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Home > Karia Most viewed - Karia Aphrodisias (AD 81-96) AE 27 - Domitian & Domitia652 viewsDomitian, with Domitia, 81-96 AD. AE27 (10.38g, 6h). Confronted busts of Domitian, laureate, and Domitia, draped / Tyche of Aphrodisias seated left, holding cult statue and scepter. Fine, dark green, almost black patina, with traces of green around periphery. Ex Lindgren Coll. ( Kovacs 15, 10/2003), lot 238. Karia Uncertain (BC 400-340) Hemiobol652 viewsca 400-340 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.4g). Head of lion turned left, within linear circular border / Head of bull left, Karian letter or dynastic symbol on shoulder. VF.1 comments Alabanda (AD 193-211) AE 31 – Julia Domna651 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, died 217 AD. AE31 (18.76g, 12h). IOVΛIA Δ - [OM]NA AUΓ [C], draped bust right / A-ΛABA-NΔEΩ[N], Tyche standing facing holding rudder and cornucopia, head left. Ex Hauck und Aufhäuser, Auc 12 (10/1996), Nr. 614. Ex Karl coll. Mylasa (BC 450-400) Hemiobol651 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.59g). Milesian standard. Facing forepart of lion / Scorpion, tail to left, M below; within incuse square punch. EF. Rhodes (BC 205-188) Tetradrachm651 viewsca 205-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.91g, 12h). Onasandros, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; to left, pileos surmounted by star; ONAΣANΔPOΣ above. EF, minor die rust. Rhodes (BC 275-250) Didrachm650 viewsca 275-250 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 6.65g). Aristobios, magistrate. Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / Rose with bud; wreath to left, ΑΡΙΣΤΟΒΙΟΣ above. VF. David Herman Coll. Rhodes (BC 125-88) Drachm649 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (2.54g, 16mm). Radiate head Helios right / Rose with bud to right, P-O, ΦΙΛΟ[...]TPAΣ. Very fine. (BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Diobol649 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR Diobol (1.30g). Mylasa mint. Laureate head of bearded man right (Hekatomnos?) / Forepart of bull left, E before. VF. Extremely rare. Obols and Diobols are well-known from the emission of small coins assigned convincingly to the Carian Satrap Hekatomnos. A. Winzer, Antike Portraitmünzen (2005), No. 13, argues that some portray the Satrap himself, while others Zeus Lepsynos. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) boar/dog - Hemiobol648 views5th cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g, 7mm, 2h). Forepart of winged boar right / Head and neck of dog (hound) left on leash and collar, within incuse square. Rhodes (BC 88) AE 28647 viewsca 88 BC, Siege of Mithradates VI. AE28 (14.61g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose; helmet to left, thunderbolt to right. VF, dark brown patina. Good strike on a broad flan, much superior most published specimens in the series. Struck during Mithradates VI's failed 6-month siege of Rhodes in 88 BC. Unable to produce enough silver for military expenditures, the Rhodians resorted to a fiduciary bronze coinage. (See R. Ashton, Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Siege of Mithradates VI, in NumChron 2001.) Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol644 viewsFirst half of 4th cent BC. AR Persic Hemiobol (0.31g, 7mm). Young male head right, Carian inscription / Head of ram right. Good VF. Kaunos (BC 430-410) Stater643 viewsca 430-410 BC. AR Stater (11.64g). Winged female figure left / Conical structure, two grape vines (one on either side), Carian letter K (=Kbide) above. Very rare. EF. Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol642 viewsca 400-340 BC. AR Persic Hemiobol (0.31g, 7mm, 11h). Young male head right; Carian letters / Head of ram right. (BC 344-326) Ada or Orontobates - Drachm640 views4th cent BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.43g). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / Star of twelve points; I-I Δ-Ο around. VF, toned, minor porosity. Very rare. Mylasa (AD 129) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian639 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.52g), Mylasa mint, struck after 129 AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Zeus Labraundos standing facing, holding double axe (labrys) and spear; fillets hang from wrists to ground as supports. Toned VF, light porosity. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus, Sutherland Group III (g). Ex von Aulock Collection, 6616. Knidos (BC 490-465) Drachm638 viewsca 490-465 BC. AR Drachm (6.08g). Forepart of roaring lion left / Archaic head of Aphrodite left within incuse square. Toned, good VF. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen 79 (1994), lot 355; Duplicates from the Hermitage Collection (Schlessinger/Berlin, 2/1934). Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) griffin/lion - Obol638 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.57g, 7mm). Head griffin right / Incuse of lion head right. Apparently unpublished and unique. VF.1 comments Rhodes (BC 170-150) Drachm638 viewsca 170-150 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 2.95g, 12h). ‘Plinthophoric’ coinage. Athanodoros, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / Rose with bud to right; wing to left, AΘANOΔΩPOΣ above; all within incuse square. EF. Knidos (BC 330-250) Drachm637 viewsca 330-250 BC. AR Drachm (3.27g). Head of Aphrodite Euploia right, wearing sakkos, in beaded circle / Forepart of roaring lion right, KNI below, ΕΥΜΕ[ΛΩ] (magistrate) above. Fine toning, good style, good VF. Kalymna (BC 3rd cent) Didrachm637 viewsca 280-250 BC. AR Didrachm (6.22g). Male head right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Lyre, [Κ]ΑΛΥΜΝΙΟΝ below, in dotted square. Toned, light corrosion on rev. aEF. Scarce. Kos (BC 300-190) AE 12636 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE12 (1.83g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Crab; K below. Good VF, choice dark green patina. Aphrodisias (BC 27-AD 14) AE 15 - Augustus636 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE15 (2.67g, 12h). Laureate head right / ΑΦΡΟΔΙ-CΙ-ΕΩΝ CΩC-ΩΝ, double-axe with taenia. About EF. Karl Coll.; ex Gorny & Mosch 113 (10/2001), lot 5477. Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 36 - Gallienus636 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE36 (20.82g, 6h). Radiate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / Bridge spanning the Maeandrus river; gateway to bridge to left, surmounted by stork standing right; on parapet, river-god Maendrus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia. Good VF, red and dark green patina. A choice example of this interesting and ambitiously designed type. Tabai (AD 54-69) AE 19 - Nero634 viewsNero, 54-69 AD. AE19 (3.74g). Laureate head right / ΤΑΒΗ/ΝΩΝ, two starts above, within wreath and dotted circle. Dark green patina, EF. Knidos (BC 350-320) Tetradrachm634 viewsca 350-330/20 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.44g, 12h). Arkesilas, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Head and foreleg of lion right; KNI above, APKEΣIΛAΣ below. Near EF, toned, slight die shift. Extraordinary style in high relief on a broad flan. Extremely rare, one of two known. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/6 Stater633 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR 1/6 Stater (2.05g), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left; EKA above / Stellate pattern in square incuse. VF. Extremely rare. Rhodes (BC 170-150) Hemidrachm630 viewsca 170-150 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.36g). Dexikrates, magistrate. Three-quarter facing head of Helios, radiate, head turned slightly right / Rose with bud right; winged caduceus to left, ΔΕΞΙΚΡΑΤΗΣ above. VF, lightly toned. David Herman Coll. Kaunos (BC 166-100) Hemidrachm628 viewsca 166-100 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.44g), Magistrate Antai-. Helmeted head of Athena right / Sword in sheath; palm tied with fillet left, AN-TAI across field. Toned EF. Knidos (BC 350-320) Tetradrachm628 viewsca 350-330/20 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.33g, 12h). Chian standard. Autokrates, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / KNI, forepart of roaring lion right; ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ above. Superb EF, lightly toned. Very rare, fewer than 30 of this type known. Keramos (AD 0-100) AE 25626 viewsImperial Times, 1st cent AD. AE25 (7.43g, 1h). KEPAMI / HTON, head Apollo right / ΣEBAΣ / TOΣ in two lines within laurel wreath; countermark, bucranium within quadratum incusum. Extremely fine. Ex Karl coll. Euromos (BC 100-0) AE 20626 views1st century BC. AE20 (4.00g, 12h). Apollo seated right, holding lyre / EYPΩ - MEΩN, cult statue of Zeus Labraundos standing facing. Near VF, reddish-brown patina. Wagner Coll. Apparently unpublished. Karia Uncertain (BC 500-480) Stater624 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Stater (10.82g). Lion's head left with foreleg below / Dipartite incuse square, parted diagonally. Struck from rusty dies. VF. Attributed to Issos in Kilikia in earlier times, the obverse type is clearly reminiscent of Karian coins (cf. SNG Kayhan 929-30). In fact, B. Head had pondered Knidos as the place of minting (Historia Numorum, 1st ed. 1886), p. 523 note). This is certainly wrong - both the standard and the fabric are different - but Karia is still likely to be the area of this issue. Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater623 viewsMid 6th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.28g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Facing head of lion / Scorpion within incuse square. Good VF. Mylasa (BC 210-30) AE 12?622 viewsca 210-30 BC. AE (1.58g). Horse trotting right / M-Y, ornamented trident head upwards. VF. Euromos (BC 100-0) AE 17620 views1st century BC. AE17 (5.00g, 12h). Facing cult statue of Zeus Labraundos / Eagle standing right, wings displayed, on thunderbolt. Fine, green patina. Alighieri Coll. Kindya (BC 510-490) Tetrobol619 viewsca 510-490 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.29g). Head of ketos right / Incuse geometric pattern. Near EF. Rare right-facing type. Idyma (BC 350-250) AE619 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE (0.80g). Head of Nymph right, hair in ampyx and sphendone / Fig leaf, Ι-Δ-Y/MION. Dark green patina, EF. Very rare. R. Mueller coll. Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater615 viewsMid 6th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater (5mm, 0.25g). Lion's head facing / Scorpion. Near VF. Alabanda (AD 138-161) AE 37 – Antoninus Pius615 viewsAntoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AE37 (24.93g). •AVT•K[AI]•T•A[IΛ]• [AΔPIA]NOC• A[NTΩ] NI NOC•C[EB•], laureate head right / •EΠI•[Γ•AN] K•IΛ•A - NΔP[ΩNOC •APC•] / AΛABANΔEΩN, Dionysos with katharos and thyrsus standing facing; to the left panther leaping. Almost very fine. Ex Karl coll. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) female/lion - Obol614 viewsca 5th cent. BC. AR Obol (0.63g, 8mm). Female head (of Archaic style) left / Protome of lion in incuse square. F. Unpublished? Lindos (BC 480) Stater614 viewsca 480 BC. AR Stater (13.93g, 6h). Head of lion with open jaws to R / Incuse square formed of two sunken rectangles with irregular surfaces divided by a broad horizontal band. Very rare. Nicely toned. EF. Ex Giessener Muenzhandlung 36 (4/1987), lot 243. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/3 Stater613 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR 1/3 Stater - Drachm (16mm, 3.91g, 1h), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left, EKA above / Stellate pattern in incuse square. Toned aEF. Karl Coll. Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol - running king612 viewsUncertain Satrap, ca 420-350 BC. AR Persic Hemiobol (0.36g). Persian King kneeling/running right, holding bow and knife / Young male head right, Carian letters on either side. Unpublished. Rhodes (BC 305-275) Didrachm610 viewsca 305-275 BC. AR Didrachm (6.43g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / Rose with two buds flanking; A to left, caduceus to right. Good VF, toned, minor porosity, light scratch on obverse. Rare. Ashton suggests that this issue of profile-head didrachms from 305-275 BC was produced to finance the construction of the Colossus, and that because the head is strikingly different from the usual portrait of Helios, it may actually portray the head of the Colossus. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - Stater610 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR Stater (12.59g), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left; EKA above / Stellate pattern in circular incuse. VF, area of flat strike, minor overall porosity. Very rare, only 20 specimens recorded, many of which are fourre, listed by Konuk. Kos (BC 285-258) Tetradrachm610 viewsca 285-258 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.22g, 12h). Xanthippos, magistrate. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Κ-ΩΙΟ-Ν, Crab, ΞΑΝΘΙΠΠΟΣ and bow-in-bowcase below; all within dotted square. Near EF, ligthly toned. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 29 (5/2005), lot 209. Apollonia Salbake (AD 222-235) AE 42 - Severus Alexander610 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE42 - Medallion (46.11g). ΑΥ Κ Îœ ΑΥΡ ΣЄ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, laureate, draped and cuirssed bust right / ΣΤΡΑ ΑΓΑΘЄΙΝΟΥ / ΤΟ−Υ ΙΗ / ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑ/ΤΩΝ, Emperor in military uniform with extended right and Nike on globe riding facing spread quadriga. Extremely rare. Unpublished (?). Dark brown patina. EF. Ex Gorny & Mosch 155 (2007), 216. The magistrate is known from contemporary coins (s. Robert a.O. S.264). The reverse theme is identical/ copied to the later coins of Gallienus (S.P. de Saxe-Coburg, Monnaies grecques inedites, RevNum 1892, 87f. pl.III 8). Kaunos (BC 410-390) Stater610 viewsca 410-390 BC. AR Stater (11.74g). Iris, wearing belted chiton, running left, head turned back, holding caduceus in right hand and wreath in left / Conical baetyl, upside down triangle symbol on left and Γ on right; all within incuse square. Head of Iris flatly struck, otherwise EF. Kaunos (BC 490-470) Tritartemorion609 viewsca 490-470 BC. AR Tritartemorion (9mm, 0.74g). Winged female figure running right / Griffin standing left within incuse square. VF, porous. Scarce. Euromos (BC 400) Hemiobol608 views5th-4th cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.53g). Forepart of boar right / Bearded head of Zeus right, Λ to left, within shallow incuse circle. Very fine. Rhodes (BC 100) Hemidrachm608 viewsafter 100 BC. AR Hemidrachm - Triobol (1.14g). Radiate head of Helios 3/4 right / Rose with two buds, star to right, ΜΗΝΟΣ (?) (magistrate) above. EF. Knidos (BC 404-394) Tridrachm608 viewsca 404-394 BC. AR Tridrachm (11.06g). The infant Herakles, naked, kneeling to right on ground line, strangling a serpent in each hand, Σ-Y-N. / Head of Aphrodite facing to right, her hair rolled, a prow before, KNI-Δ-IΩ-N, all within an incuse square. Some light pitting, good very fine. Purchased privately in 1987 US$ 8,250. Alabanda (BC 167/6) Tetradrachm606 views167/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.85g, 11h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Pegasos springing right; A (= year 1) below. Good VF, light iridescent toning, slightly off center strike. Rare. From the John F. Sullivan Collection. Kaunos (BC 470-450) Stater606 viewsca 470-450 BC. AR Stater (11.20g, 20mm). Winged female figure running right, head left, holding caduceus and wreath / Baetyl(?) in incuse square, small horn-like projection (handles?) on apex of baetyl. Toned VF. Ex Kricheldorf Auction 11 (1962), lot 200. Stratonikeia (BC 125-85) AE 16603 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE16 (2.91g, 12h). Laureate head of Hekate, moon on forehead / Pegasos flying left, B in field to right. VF. Knidos (BC 210-185) Didrachm603 viewsca 210-185 BC. AR Didrachm (17mm, 5.84g, 12h). Agephon-, magistrate. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Forepart of roaring lion right; club to left, [A]ΓΕΦΩΝ below. Good VF, lightly toned, hairline flan crack. Knidos (BC 530-520) Trihemiobol603 viewsca 500 BC. AR Diobol (12mm, 1.65g, 3h). Head of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right within rectangular incuse. VF, some porosity. Stratonikeia (AD 193-211) AE 38 - Septimius Severus & Julia Domna602 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE38 (22.91g, 6h). •AV•KAI - LO[V CЄΠ] CЄVHROC IOV-ΔOM[NA], radiate, cuirassed and draped bust to right facing draped bust; above in field countermark, head Athena in Attic helmet right; to left below, square countermark, ΘЄOY / ЄΠI ΠPV ΛЄONTOC TOV A - ΛЄKЄO - V CTPATONIKЄΩ / [N], Hekate with crescent standing facing, head left, holding patera in right, sacrificing over altar. Extremely fine. Ex Karl coll. Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol602 viewsca 400-340 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g, 6h). Ram’s head right / Young male head right; Karian legend. VF, light porosity. Poseidion (BC 520-480) 1/3 Obol601 viewsca 500 BC. AR 1/3 Obol (12mm, 0.32g, 10h). Dolphin left; uncertain symbol below / K within incuse square. Near VF, toned. Rare. Lee Coll. Knidos (BC 395-390) Tetradrachm600 viewsca 395-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.72gm). Head of Aphrodite Euploia left, prow behind / Forepart of roaring lion left, [ΣΤΙ]ΦΟ[Σ] (magistrate) below, all within incuse square. VF, minor porosity. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Lanz 40 (25 May 1987), lot 289; Hecatomnus Hoard. Rhodes (BC 40-AD 25) Drachm599 viewsca 40 BC-25 AD. AR Drachm (4.21g). Phainilas, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Open rose; acrostolion below, ΦΑΙΝΙΛΑΣ around. EF, lightly toned, minor obverse die rust. Mylasa (BC 520-490) 1/6 Stater597 viewsca 500 BC. AR 1/6 Stater (1.83g). Forepart of springing lion right / Irregular incuse punch. Very rare. Dark toning, VF. Rhodes (BC 250) Didrachm596 viewsca 250 BC. AR Didrachm (6.60g). Radiate head of Helios 3/4 right / Rose, ΡΟΔΙΟΝ above, star and ΔΙ to left. Ex Gorny & Mosch (1994), lot 284. Halikarnassos (BC 400-380) Drachm596 viewsca 400-377 BC. AR Drachm (3.44g, 12h). Rhodian standard. Head of Apollo facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath / ΑΛΙΚ-[ΑΡ], eagle standing right, wings spread; olive branch to lower right; all within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, slight granularity. Ex Herman Coll.; Ex Numismatica Ars Classica N (3/2002), lot 2355. Kos (BC 357-330) Didrachm595 viewsca 357-330 BC. AR Didrachm (6.91g). Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Veiled head of Demeter left; ΒΙΤΩΝ (magistrate) to right, ΚΩΙΟ[Ν] below. EF. Rhodes (BC 350-300) AE 12595 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE12 (1.27g). Head of Nymph Rodos right / P-O, rose with bud right; trident in field to left. Fine green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Alabanda (BC 150) AE 9595 viewsmid-2nd cent BC. AE9 (0.77g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / [ΑΛΑΒΑΝ]-ΔΕΩΝ, eagle standing right. VF. Karl coll. Rhodes (BC 250-230) Didrachm594 viewsca 250-230 BC. AR Didrachm (6.76g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; Athena holding aphlaston to left, TIMOΘΕΟΣ (magistrate) above. Herakleia Salbake (AD 100-200) AE 18593 viewsImperial Times, 2nd cent AD. AE18 (3.33g, 7h). Laureate bust of Heracles wearing lion skin. HPAKΛ - [Є]ΩTΩN, Nike walking right, holding palm branch in right handand wreath in left. Very fine. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser, Auc. 12 (10/1996), Nr. 288. Ex Karl coll. (BC 344-326) Ada or Orontobates - Tetrobol593 views4th century BC. AR Tetrobol (?) (15mm, 2.6g). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / Star of twelve points; I-T-Δ-V around. aEF. Very rare.1 comments Knidos (BC 380-360) Hemidrachm592 viewsca 380-360 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.62g, 12h). Thersippos, magistrate. KNI, forepart of lion right / ΘEPΣIΠΠOΣ, head of Aphrodite right, helmet to left. EF. Mylasa (AD 117-138) AE 36 - Hadrian591 viewsHadrian, with Aelius, Caesar, 117-138 AD. AE36 (27.24g), struck 136-138 AD. M. Julius Damianus, magistrate. Confronted bare-headed and draped busts of Hadrian and Aelius, Caesar / Îœ ΙΟVΛΙΟC ΔΑΜΙΑΝΟC ÎœVΛΑCCVCΙW, Zeus Osogoas and Zeus Labraundos standing facing. Fine, porous brown surfaces. Possibly unpublished. Rare. Drewry Coll.; Ex Burstein Coll., Peus 366 (10/2000), lot 679. (BC 351-344) Hidrieios - Tetradrachm591 viewsHidrieios, Satrap, 351-344 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.21g). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double axe (labrys) and lotus-tipped sceptre / ΙΔΡΙΕΩΣ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and lotus-tipped sceptre; small I to left. Good style, gVF/VF. Tabai (AD 253-268) AE 31 - Gallienus590 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE31 (9.75g, 6h). AV KAI ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate draped cuirassed bust right, large B before / A[PX IA]CONOC CIΛBOV TABH / NΩN, goat-legged horned Pan, dancing left, playing syrinx. Halikarnassos (BC 300-200) AE 12590 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE12 (1.40g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Eagle standing left with open wings, lyre before, AΛΙ above. Black patina, aEF. Kidramos (AD 218-222) AE 37 - Elagabalus590 viewsElagabalus, 218-222. AE37 (21.47g, 6h). AVT KAI M AV A - NTΩNЄINOC CЄ, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / KIΔP - AMH/ NΩN, Velied Tyche within distyle temple wearing kalathos standing facing; at her feet, snake. Very fine. Ex Hirsch Nachf., Auc 176 (11/1992), Nr. 756. Ex Karl coll. Kos (BC 100-30) AE 23589 views1st century BC. AE23 (6.04g). Laureate head of bearded Asklepios right / ΚΩΙΩΝ - ΑΓΗΣΙΑΣ, snake staff. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Knidos (BC 411-405) Obol588 viewsca 405-394 BC. AR Obol (0.95g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, within incuse square. Good VF. Very Rare. Only 1 specimen from this die pair cited by Cahn, from the McClean collection, and it grades only Fine. Rhodes (BC 125-88) Hemidrachm588 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.25g, 14mm). Magistrate Melantas. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / P-O, rose; ΜΕΛΑΝΤΑΣ (magistrate) above, grape bunch to right; all within incuse square. Near EF. Rhodes (BC 350) Drachm586 viewsca 350 BC. AR Drachm (3.68g). Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / ΡΟΔΙΟΝ, rose, bud on either side; I above right bud. Superb EF, great style. Rare. Alabanda (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla586 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (11.97g, 12h). AV K M AVP ANTΩNI[NOC] C, laureate and cuirassed bust right / AΛABAN-ΔEΩ-N, Apollo standing facing holding eagle and laurel wreath; to right, kithara on column. Almost extremely fine. Ex G. Hirsch Nachf., Auc 202 (11/1998), Nr. 489. Ex Karl coll. Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 35 - Gallienus586 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE35 (20.18g, 6h). Radiate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / Bridge spanning the Maeandrus river; gateway to bridge to left, surmounted by stork standing right; on parapet, river-god Maeandrus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia. VF, dark green patina with areas of minor striking weakness. (BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Diobol585 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR Diobol (1.29g, 6h), Mylasa mint. Bearded head of Hekatomnos right / Forepart of bull left; E on shoulder. VF, some porosity. Extremely rare; only three specimens recorded by Winzer. Kamiros (BC 500-480) Stater583 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Stater (12.12g). Fig leaf / Rectangular incuse divided by thick central band. VF. Mylasa (BC 392-376) Hemiobol582 viewsHekatomnos, ca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.36g). Lion's head right with reversed foreleg below / Lion's scalp facing, flanked by leg on both sides, in incuse circle. Die-break on rev., nice VF. Apparently unpublished with lion right. Alinda (BC 145-130) AE 19581 viewsca 145-130 BC. AE19 (4.58g). Laureate bust of young male right / ΑΛ-ΙΝ/ΔΕ-ΩΝ, thunderbolt, within olive wreath. Dark green patina, gVF/VF. Very rare. The obverse portrait resembles Seleukid kings Demetrios II (1st reign, 146-139 BC) or Antiochos VII (139-129 BC). Kindya (BC 510-480) Didrachm581 viewsca 510-480 BC. AR Didrachm (5.66g, 17mm). Ketos winding right / Geometric Pattern. Unpublished and possibly unique. Stratonikeia (BC 88-55) Drachm579 viewsMithradatic War, ca 88-85 BC. AR Drachm (1.85g, 12h). Gaios, magistrate. Laureate head of Hekate right, crescent on forehead / Nike advancing right; ΓΑΙΟC above, serpent-staff to right; all in incuse square. Near EF, small flan crack. Halikarnassos (BC 300-200) AE 12578 viewsca 3rd-2nd cent BC. AE12 (1.28g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Eagle standing left with open wings, lyre before, A[ΛΙ] above. EF, glossy dark green, almost black, patina. Mylasa (BC 450-400) Hemiobol578 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.56g). Facing forepart of lion / Scorpion, tali to right, within incuse square. Good very fine. Apollonia Salbake (BC 100-0) AE 15578 views1st century BC. AE15. Head Apollo right / ΑΠΟΛΛΟ-ΝΙΑΤΩΝ, lyra with five strings. Rare, very fine. Kos (BC 190-166) AE 13578 views190-166 BC. AE13 (2.95g). Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / ΚΩΙ, club and a bow in a bow case; ΚΛΕΥΧΙΟ (magistrate) between. EF, dark brown patina, patina rubbed on high points. Rare. Ex Brand Coll. (Sotheby's, 10/1984), lot 325; Rhousopoulos Coll., 3977. Karia uncertain (BC 520-490) Stater578 viewsca 520-490 BC. AR Stater (16mm, 10.84g). Forepart of a roaring lion right / Divided incuse punch. VF, minor granularity. (BC 351-344) Hidrieios - Trihemiobol578 viewsHidrieios, Satrap, 351-344 BC. AR Trihemiobol (10mm, 0.91g, 9h). Halikarnassos mint. Head of Apollo facing slightly right / 8-pointed star (4 thick rays and 4 thin) with pellet in center, ΙΔΡΙ between. VF. Karl Coll. Rhodes (AD 54-68) AE 17 - Nero?577 viewsTime of Nero (?). AE 17 (3.01g). Jugate busts of Helios and Tyche / Nike on prow left. Attractive VF. Unique and unpublished. (BC 351-344) Hidrieios - Tetradrachm577 viewsHidrieios, Satrap, 351-344 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.21g). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double axe (labrys) and lotus-tipped sceptre/ ΙΔΡΙΕΩΣ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and lotus-tipped sceptre, E to right. Some oxidation, aEF. Aphrodisias (AD 238-244) AE 37 - Gordian III577 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE37 - 3 Assaria (24.21g, 6h). AV K MAP AN ΓOPΔIANOC CЄ, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / AΦPOΔЄIC-I/ЄΩN, Centaur advancing right with bow and arrow. Very fine. Ex Münzzentrum Köln, Auk 73 (4/1992), Nr. 132. Ex Karl coll. Rhodes (BC 40-AD 25) AE 18575 viewsca 40-25 BC. AE18 (3.49g). Radiate head of Helios right / ΡΟΔΙωΝ, open rose, seen from above; herm. EF, wonderful green patina. Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater574 viewsMid 6th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater (5mm, 0.22g). Lion's head facing / Scorpion. VF. 1241 coins on 13 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13