Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Smyrna (AD 198-217) AE 45 - Caracalla715 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE45 - Medallion (50g). A K M AYP-ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right /CMYPNAIΩN ΠPΩ/ TΩN ACIAC Γ N/ EΩKOPΩN/ TΩN CEB EΠI / AYP XAPI/ ΔH-MOY, three four-column temples with wreaths on facade; in the right temple, a statue of Tiberius standing left, on facade TI; in the middle temple, a statue of Roma seated left on facade PΩ; on the left temple, a statue of Hadrian standing right, on facade AΔ. Extremely rare. A little rough, smoothed, very fine. (BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - Stater715 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Stater (9.28g). Forepart of boar left / Rough incuse square. Good VF, dark iridescent toning. Rare with plain incuse. Hieropolis-Kastabala (BC 200-30) AE 23715 views2nd-1st century BC. AE23 (8.19g, 12h). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / River-god Pyramos swimming right, holding eagle in right hand. VF, green patina, light smoothing. Daldis (AD 198-209) AE 21 - Geta715 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE21 (5.95g). Λ CΕ ΓΕ-ΤΑC ΚΑ, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔΑΛΔ-Ι-ΑΝΩΝ, terminal figure of Herakles to left wearing diadem and with drapery around waist, holding apple of the Hesperides in his right hand and left hand resting on his hip. Apparently unpublished, but see Kraft pl. 71, 62a and 62b (BMC Lydia p. 71, 13 (Daldis) and BMC Lydia p. 117, 50 (Hypaipa)) for the sharing of the same obverse die. Superb EF, adjustment marks, grey-green patina. Extremely rare. Simpson Coll.; Ex Leu Numismatics Auk. 72 (5/1998), lot 484. Kebren (BC 460-420) Obol715 views5th cent BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.78g). Ram’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, lightly porous, deposits on reverse. Uncertain Satrap (BC 350-341) Tetradrachm 715 viewsCaria, Achaemenid Period, ca 350-334 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.21g, 6h). Struck circa 350-341 BC. Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Persian satrap on horseback right, thrusting spear held in his right hand, left hand on rein. Good VF, toned, a few traces of porosity. Both dies engraved in the finest style for the type, displaying unusual detail in the facial features and musculature. Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol715 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Obol (0.55g). Head of ram left / Irregular incuse punch. Toned, EF. Rare. Ex Aufhäuser 8 (1991), 115. Larisa (BC 3rd cent) AE 16715 viewsEarly 3rd century BC. AE16 (3.53g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horseman riding right, holding couched spear; monogram to upper right, ΛA below horse. Fine, rough brown patina. Extremely rare. Silandos (AD 0-200) AE21715 viewsPseudo-autonomous issue, 1st-2nd century AD. AE21 (4.9g). Bearded head of Herakles right / CΙΛΑΝΔΕΩΝ, river-god Hermos reclining left, leaning on overturned urn, holding reeds. gVF. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B67715 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g, 11mm). Head of Zeus Ammon right / Female head right, wearing stephane, within linear square. VF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B35 715 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.47g, 9mm, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Confronting calf’s heads and ΛΕ above, all within incuse square. Near VF. Carr coll. Ex Naville 9, lot 72 (9/2014). Bodenstedt notes two varieties of the reverse - one with the letters ΛΕ above the confronting calf’s heads and one without. Of the 24 examples noted by Bodenstedt, only 4 are with ΛΕ. The letters ΛΕ denote the coin is from the island of Lesbos. There are 5 different electrum coin emissions of Mytilene that include the letters ΛΕ - B14, B20, B23, B28 and B35. 1 comments Mallos (BC 425-385) Hemiobol714 viewsca 380-370 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g). Winged male running right, holding solar disc in both hands / Swan standing left, wings spread, M above. Very fine. Eikonion (AD 54-68) AE - Nero714 viewsEikonion as Klaudeikonion. Nero, 54-68 AD. AE (5.80g). ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head right / ΚΛΑΥΔΕΙΚΟΝΙΕΩΝ, head of Perseus with Harpa right. Rare, dark green patina, very fine. Eikonion (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus714 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE28 (16.55g). [I]MP C P L E GALLIEN, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / ICONIEN CO, S R in exergue, she-wolf standing right below tree, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Good VF, brown patina. Simpson Coll.; ex Brand Coll., pt. 7 (Sotheby's, 10/1984), lot 404; Von Aulock Coll.; Prowe Coll., pt. II (Egger Auktion XLI, 5/1914), lot 2130. Larisa (BC 400-300) Obol714 views4th century BC. AR Obol (?) (0.75g). Laureate head of Apollo(?) right / [...]ARIS-[...]ION, eagle with spread wings; club below right wing. Apparently unpublished. VF, dark find patina, some roughness. Possibly unique.1 comments Pergamon (AD 177-192) AE 42 - Commodus714 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE42 - Medallion (39.13g, 6h). Homonoia with Ephesus. P. Aelius Pius, strategus. Laureate and draped bust right / Pergamus, holding statue of Aesculapius and scepter, standing right, vis-à-vis Androclus, holding statue of Artemis Ephesia and scepter, standing left; lighted and garlanded altar between. Good VF, brown-green patina, some smoothing in fields. From Group CEM. Kaisareia (AD 69-79) AE 27 - Vespasian714 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE27 (13.76g, 12h). M. Hirrius Fronto Neratius Pansa, Augustan legate. Dated RY 10 (77-78 AD). AYTOKP KAICAP CЄBAC OYЄCΠACIANOC, laureate head of Vespasian, right / EΠI M NЄPA ΠANCA ΠPЄCBEY / – ЄT I (in exergue), Mt. Argaeus; on summit radiate figure standing left, globe in right hand, scepter in left hand. VF, green patina. Tricarico coll. Sesamos (BC 340-300) Drachm714 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.50g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing earring and necklace; ΣΗΣΑΜΗ to right, anchor above. Toned, aEF. Rare. Ex Rockefeller University (Mirsky coll.). Assos (BC 300-241) AE713 viewsca 300-241 BC. AE (0.83g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Griffin sitting left, ΑΣΣΙ above, club below. Samos (BC 408-366) Tetradrachm713 viewsca 408/4-366 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.71g, 12h). Hegesianax, magistrate. Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; branch behind, ΗΓΗΣΙΑΝΑΞ above, monogram below. Good VF, attractively toned, well centered. Ex Hess-Leu 49 (4/1971), lot 214; Hermitage Museum Collection (Schlessinger 13, 2/1935), lot 1306. Eumenia (BC 300-100) AE 11713 views3rd-2nd cent BC. AE11 (1.74g). Head of Men right, wearing laureate Phrygian hat; crescent on shoulders / Ε-Î¥-Îœ-Ε-Ν-Ε-Ω-Ν between rays of 8-rayed star. Unique and unpublished. Dark green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll. Hierapolis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 20 - Augustus713 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (7.38g, 12h). Bryon, son of Bryon, magistrate. Bare head right / Apollo standing right, holding plectrum and cithara. VF, black-green patina, areas of light roughness. Very rare. Ex Prideaux Coll. Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol713 viewsca 459 BC, probably an issue of Archepolis. AR Trihemiobol (?) (0.97g, 5h). Bearded male head right, wearing tainia / Barley grain; M-A flanking; all in dotted square within incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, toned, porous. Possibly unique. Megiste (BC 200-100) Hemidrachm713 views2nd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.10g). Facing head Helios / ΜΕΓΙΣΤΕ, rosebud, thyrsos to left. Very rare. About very fine. Alexandreia (BC 301-281) AE 13713 views301-281 BC. AE13 (1.81g). Laureate head of Apollo right / AΛEΞ, Apollo Smintheus advancing right, holding burning torch over left shoulder, and in outstretched right hand bow and arrow; mouse at his feet. Rare. F+. Hoeft coll. Uncertain Satrap (BC 5th cent) Tetartemorion713 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.2g, 5mm), Head of Great King right / ΘE monogram (Themistokles). VF. Rare. Persian Kings (BC 420-330) 1/4 Siglos712 viewsca 375-340 BC. AR 1/4 Siglos (1.27g, 9mm). Persian king or hero right in kneeling-running stance, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Toned, very fine. Salamis (BC 411-373) Stater/Double Siglos - Evagoras I712 viewsEvagoras I, King of Salamis, 411-374/3 BC. AR Stater or Double Siglos (11.10g, 8h). Head of bearded Herakles wearing lion skin headdress right; Cypriot letters, 'Eu fa go ro' to right (mostly off the flan) / 'Ba si le fo se eu' (in combined Cypriot and Greek letters), goat seated right on dotted ground line; barley grain above; kerykeion (caduceus) to right. Very rare. Struck on an irregular flan from a rusty obverse die, otherwise, good extremely fine. Ex Monnaies et Medailles 68 (4/1986), 308. Smyrna (BC 180-130) AE 17712 views180-130 BC. AE17 (5.18g) Turreted head of Tyche right, in dotted circle / Aphrodite Stratonikis in long garb and polos standing right next to column from which Nike flies up to crown her with wreath; ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ to right, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ (magistrate) to left. Fine dark green patina, EF. Olympos (BC 167-81) Drachm712 viewsLykian League, ca 167-81 BC. AR Drachm (2.59g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΟΛΥΜΠΗ, three-string lyre, palm brachn to left, tropaion to right; within incuse square. EF. Ex Aufhauser Auk. 4 (1987), lot 155. Amisos (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Julia Domna712 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE31 (13.02g). Draped bust right; countermark: capricorn right / Athena standing right, holding spear and presenting Nike to Hygeia standing left, holding grain-ears and sceptre. Fine, brown patina. Roper Coll. Phaselis (BC 220-190) AE 19712 viewsca 220-190 BC. AE19 (4.44g). Prow of ship right, ΦΑΣΗ above / Athena Promachos standing right, wearing long chiton and helmet, holding shield in left hand, spear in right hand; Φ-M in fields. Fine green patina, aEF. Unique variant? Gutknecht coll. Uncertain Satrap (BC 4th cent) Satrap - Obol712 viewsEvagoras II, King of Salamis, mid-4th cent BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.60g, 6h). Bust of Satrap (Evagoras?) facing, wearing Persian tiara (bashlyk) with flaps tied below chin and necklace, star to left / Diademed head of female (Aphrodite?) left. Toned, aEF. Very rare. Myra (BC 167-100) Drachm712 viewsLycian League, late 2nd cent BC. AR Drachm (2.94g). Head Apollo right / ΛΥΚΙΩΝ, M-Y, lyre, ear of corn to right. Toned very fine. Akrasos (AD 177-192) AE 18 - Commodus712 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE18 (3.73g, 18mm). AV K Λ AV KOMOΔOC, laureate draped bust right / AKPACIΩTΩN, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia with supports. Nikomedeia (AD 180-192) AE 34 - Commodus712 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE34 (26.51g). [AVT K] M AVP KOMMOΔOC ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right / NIKOMHΔЄΩN / ΔIC NЄΩKO/PΩN, galley, on background, two temples. Dark green patina, traces of silvering, VF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater712 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.60g). Seal left, head raised; Θ below / Incuse punch. Good VF, lightly toned. Unpublished, apparently unique. Antiocheia (AD 253-260) AE 35 - Valerian712 viewsValerian, 253-260 AD. AE35 (32.46g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Bridge of six arches with gateway on left, river flowing beneath; on parapet, recumbent figure of Maeandros holding cornucopia and reed, figure standing behind; stork on top of gateway; two fish in waves below bridge. VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/48712 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.33g, 5mm). Milesian standard. Geometric type. Raised clockwise swastika pattern / Quadripartite square punch. Good VF. Extremely rare denomination. Nesos (BC 350-300) AE 9711 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE9 (0.63g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΝΑΣΙ, panther crouching left, head reverted, astragalos below. VF, glossy, dark grayish green patina. Nagidos (BC 400-380) Stater711 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Stater (10.52g). Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Head of Aphrodite right, hair bound in sphendone, ΝΑΓΙΔΙ[...]. EF, a bit overcleaned. Rare. Rhodes (BC 205-188) Drachm711 viewsca 205-188 BC. AR Drachm (2.66g), magistrate Ainetor. Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / Rose; butterfly to left, ΑΙΝΗΤΩΡ above. Good VF, slightly grainy surfaces, hairline flan crack. Interesting symbol. Kyme (BC 400-350) Hemiobol711 views4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g). Forepart horse right / Floral pattern, ΑΙΟΛΟN (N retrograde)? Rare. Unpublished variant with ethnic? (BC 460-440) Uncertain Dynast - Tetrobol711 viewsUncertain Dynast (Kuprilli?), ca 460-440 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.94g), uncertain mint. Naked man (Herakles?) running left / Triskeles in dotted circle and deep incuse. VF. Second known? Ex H. von Aulock Coll. Hierapolis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian711 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.82g, 7h). Struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Great God right on horseback, holding labrys over shoulder. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain cistophorus. Extremely rare and unpublished. Kos (BC 285-258) Tetradrachm711 viewsca 285-258 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.00g, 12h). Nikagoras, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ΚΩΙΟΝ, crab, ΝΙΚΑΓΟΡΑΣ and bow-in-bowcase below; all within pelleted square border. VF, attractive iridescent toning around the devices. Rare. Pergamon (AD 253-260) AE - Valerian I710 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE Medallion (39.76g). Strategos Aurelius Damas. Laureate and draped bust right/ table with wreath and price urns; below, two money bags; in between IA. Rare. Brown patina. Very fine. Aurelius Damas was not only Strategos, but also Asiarch. The reverse shows that in Pergamon, as in 37 other mints, there were Olympic or Isolympic games organized by the city, that were related by regulations and prices to win to the Olympic games. Antandros (BC 400-360) Pentobol?709 viewsca 400-360 BC. AR Pentobol (?) (2.87g). Head of Artemis Astyrne right, thin band in hair / Goat walking right, ANTA[N] above, grape bunch below. Rare. Find patina. Good VF. Side (BC 400-380) Stater709 viewsca 400-380 BC. Stater (10.64g). Athena standing left, draped, wearing crested helmet, holding owl on outstretched right arm, shield and spear behind, pomegranate in front / Naked Apollo standing left, drapery over shoulders, holding bow and laurel branch, bird at his feet to right, Pamphylian legend, within shallow incuse square. Toned, very fine. Hieropolis-Kastabala (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimus Severus709 viewsSeptimus Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (6h). Head of Dionysos right / Septimus Severus standing left, with Nike in right hand, spear in left.1 comments Dardanos (BC 420-380) Obol709 viewsca end of 5th-4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.63g). Horseman left / Cock in shallow incuse square. Toned, VF. (BC 400-380) Vekhssere II - 1/3 Stater709 viewsVekhssere II, Dynast, ca 400-380 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.79g). Head of roaring lion left, in dotted circle / Head of Athena facing, turned slightly to left, wearing Attic helmet; monogram? to left. VF. Extremely rare. Kretia-Flaviopolis (AD 198-209) AE 27 - Geta709 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE27 (10.70g, 1h). Π CΕΡΤΙ - ΓΕΤΑC Κ, head right / ΚΡΗΤΙΕΩΝ - ΦΛΑΟVΙΟ / ΠΟΛΙ. Good F. Uncertain (BC 550-520) Obol709 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.71g). Grain ear? / Quadripartite incuse. VF. Very rare and unpublished in the standard works. Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE 21709 viewsca 110-100 BC. AE21 (8.29g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ZΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ - ΕΡΜΟΚΛΗΣ / ΠΥΘΕΟΥ (magistrate), Homer seated left, holding roll, scepter behind. Fine green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll. Temnos (BC 350) AE 11709 views4th cent BC. AE11 (1.11g). Bearded laureate head of Dionysos left / Bunch of grapes with leaves, T-A. Rare. Light green patina, aEF. Kyzikos (AD 117-138) AE 19 - Hadrian709 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE19 (2.43g). Cuirassed and laureate bust right / Oenochoe. Light cleaning scratches, minor roughness. Rare. Good very fine. Aizanis (AD 37-41) AE 15 – Caligula & Agrippina Sn709 viewsCaligula, with Agrippina Senior, 37-41 AD. AE15 (3.49g, 12h). Lollios Klassikos, magistrate. Laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) right; star behind / Draped bust of Agrippina Senior right. VF, green patina. Ex Alighieri Coll. Paphos (BC 450) Obol - Stasandros708 viewsStasandros, King of Paphos, ca 450 BC. AR Obol (0.62g). Bull standing left, winged solar disk (Ahura-Mazda) flying above / Eagle sitting left, ankh and Cypriot letters to left. VF. Mallos (BC 425-385) Hemiobol708 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g). Bearded janiform head / Swan left; lotus flower before. Toned VF, light porosity. Hamaxitos (BC 350-310) AE 11708 viewsca 350-310 BC. AE11 (1.54g). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΑΜΑ−ΞΙ on either side of lyre. VF, green patina, darker on high points. Rare. Mytilene (BC 250-200) AE 18708 viewsca 250-200 BC. AE18 (4.50g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MY/T-I, kithara, monograms on either side. Dark olive-green patina, aEF. Gutknecht coll. Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 22708 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE22 (7.39g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΠΑΜΕ, cult statue of Artemis Anaitis facing; magistrates ΜΕΝΕΚΡ and ΔΙΟΔΟ. Dark olive-green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll. Methymna (BC 440-379) Hemiobol708 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 7mm). Turtle / Wreath. Very rare. Porous, good fine. Koinon of Galatia (AD 54-68) AE - Nero and Poppaea708 viewsNero, 54-68 AD, and Poppaea. Koinon of Galatia, struck ca 62-65 AD. AE (13.38g). Laureate head of Nero right / Draped bust of Poppaea right. Dark green patina, VF. Ilion (AD 254-268) AE 20 - Salonina708 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE20 (5.37g). Diademed and draped bust right / Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena right. Good VF, dark brown patina, very minor roughness. Eriza (AD 177-192) AE 30 - Commodus708 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE30 (15.04g). AV Λ AVP KOMOΔOC - KAICAP ANTONЄIN, laureate and draped bust right / ΓPA TI KLA[VΔIOV] – ΠAPΔALA, in ex. EPIZANΩN, Heros riding right, holding double axe. Extremely rare. Holed in antiquity. EF. Olympos (BC 167-81) Drachm708 viewsLykian League, 2nd-1st century BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 2.72g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΛΥΚΙΩΝ, lyra, O - Λ, Isis crown to left; within incuse square. aEF. Lebedos (BC 330-294) Hemidrachm708 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 1.45g, 11h). Marsyas, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena left / ΜΑΡΣΥΑΣ, owl standing right, head facing; Λ[Ε] to right, ship’s prow below. VF, off center. Sigeion (BC 350) AE 10707 viewsca 350 BC. AE10 (0.97g) Head of Athena right / Crescent, Σ-Ι/Γ-Ε. Nikomedeia (AD 69-79) AE 34 - Vespasian707 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE34 (23.61g, 12h). M. Plancius Varus, proconsularis. Struck ca 70-71 AD. Laureate head right / MAPKOΣ/ ΠΛANKIOΣ/ OVAROΣ/ ANΘVΠATOΣ/ (monograms) in five lines across field; all within wreath. VF, brown surfaces, light overall roughness. Ex Wagner Coll. Methymna (BC 330-280) AE 17 - Koinon of Lesbos707 viewsca 4th century BC. AE17 (3.67g). Female head right, wearing stephane, earring, and necklace / ΑΙΟΛΕ, thunderbolt, bunch of grapes below. Good VF, dark green patina. Freedman Coll. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater 707 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.68g). Head of boar right, holding in its mouth a tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare. Mallos (AD 81-96) AE 28 - Domitian706 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE28 (13.58g). AVTOK PATωP ΔΟΜΙTIANOC, laureate bust right / MAΛΛωΤωN IOV AΓΑ, goddess seated (Roma?), turreted and veiled, resting on shield and holding Nike who presents her wreath; spear at right. Rare especially this nice. Good very fine. Idyma (BC 425-375) Hemidrachm706 viewsca 425-375 BC. AR Hemidrachm (?) (2.08g). Facing head of Pan / Fig leaf, ΙΔΥΜΙΟΝ, within incuse square. VF/Good VF. Very Rare. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian706 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.47g, 5h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia; stags at sides. VF, trace of light toning on obverse. (BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 18706 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE18 (3.54g). Laureate head Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, bow and quiver. Light green patina, EF. Hierapolis (AD 41-54) AE 20 – Claudius706 viewsClaudius I, 41-54 AD. AE20 (5.69g). M. Suillios Antiochos, Grammateus, 50-54. Laureate head right / Îœ ΣΥΙΛΛΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΓΡΑ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, God on horseback holding double axe. Dark green patina. Good very fine. Lamponeia (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm706 views4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.90g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Facing bucranium, Λ-Α-Îœ around, within incuse square. VF, light porosity. Rare. Magnesia (BC 300-200) Drachm706 viewsca 300-200 BC. AR Drachm (5.61g, 10h). Persic standard. Morimos, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right; monogram below / Bull butting left; grain ear behind, MOPIMOΣ in exergue; all within circular Maeander pattern. Good VF. Well centered. Rare. (BC 130-116) Ariarathes VI - Obol706 viewsAriarathes VI, Epiphanes, 130-116 BC. AR Obol (0.73g). Bust right, wearing tiara / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ, ram galloping left, head turned back. VF. Very rare. Karia Uncertain (BC 520-490) Tetartemorion706 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Tetartemorion (5mm, 0.17g). Roaring lion head right / Incuse square punch. VF, darkly toned. Extremely rare. Kyme (BC 460-400) Hemiobol706 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.51g). KYM, head of eagle left / Granulated "mill-sail" incuse square. VF, light porosity, well centered. Alighieri Coll. Ephesos (AD 69-79) Denarius - Vespasian 706 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Denarius (2.85g). Struck 70 AD. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG [COS II..PM] TRPPP, laureate head right / LIBERI IM[P AVG VES]PAS, bare confronted heads of Titus right and Domitian left, mintmark Φ in right field. Mallos (BC 380-333) Stater705 viewsca 380-333 BC. AR Stater (10.26g, 10h). Laureate head of Herakles left / Herakles kneeling left on club, wrestling the Nemean lion. Good VF, struck with worn obverse die, die rust on reverse. Herakleia Pontika (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla705 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (17.81g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Herakles seated left on rocks covered with lion's skin, resting club on ground in left hand, right hand extended holding cantharus. Near VF, glossy dark green patina, flan bent slightly, some smoothing in fields. Derbe (AD 161-169) AE 24 - Lucius Verus705 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE24 (11.30g, 12h). Bust left / Herakles standing right, holding club, lion's skin and apple. Very rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Bull - EL 1/24705 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.59g, 6mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of bull right / Incuse square punch. VF. Extremely rare, SNG Kayhan notes the type in this denomination is otherwise unpublished. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL Stater705 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Stater (16.15g). Head of tunny right; above and below, small tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare and a very important and intriguing issue. Very Fine. Apparently unpublished as a stater. Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 20704 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE20 (7.98g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Cult statute of Artemis Anaitis facing, ΑΠΑ[ΜΕ] to right, KHΦΙΣΟ[Σ] / ΔΙΟΝ to left. VF. Laranda (BC 324-323) Obol704 viewsca 324-323 BC, time of satrapal campaign of Balacros and Perdiccas against Laranda. AR Obol (0.58g). Jugate diademed and bearded male heads right / Forepart of wolf right; ΛΑΡ[ΑΝ] above, monogram to left, star to right. Well struck, very fine, very rare. Stratonikeia (BC 30-0) Drachm - Autonomous704 viewslate 1st cent BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.69g, 12h). Zopuros, magistrate. Laureate and draped bust of Hekate right, crescent on forehead; ZΩΠΥΡΟΣ to left, uncertain symbol to right / ΣΤΡΑ, Zeus on horseback right, holding sceptre and reins. Good VF, attractive dark iridescent toning. Extremely rare, one of two known (the other in the Vatican collection cited by Imhoof-Blumer). The traditional view of this denomination as a drachm has been challenged by Meadows, who believes that during this period at Stratonikeia their drachm was roughly equal to the Roman quinarius (1.8g). As such, he labels this type as a didrachm, but we have retained traditional attribution for clarity. Tenedos (BC 400) AE 9704 viewsafter 400 BC. AE9 (0.74g). Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane / TE, double-axe, star and grape bunch in fields. VF. Very rare. Joy coll. Ephesos (BC 27-14 AD) AE 19 - Augustus & Livia704 viewsAugustus, with Julia Augusta (Livia), 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 - Chalkous (5.35g, 12h). Aristion, grammateus; Glykon, magistrate. Conjoined laureate head of Augustus and draped bust of Livia right / Stag standing right; above, quiver right. VF, green patina, light overall roughness. Rare. Ex Prideaux Coll. of Augustus. Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 34 - Commodus704 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE34 (20.83g). AV KAI Λ AVP KOMOΔOC ΓЄP, laureate, draped and cuirassed right / NЄOKOPΩN / KVZIKHNΩN, Demeter in biga drawn by snakes to right, holding two torches. Very rare. Dark green patina. VF. Methymna (BC 400-360) Silenos - Obol704 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.37g). Facing head of bearded Silenos / Land turtle in circle incuse. Dark toning, VF. Very rare. Abydos (BC 480-450) Drachm 704 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (5.16g, 9h). ΑΒΥΔ-ΗΝΟΝ (Ns retrograde), eagle standing left / Facing gorgoneion; A-B above; all within incuse square. Good VF, dark iridescent toning. Very rare type, second known of variety with A-B on reverse. Herman Coll.; ex Lanz 36 (4/1986), lot 333, and Gorny Auc. 122 (3/2003), lot 1382. Lamponeia (BC 400) Drachm704 viewsLate 5th - ­early 4th century BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 3.06g, 12h). Bearded head right / Boukranion within incuse square. VF, toned, some porosity, light marks, edge splits. Very rare as drachm. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B-704 viewsca 378-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 10mm). Female head (Leda?) right, hair rolled behind / Head of Nike right, hair bound with a taenia, [N]-I/K-A, all within linear square. VF. Carr coll. Ex Münzen and Medaillen Deutschland, Auc. 22 (2008), lot 928 (Schulte coll.); ex Karl coll.; ex Münzen and Medaillen Deutschland, Auc. 9 (2001), lot 254. Only 3 examples known of this type. Obverse of all examples is die match with Bodenstedt 82 that he described as head of Leda. The obverse die for Bodenstedt 82 has a reverse of a swan and is only known by 2 specimens. The reverse of this coin is Nike. The inscription is not complete on any of the 3 examples known, but it is clear that the letters are N-I/K-A. Silvia Hurter, in her article on this specific example, notes that the inscription makes it clear that the reverse is Nike and it can be inferred that this coin was struck to commemorate a victory, but which is uncertain (see Die Nike von Mytilene: Eine anonyme Siegespragung, SM 202, June 2001, pp. 21-22). Stratonikeia (AD 117-138) AE 18 - Hadrian703 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE18 (3.40g). Draped bust right / IN DI CTRA - CUNKLHTOC, draped bust of young Senate right. Fine green patina, obverse slightly decentered. Good VF. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 - 149