Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Synnada (BC 27-AD 14) AE 18 - Augustus518 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE18 (5.86g, 12h). Crassus, magistrate. Bare head right / Zeus Nikephorus left. VF, earthen black-green patina. Ex Villemur Coll. Kios (AD 209-212) AE 24518 viewsGeta (as Augustus), 209-212 AD. AE24 (7.42g). AVT.KΠ.CE - ΓETAC AV, cuirassed, laureate bust right / K-IA-NΩ-N, Youthful Hylas, waving clothes around hips, advancing right, drinking from a jug which he holds in his right hand. Very rare, F+, deep brown patina. Hoeft coll. Hylas was a beautiful young boy, the 'catamite' of Herakles, abducted by Nymphs near Kios. Hierapolis (Auton. AD 100-300) AE 24518 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 2nd century AD. AE24 (7.34g). ΛAIP - BHNOC, draped and radiate bust of Apollo Lairbenos right / IEPAΠOΛEITΩN/NEΩKOPΩ/N, she-wolf standing left, suckling the twins Remus and Romulus; star above. About VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll. Lairbenos is a pre-Greek name of Apollo from Asia Minor. Some put it to 'labrys' = double axe, others to Hetitian 'labarnas' = master. But more possibly it is a toponymikon or ethnikon. There are several sanctuaries of Lairbenos in Phrygia with numerous votive inscriptions especially in Dionysopolis and Motela. Pergamon (AD 253-260) AE 17 - Valerian II518 viewsValerian II, 253-260 AD. AE17 (3.01g). Bare head right / ΠЄPΓAMHNΩN, Cista mystica with snake. VF. Adada (AD 161-180) AE 19 - Marcus Aurelius518 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE19 (3.96g). AVT KAI ANTΩ C•ЄB•, laureate head right / AΔAΔЄΩN, bust of Serapis right. nEF. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) griffin/lion - Obol518 viewsca 460-440 BC. AR Obol (0.62g). Head of griffin right / Facing head of lion within incuse square. Toned, VF. Rare. R. Mueller coll. Kolophon (BC 320-294) AE 12518 viewsca 320-294 BC. AE12 (1.35g, 12h). Hiklos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of a horse right; HIKΛOΣ below. VF, dark green patina. Alighieri Coll.; ex Klein Coll. Kaisareia (AD 193-211) Tridrachm - Septimius Severus518 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AR Tridrachm (8.31g, 23mm, 11h). Dated RY 18 (210 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Radiate male figure seated left on Mt. Argaeus, holding branch; ЄT IH (date) in exergue. Good VF. Smyrna (BC 280-190) AE 12518 viewsca 280-190 BC. AE12 (1.6g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ, palm tree, monogram to left. VF. Scarce early type. Kos (BC 500-480) Hemiobol518 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Obol(?) (8mm, 0.62g). Crab with eight legs / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, porous. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B14518 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of roaring lion right, ΛE to left (facing outward, E retrograde) / Incuse head of calf right with collar, incuse rectangular punch behind. One of the finest known to capture all elements of the type, gVF. Carr coll. Thirteen examples known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the tenth example offered at electronic auction or sale. The obverse is one of the five coin types noted by Bodenstedt (B14, B20, B23, B28 and B35) that bear the initial letters of the name of the island - Lesbos. Orontes (BC 357-352) AE 9517 viewsOrontes, Satrap of Mysia, ca 357-352 BC. AE9, struck at Kisthene. Bearded head of Satrap right, wearing Persian headdress (Bashlyk) / Forepart of winged boar right, ΚΙΣ above. Some surface deposit, EF. Very rare. Selge (BC 200-0) AE 13517 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE13 (1.86g). Draped bust of bearded Herakles facing, club behind shoulder / ΣΕ-Λ, forepart of stag right, head left. Dark green patina, aEF. Gutknecht coll. Selinos (AD 193-211) AE 33 - Septimius Severus517 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE33 (14.07g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left on low basis, holding thunderbolt and scepter, within tetrastyle temple façade; ΘЄ/OV TPAI[A] in pediment . Good VF, black and olive patina, light overall roughness on reverse. Bold portrait. Ex Empire Coins 8 (12/1987), lot 188. Stratonikeia (AD 198-217) AE 37 – Caracalla & Plautilla517 viewsCaracalla. 193-211 AD. AE37 (19.81g, 6h). AVP A[NT] - AVPH KAI ΘЄ - CЄ - B NЄ PLAV[TIΛΛAN], radiate, cuirassed and draped bust to right facing draped bust; countermark in centre, head Athena in Attic helmet right; below, square countermark, ΘЄOY / CTPATONЄIKЄΩN ЄΠI - TΩN - ΠЄPT B KΛ [ΔIONVCION], Zeus Panamaros riding on horseback to right holding scepter in left; to the right, burning altar. Very fine. Ex Karl coll. Assos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol517 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.19g, 6h). Griffin seated right / Head of roaring lion right, within incuse square. VF, porous. Rare and apparently unpublished. Temnos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 17 - Asinius Gallus517 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE17 (2.72g). Asinius Gallus, Procos. Struck ca 5 BC. ΑCΙΝΙΟC ΓΑΛΛΟC ΑΓΝΟC; bare head of Asinius Gallus right / ΑΠΟΛΛΑC ΦΑΙΝΙΟΥ ΤΑΜΝΙΤΑΝ; head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath. Rare. aVF. Methymna (BC 450-400) Silenos - Obol517 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.41g, 6h). Head of bearded Silenos facing / Land turtle in dotted square border within incuse square. aEF. Kindya (BC 510-480) Obol517 viewsca 510-480 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.52g). Head of ketos left; horizontal Λ below “beard” / Eight-rayed star within incuse square. VF, minor porosity. Alighieri Coll. Mytilene (BC 400-350) Diobol517 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Diobol (1.30g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MYTI, female head right. Hornsilver, VF. Eikonion (BC 100-0) AE 15517 views1st century BC. AE15 (3.32g, 12h). Bust of Dionysos right, wearing ivy-wreath; thyrsus behind / ЄIKONIЄΩN, gorgoneion. Dark patina, gVF. Elaia (AD 100-200) AE 15516 viewsca 2nd cent AD. AE15 (1.41g). Armored bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Telesphoros standing facing, ΕΛΑΙ-ΤΩΝ. Dark golden toning, EF. Stektorion (AD 161-180) AE 15516 viewsCivic issue, time of Marcus Aurelius (ca 161-180 AD). AE15 (2.36g). FL-LIK-INNIANOU, draped bust of Serapis right, wearing modius / CTEKTO-PHNWN, bucranium surmounted by crescent; two stars above. EF, dark green-brown patina. Very rare city. Uncertain (BC 490) Drachm516 viewsafter 490 BC. AR Drachm (4.00g). Head of boar right / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Ex Hirsch 33 (Munchen 1913), lot 865. (BC 480-440) Kuprilli - Tetrobol516 viewsKuprilli, Dynast, ca 480-440 BC. AR Tetrobol (3.04g, 6h). Goat standing right, round shield above / Triskeles, Lycian legend 'KO-PR-LL-E' within dotted square incuse. Toned, VF. Extremely rare, perhaps unpublished. Anazarbos (AD 249-251) AE 28 - Herennia Etruscilla516 viewsHerennia Etruscilla, wife of Trajan Decius, Augusta, 249-251 AD. AE28 (13.63g), dated year 269 (250/251 AD). Diademed and draped bust right, crescent at shoulders / Dionysos, holding thyrsos, reclining left on back of panther crouching right with head reverted. Very fine. Prymnessos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 19 - Augustus516 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 (4.74g). Nearchos Arta, magistrate. Laureate head right / Dikaiosyne advancing left, holding scales and grain ears. Near VF, black patina under some light earthen encrustation. Ex Wagner Coll. Kaisareia (AD 238-244) AE 25 - Gordian III516 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE25 (9.46g, 12h), dated RY 4 (241/2 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Legend in four lines within wreath; date in legend. VF, green patina, minor roughness. Ex Wagner Coll. Amaseia (AD 161-180) AE 34 - Marcus Aurelius516 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE34 (19.60g), struck 164/5 AD. AVT KAIC M AVP A - NTΩNINOC CEB, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / AΔP AMAC NEΩK.K.MHT K.ΠPΩ ΠONT / ET PZE (year 165), Ares in military cloak and helmet, standing frontal, head right, holding spear in right hand and resting with left hand on shield set on ground; on the right side, nude Aphrodite standing left, covering pudenda with left hand and breasts with right hand. Rare, F+. Hoeft coll. Ptolemais (BC 300-200) AE 13516 views3rd century BC. AE13 (2.06g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΠTO-ΛE, amphora, double cornucopia to left. VF, green patina with some red. Alighieri Coll. Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 25 - Commodus516 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE25 (7.02g). Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΓΕΡΜ, laureate and cuirassed bust of Commodus right within dotted border; circular countermark with woman's bust right / ΚΥΖΙΧΗΝ - ΝΕΟΚΟΡ, Demeter with torch driving biga composed of snakes within dotted border. Aspendos (BC 465-430) Stater516 viewsca 465-430 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 10.88g). Hoplite advancing right, holding shield and sword / Triskeles within double square incuses. Near VF, bankers’ marks. Rare early type. Abydos (BC 500-475) Tetartemorion516 views480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.3g). Eagle standing left, Y (?) to right / Quadripartite incuse square ("wind-mill" type). VF.1 comments Kaisareia (AD 193-194) Drachm - Pescennius Niger516 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AR Denarius/Drachm (2.89g, 19mm, 11h). IMP CΛES • C PESCE NIGER IVST • ΛVC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMΛPX I CΞ (sic) VΠΛTOC, calathus containing three grain ears; CT Λ (date) in exergue. EF, porous. Very rare. Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/24515 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Milesian 1/64th or Persic 1/48 Stater (0.17g). Bee within dotted border / Head of eagle right, ΕΦ above. Lightly toned, Good VF. Nagidos (BC 400-380) Obol515 viewsca 488-380 BC. AR Obol (0.60g). Head of Aphrodite facing slightly to right, hair in sphendone / Head of youthful Dionysos facing slightly left, wearing ivy-leaf wreath, N to left. EF. Soloi (BC 350-300) Obol515 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Obol (0.60g). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / Grape cluster on vine, Θ−Ε (magistrate?), [ΣΟΛ]ΕΩΝ below. VF. Magnesia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 14515 viewsTime of Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE14 (2.28g). Bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder; ΕΥΦΗΜΟΣ (magistrate) / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, laureate head of Apollo right, lyre before. Good VF, glossy green patina, minor smoothing on reverse. Rhodes (BC 31-AD 60) AE 33515 viewsLate 1st cent BC-mid 1st cent AD. AE33 - Drachm (25.27g, 12h). Satyros, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose seen from above; ΣΑΤΥΡΟΣ below; all within oak wreath. VF, dark green patina. Ex Prof. Angelo Signorelli Collection, Part I (P. & P. Santamaria, 10/1951), lot 537. Karia Uncertain (BC 480-450) Tetartemorion515 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.20g, 9mm). Foreparts of two confonted bulls, horns crossed / Forepart of bull left within incuse square. Iasos (BC 250-190) AE 24515 views2nd century BC. AE24 (5.76g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Dolphin swimming right, pulling naked Hermias, who holds fin with left hand, ΙΑΣΕΩΝ below. Good style, broad flan, olive-green patina, minimal corrosion on rev, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Side (AD 255-258) AE 29 - Valerian II515 viewsValerian II, Caesar, 255-258 AD. AE29 - 11 Assaria (14.89g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right resting on an eagle’s wings; IA before / CIΔHTΩN N-EΩKOPΩN, Apollo standing facing, head left, holding patera and scepter. VF, thin green patina. Drewry Coll. Trapezopolis (AD 100-200) AE 16515 views2nd century AD. AE16 (2.47g). TPAΠEZOΠOΛITΩN, bust of Athena right / ΔΙAΠ OΛI AΔPACTOY, humped bull advancing right. Very rare mint. VF. Mylasa (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla515 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (11.78g, 6h). AV [K] MAΠ - AV AN[T] ΩNINOC, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / MVΛA / CEΩN, Zeus stg. facing, head left holding scepter in left and patera in right; at his feet, stag left. Very fine. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auc 122 (3/2003), Nr. 1785. Ex Karl coll. Hadrianopolis (AD 117-138) AE 23 - Hadrian515 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE23 (6.69g, 6h). Pom[...], magistrate. KΛICΛP ΛΔPI[...], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI ΠOM[..], large krater within distyle temple; ΛΔPIΛNO / ΠOΛITΩN in two lines in exergue. Apparently unpublished. Near VF, brown patina, light deposits. Ex. Wagner Coll. Elaia (BC 400-300) Trihemiobol?515 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (?) (0.87g). Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet / ΕΛΑ in triangular inscription in olive wreath. aVF. Very rare. Sinope (AD 41-55) AE 22 - Britannicus & Nero515 viewsBritannicus, with Nero as Caesar, 41-55 AD. AE22 (7.43g, 2h). Dated CY 100 (54/5 AD). Laureate head of Britannicus left / Laureate head of Nero left; date in legend. VF, dark green patina, minor roughness. Extremely rare. Pergamon (BC 200-30) AE 16515 views2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (2.98g). Draped bust of Athena wearing Korinthian helmet right / Owl standing facing on monogram, wings closed; all within olive wreath. Very fine. Skepsis (BC 440-400) Trihemiobol515 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol(?) (10mm, 0.83g, 10h). Pegasos flying right; [Σ]-K-H-Ψ-I around / Fir tree within linear square border within dotted square border. VF, porous. Unpublished? Phokaia (BC 200-100) AE 14515 views2nd century BC. AE14 (3.47g, 11h). Aristoleos, magistrate. Draped bust of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Forepart of a griffin right. Near VF, glossy dark green patina. Alexandreia (BC 261-227) AE 11515 viewsca 302/1 BC. AE11 (1.16g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse grazing right; A above, palm(?) before, monogram below, dolphin (or grain?) in exergue. Good VF, brown patina, a few light cleaning scratches. Laranda (AD 244-249) AE 23 - Otacilia Severa515 viewsOtacilia Severa. Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE23 (9.9g). M OTAKIΛIAN CЄOYHPAN CЄB, diademed and draped bust right / ΛΑΡΑΝΔЄΩΝ MHTPO, Tyche seated left on rock, river-god swimming at her feet. Near EF; attractive patina. Kyzikos (AD 200-270) AE 18515 views3rd century AD. AE18 (4.25g). Anepigraphic, head of Kore right, wearing grain ear wreath / KVZI KHNΩN, ibis. Dark green patina, EF. Franke coll.1 comments Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater515 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (9mm, 1.37g). Lioness or panther at bay left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare as a hemihekte. Bruzos (AD 238-244) AE 24 - Gordian III514 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE24 (10.56g). Laureate and draped bust right / [B]ΡΟΥΖΗΝΩ Hekate, in long chiton, standing to front, holding in either hand extended, a long torch. Larisa (BC 400-300) Diobol514 viewsca early 4th cent BC. AR Diobol (1.33g). Head of nymph right / ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ, amphora, within shallow incuse. Toned VF, heavy encrustation. Very rare. Termessos Minor (BC 100-0) AE 13514 viewsca 1st century BC. AE13 (1.71g, 12h). Draped bust of Hermes right, wearing petasos, bee behind / ΤΕΡΜΗΣ-ΣΕΩΝ, eagle standing right, wings closed. Green-brown patina, VF. Very rare. Ariassos (BC 100-0) AE 15514 views1st century BC. AE15 (3.45g). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / Humped bull butting left on ground line, APIA in exergue. Green patina, gVF. Righetti coll. Korykos (BC 100-30) AE 22514 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE22 (4.85g). Turreted head of Tyche right; AK to left / ΚΩΡΥΚΙΩΤΩΝ, naked Hermes standing left, wearing petasos, holding korykeion (caduceus) and chlamys under left arm, patera in outstretched left hand; ΕP/ΠO/ΕΡ to left. Olive-green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll. Prymnessos (AD 193-220) - AE 25514 viewsAutonomous, Severan period, 193-220 AD. AE25 (8.73g). ΙΕΡΑ CΥΝ-ΚΛΗΤΟC, laureate, draped bust of young Senate right / ΠΡΥΜΝΗCCΕΩΝ, Cybele in long gown enthroned left, kalathos on head, right hand outstretched over a lion sitting to her right, left arm resting on a tympanon. Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 200-0) AE 15514 views2nd-1st century BC. AE15 (2.81g). Diademed head of youthful Herakles right / ΜΑΓΝΗ/ ΣΙΠ, tripod; monogram to left. Very fine. Stratonikeia (AD 193-211) AE 38 - Septimius Severus514 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE38 (32.97g, 6h). L CЄP CЄ - BHROC Π[ЄPTINAX], laureate head right; countermark, laureate head of Caracalla right / ЄΠI KΛ [API]CTЄ - OV CTPATONЄIKЄ[Ω - N], Hekate standing facing, head left, holding torch in left and patera in right; at her feet to left, dog with head turned standing left. Very fine. Ex Hirsch Nachf., Auc 202 (11/1998), Nr. 469. Ex Karl coll. Kyzikos (AD 209-212) AE 18 - Geta514 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 209-212 AD. AE18. Draped bust right / Capricorn right. Rare. Larisa (BC 400-300) AE514 views4th century BC. AE (1.14g). Female head left, hair in sphendone / Λ-Α/Ρ-Ι, amphora; grape bunch above, club to left, kerykeion (caduceus) to right. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. Mueller coll. Assos (BC 450-400) Obol514 views5th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.48g, 3h). Griffin seated right / Lion’s head right ΑΣΣ (retrograde) above, within incuse square. VF, toned, light porosity. Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol514 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.61g). Tunny left, lotus (?) flower below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, light porosity. Sinope (BC 362-353) Drachm - Sysinas514 viewsca 362-353 BC, in name of Satrap Sysinas (son of Datames). AR Drachm (5.49g). Head of nymph Sinope left, hair in sphendone, aplustre in front / Sea-eagle attacking dolphin left, Aramaic legend ('abd ssn'). About very fine. Ilistra (AD 164-182) AE 22 - Lucilla514 viewsLucilla, wife of Lucius Verus, 164-182 AD. AE22 (9.30g). Draped and diademed bust right / Athena standing left, holding cup and spear, shield at feet. VF. Pompeiopolis (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III514 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE32 (13.89g). Dated CY 308 (242/3 AD). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at feet, panther left; date in left field. Very fine. Phokaia (BC 521-478) seal - 1/12 Stater514 viewsca 6th century BC. AR 1/12 (?) Stater (1.25g). Seal swimming right / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, VF. Very rare. Smyrna (AD 140-180) AE 22514 viewsTime of Antoninus Pius to Marcus Aurelius, circa 140-180 AD. AE22 (8.39g, 1h). Bare head of Zeus Akraios right / Artemis Panionios standing left, holding laurel branch and bow and arrow; prow at feet to left. EF, black patina. Kaisareia (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus514 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (19.85g). Homonoia with Smyrna, Dated RY 14 (206/207 AD). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ CЄΠΤΙ CЄΟΥΗΡΟC, laureate head right / CΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΚΑΙCΑΡЄΩΝ, agalma of Mount Argaeus surmounted by star, flanked by agonistic crowns, each containing a palm; ЄT IΔ (date) across field. Dark green patina, VF. Plakia (BC 350) AE 13514 views4th century BC. AE13 (1.54g, 12h). Three-quarter facing turreted head of Kybele, slightly left / ΠΛΑ, rudder (or thymiaterion ?). Unpublished in the standard references. VF, dark gray patina, reverse a little rough. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B27514 viewsca 478­-455 BC. EL Hekte (10.5mm, 2.52g, 5h). Head of ram right; below, cock standing left / Incuse head of bull right. Good VF, lightly toned. Unusual centering, allowing full view of cock. Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 15513 viewsca 190-85 BC. AE15 (2.75g). Head of Demeter right, wearing corn wreath / Thunderbolt, ΛΑΜ above, forepart of Pegasos right below. Dark green patina, VF. Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Aphrodite/Herakles513 viewsca 400-360 BC. AR Obol (0.72g). Head of Aphrodite (?) facing with long curts / Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin around neck. EF. Rare. Rhodes (BC 125-88) Drachm513 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (17 mm, 2.52g, 1h). Helios radiate head right / Rose with bud to left, rising sun to right, P--O below rose, ΑΝΤΑΙΟΣ (magistrate). Ilion (AD 138-180) AE 16513 viewsAntoninian time, 138-180 AD. AE16 (2.03g). ILI-EWN, bust of Athena right, wearing Aegis / ΕΚΤ-ΩΡ, naked Hector standing right, helmed head turned left, holding spear in right hand. Dark olive green patina, EF. Rare. Rhodes (BC 229-226) AE 18513 viewsca 229-226 BC. AE18 - Tetrachalkon (4.90g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / P-O, rose with bud to right; TE to left. Good VF, choice dark green patina. Ashton links this and several related coinage issues to the period immediately after the great earthquake that struck Rhodes circa 229-226 BC. The city and port were devastated, and the great bronze Colossus beside the harbor was demolished. Greek states all over the eastern Mediterranean shipped in relief supplies, with Ptolemy III of Egypt being particularly generous. The Zeus head may reflect an Egyptian connection - the Rhodians honoring their benefactors. Neokaisareia (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus513 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE28 (12.20g, 28mm). Cuirassed, draped and laureate bust R / Agonistic crown on basis. Very fine. Kos (BC 345-330) Didrachm513 viewsca 345-330 BC. AR Didrachm (6.74g). Biton, magistrate. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Veiled female head left; ΒΙΤΩΝ behind. VF, toned, minor corrosion. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions IV (9/1988), lot 108; Ariadne Galleries 4 (12/1983), lot 124. Nysa (AD 244-249) AE 35 - Philip I513 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE35 (14.08g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / AVP TATIANOV ANTIOXOV ΓΠ, NVCAEΩN, Athena standing left, holding shield set on ground and spear. Fine, black surfaces, a little rough. Rare and apparently unrecorded. Hadrianopolis (AD 238-244) AE 33 - Gordian III513 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE33 (24.32g). S. Kaikinon, magistrate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠ C KAIKINON B AΔRIANOΠO around, C-EB across field, Tyche standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae. Near VF, even brown surfaces, obverse lightly double-struck. Ex Sternberg XI (11/1981), lot 313. Syangela (BC 350-320) AE 9513 viewsca 350-320 BC. AE9 (0.82g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / S-Y, spear point within laurel wreath. EF. Very rare. Karl coll.; ex Hauck and Aufhäuser, Auk. 18 (10/2004), 266. Ephesos (AD 117-138) AE 23 - Hadrian513 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE23 (6.36g). […] AΔPIANOC, laureate head right / KAYCTPOC EΦE, River-god Kaystros reclining left holding rudder and resting left arm on jug. Rare. Very fine. Nikomedeia (AD 251-253) AE 23 - Trebonianus Gallus513 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE23 (6.34g). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / Gallus on horseback right, holding lance. VF, dark brown patina with some green. Perge (AD 247-249) AE 27 - Philip II513 viewsPhilip II, 247-249 AD. AE27 (8.42g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cult statue of Artemis Pergaea, star and crescent flanking; all within distyle temple; in pediment, eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed. Good VF, brown surfaces. Ex Alexandre de Barros Coll. Kaisareia (AD 193-217) Drachm - Julia Domna513 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AR Drachm (2.94g, 18mm, 12h). Dated RY 16 of Septimius Severus (208/9 AD). Draped bust right / Argaios(?) seated left on rocks, holding branch; ET IS (date) in exergue. Rare. VF, deposits. Myra (AD 238-244) AE 29 - Gordian III513 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE29 (17.47g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΜΥΡЄΩΝ, Tyche Soterios (Fortuna Redux) standing left. Nice dark green patina, adjustment marks. Good VF. Laodikeia (AD 54-68) AE 16 – Agrippina II513 viewsAgrippina II, mother of Nero, died 59 AD. AE16 (4.96g). Gaios Postomos, magistrate. Struck AD 55. AΓPIΠEINA ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust right / ΓAIOY ΠOΣTOMOY ΛAOΔIKЄΩN, eagle standing right on cippus, head reverted, holding wreath in beak. VF, dark green patina under earthen deposits, attractive. Ex Wagner Coll. Euromos (BC 400) Hemiobol513 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.49g). Forepart of boar right / Bare head of bearded male right, Λ to left. VF, dark toning with earthen undertones. Magnesia (BC 400-350) Drachm513 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.30g, 15mm, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bull butting right; kerykeion above. VF, flat strike in centers, porous. Unpublished. The style and fabric of the coin are consistent with the coinage of Ionia in the mid-late 4th century BC. The Apollo / bull butting types are common at Magnesia, but the absence of any maeander pattern casts doubt upon an attribution to that city. There are rare gold issues with these types at Samos (cf. Barron pl. XXX, 14-5), but it is unlikely that this is a previously unknown silver issue from that mint. Smyrna (BC 88-85) AE 27513 viewsunder Mithradates VI, Eupator, king of Pontos, 120-63 BC. AE27 (12.64g, 24mm, 12h), struck 88-85 BC. Hermogenes and Phrixos, magistrates. Diademed head of Mithradates VI of Pontos right / Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm frond; EPMOΓENH[Σ]/[Φ]PIΞOΣ in two lines to left. Good VF, dark green patina. Excellent portrait. Rare. Ex Vecchi 8 (12/1998), lot 110. (BC 200-133) AE 17513 views281-133 BC. AE17 (2.98g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Asklepios enthroned to left feeding snake. Very fine. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 2 - EL 1/24513 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (5mm, 0.57g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Facing lion’s head / Incuse square. Good VF. Rare denomination. Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 19513 viewsca 400-387 BC. AE19 (8.50g, 6h). Ram’s head right; below, eagle standing right / Laureate head of Apollo right. VF, green and brown patina, light smoothing on reverse. Kaisareia (AD 117-138) AE 21 - Hadrian513 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE21 (5.88g). ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙΣ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ, laureate head right / Legend in four lines (ΚΑΙC ΤΠΡΤ ΑΡΓΑΙΩ ΕΤ Î’) within wreath. ET B = RY2 (118/119 AD). Rare smaller dated denominational unit from Caesarea. M. Armandry of the BNF indicates only five reported examples of this type (1/2012). The inscription means Kais(areôn) T(ôn) P(ros) T(ô) Argaiô: coinage of the inhabitants of Caesarea which is close to Mt Argaeus. Kebren (BC 480-440) Obol513 viewsca late 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.58g, 9mm). Ram’s head left; below, tunny fish right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned, some granularity. The obverse type of a ram’s head left is very similar, stylistically, to the early coinage of Kebren. Although the type is not published with a tunny fish beneath the ram’s head, which is usually indicative of Kyzikos, there are other symbols, such as a bird, that do appear on the Kebren coinage beneath the ram. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12513 viewsca 550-­500 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (9mm, 1.30g). Head of lion left; tunny to right / Quadripartite incuse square.Good VF. Extremely rare as a hemihekte. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B79513 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 11mm). Female head right, with hair in sakkos / Kithara within linear border. gVF. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 - 149