Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Alexandreia (AD 253-268) AE 24547 viewsQuasi-autonomous, time of Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE24 (5.12g). ALEX - TRO, draped and turreted bust of city-goddess (Tyche) right; behind vexillum inscribed CO/AV(?) / CO - L - AVG - TRO, eagle with raised wings flying right, holding in his talons forehead of bull. EF, superb specimen. Hoeft coll. 'The eagle carrying a bull's head which is a common occurrence from now [Commodus Caesar] on, must refer to a foundation legend, like that told of Antioch on the Orontes, of an eagle carrying part of a sacrificial animal to a spot where the new city was destined to raise.' Bellinger, Troy: The Coins, p. 106. Persian Kings (BC 375-340) Siglos547 viewsca 375-340 BC. AR Siglos (5.46g, 15mm). Persian king or hero right in kneeling-running stance, holding dagger and bow / Incuse punch. VF. Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm547 viewsca 420 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.63g). Egestratos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left; before, two-handled amphora, bunch of grapes above / ΕΓΕΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ across horizontal band of quadripartite incuse square with striated fields. Apparently unrecorded. Minor areas of corrosion, otherwise gVF. Hierapolis (BC 10-9) AE 15 - Fabius Maximus547 viewsPaullus Fabius Maximus. Proconsul of Asia, ca 10-9 BC. AE15 (3.73g, 12h). Chares Charetos and Kokos, magistrates. Bare head of Fabius Maximus right / Ethnic and magistrates’ signatures. Good VF, dark green patina. Extremely rare (possibly the third known and the only one in private hands) and in remarkable grade for the Phrygian magistrate series in the name of Fabius Maximus. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/6547 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (10mm, 2.55g). Milesian standard, geometric type. Raised swastika pattern / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Ex CNG 82 (9/2009), lot 622. Ephesos (AD 238-244) AE 29 - Gordian III546 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE29 (9.70g) AΠHMH IEPA EΦΕΣΙΩΝ Silandos (AD 81-96) AE 17 - Domitia546 viewsDomitia, 81-96 AD. AE 17 (2.50g). Draped bust of Domitia right, ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΑ / God Men standing left, holding pine-cone and staff, CΙΛΑΝΔΕΩΝ. Good very fine. Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE - Severus Alexander546 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE (22.06g). AUT K SE ALEXANDROS, cuirassed, radiate and draped bust R / ALEXANDROUP[...]EAT[...], Horse with sadle R, carrying radiate crown on back. Very rare, red-brown patina, extremely fine. Magnesia (BC 190) AE 20546 viewsAfter 190 BC. AE20 (11.69g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Rider with lance on horseback galloping right; magistrates ΕΥΚΛΗΣ, ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ. VF, glossy dark green, almost black, patina. Freedman Coll. (BC 390-370) Mithrapata - Stater546 viewsMithrapata, ca 380-375 BC. AR Stater (9.64g, 4h). Facing lion's scalp / Triskeles; facing head of Herakles to left; all within incuse square. EF. Anazarbos (AD 98-117) AE 22546 viewsas Caesarea ad Anazarbum, time of Trajan, 98-117 AD. AE22 (8.14g, 12h). Dated Pompeian-Cilician Era 132 (113/4 AD). Laureate and draped bust of Zeus right; countermark: head of Zeus in incuse oval / Veiled and draped bust of Tyche right; date around. VF, black-green patina with beige overtones. Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 19546 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE19 (5.03g, 1h). Athenodoro(s), magistrate. Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / ΤΑΡΣΕΩΝ, the god Sandan standing on the back of a mythological beast right, holding hammer and flower; ΑΘΗ/ΝΟΔ/ΩΡΟ in three lines to left. Good VF, black patina with light earthen encrustation on reverse. Masikytes (BC 27-0) AE 22546 viewsLycian League, time of Augustus, late 1st cent BC. AE22 (7.37g). Diademed head of Apollo right, Λ-Î¥ / M-A, Apollo Patroos standing facing, holding filleted branch in right hand, bow in left. EF, dark brown patina. Very nice. Akmoneia (AD 54-68) AE - Nero546 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (4.20g). L. Servenius Capito and his wife Iulia Severa. Struck ca 55 AD. Draped bust right / Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre; in left field, crescent and owl. VF, green and brown patina. The issuing authority whose name is found on this coin, L. Servenius Capito, and his wife Julia Severa, were the parents of the Neronian senator L. Servenius Cornutus. Nikomedeia (AD 222-235) AE 19546 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235. AE19 (4.98g). M AVP ALEΞANΔPOC AVΓ, draped and radiate bust right / NIKOMHΔ - EΩN ΔIC NEO / KOPΩN, Leda, with wreath, half dressed, with raised right hand, standing frontal, head turned right to a swan, standing with opened wings left, and pulling her garment with beak, which she holds tight. Very rare (3 ex. known). EF, nice deep-green patina (this the most beautiful spec.!) Hoeft coll. Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/48 Stater546 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.25g, 6mm). Head of nymph left in sakkos, with earring / Quadripartite square incuse. GVF. Myrina (AD 98-117) AE 16 - Trajan546 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE16 (3.65g). AVTO TPAI[…], laureate head right / MYPЄI[N-AI-ΩN], bust Apollo right; before, Lyre. VF. Autophradates (BC 380-355) AE546 viewsIonia/Lydia, uncertain mint. Autophradates, Persian satrap in Lydia ca 388-355 BC and in Ionia and Lydia ca 380-355 BC. AE (1.12g). Head of bearded Satrap right, wearing Persian tiara / corn-ear, monogram, OA. Olive-green patina, VF. Very rare. R. Mueller coll. Skepsis (BC 350-300) AE 7546 viewsca 4th century BC. AE7 (0.7g). Forepart of Pegasos right / Fir-tree with six branches; all within linear square. VF. Zela (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla546 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (15.79g, 6h). Dated CY 146 (209/10 AD). Laureate head right / Hexastyle temple façade with elaborate pediment set on base; ЄT PMR (date) in exergue. Good VF, green patina. Extremely rare date. Group CEM. Daldis (AD 244-249) AE 38 - Philip I546 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE38 (26.01g, 6h). Flavius Aelius Priscus, magistrate. AVT • K • M • IOVΛ • Φ-IΛIΠΠOC • AVΓ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI ΦΛ AIΛ ΠPЄI-CKO/V APX ΠP/ΩTO B •, ΔAΛΔIA/NΩN in exergue, the Abduction of Persphone: Hades, with billowing chlamys, in quadriga driven right by Eros, carrying away Persephone; fallen flower basket below horses. Good VF, dark brown patina with earthen highlights. Ex Triton IV (12/2000), lot 359. Laodikeia (AD 41-55) AE 16 - Britannicus546 viewsBritannicus, 41-55 AD. AE16 (4.08g, 12h). Polemon, the son of Zeno, (hiereus for the fourth time). Bare head right / Tripod lebes surmounted by serpent. VF, attractive dark green patina with traces of earthen overtones. Portrait in high relief. Bithynia Uncertain (AD 79-81) AE 29 - Titus546 viewsTitus, 79-81 AD. AE29 (13.96 gm, 6h). AYTOKPA TITOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣ YIOΣ; laureate head of Titus to right / EΠI M MAIKIOY POYΦOY ANΘYΠATOY (in the proconsulship of M. Maecus Rufus); palm tree, on left cuirass, two spears, and helmet; on right two spears and shield. Good Very Fine. Ex Shoshana Coll. This provincial Roman coin, attributed to the Koinon of Bithynia, is clearly related to the Jewish War. RPC II p. 97 notes that this coin has "...significance beyond Bithynia: the palm tree with obverse of Titus is a clear allusion to Titus' participation in the defeat of Judaea...” Thyateira (AD 80-100) AE 16546 viewsLate 1st century (?) AD. AE16 (2.82g, 12h). (ΘЄA)N PΩMHN, Turreted head of Roma right / ΘYAT(ЄI)PHNΩN, lyre. VF, Dark patina. Tricarico coll.1 comments Erythrai (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater546 views7th-6th century BC. EL Hemihekte (1.09g). Rosette pattern with central pellet / Irregular incuse square. VF. Very rare. Lebedos (BC 330-294) Diobol545 viewsafter 170 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.85g). Head of Athena right / Prow of galley left, owl sitting on top, ΛΕ above, ΔΟΡΚΩΝ (magistrate) below. EF. Augusta (AD 249-250) AE 34 - Trajan Decius545 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE34 (17.34g). Dated civic year 229 (249/50 AD). AVT KAI KVN DEKION TPAIANON CEB, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust R / AUGOVCTANWN ETOV QKC, nude athlete seated on horizontal cippus, crowning himself with wreath; amphora with palm to R. VF, brown patina. Unusual representation of the victor of an athletic contest. (BC 500-460) Uncertain Dynast - Stater545 viewsUncertain Dynast, ca 500-460 BC. AR Stater (9.38g). Forepart of boar right / Lion's head facing, within double-line incuse square. VF. Ex Marowsky Coll., Kuenker Auk. 54 (Osnabroeck 2000), lot 2032. Miletopolis (AD 238-244) AE - Gordian III545 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE Medallion (59.78g). AUT KAI - M ANT GORDIANOC AUGOU, laureate and cuirassed bust right, spear over left shoulder / CTR AUR ER-M-OU MEILHTO-PO/LEITWN, Gordianus with spear in right hand on horse galloping right, lion left below, head reverted. Brown patina with traces of silvering on obverse. VF/aVF. (BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - Stater545 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Stater (8.97g, 19mm). Head of boar right, 7 pellets in circles above / 9 pellets, 1 of them in center (tetraskeles?), within deep incuse square. Lightly toned, VF. Tarsos (AD 117-138) AE 30 - Hadrian545 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE30 (16.76g, 1h). Laureate head right / Demos of Tarsus seated left, holding wreath. VF, green patina, small scrape in reverse field. Miletos (BC 400-380) AE 8545 viewsca 400-380 BC. AE8 (0.70g). Head of lion left / Stellate pattern. Komama (BC 100-0) AE 14545 views1st cent BC. AE14 (2.29g, 12h). Laureate heads of two bearded men right / Lion springing right, KO in exergue. Dark green-brown patina, VF/aEF. Elaiousa-Sebaste (BC 100-0) AE 21545 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE21 (5.83g). Laureate head of Zeus right; AP behind / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; monogram to left. Superb EF, green patina. Ex CNG XVII (10/1991), lot 173. Synnada (AD 254-268) AE 26 - Salonina545 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, 254-268 AD. AE26 (9.94g). Diademed and draped bust right / CVNNA-Δ-ΕΩN, Amaltheia standing facing, head right, holding sceptre and infant Zeus; goat at her feet. Good VF, brown surfaces, scrape on eye. Drewry Coll.; Ex Lindgren Coll. Pessinos (AD 161-180) AE 30 - Marcus Aurelius545 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE30 (22.24g, 8h). Bare head left / Demeter standing left, kalathos on head, holding grain-ears and long scepter. VF, tan surfaces. Ex Wagner Coll.; Ex Hecht Coll. (Baldwin’s, 10/1977), lot 25. Laodikeia (AD 14-37) AE 18 - Pythes545 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE18 (4.75g). ΠYΘHΣ. Bare head of Magistrate Pythes right / ΔHMOΣ ΛAOΔIKEΩN, diademed head of Demos right. Extremely Fine. Tabai (AD 193-211) AE 38 – Septimius Severus545 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE38 (30.17g, 6h). •AV•K•Λ•CEΠ• - CЄOVHPOC•P, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / APC•APT - ЄMI - ΔΩPOY / TABH - NΩN, Artemis standing holding bow in left, with the right reaching into quiver standing next to Men holding patera in right and scepter in left; both wearing Phrygian caps. Very fine. Ex M&M AG, Auc 41 (16/1970, Basel), Nr. 409 and Ex M&M AG, Auc 41, Auc 1 (9/1997, Stuttgart), Nr. 405. Ex Karl coll. Aizanis (AD 37-41) AE 20 - Caligula545 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. Temnos (BC 300-250) AE 18545 views3rd century BC. AE18. Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / T-A, grape bunch on vine, H above. EF. Rare. Myriandros (BC 361-334) Obol - Mazaios545 viewsMazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Obol (0.74g, 11h). Crowned male (King of Persia?) seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter and lotus flower / Young male head left, wearing pointed cap. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Rare. Lampsakos (AD 138) AE 20 - Antoninus Pius545 viewsAntoninus Pius, as Caesar, 138 AD. AE20 (5.61g, 7h). Bare head right / Winged hippocamp right. VF, pleasing green patina. Rare. Ephesos (BC 48-27) AE 14545 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. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B45545 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.55g, 2h). Diademed female head facing slightly right / Confronted boars’ heads within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Temnos (BC 350) Trihemiobol545 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.97g, 10mm). Laureate head of Apollo left / T-A, kantharos. VF. Mytilene (BC 440-400) Hemidrachm545 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.9g, 12mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / MYTI, bull's head slightly right within incuse square. gVF. Mytilene (BC 530-522) EL 1/12 Stater - BE2545 viewsca 530-522 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.15g). Calf head facing right / Incuse square. Good VF. One example known to Bodenstedt, two examples have since appeared at auction. Adana (AD 198-217) AE 38 - Caracalla545 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE38 (25.20g, 6h). AVT • KAI[C • M •] AVP ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB •, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [AΔ]P [CЄ]V ANTΩNIN[I]A–NΩN AΔANЄΩN, Zeus Nicephorus seated left; at feet, eagle standing left, head right. Good VF, green patina, minor roughness, scratches on forehead and before bust. Levante Coll.; ex La Galerie Numismatique IX (1/2007), lot 539. An interesting coin struck late in Caracalla’s reign. This appears to be the earliest coin of Adana to name the city as “Severan” and “Antonine”. All earlier coins of the imperial era in Levante’s catalog bear either the honorific title “AΔPIANΩN" or a similar, shortened form. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - AR 1/12545 viewsca 625-600 BC. AR 1/12 Stater or Diobol (9mm, 1.05g). Raised swastika pattern surrounded by pellets / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.1 comments Methymna (BC 360-330) Obol544 viewsca 360-330 BC. AR Obol (0.50g) Helmeted head of Athena right / Kantharos, Îœ-Θ-Α, within linear incuse circle. Hieropolis-Kastabala (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla544 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (22.79g). Cuirassed and draped bust right, AVT KAI MAP AVPH ANTΩNEINOC / IEPOΠΟ[ΛITEOY KACTABALEωN], Caracalla and Geta facing each other, hands clasped. Black-green patina, unpublished variant with bare head, very fine. Samos (BC 404-385) Tetradrachm544 viewsca 404-385 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.06g). Pythion, magistrate. Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; branch behind, ΠΥΘΙΩΝ above. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Kibyra (AD 222-235) AE 35 - Severus Alexander544 viewsIn alliance with Ephesus. Severus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE35 (29.01g). Draped and cuirassed bust right, viewed from behind / Hekate as civic goddess of Kibyra, at left standing right, holding basket of Kibyra upon her head and clasping the hand of Artemis Ephesia, at right standing facing, supported by two stags; OMONOIA in exergue. VF, tan patina with muted brown highlights, glossy on obverse and slightly granular on reverse. Quite attractive. Uncertain (BC 450-400) Hemiobol544 viewsThrako-Makedonian? 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (ca 0.20g). Head of ram left / Kantharos in deep incuse square. Kotiaeion (AD 244-249) AE 27 - Philip I544 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE27 (15.91g). C. Julius Ponticus, archiereus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear forward and shield decorated with gorgoneion / Kybele seated left on cart being drawn by two lions. Fine, patina stripped. Ex Cooper Coll. (CNG E73), lot 75. Ilion (AD 238-244) AE 19 - Gordian III544 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE19 (4.48g). AV K M AN ΓOPΔIAN, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IΛIE-ΩN, Athena Ilias right. Nice very fine. Pergamon (AD 254-268) AE 28 - Salonina544 viewsSalonina, 254-268 AD. AE28 (9.44g). KOP CAΛΩNЄINA CЄ, bust right / ЄΠI C AVP ΔAMA ACIAP ΠЄPΓAMHN[...]ΩN ΠPΩT Γ NЄΩK, Hygieaia feeding snake. Red brown patina. Minor roughness. gVF. Lystra (AD 138-161) AE 23 - Antoninus Pius544 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE23 (ca 8.00g, 12h). Laureate bust right / Minerva standing left, holding patera over altar. Blaundos (BC 200-0) AE 14544 views2nd-1st century BC. AE14 (3.4g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MΛAVNΔΕ-ΩN, quiver and strung bow. gVF. Rare. Aspendos (BC 465-430) Stater544 viewsca 465-430 BC. AR Stater (10.86g, 15mm). Warrior advancing right, holding shield and sword / Triskeles with central four spoke wheel; within one section, head and wings of eagle; all within incuse square. VF, granular surfaces. Temnos (BC 300-250) Trihemiobol?544 views3rd-2nd century BC. AR Trihemiobol (?) (0.92g, 11mm). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / T-A, grape bunch on vine with leaves, ivy leaf to left. VF. Very rare. Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 16 - Nero544 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE16 (3.2g). Mindios, magistrate. NEPΩΝ CΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, laureate head right / ΕΠΙ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ CTRA TO B, laureate head of Herakles right. VF. Magnesia (BC 330-300) AE 14543 viewsca 330-300 BC. AE14 (2.15g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Forepart of bull right, ΜΑΓ above, maeander pattern and ΚΥΔΙΑΣ (magistrate) to left. Dark green patina, gVF. Scarcer type. Gutknecht coll. Aigeai (AD 138-161) AE 13 - Time of Antoninus Pius543 viewsTime of Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE13 (2.45g, 11h), dated Year 185 (138/9 AD). Draped and helmeted bust of Athena right / Goat kneeling left, above, EΠΡ (date) in reverse legend. VF, wonderful green patina. Siblia (AD 14-37) AE 19 - Tiberius543 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE19 (6.10g). Menedemos, magistrate. Bare head right / MENEΔHMOΣ ΣIBΛIANΩN, bust of Mên left resting on crescent. VF, green patina. Drewry Coll.; Ex CNG 54 (6/2000), lot 1118. Aspendos (BC 400-370) Stater543 viewsca 400-370 BC. AR Stater (10.93g, 24mm). Two wrestlers grappling / Slinger in throwing stance right; triskeles to right, on right, statue of Athena right, holding spear and shield on cylindrical base, around, EΣTFEΛIIVΣ. Very rare and interesting early issue, unpublished dies (?), three countermarks. Very fine. Laranda (AD 161-180) AE 26 - Marcus Aurelius543 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE26 (10.00g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right; flanked by two monograms / ΛΑΡΑΝΔ ΜΗΤ - ΚΟΙ[Ν ΛΥΚΑ/ΟΝΙΑC]; helmeted Athena standing facing holding spear and shield. Unpublished. Very fine. Hierapolis (BC 10-9) AE 15 - Fabius Maximus543 viewsFabius Maximus, Proconsul, 10/9 BC. AE15 (4.91g, 12h). Zosimos Philopatris and Charax. ΦΑΒΙΟΣ ΜΑΞΙΜΟΣ bare head right / ZΩΣΙΜΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΡΙΣ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΧΑΡΑΞ, double axe with fillet. Very rare. Beautiful dark green patina. Good very fine. Ilion (AD 117-138) AE 15 – Time of Hadrian543 viewsTime of Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE15 (2.54g, 2h). Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena left / Aeneas advancing right, carrying his father Anchises and leading Ascanius by the hand. VF, dark green patina. Ex Wagner Coll. Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 38 - Gordian III543 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE38 - Medallion (20.64g, 7h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Double Ciliarch crowns set on prize table: the inner crown consisting of a diadem decorated with seven imperial busts right and joined to the outer crown by columns; the outer crown also consisting of a diadem decorated with seven imperial busts right; letters A M K between and two Nikai flanking uppermost bust. Good VF, dark green patina, minor pits. The Ciliarch or Cilicarch was the name for the High Priest of Cilicia who presided over provincial temples dedicated to certain emperors. The different busts which decorate the crown represent the various emperors who were honored at each respective temple. Kebren (BC 520-480) Hemiobol543 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.27g). Head of ram left / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, good VF. Very rare. Mueller Coll. Kolossai (AD 198-209) AE 25 - Geta543 viewsGeta, 198-209 AD. AE25 (7.07g). •Λ• CЄΠ• Γ Є TAC KAI, draped and bare headed bust right, countermark, CAPK. / KOΛOC CHNΩN, Cult-statue of Ephesian Artemis flanked by two stags. Nice F.1 comments Kolophon (BC 330-294) Diobol543 viewsca 330-294 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.00g). Senodotos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Cithara. VF, obverse a little off-center. Priapos (BC 300-200) AE 11543 views3rd century BC. AE11 (1.44g). Laureate and bearded male (Zeus?) head right / Amphora. Apparently unpublished, but cf. SNG France 2412. Tarsos (BC 425-400) Stater543 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (8.88g, 1h). Satrap on horseback riding left; behind, eagle perched left on branch; monogram below / Archer in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow; monogram behind. VF, dark find patina, some roughness. Extremely rare early stater. It is possible that the horseman is actually one of the late kings (Syennesis III?) of Cilicia. Tarsos (AD 98-117) Tetradrachm - Trajan543 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Tetradrachm (14.99g, 27mm, 6h). Struck 100 AD. Laureate head right / Tyche of Tarsus seated right on rock outcropping, holding palm frond; below, river-god Cydnus swimming right; (TA monogram) P to right. Good VF, attractively toned. From the Sierra Coll. Ex CNG 63 (5/2003), lot 1027. Herakleia Pontika (BC 350) Drachm543 viewsca mid-4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.87g, 14mm, 1h). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin; club below / Head of Hera left, wearing ornamented stephanos; Θ to left; all within shallow incuse circle. Good VF, lightly toned, granular surfaces. Kindya (BC 510-480) Didrachm543 viewsca 510-480 BC. AR Didrachm (5.66g, 17mm). Ketos winding right / Geometric Pattern. Unpublished and possibly unique. (BC 169-150) Mithradates IV - Tetradrachm543 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. Nagidos (BC 380-360) Stater542 viewsca 380-360 BC. AR Stater (10.56g). Aphrodite seated left, holding phiale, sacrificing over altar; behind, Nike standing left, holding branch / Dionysos standing left, holding grape bunch and thyrsos; "Z" at feet to left. EF, typical die rust, obverse die break. Nagidos (BC 400-380) Obol542 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Obol (0.65g). Head of Aphrodite facing slightly to right, hair in sphendone, N to left / Head of youthful Dionysos facing slightly left, wearing ivy-leaf wreath, N to left. EF. Rare. (BC 425-400) Kherei - Triobol542 viewsKherei, Dynast, ca 425-400 BC. AR Triobol (2.18g). Pinara mint. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Head of Kherei right, weaing Persian headdress (bashlyk), within dotted incuse circle. VF. Very rare. Bargylia (BC 200-0) Diobol542 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Diobol (1.14g). Pegasos right / ΒΑΡΓΥ-ΛIΗΤΩΝ, cult statue of Artemis Kindyas. VF. Extremely rare. Ex Auktion Peus Nachf. 369 (2001), lot 196. Bithynia Uncertain (AD 81-96) AE 21 - Domitian as Caesar542 viewsKoinon of Bithynia, Domitian, Caesar, 81-96 AD. AE21. Laureate head of Domitian right / Shield and spear. VF. Rare; 3 recorded (2 in museums). Jewish War commemorative. Kragos (BC 42) Hemidrachm542 viewsLycian League, ca 42 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.87g). Λ-Î¥, laureate head of Apollo right / K-P/A, lyre, tripod to left. EF. Sagalassos (AD 253-260) AE 33 - Valerian I542 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE33 - 10 Assaria (18.01g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΡΩΜΑΙΩΝ CΑΓΑΛΑCCΑΙΩΝ/ΠΡΩΤΗC ΠΙCΙΔΩΝ/ΦΙΛΗC CVΝ in three concentric lines, MA to right, XO to left, clasped hands; I above. VF, black-green patina with dusty green overtones. Rare variety. Drewry coll. Silandos (AD 177-192) AE 40 - Commodus542 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE44 - Medallion (45.10g, 6h). Tatianus, archierus and archon. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Commodus, holding sceptre, driving biga left; above, Nike, flying right, crowning him with wreath; Ε[ΠΙ] ΑPXΙΕ[ΠΕ]ΩC in legend, ΤΑΤΙΑΝΟV / [C]ΙΛΑΝΔΕΩΝ / Κ ΑPX in three lines in exergue. VF, black, olive and brick-red patina. Extremely rare. Adana (AD 238-244) AE 30 - Gordian III542 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE30 (12.42g, 6h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right, within circle of the twelve signs of the Zodiac. Fine, light brown patina, areas of soft strike. Ephesos (AD 218-222) AE 22 - Elagabalus542 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE22 (5.33g). Fourth Neocorate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Galley right with four oarsmen. VF, dark brown, almost black, patina, some light roughness. Methymna (BC 330-280) AE 16 - Koinon of Lesbos542 viewsKoinon of Lesbos, 330-280 BC. AE16 (3.40g). Female head right, wearing stephane, earring and necklace (Hera?) / ΑΙΟΛΕ, thunderbolt, bunch of grapes below. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. Joy coll. Nisyros (BC 350-300) AE 12542 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE12 (1.76g). Female Head in stephane / NYΣI, dolphin, tripod above, trident below. Rare mint. Attractive very fine. Elaia (AD 98-138) AE 17542 viewsca 2nd century AD. AE17 (2.78g). Pellonius, magistrate. Laureate and draped male bust right / Kalathos containing poppy and grain ear. VF, brown patina. Pergamon (AD 209-211) AE 44 - Geta542 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE44 - Medallion (52.42g, 6h). Menogenes, strategus. Struck 209-211 AD. • AVTOKPA • KAI • ΠOΠΛIOC CЄΠTI ΓЄTAC •, laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on shoulder; cuirass decorated with aegis / Geta right on horseback, preparing to hurl javelin at bound captive below horse’s raised front hooves; captive running right with head reverted; round shield below horse. Near EF, dark green patina patina with earthen overtones in devices, some smoothing. Very rare. From Group CEM. Ex Tkalec (2/2001), lot 320. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B51542 viewsca 440 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of bearded satyr right within square incuse. aEF. Ex Gemini Auctions IX (1/2012), lot 112. Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Drachm542 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.69g). Janiform female head / Helmeted head of Athena left within incuse square. gVF, light graffito in the reverse field. Tarkondimotos (BC 39-31) AE 22541 viewsTarkondimotos, king of Eastern Cilicia, 39-31 BC. Hieropolis-Castabala. AE22 (7.11g). Diademed head right, countermark: Seleukid anchor / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter. VF. (BC 450-420) Uncertain Dynast - Stater541 viewsUncertain Dynast (Vekhssere?), ca 450-420 BC. AR Stater (9.69g), uncertain mint. Hearkles fighting the Nemidean lion / Triskeles; uncertain Lycian letter to left, within dotted square incuse. Extremely rare. VF. Ex Reuter Coll. (Auktion PN 360, 1999), lot 71. Rhodes (BC 305-275) Didrachm541 viewsca 305-275 BC. AR Didrachm (6.41g). Radiate head of Helios right / Rose with bud to right; EY and cornucopiae to left. Lightly toned VF. The profile head of Helios is quite different from the usual facing heads and can be taken as a representation of the head of the famous Colossus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, which was under construction at the time this coin was struck. Smyrna (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian541 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.12g). Smyrna mint, struck after 129 AD. Bare head right / Zeus seated left, holding Diana Ephesia and sceptre; eagle at feet before. Lightly toned VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus, Sutherland Group V (a). Ex Numismatica Ars Classica L (5/2001), lot 1842. Tralleis (BC 200-0) AE 14541 views2nd-1st century BC. AE14 (3.17g). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / ΤΡΑΛΛΙ-ΑΝΩΝ, bull walking left on ground line, head facing; monogram to left. Dark green patina, VF. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 - 149