Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Nagidos (BC 400-380) Obol705 viewsca 380-360 BC. AR Obol (0.74g). Head of Aphrodite right in dotted circle, monogram to left / Head of Dionysos right in dotted circle. Toned, EF. (BC 480-450) Uncertain Dynast - Stater705 viewsUncertain Dynast, ca 500-460 BC. AR Stater (9.21g). Crab / Crab, uncertain hook-like symbol or letter below, within dotted incuse square. Very porous, VF. (BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - Stater705 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Stater (9.28g). Forepart of boar left / Rough incuse square. Good VF, dark iridescent toning. Rare with plain incuse. Sagalassos (BC 36-25) Drachm705 viewsca 36-25 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.36g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Cornucopiae; A to left. Near VF, toned. Rare. Drewry Coll.; Ex Hans von Aulock Coll., 5154. Eikonion (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus705 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. Kyme (BC 460-400) Hemiobol705 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.33g). K-Y, eagle’s head left / Mill sail incuse. VF, toned. Kaisareia (AD 69-79) AE 27 - Vespasian705 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. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B46 705 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head right, wearing sakkos / Two herms (?) facing, one male, one female, within linear border; all within shallow incuse square. The male herm with an exaggerated erect phallus. Good VF. Carr coll. Six examples known to Bodenstedt. This appears to be only the second example offered at electronic auction or sale. The dies for this coin are unrecorded in Bodenstedt, but the same as the other example offered at electronic auction (Roma Numismatics 7 (3/2014), lot 611).1 comments Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B35 705 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 Antissa (BC 400-300) Obol705 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. Orontes (BC 357-352) Tetrobol704 viewsOrontes, Satrap of Mysia, ca 357-352 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.53g), struck in Adramytteion? Helmeted head of Athena left / OPON-T-A, forepart of Pegasos right. VF, light porosity. Very rare - Troxell was able to locate only 8 specimens in her study. Mallos (BC 425-385) Hemiobol704 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. Olympos (BC 167-81) Drachm704 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. Samos (BC 408-366) Tetradrachm704 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. Daldis (AD 198-209) AE 21 - Geta704 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. Nikomedeia (AD 180-192) AE 34 - Commodus704 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 Stater704 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. Adramytteion (AD 198-217) AE 34 - Caracalla704 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE34 (22.52g). Homonoia with Ephesos. ΑΥΤ[ΟΚΡ Κ]ΑΙ - Îœ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC ΑΥΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠΙ CΤΡ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΥ Î’ ΑΔΑΡΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ Κ ЄΦЄCΙΩΝ / Γ ΝЄΩ/ΚΟΡΩ/Ν / ΟΜΟ/ΝΟΙΑ, Artemis of Ephesos and Zeus of Adramyteion. Green patina, VF. Antandros (BC 400-350) Tetrobol?704 viewsLate 5th century BC. AR Tetrobol (2.70g, 14mm). Head of female (Artemis Astyrene?) right / ANTAN, goat standing right; palm tree to right; all within incuse square. gVF. Nesos (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm704 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. Dardanos (BC 420-380) Obol703 viewsca end of 5th-4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.63g). Horseman left / Cock in shallow incuse square. Toned, VF. Phaselis (BC 220-190) AE 19703 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. Pergamon (AD 177-192) AE 42 - Commodus703 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. Sesamos (BC 340-300) Drachm703 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.). Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B67703 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g, 11mm). Head of Zeus Ammon right / Female head right, wearing stephane, within linear square. VF. Side (BC 400-380) Stater702 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. Attaleia (AD 100-300) AE 19702 viewsca 2nd-3rd century AD. AE19 (3.28g). Bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis, holding spear / Tyche standing right, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF, dark green patina. Hieropolis-Kastabala (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimus Severus702 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 (BC 460-440) Uncertain Dynast - Tetrobol702 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. Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 22702 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. Eumenia (BC 300-100) AE 11702 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. Kebren (BC 460-420) Obol702 views5th cent BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.78g). Ram’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, lightly porous, deposits on reverse. Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol702 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Obol (0.55g). Head of ram left / Irregular incuse punch. Toned, EF. Rare. Ex Aufhäuser 8 (1991), 115. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/48702 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. Megiste (BC 200-100) Hemidrachm702 views2nd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.10g). Facing head Helios / ΜΕΓΙΣΤΕ, rosebud, thyrsos to left. Very rare. About very fine. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater702 viewslate 6th century BC. EL Stater (15.63g). Prow of galley left, with ram in the form of a winged forepart of collared wolf or dog; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare, the finest of five specimens known of which only three are in private hands. Extremely fine. Amisos (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Julia Domna701 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. Hierapolis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian701 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. Ilion (AD 254-268) AE 20 - Salonina701 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. Pergamon (AD 253-260) AE - Valerian I701 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. Kyzikos (AD 117-138) AE 19 - Hadrian701 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 Sn701 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. Antiocheia (AD 253-260) AE 35 - Valerian701 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. Ephesos (AD 69-79) Denarius - Vespasian 701 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. (BC 400-380) Vekhssere II - 1/3 Stater700 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. Kyme (BC 400-350) Hemiobol700 views4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g). Forepart horse right / Floral pattern, ΑΙΟΛΟN (N retrograde)? Rare. Unpublished variant with ethnic? Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE 21700 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. Myra (BC 167-100) Drachm700 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. Nikomedeia (AD 69-79) AE 34 - Vespasian700 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. Ephesos (BC 27-14 AD) AE 19 - Augustus & Livia700 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. Sigeion (BC 350) AE 10699 viewsca 350 BC. AE10 (0.97g) Head of Athena right / Crescent, Σ-Ι/Γ-Ε. Nesos (BC 350-300) AE 9699 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. Paphos (BC 450) Obol - Stasandros699 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. Salamis (BC 411-373) Stater/Double Siglos - Evagoras I699 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. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian699 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. Uncertain (BC 550-520) Obol699 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.71g). Grain ear? / Quadripartite incuse. VF. Very rare and unpublished in the standard works. Kos (BC 285-258) Tetradrachm699 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. Koinon of Galatia (AD 54-68) AE - Nero and Poppaea699 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. Temnos (BC 350) AE 11699 views4th cent BC. AE11 (1.11g). Bearded laureate head of Dionysos left / Bunch of grapes with leaves, T-A. Rare. Light green patina, aEF. Uncertain Satrap (BC 350-341) Tetradrachm 699 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. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater 699 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. Lebedos (BC 330-294) Hemidrachm699 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. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater699 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (7.5mm, 1.34g). Nude male kneeling left, holding tunny by its tail / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Well centered. Kyzikos (BC 398-395) Tetradrachm - Pharnabazos699 viewsca 398-396/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.52g). Head of Pharnabazos right, wearing Phrygian cap / Prow of galley left, griffin left on side; two dolphins swimming around; below, tunny left. Idyma (BC 425-375) Hemidrachm698 viewsca 425-375 BC. AR Hemidrachm (?) (2.08g). Facing head of Pan / Fig leaf, ΙΔΥΜΙΟΝ, within incuse square. VF/Good VF. Very Rare. Hamaxitos (BC 350-310) AE 11698 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. Olympos (BC 167-81) Drachm698 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. Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 20697 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. Kretia-Flaviopolis (AD 198-209) AE 27 - Geta697 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE27 (10.70g, 1h). Π CΕΡΤΙ - ΓΕΤΑC Κ, head right / ΚΡΗΤΙΕΩΝ - ΦΛΑΟVΙΟ / ΠΟΛΙ. Good F. (BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 18697 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE18 (3.54g). Laureate head Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, bow and quiver. Light green patina, EF. Akrasos (AD 177-192) AE 18 - Commodus697 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. (BC 130-116) Ariarathes VI - Obol697 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. Mallos (AD 81-96) AE 28 - Domitian696 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. Stratonikeia (BC 30-0) Drachm - Autonomous696 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. Stratonikeia (AD 117-138) AE 18 - Hadrian696 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. Herakleia Pontika (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla696 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. Methymna (BC 440-379) Hemiobol696 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 7mm). Turtle / Wreath. Very rare. Porous, good fine. Ankyra (AD 198-217) AE 29 - Caracalla696 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE29 (14.53g, 1h). Laureate and cuirassed bust left / Octastyle temple facing slightly right, viewed in perspective. VF, dark brown surfaces. Unpublished type. Barros Coll. Head suggested that the temple is that of Rome and Augustus, site of the so-called Monumentum Ancyranum, the most complete extant example of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti. Tarsos (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian 696 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Tetradrachm (12.46g, 27mm, 12h). AVT KAI ΘЄ TPA ΠAP VI ΘЄ NЄP VI TPAI AΔPIANOC CЄ/ Π - Π, laureate and draped bust left / AΔPIA-NΩN TAP-CCЄΩN/ MHTPOΠOΛ/ЄΩC, decastyle temple of the Koinon of Cilicia; wreath within pediment, KOINOC KIΛIKIAC across architrave. EF, toned. Unique. From the Sierra Collection. Ex Triton VII (1/2004), lot 796; Marcel Burstein Coll. (Peus 366, 10/2000), lot 998; Giessener Münzhandlung 64 (10/1993), lot 441. The only architectural reverse type for Tarsus in silver. Tarsos (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian & Sabina696 viewsHadrian, with Sabina, 117-138 AD. AR Tetradrachm (13.65g, 27mm, 6h). AYT KAI ΘE (TP)A ΠAP YI ΘE N-EP YI (TP)A AΔPIANOC CE- (Π Π), laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right, with aegis on breastplate, slight drapery on shoulder / AY CABEINA CEBACTH KAI AΔPI TAP MH(TP)OΠOΛEΩC, draped bust of Sabina right, wearing stephane; cornucopia behind. EF, minor scuffs and scratches on each bust under old tone. Exceptional portraits. From the Sierra Collection. Ex Gemini III (1/2007), lot 384. The coinage of Tarsus, like that of the Antioch mint, gives exceptionally full titles for Hadrian, as can be witnessed on this and the previous lot. Here we find an interesting detail in the titles of Sabina as well. The AY can only stand for Augusta, which is quite redundant as the legend also names her the Greek equivalent Σεβαστή. Mallos (BC 425-385) Hemiobol695 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g). Bearded janiform head / Swan left; lotus flower before. Toned VF, light porosity. Nagidos (BC 400-380) Stater695 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. Anazarbos (AD 41-54) AE - Claudius695 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD, Anazarbos? AE (8.23g) 45/46 AD. Head right / Tyche seated on rock; below, river-god. Green patina, good very fine. Mallos (BC 380-333) Stater695 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. Kaisareia (AD 218-222) AE 28 - Elagabalus695 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE27 (14.12g), dated 220 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Agalma of Mt. Argaeus placed on altar, in ex, ET Γ. Good very fine. Assos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus695 viewsAugustus, 27 BC -14 AD. AE19 (3.71g, 12h). Bare head right / Griffin reclining right. VF, brown surfaces, light overall roughness. Ex Prideaux Coll. Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 34 - Commodus695 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 330-280) AE 17 - Koinon of Lesbos695 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 600-550) EL Stater695 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. Thymbra (BC 350) AE 16694 viewsca 350 BC. AE16 (5.94g) Bearded and horned head of Zeus Ammon left / Θ-Υ between three rays of an eight-rayed star, monogram. Persian Kings (BC 420-330) 1/4 Siglos694 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. Metropolis (BC 100-0) AE 15694 views1st cent BC. AE15 (3.34g). Helmeted head of Ares right / Thunderbolt, monogram above, ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ (magistrate) below. Dark green patina, good VF. Hamaxitos (BC 350-310) AE 10694 viewsca 400-310 BC. AE10 (1.32g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΑΜΑ−ΞΙ on either side of lyre. VF, dark green patina. Scarce. Mytilene (BC 250-200) AE 18694 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. Tenedos (BC 400) AE 9694 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. Hierapolis (AD 41-54) AE 20 – Claudius694 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. Magnesia (BC 300-200) Drachm694 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion paw - AR 1/48 694 viewsca 6th century BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.27g). Lion's paw / Incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Mueller coll. Derbe (AD 161-169) AE 24 - Lucius Verus694 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE24 (11.30g, 12h). Bust left / Herakles standing right, holding club, lion's skin and apple. Very rare. Zephyrion (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 21693 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE21 (8.67g, 12h). Turreted bust of Tyche right / Tyche seated left, holding scepter; monogram to left, ZΕΦΥΡΙΩΤΩΝ behind and around. VF, black patina. Rare. 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