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Home > Ionia Most viewed - Ionia Ephesos (BC 280-258) Octobol1056 viewsca 280-258 BC. AR Octobol (5.05g). Aristagoras, magistrate. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back; Ε-Φ, palm to left, bee in field to right, ΑΡΙΣΤΑΓΟ[ΡΑΣ] (magistrate) to right. Good style, EF. Unpublished variant (?) of a rare type. Ephesos (AD 81-96) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Domitia1054 viewsDomitia, wife of Domitian, Augusta, 81-96 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.06g, 6h). Ephesus (or Rome) mint. Struck 82 AD. Draped bust right / Venus standing right, leaning on cippus, holding helmet and sceptre. Near VF, toned. Rare. Ex CNG 60 (5/2002), lot 1630. While no decisive evidence exists for the location of the mint of the cistophori during the reigns of Vespasian through Trajan, the style, legends, and, in particular, the consistent die axis point to Rome, suggesting that these coins were minted in the capital and then sent to Asia for local use. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/24 Stater1054 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.65g), Milesian standard, striated type. Flattened striated surface / Incuse square punch. Very rare. Very fine. cf. CNG Mail Bid Sale 69 (6/2005), lot 427 ($1600 + comm). Phokaia (BC 477-388) B58 - EL 1/6 Stater 1052 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Forepart of bull left; small seal above / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, pale electrum. Ex Triton VI (1/2002), lot 367. Ephesos (BC 138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1050 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.72g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (of Attalos III of Pergamon = 138/7 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / [E]FE, bow-case with serpents; B above facing bust of Artemis Ephesia to left. Superb EF.2 comments Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater 1050 views387-326 BC EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion skin and carrying club, both stolen from Herakles; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Omphale was a mythological woman who dressed in Hercules' lion's skin. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL Stater1050 viewsabout 580 BC. EL Stater (16.50g). Head of griffin right, tongue protruding from open jaws, knob on forehead / Four-part incuse square. Of the greatest rarity, probably the 3rd specimen known. gVF. Klazomenai (BC 386-301) Hemidrachm1046 viewsca 380-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.95g). Head of Apollo facing, turned slightly to left / Swan standing left, wings spread; ram's head to left, ΑΠΟΛΛΑΣ (magistrate) and ΚΛΑ around. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater1042 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Seal (fwkh) swimming along to left, looking back over its shoulder; annulet below / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare; the only coin in Bodenstedt's corpus illustrated with a line drawing! Bodenstedt identifies the device below the seal as a theta, but there is no evidence it is a letter. Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater1041 viewsca 500 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g, 10mm). Panther’s head facing, small seal to right above / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely rare - the second recorded example. EF. The small seal above the head was off the flan in Copenhagen, missed by Münzen und Medaillen and the type was not known to Bodenstedt. Phokaia (BC 530-500) Diobol1036 views6th century BC. AR Diobol (1.56g). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Phokaia (BC 387-326) Hemidrachm1034 viewsca 387-326 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.06g). Helmeted head of Athena left, helmet decorated with laurel wreath / Φ-Ω, head of Griffin left; ΑΓ monogram below. Lightly toned, good VF, surfaces evenly granular. Rare. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B09 - EL 1/6 Stater1034 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.59g). Forepart of bull right, head left; above, small seal left / Incuse square punch. Near EF, lightly toned. Very rare, only seven examples noted by Bodenstedt. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Geometric bee - EL 1/61032 viewsca 7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.30g). Milesian standard. Bee / Ornamented incuse punch. EF. Extremely rare. Magnesia (BC 155-145) Octobol1031 viewsca 155-145 BC. AR Octobol (5.50g, 1h), Dionysios son of Demetrios. Armored cavalryman, wearing helmet, holding couched lance in his right hand and with his cloak flowing back from his shoulders, riding horse prancing to right; Δ below / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, bull butting left, within circular maeander pattern. Very rare. Virtually as struck. Ex Gemini I (1/2005), 162 and Lanz 102 (5/2001), 267, and from the collections of The Johns Hopkins University and J. W. Garrett, Bank Leu and Numismatic Fine Arts (10/1984), 266, C. S. Bement, Naville VII (6/1924), 1458 and T. Prowe, Egger 46 (5/1914), 949, and ex Hirsch 16 (12/1906), 636. The letter delta on the obverse is the denomination mark and stands for four diobols or an octobol (smaller pieces valued at two and four obols are also known). These coins were primarily for local use at the time when the city produced its extensive issues of stephanophoric tetradrachms. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater1030 viewsbefore 575 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.31g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing floral and stellate designs. Good VF. Extremely rare with floral design. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B63 - EL 1/6 Stater1029 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of young male left, wearing taenia; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B62- EL 1/6 Stater1029 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Female head left, hair in sphendone; behind, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater1028 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL 1/48th Stater (0.29g). Head of stag right / Incuse square with irregular pattern. Well struck. About EF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Bull - EL 1/6 Stater1027 viewsca 500 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.33g, 9mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of bull right / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, toned. Rare. Ex Triton XI (1/2008), lot 250. The Rosen catalog notes that the entry for the Vourla hoard in IGCH designates Samos as the mint of these coins, but J.P. Barron disagrees. Von Aulock placed the coin at an uncertain mint in Ionia, while Rosen was more general, at an uncertain mint in Asia Minor. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B35 - EL 1/6 Stater1023 viewsca 510-490 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.57g). Head of a man-headed bull (river god) facing left, the truncation adorned with a row of dots; at right, seal swimming upwards / Four-part incuse square. EF. Miletos (AD 161-169) AE 39 - Marcus Aurelius1022 viewsMarcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE39 - Medallion (28.86g, 5h). Aelius Themistocles, Asiarch. M AVP KAI ANTWNINOC L AVP OVHPOC KAI, bust of Aurelius right vis-à-vis bust of Verus left, both laureate and cuirassed / EPI AIL QEMICTO KLEOV ACIAPXOV, MILHCWN in exergue, tetrastyle temple of Apollo Didymus, statue within, globe in pediment. Good VF, dark green patina, red-brown encrustation. Apparently unique. Drewry Coll.; ex Freeman & Sear 6 (6/2000), lot 521. Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL Hekte1020 viewsLate 6th to mid-5th century BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Archaic head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin headdress / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare. Erythrai (BC 480-420) Didrachm1017 viewsca 480-420 BC. AR Stater (9.07g). Rider (Erythros?) on horseback galloping left / Ε-Ρ-Î¥-Θ (retrograde) around rosette with 17 petals, within incuse square. Unpublished. VF, lightly toned around devices. Well struck on good metal. Unique? Phokaia (BC 387-326) B106 - EL 1/6 Stater1016 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Female head left, hair rolled and tied at forehead in a "star"; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, a few scuff marks. Smyrna (AD 130) AE 38 - Antinoos1015 viewsAntinous, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE38 - Medallion (46.40g, 12h). Polemon, magistrate. ANTINOOC HRΩC, bare head left / ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΑΝΕΘ ΗΚΕ CΜΥPΝΑΙΟC, bull standing right. VF, red-brown patina, some smoothing, outlines of letters and portrait strengthened. Extremely rare, one of three known, two of which are in museums (Berlin and Gotha). From the David A. Dowdy Collection. Ex Waddell I (12/1982), lot 216; Muenzen und Medaillen 52 (6/1975), lot 651; E.S.G. Robinson Collection (Hess-Leu 17, 3/1961), lot 182; Vicomte de Sartiges Collection (Ars Classica 18, 10/1938), lot 228; Consul Weber Collection (Hirsch XXIV, 5/1909), lot 1484. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B38 - EL 1/6 Stater1014 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Head of a roaring lion left; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Very rare, only four specimens cited by Bodenstedt, all in museum collections. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/241014 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.64g). Raised swastika pattern / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely fine. Phokaia (BC 521-478) seal - 1/48 Stater1012 viewsca 6th cent BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.43g). Seal head left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) Geometric - EL 1/241012 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater - Obol (6mm, 0.67g). Milesian standard. Geometric cross-hatching / Circular radiate incuse punch. VF for issue. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B64 - EL 1/6 Stater1010 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 10mm). Head of Attis in Phrygian cap left / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. EF. Attis was of Phrygian origin and thus he is always represented in a Phrygian costume such as he wears here. He was the Phrygian god of vegetation and consort of the mother-goddess Cybele. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater1009 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.18g). Lion's head left / Punch with four pellets connected to central pellet. Very fine. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B94 - EL 1/6 Stater1007 viewsca 400-380 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.55g). Female head facing left, wearing hair-net and earring; behind, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. Extremely beautiful femle head. EF. The female head appears to imitate the Syracusan decadrachms of the engraver Kimon, but without slavishly copying his work. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B90 - EL 1/6 Stater998 views477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Female head left, hair in sakkos, seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-540) Griffin - EL 1/12998 viewsca 570-540 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.34g). Phokaian standard. Head of griffin right / Incuse square. Bold VF. Priene (AD 69-79) AE 20995 viewsTime of Vespasian, 69-79 AD. Bronzes of Erato. AE20 (4.60g). ΕΠΙ ΕΡΑΤΩ/ΝΟC ΑΡ-CΟΝΤΟ-C, draped bust of wreathed Demeter right / ΠΡΙΗΝΕ−ΩΝ, veiled bust of Kore-Persephone right. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Ephesos (AD 79-91) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Julia Titi993 viewsJulia Titi, daughter of Titus. Augusta, 79-91 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.04g, 6h). Struck under Domitian, ca 81-82 AD. Draped bust right / Vesta seated left, holding palladium and sceptre. VF, toned, atttractive. Very rare. Ex CNG 58 (9/2001), lot 1151. While no decisive evidence exists for the location of the mint of the cistophori during the reigns of Vespasian through Trajan, the style, legends, and, in particular, the consistent die axis point to Rome, suggesting that these coins were minted in the capital and then sent to Asia for local use. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B90 - EL 1/6 Stater991 views477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head left, hair in sakkos / Quadripartite incuse square. Very fine. Ephesos (BC 387-295) Tetradrachm989 viewsca 387-295 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.94g, 12h). Ε-Φ, bee with straight wings / Forepart of a stag right, palm tree left; magistrate MANTIKRATH[S]. Site of the Temple of Artemis, one of the 7 Wonders of the world. Ex CNG 61, Lot 683. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Eagle - EL 1/48988 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48th Stater (5mm, 0.27g). Eagle standing left, head reverted / Incuse punch. VF, head off the flan. Rare. Lebedos (BC 150) Tetradrachm986 viewsca 150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.61g). Athenaios, magistrate. Laureate and helmeted head of Athena right / Owl facing, standing on club between twin cornucopiae, ΛΕΒΕΔΙΩΝ above, ΑΘΗ-ΝΑΙΟΣ below, all within wreath. Toned EF. Very rare. Ex CNG Auc. 15 (6/1991), lot 179. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B44 - EL 1/6 Stater986 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Head of Ares left, wearing Attic helmet / Incuse with 6? divisions. VF. Rare. Ex Rosen coll. 593 and Lanz Auk. 52 (1990), lot 213. Samos (BC 600-570) EL Hekte986 viewsca 600-570 BC. EL Hekte (2.85g). Eagle flying right, holding a serpent in its talons / Square incuse punch with irregular fan-shaped markings. Good VF. Ex Triton II (12/1998), lot 426.  This Samos electrum hekte has an unusually clear type present. The serpent clutched in the eagle's talons is typically not visible. Erythrai (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater986 views7th-6th century BC. EL Hekte (2.34g). Rosette pattern with central pellet / Irregular incuse square. VF. Very rare. Klazomenai (BC 500-480) Didrachm985 viewsca 499-494 BC. AR Didrachm (18mm, 6.98g, 18h). Forepart of winged boar right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, beautifully toned. Well centered with excellent metal. Ex Westminster School Coll. (Sotheby’s, 5/1976, lot 103). Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/6979 viewsca 550 BC. AR Obol (0.51g). Bee / Quadripartite incuse. Good VF, typical light porosity. Ephesos (BC 202-150) Drachm979 viewsca 202-150 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.76g, 11h). Satyros, magistrate. Bee / Stag standing right; palm tree in background. VF, iridescent tone, flan crack. Smyrna (BC 301-288) AE 14979 views3rd century BC. AE14 (2.82g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣΜΥΡ-ΝΑ, tripod, crayfish below. gVF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/24978 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.55g), uncertain standard, figural type. Griffin's head left / Incuse square punch. Very fine. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater978 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.29g). Head of stag right; three pellets to left / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Unpublished variety with pellets, for type without see: VF, well centered strike. Unique. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B14 - EL 1/6 Stater976 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g). Head of boar with beaded truncation left; seal below / Irregular incuse square. Very rare. EF. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B60 - EL 1/6 Stater974 viewsca 430-350 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Chalkidian helmet to left, with seal symbol swimming left on helmet / Four-part incuse square. Extremely rare type. The example in Bodenstedt is not better than this. VF. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater970 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.15g). Lion's head right / Punch with four pellets connected to central pellet. VF. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B92 - EL 1/6 Stater970 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head left, hair in sakkos, wearing single-pendant earring; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Rare, only 12 specimens recorded by Bodenstedt. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-550) Geometric - EL 1/12969 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12th Stater or Hemihekte (1.15g). Geometric designs. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-550) Geometric - EL 1/12966 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.17g, 8.2mm). Geometric pattern / incuse geometric pattern with central pellet. EF. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B59 - EL 1/6 Stater966 viewsca 480-450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.57g). Ram standing right, turning head backwards and scraping his nose; beneath, seal swimming left / Four-part incuse square. Quite rare. Exceptionally interesting presentation of the subject. VF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater962 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.60g). Forepart of seal right; behind, small seal right; circle below / Incuse punch. EF. Unique. Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 165) Tetradrachm961 viewsafter 165 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.57g). Head of Athena right, wearing ornately decorated helmet, Pegasos above raised ear flap, five horses on visor, star on ear flap / Club, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ above, two monograms and Nike holding wreath below, all within oak wreath. EF, elegant style, some peripheral weakness as usual. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/24 Stater961 viewsca 625/00 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.62g, 7mm). Head of griffin right / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Well centered. Very rare. This issue is possibly from the earliest coinage at Teos; see: M. Matzke, JNG 50, p. 43, "Serie 0" Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/12 Stater960 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (1.15g). Head of archaic nymph (Artemis?) left, earring in the form of Θ on cheek / Quadripartite incuse square. Fine dark toning, VF. Interesting variant. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) thunderbolt - EL 1/6 Stater959 viewsca 600 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.38g). Milesian Standard. Thunderbolt / Double incuse square punch. Good VF. Ephesos (AD 41-54) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Claudius & Agrippina II958 viewsClaudius and Agrippina Junior, 41-51 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.28g). 51 AD. TI CLAVD CAES AVG AGRIPP AVGVSTA, jugate heads of Claudius and Agrippina right / DIANA EPHESIA, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia. Rare. Toned, reverse small scratches, EF. Fritz Steinmetz coll. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater956 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion skin headdress; club behind, [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Well struck and centered. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/6955 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.67g). Phokaian standard. Lion standing right, turning head backwards, roaring. In left field, unknown object / Punch mark with irregular shape and surface. Rather unusual type. Extremely rare. Struck with worn dies. Good VF. Erythrai (AD 69-79) AE 955 viewsDomitian and Titus, Caesars, 69-79 AD. AE (8.59g). Laureate head of Titus right vis-a-vis laureate head of Domitian left / EΡΥΘΡAIΩN, nude Herakles standing right, holding spear and club. Green patina, VF. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-540) Stag - EL 1/6952 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.61g). Phokaian standard. Figural type. Forepart of stag running right / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished. VF. Apparently unique. Ephesos (AD 41-54) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Claudius and Agrippina Junior950 viewsClaudius and Agrippina II, 49-54 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.84g, 6h). Struck circa 50-51 AD. Laureate head of Claudius right / Draped bust of Agrippina right. Fine, light graffiti (VR and Z) in fields. Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE949 viewsca 4th century BC. AE (4.90g). Head of Athena facing slightly to right, wearing Attic helmet / Ram walking right, ΚΛΑZΟΜΕ/ΝΙΩΝ above, thunderbolt to right. Light brown patina, VF. Kolophon (BC 330-280) AE 15949 viewsca 330-280 BC. AE15 (1.89g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bridled horse right; ΕΞΗ (magistrate) above, ΚΟ below. Smooth green patina, EF. Scarce variant. Gutknecht coll. Smyrna (BC 288-281) AE949 viewsAs Eurydikeia. ca 288-281 BC. AE (3.92g). Veiled, diademed head of Eurydike / ΕΥΡΥΔΙΚΕΩΝ, tripod. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/3 Stater948 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (4.76g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. Good VF. Extremely rare. The punch on the right was also used on the stater offered above (lot 938). Both punches were also used on the following hemistaters: CNG 70, lot 271; CNG 69, lot 421; and CNG 67, lot 702. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B110 - EL 1/6 Stater948 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.6g, 11mm). Head of Nymph left, hair bound / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Phokaia (BC 600-560) EL 1/6 Stater - B -947 viewsca 600-560 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 10mm). Head of female left with a narrow hair band, long flowing hair, and an annular earing; behind, seal swimming downwards / Irregular incuse square. EF. Carr coll. Unknown to Bodenstedt, this is the 5th example to appear at auction. Same dies as Numismatica Ars Classica 92 part 1, 23 May 2016, Lot 216 and ‘Prospero’, The new York Sale XXVI, 4 January 2012, Lot 520. Others known are: Nomos 15, 22 October 2017, Lot 153; CNG 108, 16 May 2018, Lot 196. Ephesos (BC 390-330) Diobol945 viewsca 387-295 BC. AR Diobol (1.02g). Bee with straight wings within dotted circle / Two stag heads confronted, ΕΦ above. EF. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B39 - EL 1/6 Stater945 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g). Forepart of a winged griffin left, seal (fokh) behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Very rare, only 3 specimens cited by Bodenstedt. Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/24944 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Milesian 1/64th or Persic 1/48 Stater (6mm, 0.18g). Bee with curved wings / Eagle’s head right. Good VF, typical light porosity. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B35 - EL 1/6 944 viewsca 480 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g, 10mm). Forepart of man-headed bull left, collar with row of pearls; behind, seal swimming upward / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Very Rare. EF. A pleasing example of this type. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B69 - EL 1/6 Stater942 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of bearded male left, wearing Pilos (Hephaistos or Kabeiros) / Quatripartite incuse square. aEF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/12 Stater 940 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (6mm, 1.18g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Incuse square. Good VF, thin test cut on edge. Kolophon (BC 100-0) AE 19939 views1st century BC. AE19 (5.19g). Pytheos, magistrate. Homer sitting left on chair with high backrest, holding book in left hand, supporting head with right, ΠΥΘΕΟΣ to left / Apollo in long garb standing right, holding Kithara in left hand, plektron in right, ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ to left. Klazomenai (BC 500-480) Drachm938 views5th cent BC. AR Drachm (3.41g). Forepart of winged boar flying right / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare. Toned, EF. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B49? - EL 1/6 Stater938 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.60g). Protome of bridled horse left; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, light scratches. The two dies illustrated for issue 49 show a horsehead only, with no legs visible, and the seal below the horse rather than behind it. Chios (BC 133-84) Drachm938 viewsca 190-84 BC. AR Drachm (3.82g, 12h). Derkylos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left; grape bunch before / Amphora, ΧΙΟΣ and cornucopiae to left, ΔΕΡΚΥΛΟΣ to right. VF, toned. Well centered and struck on good metal. Klazomenai (BC 387/6) AE 12936 views4th century BC. AE12 (1.73g, 12h). Head of uncertain satrap right / Tripod; [K?]ΛA downward to right. Unpublished? VF, black patina. The attribution is uncertain. Clearly from western Asia Minor, other city names could accord with the portion of the ethnic visible on the coin, but the small trace of the initial letter that is struck up seems to best match a “K”.1 comments Phokaia (BC 477-388) B91 - EL 1/6 Stater936 viewsca 400 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm). Head of Athena left, wearing earring, her crested Attic helmet adorned with a Pegasos on the bowl / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. gVF. Miletos (BC 480-450) Hemidrachm934 views5th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.07g). Lion crouching right / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Good VF for type, toned, minor porosity. Very rare. Smyrna (BC 288-281) AE 18934 viewsas Eurydikeia. ca 288-281 BC. AE18 (4.01g). Veiled head of Eurydice right / EYPYΔΙΚEΩΝ, tripod. gVF. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater933 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.29g). Head of stag right / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Good VF. Very rare, fewer than a dozen known. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B35 - EL 1/6 Stater932 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Bearded head left; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Priene (BC 200-100) Drachm932 viewsca 2nd century BC. AR Drachm (3.93g). Head of Athena right, wearing pendant earring and triple-crested Attic helmet / ΠΡΙΗΝΕΩΝ, lidded amphora, magistrate’s name ΑΝΑΞΙΛΑ[Σ] to right. Extremely rare. Flan crack. Good very fine. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Geometric bee - EL 1/12931 viewsca 7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.16g). Milesian standard. Bee / quadripartite incuse square with central pellet. EF. Extremely rare. Phokaia (BC 530-500) Obol928 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Obol (0.71g). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian928 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.93g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / DIANA EPHESIA, cult statue of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia; stags at sides. VF. Kolophon (BC 330-280) AE 13927 viewsca 330-285 BC. AE13 (2.10g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bridled horse right; ΣΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ (magistrate) to left, ΚΟΛ below. EF, black patina. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/3 Stater927 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.77g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. Good VF. Extremely rare. Struck from the same punches as the hemistater offered above (lot 271), and the hemistaters in CNG 69, lot 421, and CNG 67, lot 702. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater927 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.52g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion's skin; club behind neck; below, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, toned. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater927 viewsLydia (?), uncertain mint, mid 6th century BC. AV (or EL) Hekte (2.34g). Forepart of lion left / Bipartite rectangular punch with floral pattern. Apparently unique. An issue of great importance and fascination, about extremely fine. Ex Leu 50 (1990), 165 and CNG 26 (1993), 98. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/24925 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.6g, 8mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of lion right / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare. Erythrai (AD 75-100) AE 14921 viewsunder Roman rule, 75-100 AD? AE14 (1.74g). EP-Y, club in dotted circle / wreath in dotted circle. Dark brown patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. 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