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Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 18661 viewsca 4th century BC. AE18 (4.74g). Three-quarter facing head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested helmet / Forepart of ram right; ΚΛΑΞΟΜΕ/ÎΙΩΠabove, [A]ΠΟΛΩ/ÎΙΔΗΣ (magistrate) below.
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Nikomedeia (AD 193-211) AE 22 - Septimius Severus661 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE22 (5.95g). Laureate head right / Octastyle temple; c/m: laureate bust right. Host Fine, countermark VF but poorly struck, green patina. Roper Coll.
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 26 - Salonina661 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.
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Klazomenai (BC 480-400) Obol661 viewsca 480-400 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.58g). Forepart of a winged boar left / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. VF, toned, light porosity. David Herman Coll.
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Lakanatis (AD 38-72) AE - Antiochos IV661 viewsAntiochos IV, 38-72 AD. AE - Diassarion (16.99g). ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑÎΤΙΟΧΟΣ, diademed head right / ΛΑΚΑÎ-ΑΤΩÎ, scorpion in wreath. Green patina, VF.
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Chersonesos (BC 480-450) Obol661 viewsca 530-520 BC. AR Obol (?) (10mm, 0.99g, 6h). Head of roaring lion right / Forepart of bull right within incuse square. VF. Karl Coll.; ex Heidelberger Münzhandlung, Auk. 15 (11/1995), 978.
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Hyrkaneis (AD 161-180) AE 23 - Marcus Aurelius661 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE23 (5.89g). Papianos and Glaucon, archons. Îœ ΑΥ ΟΥΗΡΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, bare head right / ΕΠΙ ΠΑΠΙΑÎΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΓΛΑΥΚΩÎΟΣ ΑΡΧΟΠΥΡΚΑÎΩÎ, Asklepios standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. F, Rare.
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Kaisareia (AD 193-194) Drachm - Pescennius Niger661 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.
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Ephesos (BC 202-133) Drachm661 viewsca 202-133 BC. AR Drachm (3.99g, 17mm). E-Φ, bee / ΛYΣANIAΣ (magistrate), stag standing before palm tree. Toned, VF.
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Mopsos (AD 161-180) AE 14 - Autonomous660 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.
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Sinope (AD 235-238) AE - Maximinus I660 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.
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(BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - Stater660 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Stater (8.99g, 21mm). Head of roaring lion right, 7 pellets in circles above / Incuse punch divided in diagonal lines. Lightly toned, VF.
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Mallos (AD 69) AE 25 - Otho660 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.
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Ariassos (BC 100-0) AE 16660 views1st century BC. AE16 (2.39g). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / Humped bull butting left on ground line, APIA in exergue. Fine light green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.; ex Ariassos Fund 1968 (IGCH 1420).
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Erythrai (BC 480-420) Drachm660 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.58g). Erythros standing left before horse; astragalos below / Rosette in incuse square. VF, toned.
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Erythrai (BC 350-300) AE 12660 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE12 (2.25g). Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / EPY, club and bow in case; horse's foot? below. Dark green patina, VF. Rare variant.
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Amorion (AD 37-41) AE 21 - Gaius Caligula660 viewsGaius Caligula, 37-41 AD. AE21 (5.73g). Silvaos und Ioustos Vipsanios. Head right / Eagle standing left. Rare. Brown patina, very fine.
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Sardeis (AD 198-217) AE 39 - Caracalla660 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE39 - Medallion (27.34g). Homonoia with Ephesos. ΑΥ K M AVP ΑÎΤΩÎЄΙÎΟC, laureate, draped and cuirssed bust right / CΑΡΔΙANΩN KA ЄΦЄCIΩN / ΟΜΟÎΟΙΑ, Tyche of Sardeis with Kore and Tyche of Ephesos with cult staue of Artmis Ephesia. Very rare.
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Side (AD 235-238) AE 30 - Maximinus I660 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.
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Kerasos (AD 218-222) AE 31 - Elagabalus660 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.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 400-340) Hemiobol660 viewsca 400-340 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.4g). Head of lion turned left, within linear circular border / Head of bull left, Karian letter or dynastic symbol on shoulder. VF.
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(BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - 1/3 Stater660 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.
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Gargara (BC 400-350) Drachm660 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Drachm (3.06g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull grazing left, ΓΑΡΓ above. gVF. Rare.
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Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 19660 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE19 (5.66g). Rosebud, monogram / Star between two crescents. VF. Ex Pfeiler coll.
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Ephesos (BC 42-19) AE 18 - Octavian, Mark Antony & Lepidus660 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 ΓΛΑΥΚΩΠEΦE EYΘYKPATHΣ, Artemis Ephesia standing facing. VF.
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Abydos (BC 175-70) Drachm660 viewsca 80-Â70 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.
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Uncertain (BC 480-450) Tetrobol659 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.
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Paphos (BC 450) Tetrobol - Stasandros659 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.
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(BC 380-360) Perikle - AE 10659 viewsPerikle, Dynast, 380-360 BC. AE10 (1.29g). Forepart of (male) goat left / Triskeles, Lycian letters (Perikle) around. Attractive very fine.
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Holmoi (BC 4th cent) Obol659 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.
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Metropolis (BC 100-0) AE 17659 views1st cent BC. AE17 (4.64g). Helmeted head of Ares right / Thunderbolt and scepter crossed, monogram above. VF.
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Kotiaeion (AD 41-54) AE 21 - Claudius659 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.
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Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 15659 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 Î OÎ Î AIA SMYR where this connection is explicit (SNG 2486).
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Akmoneia (AD 54-59) AE 18 - Agrippina Jr.659 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.
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion659 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.17g). Head of Apollo right / Grain of corn, MAΓ above, Maeander pattern below. Good style, gVF. Very rare. Mueller Coll.
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Rhodes (BC 205-188) Tetradrachm659 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.
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Alexandreia (AD 177-192) AE 26 - Commodus659 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE26 (7.65g, 6h). [IM]P CAI M AVR - COMMODVS, laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder / COL - AVG TROAD, Apollo leaning left with foot on pedestal, holding branch. Glossy dark green patina. About extremely fine.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B23659 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.
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Tripolis (BC 200-0) AE 13659 viewsTripolis, as Apollonia, 2nd-1st century BC. AE13 (1.67g). Laureate head of Apollo right / AΠΟΛΛΩÎΙΑΤΩÎ, bee, maeander pattern below. VF.
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Adana (AD 193-217) AE 33 - Julia Domna658 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.
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Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 13658 viewsca 3rd-2nd century BC. AE13 (2.68g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Forepart of bull left, KYΞ above, trident behind. Fine.
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Antiocheia (AD 238-244) AE 34 - Gordian III658 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE34 (24.74g). Bust R / Sacrificial implements, culter, sprinkler, ewer, lituus and simpulum.
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Mostene (AD 49-54) AE - Claudius658 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD, with Agrippina Jr. Pedanius, magistrate, 49-54 AD. AE (5.08g). ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΠΚΑΙCΑΡ [ΘΕΑΠΑΓΡΙΠΠΙÎΑÎ], laureate head of Claudius right, draped bust of Agrippina right / ΕΠΙ ΠΕΔΑÎΙΟΥ ΚΑΙCΑΡΕΩΠ/ ΜΟCΤΗÎΩÎ, Hero with helmet and double-axe on galloping horse right. Dark green patina, VF. Rare.
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Kaisareia (AD 218-222) AE 26 - Elagabalus658 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE26 (11.83g) Radiated, draped and cuirassed bust left / Mount Argaeus on altar, ETR below.
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Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 24 - Pescennius Niger658 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.
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Sardeis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian658 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.87g, 7h). Sardis mint. Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Kore standing facing; grain ears and poppy at feet. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain undertype.
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Sinope (BC 27-AD 14) AE 22658 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.
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Blaundos (AD 209-211) AE 41 - Caracalla & Geta658 viewsCaracalla and Geta, as Augusti, 209-211 AD. AE41 (38.52g). ΑΥ Κ ΜΑ ΑΥ ΑÎΤΩÎΕΙÎΟΣ ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟ ΣΕΠΓΕΤΑΣ, confronting bust of Caracalla and Geta both laureate, draped and cuirassed bust / ΕΠΙ ΤΙ ΚΛ[...] ΑΛΕΞΑÎ-ΔΡΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Î’ / ΒΛΑΥÎΔΕΩΠ/ ΜΑΚΕ, tetrastyle Ionian temple with cult statue of Apollon Kitharoidos decorated with shield on roof three vegetabile Akrotere. Dark brown patina, good very fine.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol - Archepolis658 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.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B30658 viewsca 463 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.50g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Incuse head of facing lion. EF. Very rare.
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Adramytteion (BC 27-AD 14) AE 18 - Augustus658 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE18 (4.08g). Gessios magistrate. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, laureate head right / ΓΕΣΣΙΟΥ, rider galloping. Rare. Dark green patina. VF.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B86658 viewsca 377 - 326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 6h, 11mm). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / Head of Hermes right, chlamys around shoulders and petasos behind neck, within linear frame. Good VF. Carr coll.
The petasos, a wide-brimmed hat, is often identified with Hermes. Bodenstedt (p. 267) detects the work of this master engraver also on dies of Rhodes (SNR 51 [1972], pl. 6, 70) and perhaps Klazomenai (SNR 45 [1966], pl. I-II). Forty-one examples are recorded in Bodenstedt and a further forty-one examples have appeared in auction.
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Rhodes (BC 88) AE 28657 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.)
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Hypaipa (AD 66-68) AE 25 - Nero & Statilia Messalina657 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.
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Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian657 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.
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Nysa (AD 147-175) AE 18 - Faustina II657 viewsFaustina Junior, daughter of Antoninus Pius, wife of Marcus Aurelius, Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE18 (4.68g, 12h). ΦAVCT[EI]NA CEBACTH, diademed and draped bust right / NVCA-EΩN, Hades dragging away protesting Persephone in quadriga right. VF, green patina. Ex Marcel Burstein Collection (Peus 366, 10/2000), lot 709.
According to the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, 15-18, Persephone was picking flowers with her companions in the Vale of Nysa, when the ground opened up and Hades seized her.
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Rhodes (BC 275-250) Didrachm657 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.
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Knidos (BC 300-225) Hemidrachm657 viewsca 300-225 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.28g). Head of Aphrodite right / Three-quarter facing head of a bull, head turned slightly right; magistrate ΑΓΗΣΙΚΛΗΣ. VF, attractively toned.
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Mallos (AD 251) AE 33 - Herennius Etruscus657 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.
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Eresos (BC 200-100) AE 17657 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?
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Aizanis (AD 41-54) AE 17657 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.
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Tyana (AD 98-117) AE 26 - Trajan657 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)
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Persian Kings (BC 505-480) 1/3 Siglos657 viewsTime of Darios, ca 510-486 BC. AR 1/3 Siglos (1.72g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Toned, VF. Rare.
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Bithynion-Klaudiopolis (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitian657 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.
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Skepsis (BC 440-400) Tetrobol656 viewsca 450 BC. AR Triobol (2.08g). Forepart of Pegasos right / Tree; E-N (retrograde); all within dotted incuse square. Toned, nice VF, minor light porosity. Rare. Ex Frank Sternberg Auction (11/1976), lot 76.
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Rhodes (BC 125-88) Drachm656 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (2.54g, 16mm). Radiate head Helios right / Rose with bud to right, P-O, ΦΙΛΟ[...]TPAΣ. Very fine.
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Phaselis (BC 167-130) Stater656 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.
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Anazarbos (BC 15-AD 19) AE - Germanicus 656 viewsGermanicus, Caesar, 15 BC-19 AD. AE - Diassarion (16.90g), Head right / ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΩΠΤΩΠΠΡΟΣ ΤΩ ΑÎΑZΑΡΒΩ, bust of Zeus Olybris before mount, on mount seated; below, ΕΤΟΥΣ [...]. Green patina, very fine.
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Spithradates (BC 334) AE 10656 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.
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Kaisareia (AD 177-192) AE 29 - Commodus656 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE29 (15.62g) 191 AD. Laureate head right / Mount Argaios on altar. Very fine. Unpublished variant.
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Alexandreia (BC 164-27) AE 20656 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.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol656 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).
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Alabanda (AD 193-211) AE 31 – Julia Domna656 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.
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Kyme (AD 218-222) AE 33 - Elagabalus656 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.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) boar/dog - Hemiobol656 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.
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Kaisareia (AD 161-180) Didrachm - Marcus Aurelius656 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.
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Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 81-96) AE 15 - Domitia656 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.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B85656 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm, 7h). Young male head right, horned, wearing taenia (Pan?) / Female head right, hair in sphendone. gVF.
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Prokonnesos (BC 411-387) Hemidrachm656 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.
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Klazomenai (BC 480-400) Diobol656 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.
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Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Obol656 viewsca 400-300 BC. AR Obol (0.60g, 10mm). Janiform female head within dotted circle / Helmeted head of Athena right within incuse circle. VF.
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Phygela (BC 350-300) AE 9655 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.
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Mallos (AD 250-251) AE 31 - Hostilian655 viewsHostilian, 250-251 AD. AE31 (15.43g).
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Samos (BC 404-385) Tetradrachm655 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.
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Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian655 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.
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Bagis (AD 253-268) AE 36 - Gallienus655 viewsBagis, in alliance with Temenothyrae in Phrygia. Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE36 (26.08g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΚΑΙCΑPΕΩΠΒΑΓΗÎΩΠΤΗΜÎΟΘVΡ/ΕΩΠaround, ΟΜΟÎVΑ (sic) in exergue, Mên of Bagis standing right, holding sceptre and facing Tyche of Temenothyrae standing left, holding cornucopiae. VF, brown surfaces, porous. Drewry Coll.; Ex Niggeler Coll., pt. 2, Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen (10/1966), lot 624.
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Aphrodisias (AD 81-96) AE 27 - Domitian & Domitia655 viewsDomitian, with Domitia, 81-96 AD. AE27 (10.38g, 6h). Confronted busts of Domitian, laureate, and Domitia, draped / Tyche of Aphrodisias seated left, holding cult statue and scepter. Fine, dark green, almost black patina, with traces of green around periphery. Ex Lindgren Coll. ( Kovacs 15, 10/2003), lot 238.
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Alexandreia (AD 180-192) AE 16 - Commodus655 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE16 (2.16g). COMMO DO [CAES], bare head right. / COL A [VG TROA], lyre. Very fine.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6655 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.24g). Two back to back lions' heads, facing downward with open jaws and lolling tongues, a volute decoration between / Single divided punch with volute design. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF.
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Smyrna (BC 280-270) AE 13655 viewsca 260-245 BC. AE13 (2.53g). Difilos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Tripod, crayfish below; ΔΙΦΙΛΟΣ to left, ΣΜΥΡÎΑΙΩΠto right. aEF.
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Methymna (BC 360-330) Obol654 viewsca 360-330 BC. AR Obol (0.50g) Helmeted head of Athena right / Kantharos, Μ-Θ-Α, within linear incuse circle.
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Nagidos (BC 425-400) Obol654 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Obol (0.90g). Bearded head of Pan right in dotted circle / Kantharos, ΝΑΓΙ to right. VF.
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Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 26654 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?
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Miletos (BC 360-325) Tetradrachm654 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).
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(BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Diobol654 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.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 3 - Obol654 viewsLate 6th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.56g). Head of cow left / Incuse punch with rhombus and central pellet. VF, some encrustation.
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Larisa (BC 400-300) AE 19654 views4th century BC. AE19 (8.61g). Bearded male head right / ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ, amphora, corn grain to right. Brown patina, VF-EF. Extremely rare.
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Kyzikos (AD 100-300) AE 29654 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.
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(BC 500-460) Uncertain Dynast - Stater 654 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.
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Silandos (AD 193-217) AE 16654 viewsLate 2nd-early 3rd century AD. AE16 (2.70g, 12h). Wreathed head of Silenos right; CI-ΛANΔ-EΩN around / Grape bunch; EΠI • A • AV-MAIOPOC around. Good VF, green patina. Extremely rare. Alighieri Coll.
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