Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Blaundos (BC 200-0) AE 21597 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (8.86g, 6h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing facing, head turned to right; MΛAYNΔΕΩN above, caduceus to left, AΠΟΛΛΟΝ-ΘΕΟΓΕΝ below. VF. Mytilene (BC 440-400) Obol597 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol. Laureate head of Apollo right / Calf's head right, M-YTI, within shallow incuse square. aVF. Anazarbos (AD 98-117) AE - Trajan and Matidia597 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD and Matidia. AE (10.58g), year 132 (= 113/114 AD), Laureate head right / Draped bust right. Dark brown patina, very fine. Rhodes (BC 40-AD 25) Drachm597 viewsca 40 BC-25 AD. AR Drachm (4.21g). Phainilas, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Open rose; acrostolion below, ΦΑΙΝΙΛΑΣ around. EF, lightly toned, minor obverse die rust. Philadelphia (AD 37-41) AE 19 - Caligula597 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE19 (4.27g, 2h). Artemon, son of Hermogenos, moneyer. ΓΑΙΟC ΚΑΙCΑP ΓΕPΜΑΝ[ΙΚΟC] / ΝΕΟΚΑΙCΑPΕΩΝ, laureate head right / ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙ[Ν]ΑΝ ΑP[ΤΕΜΩ]Ν ΕΠΜΟΓΕΝΟC, Agrippina Senior seated right on chair with ornate legs, holding sceptre and cornucopiae. VF, choice jade green patina. Rare. It appears that the names of locals on the coins of Philadelphia do not represent magistrates in charge of a specific office, but rather citizens who may have sponsored the production of a certain series of coins. Artemon, in this case, may have dedicated a shrine to the emperor's mother, and celebrated the event with a coin issue. Phaselis (BC 530-500) Stater597 viewsca 530/20-500 BC. AR Stater (10.63g). Prow of galley right, terminating in a boar's forepart; below ram, small dolphin right / Rough incuse punch. VF, porous. Early die state for issue. Uncertain (AD 69-79) AE 16 - Vespasian, Titus and Domitian597 viewsVespasian, with Titus and Domitian, Caesars, 69-79 AD. AE16 (3.96g). Laureate head of Vespasian right / Confronted busts of Titus and Domitian; star between. Fine, green patina. Rare. Tarsos (AD 217-218) Drachm – Diadumenian597 viewsDiadumenian, 317-318 AD. Billon Drachm (5.18g). MO Π ANTΩNINOC KAICAP, draped bust, bare head right / TAPC-EΩNMHTPOΠO, athlete standing to right, holding palm-branch in his left hand. Typical rough surface, very fine. Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 33 - Caracalla597 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE33 (18.20g, 12h). Laureate head left / Hercules standing left, destroying Lernaean Hydra; D/EK between legs. Good VF, black-green patina with lighter green and brown overtones. Ex Cain Coll. Mytilene (AD 139-161) AE 24 - Sextus Nicomachus & Flavia Nicomachis597 viewsSextus Nicomachus and Flavia Nicomachis, ca AD 139-161. AE24 (5.36g, 6h). CEΞCTON HPΩA, draped bust of Sextus right / ΦΛA NEIKO-MACIC MVTIΛH, draped bust of Flavia Nichomachis right. VF, brown surfaces. Very rare. Mytilene issued a rare series of bronzes honoring several distinguished local citizens. While another shows Julia Procula (see CNG 72, lot 1161), probably the mother of Flavia Nicomachis, this coin depicts Flavia Nicomachis herself, as well as her father Sextus Nicomachus. An inscription from Mytilene, naming both Procula and Nicomachis, lists them as benefactors of the city. Based on the portrait styles of these individuals, this coin is dated to the reign of Antoninus Pius. Aizanis (AD 37-41) AE 20 - Caligula597 viewsCaligula, 37-41 AD. AE20 (5.34g). Lollios Klassikos and Lollios Roufos. ΓAIOΣ KAIΣAP; radiate head right / AIZANЄITWN ЄΠI POΦOY KAI KΛACCIKOY/ ΛOΛΛIWN, monogram, Zeus standing left with eagle and scepter. Attractive VF. Pergamon (AD 218-222) AE 34 - Elagabalus597 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE34 (24.57g). ΑΥΤ Κ Îœ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠΙ CΤΡ ΤΙΒ ΚΛΑ ΑΛЄΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΠЄΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ / ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝЄΟΚΟΡΩΝ, emperor sacrificing over altar. Very rare. Dark green patina, very fine. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B04597 viewsca 515 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Forepart of bull running left / Incuse head of roaring lion left, behind neck truncation incuse rectangle with uneven surface. Perfectly centered. Extremely fine. Priene (BC 290-250) Hemidrachm597 viewsca 290-250 BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 1.67g, 11h). Lysag(o)–, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena left / Ornamented trident head; ΛYΣAΓ to right; all within circular maeander pattern. Good VF, toned. Well centered. Very rare. Lebedos (BC 150) Tetradrachm597 viewsca 160-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.54g, 1h). Stephanephoric type. Apollodotos, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, on club between two cornucopias; ΑΠΟΛΛ-ΟΔΟΤΟΣ below; all within wreath. EF, beautifully toned, reverse a touch off center. Poseidion (BC 520-480) 1/3 Obol597 viewsca 500 BC. AR 1/3 Obol (12mm, 0.32g, 10h). Dolphin left; uncertain symbol below / K within incuse square. Near VF, toned. Rare. Lee Coll. Laodikeia (AD 193-217) AE 39 - Julia Domna597 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE39 (34.82g, 6h). Ae(lius) Peisoneines, archon. IOYΛ • ΔO MNA CEBAC •, draped bust right, set on crescent; c/m: laureate head right, CЄB to right; all within incuse circle / ЄΠI AI Λ ΠЄΙCΩN ЄINH C AP, ΛAOΔIKЄΩN/NЄΩKOP • in two lines in exergue, Sarapis enthroned facing, placing right hand over Cerberus seated at feet, and holding scepter in left; to left, Isis standing facing head right, holding sistrum in right hand and situla in left; to right, Artremis-Hecate-Selene standing left, holding poppy in right hand and torch in left. VF, brown patina. Apparently unique. Ex Burstein Coll.; Tkalec (3/1991), lot 330. Tyana (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus597 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE 28 (11.41g), dated Year 4 (196/97). AV KAI Λ CEΠ - CEOYHPOC ΠE, laureate head right / TYANEΩN TΠT IE K ACY K A, bull standing right, ET Δ (Year 4) below. Very rare, aVF. Hoeft coll.; ex Hecht coll.; ex Cooper coll. #949; ex Baldwin/London 1979. Skepsis (BC 440-400) Trihemiobol597 viewsLate 5th­ - early 4th century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.88g, 10h). Pegasos flying right; [ΣK]­H­ΨI around / Palm tree within linear and pellet border in shallow incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, minor porosity. Extremely rare, the third known, all struck from the same obverse die. Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Hemitetartemorion596 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (0.06g). Head of Aphrodite left in dotted circle / Head of Apollo left in linear circle. [reversed on pic] VF. Unique? Patara (BC 410-380) Hemiobol596 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Tetartemorion (?) (0.22g). Tlos or Patara? Rose within dotted circle / Head of Hermes right, wearing winged petasos, dotted circle, within incuse circle. Tralleis (AD 253-258) AE 36 - Valerianus I596 viewsValerianus I, 253-258 AD. AE36 (20.44g), bronze of M. Aurelius Hieron Leukopetrites. Draped, cuirassed bust right / EPI GR M AUR IER - WNOC LEUKOPETREITHC / TRAL-LIANWN, naked Helios standing, radiate head left, chlamys over left shoulder, holding globe. Good style, olive-green patina, gVF. Rare. Laodikeia (AD 66-68) AE 18596 viewsUnder Roman rule, time of Nero, Kornelios Aineas, ca 66-68 AD. AE18 (4.04g). ΛΑΟΔΙ-ΚΕΩΝ, draped bust of Men right, wearing laureate Phrygian hat, crescent around shoulders / ΑΙ-ΝΗ-ΑΣ, eagle with open wings standing facing, head left; ΚΟΡ monogram to left. Dark brown patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Adada (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla596 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (5.70g). Laureate head right / AΔAΔE[Ω]N, clasped hands. Fine, green patina. Rare city. Drewry Coll. Iulia (AD 55) AE 20 - Nero596 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE20 (5.56g). Sergios Hephaistion, ca 55 AD. Draped bust right / ΙΟΥΛΙΕΩΝ - ΣΕΡΓΙΟΣ ΗΦΑΙΣΤΙΩΝ, Mên on horseback right. Brown patina, very fine. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Obol596 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.55g, 12h). Janiform female and male heads / T-E, double axe; all within shallow incuse square. VF, toned. Kition (BC 425-400) Stater - Baalmelek II596 viewsBaalmelek II, King of Kition, ca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 11.11g, 2h). Herakles in fighting stance right, holding club and bow, lion skin draped from neck / Lion attacking stag right; all in pellet border in shallow incuse square. Good VF, slight roughness in fields on obverse. Laodikeia (BC 133) Tetradrachm596 viewsca 133/88-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.61g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Diodoros, magistrate. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; ΔIOΔΩ/POY above, ΛAO to left, kerykeion to right. EF, toned, obverse a little off center. Deyo Coll.; ex Coin Galleries (2/1989), lot 160. Germanikopolis (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla596 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (14.32g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Cityscape: two civic buildings between two towers. VF, glossy green patina. Extremely rare and highly interesting type. Richmond (“The Town of Germanicopolis-Gangra in Paphlagonia” NC 1929, pp. 310-2) describes the central structures on the reverse as two distinct buildings, perhaps the city’s forum and basilica, with a narrow alley running between. Robertson, however, suggests that they may represent a single gatehouse, an idea initially dismissed by Richardson due to the uncharacteristically pitched roofs. The current specimen lacks what seems to be a curved wall seen on the latter two specimens referenced above, but exhibits an even more pronounced break between the central structures. They cannot form a gate, and must therefore represent two civic buildings, the smaller of which is shown in perspective. The type can thus be interpreted as a cross-section of the city; the two side towers represent two opposite entrances, with a circular wall around (on at least some specimens), and depicting in the center what must have been among the most important civic buildings. Antissa (BC 300-200) AE 11596 views4th-3rd century BC. AE11 (1.25g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / A - N, club. gVF. Rhodes (BC 250) Didrachm595 viewsca 250 BC. AR Didrachm (6.60g). Radiate head of Helios 3/4 right / Rose, ΡΟΔΙΟΝ above, star and ΔΙ to left. Ex Gorny & Mosch (1994), lot 284. Teos (BC 470-449) Stater595 viewsca 470/65-449 BC. AR Stater (12.03g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised; owl to right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, lightly toned, die break in obverse field, small split on edge. Well centered and attractive, finer than the four specimens cited by Balcer. Side (AD 253-268) AE 30 - Gallienus595 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE30 - 11 Assaria (17.34g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right resting on an eagle’s wings; IA before / CIΔH/TΩN NEΩKOPΩ/N, galley sailing left; to right, tree with pomegranates. Near VF, sandy green patina, usual roughness. Drewry Coll. Hierapolis (AD 177-192) AE 40 - Commodus595 viewsin Alliance mit Sardeis. Commodus, 177-192 AD. AE40 (30.74g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Apollo of Hierapolis standing right with Lyre; before Kore of Sardeis. Extremely rare. Green patina, small sractch, very fina. Ex. Auktion Giessener Münzhandlung 48, München 1990, Nr. 469. Hypaipa (BC 27-AD 14) AE 18 - Augustus595 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE18 (5.24g, 12h). Athenagoras, magistrate. Bare head right / Laureate head of Zeus right; monogram below. VF, green patina, some red-brown encrustation. Larisa (BC 400-300) AE 21595 views4th century BC. AE21 (8.60g). Bearded male head right / ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ, amphora, corn grain to right. VF. Extremely rare. Smyrna (AD 95) AE 15 - Vespasian Jr.595 viewsVespasian Jr., ca 95 AD. AE 19 (2.56g). ΟΥЄCΠΑCΙΑΝΟC ΝЄΟΤЄΡΟC, head right / CΜΥΡΝΑΙΟΝ, Nike with wreath and palm branch advancing right. Very rare. Dark patina, VF. Lamponeia (BC 500-450) Hemiobol595 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.41g). Head of bull (bukranion) facing / Quadripartite square incuse. aEF. Nesos (BC 350-300) AE 9595 viewsca 4th century BC. AE9 (0.7g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΝΑΣΙ, panther crouching left, head reverted, kerykeion (caduceus) to left. VF. Astyra (BC 400-395) AE 12 - Tissaphernes 595 viewsTissaphernes, Satrap, ca 400-395 BC. AE12 - Chalkous (0.98g). Astyra. Helmeted head of Athena right / ΤΙΣΣΑ-ΦΗ, bearded head of Dionysos (or Tissaphernes?) right. aVF. Antandros (BC 440-400) Obol595 viewsca 440-400 BC. AR Obol (0.5g, 8mm). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / ANTA-N, goat standing right within incuse square. gVF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B45a595 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10.5mm, 4h). Head of nymph three-quarter facing and turned slightly right, wearing taenia bound at back of head / Two boars' heads confronting each other, “A” between. nEF. Carr coll. It has been suggested that the obverse portrait is that of Sappho (see Coin ID #153) or Europa. Three examples noted by Bodenstedt, this appears to be only the eighth additional example offered at electronic auction. Of the total, four examples have the letter “A” between the heads.1 comments Adana (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla594 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (12.26g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Veiled and draped bust of Demeter right. VF, black patina under light earthen encrustation, light scratches under patina. Nakrasa (AD 98-117) AE 20 - Trajan594 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE20 (3.39g). AY NEP TRAI - ANON CE GEP. laureate head right / NAKPA - CITWN, Templel of two columns; inside, Artemis standing right; bow in left hand, drawing arrow with right. Dark green patina with light spots, aEF. ex Giessener Munzhandlung, Auktion 82 (4/1997), lot 198. Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/3594 viewsca 550 BC. AR Diobol (1.02g). Bee with straight wings / Incuse punch. Good VF, nicely centered. Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Persian King 1 - Obol594 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Obol (0.71g, 9h). Head of female facing slightly left / Persian king, holding knife, bow and quiver on back, fighting griffin. Unpublished. Good VF, toned, light porosity, a few light scratches. Note that on the reverse of this coin, the king is fighting a griffin rather than the usual winged lion. While the king-lion type is known on a few rare issues of Cilicia, it is commonly found on the early coinages of Phoenicia. The king-griffin type, however, is apparently unknown as a coin-type. Alexandreia (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Severus Alexander594 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE25 (5.19g). IMP SEV AL - EXANOER (sic!), laureate, cuirassed bust seen from behind right / CO - AL / TROAC, horse grazing right, tree behind. About VF. Hoeft coll. This type is listed by Bellinger with obv. 'bust with shield and spear left'. This particular obv. is not found in Bellinger. Uncertain (AD 69-79) AE 16 - Vespasian, Titus and Domitian594 viewsVespasian, with Titus and Domitian as Caesars, 69-79 AD. AE22 (9.73g, 6h). Laureate head of Vespasian left / Bare heads of Titus and Domitian, Caesars vis-à-vis. VF, green patina, minor flan flaw on obverse. Tricarico coll.; Ex Righetti coll., 6370. Skepsis (BC 450-400) Obol594 viewsca 450 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.36g, 4h). Horse’s head right, Σ-K-H around / Fir tree; pellet to left. VF, some porosity. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B54594 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54g). Head of Aktaeon right, with stag's horn / Gorgoneion, within linear square. VF. Kaisareia (AD 138-161) AE 23 - Antoninus Pius594 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE23 (11.37g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7). Laureate and draped bust right / Mt. Argaeus culminating in tall pyramidal top (baetyl?); Є I (date) in exergue. VF, dusty, pale green patina. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY19594 viewsPolemo II, 38-63 AD. AR Drachm (3.38g), dated year 19 (56/7 AD). Diademed head of Polemo / ΕΤΟΥC ΙΘ, laureate head of Nero. Toned VF. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater594 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g, 10mm). Winged hound or wolf crouching left, head right; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/24594 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.59g, 8mm). Head of lion right / Incuse punch of mill-sail pattern. gVF. (BC 169-150) Mithradates IV - Tetradrachm594 viewsMithradates IV, ca 170/169–150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.83g), struck in Sinope ca 169 BC. Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ - ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ / ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ, Perseus, naked but for cloak over his shoulders, standing facing and holding gorgoneion and harpa; monogram in lower left field. Extremely rare and among the finest specimens known. An elegant portrait of fine Hellenistic style struck in high relief on a very large flan. Old cabinet tone and aEF. Ex Leu sale 48 (1989), lot 209. From the von Aulock and Salvesen collections. The reverse of this tetradrachm, which may perhaps predate Mithradates IV’s marriage to his sister, Laodike, depicts the hero Perseus. He appears here, not so much because Mithradates IV wanted to recall the myth of the hero, but because of an old Greek folk etymology that made Perseus an ancestor of the Persians. The Persian Great King Xerxes I (486-465 BC) was already aware of this etymology at the time of his invasion of mainland Greece (480 BC) and tried to use it to convince the Argives to capitulate. The link between Perseus and the Persians was deeply entrenched by 2nd century BC and Mithradates IV, who was himself of Iranian descent, used it to associate the Mithradatic dynasty of Pontus with the greatness of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. The irony of using a Greek hero to advertise a connection to an Iranian empire that was frequently in conflict with the states of Greece is palpable. This irony is further compounded by the otherwise conscious Hellenizing of the obverse type and legend: Mithradates IV wears the diadem of a Hellenistic king rather than the tiara of an Iranian ruler, and the reverse legend is entirely Greek in its use of titles like Philopator (”Father-loving”) and Philadelphos (”Brother-loving”). The combination of types and inscriptions on this tetradrachm is wonderfully schizophrenic in the desire to simultaneously tout Mithradates IV as an Iranian scion of the Persian Empire and as a Hellenistic king in emulation of Alexander the Great, the destroyer of that same empire. Mylasa (BC 520-490) 1/6 Stater593 viewsca 500 BC. AR 1/6 Stater (1.83g). Forepart of springing lion right / Irregular incuse punch. Very rare. Dark toning, VF. Aspendos (BC 420-400) Stater593 viewsca 420-400 BC. AR Stater (10.89g). Two wrestlers grappling / Slinger right; ΕΣΤFΕ to left, triskeles to right. VF/EF. Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/12593 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g). Bee / Cock's head(?) right in incuse square. VF, a little porous. Unpublished. (BC 480-440) Kuprilli - Stater593 viewsKuprilli, Dynast, ca 480-440 BC. AR Stater (9.78g). Two leaping dolphins; triskeles above and below, monogram / K-O, triskeles; lotus flower in corner, all in dotted incuse square. Good VF. Unpublished and apparently unique! Ex Busso Peus Auk. 360 (4/1999), lot 35; CNG Auc. 42 (5/1997), lot 524. The dolphins types are undoubtedly inspired by the 6th century BC staters attributed to the island of Karpathos off the coast of Caria. Rhodes (BC 350-300) AE 12593 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE12 (1.27g). Head of Nymph Rodos right / P-O, rose with bud right; trident in field to left. Fine green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Alabanda (BC 150) AE 9593 viewsmid-2nd cent BC. AE9 (0.77g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / [ΑΛΑΒΑΝ]-ΔΕΩΝ, eagle standing right. VF. Karl coll. Eumeneia (AD 138-192) AE 593 viewsAntonine period, 138-192 AD. AE (7.99g). Bare-headed and draped bust of Syncletos to right. Rev. Apollo, nude but for chlamys draped around his left arm, standing left, holding raven in his right hand and double-ax with his left. Extremely rare. Of splendid style and with an attractive dark patina. Some slight smoothing, otherwise, extremely fine. Ex Leu 65 (5/1996), lot 376. Alexandreia (AD 253-260) AE 23 - Valerian I 593 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE23 (8.15g, 1h), struck 211-213 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Drunken Hercules, standing right, being supported by satyr standing behind; on either side, satyr standing in support. Good VF, black-olive and brick-red patina. Ex Cain Coll. Hierapolis (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius593 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE20 (5.87g), struck ca 50-54 AD. KΛAVΔIOΣ KAIΣAP, laureate head right / M ΣVΛΛIOΣ ANTIOXOΣ ΓPA IEPAΠOΛEITΩN, Apollo with Kithara standing right. Rare. Black patina, gVF. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol593 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g). Lotus flower (?), tunny fish below / Mill-sail pattern incuse. Unpublished. Miletos (BC 225-190 BC) Hemidrachm593 viewsca 225-190 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.44g, 14mm, 1h). Bion, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion standing right, head left; star above, civic monogram and an uncertain one to right, BIΩΝ in exergue. VF, toned. Ex Mueller Coll. Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol593 viewsca 400-340 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g, 6h). Ram’s head right / Young male head right; Karian legend. VF, light porosity. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B55593 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g, 10mm, 2h). Head of Athena right, wearing corinthian helmet / Two overlapping female heads with archaic pigtails facing each other. Very rare. Very fine. Ex Gorny & Mosch Sale 200, #1719. Kyzikos (BC 430-400) Hemiobol593 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.51g, 9mm). Forepart of boar left, tunny behind / Head of roaring lion left, lying E in upper left field. Very fine. Apparently unpublished with E. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) thunderbolt - EL 1/6 Stater593 viewsca 600­-550 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.36g). Lydo-­Milesian standard. Thunderbolt / Two incuse squares. VF. Extremely rare, apparently the second known. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B70 - EL 1/6 Stater593 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g, 10mm). Head of young male left, wearing Silenos mask on top of his head; to right, small seal downward / Quadripartite incuse. Toned, nEF. Ex Naughton Coll.; Ex Nomos, Winter-Spring (1/2004), item 28; Carr coll. The cataloguer notes: “This extraordinary obverse shows a young satyr who has just performed a satyr dance disguised as Silenus, an old satyr. He is clearly not a human dancer since he has an inner ear of his own. We know the dance has finished since he has raised his Silenus mask, which is of a bearded and bald satyr and placed on top of his head. (See SNR 52 pp.44-45 for additional information).” Eumeneia (BC 200-133) AE 15592 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE15 (3.94g). Laureate head of Zeus right / EYME-NEΩN, legend in two lines within oak-wreath. EF, glossy black patina. Anazarbos (AD 218-225) AE 33 - Julia Maesa592 viewsJulia Maesa, Augusta, 218-224/5 AD. AE33 (20.43g). Draped bust right / Legend in eight lines within wreath. Fine, dark green patina, minor roughness. Ex Malter XXXIV (12/1986), lot 651. Iolla (BC 4th cent) AE 17592 views4th cent BC. AE17 (4.82g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of Pegasos right; ΙΟΛΛΑ above, grain-ear below. VF, black-green patina. Ex Garth R. Drewry Coll. Apameia (AD 117-138) AE 20 - Hadrian592 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE20 (5.76g). Laureate bust right, aegis tied at shoulder / The river god Marsyas reclining left, holding aloft rhyton and double flute, resting on rocky outcrop with amphora from which water flows; five chests placed on the height above. Good very fine. Epiphaneia (AD 251-253) AE 32 - Trebonianus Gallus592 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE32 (27.83g, 1h), dated CY 319 (251/2 AD). [AV]T TPEBWNIOC GALLOC EV EV CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / EPIFANEWN, Dionysus in chariot drawn by two panthers, holding thyrsus in left hand and reins in right, guided by satyr who holds a lagobolon; QIT (date) across field, cista and amphora in exergue. Good VF, dark green patina with earthen encrustation. Nikaia (AD 54-68) AE 29 - Nero592 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE29 (16.39g, 12h). M. Tarquitius Priscus, proconsularis. Struck circa AD 59-61. Laureate head left / Capricorn left, set on globe, and cornucopia set wreath; all set on cista covered by panther hide and inscribed NEIK/AIE; thyrsus behind. VF, green patina with earthen overtones, light scratch in left field of obverse. Ex Wagner Coll. Kaisareia (AD 161-180) Tridrachm - Marcus Aurelius592 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AR Tridrachm (9.63g), struck 175-176 AD. AVTOKP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirssed bust right / VΠA-TOC Γ, altar with three ears of corn. Lightly toned, VF. Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 54-68) AE 20 - Nero & Poppaea592 viewsNero and Poppaea, 54-68 AD. AE20 (4.53.g) ca. 62 AD. ΝЄΡΩΝΑ ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑΝ CЄΒΑCΤΟΥC, jugate heads of Nero and Poppaia right / ΘЄΑΝ ΡΟΜΗΝ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΑΠΟ CΙΠΥΛΟΥ, turreted head Roma right, monogram before. Dark green patina. GVF. Magnesia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 17 – Augustus & Caius592 viewsAugustus, with Caius Caesar, 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (5.68g, 11h). Bare head of Augustus right / Bare head of Caius right. Good VF, green patina. Very rare. Group CEM; ex Aufhäuser 3 (10/1986), lot 148. Prokonnesos (BC 400-350) Hemidrachm591 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.44g). Head of Aphrodite left, hair in sphendone / ΠΡΟ-ΚΟΝ, oinochoe. Near VF. Scarce. Lamponeia (BC 350) AE 13591 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE13 (1.58g). Bearded, wreathed head of Dionysos right / Bull's head (bucranium), kantharos above, ΛΑ-Îœ. Rare. Dark green patina, broken in places, good VF. Xanthos (BC 450-420) Stater591 viewsUncertain Dynast, ca 450-420 BC. AR Stater (8.45g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Laureate head of Apollo right, diskeles to right. Toned VF. Mopsos (AD 253-260) AE 32 - Valerian I591 viewsValerian, 253-260 AD. AE32 (19.74g). 253-254 AD. AVT KAI ΠOΛ OVAΛЄPIANOC[...], radiate, cuirassed and draped right / AΔPI OVA ΓA ΠΛI MOΨЄATΩN / ЄT A/K/T, Apollo holding bow and arrow in left hand and torch in right. Very rare, VF.1 comments Phygela (BC 294-281) AE 15591 viewsca 294-281 BC. AE15 (3.02g). Head of Artemis Munychia, wearing palm-decorated stephane, facing slightly left / Bull butting left against palm tree; ΦΥΓ above, ΣΩKΡATH[Σ] (magistrate) below. Near VF, dark green patina with red highlights. Halikarnassos (BC 400-380) Drachm591 viewsca 400-377 BC. AR Drachm (3.44g, 12h). Rhodian standard. Head of Apollo facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath / ΑΛΙΚ-[ΑΡ], eagle standing right, wings spread; olive branch to lower right; all within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, slight granularity. Ex Herman Coll.; Ex Numismatica Ars Classica N (3/2002), lot 2355. Memnon (BC 350-340) AE 591 viewsMemnon, Satrap in Ionia, ca 350-334 BC. Ephesos? AE (1.57g). Persian king kneeling right, holding bow and spear, [BA behind?] / Incuse relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos(?). Dark green patina, light corrosion, VF. R. Mueller coll.; ex Klein coll. Attaleia (AD 193-217) AE 30 - Julia Domna591 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE30 (13.71 g, 6h). Aur. Glaucon Secundus, strategus. IOVΛIΛ • CЄBΛCTH, draped bust right / ЄΠI CTP Λ [ΓΛΛ]V[KΩ]NOC CЄKOVNΔOV ΛTT[ΛΛ]ЄΛTΩN, The “Farnese” Hercules standing left, resting hand on hip and holding club set on rock; lion skin beside club. Near EF, dark green and brown patina. Unique for this empress from this city. Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Obol591 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.71g, 6h). Female janiform head / Helmeted head of Athena left within incuse square. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Ephesos (BC 48-27) AE 14591 viewsca 50-27 BC. AE14 (3.56g). Ε-Φ, bee within olive wreath / Stag standing right, head turned left; torch above, ΠΥΘΩΝ (magistrate) below. gVF. Scarcer type. Gambrion (BC 400-350) AE 6591 viewsca 400 BC. AE6 (0.7g). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΓAM, facing gorgoneion. aEF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Griffin - EL 1/6591 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.31g, 11mm). Head of lion (or seal) left / Two incuse square punches. gVF.1 comments Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE - Severus Alexander590 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE (14.76g). AUT K M AUP SEU ALEXANDROS, cuirassed, radiate and draped bust R / ALEXANDROU / AIGEAIWN / MEPQ, Galley; above, date ZOC (277 = 230/31 AD). Very fine. Rhodes (BC 250-230) Didrachm590 viewsca 250-230 BC. AR Didrachm (6.76g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; Athena holding aphlaston to left, TIMOΘΕΟΣ (magistrate) above. Prusias ad Hypium (AD 177-192) AE 27 - Commodus590 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE27 (13.45g). Laureate head right / Nike driving galloping biga right. Fine, brown surfaces, porosity. Apparently unpublished. Kos (BC 357-330) Didrachm590 viewsca 357-330 BC. AR Didrachm (6.91g). Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Veiled head of Demeter left; ΒΙΤΩΝ (magistrate) to right, ΚΩΙΟ[Ν] below. EF. Birytis (BC 350-250) AE 11590 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE11 (1.41g). Head of bearded Kabeiros left, wearing pilos / Î’-Ι/Ρ-Î¥, club, within wreath. Light green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Etenna (BC 100-0) AE 15590 views1st century BC. AE15 (2.28g). Nymph in long chiton standing right, holding snake; jug lying to left / ET-EN, sickle. Green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. (BC 351-344) Hidrieios - Tetradrachm590 viewsHidrieios, Satrap, 351-344 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.21g). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double axe (labrys) and lotus-tipped sceptre / ΙΔΡΙΕΩΣ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and lotus-tipped sceptre; small I to left. Good style, gVF/VF. Mytilene (BC 200-0) AE 17590 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (3.38g). Horned head of young Zeus Karneios right / M-Y/T-I, herm of Dionysos in himation standing facing on base; grape bunch to left. VF. Rare. Joy coll. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 - 149