Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Gargara (BC 500-475) Obol685 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (9mm, 0.51g). Female head left, hair bound in sakkos; ΓAP behind neck / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, lightly toned, some porosity. Extremely rare first coinage at Gargara. Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 10684 viewsca 4th century BC. AE10 (1.31g) Horned female head right, wearing necklace / ΛΑ, bull's head right. VF, black patina, some minor encrustation. Very rare. Prokonnesos (BC 400-350) Hemidrachm684 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.48g). Head of Aphrodite left, hair in sphendone / ΠΡΟ-ΚΟΝ, oinochoe. Near VF, nicely centered. Scarce. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE 21684 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AE21 (11h). Head of bearded Herakles right, club over shoulder / Lion walking right; ΒΑΣΙΛΕ-ΩΣ above, ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ in exergue. Mopsos (BC 200-0) AE 21684 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE21 (7.58g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Circular altar on legs. Good VF, minor rough area on reverse, brown patina. Parion (BC 400-300) Hemidrachm684 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.33g). Gorgoneion with protruding tongue facing, surrounded by aegis / Bull standing left, head turned to right, wreath below, ΠΑ / ΡΙ. gVF. Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) AE684 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE (4.14g). Head of Poseidon right / Trident; ΑΛΙΚΑ to left, ΜΕΛΑ (magistrate) to right. Green patina, EF. Antiocheia (BC 100-0) AE 19684 views1st century BC. AE19 (2.88g, 12h). Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread / ΑΝΤΙΟ/ΧΕ-ΩΝ / [Α]ΡΙΣΤΡΟ[...], six-rayed star. VF. Karl coll. Herakleia Pontika (AD 236-238) AE 27 - Maximus684 viewsMaximus Caesar, 236-238 AD. AE27 (9.88g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; c/m: H in incuse circle / Athena standing left, holding Nike and scepter. VF, brown and green patina with some earthen encrustation. Wagner Coll. Sardeis (BC 15-AD 19) AE 17 - Germanicus & Drusus684 viewsGermanicus, with Drusus, Caesar, 15 BC-19 AD. AE17 (3.86g, 12h). Bare head of Germanicus right / Bare head of Drusus right. vVF, handsome green patina, earthen deposits. Ex. Wagner Coll. Kaisareia (AD 193-211) Drachm - Septimius Severus & Caracalla684 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AR Drachm (2.66g), struck 205/206 AD. ΑΥ Κ Λ CЄΠ CЄΟΥΗΡΟC ΑΥ [Κ Îœ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΙ ΑΥΓ], confronting laureate busts of Septimius Severus and Caracalla / ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙCΑΡΙ / ЄΤ ΙΓ Berg Argaios. Minor corrosion, VF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B14 - EL 1/6 Stater684 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.63g). Head of boar left; below, small seal left / Incuse square punch. gVF. Rare. Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm683 viewsca 340 BC. AR Drachm (3.43g, 15.9 mm, 11h). Laureate head Zeus left / [Κ]PΩΜΝΑ, head of Hera right, wearing stephane and earring, swastika (?) above; HP monogram to left. Very fine. Miletos (BC 520-450) 1/48 Stater683 viewsca 5th century BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.33g). Lion's head left / Star-like floral pattern. Smyrna (BC 27-AD 14) AE 21 - Augustus683 viewsAugustus, with Livia, 27 BC-14 AD. AE21 (5.79g), struck ca 10 BC. Leontiskos Hippomedontos, magistrate. Jugate heads of laureate Augustus and draped Livia right / Aphrodite Stratonicis standing facing, holding sceptre and Nike; dove standing left in field to right. EF, jade green patina. (BC 380-360) Perikle - AE 13683 viewsPerikle, ca 380-360 BC. AE13 (1.90g). Horned head of Pan left / Lycian letters 'Π-ΡΕ-ΚΛ' around triskeles. Interesting variant showing Pan with both horns. Kyme (BC 320-250) AE 17683 viewsca 320-250 BC. AE17 (3.41g). Eagle standing right, ΑΡΚΕCΙΛΑΟC (magistrate) to left / K-Y, one-handled vase. Fine light green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll. Nikaia (AD 138-161) AE 29 - Antoninus Pius683 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE29 (12.73g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / TON/KTICTHN in two lines across fields, NIKAIEIC in exergue, Statue of Dionysus seated left, resting hand on panther standing to left behind him and holding thyrsus, set on car drawn by two elephants. VF, black patina, minor roughness. Rare. Ex Malter 81 (9/2002), lot 417 (expertly conserved since). Pergamon (AD 161-180) AE 34 - Marcus Aurelius683 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE34 (26.48g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena Nikephoros seated left, holding scepter; round shield to lower right. VF, green patina, minor roughness. Sebastopolis-Herakleiopolis (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus683 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (14.12g, 11h). Dated City Year 266 (263/4 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Herakles standing right, battling the Nemean lion. VF, brown patina with some hard green deposits. Ex Righetti Coll. 8202; Ex M&M 13 (10/2003), lot 276; Ex Sternberg 25 (11/1991), lot 427. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/3 Stater683 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (4.63g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing geometric and stellate designs. Good VF, a little die rust. Very rare. Pergamon (BC 200-30) AE 14683 views2nd-1st century BC. AE14 (2.02g). Head of Athena in Attic helmet right / Owl standing facing on ground line, wings closed; all within olive wreath. Very fine. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater683 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (10mm, 2.62g). Harpy flying left, [holding tunny] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. A winged spirit in ancient mythology best known for constantly stealing the food from Phineas, the harpy was a hybrid of a bird and a woman. Earlier mythology represented them as beautiful women with wings and lovely hair, whereas later Roman and Byzantine writers depicted them as the most ugly of creatures. Xanthos (BC 167-81) Drachm683 viewsca 100-50 BC. AR Drachm (2.37g). Laureate head of Apollo right / City initials Ξ-Α on either side of kithara, ΛVKIΩΝ above; all within shallow incuse square. EF. Tralleis (BC 200-0) AE 18682 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE18 (5.46g). Head of laureate Apollo right / ΤPΑΛΛΙ-ΑΝΩΝ, tripod, all within laurel wreath. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Ilion (AD 41-42) AE 21 - Claudius and Britannicus682 viewsClaudius and Britannicus, ca 41-42 AD. AE21 (5.52g). TI KΛAYΔIOC CE[BACTOC YIOC IΛI], bare head of Britannicus right; before, scepter surmounted by owl / [TIBEPIOC] KΛAYΔIOC CEBACT[OC], bare head right. Rare. Fine. Ankyra (AD 198–217) AE 31 - Caracalla682 viewsCaracalla, 198–217 AD. AE31 (18.28g). ANTΩNINOC • A-YΓOYCTOC, laureate head of Caracalla right / ACKΛHΠEIA CΩTHΡEIA ICOΠΥΘIA (HΠE and THR in ligature) around, MHTΡOΠOΛEΩC ANKYRAC (MH and NK in ligature) in exergue, Asclepius with staff entwined by snake standing left, Hygieia with snake standing right, the boy Telesphorus standing facing between. Rare. Light brown patina. Very fine. Kebren (BC 460-420) Hemiobol682 viewsca 420-412 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.44g). Two rams’ heads; floral ornament between / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, find patina. Alighieri Coll. Erythrai (BC 440-400) Trihemiobol682 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Trihemiobol (12mm, 1.19g). Pegasos flying right / Rosette with 12 petals, Ε-Ρ-Î¥-Θ around, within incuse square. Good VF, minor porosity. Kyme (BC 320-250) AE 17682 viewsca 320-250 BC. AE17 (3.72g). Eagle standing right, ΑΡΚΕCΙΛΑΟC (magistrate) to left / K-Y, one-handled vase. gVF. Assos (BC 450-400) Obol682 views5th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.59g). Griffin leaping right / Head of roaring lion right within incuse square. VF. Scarce. Adramytteion (BC 200-100) AE 18682 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE18 (5.23g). Laureate head of Zeus left / ΑΔΡΑΜΥ-ΤΗΝΩΝ, rider on horseback galloping right on ear of corn, raising right arm. VF. Rare. Side (BC 205-100) Tetradrachm682 viewsrca 205-100 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.75g, 12h). Pa-, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; to left, pomegranate above ΠA monogram. Near EF, toned, hairline flan crack, slight die shift on reverse. Very rare with this magistrate. Aigai (AD 41-54) AE 19 - Claudius682 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE19 (5.73g), ca 43-48 AD. TI KΛAYΔIOC KAICAP CEBACTOC, laureate head right / ЄΠI AΠOΛΛOΔOPOY ΠO YIOY XAΛЄOY TO B; AIΓAЄΩN in field; Apollo standing right, holding taenia and laurel branch. VF. Rare. The full name would seem to be "Apollodoros, son of Poplios (or of the city), son of Chaleos." Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/48682 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (5mm, 0.30g). Head of horse left / Incuse square with raised sections in form of a cross. VF. Lee Coll.; said to be ex Rosen Coll. (not included in publication of collection). Kyme (BC 350-250) Hemidrachm682 viewsca 350-250 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 1.96g, 3h). Kleandros, magistrate. Eagle standing right, head left / Forepart of horse right; KΛEANΔPOΣ above. Good VF, toned, slightly rough surfaces, a few minor marks. Very rare. Ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 30 (5/2009), lot 1012 (conserved since). Mallos (BC 425-385) Tetrobol682 viewsca 400 BC. AR Drachm (3.21g). Bellerophon riding Pegasus springing right / MAP, swan standing left with open wings; in lower right field, lyre made out of tortoise shell; all within dotted frame in incuse square. Exceedingly rare and an issue of great interest. Light tone and about extremely fine. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Hekte682 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.69g, 10.5mm). Head of Perseus to left, wearing winged helmet with hair hanging beneath and represented by dots; behind, tunny swimming downwards / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. A rare type with about 20 known. Carr coll. William Greenwell, in his 1887 tome entitled: The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, notes that the helmet is the helmet of Hades lent to him by the nymphs. The reference by Greenwell is to the ‘mission’ of Perseus to cut-off the head of Medusa. The next coin in the Greenwell listing notes a type where much of the detail of this slaying is depicted – see Coin ID #14069. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE 18681 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AE18 (4.09g). Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΒΑΣΙΛΕ-ΩΣ above, [ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ] in exergue, stag standing right. Near EF, mottled glossy green patina. Aspendos (BC 465-430) Obol681 viewsca 465-430 BC. AR Obol (1.09g). Amphora (or moon altar) / Triskeles in incuse square. Reverse die flaw, very fine. Smyrna (AD 84) AE 19681 viewsSex. Iulius Frontinus, Myrton and Reginus, 84 AD. AE17 (4.31g). ΑΝΘΥ - ΦΡΟΝΤΕΙΝΩ, bearded head of Herakles right / ΕΠΙ ΜΥΡΤΟΥ - ΡΗΓΕΙΝΟC / ZΜΥΡ, River god Hermos in Himation, lying, on hand on knee, other on container. Brown patina, good VF. Rare. Aizanis (AD 253-268) AE 26681 viewsCivic Issue, time of Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE26 (13.53g). Head of the Senate right / Tyche standing left with rudder and cornucopiae. Nice VF, black patina, mild porosity. Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/8 Stater681 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR 1/8 Stater (1.62g). Facing lion's head / Incuse square with segmented border, floral pattern in center. VF. Rare. Neokaisareia (AD 198-217) AE 30681 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (4.10g), struck 209/210 AD. AVT M AVPH - ANTΩNINOC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right, seen from behind / KOIN ΠON - NEO - KAI - MHTPO, tetrastyle temple, columns with distinct ektasis, feet of columns with two embossments (torus), just as the capitals, pediment with shield (or Sol?) in the tympanon, decorated akrosteria [and quadriga on top of the roof]; in the outer intercolumnaria backwall visible with bricks, in the middle intercolumnarium statue of Zeus, nude, raised right hand, standing facing on narrow cippus; RM Digamma (= year 146) in exergue. Rare. About VF/VF, brown patina. Probably unpublished. Hoeft coll. Sometimes the figure on the cippus is called Ma, which was worshipped in Komana Pontica, where she was brought from Komana in Cappadocia. Sulla brought her to Rome where she was identified with Bellona. But a female deity is never depicted nude and therefore it can't be Ma! Parion (AD 177-192) AE 22 - Commodus681 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE22 (5.33g). IMP C M AV COMMODVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / DEO AESC SVB / C G I H P, Asklepios seated right, examining the leg of a bull standing left before him. Nice glossy green patina, VF. Samos (BC 408-366) Diobol681 viewsca 408-366 BC. AR Diobol (1.09g, 9mm, 12h). Rhodian standard. Facing lion head / Prow right. VF, toned. Methymna (BC 520-460) Hemiobol681 viewsca 500/480-460 BC. AR Tritartemorion (5mm, 0.22g). Facing head of satyr / Incuse square punch. EF, lightly toned, minor porosity. The attribution of this type to Methymna is based on a similar, later issue with a bird and the legend MAΘ on the reverse (Gorny & Mosch 170, lot 1423). Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B06681 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.573g). Galloping boar left / Incuse lions head with gaping jaws, left. EF. Three known to Bodenstedt, no examples appear to have been sold at auction. Uncertain (BC 470-440) Tetartemorion680 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion? (0.17g). Scorpion viewed from above, tail curling left / Quadripartite incuse square with pellet in each quarter. Apparently unpublished. Fine, extremely rare. The scorpion type is well established for Caria, but only as a reverse.1 comments Adana (AD 253-260) AE - Valerian I680 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE (16.66g). Bust right / Zeus enthroned, holding phiale and scepter. Light brown patina, VF. Dardanos (BC 480-450) Trihemiobol680 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.13g). Cock standing right / Incuse head of horse. VF/EF. Extremely rare. Kos (BC 300-190) Didrachm680 viewsca 300-190 BC. AR Didrachm (6.56g), Mikon, magistrate. Head of Herakles wearing lion skin facing, turned slightly right / ΚΩΙΟΝ / ΜΙΚΩΝ, crab, club below; within dotted square. VF. (BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 18680 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE18 (5.95g). Laureate head Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, kithara. Dark green patina, EF. Kyme (BC 320-250) AE 14680 viewsca 350-250 BC. AE14 (2.33g). Eagle standing right, ΠΕΔΙΥΣ (magistrate) to left / K-Y, vase; ΣΣ in exergue. Very fine. Hieropolis-Kastabala (BC 175-164) AE 22 - Antiochos IV Epiphanes680 viewsAntiochos IV Epiphanes, 175-164 BC. AE22 (7.02g). Head of city-goddess; monogram in field / Goddess seated, wearing kalathos, holding small scepter; eagle under seat. Nice very fine. Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 20680 viewsca 164-30 BC, under Roman rule. AE20 (4.99g, 12h). Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche right / ΑΣΚ - ΓΛΥ, Sandan stading right on a horned goat-like animal walking right, within dotted circle. Superb turquoise patina; rare. Mytilene (BC 400-350) AE 8680 viewsca 400-350 BC. AE8 (0.62g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of bull right, MY above. aVF. Rare. Joy coll. Ninika-Klaudiopolis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 19 - Augustus680 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 (5.14g). PRINCEPS FELIX, head right; countermarked on his neck: palm branch. / COLONIA IVLIA / II VIR VE TER, two oxen plowing. Rare. Dark green patina, VF. Koinon of Galatia (AD 79-81) AE 25 - Titus 680 viewsTitus, 79-81 AD. AE25 (12.54g). AYTOKPA TOTOC KAI CEBACTOC, laureate head right / EΠI M NEPA ΠANΣA ΠPEΣBEYTOY; bull to right; in exergue, KO ΓA. EF. Ephesos (BC 42-19) AE 17 - Octavian, Mark Antony & Lepidus680 viewsOctavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus, ca 42-19 BC. AE17 (4.81g, 12h). Glaukon, archiereus grammateus, with Asklepiados, magistrate. Conjoined bare heads right of the Triumvirs Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus / Facing cult statue of Artemis Ephesia. Near VF, green patina. Rare. Kadyanda (BC 167-81) Drachm680 viewsLykian League, 167-81 BC. AR Drachm (3.15g, 16mm, 10h). Laureate head of Apollo right, bow and quiver over shoulder / City initials K-A on either side of a kithara, ΛVKIΩΝ above, helmet to left; all within shallow incuse square. Extremely Rare. Only 3 coins of Kadyanda in Troxell. The helmet mintmark is hitherto unknown. EF. Kadyanda lies almost equidistant from the upper Xanthos River and the Gulf of Telmessos in the mountains of northwest Lykia. Laranda (BC 324-323) Obol679 viewsca 324-323 BC, time of satrapal campaign of Balacros and Perdiccas against Laranda. AR Obol (0.59g). Jugate diademed and bearded male heads right / Forepart of wolf right; ΛΑΡ[ΑΝ] above, monogram to left, star to right. About very fine, very rare. Kindya (BC 510-480) Obol679 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.48g). Head of Ketos right, K (?) in field to right / Star within shallow incuse square. Nice very fine. Sardeis (AD 80-100) AE 29679 viewsAutonomous, ca 80-100 AD. AE29 (8.80g). Draped youthful bust of the personification of the Senate right / Demeter standing left, holding grain ears, poppy, and sceptre. EF, emerald green patina, adjustment marks along edge. Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 20679 viewsafter 164 BC. AE20 (4.81g, 1h). Turreted head of Tyche right / Sandan standing left on horned and winged animal standing right within pyramidal monument on garlanded base and surmounted by an eagle. Near EF, high relief obverse, light green patina. (BC 62-40) Deiotaros - AE 16679 viewsDeiotaros, ca 62-40 BC. AE16 (5.08g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Large monogram and shield. VF, dark green patina under some earthen encrustation. Cyprus Uncertain (BC 500-450) Stater679 viewsca 499-498 BC. AR Stater (10.53g). Head of roaring lion right / Octopus, Cypriot letters above, within incuse square. Test cut on obv., otherwise VF. Apparently unique and unpublished. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY20679 viewsPolemo II, with Nero. 37/8-41 AD. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.66g, 6h). Dated RY 20 (57/8 AD). Diademed head of Polemo right / Laureate head of Nero right; date in legend. VF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater679 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.58g). Head of seal left / Incuse punch. Near VF. (BC 500-300) Lead weight - hemihekte679 viewsca 500 BC. Hemihekte lead weight (1.31g, 13.3x8.6mm). Head of Silenos facing / Incuse scallop shell. gVF. Carr coll. This lead piece appears to be a coin weight for an electrum hemihekte of Phocaic standard. The facing head of Silenos types are commonly found on coins from Sicily, Macedonia, Lesbos, Mysia and Ionia. The scallop shell, while a common type for Italy and Sicily, was used as a control symbol across the Greek world. The weight is appropriate for an electrum hemihekte of standard and type struck in Asia Minor. This appears to be the first recorded specimen, but is consistent with those anticipated by Lang and Crosby, “The Athenian Agora - Volume X: Weights, Measures and Tokens” (1964). Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater679 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g, 9mm). Mother seal swimming to left with a young swimming to right below, each with annulet above. / Rough incuse square. Apparently unpublished and unique, a wonderful coin with an incredibly charming obverse. Nearly extremely fine. The name Phokaia is derived from the Greek word Φωκάι, which translates as 'seals' and is still found, as a Greek loanword, in the modern Latinian languages today (fr. 'phoque', it./span./portug. 'foca'). Unsurprisingly, the lovely animals served as a badge on Phokaia's coins, most commonly in the form of a small seal below or behind a larger main type. The earliest coinage of the city, however, still retains the seal as main type: on the present example, we find one of the most charming renderings of animals in all of Archaic Greek coinage, in the form of a mother seal swimming to the left with her young heading to the right below. The fact that mother and child swim in opposite directions gives the scenery an enchanting playfulness that almost certainly derives from personal observation by the artist - perhaps he was watching the animals romping around the small islands in the bay before Phokaia? Laranda (BC 324-323) Obol678 viewsca 324-323 BC, time of satrapal campaign of Balacros and Perdiccas against Laranda. AR Obol (0.60g). Jugate diademed and bearded male heads right / Forepart of wolf right; ΛΑΡ[ΑΝ] above, monogram to left, star to right. About very fine, very rare. Magnesia (BC 350-325) Drachm678 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Drachm (3.10g, 10h) Horseman riding right, wearing helmet, chlamys and cuirass, and holding a spear in his right hand / Bull butting to right; ear of barley to right. Extremely rare. Beautifully toned. Extremely fine. From the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, II, Sotheby & Co. Zurich, 4 April 1973, 568, J. Ward and the Earl of Ashburnham, SWH 6 May 1896, 183. While Magnesia struck a wide variety of denominations in its horseman/bull series, Rhodian weight drachms seem to be inordinately rare: only ten are known, all of different magistrates. Telmessos (BC 410-380) Stater - Ddenevele678 viewsDdenevele, Dynast, ca 400-380 BC. AR Stater (8.45g, 4h). Telmessos mint. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet with three olive leaves and spiral on the bowl; Lycian letter 'ua' to right / Head of bearded Herakles right, wearing lion's skin. EF. Ex CNG 30 (6/1994), lot 175. Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol678 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.54g, 8mm). Head of ram left / Incuse square with striations. Good very fine. Samos (BC 350) AE 14678 viewsca 350 BC. AE14 (2.79g). Head of Hera right, wearing stephane and necklace / Facing lion's scalp, ΣΑ below. EF, choice green patina, high points a little rough on the obverse. Ex R.C. Lockett Collection (Glendining's, 2/1961), lot 2888 (part of). Ilion (AD 238-244) AE - Gordian III678 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE (4.57g). AU KAI M ANT GORDIANOS SEB, draped laureated bust right / ΙΛΙΕ-ΩΝ, Hector riding in chariot right. Dark green patina, VF. Selge (BC 200-0) Hemidrachm678 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Triobol (2.20g). Head of Herakles facing, club to left / ΣΕΛΓΕΩΝ, club, plant in pot, bucranium? in field to right. VF. Rare. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/6 Stater678 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR 1/6 Stater (2.08g), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left; EK[A] above / Stellate pattern in square incuse. VF, minor porosity. Extremely rare, only 4 specimens listed by Konuk. (BC 450-420) Teththiveibi - Stater678 viewsTeththiveibi, Dynast, ca 450-420 BC. AR Stater (8.25g), uncertain mint. Two cocks facing one another on a round shield / Tetraskeles in dotted square. Very rare. Ex Frank Sternberg, Zurich, with their ticket with notation "belonged to "Count Bleucher German Count." Perge (BC 170-100) Tetradrachm678 viewsca 170-100 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.48g, 12h). Wreathed head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Artemis standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; to left, I above forepart of stag standing left, head right. VF, toned around devices, a couple scratches, some flatness along edge. Miletos (BC 260-220) AE 16678 viewsca 260-220 BC. AE16 (4.22g). Laureate, three-quarter facing head of Apollo; head turned slightly left / Lion standing right, head reverted; two stars above, monograms before, ...NTHN... in exergue. VF, dark green and black patina. Herman Coll. Kyzikos (BC 350-300) AE 9678 views4th century BC. AE9 (0.78g). Laureate head of Apollo left within circular border / KY-ZI, amphora, tunny below. Very rare. Joy coll. Pordosilene (AD 193-211) AE 16 - Septimius Severus678 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE16 (2.36g). ΑΥ ΚΛ CΕΠ CΕΟΥ-ΗΡΟC ΠΕΡΤΙ, laureate head right / ΠΩΡΟCΕΛ-ΗΝΕΙΤΩΝ, Askelpios in himation standing facing, head turned right, holding snake staff in right hand. Green patina, gF. Very rare. Joy coll.; ex CNG 51 (1999), 876. Alabanda (AD 209-211) AE 26 - Geta678 viewsGeta, Caesar, 209-211 AD. AE26 (10.28g). Π C ΓЄT - AC•K•CЄ•, laureate and cuirassed bust right; countermark, laureate head of Caracalla right; before, A / AΛAB-A-N-ΔEΩ-N, laurel branch with. Ex G. Kastner, Auc 12 (11/1976), Nr. 319 ; Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser, Auc 9 (10/1992), Nr. 370. Ex Karl coll. Prusa ad Olympum (AD 217-218) AE 26 - Diadumenian678 viewsDiadumenian, 217-217 AD. AE26 (7.03g). M OΠЄΛ ANTΩNINOC ΔIAΔOVMЄNIANOC, bare head right / ΠPOVCAЄΩN, Aias committing hara-kiri with sword. Beautiful glossy dark green patina, almost EF. Tyana (AD 117-138) AE 23 - Hadrian678 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE23 (9.69g, 12h), dated RY 20 (135/6 AD). Laureate head right / Tyche seated left on rock, holding grain-ears and bunch of grapes; below, river-god swimming left; ЄT K (date) across field. VF, green patina. Ex Alighieri Coll. Ephesos (AD 138-161) AE 32 - Antoninus Pius678 viewsAntoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AE32 (27.11g, 6h). Homonoia with Cyzicus. Paitos, grammateus. T AIΛIOC KAICAP ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right within pelleted border / ЄΠI ΠAITOV ΓPAMMAΤЄOC OMONOIA, KVZIKOC down left field, ЄΦЄCOC up right, heroes Kyzikos and Androklos, each nude but for drapery over shoulder, standing vis-à-vis and clasping right hands; Kyzikos standing right and seen from behind; Androklos standing facing with head left and holding long scepter; all within pelleted border. Good VF, red-brown and dark green patina. Very rare. Sinope (BC 330-250) Drachm678 viewsca 330-300 BC. Female head left, wearing ampyx and sphendone, triple pendant earring, and pearl necklace / ΣΙΝΩ, sea eagle with spread wings alighting left on dolphin left, ΑΓΡΕΩ (magistrate) under wing. Beautiful mint state. Displayed at Cincinnati Art Museum, 1994-2008, no. 84; acquired from Baldwin's, 8/1970. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater678 views5th-4th century BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (9mm, 2.49g). Kithara; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Fine. Very rare. Karia Uncertain (BC 500-490) Stater678 viewsca 500-490 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 14.54g). Two dolphins right within linear square border / Two rectangular incuses. VF, toned, light porosity. Extremely rare issue with both dolphins right, only the von Aulock specimen published. This coinage had originally been attributed to Poseidion on Karpathos, but Cahn’s analysis of the issues bearing an inscription, Ï€os, has conclusively shown that this legend is not an ethnic and cannot point to a mint in Poseidion. It is most likely struck from a mint on the coast of Caria or one of the other mints that used this form of double rectangular incuse: Ialysos, Kamiros, or Lindos. Priene (BC 330-290) AE 12677 viewsca 330-280 BC. AE12 (1.04g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet / ΠΡΙΗ - ΦΟΡΜΙΩΝ (magistrate) legend in two lines within circular maeander pattern. EF, black patina under a dusting of earthen encrustation. Ex Frank Sternberg Auk. XI (11/1981), lot 134. Apollonis (BC 200-0) AE 20677 views2nd century BC. AE20 (3.41g). Turreted head of Tyche right / Zeus sitting on throne left, holding scepter in left hand and thunderbolt in right, ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΕΩΝ to right. Karia Uncertain (BC 400-340) Hemiobol677 viewsca 400-340 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.39g). Lion's head turned left, in linear circle / Head and neck of bull left, Carian letters. Very rare. Mallos (BC 380-333) Stater677 viewsca 385-333 BC. AR Stater (9.70g, 23mm). Athena seated left, holding spear, resting elbow on shield; trunk of olive tree behind / Hermes standing facing, holding caduceus; Aphrodite standing left, resting elbow on short column and placing hand on Hermes' shoulder. VF, toned, porous. Rare. Samos (BC 270-240) Oktobol677 viewsca 270-240 BC. AR Oktobol (4.59g, 3h). Lion's mask facing within dotted circle / Forepart of bull right; olive branch to right, trident below, ΣΑΜΙΩΝ above. Toned, EF. Jamgochian coll., Peus 340 (11/1994), lot 376. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B58677 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g, 7h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Hen walking right in linear square within incuse square. Fine. Very rare, only five examples noted by Bodenstedt. Aizanis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm – Hadrian677 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.60g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Jupiter standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. VF, traces of porosity. Smyrna (BC 245-240) AE 14677 viewsca 245-240 BC. AE14 (1.82g). Turretted head of Tyche right / Fire altar in the form of cup with cover; ZΜΥΡ and shrimp to left, ΣΥΜΜΑΧΟΣ (magistrate) to right. Fine green patina, gVF. Interesting type. Gutknecht coll.; ex Aufhauser Auc. 10 (Munchen, 1993), lot 185. Laranda (BC 400-330) Obol677 views4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.63g, 11mm). Facing bust of Herakles wearing lion skin over shoulder, large H to left / Forepart wolf right, star above. Very rare, very fine. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 - 149