Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Side (AD 14-37) AE 16 - Tiberius1196 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE16 (3.06g). TIBE[PIOY], laureate head right / CIΔ-HT, Athena advancing left holding pomegranate and shield. VF. (BC 282-263) Philetairos I - Tetradrachm1194 viewsPhiletairos I, 282-263 BC, struck ca 263 BC (possibly lifetime or by successor nephew Eumenes I). AR Tetradrachm (17.02g). Pergamon mint. Head of Philetairos right, wearing taenia / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, resting right hand on shield and left elbow on sphinx, ivy leaf in inner left field, A on throne, bow in right field. Good VF. There is speculation from hoard evidence that these coins were issued in the late part of Philetairos' reign - the taenia on the head is of interest in this regard. Abydos (BC 470-450) Obol1194 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.75g, 1h). Eagle standing left; ABY to left, T above / Gorgoneion facing, tongue protruding, within incuse square. VF. Rare. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B071193 viewsca 509 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cock left, small incuse rectangle behind. Good VF. Ex Leu 77 (5/2000), lot 283; Private Collection, Paris. (BC 96-63) Ariobarzanes I - Drachm1193 viewsAriobarzanes I Philoromaios, ca 96-63 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.09g), dated RY 2 (94/3 BC). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting hand on shield set on ground, spear leaning against arm; T-Λ across field, B (date) in exergue. VF, iridescent toning, light scratch. Strickhausen Coll. Abydos (BC 385-335) Drachm1193 viewsca 388-335 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 2.54g, 2h). Efarmostos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Eagle standing left, AB[Y] and ram's head before, [ΕΦ]ΑΡΜΟΣΤΟ[Σ] and poppy behind. Ex Weber Coll. Side (AD 254-268) AE 28 - Salonina1191 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE28 - 10 Assaria (19.42g). KOPNHLIA CALWNINA CEB, diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent; I (denomination mark) in right field / CIDHTWNANEWKORWN, three galley ships; NAVARX/IC. Phokaia (BC 530-500) Obol1191 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Obol (0.82g). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Very rare. Abydos (BC 175-70) Tetradrachm1190 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.51g). Diademed bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, within dotted circle / Eagle standing right, helmeted head of Athena to right; ΑΒΥ-ΔΗ-ΝΩΝ above, ΜΙΛΗΘΙ (magistrate) in exergue, all within laurel wreath. This form of the magistrate's name not recorded in the standard works. Toned VF, light porosity, some smoothing on the reverse. Kyzikos (BC 170-150) Didrachm1190 viewsca 170-150 BC. AR Didrachm (7.08g, 12h). Head of Kore right, wearing oak wreath / KY-ZI, thunderbolt within laurel wreath; monogram above and below. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater1190 viewsca 440-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 10mm). Head of Athena left, crested Attic helmet adorned with laurel branch / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Unpublished and possibly unique. Unrecorded by Bodenstedt. The helmeted head of Athena was a popular coin type in Phokaian coinage in electrum, silver and bronze. This novum has a distinctive laurel wreathed helmet, the crest of which has a split segment exactly as seen on the silver staters and distaters of Thurium, dated to c. 440-400, cf. ACGC 728-730 and HN Italy 1757-1775. Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 121189 views3rd-2nd cent BC. AE12 (1.32g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΔ[ΡΑ-M]-Y, forepart of Pegasos right. Fine olive-green patina, gVF. Scarcer type. Gutknecht coll. (BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 231188 viewsPylaimenes, ca 130 BC. AE23 (5.58g). Pylaimenes as Herakles right, club over shoulder, lion's skin around neck / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. Superb EF, glossy dark brown patina, exceptional! Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B111188 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 4h). Head of ram right; cock below / Incuse head of roaring lion left; incuse rectangular punch behind. Good VF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B901187 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Facing satyr's head in linear square. Good VF. Uncertain (BC 530-480) Trihemiobol1185 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.18g). Tunny fish right / Irregular incuse. Ex Rosen Coll.1 comments Phokaia (BC 521-478) B29 - EL 1/6 Stater1185 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Three seals swimming in a circle to L around a central pellet / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely attractive and well struck. Good EF. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 281185 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE28 (22.84g). Male head left (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk); countermarks: helmet, thunderblot, gorgon facing / 8-rayed star. VF, dark green patina. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Pergamon (AD 60-150) AE 151185 viewsQuasi-autonomous, end 1st-mid 2nd century AD. AE15 (3.1g). ΘEON CVNKΛHTOC, bust of the Senate right / ΘEAN PΩ - MHN, turreted bust of Roma right; monogram before. gVF. Sardeis (AD 98-180) AE 221185 views2nd-3rd century AD. AE22 - Diassarion (5.22g, 6h). Bearded head of Herakles left / CARDI - ANWN, Omphale standing right with lion's skin over shoulders, holding club in left hand and drapery with right. A splendid piece, with a fine, glossy, dark green patina. Struck in high relief and especially attractive. Good extremely fine. From a Swiss private collection. Omphale, a mythical queen of Lydia, received Herakles to do her bidding for a year in punishment for his murder of Iphytos. He even had to help her with her spinning, and she, as we see here, wore his lion’s skin and wielded his club. Struck by his charm she later freed and married him, and their children were the ancestors of the later Heraklid dynasty of Sardeis. (BC 52-42) Ariobarzanes III - Drachm1184 viewsAriobarzanes III Eusebes Philoromaios, 52-42 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.80g). Dated RY 9 (43 BC). Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; star in crescent to inner left, monogram to inner right, Θ (date) in exergue. VF. (BC 197-160) Eumenes II - Tetradrachm1183 viewsEumenes II, 197-160 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.75g, 32mm), struck ca 169-160 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena seated left on throne with lion's leg, wearing long, sleeveless chiton and crested Corinthian helmet, holding spear in left hand, crowning king's name with raised right hand, left elbow resting on large, round shield with gorgoneion; in outer left field, stylis, A in center, bow to right. EF. Rare. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen AG, Basel Fixed Price List 415 (1979), lot 2. Perge (BC 220-189) AE 151182 views220-189 BC. AE15 (1.80g). Sphinx with polos seated right / ИANAΨAΣ/ ΠΡEIIAΣ, Artemis standing left, holding scepter. Good very fine. Adana (AD 0-100) AE 221182 views1st century AD. AE22 (5.40g). Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right / ΑΔΑ-ΝΕΩΝ, horse standing left on ground line, right leg raised; ΔΙ and ΞΕ in field to left. Brown patina, VF. Righetti coll. Paphos (BC 51-30) AE - Cleopatra VII1181 viewsCleopatra VII Philopator, 51-30 BC. AE Dichalkon - 1/8 Unit (1.99g, 12h). Paphos mint. Diademed and draped idealized bust right / Double cornucopiae. VF, dark green patina. Alexandreia (BC 301-281) AE 141181 viewsca 301-281 BC. AE14 (1.89g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Apollo Smintheos standing right, wearing long garb, holding bow with both hands, case on back; ΑΛΕΞ to left, mouse at feet to right. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Thyateira (AD 55-60) AE 15 - Nero1181 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE15 (2.3g). NEPΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟC KAICAP CEBA, head right / ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗ-ΝΩΝ, labrys (double-axe). gVF. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 221179 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (8.33g). Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf's scalp / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina. Pergamon (AD 40-60) AE 17 1178 viewsClaudian era, ca 40-60 AD, under Roman protection, pseudo-autonomous. AE17 (4.25g). ΘΕΑN - ΡωΜΗN, draped bust of Roma right / ΘΕOΝ CΥΝΚΛΗΤΟΝ, draped diademed bust of Senate right. Good VF. (BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 211178 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE21 (6.78g). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Centaur walking right, playing lyre. Good VF, glossy black patina. Eleutheria (BC 4th cent) AE 101178 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE10 (1.09g, 12h). Facing head of Athena, wearing triple-crested helmet / ELEY, lion walking right, head reverted. Good VF, glossy dark green patina. David Herman Coll. The town of Eleutherion is only known from a short passage in the 6th century geographical works of Stephanus Byzantinus, and this small coin. Kaisareia (AD 54-68) Didrachm - Nero and Divus Claudius1178 viewsNero and Divus Claudius, 54-68 AD. AR Didrachm (7.31g, 20mm), struck 63-65 AD. Laureate head of Nero right / Laureate head of Claudius right. Minor obverse flan flaw, good very fine. Chios (BC 520-480) Didrachm1178 viewsca 490-435 BC. AR Didrachm (7.86g). Sphinx seated left; amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, attractively toned. Nice archaic style. Morcom Coll. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1178 viewsca 380 BC. EL Hekte (2.63g). Naked Kabir wearing pileus and chlamys kneeling left over ram, which he is about to stab with knife held in right hand, while holding up the head of the ram with his left; below, tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Of the highest rarity. A very interesting and finely executed representation, light reddish tone and extremely fine. Ex Spink 114 (1996), 57. Eikonion (AD 81-96) AE - Domitian1177 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE (3.54g). ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ Κ[...], laureate head right / [KΛ]AVΔЄIKONIЄΩN, Nike holding branch and wreath. Dark green patina. Extremely fine. (BC 94-74) Nikomedes IV - Tetradrachm1176 viewsNikomedes IV, ca 94-74 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.37g, 12h), dated BE 208 (90/89 BC). Diademed head of Nikomedes right / Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; eagle on thunderbolt above monogram and HΣ (date) to left. Good VF, Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater 1176 views5th-4th century BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.71g). Figure, wearing armor and holding transverse scepter, standing left [on tunny?], in pose of acclamation / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished. VF, lightly toned, some die rust on obverse. Unique. Gaziura (BC 100-85) AE 221176 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE22 (8.04g, 12h). Helmeted head of Ares right / ΓΑZΙ-ΟΥΡΩΝ, sword in sheath. VF, dark brown patina, minor roughness. Righetti Coll., 10354; ex Münzen und Medaillen 13 (10/2003), lot 254. Kaisareia (AD 202-205) Drachm - Plautilla1176 viewsPlautilla, Augusta, 202-205 AD. AR Drachm (3.12g, 20mm, 12h). Draped bust right / Artemis drawing arrow from quiver with right hand, holding bow in left hand. gVF. (BC 220-163) Ariarathes IV - Drachm1174 viewsAriarathes IV, 220-163 BC. AR Drachm (4.18g, 11h). Dated Year 33 (188/87 BC). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike, shield and spear; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ, ΓΛ (date) in exergue. EF. Ex Lanz Auc. 102 (5/2001), lot 285 (Ariarathes V; sold DM 425 ($190) + comm). Autophradates (BC 380-355) AE 111174 viewsIonia/Lydia, uncertain mint, Autophradates, Persian satrap in Lydia ca 392-388 BC, and in Ionia and Lydia ca 380-355 BC. AE11 (1.25g). Head of bearded Persian Satrap in tiara right / Fish hook-like symbol. Very fine, rare. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B991173 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 6h). Head of Kabeiros right, wearing wreathed cap, two stars flanking / Head of Persephone right in linear square. Good VF, toned. Thyateira (AD 55-60) AE 16 - Nero1172 viewsFirst Issue, 55-60 AD. AE16 (3.55g) Draped bust right, lightly bearded / ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗ-ΝΩΝ, double-axe. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Drachm1172 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Drachm (3.40g). Janiform female and male heads (Hera and Zeus?) / ΤΕΝ-ΕΔ-Ι-ΟΝ, double-axe; grapes to left, cicada to right. Toned, good VF, light surface crystallization. Ex Thomas B. Lesure Collection. Tavion (AD 198-217) AE 17 - Caracalla1171 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE17 (2.21g). Draped cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / [ΤΑΟΥ]ΙΑΝ-ΩΝ, forepart of bull right. Dark green patina, aEF. Very rare. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B58 - EL 1/6 Stater1171 viewsca 480-440 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.57g). Forepart of a cow running left; above, [seal] / Four-part incuse square. Good VF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B831171 viewsca 340-330 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of beardless man facing right, wearing petasos (Hermes?) / Panther standing right in square frame, the whole in incuse square. About EF. Mallos (BC 440-390) Obol1171 viewsca 440-390 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.79g, 11h). Bearded janiform head / Head (of Bellerophon?) left, wearing cap; MAP before; all in dotted square within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, granular surfaces. Extremely rare, and probably the finest known. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B381170 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 10h). Head of Selinos facing slightly left / Head of roaring lion right. VF. Struck with fresh dies. Very rare, only four specimens listed by Bodenstedt. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1051170 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g, 12h). Head of Athena to right, wearing Attic helmet with crest / Owl standing to right, head turned to face the viewer; all within linear square. Rare. Nearly extremely fine. Bodenstedt believed this was the last issue of Mytilene, struck in the early 320s. The types are clearly those of Athens, though Athena’s helmet lacks the olive leaves and other decoration that appear on Athenian issues. Curiously enough, this issue is usually found struck rather shoddily, often from rusty dies. The present coin is one of the nicest known. Kaisareia (AD 54-68) Hemidrachm - Nero1170 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AR Hemidrachm (1.74g, 13mm, 12h). Laureate head right / Nike standing right, right foot on globe, inscribing shield set on knee. Near EF, toned, obverse slightly off center. Pergamon (BC 19/18) Tetradrachm - Augustus1169 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.63g). Pergamum mint. Struck circa 19-18 BC. Bare head right / Hexastyle temple set on four-tiered base; ROM ET AVGVST across entablature. VF, toned, light scratches on obverse. Germe (AD 198-211) AE 45 - Septimius Severus1169 viewsSeptimius Severus, with Caracalla, 198-211 AD. AE45 - Medallion (78.23g, 6h). Glycon, second strategus. Struck 202-205 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right, seen from behind, and laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla left, seen from behind, vis-à-vis / ΕΠΙ CΤΡΑ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟC Î’, Herakles seated left on lion’s skin draped over rock, holding club set on ground and cantharus; to left, Apollo, standing right, holding plectrum and lyre, and Artemis drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; to right, Tyche standing left, crowning Herakles and holding cornucopiae; ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ in exergue. Good VF, even green-black patina. Extremely rare, one of five known (the fourth in the BN). Ex Drewry Coll. (Triton VIII, 1/2005), lot 765. Pergamon (BC 310-282) Diobol1169 viewsca 310-250 BC. AR Diobol (1.36g, 11h). Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Palladion facing, [ΠΕ]ΡΓΑΜ to left. Toned, VF. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/3 Stater1169 viewsBefore 575 BC. EL Trite (4.66g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing cross and geometric design. Good VF. Rare denomination. Skepsis (BC 440-400) Obol1168 viewsca 450 BC. AR Obol (0.65g). Homonoia with Neandreia. Forepart of horse right, SKH around / Grape cluster, N to left, all within concentric incuse, dotted, and linear squares. Good VF, light porosity. Rare, unpublished? Tlos (BC 400-380) Hemiobol1168 viewsUncertain Dynast, ca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.25g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Panther sitting right, head facing, left paw raised; withing dotted circle incuse. Toned, EF. Unpublished? Kaisareia (AD 101/102) AE 181168 viewsunder Roman rule, time of Trajan, dated 100/101 AD. AE18 (3.17g). Turreted head of Tyche right / Pyramid or baitylos; in field, date ET - Δ (=year 4 of Trajan). Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Olbasa (AD 251-253) AE 33 - Trebonianus Gallus1167 viewsTrebonianus Gallus. 251-253 AD. AE33 (24.94g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / The god Men on horseback right. Good VF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare, much nicer than the sole specimen recorded by von Aulock. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1167 views5th-4th centuries BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.65g). Nike, holding aplustre, kneeling left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Well centered. Pergamon (BC 200-133) AE 211166 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE21 (4.84g). Head of Athena right, wearing three-crested Corinthian helmet with cheek-pieces lifted up / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, trophy of arms, monogram to left. Good style, dark olive-green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B981166 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Laureate head of Poseidon right / Trident decorated with volutes in linear square. Very rare. Extremely fine. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE1165 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE. Head of Artemis right / Owl in wreath, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below. Mallos (BC 425-385) Obol1164 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Obol (0.96g). Head of bull left / Forepart of man-headed bull left. Good VF, minor porosity. Rhodes (BC 408-404) Tetradrachm1164 viewsca 408/7-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.55g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / ΡΟΔΙΟΝ, rose; pecten to lower left. VF, heavy find patina. Rare. Gergis (BC 400-350) Obol1163 views4th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.62g). Wreathed head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly right / Griffin seated right, ΓΕΡ above, within shallow incuse square. VF, lightly porous. Very rare. Unusual with griffin on reverse. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B881163 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Persephone with disc earring and wreath of grain right / Bull butting to left in linear square. Almost extremely fine. (BC 241-197) Attalos I - Tetdradrachm1161 viewsAttalos I, 241-197 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.93g, 12h). Laureate and diademed head of Philetairos right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, holding wreath in right hand, left elbow resting on shield set on ground behind, spear below; ivy leaf to outer left, A to inner left, bow to outer right. Superb EF. Lampsakos (AD 117-138) AE 23 - Hadrian1161 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE23 (5.16g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Diademed bust of Priapos right. VF, green patina. Teos (BC 530-500) Trihemiobol1161 viewsca 510-475 BC. AR Diobol (1.85g). Forepart of griffin right / Rough incuse square. EF, toned. Good metal. Extremely rare denomination. CPA coll.; ex Peus 376 (10/2003), lot 376. Kition (BC 392-361) AE - Melekiathon1160 viewsMelekiathon, King of Kition, 392-361 BC. AE13 (1.79g). Head of Aphrodite left, wearing earing, necklace and decorated stephane / Herakles standing right in fighting stance, club held overhead in right hand, bow in left hand, lion's skin draped over left arm, Aramaic 'm' to left. EF, bluish green patina. Rare. Paphos (BC 310-306) AE 20 - Ptolemy I1160 viewsPtolemy I, 323-283 BC. AE20 - Hemiobol (8.70g). Paphos mint, struck 310-306 BC. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing ornamented stephane and earring / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina, surfaces evenly grainy. Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Tetradrachm1160 viewsca 390-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.16g). Head of Kore Soteira left, hair in sphendone covered with a veil, two grain ears in hair / Head of lion left, mouth open with tongue protruding, tunny fish below; stag's head behind. Lightly toned, near EF, surfaces slightly grainy, well centered and quite attractive. Apparently unrecorded with this symbol. (BC 200-133) AE 151160 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE15 (3.41g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Coiled snake, head standing right; ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ to right, monogram to left. Dark green, glazed patina; slight corrosion, good VF. Abydos (AD 198-217) AE 18 - Caracalla1160 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE18 (3.58g, 12h). AV K M AVP ANTΩNЄI/NOC, laureate and draped bust right / A BVΔHNΩ N, pair of bull heads, back to back. Near EF, green patina. Group CEM. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/3 Stater1159 viewsbefore 575 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (4.65g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing geometric and stellate designs. VF, struck with worn obverse die. Very rare denomination. (BC 280-230) Ariaramnes I - AE 141158 viewsAriaramnes I, ca 280-230 BC. AE14 (4.24g), possibly Eusebeia or Tyana mint. King's head right, wearing bashlyk / Horse grazing right; monograms above and below. Dark green patina. Extremely rare; possibly one of five specimens known. Good VF. Ariaramnes ruled independently after acknowledgement by Eumenes of Pergamon and Seleukids. Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian1158 viewsHadrian. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.43g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Laureate head right / COM BIT, octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze, pellet in pediment. VF. Alexandreia (BC 171­-65) Tetradrachm1157 viewsca 171 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.94g, 34mm). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ ZΜΙΘΕΩΣ, Apollo Smintheus standing right, quiver over shoulder, holding bow and arrow in left hand, patera in right; two monograms to left, PΛ (130) to right, ΑΛΕΞΑΝ in exergue. gVF. Extremely rare, apparently unique, unpublished year. The dating of the coins of Alexandria Troas starts from the foundation of the city (300 BC), shown on the reverse of the coins. The first known issue to date was 164 BC (137 year after foundation). This coin records a date of 130 years after the city foundation, seven years prior to the first known issue. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B901156 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Facing head of satyr in linear square. Good VF. Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 171156 viewsmid 4th century BC. AE17 (4.38g). Laureate Head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΑΔΡΑ above, grain ear below. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Persian Kings (BC 420-375) Daric1156 viewsca 420-375 BC. AV Daric (8.35g). Great King of Persia running right, wearing kidaris, holding bow in his left hand, spear with his right hand / Rectangular incuse. Insignificant knock on edge. Almost extremely fine. Pharnakeia (BC 85-65) AE1155 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE (8.73g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle on thunderbolt. Dark brown patina, EF. Nysa (BC 134) Tetradrachm1155 viewsafter 134 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.83g), dated year 1 (134/133 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΝΥΣΑ, bow-case with serpents; A (date) to left, MO above, jugate busts (Pluto and Kore?) to right. VF. Apparently unpublished, possibly unique. Kaisareia (AD 241-244) Drachm - Tranquillina1155 viewsTranquillina, wife of Gordian III, 241-244 AD. AR Drachm (2.18g, 18mm). Dated RY 4 (240/1 AD). CABINIA TPANKVΛΛIN V, draped bust right / MHTPO KAICA BNЄ, ЄT Δ in exergue, Mount Argaeus; pellet to left. Good VF, porosity. Rare. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - female1155 viewsCirca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.39g, 11h). Head of female left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos flying right within shallow incuse square. Good VF, underlying luster. Struck from artistic dies. Extremely rare, one of only three known, the other two in museum collections (the BN and BM). Both the BN and BM specimens are struck from the same die pair. The present coin adds a new reverse die to the corpus. Elaia (BC 340-300) AE 101154 viewsAfter 340 BC. AE10 (1.27g) Head of Athena left in Corinthian helmet / grain-seed within olive-wreath. Good VF, black patina. Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Hemidrachm1154 viewsca mid 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.84g, 12mm, 5h). KAΛ, forepart of bull left on grain ear, ΔA monogram before / three grain ears. Toned, good VF. Rare denomination. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 261154 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE26 (20.90g). Male head left (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk) / 8-rayed star; bow to left, ANT monogram and Λ below. aEF, fine dark green patina. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Kyme (BC 165-140) AE 201153 viewsca 250-190 BC. AE20 (8.91g). Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia and earring / [Κ]ΥΜΑΙ−ΩΝ, horse prancing right, one-handled cup below; magistrate ΠΥΘΑΣ. Near EF, dark brown patina with some red encrustation. Kyme (BC 350-250) Hemidrachm1152 viewsca 350-250 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.99g) Eagle standing right, head reverted, KY to left / Forepart of horse right. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater1152 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Helmeted head left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Komana (BC 85-65) AE 281150 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE28 (18.75g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos / ΚΟΜΑ-ΝΩΝ, Perseus standing left, wearing Phrygian helmet; holding head of Medusa in left hand, harpa in right, Medusa's body lying below, monogram to right. Scarce. Dark green patina, VF. (BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 221150 viewsPylaimenes, ca 130 BC. AE22 (5.87g). Bust of Pylaimenes as Herakles right, club over shoulder, lion's skin around neck / [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. EF, dark green patina. Gutknecht coll. (BC 480) Amartite - Stater1149 viewsAmartite, Dynast, ca 480 BC. AR Stater (10.63g, 3h). Crab / "AMIARTITA" in Lycian, crab; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned, die break in obverse field. Extremely rare, the second known. Falghera noted that this issue belongs to a group that bridges the anepigraphic and epigraphic period, which would place it circa 480 BC. Additionally, the name "EME" on Falghera 57, which shares the same obverse die as both Amartite coins, may actually be a contracted form of the name of this same dynast. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - female1149 viewsca 400-370 BC. AV Stater (8.41g). Female head left, wearing sphendone in hair, wreath of lotus blossoms and ear pendant / Forepart of Pegasos right. EF. Assos (AD 177-192) AE 41 - Commodus1148 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE41 - Medallion (42.77g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust R, viewed from the back / [...] KLA[...]-OLAD-A around, ASSIWN in exergue, Commodus in triumphal quadriga left, holding branch, preceeded by Roma or Victory; trophy and two captives on platform behind. Probably the third known specimen. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 131 (4/2003), lot 531. Kraft, pl. 88, 14a-b notes that the obverse die used to strike this coin was also used to strike medallions for Pergamum and Mytilene, and that the Mytilene medallion uses the same reverse type as on this coin. Pergamon (BC 200-133) AE 201148 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE20 (8.91g). Laureate head of bearded Asklepios right / ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, snake coiled around omphalos. Green patina, VF. Kyme (BC 165-140) AE 201148 viewsca 160-140 BC. AE20 (10.72g). Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing diadem and chignon / Horse prancing right; ΚΥΜΑΙ-ΩΝ above, one-handled vase in front, ΠΥΘΑΣ (magistrate) in exergue. Olive-green patina, thick flan, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Pergamon (BC 57-55) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1147 viewsC. Septimius T.f., Proconsul, 57-55 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.09g, 12h). Poseidonios, magistrate. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / C. SEPTVMI. T. F. PRO. COS, bow case between two serpents; monogram to left, thyrsos to right, ΠΟCΕΙΔωΝΙΟC below. EF, obverse a little off-center. 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