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Home > Ionia Most viewed - Ionia Magnesia (BC 400) AE 7487 viewsca 400 BC. AE7 (0.85g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Cuirass. VF, black patina. Rare. Alighieri Coll. Kolophon (AD 249-251) AE 29 - Herennia Etruscilla486 viewsHerennia Etruscilla, wife of Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE29 (9.71g). Diademed bust right on crecent / Boxer walking right. Rare. Ex Burstein coll. Fine. Kolophon (BC 500-480) Tetartemorion486 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.19g). Head of Apollo facing slightly right / Quadripartite incuse square; H P A K (?) in quarters. VF, toned, minor porosity. Alighieri Coll. 1 comments Erythrai (BC 350-300) AE 12485 viewsca 4th century BC. AE12 (1.97g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Quiver, club and bow; A to left. EF, dark green patina. Smyrna (AD 147-175) AE 35 - Faustina II485 viewsFaustina Junior Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE35 (26.41g, 6h). In alliance with Laodicea ad Lycum in Phrygia. Draped bust left / Zeus Laodikeos standing right, holding eagle and sceptre; before him on right, two Nemeses standing facing each other, each drawing drapery from shoulder and holding cubit rules. Near VF, brown surfaces, a few deposits. Ex Wagner Coll. Ephesos (AD 81-96) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Domitian485 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD, struck 82 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (25mm, 10.58g, 6h). IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG P M COS VIII, Laureate head right / CAPIT RESTIT, Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus containing statues of Juno, Jupiter and Minerva; pediment decorated with anguipede monster, facing quadriga at apex of roof. gF, small flan. Scarce. Tricarico coll. Smyrna (AD 200-220) AE 27484 viewsQuasi-autonomous, early 3rd century AD. AE27 (6.68g), struck under eparchos Pollianus. IEPA CYNKΛHTOC, draped, turreted(?) bust of Senate right / CMYP Γ NE - EΠ ΠΩΛΛI - ANOV, two draped Nemeseis standing facing each another, the right one holding measuring rod, the left one reins, wheel at feet of the right one; both touching cloth below their chin. Good F. Hoeft coll. These are the well-known 'Two Nemeseis of Smyrna.' According to the story of Pausanias 7.5.3, where Alexander the Great founded the new Smyrna, one Nemesis represents the old city and the other the new city. Smyrna (AD 98-117) AE 25484 viewsTime of Trajan, ca 98-117 AD. AE25 (11.45g, 12h). Tamias C. Cl. Bion-, magistrate. Struck ca 100-105 AD. Draped bust of the youthful Senate right / Two Nemeses standing facing one another. Good VF, earthen black patina, reverse a little rough. Miletos (AD 152-161) AE - Faustina II483 viewsFaustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius, ca 152/3-161 AD. AE (2.42g). Draped bust right / Cult statue of Apollo of Didyma right, holding bow. Good VF. Magnesia (BC 190) AE 19483 viewsafter 190 BC. AE19 (3.88g). Laureate head of Artemis right, [bow and quiver behind shoulder off flan] / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ - ΝΙΚΑΝΩΡ - ΚΑΙ / ZΩΠΥΡΟΣ, cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene in long veil standing facing, monogram in field to right. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Kolophon (BC 330-285) AE 14483 viewsca 330-280 BC. AE14mm (2.05g). Laureate, three-quarter facing head of Apollo; head turned slightly left / Lyre; palm-tree right (magistrate's name off flan). VF, dark olive-green patina, some roughness. David Herman Coll. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater483 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.58g). Helmeted head left; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Well centered and struck. Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/32 Stater482 views6th-5th cent BC. AR Milesian 1/32 Stater (0.37g). Lion's mask facing within dotted square / Starlike floral design. Metropolis (BC 100-0) AE 16482 views1st cent BC. AE16 (4.64g). Helmeted head of Ares right / Thunderbolt, monogram above, ΞΑΝΘΟΣ (magistrate) below. Dark green patina, VF. Priene (BC 150-120) AE 23482 viewsca 150-120 BC. AE23 (9.53g). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΠΡΙ-Η, owl standing right on amphora, ivy leaf with berry on either side, ΑΧΙΛΛΕΙ/ΔΗΣ (magistrate) below. Red-brown patina, thick flan, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Miletos (BC 360-325) Tetradrachm 482 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.24g). Bremon, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion walking left, looking right; MI (city) monogram, star above, ΒΡΕΜΩΝ below. gVF/EF. Rare, Deppert knows of only three specimens with this magistrate's name. Klazomenai (BC 190-30) AE 16482 viewsca 190-30 BC. AE16 (5.13g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΚΛΑZΟΜΕΝΙΩΝ, Swan standing left on kerykeion. Very Fine. Kolophon (BC 330-300) AE 21481 viewsca 330-300 BC. AE21 (6.26g). Head of Apollo right, wearing band in hair / Kithara in linear square, ΑΛ-ΚΙ-ΔH-ΜΟΣ (magistrate) around. Green patina, lightly porous surfaces, particularly on rev, gVF/VF. Unique - rev type and magistrate unknown. Gutknecht coll. Teos (BC 425-400) Stater481 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (11.76g, 21mm). [THI]ON, griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare, very fine. Magnesia (AD 54-68) AE 25 - Nero481 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE25 (8.96g). NEPΩN KAICAP, head right / MAΓNHTΩN ΛEVKOΦPHNH, tetrastyle temple with cult statue of Artemis Leukophrys standing facing. Rare. Green patina, VF. Ephesos (AD 193-217) AE30 - Julia Domna481 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE30 (12.65g, 6h). Draped bust right / Carpentum drawn right by two mules. VF, brown patina, some porosity. Ephesos (AD 81-96) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Domitian481 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD, struck 95 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (26mm, 10.22g, 6h). IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG, laureate head right / ROME ET AVG (in entablature), G (in exergue), temple with two columns, enclosing Augustus, standing front, to left, with spear, crowned by Roma to right, with cornucopiae. Nice VF/Fine. Rare. Tricarico coll. Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/32 Stater480 viewsca 550-525 BC. AR 1/32nd Stater (7mm, 0.43g). Facing lion’s head within dotted square border / Floral or stellate pattern within square incuse. VF, minor porosity. Alighieri Coll. Miletos (BC 175-85) Tetradrachm480 viewsca 170-160 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.72g, 12h). Pyrros and Basileides, magistrates. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion standing right; star above, ΠΥΡΡΟΣ below, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΔΗΣ to right. Good VF, double struck. Overstruck on uncertain type. Unrecorded with these magistrates. Samos (BC 350) AE 19479 viewsca 394-365 BC. AE19 (2.68g, 6h). Head of Hera left, wearing stephane, necklace, and earring / Facing lion's head. Good VF, attractive dark green patina with light earthen highlights. Miletos (BC 360-325) Drachm479 viewsca 350-340 BC. AR Drachm (3.59g, 1h). Theopropos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion standing left, head right; star above, ΘEOΠPOΠOΣ in exergue. Good VF, iridescent toning. Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm479 viewsca 412-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.90g). Sokrates, magistrate. Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch to left / Quadripartite incuse square, ΣΩΚΡΑΤΗΣ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Light old scratch at reverse edge, toned, VF. Rare. Apparently unpublished magistrate. Erythrai (BC 303-297) Drachm479 viewsca 303-297 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.92g). Archidemos, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Club and bow in bowcase; above, EPY between monogram and rattle; APXIΔHMOΣ between. gVF. Rare. Magnesia (BC 350-300) AE 26478 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE26 (19.98g). Rider with lance on horseback prancing right / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΑΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΔΟΡΟΣ, tripod tied with fillets; monogram below. Nice VF, brown patina, reverse slightly double struck and a touch rough. Very Rare. Ephesos (BC 288-275) Octobol478 viewsearly 3rd cent BC. AR Attic standard Octobol (5.61g). Korylas, magistrate. Diademed bust of Artemis right / EΦE, bow and quiver; bee right, KOPYΛAΣ left. Scattered porosity, very fine. Chios (AD 100-200) AE478 views2nd century AD. AE Trihemiassarion (8.19g). Χ-Ι-Ω-Ν, Sphinx sitting right, holding amphora in right paw / ΑCCΑΡ-ΙΟΝ ΗΜ-YCÎ¥, two crossed thyrsoi, grape bunch, all within wreath. VF. Rare. Ex CNG 51 (1999), 884. Teos (BC 375) Drachm478 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.19g, 15mm). Griffin seated right, raising forepaw / Quadripartite incuse squQuadripartite incuse square with granulated quarters and thick crossbars. gVF. Samos (AD 0-100) AE 14478 viewsca 1st century AD. AE14 (2.87g, 12h). Prow of Samian galley right / Bearded herm facing. Dark patina, VF. Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/6477 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Obol (0.55g). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Rare. Teos (BC 510-490) Stater477 viewsca 510/05-495/90 BC. AR Stater (11.97g). Griffin seated right, forepaw raised; swan to lower right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Teos (BC 425-400) Tetartemorion477 viewsca 5th-4th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.26g). Griffin with pointed wings sitting right / Astragalos within incuse square. Good very fine. Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE 24477 viewsca 125-115 BC. AE24 (8.17g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ZΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ - ΠΟΤΑ/ΜΩΝ (magistrate), Homer seated left, holding roll, scepter behind. Brown patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Miletos (BC 175-85) Tetradrachm477 viewsca 175-85 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.85g). Ouliades, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion walking right, head reverted; star above, EP monogram to right, ΟΥΛΙΑΔΗΣ below. Good VF. Rare type. Good VF. Erythrai (BC 480-420) Drachm477 viewsca 450-420 BC. AR Drachm (4.48g). Naked ephebe (Hero Erythros?) walking left, restraining cantering horse, lotus blossom (?) above / Floral pattern with 12 petals, Ε-Ρ-Î¥-Θ around, within incuse square. VF. Rare variant. Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 190) AE 20477 viewsafter 190 BC. AE20 (7.45g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Owl facing, club beside, below monogram ΛΙ, all within laurel wreath. Fine. Rare. Friedinger-Pranter coll. Erythrai (BC 520-480) 1/96 Stater476 viewsca 550 BC. AR 1/96 Stater - Lydo-Milesian standard (0.16g). Rosette with 9 petals and central pellet / Four pellets around a central pellet within deep incuse. VF/EF. Very rare. Ex Auktion Aufhauser 5 (1988), lot 106. Smyrna (AD 238-244) AE 21 - Gordian III476 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE21 (5.69g). A KM ANT - ΓOPΔIANOC, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / CMVPNAIΩN.Γ - NEΩKOPΩN, Herakles, nude, standing frontal, head left, holding club and lion-skin in left arm, pouring from kantharos with right hand. Rare, about VF/VF, olive-green patina. Hoeft coll. Herakles is shown here with attributes of Dionysos! Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Cock - EL 1/24476 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.65g, 8mm). Bird (cock?) standing right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare. Klazomenai (BC 190-30) AE 16475 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE16 (4.15g). Forepart of winged boar right, ΣΙΜ[Ω]Ν / ΚΛΑ-ZΟ-ΜΕΝΙ-ΩΝ in cross-divided square, monogram to left. VF. Rare. Erythrai (BC 300-200) AE 16474 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE16 (3.31g, 11h). Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ΜΗΤΡΑΣ - ΔΑΜΑΛΟΥ - ΕΡΥ in three lines. Brown-green patina, VF/aEF. Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm474 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.49 g). Bee / Rough incuse punch. VF, lightly toned, minor porosity. Whorton Coll.; ex Hirsch 263 (9/2009), lot 2381. Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol473 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.24g), Attic standard. Head of Apollo right, M behind / Bull butting right, maeander pattern below, [Γ]NH above. Very rare, apparently unpublished. Metropolis (AD 235-238) AE 22 - Maximinus I473 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE22 (4.12g). Γ IOY OYH MAΞIMЄINOC, laureate and draped bust right / MHTPOΠ OΛЄITΩN, Ares in military uniform standing facing, head left, holding spear in left and shield in right. Very fine. Phokaia (BC 300) AE472 viewsafter 300 BC. AE (2.10g). Head of Athena right / Head of griffin between two caps of the Dioskuroi, ΔΙΩΝ (magistrate) below. Green patina, VF. Ephesos (AD 138-161) AE 19 - Antoninus Pius472 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138 -161 AD. AE19 (4.45g). KAICAP ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head right / ЄΦЄCIΩN, stag standing left before burning altar. Unpublished (?). Nice dark patina, VF. Ephesos (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitia470 viewsDomitia, Augusta, 81-96 AD. AE22 (6.19g, 12h). Caesennius Paetus, proconsul. Struck circa 91/95 AD. Draped bust right / Facing cult statue of Artemis Ephesia. VF, dark green patina under a layer of earthen deposits, cleaning scratches on both sides. Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 12470 viewsmid-late 4th century BC. AE12 (2.02g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Ram’s head right. VF. Smyrna (BC 170-145) AE 12469 viewsca 170-145 BC. AE12mm (1.46g, 12h). Posei, magistrate. Turreted head of Tyche right / Fire altar. Good VF, black patina. Alighieri Coll.; Ex Dieter Klein Coll. Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/8 Stater469 viewsLate 6th-early 5th century BC. AR 1/8 Stater (9mm, 1.56g). Lion’s head facing / Floral or stellar design within square lattice frame; all within square incuse. VF, toned. Ephesos (AD 81-96) AE 31 - Domitian469 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE31 (20.76g, 7h). Homonoia with Smyrna. P. Calvisius Ruso, proconsul. Struck ca 92-94 AD. Laureate bust right, slight drapery and aegis on far shoulder / Two Amazons clasping right hands, each holding labrys. Near VF, green patina. Tricarico coll. Smyrna (AD 14-37) AE 21 – Tiberius & Livia469 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE21 (6.2g). Hieronymos, magistrate. CЄBACTHC CYNKΛHTOC ZMYPNAIωN IЄPONYMOC, confronted busts of Senate, laureate and draped, at left and Livia, diademed and draped, at right / CЄBACTOC TIBЄPIOC EΠI ΠЄTPωNIOY, togate statue of Tiberius within tetrastyle temple. EF. Erythrai (BC 480-450) Hemiobol468 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g). Rosette with central circular patter / Rosette with 8 petals in shallow incuse square. Teos (BC 530-478) Drachm468 viewsca 530-478 BC. AR Drachm (5.85g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, left forepaw raised / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, near EF, minor roughness and some heavy patina on the reverse. Samos (BC 485-477) Tetradrachm468 viewsca 485/0-478/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (12.52g, 3h). Facing lion scalp / ΣΑ, head of ox right; three pellets around; all in incuse square. Good VF, toned, a couple light scratches under tone, reverse weakly struck. Very rare. Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Coll. (Sotheby’s, 6/1990), lot 508; S. Weintraub Coll. Ephesos (AD 180-192) AE 17 - Commodus467 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE17 (3.89g). Laureate head right / Stag standing right. Nice very fine. Samos (BC 400-365) Tetradrachm467 viewsca 400-365 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.06g). Pythes, magistrate. Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; branch behind, ΠΥΘHΣ above. Good VF. Unpublished? Teos (BC 465-440) Stater466 viewsca 478-465 BC. AR Stater (11.69g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, left forepaw raised; olive leaf to right, T-H-I-Ω-N around, within linear circle / Quadripartite incuse square. Nice VF. Ephesos (AD 69-79) Denarius - Vespasian466 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Denarius (2.93g, 18mm, 12h) Struck 71 AD. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P PP, laureate head right / LIBERI IMP AVG VESPAS, Titus and Domitian veiled, togate, standing front (heads left) each with patera; in exergue EPE. VF. Tricarico coll. Ephesos (BC 525-475) 1/2465 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.64g). Bee / Stellate pattern in incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Nice VF, toned. Very rare. Phokaia (AD 147-175) AE 36 - Faustina Junior465 viewsFaustina Junior, Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE36 - Medallion (30.02g, 12h). Attalos, magistrate. ΦAVCTINA CEBACTH, draped bust left / ATTAΛOC ΦΩKAIEVCIN ANEΘHKE, Faustina standing facing, head turned right, holding child, other children standing at feet. Near VF, dark brown patina. Remnants of solder, or more likely, silvering on reverse. Extremely rare and of fine style. A highly interesting medallion, from the same series as RPC temp. no. 3310. The reverse legend records that Attalos issued the medallions at his own expense. Smyrna (BC 155-145) Tetradrachm465 viewsrca 155-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.45g, 11h). Stephanophoric type. Arist(ion?), magistrate. Turreted head of Tyche right / Ethnic and magistrate’s monogram within laurel wreath. Near EF, toned, struck from slightly worn obverse die, a few light marks. Erythrai (BC 420-380) Trihemiobol?464 views5th-4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.05g). Pegasos flying right / Stellate flower with 11 petals, [Ε-Ρ]-Î¥-Θ. Magnesia (AD 238-244) AE 17 - Gordian III464 viewsGordian III, AD 238-244. AE17 (2.36g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΜΑΓΝ−ΗΤΩΝ, infant Dionysos sitting right on cista mystica, extending arms. Near VF, green patina. Samos (BC 310-300) Didrachm463 viewsca 300 BC. AR Didrachm (6.51g). Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right, olive spray right; ΒΑΤΤΟΣ (magistrate) above. Toned VF, some minor roughness. Ephesos (BC 290-281) Tetrobol463 viewsEphesos (as Arsinoeia), ca 290-281 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.69g, 12h). Goneus, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [Γ]ΟΝΕΥ[Σ] to left, bee to upper right. VF, porous. Extremely rare. Phokaia (AD 211-217) AE 35 - Caracalla463 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE35 (24.88g). ΑΥ Κ Îœ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠΙ CΤΡ Îœ ΑΥΡ ЄΥΤΥΧΟΥ / ΦΩΚΑЄΩΝ, River-god Smardos reclining left, holding reed. Very rare. Dark brown patina, very fine. Ex Finarte 995, 1996, 1048; ex Asta Signorelli 1953. Samos (BC 310-300) Hemidrachm463 viewsca 310-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.50g, 12h). [...]rchamenios, magistrate. Facing lion head / Forepart of bull right; [...]PXAMENIOΣ above. Good VF, light cleaning marks. Rare denomination, this magistrate unpublished. Kolophon (BC 375-360) Diobol463 viewsca 375-360 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.97g, 1h). Xenodotos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre. VF. Ephesos (AD 117-138) AE 37 - Hadrian463 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE37 (24.30g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right wearing aegis / Cult statue of Diana of Ephesus within ornate octostyle temple. Good Fine, dark greenish-brown patina, cleaning scratches. Slight traces of silvering on the reverse. Ex R. D. Frederick Coll. The light silvering on this specimen and a specimen that appeared in Stack’s (1/2010, lot 267), suggests that this was perhaps a medallic or commemorative issue, possibly struck on the occasion of Hadrian’s visit to Ephesos in 129 AD. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 4 - EL 1/12463 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.19g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of lion right / Incuse square. VF. Very rare. The style of the obverse of this type has a resemblance to similar hemihektes of Miletos (cf. SNG Kayhan 444–8), but the attribution of those pieces is based on their incuses, all of which have geometric shapes or pellets similar to the staters that are conclusively proven to have been from Miletos (cf. SNG Kayhan 440–1). Further study, however, may eventually prove the attribution of these plain-incuse issues to Miletos as well. Ephesos (AD 54-68) AE 22 - Nero & Poppaea462 viewsNero, with Poppaea, 54-68 AD. AE22 (11.24g, 12h). Marcus Acilius Aviola, proconsul, and Aechmocles, magistrate. Struck 65 AD. Laureate head of Nero right, facing diademed and draped bust of Poppaea left / Turreted and draped bust of Roma right; bee below. Near VF, grayish-green patina under a layer of earthen deposits. Perhaps the second known for this variant. Smyrna (AD 100-200) AE 18462 viewsImperial Times, 2nd century AD. AE18 (3.57g). Draped bust of Tyche right / lion right, with fore-paw on tympanum. Dark green glossy patina, gVF. Franke coll. Ephesos (BC 42-39) Tetradrachm462 viewsEphesus(?). L. Sempronius Atratinus(?). Quaestor, ca 42-39 BC. AR Tetradrachm (11.48g, 24mm, 5h). Cistophoric type. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; above, ATPA monogram; Q to left, lit torch to right. Good VF, struck off center. RBW Coll. Ephesos (AD 79-81) AE 25 - Titus461 viewsTitus, 79-81 AD. AE25 (8.68g). ΤITOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head right / EΦE/ΣIΩN in laurel wreath. VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion Paw - EL 1/24461 viewsca 600­-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte - Twenty-­fourth Stater (6mm, 0.53g). Lydo­-Milesian standard. Lion’s paw / Facing lion head within incuse circle. Good VF. Very rare. Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm460 viewsca 380-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.01g, 6h). Kallikles, magistrate. Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora / Quadripartite incuse square with thick dividing lines, ΚΑΛΛΙΚΛΗΣ across horizontal line; vertical striations in quarters. Good VF, dark find patina, slight die shift. Very rare. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 18 (10/2004), lot 243. Myous (BC 400-380) AE 9460 viewsca 400-380 BC. AE9 (0.82g). Laureate head of Apollo right within wreath / MY-H, bird standing right, within maeander pattern. VF. Rare. Erythrai (BC 133) AE 17459 viewsafter 133 BC. AE17 (3.12g). Head of bearded Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Bow in case, ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡ[ΟΥ] - ΘΕΡΣΙΩΝ[ΟΣ]; bee, club, and EP-Y below. Olive-green patina, VF/gVF. Scarce issue. Gutknecht coll. Erythrai (BC 480-420) Drachm459 viewsca 450 BC. AR Drachm (4.48g). Erythros standing left before horse. / E-P-Î¥-Θ, Rosette with 9 petals in incuse square. Nice very fine. Smyrna (BC 75-50) AE 14459 viewsca 75-50 BC. AE14 (2.96g, 12h). Iatrodoros, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Hand in caestus; palm to right. Good VF, green patina. Good for issue. Ephesos (BC 245-202) Obol458 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 7mm). Bust of Artemis right, bowcase behind shoulder / Forepart of stag right, head reverted. Dark toning, VF. Extremely rare. Ephesos (AD 161-180) AE 22 - Marcus Aurelius458 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE22 (6.49g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Good VF, dark green patina. Ex Wagner Coll. Phokaia (AD 244-249) AE 16 - Otacilia Severa458 viewsOtacilia Severa, 244-249 AD. AE16 (4.53g). ΜΑ ΩΤΑΚ ΣΑΥΗΡΑ ΣΕ, draped bust right / ΦΟΚΑΕΩΝ, Poseidon with trident and dolphin. Green patina. Very fine. Ephesos (AD 193-211) AE 17 - Septimius Severus458 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE17 (3.27g, 6h). Laureate head right / Stag standing right. Good VF, brown patina. Teos (BC 530-478) Drachm457 viewsca 530-478 BC. AR Drachm (5.76g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Toned, good VF, light porosity. Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/32 Stater457 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.5g, 7mm). Facing lion's head in dotted square / Incuse with floral pattern in center. Interesting style. Very fine. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B47 - EL 1/6 Stater457 viewsca 521­-478 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.54g). Round shield decorated with griffin springing left above seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Well centered. Extremely rare, apparently the third known. Lebedos (BC 330-294) Diobol456 viewsca 330-294 BC. AR Diobol (9mm, 0.95g, 12h). Ektonymos, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing on ship’s prow left; ΕΚΑΤΩΝΥΜΟΣ below. VF. Smyrna (BC 260-240) AE455 viewsca 250 BC. AE Chalkus (1.96g). Pollis, magistrate. Head of Tyche right / ZΜΥΡ/ΠΟΛΛΙΣ, thymiaterion, shrimp to left. Very rare. Dark green patina. Good very fine. Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 165) Tetradrachm 455 viewsca 150-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.63g, 1h). Stephanophoric type. Helmeted head of Athena right / Club; below, Nike walking left, holding wreath, flanked by two monograms; all within oak wreath. EF, toned, light scratch and a couple minor die breaks on obverse. Krizan Coll.; Ex Vinchon (4/1999), lot 192. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B79 - EL 1/6 Stater454 viewsca 478­-387 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.55g). Head of female left; behind neck, small seal downward / Incuse square punch. Good VF, a couple light marks on obverse, die break on reverse. Very rare, only two cited by Bodenstedt. Samos (BC 398-365) Obol453 viewsca 398-365 BC. AR Obol (0.57g). Lion's scalp facing / Forepart of bull right, ΣA below. Good VF. Erythrai (BC 350-300) AE 14453 viewsca 4th century BC. AE14 (1.78g). Head of Herakles right in lion skin headdress / E-Ρ-Î¥, club, bow, and bowcase. Good VF, dark green patina. Rare. Teos (BC 210-190) AE 12453 viewsca 210-190 BC. AE12 (1.66g, 6h). Griffin seated right, forepaw raised / Lyre; leg of animal to left; all within linear border. VF, dark green patina. Alighieri Coll. Klazomenai (BC 386-301) Hemidrachm453 viewsca 380-360 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.96g, 13mm). Pytheos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left / ΠYΘEΟΣ / KΛA, swan standing left, with wings spread. aEF. Very rare. 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