Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Sigeion (BC 350) AE 13560 viewsca 350 BC. AE13 (1.78g) Head of Athena 3/4 to right, wearing triple-crested helmet / double-bodied owl, crescent to left, ΣΙΓΕ below. Miletopolis (BC 300-100) AE 20560 views3rd-2nd century BC. AE20 (6.98g). Facing head of Athena / Owl standing left, head facing, ΜΙΛ-ΗΤΟ. Unpublished. Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tetartemorion560 viewsLate fifth century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.30g). Laureate head Apollo right / TE monogram, stork to left. Good VF. Ephesos (BC 405-390) AE 8560 viewsca 405-390 BC. AE8 (0.54g). Bee / Stag-head right. Good VF. Tlos (BC 400-380) 1/2 Stater - Vekhssere II and Oopwei560 viewsVekhssere II and Oopwei?, Dynasts, 400-380 BC. AR Drachm (4.19g), Tlos mint? Helmeted head of Athena right / Two seated lions facing one another, with raised paws. Toned, good VF, flat strike on reverse, slightly grainy surfaces. Rare. Kaisareia (AD 183-185) Didrachm - Commodus560 viewsCommodus, 183-185 AD. AR Didrachm (4.44g, 22mm, 10h). AVT M AVP KOMO ANTWNINOC CEB, laureate head right / VPATOC D (4th consulship = 183-5 AD) PAT PA, Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star. Reverse double-struck but clear. Themisonion (AD 235-238) AE 35 - Maximinus I560 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE35 (21.55g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Q-EMICO, NEQN in exergue, Hercules standing right, leaning on club; flanked by Sozon, radiate, standing left, head right, holding horse by bridle, and Hermes standing right, head left. VF, even brown surfaces, light porosity. Very rare. Drewry Coll. Sardeis (AD 105-117) AE 22 - Plotina560 viewsPlotina, wife of Trajan, Augusta, ca 105-117 AD. AE22 (4.21g, 12h). Draped bust right / Pelops on horseback right, holding whip. VF, black-green patina. Orontes (BC 357-352) AE 12560 viewsOrontes, Satrap of Mysia, 357-352 BC. AE12 (1.45g), struck in Adramytteion. Laureate head of Zeus right / OPO-N-T-A, forepart of Pegasos right. Light brown patina, VF. Gutknecht coll. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B77 - EL 1/6 Stater 560 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of young male left, with unruly hair; [small seal behind] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, dark iridescent toning on obverse. Extremely rare, only three specimens recorded by Bodenstedt. Ninika-Klaudiopolis (AD 98-117) AE - Trajan560 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE (24.59g). struck ca 112-114 AD. Laureate head right / Zeus seated left with corn and scepter. Extremely rare. Dark green patina. Very fine. Phaselis (AD 241-244) AE 30 - Tranquillina560 viewsTranquillina, wife of Gordian III, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AE30 (16.23g, 1h). Diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent / ΦACH-ΛЄI[T]ωN, Athena standing left, dropping pebble into urn and holding palm; shield propped against leg. Apparently unpublished. VF, dusty, dark green patina. Ex Drewry Coll.; Ex Harlan J. Berk 106 (1/1999), lot 718. Miletopolis (BC 100-AD 100) AE 21 - Axiochus560 viewsAxiochus, 1st cent BC-1st cent AD. AE21 (5.50g, 12h). O ΔHMOC AXIOCON, bare head right / [MIΛHTOΠOΛITΩN], draped bust of Athena right, wearing Corinthian-style helmet and [aegis]. Near VF, brown patina. Extremely rare. Ex Villemur Coll. While the portrayal on the obverse of this coin may be either the individual Axiochus or the Demos of Miletopolis, the obverse inscription makes it clear that this coin was struck to honor one of that city’s benefactors. By following Greek epigraphic convention, the name of the dedicatee (AXIOCON) is placed in the accusative case, while the verb of dedication is not indicated, but implied: “The Demos honors Axiochus.” Just who this Axiochus was remains a mystery. The name is not unknown in the Greek world (a dialogue of the same name ascribed to Plato is known), and several Romanized Axiochi are attested in inscriptions and graffiti (cf. CIL VI.13.19 - Sex. Pompeius Axiochus). What is clear is that Axiochus was one of the numerous euergetai, or benefactors of the Roman Empire: wealthy individuals who supported public projects, or liturgies, in their hometowns. Akmoneia (AD 251-253) AE 27 - Volusian560 viewsVolusian, 251-253 AD. AE27 (10.89g, 6h). AVT K OVIB AΦ ΓAΛΛOC OYOΛOYCIANOC, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AKMO/ NЄΩN, Horseman, holding whip, on galloping horse right; below horse, river-god Sindros reclining left; to right, two females (deities, or personifications of nature) standing left on rocky outcropping. VF, black-green patina with earthen overtones. Ex Alighieri Coll. The main figure of the horseman, in association with the presonifications of the river-god and the presence of the female figures (whether themselves personifications of the surrounding countryside, or actual individuals), may represent an otherwise unknown foundation myth for Acmoneia. Sardeis (AD 198-217) AE 35 - Caracalla560 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE35 (20.45g). AVT KAI M AVP - CE ANTΩΝΕΙΝΟ - C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI Γ KΛ MI - ΘPOV APX A around, [C]APΔIANΩN B NEΩKOPΩN in exergue, Caracalla, laureate and in military dress, standing left, holding spear under left arm, and raising wreath in right hand above cult statue of Kore, extended toward him by city-goddess with her right hand; city-goddess stands right, towered and veiled, and holds transverse scepter in left hand. Apparently the second known specimen. Smooth green patina, VF. The type appears to commemorate some honor granted to the cult of Kore at Smyrna by Caracalla during his sole reign. No coins of Smyrna naming the archon Mithros were known to Head in BMC Lydia, p. civ, but there are two coins of Julia Domna naming this magistrate in SNG von Aulock, 3156 and 8256. Gamerses (400-380) AE560 viewsGamerses, Satrap of Lydia, early 4th century BC. AE (1.45g). Youthful head with short hair right (Eunuch Gamerses?), wearing earring and necklace / Zeus standing right, holding scepter and eagle; star to left, [ΓΑΜΕΡΣΟΥ to right]. Dark green patina, EF. Rare. Gambrion (BC 400-350) AE 6560 viewsca 400 BC. AE6 (0.7g). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΓAM, facing gorgoneion. aEF. Dardanos (BC 500) Obol559 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.79g). Cock standing right / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned VF, slightly rough. Kolophon (BC 480-450) Drachm559 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (5.39g, 4h). Laureate head of Apollo right, his hair in a queue bound up around his wreath; ΚΟΛΦΩΝ[ΙΩΝ] / Lyre of seven strings. Rare. Attractively toned. Surfaces slightly corroded, otherwise, good VF. Alexandreia (BC 250) AE 19559 viewsca 250 BC. AE19 (5.10g). Laureate head of Apollo facing / Α-ΛΕ-ΞΑ-Ν, lyre, grain ear and monogram below; within laurel wreath. Good VF, dark green patina, some scattered roughness. Pyrrha (BC 4th cent) AE 11559 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.33g, 10h). Head of Nymph Pyrrha left, wearing sphendone / Goat standing left, ΠΥΡ above. Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm559 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.72g, 12h). Herognetos (son of) Zopyrionos, "magistrate." Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tripod; ΗΡΟΓΝΗΤΟΣ ZΩΠΥΡΙΩΝΟΣ to left, ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ to right, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Superb EF, tiny die break from chin. Olba (AD 10-15) AE 14 - Ajax559 viewsAjax, high priest and toparch, 10-15 AD. AE14 (3.23g, 12h), dated RY 5 (14-15 AD). Head of Ajax as Hermes right, wearing close fitting cap / Inscription in three lines; two monograms. F/VF, green patina, obverse pitted. Parion (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus559 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE28 (9.91g, 7h). IΛΛR LICINN C K; cuirassed and laureate bust right / C Є PA[…], emperor, as founder, plowing right; vexillum behind bull. Unpublished. Good very fine. Thyateira (AD 193-235) AE 13559 viewsSeveran period, 3rd cent AD. AE13 (1.28g). Head of bearded Herakles right / ΘΥΑΤЄΙΡ/ΗΝΩΝ, lion walking right. Dark green patina, aEF. Amaseia (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Septimius Severus559 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE31 (21.84g). Struck 208/209 AD. [...]ΗΡΟC[...] CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΑΔ CЄΥ ΑΝΤ ΑΜΑCΙΑC ΜΗΤ ΝЄΩΚ ΠΡ ΠΟ / ЄΤ - CH, eagle and Helios in Quadriga above altar. Rare variant. Dark green patina, flan cracks, very fine. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/6559 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.52g, 11mm). Milesian standard. Geometric type. Raised clockwise swastika pattern / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Antissa (BC 300-200) AE 11559 views4th-3rd century BC. AE11 (1.25g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / A - N, club. gVF. Kaisareia (AD 98-117) Tridrachm - Trajan559 viewsTrajan. 98-117 AD. AR Tridrachm (11.15g, 22mm, 6h). Struck 100 AD. Laureate head right / Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory in right hand, parazonium in left, left elbow resting on round shield set on oblong shield. VF, scratches/graffiti in obverse field. Paphos (BC 310-306) AE 20 - Ptolemy I558 viewsPtolemy I, 323-283 BC. AE20 - Hemiobol (8.18g). Paphos mint, struck 310-306 BC. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing ornamented stephane and earring / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wreath to left. Green patina, VF. Kos (BC 190-166) AE 13558 views190-166 BC. AE13 (2.95g). Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / ΚΩΙ, club and a bow in a bow case; ΚΛΕΥΧΙΟ (magistrate) between. EF, dark brown patina, patina rubbed on high points. Rare. Ex Brand Coll. (Sotheby's, 10/1984), lot 325; Rhousopoulos Coll., 3977. (BC 480-440) Kuprilli - Tetrobol558 viewsKuprilli, Dynast, ca 480-440 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.57g). Head of Zeus-Ammon right / Triskeles, Lycian legend 'KOPRLL' within dotted square and deep incuse. EF/VF. Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE - Commodus558 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 173-177 AD. AE - 2 Assaria (11.78 g). Draped and cuirassed bust right / Triptolemos biga drawn by snakes r. Unpublished. Brown patina. Very fine. Alexandreia (AD 200-300) AE 21558 viewsQuasi-autonomous, ca 198-268 AD. AE21 (5.67g). CO-L TROA, draped bust of city-goddess (Tyche) right, wearing mural-crown; vexillum behind inscribed with CI/ V / COL - AV TRO, Genius of the city, nude to hips, standing frontal, head left, holding in outstretched right hand statue of Apollo Smintheus, and in left hand cornucopiae and part of garment. EF, dark green-brown patina. Hoeft coll. Nikomedeia (AD 244-249) AE 28 - Philip I558 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE28 (11.90g). M IOVΛIOC. ΦIΛIΠΠOC AVΓ, draped, cuirassed and radiate bust right / NIKOMHΔEΩN - ΔIC NEΩKOP, nude statue of Herakles standing facing on a small girlanded cippus, head right, holding lionskin in left arm and resting with right hand on his club. Rare. F+/about VF, green patina. Hoeft coll. The special feature of this rev. depiction is that Herakles is shown standing as a real statue on a base. You can see that the club has the function to stabilize the statue. Kaisareia (AD 54-68) Hemidrachm - Nero558 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AR Hemidrachm (1.49g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (63/64 AD). Laureate head right / Mount Argaeus; on summit, male figure holding globe and spear. Rare. VF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B13 - EL 1/24 Stater558 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.66g, 7mm). Head of roaring lion left; to right, small seal upward / Incuse square punch. gVF. Assos (BC 420-375) AE 6557 viewslate 5th-early 4th century BC. AE6 (0.45g). Head of lion right / Griffin right. Phygela (BC 350-300) AE 13557 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE13 (1.91g). Head of Artemis Munychia 3/4 to left, wearing stephane decorated with palmettes / Bull butting left, palm before, ΦΥ above. VF, glossy dark green and brown patina. Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Janiform - Obol557 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.68g). Janiform head of Athena(?), wearing earrings / Bust of youthful Herakles left, lion's skin tied around neck. Good VF, light porosity. Teos (BC 450-400) Stater557 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Stater (11.75g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, left forepaw raised; forepart of Pegasos to right, within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, VF. Rare symbol. Pitane (BC 350) AE 11557 viewsafter 350 BC. AE11 (1.11g). Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, pellet in center, Π-Ι-Τ-Α-N surrounding. Black patina, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Kolophon (BC 330-300) AE 19557 viewsca 330-280 BC. AE19 (4.67g). Head of Apollo right, wearing band in hair / Kithara, ΚΟ below, ΑΚΑΣΤΟΣ (magistrate) to right. Light green patina, thick flan, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.; ex Auctiones AG, Basel Auc. 11 (1980), 154. Side (BC 200-0) Tetradrachm557 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.17g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; pomegranate in left field, magistrate KΛE YX (magistrate). Good VF. Phokaia (AD 253-268) AE 20557 viewsTime of Valerian and Gallienus, ca 253-268 AD. AE20 (4.37g). Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / Hound right, attacking dolphin. Near VF, brown surfaces. Drewry Coll.; Ex Schulman (11/1971), lot 377. Aphrodisias (AD 193-211) AE 31 – Julia Domna557 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, died 217 AD. AE31 - 2 Assaria (7.38g, 6h), struck ca 195-196. IOVΛIA ΔOM - NA AV ΓOVCTA, draped bust right / ЄΠI APC TΩN ΠЄ MЄNЄCΘ / ЄA ICOBOVNON / AΦPOΔЄICI–ЄΩN, Aphrodite standing facing holding Eros in right and scepter in left. Extremely fine. Ex Karl coll. Amorion (BC 200-0) AE 19557 views2nd-1st century BC. AE19 (8.49g, 1h). Laureate head of Zeus right / [ΑΜΟΡΙ-Α]ΝΩΝ, eagle standing right on thunderbolt; kerykeion in background, monograms to left and right. VF, dark greenish-brown patina. Alighieri Coll. Mytilene (BC 400-350) Diobol557 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. Maionia (AD 193-211) AE 19557 viewsTime of Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE19 (4.35g, 6h). Damas, magistrate. Bearded head of Hercules left / Omphale advancing right, wearing Hercules’ lion skin and carrying his club. VF, earthen green patina. Group CEM. In expiation for his murder of Iphitos at Tiryns, Hercules was compelled by the Delphic oracle to serve Omphale, Queen of Lydia, for one year. During this time, he performed a number of labors, similar to those which he undertook while serving Eurystheus, including the capture of the Kerkopes, the killing of the Syleus, and the conquest of the city of the Itones. At the same time, he was forced to wear women’s clothing and spin wool and, according to the poet Ovid (Fasti 2.305), Omphale even wore Hercules’ lion skin and carried his club while ordering him about. However, these actions seemed to have little ill-effect on the hero; after his year’s service was completed, Hercules married Omphale.1 comments Elaia (AD 100-200) AE 16556 viewsca 2nd cent AD. AE16 (1.63g). Armored bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Telesphoros standing facing, ΕΛΑΙ-ΤΩΝ. Very fine. (BC 470-440) Uvug - Tetrobol556 viewsUvug, Dynast, ca 470-440 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.83g), uncertain mint. Forepart of winged human-headed bull right / Head of Aphrodite? right, OFOY (='uvug' in Lycian language) to left, within dotted incuse square. Toned, VF. Ex Muenzzentrum 53 (1984), lot 1772. Laodikeia (AD 70-81) AE 17 - time of Domitian as Caesar556 viewsTime of Domitian as Caesar, 70-81 AD. AE17 (3.66g, 17mm). Gaius Julius Kotys. ΛΑΟΔΙKHA, diademed bust Demos R / IOYΛIA KOTYC; altar with head-dress of Isis. Nice very fine. Miletos (BC 360-325) Tetradrachm556 viewsca 352-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.34g). Simos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion walking left, looking right; star above, monogram before, ΣΙΜΟΣ below. Good VF, slightly double struck, somewhat flat on the lion. Magistrate not recorded for this denomination. Thyateira (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero and Poppaea556 viewsNero and Poppaea, 54-68 AD. AE19 (3.58g). Struck circa 62 AD. Laureate head of Nero right / ΠOΠΠAIAN CEBACTHN ΘYATIPHNOI, draped bust of Poppaea right. Near VF, black patina. Alexandreia (BC 250) AE 18556 viewsca 250 BC. AE18 (4.87g). Laureate head of Apollo facing / Α-ΛΕ-ΞΑ-Ν, Lyre, monogram below, within laurel wreath. VF, glossy dark green patina. Bergman Coll. (BC 500-460) Uncertain Dynast - Stater556 viewsca 500-470/60 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 9.38g). Pegasos flying left / Roaring lion's head left, within incuse square. VF, porous surfaces. Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 219-220) AE 27 - Julia Paula556 viewsJulia Paula, 219-220 AD. AE27 (9.79g). IOV KOP ΠAUΛA CEB, draped bust left / BIΘVNIEΩN AΔPIANΩN, Aphrodite riding Hippocampus left, flanked by two winged Erotes, holding velum. Rare. Black patina. F. Kolossai (AD 117-138) AE 24556 viewsTime of Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE24 (8.30g, 6h). Demos / Tyche. 2 comments Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE22 - Gallienus556 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE22 (7.57g, 1h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Aerial view of Nicaea surrounded by a octagonal wall with two gates. VF, dark green-brown patina. Plakia (BC 350) AE556 views4th century BC. AE (1.58). Turreted head of Tyche right / Head of lion right; [ΠΛΑΚΙA to right]. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) thunderbolt - EL 1/6 Stater556 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. Halikarnassos (BC 300-200) AE 12555 viewsca 3rd-2nd cent BC. AE12 (1.28g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Eagle standing left with open wings, lyre before, A[ΛΙ] above. EF, glossy dark green, almost black, patina. Knidos (BC 465-449) Drachm555 viewsca 465-449 BC. AR Drachm (6.34g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, hair bound with taenia, KN-I, within incuse square. Attractively toned, good VF, nice flan. Kolophon (BC 480-450) Hemiobol555 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.46g, 12h). Facing laureate head of Apollo Klarios / Mark of value or monogram? in incuse square. Rare. About EF. Bow case on Pamphylia, Side555 viewsPamphylia, Side, ca 200-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.86g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; countermark: bow in bowcase with ΤΡΑΛ to left / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; pomegranate above DEI (magistrate) to left. Fine, bold countermark. Stratonikeia (BC 166) Hemidrachm555 viewsafter 166 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.64g). Laureate, bearded head of Zeus right/ C-T, Eagle with spread wings standing right, DIO [...] (magistrate) above, within incuse square. Gold (!) toning, good VF. Ex Muenzzentrum 27 (1976), lot 38. Rhodes (BC 88-84) Hemidrachm555 viewsca 88-84 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.30 gm). Radiate head of Helios facing / Rose, star to right, ΜΗΝΟΔΩΡΟΣ (magistrate) above. Toned EF, hairline flan crack. Apollonia Salbake (BC 100-0) AE 15555 views1st century BC. AE15. Head Apollo right / ΑΠΟΛΛΟ-ΝΙΑΤΩΝ, lyra with five strings. Rare, very fine. Samos (BC 520-500) Hemidrachm555 viewsafter 512 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.53g). Lion's scalp facing within dotted square / Head of bull left in dotted double-line incuse square. VF. Rare. Abydos (BC 320-200) AE 23555 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE23 (8.74g). Head of Artemis right / Eagle standing right (on thunderbolt); grain-ear at right. Overstruck. Good VF, dark brown patina, undertype especially clear on reverse. Freedman Coll. Bithynia Uncertain (AD 69-79) AE 34 - Vespasian555 viewsKoinon of Bithynia, Vespasian, 69-79 AD. M. Salvidenus Asprenas, Proconsul. AE34 (24.66g), struck 71-79 AD. Laureate head right / Bithynia seated left, holding patera and cornucopiae. VF, black and tan surfaces. Drewry Coll.; Ex CNG 53 (3/2000), lot 1075. Nikaia (AD 222-234) AE 21 - Severus Alexander555 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-234 AD. AE23 (g, 6h). M AVΡ ΣΕVΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, unrecorded type, possibly Serapis, holding sceptre, towering above the walls of Nicaea, but may be a diety of the city inside a shrine or temple, since there is no doorway on the wall. Ephesos (AD 218-222) AE 28 - Elagabalus555 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE28 (11.38g). Fourth neocorate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Bust of the emperor right within wreath. Near Fine, brown patina. An interesting type showing that Elagabalus had bestowed upon Ephesus the neocorate four times. For this sort of outlandish behavior Elagabalus was assassinated, and the city which had received this special privilege was stripped of its title. Kyzikos (AD 170-190) AE 17555 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 170-190 AD. AE17 (4.13g). Head of Kore Soteira right, wearing grain wreath / KYZIK - KHNΩN, jar with two handles. Rare. About VF, good style. Hoeft coll. In Kyzikos Persephone was warshipped as Kore Soteira (= Saviour). Samos (BC 453-439) Tetradrachm555 viewsca 453/2-440/39 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.01g, 6h). Lion scalp facing / Forepart of ox right; olive branch to left, ΣA above, E (date) below; all within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 19 (3/2006), lot 150; Giessener Münzhandlung 69 (11/1994), lot 361. Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol555 viewsLate 5th to mid 4th century BC. AR Persic Hemiobol (0.26g, 8mm). Head of ram right / Head of young male right, K to left. Toned, aEF. Very rare.1 comments Tyana (AD 117-138) AE 15 - Hadrian555 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE15 (4.23g). Dated RY 5 (120/121 AD). Laureate head right, in field Є-TE / ΤΥΑ−ΝЄΩΝ, Athena with Nike, spear and shieldstanding left. Dark patina, gVF. Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Trihemiobol555 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 1.26g, 9h). Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upward / Head of roaring lion left within incuse square. EF. Kolophon (BC 330-280) AE 13555 viewsca 330-285 BC. AE13 (2.10g). Laureate head of Apollo right / AIΣXPI[ON] (magistrate), Forepart of bridled horse right; to left, ΚΟΛ below. Black patina, gVF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B47 555 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g, 10mm, 9h). Bearded head of Silenos right / Head of lion (or wolf?) facing within incuse square. gVF. This is only the fourth known example of this emission, two of which are noted in Bodenstedt. The reverse is a die match with a reverse die used for an emission of B48 (CNG 85, 411). Mytilene (BC 530-522) EL 1/48 Stater - BE2555 viewsca 522 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.30g, 5mm). Calf head facing right / Incuse square punch. VF. Carr coll. One example noted by Bodenstedt, this appears to be only the fifth additional example offered at electronic auction. Obverse die match with Bod Tafel 50 E2 a/-.1 comments Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) Drachm554 views2nd-1st cent BC. AR Drachm (4.31g). Facing head of Helios / Helmeted bust of Athena right; magistrate XAPMYLOS. Nice EF, usual small flan crack. Samos (BC 522-520) Trihemiobol554 viewslate 6th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.80g). Bull's head right / Head of a roaring lion right, within incuse square. Toned, good VF. (BC 470-440) Uvug? - Drachm554 viewsUvug (?), Dynast, ca 470-440 BC. AR Drachm (5.85g, 17mm), uncertain mint. Forepart of winged human-headed bull left / Head of Aphrodite? left, within dotted incuse square. VF. Extremely rare. Ex Hess-Leu Auc. 36 (1968), lot 301. Akmoneia (AD 161-180) AE 20 - Marcus Aurelius554 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE20 (4.00g). Tundianos, magistrate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI TVN-ΔIANOV around, AKMONE/ΩN in two lines in exergue, emperor on horseback galloping right. VF, natural brown surfaces, a little rough. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) boar/dog - Obol?554 views5th century BC. AR Obol? (0.51g). Forepart of boar / Forepart of wolf or dog. VF. Rosen 405 (this coin), otherwise unpublished. Parion (BC 200-0) AE 14554 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE14 (3.50g). Facing head of Medusa / Owls standing facing on palm. VF, green patina. Rare. David Herman Coll. Rhodes (BC 250-229) Didrachm554 viewsca 250-229 BC. AR Didrachm (18mm, 6.21g). Agesidamos, magistrate. Radiate, three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / Rose with bud right; to left, Artemis walking left holding torch in both hands. VF, toned, a little rough around edges. Tralleis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 20 - Vedius Pollio554 viewsTime of Augustus. 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (5.83g, 12h). Vedius Pollio, legate of Asia; Menandros, son of Parrhasios, magistrate. OVHΔIOΣ KAIΣAPEΩN, bare head of Vedius Pollio right / MENANΔPOΣ PAPPAΣIOV, laureate head of Zeus right. Good VF, black-green patina with olive overtones. Ex Patrick Villemur Collection. Ex Auctiones 13 (23 June 1983), lot 316. Side (AD 235-238) AE 30 - Maximinus I554 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. Antandros (BC 440-400) Hemidrachm554 views440-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.91g). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / Goat standing right, ANTA/N, in incuse square. VF. Scarce. Kyme (BC 350-250) Trihemiobol554 views4th century BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 0.93g). Forepart of horse right / K-Y, one-handled vase. VF. Very rare, unpublished. Kaisareia (AD 69-79) Didrachm - Vespasian554 viewsVespasian, with Titus as Caesar, 69-79 AD. AR Didrachm (7.16g, 23mm, 12h). Dated RY 9 (AD 77/8). Laureate head right / Titus, laureate and in military outfit, standing facing, holding spear and parazonium; ЄT Θ (date) in exergue. VF, toned. Rare. Bruce R. Brace Coll. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/24554 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.59g, 8mm). Head of lion right / Incuse punch of mill-sail pattern. gVF. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL 1/12 Stater - B-554 viewsca 530-522 BC. EL Hemihekte (1.25g, 9.4mm). Forepart of winged boar, right / Incuse head of man-headed bull / river god, left. Obverse struck from rusty die, otherwise gVF. Carr coll. The cataloguer at CNG described this coin as “Unpublished. Unique, and this issue is unknown in any other denomination.” A fascinating and important coin, as it confirms that a fraction, in addition to Hekte, was issued by Mytilene. Bodenstedt suggested a series of fractional emissions could be attributed to Mytilene - these have a calf head facing right on the obverse and incuse square on the reverse. This attribution is disputed by many scholars (see Coin ID #12959). In this context, this new fraction is of significant interest.1 comments Philadelphia (AD 37-41) AE 18 - Caligula553 viewsCaligula, 37-41 AD, and Artemon Hermogenous. AE18 (4.14g). Laureate head right, ΓΑΙΟC KAICAP ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙKOC / Panther right, head turned back and holding thyrsus, APTEMWN EPMOΓENOYC NEOKAICAPEWN. About very fine. Smyrna (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian553 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.27g, 1h). Smyrna mint. Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Cybele seated left on backless throne, holding patera and resting forearm on tympanum; at feet, lion left with paw raised. VF, spot of encrustation at base of neck. (BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Diobol553 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR Diobol (1.29g, 6h), Mylasa mint. Bearded head of Hekatomnos right / Forepart of bull left; E on shoulder. VF, some porosity. Extremely rare; only three specimens recorded by Winzer. Magnesia (BC 350-190) AE 20553 viewsca 350-190 BC. AE20 (3.42g, 20mm). Horseman holding spear right / Humped bull butting; MAΓΝ above; KYΔΡΟΚΛHΣ (magistrate) below. And corn-ear. Very fine. Methymna (BC 360-330) Hemiobol 553 viewsca 385-350 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.23g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Grape cluster. Porous, very fine. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 - 149