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Home > Ionia Most viewed - Ionia Ephesos (AD 217-218) AE 29 - Macrinus527 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE29 (14.28g). Bust right / Artemis aiming bow right. Phokaia (BC 225-200) AE 19527 viewsca 225-200 BC. AE19 (4.72g). Hermias, magistrate. Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos / Forepart of a griffin left, ΦΩΚΑΕΩΝ above; grape cluster to left. Near VF, dark grayish-green patina. Wagner Coll. Smyrna (AD 193-217) AE 22 - Julia Domna525 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE22 (5.35g, 6h). Claudius Rufinus Sophistes, strategos. Draped bust right / Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club, lion’s skin, and kantharos. VF, dark brown patina. Ex. Wagner Coll. Smyrna (AD 81-96) AE 23 - Domitian & Domitia525 viewsDomitian, with Domitia, 81-96 AD. AE23 (8.54g, 1h). Seius, strategus, and Demostratus, stephanophorus. Struck cira 90 AD. Laureate head of Domitian right, vis-à-vis draped bust of Domitia left / Hercules, with lion skin and club, standing left, holding cantharus. VF, attractive olive-green patina. Group CEM. Smyrna (BC 155-145) Tetradrachm525 viewsca 155-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.65g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Menekrates, magistrate. Turreted head of Tyche right / Ethnic and magistrate’s monogram within laurel wreath. EF. Krizan Coll.; ex Vecchi 14 (2/1999), lot 596. Leukai (BC 350-300) AE 10524 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE10 (1.80g, 10h). Zenos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Swan standing left. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll. Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 15523 viewsca 4th century BC. AE15 (2.66g). Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing three-crested Attic helmet / Ram walking right on ground line, ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΑΣ (magistrate) above, forepart of winged boar to right. Green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Miletos (BC 294-281) AE 15521 viewsca 294-281 BC. AE15 (3.02g). Zeuxileos, magistate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion advancing right, head reverted; star above, ZEΥΞIΛEΩ[Σ] to right. VF, dark green patina. An apparently unpublished type. Smyrna (BC 88-85) AE 24521 viewsca 85-75 BC. AE23 (14.33g, 11h). Mithradatic Wars issue. Hermogenes and Phrixos, magistrates. Diademed head of Mithradates VI of Pontos right / Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm frond; EPMOΓENHΣ/ΦPIΞOΣ in two lines to left. Near EF, green-brown patina. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 2 - EL 1/24521 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. Smyrna (BC 280-190) AE 12520 viewsca 280-190 BC. AE12 (1.6g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ, palm tree, monogram to left. VF. Scarce early type. Kolophon (BC 320-294) AE 12519 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. Phokaia (BC 521-478) seal - 1/12 Stater518 viewsca 6th century BC. AR 1/12 (?) Stater (1.25g). Seal swimming right / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, VF. Very rare. Phokaia (BC 200-100) AE 14518 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. Smyrna (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian517 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (9.26g). Smyrna mint, struck after 129 AD. Bare head right / Two Nemeses standing facing, vis-a-vis, each holding out fold of drapery; the left also holding a bridle, the right a rule. Toned, choice VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Mark Antony and Octavia (RPC I 2201; RSC 2). Smyrna (AD 140-180) AE 22517 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. Ephesos (AD 117-138) AE 23 - Hadrian516 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. Kolophon (AD 253-260) AE 32 - Valerian I516 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE32 (14.48g, 7h). Aelius Severinus, magistrate. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo Klarios seated left, holding laurel branch and lyre, between Artemis to left, holding long torch and with quiver over shoulder, and Nemesis to right, adjusting chiton and holding cubit rule. VF, green-brown patina. Apparently unique, struck with dies of fine style. Group CEM; ex Lanz 30 (11/1984), lot 783. The type of Apollo Klarios seated left alone is a recurrent reverse design for Colophon. The extended group of gods, as seen here and on some rare earlier issues, must represent a larger sculptural group in the city. 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. 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. Phokaia (BC 250-200) AE 12515 views2nd century BC. AE12 (1.64g, 12h). Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos / Monogram of Phokaia (composed of “Φ” and “ω”) in form of caduceus, A - Λ(?) below. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll.; Ex Dieter Klein Coll. Samos (BC 310-300) Didrachm515 viewsca 310-300 BC. AR Didrachm (6.36g, 20mm, 12h). Samian standard. Battos, magistrate. Facing lion scalp / Forepart of ox right; [B]ATTOΣ above, olive spray to right. VF, toned. Miletos (BC 240-200) Drachm514 views240-200 BC. AR Drachm (5.12g, 12h). Minnion, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to left / Lion standing to left, head reverted; eight-pointed star above, two monograms to left, ΜΙΝΝΙΩΝ in exergue. Nicely toned. Extremely fine. Ephesos (AD 193-211) AE 17 - Septimius Severus514 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE17 (2.60g). AV KL [CEΠ - C]EVHPOC, draped, laureate bust right / EΦEC-I/ΩN, boar running right, pierced by spear. Rare, unpublished. Good F. Hoeft coll. The boar belongs to the local founder myth of Ephesos. Chios (AD 100-200) AE514 viewsca 2nd century AD. AE - Obol (12.57g). Sphinx sitting right, prow to right / ΟΒΟ-ΛΟC, kantharos, within wreath. Green patina, VF. Smyrna (BC 88-85) AE 27514 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. 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. Kolophon (BC 330-280) AE 15513 viewsca 360-330 BC. AE15 - Chalkous (2.02g, 11h). Dionyso(doros), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right, ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟ to left, KO below. Good VF, dark brown patina. Teos (BC 320-294) Diobol512 viewsca 320-294 BC. AR Diobol (20mm, 0.94 g, 12h). Dioches, magistrate. Griffin seated right, forepaw raised / THI, ΔΙΟΥΧH[Σ], chelys. Good VF. Ephesos (AD 138-161) AE 34 - Antoninus Pius512 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE34 (28.68g, 12h). • T • AIΛ KAICAP ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / AΠHNH, driver within carpentum drawn by four horses left; ЄΦЄCIΩN in exergue. VF, green patina. Ephesos (BC 27-14 AD) AE 15 - Augustus511 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE15 / 1/3 Unit (2.36g). Grammateus Aristeas. Head Augustus right / ΓPAMMATEYΣ APIΣTEAΣ EΦE AΓPEYΣ, Stag of Artemis right. Good very fine. Erythrai (BC 460-420) Diobol?511 views480-400 BC. AR Diobol? (13mm, 1.79g). Pegasos flying right, pilos to left, A below / Rosette with 12 petals, Ε-Ρ-Υ-Θ around, within incuse square.1 comments Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 13510 viewsca 4th century BC. AE13 (2.53g). Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing three-crested Attic helmet / Ram walking right on ground line, ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΑΣ (magistrate) above, forepart of winged boar to right. VF, black patina, slightly porous. Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/16 Stater510 viewsca 550-525 BC. AR 1/16 Stater (0.85g, 9mm). Facing lion's head in square dotted border / Incuse square with star in square dotted border. Rare. Very fine. Teos (BC 530-478) Tetartemorion510 viewsca 460-420 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.24g). Griffin's head right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Alighieri Coll. Samos (AD 198-209) AE 16 - Geta as Caesar509 viewsGeta as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE16 (3.18g). AV K - AI ΓETAC, head right / CAM-IΩN, river-god Imbrasos reclining left, wearing himation, nude to hips, holding reed in right hand and resting left elbow on cornucopiae and vase from which water flows left. About VF. Hoeft coll. In the marshes at the mouth of the river Imbrasos, the Ionian colonists under Proklos are said to have found a wooden image of Hera which was caught in a willow brushwood. Therefore, they built an altar beside this tree. From this altar the famous temple of Hera, the Heraion, originated. Imbrasos himself had a daughter Okyrrhoe by the Samian nymph Chesias (a hypostasis of the goddess Artemis). Okyrrhoe later was seduced by Apollo (Aelian, Hist.animal. 15.23). Metropolis (BC 100-0) AE 15509 views1st cent BC. AE15 (4.44g). Helmeted head of Ares right / Thunderbolt, monogram above, ANΔPΩN (magistrate) below. Dark green glossy patina, VF. Ephesos (AD 54-68) AE 21 – Nero & Statilia Messalina509 viewsNero, with Statilia Messalina, 54-68 AD. AE21 (7.37g, 7h). Struck 66 AD. Laureate head of Nero right / Draped bust of Messalina right. VF, dark green patina, deposits. Extremely rare, one of three cited in RPC. Hansen Coll.; ex Group CEM Triton XV (1/2012), lot 1386; Leu 30 (4/1982), lot 313; Leu 13 (4/1979), lot 407; Hans von Aulock Coll, 7864. Samos (AD 79-81) AE 24 – Titus & Domitian508 viewsTitus, with Domitian as Caesar, 79-81 AD. AE24 (9.55g, 6h). Laureate head of Titus right / Bare head of Domitian right. VF, green patina, metal flaws. Ex Sierra Coll. From RPC II (p. 174): It is difficult to know if 1127 is a coin of the reign of Vespasian or of Titus. The titulature is the same as used on the reverse of of 1126 (of Vespasian), and it could represent an issue made in the reign of Vespasian for his sons. On the other hand, it might perhaps be expected to be a smaller denomination, if that were the case; it is in fact the same denomination as 1126, which slightly strengthens the possibility that it was made during the reign of Titus.” Teos (BC 510-490) Stater508 viewsca 500-475 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.71g). Griffin seated right, raising foreleg; M-E below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Smyrna (BC 190-75) AE506 viewsca 190-75 BC. AE (1.81g). Head of Apollo right / Hand in Caestus besides palm branch. Green patina, VF. The Caestus was used by ancient boxers for protecting the fist. Ephesos (AD 138-192) AE 24506 viewsTime of the Antonines(?), 138-192 AD. AE24 (11.47g, 6h). Figure of laureate emperor seated left on curule chair, holding scroll / EΦE/ΣIΩN in two lines across field; all within wreath. VF, green patina with olive overtones. Apparently unique. Ex Wagner Coll. Miletos (BC 360-325) Drachm506 viewsca 350-340 BC. AR Drachm (3.66g, 14mm). Theopropos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / A, Lion standing left, head right; star above, ΘEOΠPOΠOΣ, in exergue. Minor porosity around edges, extremely fine. Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 165) Tetrobol506 viewsca 150-142 BC. AR Tetrobol (14mm, 2.23g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΗΡΑΚΛΕ-ΩΤΩΝ, club within laurel wreath. Near VF, lightly toned, porous. Alighieri Coll. Samos (BC 520) 1/4 Siglos506 viewsca 520 BC. AR 1/4 Siglos (1.29g, 9mm). Forepart of winged boar right / Head of ox right in dotted incuse square. VF. Very rare. Phokaia (AD 238-249) AE 23505 viewstime of Philipp I/ Gordian III, 238-249 AD. AE23 (5.5g). Draped bust of Senate right / forepart of galley; pilei above, surmouted by stars. Nice VF Teos (BC 530-500) Hemidrachm505 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (3.26g). Forepart of griffin right, left forepaw raised / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Ephesos (AD 98-117) AE 20 - Trajan505 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE20 (4.35g). AVTOKPATΩP KA• TPAIANOC, laureate head right / ЄΦЄCΙΩΝ, stag standing left. Nice very fine. Miletos (AD 161-180) AE 27 - Marcus Aurelius505 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE27 (14.04g). M AVP AV KAI ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head right / ЄPI ΘЄMICTOKΛЄOU MIΛHCIΩN NЄOKOPΩN, archaic cult statue of Apollo Didymaios standing left, holding stag in right hand and bow in arrow in left. Dark green patina, VF. Smyrna (AD 100-200) AE 16505 views2nd century AD. AE16 (3.31g). Bust of Herakles right, lion’s skin tied around neck / CMYPNA-IWN, river-god reclining left, holding reed in right hand, left elbow resting on urn from which water flows. Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina, minor earthen highlights. Magnesia (BC 400-350) Diobol?504 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Diobol? (0.98g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Forepart of bull left; ΜΑΓΝ above, maeander pattern to right, [...]ΛΛΟΔ[..] (magistrate) below. VF, toned, metal defect on obv, scratches on rev. Rare. Mueller Coll. Magnesia (BC 400-330) AE 504 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. Magnesia (BC 220-190) AE504 viewsca 190 BC. AE (2.49g). Morimos, magistrate. Rider in military dress and chlamys galloping right, holding spear in right hand / Humped bull standing right on ground line, ΜΑΓΝ above, MOΡΙMΟΣ in exergue. Green patina, EF. Unpublished? Ephesos (AD 81-96) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Domitian504 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (30mm, 10.23g, 6h), struck 95 AD. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XIIII IMP XXII, laureate head right / COS XVII CENS P P P / G (in exergue), legionary eagle between two standards, one surmounted by banner and the other surmounted by hand. Near Extra Fine. Scarce. Tricarico coll. Teos (AD 255-256) AE 22 - Valerian II. Caesar503 viewsValerian II, Caesar, 255-256 AD. AE22 (4.66g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Anacreon standing right, playing lyre held on knee. VF, olive green patina. Drewry Coll.; Ex Mabbott Coll., Schulman (6/1969), lot 1644. Smyrna (AD 100-300) AE 22503 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. Kolophon (BC 330-280) AE 15503 viewsca 330-280 BC. AE15 (2.14g). Ekataios magistrate. Head Apollo right / ΚO horse forepart right, EKATAIΩΣ to left. Nice VF. Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/8 Stater503 viewsLate 6th-early 5th century BC. AR 1/8 Stater (1.35g, 9mm). Lion’s head facing within square pelleted border / Floral or stellar design within square lattice frame. VF. Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles503 viewsThemistokles, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.32g, 4h). Barley grain; ΘE to left, meander pattern to right / Male head (Themistokles?) right, wearing diadem; [M]-A across field; all within incuse square. Near VF, toned, some cleaning scratches on reverse. Perhaps the second known. The examples in Nollé and Wenninger and the Gorny & Mosch sale have Θ-E flanking the grain and lack the meander pattern. Samos (BC 310-300) Hemidrachm501 viewsca 300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 1.64g). Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; ΔΟΥΡΙΣ (magistrate) above. VF, toned. Magnesia (BC 400-350) Trihemiobol501 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.79g), Rhodian standard. Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bull right, MA above, uncertain symbol (horse head?) to left. Light porosity, VF. Rare. Mueller Coll. Miletos (AD 138-161) AE 39 - Antoninus Pius501 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. Phokaia (BC 300-200) AE 16501 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. Smyrna (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius & Agrippina II501 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. Chios (AD 0-200) AE 16501 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. Ephesos (AD 222-235) AE 22 - Severus Alexander500 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE22 (5.28g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / The philosopher Heraclitus standing left, raising right hand and holding torch in left. Good Fine, brown and tan patina, light roughness. Wagner Coll. Heraclitus “the Obscure” is one of the earliest Greek philosophers whose writings have come down to us reasonably complete. Born in Ephesos in the 6th century BC, he retired to the countryside after the aristocratic party he supported was ejected from power, but nonetheless became a revered figure in the city’s history. Heraclitus held that fire was the basic building block of existence, hence he is depicted holding a torch. ”This world-order, the same of all, no god nor man did create, but it ever was and is and will be: everliving fire, kindling in measures and being quenched in measures." Teos (BC 470-420) Hemitetartemorion500 viewsca 475-450 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (?) (0.11g, 5mm). Head of griffin right / Quadripartite incuse square. Very fine. Metropolis (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus500 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. Smyrna (AD 100-200) AE 16498 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck 2nd century AD (time of Antonines). AE16 (2.38g). ME-[Λ]-HC, river-god Meles, nude, except himation around hips, leaning left, resting left ellbow on urn from which water flows, holding reed in right hand / CMYPN - AIΩN, Nike, winged and wearing long chiton, advancing right, holding wreath in raised right hand and palm branch over left shoulder. Good F/about VF, dark black-brown patina. Hoeft coll. Smyrna at the river Meles is one of the cities which claims to be the birthplace of Homer. A myth says that Homer's original name was Melesigenes (= 'coming from the Meles'). Samos (BC 477-460) Tetradrachm498 viewsca 477/6-461/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.21g, 7h). Facing lion head / Head of bull right; [ΣA above], long anchor or hook behind; all within shallow incuse circle. VF, toned, a couple minor flan flaws on obverse. Rare early tetradrachm. Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/8 Stater498 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 Stater498 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. Magnesia (AD 139-161) AE 29 - Marcus Aurelius498 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE29 (16.49g, 6h). Diophantus, magistrate. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Facing cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene. Good VF, green patina. Fine style. Very rare. Group CEM. “The first city one comes to after Ephesos is Magnesia, which is an Aiolian city . . . In the present city is the temple of Artemis Leukophryene, which in the size of its shrine and in the number of its votive offerings is inferior to the temple at Ephesos, but in the harmony and skill shown in the structure of the sacred enclosure is far superior to it. And in size it surpasses all the sacred enclosures in Asia except two, that at Ephesos (to Artemis) and that at Didymoi (to Apollo)” (Strabo, Geography 14. 1. 40). Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/18? Stater498 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.82g). Female head right, wearing helmet or close fitting cap / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, porous. Ephesos (AD 41-54) AE 15498 viewsTime of Claudius, 41-54 AD. AE15 - Hemiassarion (3.47g, 6h). Kousinios, episkopos for the fourth time, circa 49/50 AD. E-ΦE Bee / KOYΣI/NIOΣ / TO – Δ, stag standing right. Apparently unpublished. gVF. Samos (BC 400-350) AE 15497 views4th century BC. AE15 (2.73g). Facing lion scalp / Forepart of bull right. Dark green patina, gVF. Unique? Kolophon (BC 375-360) Diobol497 viewsca 375-360 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.90g, 12h). [...]onides, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre. VF, reverse scratch. Smyrna (AD 68-69) AE 19497 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. Metropolis (AD 235-238) AE 30 - Maximinus I 497 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE30 (8.85g). AYT K Γ IOYΛ MAΞIMЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / MHTPOΠOΛEITΩN TΩN EN IΩNIA, Kybele enthroned left, holding phiale and resting arm on drum; lions flanking throne. Very rare. VF.1 comments Metropolis (BC 100-0) AE 12496 views1st century BC. AE12 (2.60g). Turreted head of Kybele right / Pinecone, ΔΙΟΓΕ (magistrate) to left, monogram to right. aVF. Scarce. Miletos (BC 360-325) Hemidrachm496 viewsca 360-325 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.47g). Python, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion walking left, head reverted; star above, ΠΥΘΩ[N] in exergue. Good VF. Ephesos (BC 500-420) Drachm496 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Drachm (12mm, 3.58g). Bee / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, slightly granular surfaces. Whorton Coll.; ex Peus 398 (4/2009), lot 260; Münzen und Medaillen Liste 441, lot 13; Ariadne Galleries/Galerie Des Monnaies of Geneva, Ltd. Auction (New York, 12/1981), lot 202. Ephesos (AD 238-244) AE 37 - Gordian III495 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE37 - Medallion (20.44g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / Winged Elpis advancing right, lifting hem of skirt and holding flower. Unpublished in the standard references. Near EF, dark olive patina with areas of red. Possibly unique. Smyrna (AD 50-54) AE 15495 viewsTime of Claudius, 41-54 AD. Bee / Demeter with branch standing left. Very fine. Smyrna (AD 128-137) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Sabina495 viewsSabina, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.99g, 25mm). 129-130 AD. SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG PP, draped and diademed bust right / COS III, Cybele seated left, holding patera in right hand, left elbow on drum; at feet, lion seated left. Graffiti ‘Z’ on reverse. gVF. Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol494 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.21g), Attic standard. Head of Apollo right, M-[A] flanking / Bull butting right, maeander pattern groundline below, ΓNH above. Light porosity, VF. Very rare, apparently unpublished. Kolophon (BC 450-410) Drachm494 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 5.37g, 12h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Kithara within incuse square. VF, granular surfaces. Well centered. Miletos (BC 175-85) Tetradrachm494 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. Teos (BC 400) Diobol494 viewsca 400 BC. AR Diobol (1.0g, 9mm). Aristodikos, magistrate. Griffin seated right, left forepaw raised / ΑΡΙΣΤΟ-ΔΙΚΟ, quadripartite square of mill-sail pattern. VF. Klazomenai (BC 480-400) Diobol494 viewsca 480-400 BC. AR Diobol (1.08g, 1h). Forepart of winged boar right / Gorgoneion within incuse square. Good VF, toned, granular surfaces. Rare. Teos (BC 470-449) Stater493 viewsca 470-449 BC. AR Stater (11.75g). Griffin with curled, segmented wings seated right, forepaw raised; club to right, within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square divided by central cross, quarters containing pellets. Near EF, good metal for issue. Rare. Teos (BC 470-420) Tetartemorion492 viewsca 460-420 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.23g). Griffin's head right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, toned, minor porosity. Erythrai (BC 400) AE 10491 viewsca 400 BC. AE10 (1.13g). Head of bearded Herakles right, wearing lion skin / EPYΘ, vase with one handle, M or monogram to left. Rare, good very fine. Leukai (BC 350-300) AE491 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE (1.21g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Swan standing left with open wings, ΛΕ[Ο] above, monogram to left. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Ephesos (AD 138-161) AE 33 - Antoninus Pius491 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE33 (22.04g, 6h). T AIΛ KAICAP ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head right / IЄPA AΠHNH, driver within carpentum drawn by four horses right; ЄΦЄCIΩN in exergue. Good VF, dark green patina. Rare. From Group CEM. Erythrai (BC 300-200) AE490 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE (3.16g). Head of bearded Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Bow in case, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΣ - ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΥ, bee, club, EPY below. Light brown patina, aEF. Miletos (BC 39-17) AE 18490 views1st century BC. AE18 (5.79g, 12h). Menestratos, magistrate. Apollo Didymeus right, holding stag and bow; monogram before / Lion seated right, head left; star above, ΜΕΝΕΣΤΡΑΤΟ[Σ] in exergue. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll. Samos (BC 300) Oktobol490 viewsca 300 BC. AR Drachm (4.35g). Lion's scalp facing / ΣΑ, forepart of galloping bull right, truncation dotted, bough to right, [Α]ΣΚΛΗΠΙΑΔ above. EF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 500-400) Hemiobol490 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.31g). Archaic female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap / Stellate or floral pattern within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Fine, toned, porous. Ephesos (BC 245-202) Diobol489 viewsca 245-202 BC. AR Diobol (1.19g, 14mm). Head of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Forepart of stag right, head turned left. VF. Extremely rare. Apparently unpublished. 1850 coins on 19 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19