Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/6742 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. Antiocheia (BC 200-100) AE 19741 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AE19 (6.30g). Radiate and draped bust of Helios right / Lyre within laurel wreath. Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 13741 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. Iolla (BC 4th cent) AE 18741 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. Kyme (BC 350-250) Hemidrachm741 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. Eikonion (AD 54-68) AE 26 - Nero741 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/6741 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. Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 10740 viewsafter ca 350 BC. AE10 (0.93g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Star. VF, brown patina. Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Janiform - Obol740 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. Thyateira (BC 200-100) AE 20740 views2nd cent BC. AE20 (9.73g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Filleted tripod; monogram above; all within wreath. VF, dark green, almost black, patina. Hierapolis (AD 54-68) AE 16 – Agrippina II740 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. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater740 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 11mm). Laureate head of Zeus left / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. (BC 380-370) Trbbenimi - Stater739 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. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B02739 viewsbefore 522 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Forepart of bull left / Incuse lion's head right. VF/EF. Hierapolis (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero739 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. Adada (AD 0-100) AE 15739 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. Mallos (BC 375-360) Obol739 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. Magnesia (BC 459) Tetartemorion - Archepolis738 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. Kolophon (BC 450-410) Drachm738 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 27-14 AD) AE 21 - Augustus & Livia738 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. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B74737 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. Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 218-222) AE 29 - Elagabalus737 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? Miletos (BC 260-220) AE 14737 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. (BC 460-440) Khinakha - Tetrobol737 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. Kaunos (BC 490-470) Trihemiobol737 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. Ankyra (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Septimius Severus737 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 & Domitian737 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 16737 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. Poimanenon (AD 244-249) AE 26 - Otacilia Severa737 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. Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 11737 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. Alinda (AD 198-217) AE 36 – Caracalla & Plautilla737 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.” Magnesia (BC 155-140) Tetradrachm736 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. Kamiros (BC 500-480) Stater736 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. Lampsakos (BC 350-250) AE 19736 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. Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) Trihemiobol736 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.12g). Head of Athena right / Owl standing facing; ΑΛΙΚΑΡ left, ΔΡΑΚΟ[Ν?] (magistrate) to right. VF. Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 29 - Pescennius Niger736 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. Alexandreia (AD 218-222) AE 24 - Elagabalus736 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. (BC 333-322) Ariarathes I - AE736 viewsAriarathes I, 333-322 BC. AE (1.77g). Ariarathes standing right, in Persian dress, shooting bow / Ibex standing right. VF, green patina. Extremely rare. (BC 380-360) Perikle - AE 14735 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. (BC 380-370) Trbbenimi - Obol735 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. Memnon (BC 340-334) Tetradrachm735 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. Kyzikos (BC 420-390) Hemiobol735 viewsca 420-390 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.22g, 12h). Male head right, wearing winged petasos / KY/IZ, tuna right. Porous. Rare. Laranda (BC 400-330) Obol735 views4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.69g). Facing head of Baaltars / Forepart of wolf right, star above. Good very fine. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater735 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 Stater735 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. Methymna (BC 520-460) Hemiobol735 viewsMethymna(?). ca 550/30-450/40 BC. AR Tritartemorion (6mm, 0.24g). Facing head of Silenos / Incuse square. VF, toned. Rare. Kyzikos (BC 400-330) EL 1/12 Stater735 viewsca 450-330 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12 Stater (8mm, 1.35g). Laureate head of Zeus right set on [tunny right] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Unique as a hemihekte; an unpublished denomination of an extremely rare issue. Kaisareia (AD 222-235) AE 26 - Severus Alexander734 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. (BC 380-360) Perikle - Stater734 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. Anazarbos (AD 81-96) AE - Domitian734 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. Ilistra (AD 161-180) AE - Marcus Aurelius734 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. Kyzikos (AD 0-100) AE 20734 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. Priene (BC 150-125) AE 20734 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. Troas Uncertain (BC 480-420) Tetrobol?734 views5th century BC. AR Tetrobol (12mm, 2.40g, 12h). Janiform heads of bearded Silenos left and nymph(?) right / Head of female left within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, toned, a little porous. Extremely rare. Rhodes (BC 275-250) Didrachm733 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. Kyme (BC 400-350) Hemiobol733 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. Skepsis (BC 350-300) AE 16732 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. Tisna (BC 350-300) AE 18?732 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE (3.64g). Head of young, horned Tisnaios left / Kotyle, ΤΙΣ−ΝΑΙΟΝ. Black patina, VF. Rare. Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm732 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. Miletos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian732 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. Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 18732 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. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B54732 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. Assos (BC 300-250) AE 16732 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE16 (3.40g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Griffin seated left, ΑΣΣΙ above, bukranion below. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/24 Stater732 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Milesian standard 1/24 Stater (0.62g). Lion head (?) / Incuse punch. VF. Nysa (BC 200-0) AE 732 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. Kios (BC 350-300) 1/4 Drachm - Miletos732 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. Tlos (BC 490-440) Stater732 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. Gryneion (BC 350-250) AE 16732 views4th century BC. AE16 (3.87g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left / Mussel shell. VF, dark green patina. Arrow, janiform head, eagle, helmeted head, ram on Pamphylia, Aspendos731 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. (BC 380-360) Perikle - 1/6 Stater731 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. Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Pegasos - Obol731 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 Cyprus Uncertain (AD 138-161) AE 32 - Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius731 viewsAntoninus Pius, with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, 138-161 AD. AE32 (25.98g, 6h), struck ca 141-161 AD. Laureate and draped bust of Pius right / Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Aurelius right. Good VF, black-green and red-brown patina with gray-green overtones. Rare and of fine style. Mallos (BC 385-333) Stater731 viewsca 380-333 BC. AR Stater (10.04g, 9h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin around neck / Head of satrap right, wearing Persian headdress. EF, slight weakness at high points. Ankyra (AD 193-217) AE 29 - Julia Domna731 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. Hermokapeleia (AD 0-100) AE 15 731 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. Myous (BC 2nd cent) AE 16731 viewsca 2nd (?) century BC. AE15.6 (2.10g). Head of Asklepios right / Îœ-Î¥/Ω-Ν, serpent-staff within wreath. Unpublished? Antissa (BC 400-300) Obol731 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.71g, 6h). Youthful male head (apparently a sub-Saharan African) / Club, shown vertically with head below, dividing Α-Ν; all within lozenge-shaped incuse. Apparently unpublished and unknown. A fascinating and intriguing coin, toned and clear as found. VF. Acquired in Munich in the late 1990s or early 2000s as "vermutlich Ainos." There are quite a number of ancient coins that have clear types and easily decipherable legends, yet they still remain uncertain in their attribution. This piece was long thought to be from Ainos, probably because of its lozenge-shaped incuse and the supposed Α - - Ν legend could be paralleled by the early silver diobols of Ainos (May 22 ff.). The fact that those coins clearly have the legend Α-Ι, rather than Α-Ν on the present piece, was explained by viewing the club as being a large Ι: this does seem to be reaching a bit! The possible attribution to Antissa, a town on Lesbos, has more to recommend itself. There are a number of late 4th/3rd century AE coins from Antissa (probably chalkoi - as Waddington 635), which have the same reverse type and legend. In addition, early 5th century billon obols, commonly attributed to Mytilene, bear the head of a young African male on their obverses: yet one, as Traité 2, I, 599 and pl. xv, 9, has a clear Α on the reverse (in a lozenge-shaped incuse), thus suggesting the series was minted in Antissa too. Mallos (BC 385-333) Obol730 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. Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm730 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Drachm (3.34g). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Rare. Miletos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian730 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. Knidos (BC 411-405) Drachm729 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. Aigeai (AD 244-249) AE 28 - Philip I, Philip II and Otacilia Severa729 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 425-400) Kherei - Stater729 viewsKherei, Dynast, ca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (8.66g, 6h), Xanthos mint. Helmeted head of Athena right / Head of Kherei right within incuse square. Good VF, typical soft obverse, die break on reverse. Kyme (BC 165-140) Tetradrachm729 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. Mopsos (BC 200-0) AE 23729 viewsca. 2nd-1st century BC. AE23 (6.70g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Circular altar on legs. Very fine. Xanthos (BC 400) Stater729 viewsUncertain dynast, ca 400 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 8.10g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Laureate head of Apollo right; diskeles behind. VF, toned, porous. Winokur Coll. Attuda (AD 100-200) AE 21729 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. (BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Hemiobol729 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. Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol729 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. (BC 440-425) Kheriga - 1/3 Stater729 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 10729 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. Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/96 Stater729 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (4mm, 0.12g). Female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap / Incuse square. VF, toned. Rare denomination. Lee Coll. Nesos (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm729 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.75g). Laureate head of Apollo right / NACI, panther walking right, head turned back, palm-tree before, stalk of barley in exergue. gVF. Extremely rare. Aspendos (BC 325-250) Stater728 viewsca 325/300-250 BC. AR Stater (10.26g). Two wrestlers grappling; E between / Slinger standing right; ΕΣΤFΕΔΙY to left, triskeles and club to right, O between legs. Attractively toned, near EF. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen 54 (10/1978), lot 336; Triton IV (12/2000), lot 286. Ankyra (AD 196-198) AE 28 - Caracalla728 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. Apollonia Salbake (BC 200-100) AE 18728 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE18 (7.12g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΠΟΛΛΟ-ΝΙΑΤΩΝ, Zeus Labraundos on horseback right, maeander pattern below. Good VF, black surfaces. Maionia (AD 54-68) AE 15 - Nero 728 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. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater 728 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. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B61728 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 6h). Head of Io facing, turned slightly right / Head and neck of bull right within linear square. Very rare. Rusty obverse die, aEF. Neokaisareia (AD 222-235) AE 30 - Severus Alexander728 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.” 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