wearing headdress / ABY, eagle standing right, head left; trident to right. aEF, brown patina. Rare. Ankyra (AD 196-198) AE 28 - Caracalla720 viewsCaracalla, as Caesar, 196-198 AD. AE28 (16.75g, 2h). Bare-headed and draped bust right / She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins; anchor in exergue. Good VF, dark olive patina. Mopsos (BC 200-0) AE 23720 viewsca. 2nd-1st century BC. AE23 (6.70g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Circular altar on legs. Very fine. Kios (BC 350-300) 1/4 Drachm - Miletos720 viewsca 350-320 BC. AR 1/4 Drachm (1.28g). Miletos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right, K? below / Prow of galley left, ΜΙΛΗ-ΤΟΣ above and below. gVF, toned. Rare denomination. R. Mueller coll. Neokaisareia (AD 222-235) AE 30 - Severus Alexander720 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE30 (15.36g, 12h). Dated CY 163 (226/7 AD). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Two-storied portico (nymphaeum?) with central arch in which stands Tyche holding rudder and cornucopia; ЄT PΞΓ (date) in exergue. VF, attractive earthen green patina. Fine style portrait and exceptional reverse. Very rare. Çizmeli cites only three specimens with this reverse type, all of which were paired with a cruder obverse die engraved with a more youthful bust. Price and Trell (pp. 43-4) include this type with other coins depicting nymphaea, but caution that “...the building at Neocaesarea resembles a gate more than a fountain and certainly does not have the spouts at the base to indicate the nature of the monument.” Side (BC 200-0) Tetradrachm719 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.30g). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / Nike left, holding wreath; pomegranate to left, ΚΛΕ−ΥΧ. EF. Kyme (BC 165-140) Tetradrachm719 viewsafter 190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.95g, 6h). Head of the Amazon Kyme right wearing taenia / Horse standing right, one handled cup below; ΚΑΛΛΙΑΣ magistrate. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian719 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.76g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Diana (Artemis) Leucophryne(?) crowned with wreaths by flanking Nikai; eagles at sides. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Extremely rare, only three specimens cited by Metcalf. (BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Hemiobol719 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, ca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 10h). Mylasa mint. Bearded head of Hekatomnos right / Head of bull left; E behind. Fine, toned, porous. Extremely rare denomination, unpublished in the standard references. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/24 Stater719 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Milesian standard 1/24 Stater (0.62g). Lion head (?) / Incuse punch. VF. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater 719 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.32g). Winged tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Very rare, and exceptional for issue. Kyme (BC 400-350) Hemiobol719 views4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g, 8mm). Forepart horse right; Y above, K below / 6-petalled floral pattern, ΑΙΟΛΟΣ around, within circular incuse. Rare. Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm719 viewsafter 189 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 14.97g). Janiform male and female heads, the male laureate and facing left, the female diademed and facing right / Double axe; monogram and grape cluster left, Eros right; all within laurel wreath. VF, porous, rough surfaces. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B45719 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 7h), struck circa 430 BC. Head of nymph (Europa?) three-quarter facing and turned slightly right, wearing taenia / Two boars' heads confronting each other. Very rare. Minor scratches on rev, otherwise aEF. Knidos (BC 411-405) Drachm718 viewsca 405-394 BC. AR Drachm (6.12g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, hair bound with taenia, K-N-I, within incuse square. Lightly toned EF, choice flan, great style. Ex Hess-Leu 49 (4/1971), lot 221. Mallos (BC 385-333) Obol718 viewsca 385-333 BC. AR Obol (0.77g). Female head (Aphrodite?) right, wearing sphendome / Head of satrap right, wearing Persian tiara (bashlyk). Good VF. Ex J. Brindley Coll. (= Auktion Baldwin's 34 (London, 2003), lot 343. Miletos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian718 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.80g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Temple of Apollo Didymeus: tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, pellet in pediment; within, statue of Apollo standing facing, holding stag and bow. VF, obverse struck with slightly rusty dies. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Mark Antony and Octavia. (BC 377-353) Maussollos - Tetradrachm718 viewsMaussollos, Satrap, ca 377/6-353/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.21g, 11h). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / ΜΑΥΣΣΩΛΛΟ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and scepter; small monogram to lower right. Good VF, lightly toned. Apparently unpublished with this monogram. Herman Coll. Kios (BC 74) AE 25718 viewsKios or Prusias ad Mare, after 74 BC. AE25 (7.89g). Head of Heracles right / ΠPOYCIEΩN/ TΩN ΠPOC / ΘAΛACCHI, club, bow in quiver. Very fine. Aigai (AD 193-211) AE 32 - Septimius Severus718 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE32 (20.91g). Apollodorus, magistrate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; c/m: laureate head right within small circular punch / Emperor, holding sceptre, in slow quadriga left. Fine, brown patina, a few scratches. Wagner Coll.; Ex Mabbott Coll. (Schulman, 6/1969), 1409; Münzen und Medaillen XIII (6/1954), 886. Ilion (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla718 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (22.60g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hector standing right, holding a rock with which he prepares to wound Teucer, whom he holds by the hair, kneeling left with bow at feet; to right, Ajax running right with head left, brandishing shield and spear. Fine, brown surfaces. Extremely rare, possibly only the second example known and the only one not in a public collection. The son of the Greek king Telamon of Salamis and his Trojan wife Hesione, Teucer was the half-brother of the Greek hero Ajax the Greater, as well as the nephew of King Priam of Troy and cousin of Hector. Siding with the Greeks and hiding behind the giant shield of his half-brother, Teucer used his skills as an archer to defend the Greeks against the Trojans. Enraged by Teucer's success during one of these fights, Hector picked up a huge rock and flung it at Teucer, injuring him so badly that he was forced to withdraw for some time while he recuperated from the concussion. Maionia (AD 54-68) AE 15 - Nero 718 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE15 (2.83g). Menekrates, strategus. Struck circa 65 AD. Laureate head right / Man standing left, holding pine cone and scepter. Good VF, dark green-brown patina, attractive portrait. Prokonnesos (BC 350) AE 10717 viewsca 350 BC. AE10 (1.41g). Head of Aphrodite right, hair in sphendone / Oinochoe, ΠΡΟ−ΚΟΝ on either side. Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Demetrios717 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.39g). Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΔΗΜΗ-ΤΡΙΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Nice VF, soft reverse strike. Arrow, janiform head, eagle, helmeted head, ram on Pamphylia, Aspendos717 viewsPamphylia, Aspendos. ca 420-360 BC. AR Drachm (5.43g). Warrior on horseback to right, brandishing spear / Boar standing left; five countermarks: incuse arrow, janiform head, eagle, helmeted head, ram. VF, toned. Ex CNG 37 (3/1996), lot 568. Selge (BC 300-190) Obol717 viewsca 300-190 BC. AR Obol (0.98g). Gorgoneion facing / Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet. Lightly toned, VF/EF. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 - 149