Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Samos (BC 360-340) Tetradrachm607 viewsca 360-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.12g). Lion’s mask facing / ΣA, Athena standing to right, brandishing spear and holding shield decorated with a gorgoneion; owl standing to left, olive- branch above; within an incuse square. gVF. Unique. Prospero coll. It has been suggested by Hurter that these Athenian types might coincide with the dominance of a pro-Athenian faction at Samos shortly before Athens began to lay siege to the island in 366 BC. Laodikeia (AD 193-217) AE 39 - Julia Domna607 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. Astyra (BC 400-395) AE 12 - Tissaphernes 607 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. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater607 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 16.11g). Head of female left, wearing sphendone; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, a few edge splits. Unique stater denomination for this issue. (BC 169-150) Mithradates IV - Tetradrachm607 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. Kelenderis (BC 425-400) Stater606 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.64g). Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from rearing horse left / Goat kneeling left, head reverted, ΚΕΛΕΝ above. Toned, good VF. Ex von Aulock Collection, 5623. Philadelphia (AD 37-41) AE 19 - Caligula606 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) Stater606 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. Isinda (BC 100-0) AE 20606 views2nd-1st century BC. AE19 (6.28g), dated year 5. Laureate head of Zeus right / Horseman galloping right, spearing serpent; E (date) behind. Drewry Coll.; Ex Lindgren Coll. Iulia (AD 55) AE 20 - Nero606 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. Hypaipa (BC 27-AD 14) AE 18 - Augustus606 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. Mytilene (AD 139-161) AE 24 - Sextus Nicomachus & Flavia Nicomachis606 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. Pitane (AD 54-68) AE 19606 viewsTime of Nero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (4.30g) G. Furius magistrate. ΘЄΑΝ ΡΩ-ΜΗΝ, draped bust with turreted headdress / ЄΠΙ ΦΟΥΡΙΟΥ ΠΙ[ΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ], bearded head of Zeus Ammon, before Pentagram. Unpublished. Dark green patina, VF. RPC I, 407 published two known Pitane types of G. Furius, bearing the portaits of Nero and Agrippina both have one cited example (RPC 2394 and 2395). Prusa ad Olympum (AD 198-217) AE 25606 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (6.38g). AVT KM AVP AN - TΩNINOC CEB, laureate bust right / ΠPO-VCAEΩ-N, nude Telamonian Aias, helmeted, kneeling on right knee facing left; left leg extending behind; right hand holding drawn sword given him by Hektor, point pressed to belly in the moment prior to hurling himself upon it. Pile of rocks before, and circular shield below him. Very rare. Ancient gouge on Aias' body, otherwise VF, old nice patina. Hoeft coll. Birytis (BC 350-250) AE 10606 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE10 (1.42g). Head of bearded Kabeiros right, wearing pilos / Î’-Ι, triskeles, within circle. Dark green patina, VF. Dardanos (AD 198-209) AE 25 - Geta606 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE25 (12.22g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Ganymede holding pedum, carried away by eagle flying left. VF, grey-brown patina. Atarneos (BC 350-300) AE606 views400-350 BC. AE (0.99g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right, ATAP above. aEF, dark green patina. Mueller Coll. Chios (BC 431-412) Drachm606 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Drachm (3.48g). Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora; monogram to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity. Rare. Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol606 viewsca 400-340 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g, 6h). Ram’s head right / Young male head right; Karian legend. VF, light porosity. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B04606 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. Kabeira (BC 85-65) AE 30606 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE30 (18.64g). Head Athena Parthenos with Helmet decorated with Pegasos / KABH-PΩN, Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and Medusa's head; Medusa's body at his feet. About very fine. Ex Ilona Pfeiler coll. Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Obol606 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. Lamponeia (BC 500-450) Hemiobol606 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.41g). Head of bull (bukranion) facing / Quadripartite square incuse. aEF. Skepsis (BC 440-400) Trihemiobol606 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Griffin - EL 1/6606 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.31g, 11mm). Head of lion (or seal) left / Two incuse square punches. gVF.1 comments Spithridates (BC 334) AE605 viewsSpithridates, Satrap in Lydia and Ionia, ca 334 BC. AE (1.23g). Head of satrap right, wearing Persian tiara (bashlyk) / Forepart of horse right, regal symbol above, ΣΠ below. VF-EF. Elaiousa-Sebaste (AD 38-72) AE 24 - Antiochos IV and Iotape605 viewsAntiochos IV and Iotape (his wife), 38-72 AD. AE24 (9.41g). Diademed bust of Antiochus IV, BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ MEΓΑΛΟV ANTIOXOV EΠΙΦΑΝΟVΣ / Iotape seated left, holding phiale and short sceptre, BAΣΙΛIΣΣΑ ΙΩΤΑΠH ΣΕBAΣTHNΩN. Edge damage, otherwise good very fine. Mylasa (BC 520-490) 1/6 Stater605 viewsca 500 BC. AR 1/6 Stater (1.83g). Forepart of springing lion right / Irregular incuse punch. Very rare. Dark toning, VF. Anazarbos (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius I605 viewsClaudius I, 41-54 AD, Anazarbos? AE19.73 (4.44g). KΛAVΔΙOC KAICAP, laureate head right / ΕΤΟYC KAICAPEΩΝ Γ, veiled head Tyche right. Good very fine. The attribution of this coin to Anazarbos is questionable, but would be the most logical choice. Kos (BC 357-330) Didrachm605 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. Teos (BC 470-449) Stater605 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. Elaiousa-Sebaste (BC 100-0) AE 22605 views1st cent BC. AE22 (7.36g). Diademed head of bearded Zeus right; ΘΕ behind / ΕΛΑΙΟΥΣΙΩΝ, Nike walking left, holding wreath in right hand; ΠΑ and EP monograms to left. Green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Aspendos (BC 465-430) Obol605 viewsca 450 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 1.01g). Amphora or moon-altar? / Triskeles in incuse square. Toned, VF. Adada (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla605 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (5.70g). Laureate head right / AΔAΔE[Ω]N, clasped hands. Fine, green patina. Rare city. Drewry Coll. Eumeneia (AD 138-192) AE 605 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. Isaura (AD 198-217) AE 26 - Caracalla605 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE26 (9.39 g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from front, slight drapery on left shoulder, gorgoneion on breastplate / Caracalla standing right in military outfit, holding spear and clasping hands with Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch, hind standing between. EF, olive and brown patina. Poncin Coll. Nikaia (AD 54-68) AE 29 - Nero605 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. Lakanatis (AD 38-72) AE 26 - Antiochos IV605 viewsAntiochos IV, 38-72 AD. AE26 (15.85g). ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ, diademed head right; countermark, anchor / ΛΑΚΑΝ-ΑΤΩΝ, scorpion in wreath. Very rare mint. Very fine. Aizanis (AD 37-41) AE 20 - Caligula605 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. Uncertain (AD 69-79) AE 16 - Vespasian, Titus and Domitian605 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. Pergamon (AD 218-222) AE 34 - Elagabalus605 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. Halikarnassos (BC 400-380) Drachm605 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 605 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. (BC 230-220) Ariarathes III - AE 605 viewsAriarathes III, ca 230-220 BC. AE (6.89g), Kybistra mint. Head right, wearing bashlyk / ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘ - ΔΣ - KYBISTPA, galloping rider right, palm to right. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) thunderbolt - EL 1/6 Stater605 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. Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Hemitetartemorion604 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? Blaundos (BC 200-0) AE 21604 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. Priene (BC 290-250) Hemidrachm604 viewsca 290-270 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.68g). Helmeted head of Athena left / Trident within circular maeander pattern, ΠΡΙΗ to left, ΛΥΣΑΓ (magistrate) to right. EF. Iolla (BC 4th cent) AE 17604 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. Hierapolis (AD 177-192) AE 40 - Commodus604 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. Persian Kings (BC 505-480) 1/6 Siglos604 viewsca 500-490/85 BC. AR 1/6 Siglos (0.85g). Persian king or hero right in kneeling-running stance, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Toned, VF. Rare. Adramytteion (AD 218-222) AE 34 - Elagabalus604 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE34 (23.06g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and scepter. Near VF, dark greenish-brown patina, pierced through the center. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B55604 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. Germanikopolis (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla604 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. Tyana (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus604 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. Antandros (BC 440-400) Obol604 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 412-378) EL Hekte - B67604 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.45g, 11mm). Bearded head right of Zeus Ammon with ram's horn, two tendrils of hair curling back from crown of head / Diademed head right of female, hair rolled above nape of neck, within square incuse. VF. Carr coll. Five examples noted by Bodenstedt, this appears to be only the ninth additional example offered at electronic auction. Of the more than 5,000 different electrum issues of Mytilene documented by the owner of this coin, this is the first ‘kidney-shaped’ flan noted. The obverse and reverse are a die match for Goldberg Auc. 70 (9/2012), lot 3118 and Pecunem Auc. 15 (4/2014), Lot 198. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B45a604 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 Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B19604 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 11mm). Facing gorgoneion, tongue protruding / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin. EF. Aspendos (BC 420-400) Stater603 viewsca 420-400 BC. AR Stater (10.89g). Two wrestlers grappling / Slinger right; ΕΣΤFΕ to left, triskeles to right. VF/EF. Eumeneia (BC 200-133) AE 15603 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. Tarsos (AD 117-138) AE 26603 viewsTime of Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE26.2 (11.00g, 12h). ΑΔΡΙΑΗC TAPCOV, Head of Heracles wearing oak-leaves right / Perseus, holduing harpe and Apollo Lykeios holding two wolves by forelegs, METPO-ΠOΛΕΙΩΣ. Star in left field. Scratch on obverse, very fine. Anazarbos (AD 98-117) AE - Trajan and Matidia603 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. (BC 480-440) Kuprilli - Stater603 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. Smyrna (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian603 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.94g, 6h), struck after late 128 AD. Bare head right / Two Nemeses standing facing, vis-a-vis, each holding out fold of drapery; the left also holding a bridle, the right a rule. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain undertype. Tarsos (BC 333-323) Stater - Balakros603 viewsBalakros, Satrap of Cilicia, 333-323 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 10.98g). Three-quarter facing head of Athena, wearing triple crested helmet, head turned slightly left / Baaltars seated left, holding sceptre; grape cluster to left, ΒΑΛΑΚΡΟΥ to right, T under throne. VF, toned, some light porosity. David Herman Coll.; ex CNG 66 (5/2004), lot 617; Eduardo Levante Collection, 120. Apameia (AD 117-138) AE 20 - Hadrian603 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. Hierapolis (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius603 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. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Obol603 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. Methymna (BC 450-400) Silenos - Hemiobol603 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (?) (0.21g). Facing head of bearded Silenos / Bunch of grapes, crescent in right field, within dotted incuse square. VF, very rare. Unpublished? Miletos (BC 225-190 BC) Hemidrachm603 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. Mytilene (BC 400-350) Diobol603 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Diobol (1.44g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of Aphrodite right, hair rolled, MYTI to right, amphora (?) to left. Dark tone, aVF. Ex Tinchant, April 1940. Anemurion (AD 235-238) AE 32 - Maximinus603 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE32 (16.23g, 6h). Dated RY 1 (235/6 AD). AVK Γ I OYHP MAΞIMЄINON, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right within pelleted border / ANЄMOYPIЄωN, lion leaping right, head left with mouth open and tongue extended; above its hind quarters, star in crescent; ЄTA (date) in exergue; all within pelleted border. EF, attractive olive and brown patina. Exceptional for issue. Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 54-68) AE 20 - Nero & Poppaea603 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. Alexandreia (AD 180-192) AE 27 - Commodus603 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE27 (6.97g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Grazing horse right; tree to left; behind, herdsman standing right, holding pedum. Good VF, black-green patina with lighter green overtones. Priene (BC 290-250) Hemidrachm603 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. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater603 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.51g). Head of seal left / Incuse punch. Near VF. Kyme (BC 320-250) AE 10603 views4th-3rd century BC. AE10 (0.9g). Eagle standing left / Skyphos (one-handled vase), K-Y. Very fine.1 comments Kyzikos (BC 430-400) Hemiobol603 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. Xanthos (BC 450-420) Stater602 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. Nakrasa (AD 98-117) AE 20 - Trajan602 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) 1/3602 viewsca 550 BC. AR Diobol (1.02g). Bee with straight wings / Incuse punch. Good VF, nicely centered. Prusias ad Hypium (AD 177-192) AE 27 - Commodus602 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE27 (13.45g). Laureate head right / Nike driving galloping biga right. Fine, brown surfaces, porosity. Apparently unpublished. Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Persian King 1 - Obol602 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. Rhodes (BC 350-300) AE 12602 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. Mytilene (BC 100-0) AE 13602 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE13 (1.99g). Draped bust of Helios wearing radiate crown / M-Y/T-I, tripod. Green patina, VF. Rare. Joy coll.; ex Lindgren coll. Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 33 - Caracalla602 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. Methymna (BC 500-450) Obol602 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.52g). Helmeted head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet / Turtle in incuse dotted square. VF. Very rare. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol602 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g). Lotus flower (?), tunny fish below / Mill-sail pattern incuse. Unpublished. Larisa (BC 400-300) AE 21602 views4th century BC. AE21 (8.60g). Bearded male head right / ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ, amphora, corn grain to right. VF. Extremely rare. Pordosilene (BC 400) AE 8602 viewsca 400 BC. AE8 (0.6g). Bearded head of Silenos right / Dolphin right, ΠΟΡ below. aVF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B54602 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 Pius602 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. Attaleia (AD 193-217) AE 30 - Julia Domna602 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. Smyrna (AD 95) AE 15 - Vespasian Jr.602 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. Magnesia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 17 – Augustus & Caius602 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. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY19602 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. Lamponeia (BC 350) AE 13601 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. Adana (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla601 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. Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE - Severus Alexander601 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. 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