Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Germanikopolis (AD 193-217) AE 29 - Julia Domna 646 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE29 (14.40g), dated CY 215 (209/210 AD). Draped bust right / Eagle standing left on cippus; standards flanking. Near VF, dark brown patina, some light roughness. Perhaps unpublished. Ex Wagner Coll. Attaia (AD 209-212) AE 24 - Geta646 viewsGeta, 209-212 AD. AE24 (7.02g). Λ CΕΠ GE - TAC KAIC, draped, cuirassed and bare-headed bust right / ΑΤΤΑΙ - Τ / ΩΝ, youthful river-god Grylios(?), in himation, nude to hips, wearing wreath, leaning left, holding waterplant in outstretched right hand and resting with left elbow on vase from which water flows. Rare, VF. Hoeft coll. This is the only type for Geta from Attaia. River Grylios, today Madra Cey. (BC 390-370) Aruvatijesi and Zagaba - 1/3 Stater646 viewsAruvatijesi and Zagaba, Dynasts, ca 380-375 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (2.99g, 5h). Facing lion's scalp / Triskeles, Lykian legend around, within incuse square. EF. Rare. Kyzikos (BC 300-200) AE 10646 views3rd century BC. AE10 (1.4g). Head of Kore Soteira right / K-Y/Ξ-I, tripod, monogram to left. aEF. Pordosilene (BC 400) Hemiobol 646 viewsca 450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.45g). Bearded head of Silenos right / Π-O-P, dolphin within incuse square. VF. Very rare. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B53.2646 viewsca 477-455? BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.48g). Gorgoneion facing / Incuse head of lynx facing. VF/EF. Extremely rare. Chios (BC 478-431) Tetrobol646 viewsca 478-412 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.00g, 11mm). Sphinx seated left, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, VF. Miletos (BC 480-450) Hemidrachm 646 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 2.03g). Lion at bay right / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Good VF, toned, slight granularity. Rare. Salamis (BC 351-332) Didrachm - Pnytagoras645 viewsPnytagoras, King of Salamis, 351-332 BC. AR Didrachm (6.96g). Laureate and draped bust of Aphrodite left, ΠΝ to right / Draped bust of Artemis left, bow and quiver behind neck. Toned VF, light porosity. Rare. Knidos (BC 330-250) Drachm645 viewsca 330-250 BC. AR Drachm (3.27g). Head of Aphrodite Euploia right, wearing sakkos, in beaded circle / Forepart of roaring lion right, KNI below, ΕΥΜΕ[ΛΩ] (magistrate) above. Fine toning, good style, good VF. Tion (AD 220-240) AE 30645 viewsCivic Issue, ca 220-240 AD. AE30 (11.92g). Diademed and draped bust of Tius right; countermark: H surmounted by star within circular incuse / Tyche standing right, holding scepter, facing Zeus standing left, also holding scepter and sacrificing over altar between them. Good Fine, brown patina. Methymna (BC 330) AE 11645 viewsafter 330 BC. AE11 (1.48g). Head of Athena left / ΜΑΘY, 4-string lyre; helmet to left. Black patina, good VF. Ilistra (AD 244-249) AE - Otacilia Severa645 viewsOtacilia Severa, wife of Philipp I Arab, 244-249 AD. AE (8.67g). Draped bust right / ILICTRE KO-IN LUKAONI/AC, Tyche with Kalathos seated left, holding rudder in right hand. Very rare. Green patina, irregular flan. Very fine. Abydos (BC 385-335) AE 11645 viewsca 385-335 BC. AE11 (1.26g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left, ΑΒΥ above. Good dark green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll., ex M. Laffaille coll. and Muenzen und Medaillen AG, Basel Auc. 76 (1991), lot 443. Magnesia (BC 300-275) AE 17645 viewsca 300-275 BC. AE17 (4.11g). Rider in military dress and chlamys galloping right, holding spear in right hand / Bull butting left, ΜΑΓΝH above, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ in exergue. Dark olive-green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll. Aphrodisias (BC 27-AD 14) AE 15 - Augustus645 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE15 (2.67g, 12h). Laureate head right / ΑΦΡΟΔΙ-CΙ-ΕΩΝ CΩC-ΩΝ, double-axe with taenia. About EF. Karl Coll.; ex Gorny & Mosch 113 (10/2001), lot 5477. Tarsos (AD 138-161) AE 30 - Antoninus Pius645 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE30 (15.27g). AVT KAI TI AI AΔPIA ANTΩNINOC CЄB/ Π - Π, laureate head right / ΔЄMOC AΔPIA TAPCЄΩN MHTPOΠOΛЄΩC, Demos with wreath seated left, star in left field. Rare. gVF. Tenedos (BC 400) AE 10645 viewsLate 5th-early 4th century BC. AE10 (0.60g, 11h). Bust of Artemis right, wearing stephanos / Labrys; T-E above, two stars below. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6645 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.20g). 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. VF. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B96 - EL 1/6 Stater645 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Io left; [below, small seal left] / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Well centered. Bruzos (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla645 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (7.27g). Îœ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PΟΥΦΙΝΟC ΑΝΤΩΝΙ ΒΡΟΥZΗΝΩΝ, holding two torches, riding right in biga of snakes. Extremely rare. Green patina, gVF. Aigai (AD 69-79) AE 18 - Titus & Domitian645 viewsTitus & Domitian, as Caesars, 69-79 AD and 69-81 AD. AE18 (4.94g, 12h). Apollonios, son of Nemeonikos, magistrate. Confronted heads of Titus right, laureate, and Domitian left, bareheaded / Isis standing facing, holding sistrum; countermark: X within square incuse. VF, green patina, earthen highlights. Howgego does not record this countermark for Aegae. It comes in two varieties, in a square incuse as on this coin, and in a circular incuse (e.g., CNG e277, lot 118) Amisos (AD 128-137) Drachm - Sabina645 viewsSabina, Augusta, 128-137 AD. AR Drachm (2.6g, 14mm). CABEINA CEBACTH, diademed and draped bust right / AMICOV EΛEYΘEPAC ETOVC PΞZ, Hera standing with patera. VF. Kaisareia (AD 222-235) AE 21 - Severus Alexander645 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE21 (5.85g, 6h). 228 AD. ΑΥ Κ CЄΟYH – ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔ, laureate head right / [ÎœHΤ]-Ρ - Κ-ΑΙCΑ / ЄΤ Z (year 7), three double corn-ears tied together. A.K. coll. Knidos (BC 490-465) Drachm644 viewsca 490-465 BC. AR Drachm (6.08g). Forepart of roaring lion left / Archaic head of Aphrodite left within incuse square. Toned, good VF. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen 79 (1994), lot 355; Duplicates from the Hermitage Collection (Schlessinger/Berlin, 2/1934). Kalymna (BC 3rd cent) Didrachm644 viewsca 280-250 BC. AR Didrachm (6.22g). Male head right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Lyre, [Κ]ΑΛΥΜΝΙΟΝ below, in dotted square. Toned, light corrosion on rev. aEF. Scarce. Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE644 viewsca 190-75 BC. AE (12.58g). Artemidoros, magistrate. Head of Apollo right / Homer sitting left, holding scroll and scepter. Dark brown patina, aEF. Leonnaia (BC 2nd cent) AE 15644 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE15 (4.10g). Turreted head of Tyche right / Lion seated right on amphora, spear(?) diagonally behind. VF, black patina, minor roughness. Very rare city. Arneai (AD 238-244) AE 31 - Gordian III644 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE31 (16.66g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΑΡΝΕΑ−ΤωΝ, Pan standing left, holding pedum. gVF, dark green patina. Very rare. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B70644 viewsca 396 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head right with long hair, in square incuse with linear square border. A scarce type. Very fine/good fine Sagalassos (BC 100-0) AE 13644 views1st century BC. AE13 (3.51g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Two confronted ibexes; cornucopia between. Good VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll. (BC 280-230) Ariaramnes I - AE 17644 viewsAriaramnes, ca 280-230 BC. AE18 (4.36g, 12h). Head right wearing bashlyk / ΑΡΙΑΡΑMNΟΥ, Ariaramnes on horse running right, holding spear; uncertain monogram(?) below. VF, dark green patina. Rare. Rhodes (BC 170-150) Drachm644 viewsca 170-150 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 2.95g, 12h). ‘Plinthophoric’ coinage. Athanodoros, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / Rose with bud to right; wing to left, AΘANOΔΩPOΣ above; all within incuse square. EF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B52 644 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 10mm). Young male head facing right, wearing knotted taenia with lotus-like ornament above the forehead / Wreathed male head (in archaic style) facing right, wearing long beard, within incuse square. gVF, one of the best examples known, with reverse in much better condition than usual for this emission. Carr coll. Bodenstedt notes 29 examples of this emission. A further 30 examples have appeared at auction, this being the 30th.1 comments Kolophon (BC 480-450) Drachm643 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (5.40g). Laureate head of Apollo right, his hair in a queue bound up around his wreath / Lyre of seven strings, ΚΟΛΦΩΝΙΩΝ. Rare. Minor corrosion, otherwise, VF. Bow case on Pamphylia, Side643 viewsPamphylia, Side. ca 200-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.52g). Head of Athena right, countermark: bow in bow case with Α-ΠΑ / Nike advancing left, holding wreath. VF. Dardanos (BC 420-380) Obol643 viewsca late 5th cent BC. AR Obol (0.50g). Horseman riding left / Cock standing left within incuse square. Fine, porous. Tavion (AD 68-69) AE 19 - Galba643 viewsTavium (?), Galba, 68-69 AD. AE19 (6.91g). Bare head left, owl countermark / Temple with six columns. Bubon (BC 81-43) Hemidrachm643 viewsca 81-43 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.73g, 11h). Bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind shoulder / Stag standing right, BOY above. aEF. Unpublished in silver? Magnesia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 17 - Augustus643 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE17 (3.88g). Laureate head right / Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver on shoulder. VF, nice green patina. Scarce. Ankyra (AD 100-300) AE643 viewsImperial Times, 1st-2nd century AD. AE (2.27g). Poppy in between ears of corn / Serpent encircling anchor. Black green patina. Very fine. Ephesos (AD 98-117) AE 21 - Trajan643 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE21 (4.26g). AVTOKPATΩP KA• TPAIANOC, laureate head right / Stag standing left. VF, green patina with some light earthen highlights. Provides a full reading for the obverse legend, not otherwise attested. Wagner Coll. Nikomedeia (AD 138-161) AE 16 - Antoninus Pius643 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE16 (3.27g). Laureate head right / Star within crescent. Very fine. Kyme (BC 320-250) AE 16643 viewsca 320-250 BC. AE16 (4.54g). Eagle standing right, ΔIOΓENHC (magistrate) above / K-Y, vase. Very fine. Lapethos (BC 425) Stater643 viewsca 425 BC. AR Stater (10.67g, 22mm). Type almost obliterated, helmeted head of Athena left /head of Athena right in crested Corinthian helmet; the whole in incuse square; ankh (♀) symbol upper right corner. Extremely rare. Lightly toned, nice very fine. Parion (AD 253) AE 21 - Cornelia Supera643 viewsCornelia Supera, Augusta, 253 AD. AE21 (4.46g, 6h). G • CORN • SVPERA AVG •, draped bust right, wearing stephane / C G I H PAR, Genius standing facing, head left, holding phiale in extended right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm; to left, lighted altar at feet. VF, black green patina with lighter green overtones. Extremely rare. Antiocheia (BC 100-0) AE 18643 views1st century BC. AE18 (4.20g, 12h). Dionysi-, magistrate. Draped bust of Mên right, wearing Phrygian cap, set on crescent / ANTIOX, Humped bull standing right, head facing, ΔIONYΣ, below. VF, brown patina. Ex. Alighieri Coll. (BC 450-420) Sppntaza - Stater643 viewsSppntaza, Dynast, late 5th century BC. AR Stater (10.06g). Phellos (?) mint. Head of Aphrodite (?) left, small A on cheek / Lycian legend (‘Sppntaza’), tetraskeles, all within a dotted square within an incuse square. Broad flan, toned, EF. Rare. Prospero coll.; ex G. Durufle Coll., Rollin & Feuardent, Paris (5/1910), 578; ex ‘Kunstfreund’ Coll., Bank Leu AG & Münzen und Medaillen AG, Zurich (5/1974), 167; ex Spink Auction 65, London (10/1988), 75. Elaia (AD 177-192) AE 41 - Commodus643 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE41 - Medallion (42.73g, 6h). L(ucius) Castrichinus, strategus for the second time. Struck circa 188 AD. AV KAI ΛV AIΛ AVP KOMMOΔOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CTPA Λ KA[C] TPICX ЄINOV, ЄΛAITΩN/[T]O B in two lines in exergue, Athena, holding serpent-entwined olive tree, seated right, and Zeus, holding patera and scepter, enthroned left, vis-à-vis. EF, wonderful green patina with earthen overtones, slight shift strike on reverse. Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 15643 views2nd-1st century BC. AE15 (4.05g, 14-15mm). Laureate head of Apollo right within oval dotted border / ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ around club within wreath; monogram above. gVF.1 comments Kyzikos (AD 138-161) AE 31643 viewsTime of Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE31 (26.69g). Hipparch Kl. Hestiaios. Head of Kore Soteira left / Two chests, filled with palms each erected on a pole fixed in a cippus; in each chest is also a pole surmounted by a crescent and star. The chest on the right is being pushed into position by means of two poles; the innermost pole being manipulated by two men, while a third man holding a torch (?) stands near the outermost pole. On the upper part of the outermost pole stands another man holding a torch (?) in one of his extended hands: the chest on the left is being erected in the same way, and similar figures are present. Very rare. VF. Paphos (BC 450) Obol - Stasandros642 viewsStasandros, King of Paphos, ca 450 BC. AR Obol (0.74g). Bull standing left, winged solar disk (Ahura-Mazda) flying above / Eagle sitting left, vase to left. Good F. Neokaisareia (AD 222-235) AE 33 - Alexander Severus642 viewsAlexander Severus, 222-235 AD. AE32.93 (18.72g), struck 234-235 AD. AV K M AV CE- AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust R / KOIN ΠΟ NEOKECAPIAC MH, three-dimensional temple; in ex., ET POA (= year 171). Minor cleaning-scratches inbetween reverse columns. Very fine. Hamaxitos (BC 350-310) AE 15642 viewsca 350-310 BC. AE15 (4.54g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΑΜΑ−ΞΙ on either side of lyre. Amaseia (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla and Geta642 viewsCaracalla & Geta, 198-217 AD. AE30 (12.85g). Dated, 208 AD. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right / Draped bust of Geta right; ET-CN. Rare. Good fine. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B65642 viewsca 400 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 6h). Head of Ares right, wearing crested helmet adorned with griffin / Head of Amazon right, wearing Thracian leather headgear, within linear square. aEF. Sillyon (BC 200-100) AE 14642 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE14 (2.20g). Helmeted head of Ares right / Male standing left, holding right arm up; thunderbolt to left, ΣΕΛΥΝΙΥΣ to right. VF. Rare. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/6 Stater642 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR 1/6 Stater (2.05g), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left; EKA above / Stellate pattern in square incuse. VF. Extremely rare. Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 17 - Nero642 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE17 (2.4g). ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙCAP, Laureate head of Nero right / EΠI TI MNACEA CAΡΔIANΩN , laureate head of beardless Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin tied at neck. aEF. Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 11642 views4th century BC. AE11 (1.00g, 11h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull butting left. VF, dark grayish-green patina, minor roughness. Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol642 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.40g, 3h). Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upward / Head of roaring lion left; star to upper left; all within incuse square. Near EF, toned, faint porosity. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B64642 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm). Laureate head of young Apollo 3⁄4 facing / Head of an Amazon in Thracian leather helmet with cheek guards to right. gVF. Bodenstedt records four examples of this type - one of which is this coin. A further five examples have appeared in auction. Ex Coll. James et Sneja Velkov, Auc. Jean Vinchon, Paris. 24 (11/1994), lot 138. Ex Bank Leu Auc. 7 (5/1973), lot 220. The cataloguer of this coin at auction remarks that the obverse is a stylistic copy of the early tetradrachms of Amphipolis. See Kurt Regling, ZfN 33 (1922), p. 48, Anm. 2 and p. 60. Magnesia (BC 350-190) AE 16641 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE16 (3.41g). Armed horseman prancing right, holding spear / Humped bull butting left, ΜΑΓΝ above, ΑΛΚΙΝΟΥΣ/IA (magistrate) in exergue, withing circular maeander pattern. good F. Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 18641 viewsca 375-340 BC. AE18 (4.67g). Three-quarter facing head of Athena, head turned slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet decorated with olive branch, earrings and necklace / ΚΛΑ[ZΟΜΕΝΙΩΝ], ram walking right; boar's head before. EF, dark green patina, light encrustation on both sides, scratches. (BC 450-420) Teththiveibi - Diobol641 viewsTeththiveibi, Dynast, ca 450-420 BC. AR Diobol (1.50g). Head of Artemis left / Tetraskeles; Lycian letters 'tetthiweibi' within incuse square. Good VF, surfaces a little porous. Gergis (BC 320-270) AE 10641 viewsca 320-270 BC. AE10 (0.70g). Three-quarter facing head of Sibyl Herophile, turned slightly right, wearing laurel wreath and pendanted necklace / Sphinx seated right. Dark green patina, good VF. Abydos (BC 320-200) AE 22641 viewsca 280-200 BC. AE22 (6.45g). Three-quarter facing, turreted bust of Artemis, bow and quiver over shoulder, head turned slightly right / Stag standing right, within laurel wreath. Near VF, dark greenish-brown patina. Freedman Coll. Thyateira (AD 81-96) AE 18641 viewsTime of Domitian, 81-96 AD. AE18. Head of Herakles right / ΘVA/ TIPH/ NΩN within wreath. gVF. 1 comments Priene (BC 290-250) Hemidrachm641 viewsca 290-270 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 1.78g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet / Trident; ΗΓΗΞΙ (magistrate) right, all within maeander pattern circle. VF, toned, some encrustation. Drewry Coll.; ex Wilkinson Coll. (Malter Auc. 49, 11/1992), lot 740. Phokaia (BC 521-478) seal - 1/4 Stater641 viewsca 500 BC. AR Drachm (3.93g). Seal swimming right / Quadripartite incuse square (1 field filled in). Attractively toned, nearly extremely fine and rare. Prospero Coll.; purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London US$ 3,500. Knidos (BC 350-320) Tetradrachm641 viewsca 350-330/20 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.44g, 12h). Arkesilas, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Head and foreleg of lion right; KNI above, APKEΣIΛAΣ below. Near EF, toned, slight die shift. Extraordinary style in high relief on a broad flan. Extremely rare, one of two known. Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tetartemorion640 viewsLate fifth century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.33g). Laureate head Apollo right / TE symbol or mark of value, corn grain to left. Very fine. Kibyra (BC 166-84) Drachm640 viewsca 166-84 BC. AR Drachm (2.80g). Draped male bust right, wearing crested helmet / Horseman galloping right, holding couched spear and shield; grape cluster behind, O-PO and ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ below. Good VF, toned, reverse slightly double struck. Ankyra (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla640 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (12.12g). ANTΩNINOC - ΠIOC AVΓ, laureate and cuirassed bust left / MHTPOΠO[ΛEΩC] (MHT ligate) - [ANKV]PAC, triform Hekate standing facing, wearing kalathos on each of her three heads, holding a patera, two torches and three other uncertain objects in her six hands. VF. Possibly only the second specimen known. Tabai (AD 54-69) AE 19 - Nero640 viewsNero, 54-69 AD. AE19 (3.74g). Laureate head right / ΤΑΒΗ/ΝΩΝ, two starts above, within wreath and dotted circle. Dark green patina, EF. Tarsos (AD 193-211) AE 34 - Septimius Severus640 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE34 (22.43g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Severus in quadriga left, holding Nike and sceptre; Γ B across upper field. Near VF, brown and black patina, minor roughness on obverse. Lykia Uncertain (BC 380-370) Obol640 viewsca 380-370 BC. AR Obol (0.56g). Murex shell / Sea serpent (ketos?). VF, attractively toned, small piece broken off and professionally repaired. While the similarities to the type of Mithrapata suggest an attribution to that dynast, all of his coins bear at least a portion of his name and there are no letters on this coin. As types tend to be transferred from dynast to dynast, it is possible that this issue is from a contemporary of Mithrapata. The sea serpent, though, is not present on any published specimen of a Lycian dynast, which suggests that this coin may not be from the dynasts' series at all. Aigeai (AD 81-96) AE 20 - Domitian640 viewsTime of Domitian, 81-96 AD. AE20 (4.60g, 12h), dated Caesarian Era 135 (88/9 BC). Herakleonos(?), magistrate. Wreathed head of Asklepios right; serpent-staff to right / Eagle standing left, head right; date to left, ΗΡΑ[ΚΛΕΩΝΟC?] below. VF, green and brown patina, light cleaning marks. Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 21640 views164 BC and later. AE21 (7.53g, 1h). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / Sandan on mythical animal right, within pyramidal monument surmounted by eagle; two monograms to left. Good VF, dark green patina, light adjustment marks on reverse. Ephesos (BC 325-300) Octobol640 viewsca 325-300 BC. AR Attic standard Octobol (5.60g, 16mm). Pyron, magistrate. E-Φ, bee / Forepart of stag right, head reverted, palm tree behind; [Π]YPΩN, before. Very rare denomination, a bit porous, very fine. Kolophon (BC 450-410) Drachm640 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Drachm (5.23 g, 7h). [Ν]ΟΙΝΩΦΟΛΟΚ (retrograde), head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Kithara in incuse square. Good VF, darkly toned, granular surfaces. Rare. Milne describes the legend as counterclockwise around the head, but it is actually clockwise around, beginning below the chin. Dokimeion (AD 217-218) AE 30 - Diadumenian 640 viewsDiadumenian, as Caesar, 217-218 AD. AE30 (13.00g, 1h). Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / ΔOKIMEΩN MAKEΔONΩN, Cybele right on lion, holding sceptre and tympanum. Good VF, brown surfaces, attractive, well-centered strike. Extremely rare. Ex Drewry Coll. Aigeai (AD 117-138) Hadrian - Tridrachm640 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Tridrachm (8.95g). Year ZOP=177=130/131 AD. AYTOKP KAICA TRAIANOC AΔPIANOC CEB ΠΠ, bust laureate right with bare chest, fold of cloak on left shoulder / ETOYΣ ZOP AIΓEAIΩN, diademed, draped bust of Asclepius right, serpent-staff before bust, small goat below. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater640 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.35g). Forepart of ibex left; behind, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare. Kebren (BC 412-399) AE 9640 viewsca 399-350 BC. AE9mm (0.95g, 8h). Confronted ram’s heads / KE monogram. VF, green patina. Myrina (BC 165) Tetradrachm639 viewsAfter 165 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.22g). Laureate head of Apollo right, three loose braids / Apollo Grynios holding branch and phiale, omphalos and amphora at feet; ΜΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ and monogram to left. Good VF, very light porosity. Kaunos (BC 166-100) Hemidrachm639 viewsca 166-100 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.44g), Magistrate Antai-. Helmeted head of Athena right / Sword in sheath; palm tied with fillet left, AN-TAI across field. Toned EF. Magnesia (AD 222-235) AE 36 - Severus Alexander639 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE36 - Medallion (20.13g, 6h). Aur. Tychicus, grammateus. AYT K M • AYP CEY H • AΛEΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MAΓNH T ΩN EΠ I ΓP AVP • TVΞIK/OV •, Zeus Nikephorus seated left on stool. Good VF, black-green patina with dusty earthen overtones. Extremely rare, only the third example of this type known. Apart from the Paris specimen published by Mionnet, the only other published example of the type, though with a different placement of the reverse legend, appeared in the Weber Coll. (J. Hirsch XXIV, 5/1909), lot 2880, with the reverse illustrated on pl. XXXIX of the catalog.1 comments Sardeis (AD 41-54) AE 16 - Claudius639 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE16 (4.06g). ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, head left / ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, head of Herakles left. Dark green patina, extremely fine. Kaisareia (AD 98-117) Didrachm – Trajan639 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Didrachm (7.10g, 12h). Dated, 98-99 AD. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / YΠAT ΔEYT, mount Argaios with statue. VF. Smyrna (AD 100-268) AE20639 viewsca 2nd-3rd century AD. AE20 (4.07g). Draped and turreted bust of the Amazon Smyrna left, bipennis over shoulder / CMYPNA-I-ΩN, prow right. Good VF, dark greenish-brown patina, some light smoothing. Leukai (BC 350) Obol639 viewsca 350-333 BC. AR Diobol (0.89g, 9mm, 3h), Leukai mint. Head left, wearing satrapal headdress / Swan standing left, head right. VF, find patina. Extremely rare, Winzer records only three examples. Tripolis (AD 253-268) AE 32 - Gallienus639 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE32 (18.07g, 6h). AV• K • ΠO • ΛIC • ΓAΛΛIHNO/C, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TPIΠO-ΛЄITΩ/N, agonistic urn set on table; ΛHTΩ/ЄIA in two lines on urn, ΠY/ΘI/A in three lines below table. EF, dark brown patina with earthen highlights. From Group CEM. Ex Münzen & Medaillen FPL 333 (4/1972), no. 39. Sinope (BC 125-100) AE 23639 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE23 (21.46g). Male head right (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk) / ΣΙΝΩ-ΠΗΣ, quiver. VF. Extremely rare. Abydos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 13 - Augustus639 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE13 (1.83g). CЄBACTOY, bare head right; crescent to right / ABY, lyre. VF. Alexandreia (BC 171­-65) Tetradrachm639 viewsca 171­-66/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.85g, 11h). Dated CY 173 (ca 128 BC). Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath / Apollo Smintheos standing right, holding phiale in right hand, bow and arrow in left; monogram to inner left, POΓ (date) to inner right; AΠOΛΛONOΣ ZMIΘEΩΣ at sides, AΛEΞANΔPEΩN/AΠOΛΛΩNIΔOY in two lines in exergue. Elaiousa-Sebaste (BC 100-0) AE 25638 views1st century BC. AE25 (14.67g, 12h). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right; ΘA to left / Nike advancing left; to outer left, monogram above ΥΛ above aphlaston. Good VF, dark green patina, areas of minor roughness. Abydos (BC 480-450) Drachm638 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (5.16g). Eagle standing left, [ΑΒΥ]Δ-ΗΝΟΝ / Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue, A-B in top corners, within incuse square. Good dark toning, good VF. Very rare. Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 34 - Caracalla638 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE34 (27.92g). AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNINOC AVΓOV, youthful laureate and cuirassed bust right / CEOVHPIA ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEIA TA MEΓAΛA NIKAIEΩN, ornate prize crown with two palms; IEPOC AΓON in central band. EF, dark green patina, flan crack. A superb, lifelike portrait of the young Caracalla. This unrecorded coin provides a further expansion of the games-related legends of the coins of Nicaea. "ta megala" is otherwise unattested, and in conjunction with the full legend can be read as "Severeia Philadelpheia in respect to the great ceremonies of the Nicaeans," with the central band inscription reading "The Holy Game." In the late 3rd century a complex cycle of at least fifteen games and associated religious festivals is attested for Nicaea, honoring Dionysus the founder, Apollo Pythius, and various emperors from Augustus to Gallienus. Read along with the very young portrait of Caracalla as Augustus, the legend and type can be taken to indicate that Nicaea sponsored a grand series of festivals to celebrate the joint elevation of Caracalla to Augustus and Geta to Caesar in 198 AD. Tyana (AD 138-161) AE 24 - Antoninus Pius638 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE24 (10.13g), dated Year 12 (148/9 AD). Laureate head right / Tyche seated left holding grain ears and grapes, river-god swimming left below. Good VF, choice dark green patina. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 - 149