Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Sinope (BC 27-AD 14) AE 22650 viewsTime of Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE22 (6.26g, 12h). Dated CY 19 (28/7 BC). C • F • I • SI • AN • XIX (AN ligate), laureate female head right / Plow right; EX • D • D above; all within palm wreath. Good VF, brown patina. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Aufhäuser 6 (10/1989), lot 95. Blaundos (AD 209-211) AE 41 - Caracalla & Geta650 viewsCaracalla and Geta, as Augusti, 209-211 AD. AE41 (38.52g). ΑΥ Κ ΜΑ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟ ΣΕΠ ΓΕΤΑΣ, confronting bust of Caracalla and Geta both laureate, draped and cuirassed bust / ΕΠΙ ΤΙ ΚΛ[...] ΑΛΕΞΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Î’ / ΒΛΑΥΝΔΕΩΝ / ΜΑΚΕ, tetrastyle Ionian temple with cult statue of Apollon Kitharoidos decorated with shield on roof three vegetabile Akrotere. Dark brown patina, good very fine. Kerasos (AD 218-222) AE 31 - Elagabalus650 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE31 (9.88g, 6h). Dated CY 156 (219/20 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche(?) enthroned left, holding phiale. Fine, dark olive patina with traces of gray overtones. Extremely rare. Wagner Coll. Hyrkaneis (AD 161-180) AE 23 - Marcus Aurelius650 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE23 (5.89g). Papianos and Glaucon, archons. Îœ ΑΥ ΟΥΗΡΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, bare head right / ΕΠΙ ΠΑΠΙΑΝΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΓΛΑΥΚΩΝΟΣ ΑΡΧΟΝ ΥΡΚΑΝΩΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. F, Rare. Neandreia (BC 350-300) AE 20650 views4th century BC. AE20 (7.65g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse standing right on ground line and grazing; NEAN above, corn grain below. VF. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 19650 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE19 (5.66g). Rosebud, monogram / Star between two crescents. VF. Ex Pfeiler coll. Thyateira (AD 177-192) AE 43 - Commodus650 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE43 - Medallion (40.53g, 6h). Marcus Aurelius Athenaios, magistrate. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; countermarks: head right (Caracalla?) within circular incuse (2x) / Asclepius standing facing on left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; to right, Apollo Tyrimnaios standing left, holding laurel branch. Fine, dark green and brown patina. Very rare. Frederick Coll.; Ex Drewry Coll. (CNG Elec. Auc. 119, lot 81); Mabbott Coll. (Schulman, 6/1969), lot 1851. Gergis (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm650 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.94g, 12mm, 6h). Wreathed head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly right / Griffin seated to right, ΓEPΓIΣIOИ around; all within incuse square. aEF. Extremely Rare; the second and finest known. Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol649 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.52g). Head of ram left / Incuse with striations. Porous, very fine. Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 13649 viewsca 3rd-2nd century BC. AE13 (2.68g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Forepart of bull left, KYΞ above, trident behind. Fine. Sinope (AD 235-238) AE - Maximinus I649 viewsMaximinus I, Thrax, 235-238 AD, for Maximus. AE (12.87g), struck ca 235 AD. Bust right / Bust of Serapis left. Green-red patina, F. Kolophon (BC 480-450) Tetartemorion649 viewsca 525-490 BC. AR Tetartemonion (0.22g, 10h). Facing laureate head of Apollo / TE monogram within incuse square. EF. Exceptional metal for such a fraction. Kolophon (BC 100-0) AE 17649 views1st century BC. AE17 (4.76g). Apollas, magistrate. Homer sitting left on chair with high backrest, holding book in left hand, supporting head with right, ΑΠΟΛΛΑΣ to left / Apollo in long garb standing right, holding Kithara in left hand, plektron in right, ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ to left. Dark green patina, VF. Joy coll. Aizanis (AD 41-54) AE 17649 viewsTime of Claudius I, AD 41-54. AE17 (3.72g). Diademed and draped bust of Senate right / Draped bust of Artemis with quiver over shoulder. Rare. Dark patina, good very fine. Larisa (BC 400-300) AE 19649 views4th century BC. AE19 (8.61g). Bearded male head right / ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ, amphora, corn grain to right. Brown patina, VF-EF. Extremely rare. Side (AD 235-238) AE 30 - Maximinus I649 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE30 (16.73g, 6h). AV K Γ IO OV-H MAΞIMЄIN-ON, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CIΔTHΩN, port of Side: four ships within the harbor framed on either side by arched portico, which opens at left; ship entering harbor, which opens at left; at bottom of habor, a fisherman in boat right. Good VF, even green patina with beige overtones, a well-centered and struck specimen Very rare and finer than the two published specimens. Persian Kings (BC 505-480) 1/12 Siglos649 viewsca 500-485 BC. AR 1/12 Siglos (0.39g). Persian king or hero right, in kneeling-running stance, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Toned VF, typical light porosity. Rare fraction of a rare early issue. Kebren (BC 480-440) Hemiobol649 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (?) (7mm, 0.33g). Ram’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, some porosity. Alighieri Coll. (BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - 1/3 Stater649 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (3.12g, 9mm). Protodynastic Group A. Head of boar right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare. See Boston MFA Supp. 206 for a stater with a style identical to this fraction. Ephesos (BC 202-133) Drachm649 viewsca 202-133 BC. AR Drachm (3.99g, 17mm). E-Φ, bee / ΛYΣANIAΣ (magistrate), stag standing before palm tree. Toned, VF. Ephesos (BC 42-19) AE 18 - Octavian, Mark Antony & Lepidus649 viewsAntony, Octavian and Lepidus, 43-19 BC. AE18 (4.47g). Glaucus and Eythykrates, magistrates. Jugate heads of the three Triumvirs Octavianus, Marcus Antonius and Lepidus right / APXIEPEYΣ ΓΡΑΜ ΓΛΑΥΚΩΝ EΦE EYΘYKPATHΣ, Artemis Ephesia standing facing. VF. Abydos (BC 175-70) Drachm649 viewsca 80-­70 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 3.81g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Iphiades, magistrate. Draped bust of Artemis right, wearing stephanos, bow and quiver over shoulder / Eagle, wings spread, standing right; ABY above, B (date?) to right, IΦIAΔOY below; all within wreath. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B59 - EL 1/6 Stater649 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54g). Ram standing right, scratching head with right hind hoof; below, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Uncertain (BC 480-450) Tetrobol648 views5th century BC. AR Tetrobol (3.38g). Forepart of winged horse right / Head of a satyr right, within dotted incuse square. Fine/near VF, even porosity. Very rare. Phygela (BC 350-300) AE 9648 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE9 (0.64g). Head of Artemis Munychia 3/4 to left / Bull butting right, ΦΥΓ above. Nice VF, bull pushing edge a bit. Nice dark-light green patina. Myrina (BC 165) Tetradrachm648 viewsAfter 165 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.86g). Laureate head of Apollo right, two braids / Apollo Grynios standing right, holding branch and phiale; omphalos and amphora at feet; ΜΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ and monogram to left. Lightly toned EF, nicely centered. Rare issue. Ex Lanz 36 (4/1986), lot 338. Mopsos (AD 161-180) AE 14 - Autonomous648 viewsAutonomous issue. Time of Marcus Aurelius, ca 161-180 AD. AE14 (2.64g). Dated civic year 230 (162/3 AD). Crab with star (Zodiac sign of Cancer); ET LC (date) below / ADRIA MOYEATWN, lighted altar. EF, black patina. Anazarbos (BC 15-AD 19) AE - Germanicus 648 viewsGermanicus, Caesar, 15 BC-19 AD. AE - Diassarion (16.90g), Head right / ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩ ΑΝΑZΑΡΒΩ, bust of Zeus Olybris before mount, on mount seated; below, ΕΤΟΥΣ [...]. Green patina, very fine. Holmoi (BC 4th cent) Obol648 views4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.66g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Wreathed head of Apollo right, ΟΛΜΙΤΑΝ to right. Good VF, toned, areas of slight die rust. Unpublished legend variety. Typically, the ethnic found on the coins of Holmoi, if not trunicated, are in the form ΟΛΜΙΤΙΚΟΝ, ΟΛΜVΤΙΚΟΝ, or ΟΛΜΙΤΟΝ. The form on this coin, ending -AN, is possibly the result of an engraver accustomed to the Aeolic dialect, rather than the standard Attic. Aside from this specimen, there are apparently no recorded coins with this variation of the ethnic. Mallos (AD 69) AE 25 - Otho648 viewsOtho, 69 AD. AE25 (8.37g). KAICAP M CEBACTOC, laureate head right / MAΛWTWN, cult-statue of Athena Magarsis standing facing, holding spear and snakes. Very fine. Alabanda (AD 193-211) AE 31 – Julia Domna648 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, died 217 AD. AE31 (18.76g, 12h). IOVΛIA Δ - [OM]NA AUΓ [C], draped bust right / A-ΛABA-NΔEΩ[N], Tyche standing facing holding rudder and cornucopia, head left. Ex Hauck und Aufhäuser, Auc 12 (10/1996), Nr. 614. Ex Karl coll. Tyana (AD 98-117) AE 26 - Trajan648 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE26 (13.86g), struck under legate T. Pomponius Bassus 98/99 AD (year 1). AVT NEPOVAC TPAIAN KAICAP ΓEP, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / EΠI BA - CCOV ΠPECBEVT - TVANEΩN, Tyche of Tyana, in long garment and wearing mural-crown, standing left on cippus, holding two grain-ears in extended right hand and resting with left hand on cippus; beneath, river-god Lamus swimming right; in left and right field ET - A (year 1). Rare, F/good F. Hoeft coll. Tyana was situated on a tributary of the river Lamus. Because the river-god sometimes holds a torch it seems to be the river Phoibos (Note of Prof. Nolle in R. Falter, Fluß- und Berggötter in der Antike) Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 15648 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 54-68 AD (time of Nero). AE15 (2.59g), struck under the magistrate Ti. Cl. Mnaseas. EΠI TI MNACEOV CAPΔIANΩN, bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin on shoulders / CE-BACTH, winged Nike flying left, holding palm branch in left arm and wreath in extended right hand. About VF. Hoeft coll. The legend CEBASTH (lat. Augusta) may suggest that Poppaea is depicted here as Nike. There is a similar coin from Smyrna with the legend NEIKH ΠOΠΠAIA SMYR where this connection is explicit (SNG 2486). Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/6648 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Torso of winged figure facing, head right / Incuse square punch. Near VF. Possibly unique. This coin may not belong to the same series as the Weidauer coins, which are not only larger denominations but also exhibit a different style of wings (curved rather than pointed) and incuse punches. Rhodes (BC 205-188) Tetradrachm648 viewsca 205-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.91g, 12h). Onasandros, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; to left, pileos surmounted by star; ONAΣANΔPOΣ above. EF, minor die rust. Teuthrania (BC 400) AE 10 - Prokles648 viewsca 400 BC. AE10 (0.92g). Prokles, Satrap of Teuthrania and Halisarna. Head of Apollo left / Head of satrap right, wearing bashlyk, TEY behind, monogram to right. VF. Paphos (BC 450) Tetrobol - Stasandros647 viewsStasandros, King of Paphos, ca 450 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.63g). Bull standing left, in beaded circle / Eagle standing left, olive sprig to right. Very rare denomination. Minor corrosion, VF. Adana (AD 193-217) AE 33 - Julia Domna647 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE33 (21.29g). Draped bust R; c/m: Nike standing left / Dionysus standing right, holding kantharos and thyrsos; at feet, panther left. Near VF, dark greenish-brown patina. Scarce. Nagidos (BC 400-380) Stater647 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Stater (10.52g). Head of Dionysos right, wearing wreath of ivy / Head of Aphrodite right, hair bound in sphendone. EF, strike a bit soft on the reverse, light porosity, oblong flan. Splendid engraving by a talented artist. Rare. Antiocheia (AD 238-244) AE 34 - Gordian III647 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE34 (24.74g). Bust R / Sacrificial implements, culter, sprinkler, ewer, lituus and simpulum. Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 26 - Salonina647 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE26 (10.84g). Diademed and draped bust right / Valerian and Gallienus clasping hands, female figure (Homonaia, Salonina or priestess?) to right. Attractive very fine. Rhodes (BC 275-250) Didrachm647 viewsca 275-250 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 6.65g). Aristobios, magistrate. Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / Rose with bud; wreath to left, ΑΡΙΣΤΟΒΙΟΣ above. VF. David Herman Coll. Mallos (AD 251) AE 33 - Herennius Etruscus647 viewsHerennius Etruscus, 251 AD. AE33 (18.09g, 7h). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tyche seated left between legionary standards marked S and C, two river gods at feet. Good VF, encrusted green patina, rough surfaces. Eresos (BC 200-100) AE 17647 views3rd-2nd cent BC. AE17 (4.10g). Ε-Ρ/Ε-Σ, head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Figure in short chiton standing right. Thick olive-green patina, gVF/F. Unpublished? Kaisareia (AD 161-180) Didrachm - Marcus Aurelius647 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AR Didrachm (6.77g, 21mm). AVTOKP ANTΩNEINOC CEB, bare head right, typical curled hair / VΠA - TOC Γ, Agalma of Mt. Argaios, star above summit. Scarce, VF, lightly toned. Hoeft coll. Akmoneia (AD 54-59) AE 18 - Agrippina Jr.647 viewsAgrippina Jr., Augusta 54-59 AD, mother of Nero. AE18 (3.45g), struck under archiereus Servinius Capito and his wife, archiera Julia Severa, [C]EBACTHN AΓPIΠΠIN[AN], draped bust right; poppy and grain-ears before / EΠI CEPOVHNIOV [KAΠITΩNOC KAI IOVΛIAC CEOVHPAC] AKMONEΩN, Artemis in double chiton advancing right, holding bow in raised left hand and pulling arrow from quiver behind left shoulder with right hand; in front, Nike standing right, holding wreath in raised left hand; behind, stag standing right. VF, green patina. Bithynion-Klaudiopolis (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitian647 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. Half Assarion(?) (7.64g, 22mm, 6h). Laureate head right / Serpent entwined around branch. Good VF, beautiful green patina. Extremely rare. Three of the known specimens of this type are in public collections – two in the Ashmolean; the RG specimen in Athens. The fourth cited specimen, which appeared in a 1928 Cahn sale had no weight given, and was not illustrated. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL Stater647 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Stater (15.96g, 20.5mm). Tunny left above tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, double struck on reverse. Extremely rare. (BC 380-360) Perikle - AE 10646 viewsPerikle, Dynast, 380-360 BC. AE10 (1.29g). Forepart of (male) goat left / Triskeles, Lycian letters (Perikle) around. Attractive very fine. Ilion (AD 198-217) AE - Caracalla646 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE (19.23g). AY KAI M AYP - ANTWNINOC, laureate cuirassed bust right / ΕΚΤΩΡ - ΙΛΙΕΩΝ, Hector standing right, wearing helmet, cuirass and holding shield, right arm drawn back holding torch, Greek ships to right. Green-brown patina, VF. Very rare. Mostene (AD 49-54) AE - Claudius646 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD, with Agrippina Jr. Pedanius, magistrate, 49-54 AD. AE (5.08g). ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΝ ΚΑΙCΑΡ [ΘΕΑΝ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ], laureate head of Claudius right, draped bust of Agrippina right / ΕΠΙ ΠΕΔΑΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΙCΑΡΕΩΝ / ΜΟCΤΗΝΩΝ, Hero with helmet and double-axe on galloping horse right. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) AE 19646 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE19 (6.88g). Bearded head of Poseidon right / Ornamented trident head with dolphins between prongs; ΑΛΙΚΑP to left, ÎœHNΑC (magistrate) to right, star in field to left. Dark green patina, gVF. Alexandreia (BC 164-27) AE 20646 viewsca 164-27 BC. AE20 (5.07g, 12h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus standing left, holding wreath; monogram to left; all within wreath. Good VF, dark olive green patina. Rare. Tarsos (BC 164-27) Drachm646 views164-27 BC. AR Drachm (3.42g, 11h). Turreted head of Tyche right / Sandan standing right on mythical animal; monograms behind. VF, toned, small delamination on obverse. Very rare. Sardeis (AD 198-217) AE 39 - Caracalla646 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE39 - Medallion (27.34g). Homonoia with Ephesos. ΑΥ K M AVP ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC, laureate, draped and cuirssed bust right / CΑΡΔΙANΩN KA ЄΦЄCIΩN / ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, Tyche of Sardeis with Kore and Tyche of Ephesos with cult staue of Artmis Ephesia. Very rare. Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol - Archepolis646 viewsca 459 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.98g, 8h). Bearded male head right, wearing laurel wreath / Eagle flying right; A (or AP monogram) to upper right (barely visible); all within linear square in incuse square. VF, light porosity. Apparently unique. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B30646 viewsca 463 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.50g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Incuse head of facing lion. EF. Very rare. Klazomenai (BC 480-400) Diobol646 viewsca 480-400 BC. AR Diobol (1.12g, 7h). Forepart of winged boar right / Gorgoneion within incuse square. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Rare. Herman Coll.; ex Freeman & Sear 7 (2/2002), lot 119; Rosen Coll. (Münzen und Medaillen 72 (10/1987), lot 273. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B23646 viewsca 470 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Forepart of a bridled horse right, wearing necklace of large beads and with ornamented truncation, ΛΕ below / Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress and with neck ornamented with small squares; all in incuse. Ex Gemini IX, lot 108; Ex Zuzim; Ex Kunker 243, lot 4633 (11/2013). Carr coll. This obverse is one of the very few produced at Mytilene that bears the initial letters of the island Lesbos. At time of auction only one other known outside Bodenstedt. Tarsos (BC 425-400) 1/3 Stater645 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Drachm (3.48g). Forepart of horned and winged lion left / Two Persian satraps standing facing each other, each holding spear, within shallow incuse square. Good VF. Very rare. Ex Leu Auc. 54 (4/1992), lot 161. Mallos (AD 250-251) AE 31 - Hostilian645 viewsHostilian, 250-251 AD. AE31 (15.43g). Phaselis (BC 167-130) Stater645 viewsca 167-130 BC. AR Stater (11.02g). Artemidoros, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Athena walking right on galley, brandishing spear in right hand, shield on left arm; ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟC to left, Φ to right. EF, well centered, light hairlines from prior cleaning, but now starting to retone. Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 26645 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE26 (9.06g). Ram's head right, star below / K-E, laureate head of Apollo right. VF, glossy dark green patina. Unrecorded variety with the star? Hypaipa (AD 66-68) AE 25 - Nero & Statilia Messalina645 viewsNero & Statilia Messalina, 54-68 AD. AE25 (13.59g, 12h), struck 66-68 AD. G. Julius Hegesippos, magistrate. Diademed and draped bust of Statilia Messalina right and laureate head of Nero left, vis-a-vis / Veiled cult statue of Artemis Anaitis standing facing, extending both hands. Good VF, emerald green patina, minor smoothing in obverse fields, minor roughness on reverse. Second known example with this reverse legend variety. Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 24 - Pescennius Niger645 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AE24 (5.98g). Laureate head right / Hygieia standing right. An apparently unpublished reverse type for this series which honors the various gods of the Greek pantheon. Fine, glossy green patina with small patches of roughness. Extremely rare. Melcher Coll.; ex CNG 57 (4/2001), lot 799. Miletos (BC 360-325) Tetradrachm645 viewsca 340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.37g, 11h). Theopropos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion walking left, head turned back to right; star of eight rays above, monogram to left, ΘΕΟΠΡΟΠΟ[Σ] below. Beautifully struck in high relief, a superb example. Extremely fine. Ex Bank Leu 48 (5/1989), 232, from the collection of C. Gillet, Bank Leu & Muenzen und Medaillen (Kunstfreund) (5/1974), 220, and probably from the Mugla Hoard of 1950 (IGCH 1215). Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian645 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.52g, 6h). Struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / Jupiter (Zeus) Olympius seated left, holding statuette of Diana Ephesia and sceptre. VF, area of minor porosity on reverse. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian645 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.03g, 1h). Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Aesculapius standing left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; c/m: IMP (ligate) VES AV(AV ligate) G in incuse. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain cistophorus which bore the IMP VES AVG countermark. The countermark was present on the undertype and was not obliterated by the overstrike. Kotiaeion (AD 41-54) AE 21 - Claudius645 viewsClaudius I, 41-54 AD. AE21 (3.34g). Varus, magistrate, 50-54 AD. Laureate head right / Zeus (?) standing left with extended right. Surfaces a bit rough, good very fine. Kyzikos (AD 100-300) AE 29645 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 2nd-3rd cent AD. AE29 (8.30g). KYZ - IKOC, head of hero Kyzikos, diademed with taenia, right / CTP A / [VP AP]IC / TE[I]ΔOV / KVZIKH / NΩN, in laurel-wreath. Very rare. VF/about VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll. In Münsterberg, Die Beamtennamen auf griechischen Münzen, a strategos is mentioned under Severus Alexander named Avr. Aristaidos. Perhaps he is the same as named in the legend. Kyzikos was the king of the Doliones in Mysia. Mylasa (BC 450-400) Hemiobol645 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.59g). Milesian standard. Facing forepart of lion / Scorpion, tail to left, M below; within incuse square punch. EF. Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 81-96) AE 15 - Domitia645 viewsDomitia, Augusta, 81-96 AD. AE15 (3.32g, 12h). Draped bust right / River-god Sipylus reclining left on overturned urn, holding reed and cornucopia. Good VF, dark green patina, some adjustment marks. Rare. Gargara (BC 400-350) Drachm645 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Drachm (3.06g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull grazing left, ΓΑΡΓ above. gVF. Rare. Assos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm645 views4th-3rd centuries BC. AR Triobol (12mm, 1.42g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of lion left within incuse square. Near VF, toned, porous. Extremely rare. Kaisareia (AD 193-194) Drachm - Pescennius Niger645 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AR Denarius - Drachm (2.46g, 18mm, 12h). Caesarea mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPXI EΞ O VΠATOC, modius with grain ears. Fine, toned, porous, chipped at 12 o’clock from an attempted piercing. Very rare and important issue. When Pescennius was proclaimed emperor by his troops in AD 193, he knew his reign as emperor would not be peaceful. He quickly set out to issue huge sums of denarii in his name to pay his troops and to win the loyalty of others. To do this, like so many before him, Pescennius reduced the fineness of his denarii to a point that they were equivalent to the Caesarean drachm. This coin provides a direct link to these events, combining a denarius obverse die and a drachm reverse die. This coin also presents clear evidence that both Antioch and Caesarea struck coins for Pescennius. Tripolis (BC 200-0) AE 13645 viewsTripolis, as Apollonia, 2nd-1st century BC. AE13 (1.67g). Laureate head of Apollo right / AΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ, bee, maeander pattern below. VF. Methymna (BC 500-450) Diobol644 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Diobol (1.36g). Facing head of Gorgon, tongue protruding, hair on forehead dotted / Bearded male head right, hair long at back, in Corinthian helmet, within dotted square border in shallow incuse. Apparently an unpublished reverse die, heavy dark patina, some surface corrosion but without wear, extremely rare. Kyzikos (BC 250-200) AE 28644 viewsca 250-200 BC. AE28 (13.33g). Draped bust of Kore Soteira with diadem and wreath right / Κ−Υ/Z−Ι, Bukranion, monogram above, all within wreath. Light green patina, VF. Rarer type. Gutknecht coll. Salamis (BC 361-351) AE 18 - Evagoras II644 viewsEvagoras II, King of Salamis, 361-351 BC. AE18 (5.23g). Draped bust of Apollo facing / ΕΥΑ, horse feeding young. Very rare. Joy coll. Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol644 viewsEphesos (as Arsinoeia), ca 290-281 BC. AR Octobol (5.49g, 12h). Erxias, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [E]RXIAS to left, bee to upper right. VF, minor porosity. Very rare, and this magistrate only published on the Kayhan diobol (and coin #4689). Methymna (AD 222-235) AE 33 - Julia Mamaea644 viewsJulia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235 AD. AE33 (20.98g). Draped bust right / Athena standing right, holding spear and shield, facing Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at his feet left. VF, green patina under thick earthen encrustation. Apparently unpublished. Rare city. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) boar/dog - Hemiobol644 views5th cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g, 7mm, 2h). Forepart of winged boar right / Head and neck of dog (hound) left on leash and collar, within incuse square. Alexandreia (AD 180-192) AE 16 - Commodus644 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE16 (2.16g). COMMO DO [CAES], bare head right. / COL A [VG TROA], lyre. Very fine. Adramytteion (BC 27-AD 14) AE 18 - Augustus644 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE18 (4.08g). Gessios magistrate. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, laureate head right / ΓΕΣΣΙΟΥ, rider galloping. Rare. Dark green patina. VF. Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm644 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Drachm (12mm, 3.37g). Bee / Rough incuse punch. VF, toned, very minor surface granularity. Whorton Coll.; ex Rauch Summer Auc. (9/2009), lot 222. Prokonnesos (BC 411-387) Hemidrachm644 viewsca 411-387 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.44g, 7h). Head of Aphrodite left, hair in sphendone / Oinochoë within incuse circle. VF, lightly toned, minor obverse die rust. Good metal. Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Obol644 viewsca 400-300 BC. AR Obol (0.60g, 10mm). Janiform female head within dotted circle / Helmeted head of Athena right within incuse circle. VF. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B19.1644 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 10mm, 12h). Facing head of grimacing Gorgon, tongue protruding (no small row of top teeth) / Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress; truncation with two rows of dots, rectangular punch behind neck; the whole in incuse. EF. Carr coll. Obverse and reverse die unknown to Bodenstedt and no match with examples that have come to auction thus far. 34 examples known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 60th example offered at electronic auction or sale. Methymna (BC 360-330) Obol643 viewsca 360-330 BC. AR Obol (0.50g) Helmeted head of Athena right / Kantharos, Îœ-Θ-Α, within linear incuse circle. Rhodes (BC 125-88) Drachm643 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (2.54g, 16mm). Radiate head Helios right / Rose with bud to right, P-O, ΦΙΛΟ[...]TPAΣ. Very fine. Nagidos (BC 425-400) Obol643 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Obol (0.90g). Bearded head of Pan right in dotted circle / Kantharos, ΝΑΓΙ to right. VF. Samos (BC 404-385) Tetradrachm643 viewsca 404-385 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.72g). Hegesianax, magistrate. Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; branch behind, ΗΓΗΣΙΑΝΑΞ above, monogram in circle below. Good VF, attractively toned, well-centered. Ex Hess-Leu 49 (4/1971), lot 214; Hermitage Museum Collection (Schlessinger 13, 2/1935), lot 1306. Rhodes (BC 88) AE 28643 viewsca 88 BC, Siege of Mithradates VI. AE28 (14.61g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose; helmet to left, thunderbolt to right. VF, dark brown patina. Good strike on a broad flan, much superior most published specimens in the series. Struck during Mithradates VI's failed 6-month siege of Rhodes in 88 BC. Unable to produce enough silver for military expenditures, the Rhodians resorted to a fiduciary bronze coinage. (See R. Ashton, Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Siege of Mithradates VI, in NumChron 2001.) Spithradates (BC 334) AE 10643 viewsSpithridates, Satrap in Lydia and Ionia, ca 334 BC. AE10 (1.13g, 2h). Head of satrap right, wearing Persian headdress / Protome of horse right; monogram in upper left field. EF, black patina with trace of orange in obverse crevices. Side (BC 200-0) Tetradrachm643 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.17g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; pomegranate in left field, magistrate KΛE YX (magistrate). Good VF. (BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Diobol643 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR Diobol (1.30g). Mylasa mint. Laureate head of bearded man right (Hekatomnos?) / Forepart of bull left, E before. VF. Extremely rare. Obols and Diobols are well-known from the emission of small coins assigned convincingly to the Carian Satrap Hekatomnos. A. Winzer, Antike Portraitmünzen (2005), No. 13, argues that some portray the Satrap himself, while others Zeus Lepsynos. Kyme (AD 218-222) AE 33 - Elagabalus643 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE33 (22.56g, 12h). T(itus) Fl(avius) Tychicus, strategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Male figure seated on stool right, holding scrolls. VF, green patina with dusty gray-green overtones, spot of hard light-green patina on reverse. Rare. (BC 500-460) Uncertain Dynast - Stater 643 viewsUncertain Dynast (Za...?), ca 460-440 BC. AR Stater (9.53g, 8h). Sphinx sitting right, left foot raised, Χ-Α-Ψ-Γ-Ψ[...] around / Crab within deep incuse square. aEF. Rare. Sinope (BC 520-480) Drachm 643 viewsca 490-425 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 6.23g). Eagle’s head left; below, dolphin left / Quadripartite incuse square with two opposing quarters filled, the others stippled. VF, toned. Trapezos (AD 247-249) AE 29 - Philip II643 viewsPhilip II, 247-249 AD. AE29 (16.28g, 5h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mithras on horseback right; behind, tree; before, altar and column surmounted by raven. Near VF, brown surfaces, minor encrustation. 1 comments 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 - 149