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Kaisareia (AD 241-244) Drachm - Tranquillina551 viewsTranquillina, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AR Drachm (3.12g, 16mm, 12h). Dated RY 5 of Gordian III (241/2 AD). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Mt. Argaeus; pellet to upper right, ЄT Є (date) in exergue. VF, toned, porous surfaces.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 33 - Gallienus550 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE33 (17.86g) ΠΕΡΓΑΙΩΝ
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Magnesia (BC 190) AE 19550 viewsAfter 190 BC. AE19 (9.44g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Rider with lance on horseback galloping right; magistrates ΕΥΚΛΗΣ, ΚΡΑΤΙÎΟΣ. EF, glossy, dark green patina, some roughness on the obverse.
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Rhodes (BC 305-275) Didrachm550 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.
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Ptolemais (BC 300-200) AE 13550 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE13 (2.02g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Amphora; ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΕΩÎ. Rare.
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(BC 460-440) Uncertain Dynast - Stater550 viewsUncertain Dynast (Kuprilli?), ca 460-440 BC. AR Stater (9.16g), uncertain mint. Lion lying left, head turned right / Triskeles in dotted square and deep incuse. gVF. Rare.
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(BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - Stater550 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.
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Olympos (BC 167-81) Drachm550 viewsLykian League, ca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Drachm (3.02g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΟΛΥΜΠΗ, three-string lyre, palm brachn to left, tropaion to right; within incuse square. EF.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Hemiobol550 viewsThrako-Makedonian? 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (ca 0.20g). Head of ram left / Kantharos in deep incuse square.
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Perge (AD 241-244) AE 27 - Tranquillina550 viewsTranquillina, wife of Gordian III, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AE27 (12.05g). Diademed and draped bust right, resting on a crescent / ΠΕΡΓΑΙΑC ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟC around, ΑCVΛΟV in exergue, statue of Artemis with crescent and star above within distyle temple. Good Fine, brown surfaces, usual roughness for this mint. Drewry Coll.; Ex Burstein Coll.; ex Lindgren Coll.
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Amblada (AD 247-249) AE 25 - Philip II550 viewsPhilip II, 247-249 AD. AE25 (8.97g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΑΜΒΛΑΔΕ−ΩΠΛΑΚΕΔ, Nemesis standing right on globe, holding wheel. VF, brown surfaces, minor pitting. Rare city. Drewry Coll.
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Kotiaeion (AD 198- 217) AE 31 – Caracalla550 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (13.97g, 8h). G. Julius Codratus, archon. AVT K M AVPH CЄVHPOC ANTWNЄINOC, laureate head right/ ЄΠI Γ IOVΛ KOΔPA TOV APX KOTIAЄΩN, nude Herakles standing right, holding club in right hand, lion skin and infant Dionysos in left arm. Good VF, green patina. Ex Drewry Coll; ex CNG 32 (3/1995), lot 1261.
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Hierapolis (Auton. AD 81-117) AE 25550 viewsImperial Times, Domitian to Trajan, 81-117 AD. AE25 (12.76g). IЄPAΠOΛЄITΩN, head of Apollo right / The Rape of Persephone: Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying Persephone. Red brown patina. gVF.
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Dardanos (BC 470-440) Tetartemorion550 viewsca 475-450 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.16g). Cock standing left / Incuse calf's head left. VF. Very rare. Mueller Coll.
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Larisa (BC 400-300) AE 18550 views4th century BC. AE18 (4.94g, 9h). Female head right, hair in sphendone / Λ-Α/Ρ-Ι, amphora; grape bunch above, club to left, kerykeion (caduceus) to right. aEF. Rare.
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Tarsos (BC 425-400) Stater550 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.
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Miletos (BC 175-85) Tetradrachm550 viewsca 175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.96g). Ouliades, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion walking right, head reverted; star above, MI and EP monograms to right, ΟΥΛΙΑΔΗΣ below. Good VF. Rare type. Good VF.
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Pergamon (AD 209-211) AE 44 - Geta550 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.
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Dardanos (BC 480-450) Trihemiobol550 views5th century BC. AR Trihemiobol(?) (1.16g, 8mm, 12h). Cock standing right / Incuse head of horse left. VF, small die break in field on obverse. Extremely rare.
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Kyme (AD 100-200) AE 17550 viewsImperial Times. 2nd century AD. AE17 (2.28g). Draped and helmeted bust of Athena right / KYMA-I, eagle right. GVF.
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Kaisareia (AD 117-138) Didrachm - Hadrian550 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Didrachm (7.20g, 20-21mm, 5h). 128-138 AD. AΔPIA[N]OC – CЄΒΑCTOC, laureate bust right / ΥΠΑΤΟC Γ ΠΑ-ΤΗΡ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟC (Cos III) club. Ex Münzen und Medaillen, FPL 339, Zurich (10/1972) lot 311. A.K. coll.
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(BC 450-420) Teththiveibi - Stater549 viewsTeththiveibi, Dynast, ca 450-420 BC. AR Stater (8.57g). Winged lion walking R, on a round shield / Tetraskeles; Lycian letters 'tetthiweibi' in dotted square. Lightly toned, near VF. Rare.
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Rhodes (BC 250-230) Didrachm549 viewsca 250-230 BC. AR Didrachm (6.90 gm). Herasikles, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / P-O flanking stem, rose with bud to right; helmet to left, ΕΡΑΣΙΚΛΗΣ above. Toned EF, artistic, hight relief obverse die.
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Rhodes (BC 250-230) Didrachm549 viewsca 250-230 BC. AR Didrachm (6.74g). Magistrate Mnasimachos. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / P-O, rose with bud to right; Athena holding aphlaston to left, ÎœÎΑΣΙΜΑΧΟΣ above. Toned EF.
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Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 19549 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE19 (5.03g, 1h). Athenodoro(s), magistrate. Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / ΤΑΡΣΕΩÎ, the god Sandan standing on the back of a mythological beast right, holding hammer and flower; ΑΘΗ/ÎΟΔ/ΩΡΟ in three lines to left. Good VF, black patina with light earthen encrustation on reverse.
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Sagalassos (AD 253-260) AE 33 - Valerian I549 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE33 - 10 Assaria (18.01g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΡΩΜΑΙΩΠCΑΓΑΛΑCCΑΙΩÎ/ΠΡΩΤΗC ΠΙCΙΔΩÎ/ΦΙΛΗC CVÎ 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.
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Olba (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Septimius Severus, Julia Domna and Caracalla549 viewsSeptimius Severus, with Julia Domna and Caracalla, 193-211 AD. AE31 (19.77g). Confronted busts of Septimius, on right, and Domna, on left; c/m: Nike(?) / Caracalla standing left, holding Nike and spear. VF, brown surfaces.
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Tarsos (AD 117-138) AE 30 - Hadrian549 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.
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Kibyra (AD 222-235) AE 35 - Severus Alexander549 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE35 (26.55g) Homonoia between Cibyra and Ephesos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tyche of Cibyra standing right, holding cult statue of Thea Pisidike and Tyche of Ephesos standing left, holding cult statue of Diana of Ephesus, clasping hands; lighted altar between; D above. Nice Fine, dark olive patina with earthen highlights. Obverse die match for BMC Phrygia p. 148, 94.
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Nakrasa (AD 100-200) AE 17549 viewsAutonomous, ca 2nd cent AD. AE17 (4.14g). Youthful bust of the Roman Senate right / NAKPA-CITΩN, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right. VF, brown patina, rubbed on high points.
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Kition (BC 392-361) AE 13 - Melekiathon549 viewsMelekiathon, King of Kition, 392-361 BC. AE13 (1.81g). Head of Aphrodite left, wearing stephane, triple-pendant earring and necklace / Herakles, nude, lion's skin over his outstretched left arm, standing right, club in his right hand raised above his head; Phoenician letter 'mem' to left. Scarce. Blackish green patina, EF/gVF.
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Side (BC 200-0) AE 17549 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (4.02g). Helmeted head of Athena right; countermark: pomegranate / ΣΙ-ΔΗΤΩÎ, Nike in long dress left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand; pomegranate to left. Grey-green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Kos (BC 350-345) Tetradrachm549 viewsca 350-345 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.20g, 11h). Herakleitos, magistrate. Bearded head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Crab; club and ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΤΟ[Σ] below; all in dotted square within incuse square. Near EF, toned, underlying luster. Ex Sternberg 18 (11/1986), lot 171; Pixodarus hoard (CH IX, 421).
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Kos (BC 90-50) AE 22549 viewsca 90-50 BC. AE22 (7.25g). Laureate head of bearded Asklepios right / ΚΩΙΩΠ- ΕΥΑΡΑΤΟΣ ΕΙ (magistrate), coiled snake. VF. Rare. Joy coll.; ex Lindgren coll.
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Elaia (AD 98-138) AE 17549 viewsca 2nd century AD. AE17 (2.78g). Pellonius, magistrate. Laureate and draped male bust right / Kalathos containing poppy and grain ear. VF, brown patina.
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Neokaisareia (AD 222-235) AE 28 - Severus Alexander549 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE28 (15.10g) 226/227 AD. ΑΥ Κ Îœ ΑΥΡ CЄΟΥ ΑΛЄΞΑÎΔΡΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΚΟΙ ΠΟ ÎЄΟΚЄC Îœ[...] / ΔΙC ÎЄΩΚ[...] / ЄΤ ΡZΓ, two tetrastyle temples. Green patina. Rev. scratches, obv. small black spot. Very fine.
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Miletos (BC 175-125) AE 17549 viewsca 175-125 BC. AE17 (4.25g). Simos(?), magistrate. [Laureate head of Apollo], worn away and engraved with three intersecting lines / Lion standing right, head turned back; star above, two monograms to right, ΣΙΜΟΣ (?) below; all within wreath. Good Fine, earthen patina.
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Blaundos (BC 200-0) AE 14549 views2nd-1st century BC. AE14 (3.4g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MΛAVNΔΕ-ΩN, quiver and strung bow. gVF. Rare.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol549 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.58g, 8mm). Ram’s head left / Quadripartite incuse square with two raised and two sunken quarters. EF, toned, very faint porosity. Scarce. High relief ram.
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Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 150-0) AE 15549 viewsMid 2nd-1st century BC. AE15 (3.86g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Grape bunch. VF, dark green patina, light porosity on reverse. Righetti Coll., 8026.
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Autokane (BC 400-300) AE 12549 views4th century BC. AE12 (1.87g). Head of Zeus facing slightly right / AYTOKA, pellet within wreath. VF.
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Kragos (BC 27-AD 14) Drachm548 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AR Drachm (3.10g). Λ-Υ, head of Augustus right / Cithara, Λ−Υ / Κ−Ρ, branch to right. Rev. - unclean dies. Good VF.
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Telmessos (BC 400) Stater - Erbbina548 viewsErbbina, Dynast of Telmessos, ca 400 BC. AR Stater (8.35g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; Lycian letters 'Telebethethe', within incuse square. VF/EF. Very rare.
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Bithynia Uncertain (AD 81-96) AE 21 - Domitian as Caesar548 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.
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Anazarbos (AD 222-235) AE 22 - Severus Alexander548 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE22 (10.42g). Dated CY 248 (229/30 AD). Laureate head R / Sheaf of five grain-ears; ETH MC (date) in exergue). VF, green patina.
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Samos (BC 400-365) Drachm548 viewsca 400-365 BC. AR Drachm (3.59g). Facing lion scalp / Forepart of bull right; ΔΗΜΩΝ (magistrate) above. Good VF, uneven strike, light porosity. Rare.
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Patara (AD 238-244) AE 30 - Gordian III548 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE30 (19.98g). Laureate bust right / ΠΑΤΑΡΕωÎ, Apollo standing left, holding bow and laurel-branch; eagle on omphalos to left; lebes on tripod with snake feeding to right. Black patina, VF. Rare. Ex Auktiones AG 12 (Basel, 1981), lot 234; M&M Numis. Ltd., Washington, DC I (New York 1997), lot 218.
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Arneai (AD 238-244) AE 31 - Gordian III548 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE31 (22.20g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΑΡÎΕΑ−ΤωÎ, Pan standing left, holding pedum. VF, dark green patina. Unique issue from an extremely rare city. Drewry Coll.; Ex Burstein Coll. (Peus 366 (10/2000), lot 817).
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Sardeis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian548 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.36g, 8h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Demeter advancing right, holding grain ears and reverted torch. Good VF, obverse double struck. Overstruck on an uncertain undertype.
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Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Bes - Obol548 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Obol (0.70g, 7h). Head of female facing slightly left / Facing head of Bes, wearing kalathos. Good VF, light porosity, minor encrustation.
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Aigeai (AD 81-96) AE 24548 viewsTime of Domitian, 81-96 AD. AE24 (10.27g). Dated CY 135 (88/9 AD). Confronted busts of the Dioskouroi; two stars above / City-goddess seated right, holding aphlaston; goat at her feet; [AΛP] date in legend. VF, green patina.
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Adana (AD 238-244) AE 30 - Gordian III548 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.
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Etenna (BC 100-0) AE 15548 views1st century BC. AE15 (2.16g). Two naked men attacking each other with sickles / ET-EN, Nymph in long dress being attacked by snake; jug lying to left. Dark brown patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Synnada (AD 100-300) AE 23548 viewsAutonomous, ca 2nd-3rd cent AD. AE23 (7.50g). Helmeted bust of Roma right, slight drapery on far shoulder / CVNN-A-ΔΕΩN, Roma standing left, holding eagle, spear and shield. VF, brown surfaces. Drewry Coll.; Ex Lindgren Coll.
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Hierapolis (AD 244-249) AE – Philip I548 viewsHomonoia with Ephesos. Philip I, 244 -249 AD. AE (22.80g). ΑΥ Κ Îœ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΠΚ ΕΦΕCΙΩΠΟΜΟÎΟΙΑ, Apollo of Hierapolis with kithara and Artemis of Ephesos in between two stag. Very rare. Beautiful dark green patina, well struck. Extremely fine.
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Tralleis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 24 - Augustus548 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE24 (11.37g, 12h). Menandros, son of Parrhasios, magistrate. Bare head of Augustus right / KAIΣAPEΩN, MENANΔPOΣ / PAPPAΣIOV in two lines in exergue, octastyle temple façade; in pediment, eagle standing right; Nikes on acroteria, winged caduceus in right field. VF, olive and black patina. Extremely rare. Ex Wagner Coll.; ex Kovacs FPL 17 (1982), lot 146.
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Alexandreia (AD 217-218) AE 20 - Macrinus548 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE20 (5.26g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Statue of Apollo Smintheus right on cippus, holding bow and patera. Rare. VF.
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Philadelphia (AD 177-192) AE 17 - Commodus548 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE17 (4.63g, 6h). AV K M AV KOMOΔ, Laureate head right / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩÎ, Hermes standing facing, head left, holding purse and kerykeion. Apparently unpublished. Good very fine.
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Pergamon (AD 254-268) AE 28 - Salonina548 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.
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Teos (AD 100-300) AE 20548 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck 2nd-3rd century AD under magistrate Anak., known from Lebedos. AE20 (4.31g). Bearded bust of Dionysos right; tripod before, entwined by dolphin / EΠI EΓ ANAK THIΩN, the poet Anakreon, wearing himation, standing right, holding with both hands lyra set on his knees. Very rare, VF, olive patina. Hoeft coll.
The rev. is also known from Volusian. Anakreon is one of the most famous lyric poets of ancient Greece besides Archilochos, Sappho and Alkaios.
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Komama (BC 100-0) Hemidrachm548 views1st century BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.54g, 12h). Diademed head of Artemis right; K to left / ΚΟΜΑ-ΜΕΩÎ, long torch. Good VF, find patina, minor edge porosity. Extremely rare, fewer than 10 known.
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Kaunos (BC 460) Stater548 viewsca 460 BC. AR Stater (11.81g). Nude male figure advancing right in running-kneeling position; wings at shoulders and heels, Karian letter above / Karian legend ('ZMB' retrograde), lion walking left, head reverted, one paw raised; within square dotted border inside incuse square. Very rare. Obverse flatly struck, otherwise good VF. Gerson Coll.
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Attaleia (BC 110-30) AE 15548 views2nd-1st century BC. AE15 (3.35g, 12h). Diademed head of Poseidon left / Nike advancing left, holding wreath. Good VF, dark green patina. Very rare, and apparently unpublished.
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Amaseia (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla548 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (4.17g, 7h). Dated CY 208 (AD 206/7). Radiate head right / Serpent left on altar draped with garland. Good VF, brown patina. Very rare, only one specimen cited by Dalaison.
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Perperene (BC 400-300) AE 9548 views4th century BC. AE9 (0.66g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Grape bunch with vines. Very fine.
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Kotiaeion (AD 253-268) AE 24548 viewsTime of Valerian and Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE24 (9.16g, 6h). Diademed head of Demos right / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter. VF, dark green patina.
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Alabanda (BC 167/6) Tetradrachm548 viewsca 167/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.90g, 12h). Dated CY 1. Laureate head of Apollo right / Pegasos springing right; A below. EF, toned, small die break on eye of Apollo. Rare. Ex CNG 63 (5/2003), lot 542.
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Abydos (BC 385-335) Drachm548 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (2.6g, 14mm). Hyllippos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / ABY YΛΛIΠΠOΣ, eagle standing right with folded wings; bee to right. gVF.
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Perge (BC 220-189) AE 13547 views220-189 BC. AE13 (2.07g). Sphinx with polos seated right / ИANAΨAΣ/ ΠΡEIIAΣ, Artemis standing left, holding scepter. Very fine.
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Ephesos (AD 238-244) AE 29 - Gordian III547 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE29 (9.70g) AÎ HMH IEPA EΦΕΣΙΩÎ
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Tarkondimotos (BC 39-31) AE 22547 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.
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Phaselis (BC 167-130) Stater547 viewsca 167-130 BC. AR Stater (10.27g). Ienion, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Athena standing right on prow, brandishing spear, shield on left arm; Φ to left, serpent to right, ΙΗΝΙΩ[Ν] below. Good VF, light porosity.
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Gargara (BC 400-350) Drachm547 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 2.88g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull grazing left, ΓΑΡΓ above. Fine, porous. Rare.
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Rhodes (BC 400-350) Didrachm547 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Didrachm (6.54g). Head of Helios facing, turned slightly right / Rose with bud to right, grapevine to left, E below, within shallow incuse square. Toned, good VF.
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Tripolis (AD 200-300) AE 16547 views3rd cent AD. AE16 (3.73g, 1h). Bearded head of Hercules left / ΤΡΙΠΟΛ−ΕΙΤΩΝ, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm. Good VF, brown patina.
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Bria (AD 193-217) AE 18547 viewsAutonomous, Severan period, 193-217 AD. AE18 (2.37g). Draped, bearded bust of Serapis with Modius right / ΒΡΙΑ-ÎΩΠIsis in long dress holding Situla in left, Sistrum in right. Rare mint. Good style. Nice dark green patina, aEF.
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Anazarbos (AD 81-96) AE38 - Domitian, with Domitia547 viewsDomitian, with Domitia, 81-96 AD. AE38 (30.10g). Dated CY 113 (94/5 AD). Laureate head of Domitian right / Draped bust of Domitia left; star above, ETOVS IGR (date) in legend. Near VF, rough green patina. Rare.
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(BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - 1/4 Stater547 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR 1/4 Stater (2.50g, 16mm). Forepart of boar right / Incuse punch divided in two diagonal lines. VF.
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Salamis (BC 351-332) Tetrobol - Pnytagoras547 viewsPnytagoras, King of Salamis, 351-332 BC. AR Rhodian Tetrobol (12mm, 2.29g, 12h). Laureate and draped bust of Aphrodite left, Î Î to right / Bust of Artemis right, BA? to left. Toned, EF. Very rare.
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Laranda (AD 161-180) AE 26 - Marcus Aurelius547 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE26 (10.00g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right; flanked by two monograms / ΛΑΡΑÎΔ ΜΗΤ - ΚΟΙ[ΠΛΥΚΑ/ΟÎΙΑC]; helmeted Athena standing facing holding spear and shield. Unpublished. Very fine.
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 38 - Gordian III547 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.
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Abydos (BC 411-387) Drachm547 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.44g). Mentor, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left, lyre and ABY before, ΜΕÎΤΩΡ above. Toned VF, not fully struck-up in center.
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Samos (BC 520-500) Hemidrachm547 viewsafter 512 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.59g). Lion's scalp facing within dotted square / Head of bull left in dotted double-line incuse square. EF. Rare.
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Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 37 - Caracalla547 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE37 (17.70g, 12h). Laureate head right / Roma seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield resting on ground behind. VF, attractive green patina with some light earthen deposits.
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Selge (BC 200-0) AE 12547 views2nd-1st century BC. AE12 (2.37g, 1h). Head of Herakles right / Σ-Ε-Λ, thunderbolt, bow with griffin head on top to right. Near EF, attractive brown patina. Popken Coll.
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Knidos (BC 395-380) Tetradrachm547 viewsca 395-380 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.34g, 12h). Hippokritos, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite left, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace / Forepart of roaring lion left; ΙΠΠΟΚΡΙΤΟΣ below; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned, die shift and minor die wear on reverse. Very rare. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Q (4/2006), lot 1404.
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Kaunos (BC 490-470) Hemidrachm547 viewsca 490-470 BC. AR Hemidrachm (10mm, 2.31g, 7h). Winged female figure running right, looking back / Griffin standing right, foreleg raised, within beaded square border within incuse square. Good VF, some porosity.
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Mallos (AD 69) AE 24 - Otho547 viewsOtho, 69 AD. AE24 (7.40g). KAICAP M CEBACTOC, laureate head right / MAΛΩT[ΩN], cult statue of Athena Magarsis standing facing, arms extended, holding spear in the right hand and snakes in left hand. gVF.
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Teos (BC 510-490) Stater 547 viewsca 500-475 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 11.81g). Griffin seated right, raising foreleg; to lower right, swan standing right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.
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Kyme (BC 350-250) Trihemiobol547 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.8g, 10mm). Forepart of horse right / KY, kyathos. EF. Very rare.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B19.2547 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 10mm, 6h). Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Incuse head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress; small incuse square behind, incuse club below.
2 known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 1st offered at auction.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater547 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g, 12mm). Winged male mythological creature (Phobos or Daimon) with human body, lion head, griffin’s ears and wings, running/kneeling left, head turned right, holding tunny by tail in left hand / Quadripartite incuse square. NGC graded Choice XF, strike 5/5, surface 4/5, nicely centered, struck from artistic dies. An excellent example of archaic representation of local deity from Asia Minor. Carr coll.
A remarkable mythological type usually known from the stater with the same design. At times identified as Phobos, the personification of terror, the figure may also be the Mithraic divinity Areimanios (Ahriman) as argued by Bivar, "Mithra and Mesopotamia," Mithraic Studies (Manchester, 1975), pp. 275-89.
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Kos (BC 395-350) Tetradrachm546 viewsca 395-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.82g, 8h). Phase 1, circa 395-390 BC. Persias, magistrate. Head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin / Crab; club and [ΠΕΡΣΙΑΣ] below; all within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, light surface corrosion on reverse. Ex CNG Auc. 63 (5/2003), lot 555; Hecatomnus Hoard, 19b.
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Samos (BC 510-500) Drachm546 viewsca 510-500 BC. AR Drachm (3.05g). Forepart of winged boar right / Facing lion's scalp within dotted incuse square. VF, light porosity.
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(BC 480-440) Kuprilli - Stater546 viewsKuprilli, Dynast, ca 480-440 BC. AR Stater (9.73g), uncertain mint. Head of boar facing / Triskeles, KO, within dotted linear square and deep incuse. VF. Unique?
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Eumeneia (BC 189-133) AE 12546 viewsca 189-133 BC. AE12 (1.05g, 12h). Draped female bust right / EYME-[NE]ΩN, double axe. Black patina, VF. Extremely rare.
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Ankyra (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla546 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (10.72g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Distyle temple-shaped stele inscribed ΑCΚΛΗ/ΠΕΙΑ CΩ/ΤΗPΕΙΑ/ΙCΟPV/ΘΙΑ; in pediment, palm set in agonistic crown. Good VF, green patina.
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Alabanda (AD 198-217) AE 34 - Caracalla546 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE34 (26.66g, 12h). AV K M AVP ANTΩNI[NOC] C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / A-ΛABA-N-[Δ]E[ΩN], Tyche standing facing holding rudder and cornucopia, head left. Good very fine. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung, Auc 90 (10/1998), Nr. 601. Ex Lanz, Auk. 117 (11/2003), Nr. 940. Ex Karl coll.
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Skepsis (BC 450-400) Drachm546 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Drachm (3.11g, 9h). Forepart of Pegasos right, ΣΚΗ[ΨΙΟ]-Πaround / Fir tree in linear square within shallow incuse square. Rare. Good very fine.
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Spithridates (BC 334) Diobol 546 viewsSpithridates. Satrap of Lydia and Ionia, circa 334 BC. AR Diobol (1.32g, 12h). Head of Spithridates right, wearing Persian headdress / Forepart of horse right; monogram above, ΣΠΙ below. Unpublished as a silver issue. VF, light roughness. Possibly unique.
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