Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Magnesia (BC 400-330) AE 507 views4th century BC. AE (1.03g). Rider with chlamys and lance galloping right, maeander below / Half-figure of Persian Great King in kidaris right, shooting bow, within maeander pattern circle. Green patina, VF. Extremely rare. Mueller Coll. Masikytes (BC 100-0) AE 21507 views1st century BC. AE21 (4.97g, 12h). Diademed head of Apollo right / Apollo Patroös standing facing, holding filleted branch and bow; M-A across field, branch to right. EF, dark green patina. Rare. Ilion (AD 238-244) AE 19 - Gordian III507 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE19 (3.04g). AVT K M AV ΓOPΔIANO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IΛIE-ΩN, wolf suckling twins left. Rare. Very fine. Kragos (BC 42) Hemidrachm507 viewsLykian League, ca 42 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.83g, 15mm). Λ-Y, head Apollo right / Kithara, K-P. EF. Kyme (BC 520-470) Hemiobol507 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.36g). Horse’s head right / Rough incuse square. Good VF. While such coins are generally assigned to an uncertain Thraco-Macedonian mint, the style of the current coin is more refined than any of the horse types in Tzamalis. “Horse/incuse” types were almost certainly minted at multiple locations, and a mint in (western?) Asia Minor would seem logical based on provenances. Gergis (BC 450-400) Tetrobol507 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetrobol (1.90g, 12mm, 5h). Sphinx seated right with raised left paw / Athena wearing Corinthian helmet left; within incuse square. Granulate surfaces, Very Fine, Very Rare. cf. Helios 8, lot 281 and Gorny & Mosch 212, lot 1640; unpublished in standard references. Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/18? Stater507 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.82g). Female head right, wearing helmet or close fitting cap / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, porous. Kelenderis (BC 425-400) Stater506 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.64g). Nude youth on horse left / Goat left, head turned to right, ΚΕΛΕΝ above. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) lion/panther - Obol506 viewsca 465-440 BC. AR Obol (0.72g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Facing head of panther in incuse square. VF. Ex Hirsch Nachf. 175 (1992), lot 407. Tlos (BC 400-380) Stater506 viewsafter 400 BC. AR Stater (8.50g). Facing lion's scalp / Two confronted lions, paws raised, on ground line; diskeles between, Lykian script 'tlafe' around, all within dotted incuse circle. Attractive toning, obv. weak strike, good VF. Kos (BC 166-88) Hemidrachm506 viewsca 166-88 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.72g). Magistrates Nikarch(...) and Asklep(...). Laureate head of Asklepios right / Coiled snake, head right; ΝΙΚΑΡΧ to left, ΑΣΚΛΗΠ to right, ΚΟΣ? below. VF. Sagalassos (AD 268-270) AE 33 - Claudius II Gothicus506 viewsClaudius II Gothicus, 268-270 AD. AE33 - 10 Assaria (18.01g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CAΓAΛACCE-ΩN, lion leaping left; I below; c/m: pellet within annulet; all within serrate incuse. VF, red-brown surfaces. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Tomaris (AD 100-300) AE 22506 viewsAutonomous, 2nd-3rd cent AD. AE22 (6.57g). Laureate head of Demos right / TOMAP-HNΩN, eagle standing facing, head left. Near VF, dark brown patina. Unrecorded?1 comments Perge (AD 253-268) AE 30 - Gallienus506 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE30 - 10 Assaria (15.47g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; star above, I before / ΠΕΡΓΑΙΑ-C ΑΡ[ΤΕΜΙΔΟ]C around, ΑCVΛΟV in exergue, statue of Artemis with crescent and star above within distyle temple. VF, green patina. Drewry Coll.; Ex Schulman (9/1973), lot 457. Rhodes (AD 31-60) AE 19506 viewsca 31-60 AD. AE19 (3.09g). Draped bust of Helios or Nymph Rhodos right, head radiate / ΡΟΔΙΩΝ, Nike in long dress standing left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand. Dark brown patina, gVF. Rare issue. Joy coll. Philomelion (AD 41-54) AE 14 - Claudius506 viewsClaudius I, 41-54 AD. AE14 (5.70g). ΣABAΣTOΣ, bare head right / BPOKXOI ΦIΛOMHΛEΩN, Zeus seated left holding patera & scepter. Great strike in high relief. Good metal. Beautiful dark green patina. Choice EF. Kyme (BC 320-250) AE 14506 viewsca 320-250 BC. AE14 (1.82g). Eagle standing right, AΠOΛΛOΔOPO[Σ] (magistrate) above / K-Y, one-handled vase. Very fine. Abydos (BC 480-450) Obol506 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (0.8g, 10mm). Eagle standing left / Gorgoneion within incuse square. Good Fine. Early type, heavy. Miletos (AD 138-161) AE 39 - Antoninus Pius506 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE39 - Medallion (29.28g, 1h). Homonoia with Smyrna. Laureate head right / Apollo of Didyma on left, standing facing, holding stag and bow; beside him to right, two Nemeses standing vis-à-vis, drawing drapery from shoulder, that on the right holding scepter. Good Fine, rough brown patina. Metropolis (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus506 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 (27.69g). Kal... ...thallos, magistrate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Ares, holding spear and shield, standing left with tetrastyle temple with arcuated lintel. Light smoothing in fields, brown and green patina, VF. Vermeule coll.; ex CNG 53 (3/2000), 1086. Kraft documents the use of this same obverse die on coins of Hypaepa, Magnesia, and Smyrna. Phokaia (BC 300-200) AE 16506 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE15 (3.33g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Φ-Ω, griffin standing right on ground line, left paw raised; ΗΡΟΣΩΝ / ΦΑΝΕΙΟΥ (magistrate) below. Methymna (BC 450-400) Triobol506 viewsca 420-377 BC. AR Triobol (1.46g, 10mm). Helmeted head of Athena right / M - A, head of panther facing within incuse square. VF. Rare. Smyrna (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius & Agrippina II506 viewsClaudius and Agrippina II, 41-54 AD. AE20 (5.68g, 12h). Jugate heads of Claudius, laureate, and Agrippina, right / Cybele seated left, wearing modius, holding patera and resting on tympanum. Dark patina, VF. Kaisareia (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus506 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (13.07g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (204/5 AD). Laureate head right / Mt. Argaeus between two agonistic urns; MHTPO KAI[C] and KOI-NOC above, CЄOYHPIOC Φ[I]/ΛAΔЄΛΦIOC/ ЄT IΓ (date) below. VF, slightly worn pale green patina. Rare and interesting games issue. Group CEM. Dardanos (BC 500) Trihemiobol506 views5th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.03g), ca 480 BC. Rooster standing right, sun/star to left / Rough incuse square. Unpublished save for its auction appearances and unique. Nicely toned. Good very fine. From the collections of R. Maly, LHS 100 (4/2007), 295, T. Kuyas, Münzen und Medaillen 41 (6/1970), 158, V. M. Brand, Hess-Leu 31 (12/1966), 414 and P. Lambros, Hirsch XXIX (11/1910), 677. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B55506 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g, 11mm). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / Two overlapping female heads facing each other, hair in archaic braids all within incuse square. Obverse nicely centered on flan, good VF. Carr coll. Eight examples known to Bodenstedt. This is the fifth further example to appear at auction. The reverse is an amazing picture puzzle. Examining the reverse of B55 emissions, one can note two different types: one type has an overlap of the heads such that an optical illusions is created where they appear to have a common eye; the other type, each head retains a distinct eye in profile. The overlap of the heads is a reverse that also appears on a later emission, B62 - part of a different series for Bodenstedt. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) lion/panther - Obol505 viewsca 465-440 BC. AR Obol (0.68g, 8mm). Forepart of roaring lion right / Facing head of panther within incuse square. VF. Diokaisareia (AD 244-249) AE 31 - Philip I505 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE31 (19.13g). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔIOKECAPEΩN MH KENNATΩ, Tyche Soterios (Fortuna Redux) standing left and Tyche of Diocaesarea seated right; river-god Calycadnus swimming left below. Aigeai (AD 217-218) AE - Diadumenian505 viewsDiadumenian, 217-218 AD. AE (16.08g), 217/18 AD. [M OPE]L ANTONEINOS KAI, draped and cuirassed bust right / MAKREINOUPO / AIGEAIWN, ram right; date above. Light green patina, very fine. Antiocheia (AD 1st-2nd cent) AE505 viewsca 1st-2nd cent AD, pseudo-autonomous. AE (3.74g). NAP-BIC, Head of Tyche right, wearing 3-pointed crown / ΑΝΤΙΟ−ΧΕΩΝ, Athena standing left, holding spear and shield. Dark green patina, aEF. Rare. Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) AE 16505 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AE16 (3.97g). Head of Poseidon right / Ornate trident head; ΑΛΙΚΑP to left, ΜΕΛΑ (magistrate) to right. Syangela (BC 350-320) AE 11505 viewsca 350-320 BC. AE11 (0.86g). Laureate head of Zeus right / [S-Y], corn grain within laurel wreath. Dark green patina, aEF. Very rare. Joy coll.; ex CNG XXXIII (1995), 306. Smyrna (AD 100-300) AE 22505 viewsImperial Times, ca 2nd-3rd cent AD. AE22 (6.04g). Homer seated right, holding scroll / CMYP/NAI/ΩN in three lines within wreath. Good VF, dark gray patina, a few spots of red encrustation, well struck. Herakleia Pontika (AD 253-268) AE 24 - Gallienus505 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE24 (6.38g). Π Λ ΓAΛΛIHNOC CEB, laureate head of Gallienus right / HPAKΛEΩ[TAN M - ATPOΠOΛEITAN / ΠO - N - TΩ], Herakles standing facing, holding club, bow and lion´s skin. Persian Kings (BC 420-330) 1/4 Siglos505 views5th-4th century BC. AR 1/4 Siglos (1.32g). Persian king or hero right in kneeling-running stance, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Toned, VF. Kolophon (BC 375-360) Diobol505 viewsca 375-360 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.90g, 12h). [...]onides, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre. VF, reverse scratch. Teos (BC 470-420) Hemitetartemorion505 viewsca 475-450 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (?) (0.11g, 5mm). Head of griffin right / Quadripartite incuse square. Very fine. Mostene (BC 200-0) AE 16505 views2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (4.27g, 12h). Veiled head of Demeter of Persephone; grain ear behind / ΛΥΔΩΝ ΜΟΣΤΗΝΩΝ, grain ear within wreath. VF, green patina. Kyzikos (AD 177-184) AE 21505 viewsImperial Times, ca 177-184 AD. AE21 (4.90g, 6h). KO–PH CΩTЄIPA, draped bust of Kore Soteira right, wearing wreath of grain ears / KYZI–KHNΩN, Eros standing left, holding hare by its hind feet. Near EF, dark green patina, area of flat strike on reverse. Fine style. Unique, and an extremely rare depiction of Eros the Hunter. Ex Liles Coll.; ex Lanz 125 (11/2005), lot 336. Although this issue is unpublished, it can be dated by the strong stylistic similarity to other issues of this period (cf. RPC Online 783)1 comments Chios (AD 0-200) AE 16505 views1st-2nd century AD. AE16 / Assarion (2.0g). XIΩΝ, Sphinx seated right, raising forepaw; prow of galley before / ACAPION, Amphora between two grain ears, stars above. Near EF. Kelenderis (BC 425-410) Stater504 viewsca 425-410 BC. AR Stater (10.82g, 2h). Nude rider, holding whip in his left hand, jumping from horse galloping to left (performing the kalpe', a horse race in which the rider jumps from his horse and runs beside it) / Goat kneeling to left, head turned back to right; ivy branch above. Toned, EF. Ex Bank Leu 28 (5/1981), lot 182, and from the Cilician Hoard of 1957 (IGCH 1255). Anazarbos (AD 98-117) Trihemiassarion - Trajan and Marciana504 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE Trihemiassarion (11.06g), 113/114 AD. [ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑ]ΝΟC CΕ ΓΕΡ ΔΑ, Laureate head right / ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕ - Monogram - ΑΝΑZΑΡ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΗΝ ΘΕ / ΕΤ ΒΛΡ (Jahr 132), draped bust Marciana right. Fantastc Portraits! Good very fine. Seleukeia (AD 100-200) AE 30504 views2nd cent AD. AE30 (15.40g, 5h). ... Demetrios, magistrate. Laureate and draped bust of Apollo right, seen from behind, and draped bust of Artemis left, seen from behind, trace of quiver on shoulder, vis-a-vis / Athena advancing right, brandishing spear and shield at anguipede Giant, seen from behind, raising hands in defense; ΕΠΙ [...]ΟΥ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ in legend. VF, black-green patina with traces of green overtones, trace of roughness. Unique. Ex von Aulock Collection, 5819. Samos (BC 310-300) Hemidrachm504 viewsca 300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 1.64g). Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; ΔΟΥΡΙΣ (magistrate) above. VF, toned. Eikonion (AD 253-268) AE 23 - Gallienus504 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE23 (5.37g). IMP Γ P LIC GALLIENVC PF, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ICONIEN COLO/ S-R, Athena standing left, holding spear with entwined serpent in left hand, and eagle in right; shield at her feet. Good VF. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) bull - Tetartemorion504 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.12g, 5mm). Rosette / Head of bull right. Extremely rare (2nd recorded?). Obverse off center, good very fine. Tarsos (AD 117-138) Tridrachm - Hadrian504 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Tridrachm (9.09g, 25mm, 12h). Laureate head right / Tyche seated left on throne, holding palm and cornucopia; at feet to left, the river-god Cyndus swimming left; countermark: laureate and draped bust of Caracalla right. Near VF, toned. Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 34 - Caracalla504 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE34 (20.08g, 6h). Bust right, wearing crown and garment of the demiurgus / Perseus standing right, holding statuette of Apollo Lyceus, encountering fisherman advancing right, head left, holding rod with a fish on one end, a basket on the other. Near EF, dark green patina, minor roughness. Rare. From Group CEM. Ex Adana Museum Coll. Karia Uncertain (BC 500-450) Diobol504 viewsca 500-440 BC. AR Diobol - Milesian Standard (1.93g, 10mm). Bull standing right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/8 Stater504 viewslate 6th-early 5th century BC. AR 1/8 Stater (9mm, 1.58g). Lion’s head facing within square pelleted border / Floral or stellar design within square lattice frame; all within square incuse. VF, toned, a bit porous. Erythrai (BC 520-480) 1/96 Stater504 viewsca 550 BC. AR 1/96 Stater - Lydo-Milesian standard (4mm, 0.13g). Rosette with central pellet / Four pellets around a central pellet within deep incuse. Thyateira (AD 100-270) AE 14504 views2nd-3rd century AD. AE14 (1.41g). Obverse brockage. Head of Herakles right, lion skin around neck / Incuse of obverse. Good VF, grayish-green patina, minor porosity. Stratonikeia (BC 166) Hemidrachm 504 viewsca 150-120 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.4g, 12mm, 2h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing 3/4 to right, wings open, C-T, serpent on altar in lower right field, APYCΛAC (?) (magistrate) above. VF. Kyzikos (BC 550­-500) EL 1/6 Stater504 viewsca 550­-500 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.68g). Facing head of Silenos; at sides, two tunnies upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Metropolis (BC 100-0) AE 12503 views1st century BC. AE12 (2.60g). Turreted head of Kybele right / Pinecone, ΔΙΟΓΕ (magistrate) to left, monogram to right. aVF. Scarce. Rhodes (BC 250-230) Didrachm503 viewsca 250-230 BC. AR Didrachm (6.79g). Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; Athena holding aphlaston to left, TIMOΘΕΟΣ (magistrate) above. Good very fine. Tripolis (AD 100-200) AE 25503 views2nd cent AD. AE25 (7.49g, 6h). Draped bust of the Roman Senate right / Demeter standing left, holding grain ears and poppy, and grain stalk. Good VF, black-green patina with beige overtones, slight shift-strike on reverse. Sala (AD 161-180) AE 22503 viewsAutonomous, ca 161-180 AD. AE22 (5.70g). Draped bust of the Senate right / EΠI ΔAMA CALHNΩN, Dionysos standing right, holding grape cluster in right hand, left hand resting on cantharus set on column. VF, dark brown patina, a few light scratches. Kaisareia (AD 161-180) AE 32 - Marcus Aurelius503 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE32 (22.38g). Struck 172 AD. Laureate head right / Horned head of Zeus-Ammon right. Fine, green patina. Isinda (AD 221-222) AE 27 - Severus Alexander503 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD, as Caesar under Elagabal. AE27 (11.22g), struck ca 221-222 AD. Draped, beardless bust right / ICIN/ΔEΩN, draped, bearded bust of Sarapis with modius right, draped bust of Isis with oak wreath left. Olive-green patina with red highlights, VF. Very rare, von Aulock counts only 2 other examples. Righetti coll. Iuliopolis (AD 197-211) AE 26 - Caracalla503 viewsCaracalla, 197-211 AD. AE26 (10.57g). Draped and cuirassed bust right / ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠ - ΟΛEΙΤΩΝ, Tyche standing, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Rare. Good fine. Found by detectorist in Leiden, Netherlands! Myriandros (BC 361-334) Obol503 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.43g, 10mm). King seated right on throne, holding lotus flower and lotus-tipped scepter / Lion attacking a bull. Good very fine. Pessinos (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla503 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (16.85g, 7h). Laureate head left / Diana standing left, crescent on shoulder, holding torch. VF, flack patina, flan crack. Ex Wagner Coll. Tabai (AD 161-180) AE 27 - Faustina II503 viewsFaustina II Junior, wife of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE27 (10,81g, 6h). ΦAVCTЄINA - CEBACTH , daped bust right / TABH-NΩN, Tyche standing facing holding rudder and cornucopia, head left. Almost extremely fine. Ex Karl coll. Antiocheia (AD 100-270) AE 19503 viewsca 2nd-3rd century AD. AE19 (3.45g). Diademed bust of Zeus / ANT IOXЄΩN, Eagle standing left. Very fine. Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 22 - Severus Alexander503 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE22 (5.31g). M AVP CEVH AΛEΞANDPOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NI-K-A-I separated by three standards, outer standards topped with capricorn; EΩN in exergue. VF, medium brown patina, well-centered with a solid strike. Hoeft coll. The capricorn standards likely represent Legio XIIII Gemina Martia Victrix, the legion which had initially supported Septimius Severus in his bid for the purple. While rather distantly related to Septimius Severus through Julia Domna, though named after him, Alexander seems to have encouraged a rumor that he was in fact the illegitimate son of Caracalla and therefore the grandson of Septimius. This coin then suggests an interesting and subtle use of propaganda. Miletos (BC 175-85) Tetradrachm503 viewsca 175-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.80g). Krates and Krateros, magistrates. Laureate head of Apollo right / [M]IΛHΣIΩN, lion walking right, looking back; star above, EΠI KΡATHΣ below, KΡATEΡOΣ to right. Good VF. Rare. Adada (AD 161-180) AE 37 - Marcus Aurelius503 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE37. Laureate head right / M. Aurelius and L. Verus shaking hands. Dark patina, VF. Rare. Sinope (BC 410-375) Drachm503 viewsca 410-350 BC. AR Drachm (6.11g). Head of nymph Sinope left, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace, hair confined by sphendone / ΣΙΝΩ, sea eagle left alighting on dolphin left, magistrate's abbreviated name ΑΓΗ under eagle's wing. Very fine. Ex Potts Coll., Gans, 6/1961. Sinope (BC 330-320) Drachm503 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 5.95g). Head of a nymph left, hair in a saccos; aplustre before / Sea eagle on dolphin, magistrate ΘEOTI above eagle. Good VF, toned. Hadrianotherai (AD 117-138) AE 14 - Hadrian503 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE14 (2.08g, 5h). Laureate head right / Head of bear left. Good Fine, rough tan surfaces. Rare depiction of a bear. Ex Wagner Coll. Hadrianothera was founded following a successful hunt, which is depicted in fuller detail in a related issue (see SNG Copenhagen 177, showing the emperor on horseback spearing a bear). An additional issue in the name of Antinoüs also depicts a similar bear head. Daldis (AD 98-117) AE 16 - Trajan503 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE16 (4.7g). TPAIANO KAICAPCE, Bust right / ΔΑΛΔΙΑΝΩΝ, Zeus Lydios standing left, holding eagle and scepter. gVF. Smyrna (AD 68-69) AE 19503 viewsImperial Times, 68-69 AD. AE19 (3.79g). ЄΠΙ ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΙЄΡΩΝΙΜΟΥ, Nemesis standing to left / CΤΡΑ ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥ CΩCΑΝΔΡΟΥ / [C]ΜΥΡ, River-god reclining to left. Dark patina, GVF. Lapethos (BC 435) Stater503 viewsca 435 BC. AR Stater (10.89g). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of Athena facing, wearing crested helmet. An apparently unrecorded variety of a very rare type. aVF. Hierapolis (AD 50-54) AE 17 - Nero503 viewsNero, as Caesar, 50-54 AD. AE17 (6.44g, 12h). Tiberius Dionysius, magistrate. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Apollo, wearing chlamys and holding labrys, on horseback right. Good VF, brown and tan patina. From Group CEM. Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Obol503 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (13mm, 0.88g, 4h). Forepart of boar left, E (retrograde) on shoulder, tunny behind / Head of lion left within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned with some deposits. Well centered on a large flan. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B90503 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 9h). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right/ Facing hairy large head of satyr, bunch of grapes in lower left field within linear square. Carr coll. There are 6 varieties of reverses for Bodenstedt 90 and of this variety 5 known at time of sale. This coin appears on pages 226 and 227 as plate LN1168 in Joseph Linzalone’s book “Electrum and the Invention of Coinage”. Ex Demetrios Armounta Coll. Ex CNG 75 (5/2007) lot 347; Ex CNG 94 (9/2013), lot 498. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B24503 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g, 12h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of calf right. Carr coll. One of the better struck examples of this type, but with very long tongue. Eight known to Bodenstedt, four others known of which this is the fourth. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B-503 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 9.5mm, 11h). Head of female right, hair bound in sakkos; Λ¬E flanking neck; all on raised disk / Incuse head of cock right; small square behind neck. gVF. The cataloguer at CNG described this coin as “Unique.” If genuine, this is a fascinating and important coin as its obverse and reverse are of an unknown type and the obverse appears to be a ‘shield-like’. The obverse has a ‘hint’ of an under-type at 5 o’clock. The coin is an ‘enigma’: The reverse is a cock's head facing right. B3, B7 and B9 are comparable portraits but all face left. The reverse type suggests that the coin is pre-455 BC but the obverse has a portrait of a woman which is unknown for the early series. The 'shield-like' attachment on the obverse does not have a precedent in the Mytilene series. Mallos (BC 385-333) Obol502 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.68g). Female head right, wearing earring and necklace, hair bound in sakkos / Head of satrap right, wearing Persian headdress. Toned VF. Iasos (BC 250-190) AE502 viewsca 250-190 BC. AE (5.45g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Hermias swimming with dolphin right, ΙΑΣΕΩΝ below. Black-green patina, corrosion spots, VF. Rare. Lamponeia (BC 400) Obol502 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.53g). Head of Dionysos right / Head of bull facing (bukranium), Λ-Α-Îœ. VF. Aigeai (AD 217-218) AE - Macrinus and Diadumenian502 viewsMacrinus and Diadumenian, 217-218 AD. AE (11.54g). AUT K M OP SEU MAKRINOS KAI DIAD[..]NIAN, confronting busts of Macrinus and Diadumenian. MAKRINOU P M [...] AIGEAIWN, Bust of Dionysos with Thyrsos R; before, bunch of grapes. Very rare, brown almost black patina, good very fine. Bull on Kilikia, Kelenderis502 viewsCilicia, Kelenderis, ca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.21g). Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from rearing horse right, monogram below / Goat kneeling right, head reverted, ΚΕΛΕΝ above, countermark: bull walking right. VF/EF. Aigeai (AD 81-96) AE 19 - Time of Domitian502 viewsTime of Domitian. 81-96 AD. AE19 (5.17g,12h), dated year 135 (88/9 AD). Veiled, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / Head of horse left; [P] ΛE (date) in reverse legend. Near VF, brown patina, minor scuffs reverse. Isinda (BC 100-0) AE 20502 views1st century BC. AE20 (4.49g). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / Horseman galloping right, spear in right hand; IB (= year 12 of local era) to left, snake and ΙΣΙΝ below. Dark olive-green patina, gVF/VF. Gutknecht coll. Olba (AD 10-15) AE 23 - Ajax502 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD, under Ajax, high priest and toparch, 10-15 AD. AE23 (12.50g), struck ca 10/11 AD. KAIΣΑPΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟV, head laureate right / KENNATΩN KAI ΛAΛAΣΣEΩN around, APXIEPEΩΣ AIANTOΣ TEVKPOV TOΠAPXOV ET A (=year1) across field, thunderbolt. Olive green patina, aEF. Tyana (AD 193-211) AE 21 - Septimius Severus502 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE21 (6.16g). Laureate head right / Club and lion’s skin. Nice very fine. Konana (BC 60-40) AE 15502 viewsca 60-40 BC. AE15 (3.28g). Bull butting right on ground line / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, ΚΟΝΑΝΕωN above. Extremely rare, possibly unpublished variant. Ankyra (AD 198-217) AE 18 - Caracalla502 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE18 (3.04g, 6h). Laureate head right / Prize crown with palm. Near VF, black patina with some earthen deposits, light cleaning scratches, obverse die break. Wagner Coll. Sardeis (AD 81-96) AE 32 - Domitian502 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE32 (15.76g), struck under strategos T.FL.Metrodoros. ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP CEBAC - TOC Γ[E]PMANIKOC, laureate bust right, Aegis on left shoulder / [EΠI T ΦΛ MHTPO]ΔΩPOV CTPA - TO B CAPΔ / [IAΩN] (TO ligate), youthful Dionysos in long garment sitting left on throne, resting with left arm on back of throne and propping his head in left hand; with right hand pouring wine from kantharos into cup which Hephaistos holds to him with his left hand; nude Hephaistos standing right, wearing his typical hat and holding right arm behind his back; his hammer standing in front. Rare, F/about VF. Hoeft coll. The rev. obviously depicts the scene which precedes directly Hephaistos' return to the Olympos. Dionysos has invited Hephaistos to a meeting to make him drunken with wine. Kelenderis (BC 440-400) Obol502 viewsca 440-410 BC. AR Obol (0.66g, 5h). Facing gorgoneion / Forepart of Pegasos left in pelleted square within incuse square. Good VF, toned. Ninika-Klaudiopolis (AD 235-238) AE 27 - Maximinus I502 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE27 (9.48g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Maximinus standing left, holding phiale and scepter, within tetrastyle temple. Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina with earthen highlights, very minor roughness. (BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Hemiobol502 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, ca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Tetartemorion (?) (0.25g). Head of young male right / Head of bull left, E behind. VF. Very rare. Mueller coll. Kaisareia (AD 177-192) AE 27 - Commodus502 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE27 (14.80g, 10h). Dated Cos. 13 (192 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Agalma of Mt. Argaeus on altar; ЄT ΓI (date) divided between altar and exergue. VF, red-brown patina, light scratches. Sinope (BC 365-350) Drachm - Abrocromas502 viewsca 365-333 BC, in name of Satrap Abrocromas. AR Drachm (5.52g). Head of nymph Sinope left, hair in sphendone, aplustre in front / Sea-eagle attacking dolphin left, Aramaic legend ('Abrkkn') below. Deep cut, toned very fine. According to Xenophon, Abrocromas was a general for Artaxerxes II at the time of Cyrus' revolt, but arrived at the battle of Cunaxa (401 BC) with 300,000 men five days late. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B56502 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Cow's head right. Good VF. Germanikopolis (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla502 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (13.95g). 209/210 AD. [...] Îœ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝ[...], radiate and draped bust right / ΓЄΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΠΟΛЄΩC / ЄT / CЄI (Year 125), eagle seated on altar in between two standards. Rare. Dark green patina. gVF. Nagidos (BC 400-380) Obol502 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Obol (0.69g, 10mm, 4h). Head of Pan right / Bearded head of Dionysos right. Near EF, toned. Trapezos (AD 225-227) AE 29 - Orbiana502 viewsOrbiana, Augusta, 225-227 AD. AE29 (12.37g, 6h). Dated CY 163 (226/7 AD). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Mithras on horseback right; tree to left, lighted altar to right; ЄT PΞΓ (date) in exergue. Good VF, dark green patina. From Group CEM. Ex Sternberg XI (11/1981), lot 242. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 - 149