Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


Most viewed - Karia
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Attuda (AD 253-268) AE 30 - Gallienus520 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE30 (10.59g). ΑΥ Κ ΓΑΛΛΙΕΝΟ C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΑΤΤΟ ΥΔΕΩΝ, Cybele standing facing, panthers at her side. Near VF, brown and green patina. Drewry Coll.; Ex Mabbott Coll., Schulman (6/1969), lot 1940.
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Hydisos (BC 100-0) Drachm520 views1st century BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.17g, 3h). Helmeted head of Ares right / ΥΔΙ-ΣΕΩΝ, winged thunderbolt, within dotted circle.. EF, lightly toned. Rare. Ex Hirsch 195 (5/1997), lot 317.
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Alabanda (AD 198-217) AE 34 - Caracalla520 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE34 (19.80g, 6h). AV K M AVP ANTΩNI[NOC] C, laureate and cuirassed bust right / AΛABA-NΔEΩ-N, Zeus enthroned to left, holding scepter and thunderbolt. Very fine. Ex T.O. Mabbott coll., H. Schulman, Auc 6 6/1969 (New York), Nr. 1674; Ex M&M Deutschland, Auc 13 (10/2003), Nr. 392. Ex Karl coll.
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Stratonikeia (AD 198-217) AE 37 – Caracalla & Plautilla520 viewsCaracalla. 193-211 AD. AE37 (19.81g, 6h). AVP A[NT] - AVPH KAI ΘЄ - CЄ - B NЄ PLAV[TIΛΛAN], radiate, cuirassed and draped bust to right facing draped bust; countermark in centre, head Athena in Attic helmet right; below, square countermark, ΘЄOY / CTPATONЄIKЄΩN ЄΠI - TΩN - ΠЄPT B KΛ [ΔIONVCION], Zeus Panamaros riding on horseback to right holding scepter in left; to the right, burning altar. Very fine. Ex Karl coll.
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Tabai (AD 81-96) AE 18 - Domitia520 viewsDomitia, wife of Domitian. Augusta, 82-96 AD. AE18 (5,86g, 12h), ΔOMITIA - CЄBACTH, head right / OPΘΠI - O - [Y IЄ]PΩNOC / [T]ABH / NΩN, Nike advancing right, holding wreath in right and palm branch in left. Very rare. Very fine. Ex Hauck and Aufhäuser, Auc 17 (3/2003), Nr. 267. Ex Karl coll.
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Mylasa (BC 392-376) Hemiobol519 viewsHekatomnos, ca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.50g, 3h). Head of roaring lion left / Forepart of facing lion; E below. Good VF, light porosity, uneven tone.
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Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) Drachm519 viewsca 150-50 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.78g, 12h). [...]mon, magistrate. Facing head of Helios / Helmeted and draped bust of Athena right; magistrate incomplete. Near EF, lightly toned. Ex CNG Elec. Auc. 141, lot 71; Gorny & Mosch 200 (10/2001), lot 1866.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 480-450) Tetartemorion517 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.20g, 9mm). Foreparts of two confonted bulls, horns crossed / Forepart of bull left within incuse square.
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Stratonikeia (AD 193-211) AE 38 - Septimius Severus517 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE38 (32.97g, 6h). L CЄP CЄ - BHROC Π[ЄPTINAX], laureate head right; countermark, laureate head of Caracalla right / ЄΠI KΛ [API]CTЄ - OV CTPATONЄIKЄ[Ω - N], Hekate standing facing, head left, holding torch in left and patera in right; at her feet to left, dog with head turned standing left. Very fine. Ex Hirsch Nachf., Auc 202 (11/1998), Nr. 469. Ex Karl coll.
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Kindya (BC 510-480) Obol517 viewsca 510-480 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.52g). Head of ketos left; horizontal Λ below “beard” / Eight-rayed star within incuse square. VF, minor porosity. Alighieri Coll.
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Rhodes (BC 229-226) AE 18516 viewsca 229-226 BC. AE18 - Tetrachalkon (4.90g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / P-O, rose with bud to right; TE to left. Good VF, choice dark green patina.

Ashton links this and several related coinage issues to the period immediately after the great earthquake that struck Rhodes circa 229-226 BC. The city and port were devastated, and the great bronze Colossus beside the harbor was demolished. Greek states all over the eastern Mediterranean shipped in relief supplies, with Ptolemy III of Egypt being particularly generous. The Zeus head may reflect an Egyptian connection - the Rhodians honoring their benefactors.
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Rhodes (BC 31-AD 60) AE 33516 viewsLate 1st cent BC-mid 1st cent AD. AE33 - Drachm (25.27g, 12h). Satyros, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose seen from above; ΣΑΤΥΡΟΣ below; all within oak wreath. VF, dark green patina. Ex Prof. Angelo Signorelli Collection, Part I (P. & P. Santamaria, 10/1951), lot 537.
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Iasos (BC 250-190) AE 24516 views2nd century BC. AE24 (5.76g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Dolphin swimming right, pulling naked Hermias, who holds fin with left hand, ΙΑΣΕΩΝ below. Good style, broad flan, olive-green patina, minimal corrosion on rev, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Syangela (BC 350-320) AE 9516 viewsca 350-320 BC. AE9 (0.82g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / S-Y, spear point within laurel wreath. EF. Very rare. Karl coll.; ex Hauck and Aufhäuser, Auk. 18 (10/2004), 266.
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Trapezopolis (AD 100-200) AE 16516 views2nd century AD. AE16 (2.47g). TPAΠEZOΠOΛITΩN, bust of Athena right / ΔΙAΠ OΛI AΔPACTOY, humped bull advancing right. Very rare mint. VF.
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Mylasa (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla516 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (11.78g, 6h). AV [K] MAΠ - AV AN[T] ΩNINOC, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / MVΛA / CEΩN, Zeus stg. facing, head left holding scepter in left and patera in right; at his feet, stag left. Very fine. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auc 122 (3/2003), Nr. 1785. Ex Karl coll.
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Rhodes (BC 125-88) Drachm515 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (17 mm, 2.52g, 1h). Helios radiate head right / Rose with bud to left, rising sun to right, P--O below rose, ΑΝΤΑΙΟΣ (magistrate).
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Kos (BC 345-330) Didrachm515 viewsca 345-330 BC. AR Didrachm (6.74g). Biton, magistrate. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Veiled female head left; ΒΙΤΩΝ behind. VF, toned, minor corrosion. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions IV (9/1988), lot 108; Ariadne Galleries 4 (12/1983), lot 124.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) lion/eagle - Obol515 viewsca mid-5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.65g, 3h). Forepart of a roaring lion right / Eagle flying right within incuse square. VF, toned.
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Knidos (BC 405-394) Drachm514 viewsca 405 BC. AR Drachm (3.72g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right within incuse square. Toned VF, light porosity, small reverse scratch. Rare issue.
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Kaunos (BC 470) Hemiobol?514 viewsca 470 BC. AR Hemiobol? (0.49g). Nude winged male running left, caduceus (?) to left / Lion standing left on ground line, head turned back, paw raised, caduceus (?) at end of tail, in dotted circle, within circular incuse. aF/VF.
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Antiocheia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 14 - Augustus514 viewsAugustus, 17 BC-14 AD. AE14 (3.2g). CEBACTOC, bare head of Augustus right / ΠΑΙΩΝΟΥ ΣΥΝΑΡΧΙΑ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ, Athena standing left holding spear and shield. VF.
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Knidos (BC 405-394 BC) Drachm514 viewsca 404-395 BC. AR Drachm (3.71 g, 16mm, 6h). Forepart of lion right / Head of Aphrodite right within incuse square. VF, toned. Very rare, Cahn lists nine examples. Ex Niklovitz Coll. (L. Hamburger, 11 June 1930), lot 344.
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Iasos (BC 250-190) AE 15513 viewsca 250-190 BC. AE15 (3.29g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / The youth Hermias swimming right, arm draped over a dolphin, ΙΑΣΕΩΝ above.
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Attuda (AD 253-268) AE 20 - Salonina513 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE20 (5.44g). Diademed and draped bust right, resting on a crescent / ATTOYΔEΩN, festooned altar atop which two smaller flaming altars and three pine cones; dagger in exergue. Good Fine, green patina. Drewry Coll.
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Euromos (BC 400) Hemiobol513 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.49g). Forepart of boar right / Bare head of bearded male right, Λ to left. VF, dark toning with earthen undertones.
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Keramos (BC 200-100) AE 19512 views2nd cent BC. AE19. Archaic head of Apollo (?) with long hair right / ΚΕΡΑΜΙΗ-ΛΕΩΝ, facing head of bull. Good VF, green patina. Rare.
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Stratonikeia (BC 88-30) Reduced Drachm511 viewsca 88-30 BC. AR Reduced Drachm (1.72g). Head of Hekate with rolled hair and crescent on forehead / Nike walking right, holding wreath and palm; grain ear before, ΠΑΜΦΙΛΟC (magistrate) above. VF, porous, small flan crack. Rare.
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Herakleia Salbake (BC 1st cent) AE510 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE (3.48g). Head of Herakles R / Female head R, ΗΡΑΚΛΕ to R. Black patina, EF. Very rare. Ex Peus Auc. 326 (1989), lot 220.
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Mylasa (BC 520-490) 1/12 Stater510 viewsbefore 500 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (0.82g). Forepart of lion left / Irregular incuse square. VF.
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Myndos (BC 200-0) Drachm508 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Drachm (3.99g). Menedemos, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus right / Headdress of Isis, thunderbolt below, ΜΥΝΔΙΩΝ to left, ΜΕΝΕΔΗΜΟΣ to right, within beaded circle. EF, some horn silver on the reverse.
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Kaunos (BC 490-470) Obol508 viewsUncertain, ca 450 BC. AR Obol (0.74g). Two ram’s heads back-­to-back / Griffin sitting right, paw raised, within dotted frame, all within incuse square. Extremely rare and apparently unrecorded in all major reference works. Light tone and about extremely fine. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 15 (2000), 123.1 comments
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Stratonikeia (BC 166) Hemidrachm507 viewsafter 166 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.25g). Laureate, bearded head of Zeus right/ C-T, Eagle with spread wings standing right, dolphin in front, ΠΛΙΩΝΙ [...] (magistrate) above, within incuse square. Dark patina, VF.
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Aphrodisias (AD 200-300) AE 26507 viewsca 3rd cent AD. AE26 (8.90g). ΙΕΡC - CΥΝΚΛΗΤΟC, head of young Synkletos right / ΑΦΡΟΔ-ΕΙCΙΕΩΝ, prize-urn and palm branch on table, ATT/AΛ/HA between legs. Brown patina.
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Kos (BC 500-480) Hemiobol507 viewsca 500­-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.57g). Crab / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned, a hint of porosity. Very rare.
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Stratonikeia (AD 193-211) AE 37 - Septimius Severus and Julia Domna506 viewsSeptimius Severus and Julia Domna, 193-211 AD. AE37 (23.08g). Vis-a-vis busts of Severus and Domna; countermark: helmeted head of Roma right within circular incuse between, QEOY within rectangular incuse above / Hekate standing half-left, holding patera and torch; at her feet to left, dog standing left looking back at her. Coin VF, countermarks Fine, brown surfaces, light smoothing.
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Herakleia Salbake (AD 3rd cent) AE 24506 views3rd century AD (under Roman protection), semi-autonomous. AE24 (6.17g). ΗΡ-Α ΒΟΥΛΗ, veiled and laureate bust of Boule right / Tyche in long garb, standing left with Kalathos on head, filling horn in hand. Rare. Good style, fine olive-green patina, EF.
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Rhodes (BC 40-AD 25) Didrachm506 viewsca 40 BC-25 AD. AR Didrachm (20 mm, 4.28g, 12h). Helios radiate head 3/4 right / Full-blown rose from above, corn-ear w/in border of dots, P - O around.
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Kaunos (BC 350-300) AE 12506 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE12 (1.02g). Forepart of a bull right / Sphinx seated right. VF, attractive green patina.
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Rhodes (BC 205-188) Hemidrachm506 viewsca 205-188 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.57g, 13mm). Akesis magistrate. Head of Helios three-quarter facing / AKEΣIΣ; P-O around stalk; bud right, lyre left. Good very fine.
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Kaunos (BC 300-200) Trihemiobol506 views3rd century BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.96g). Diademed head of Alexander the Great right / K-AY (AY in monogram), double cornucopiae bound with fillet. Toned, gVF. Rare.
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Knidos (BC 350-320) Tetradrachm506 viewsca 350-330/20 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.01 g, 12h). Chian standard. Timasiphron, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, hair tied at back, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace / KNI, forepart of roaring lion right; ΤΙΜΑΣΙΦΡΩΝ above. Good VF. Very rare, fewer than 30 of this type known. This magistrate is unknown in all denominations for this period.
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Kamiros (BC 500-480) Obol505 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Obol (0.68g). Fig-leaf / Rough incuse punch.
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Harpasa (AD 222-235) AE 36 - Severus Alexander505 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE36 (21.79g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Statue of Athena standing right within hexastyle temple. Near VF, olive green patina, flan crack, a little pitted in spots. Rare. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Stratonikeia (AD 193-211) AE 38 - Caracalla & Geta504 viewsCaracalla, 193-211 AD. AE38 (28.43g, 6h). AV K M AV - ANTΩNINOC C[ ... ] ΠO [ ... ], radiate, cuirassed and draped bust of Caracalla to right, facing erased bust of Geta; below, countermark, laureate head of Caracalla right / •ЄΠ•ΠPV ЄΠITVN[CANONTOC Γ] ΦIΛΩNOC – CTPATONIKЄΩN, Hekate with crescent standing facing, head left, holding torch in left and patera in right, sacrificing over altar. Very fine. Ex Karl coll.
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Kos (BC 345-330) Didrachm503 viewsca 345-330 BC. AR Didrachm (6.86g). Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Veiled female head left; ΑΓ[Η] behind. VF, toned. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (4/1993), lot 317; Superior Galleries (5/1989), lot 6081; Pixodarus Hoard.
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Myndos (BC 200-0) AE 19503 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE19 (5.87g). Head of beardless Dionysos wearing ivy wreath / ΜΥΝΔΙ - ΕΡΜΙ, owl sitting right on olive branch, head facing. Rare. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Kaunos (BC 490-470) Obol503 viewsca 490-470 BC. AR Tritartemorion (0.58g, 7mm). Iris running left / Winged sphinx (?) standing right, paw raised, within dotted incuse square. Very fine.
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Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater503 viewsMid 6th century BC. EL Forty-Eighth Stater (5mm, 0.29g, 7h). Facing lion head / Scorpion within incuse square. Near EF, minor earthen deposits on reverse.
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Mylasa (BC 170-130) Drachm502 viewsca 175-160 BC. AR Drachm (15 mm, 2.02g, 12h). Helios head facing, eagle standing on right cheek / Rose with buds to right and left, P-A/S-L.
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Sebastopolis (AD 69-79) AE 19 - Vespasian502 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE19 (5.58g, 12h). ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕ-ΒΑΣΤΟC, laureate head right / ΠΑΠΙΑC ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟ[Υ] / CΕΒΑ CΤΟΠΟ / ΛΙΤΩΝ, cult statue of Artemis (?) standing facing. VF. Karl Coll.
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Tabai (AD 98-117) AE 24 - Trajan 502 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE24 (10.38g, 12h). AV KA TPAIN (!) - OC API ΓЄ ΔA, laureate head right / TABHNΩN, Demeter standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos holding scepter, grapes and corn ears. Very rare. Good very fine. Ex Lanz, Auc 80 (5/1997), Nr. 366. Ex Karl coll.
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Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) AE 16501 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AE16 (3.97g). Head of Poseidon right / Ornate trident head; ΑΛΙΚΑP to left, ΜΕΛΑ (magistrate) to right.
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Lindos (BC 450) Stater501 viewsca 450 BC. AR Cut Stater (14.82g, 8h). Forepart of bridled horse right / Lion's head left within incuse square. VF, toned, light encrustation on obverse, granular surfaces. Apparently unpublished denomination.
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Rhodes (AD 31-60) AE 19501 viewsca 31-60 AD. AE19 (3.09g). Draped bust of Helios or Nymph Rhodos right, head radiate / ΡΟΔΙΩΝ, Nike in long dress standing left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand. Dark brown patina, gVF. Rare issue. Joy coll.
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Tabai (AD 81-96) AE 18 501 viewsTime of Domitian, ca 81-96 AD. AE18 (4.06g, 12h). ΔHMOC TABH-NΩ[N], laureate head of Demos right / ΔIA OP - IЄ, Capricorn right. 12. Very fine. Ex Karl coll.
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Rhodes (BC 250-230) Didrachm500 viewsca 250-230 BC. AR Didrachm (6.79g). Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; Athena holding aphlaston to left, TIMOΘΕΟΣ (magistrate) above. Good very fine.
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Rhodes (BC 40-AD 25) Didrachm500 viewsca 40 BC-25 AD. AR Didrachm (21mm, 3.82g, 9h). Timostratos, magistrate. Radiate facing head of Helios / Rose in full bloom, ΤΙΜΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ around. EF, toned.
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Syangela (BC 350-320) AE 11500 viewsca 350-320 BC. AE11 (0.86g). Laureate head of Zeus right / [S-Y], corn grain within laurel wreath. Dark green patina, aEF. Very rare. Joy coll.; ex CNG XXXIII (1995), 306.
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Aphrodisias (AD 200-250) AE 24500 viewsImperial Times, ca 200-250 AD. AE24 - Assarion (7.55g, 6h). IЄPA CV - NKΛHTOC, diademed bust of Senate right; countermark, B / AΦPOΔЄI-CIЄΩN, Aphrodite standing facing, holding scpter and apple. Very fine. Ex Karl coll.
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Syangela (BC 300-275) AE 11500 viewsca 300-275 BC. AE11 (1.20g, 6h). Wreathed head of Dionysos left / Kantharos; grape cluster to left. VF, green patina. Rare and choice for issue. Lee Coll.
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Kos (BC 166-88) Hemidrachm497 viewsca 166-88 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.72g). Magistrates Nikarch(...) and Asklep(...). Laureate head of Asklepios right / Coiled snake, head right; ΝΙΚΑΡΧ to left, ΑΣΚΛΗΠ to right, ΚΟΣ? below. VF.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) bull - Tetartemorion497 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.12g, 5mm). Rosette / Head of bull right. Extremely rare (2nd recorded?). Obverse off center, good very fine.
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Knidos (BC 350-320) Tetradrachm497 viewsca 350-330/20 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.29g, 12h). Chian standard. Agathophanes, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, hair tied at back, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace / Forepart of roaring lion right; ΑΓΑΘΟΦΑΝΗΣ below. VF, minor flat strike at high points. Extremely rare, unpublished as a tetradrachm.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 500-490) Stater497 viewsca 500­-490 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 14.00g). Two dolphins right; pellet between; all within linear square border / Two rectangular incuses. VF, toned, granular surfaces, light scuff on reverse. Extremely rare issue with both dolphins right, only the von Aulock and CNG 96 specimens published.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) lion/panther - Obol496 viewsca 465-440 BC. AR Obol (0.68g, 8mm). Forepart of roaring lion right / Facing head of panther within incuse square. VF.
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Attuda (AD 193-211) AE 25496 viewsca 193-211 AD, under Roman protection, pseudo-autonomous. AE25 (8.71g). IΕPΑ-ΒΟΥΛΗ, veiled head of Boule right / ΑΤΤΟΥ-ΔΕΩΝ, tree; altar to right. VF.
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Tabai (AD 161-180) AE 27 - Faustina II496 viewsFaustina II Junior, wife of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE27 (10,81g, 6h). ΦAVCTЄINA - CEBACTH , daped bust right / TABH-NΩN, Tyche standing facing holding rudder and cornucopia, head left. Almost extremely fine. Ex Karl coll.
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Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) AE19496 viewsca 150-50 BC. AE19 (4.54g, 11h). Head of Poseidon right, wearing tainia / Trident with dolphins between points; kithara to lower left, APTE (magistrate) to right. Good VF, dark green patina, light earthen deposits. Unpublished in the standard references with kithara. Karl Coll. (Lanz 131 (11/2006), lot 151).
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Karia Uncertain (BC 500-450) Diobol496 viewsca 500-440 BC. AR Diobol - Milesian Standard (1.93g, 10mm). Bull standing right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.
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Iasos (BC 250-190) AE495 viewsca 250-190 BC. AE (5.45g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Hermias swimming with dolphin right, ΙΑΣΕΩΝ below. Black-green patina, corrosion spots, VF. Rare.
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Antiocheia (AD 1st-2nd cent) AE495 viewsca 1st-2nd cent AD, pseudo-autonomous. AE (3.74g). NAP-BIC, Head of Tyche right, wearing 3-pointed crown / ΑΝΤΙΟ−ΧΕΩΝ, Athena standing left, holding spear and shield. Dark green patina, aEF. Rare.
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Kaunos (BC 300-250) AE 10495 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE10 (1.34g). Bull butting right, radiate circle above / Sphinx seated right, [K]-A/Υ.
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Kos (BC 30) AE 31 - Nikias495 viewsca 30 BC. AE31 (23.56g). [ΝΙΚΙ]ΑΣ, head of Nikias right wearing a slight beard, band in hair / ΚΩΙΩΝ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΠΙΔΗΣ, laureate head of Asklepios right. VF, brown and green patina, minor adjustment marks on both sides. Rare.

The elusive Nikias apparently seized power in Kos in the late Republican period, perhaps taking advantage of turmoil within the Roman Empire. He is usually dated between about 50 BC and the reign of Augustus, but the only evidence for his date is the style of portrait, which seem's to be strongly influenced by the portraiture of Octavian. His coinage, however, has not yet been fully studied, and even the sequence of his mint magistrates has not yet been established.
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Attuda (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus495 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (15.37g). ΠΟΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΕΝΟC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Α ΤΤ ΟΥΔ ΕΩΝ, Cybele on panther left, sceptre over shoulder. Near VF, thick green patina. Drewry Coll.
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(BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Hemiobol495 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, ca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Tetartemorion (?) (0.25g). Head of young male right / Head of bull left, E behind. VF. Very rare. Mueller coll.
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Stratonikeia (BC 30-AD 20) Reduced Drachm495 viewsLate 1st century BC - early 1st century AD. AR Drachm (16mm, 1.58g, 12h). Phanias, magistrate. Laureate head of Hekate right, crescent above / Nike walking right, holding wreath and palm. VF, lightly toned. One of three known to Meadows for this issue. Lee Coll.; ex Hirsch 209 (5/2000), lot 139.
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Stratonikeia (BC 166) Hemidrachm 495 viewsca 150-120 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.4g, 12mm, 2h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing 3/4 to right, wings open, C-T, serpent on altar in lower right field, APYCΛAC (?) (magistrate) above. VF.
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Halikarnassos (BC 300-150) Hemidrachm494 viewsca 3rd-2nd cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.92g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΑΛΙΚΑΡ-ΝΑΣΣΕΩΝ, lyre, ΕΡΜ (magistrate) above. aEF. Rare.
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Antiocheia (AD 100-270) AE 19494 viewsca 2nd-3rd century AD. AE19 (3.45g). Diademed bust of Zeus / ANT IOXЄΩN, Eagle standing left. Very fine.
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Rhodes (BC 188-84) Diobol493 viewsca 188-84 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.93g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose with bud to left; caduceus to right. Superb EF, toned.
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Orthosia (BC 200-0) AE 12493 views2nd century BC. AE12 (1.12g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΟΡΘΟΣΙΕIΩΝ Α-Π, ivy leaf. Very rare. EF. Karl Coll.; ex Hauck und Aufhäuser 12 (10/1996), lot 234.
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Attuda (AD 253-268) AE - Gallienus492 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE (12.52g). ΑΥ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ΑΤΤΟVΔΕΩΝ, Cybele, standing facing, stretching hands over the heads of two lions seated facing to left and right. Dark green patina, VF.
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Mylasa (BC 450-400) Hemiobol492 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.58g). Facing forepart of lion / Scorpion, tail to left. VF, porous.
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Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol492 viewsca 395-377 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.49g, 6h). Ram’s head right / Young male head right; Karian legend. VF. Karl coll.
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Syangela (BC 420-380) Hemidrachm492 viewsEarly 4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (10mm, 2.04g, 7h). Wreathed head of Dionysos left / Inverted grape cluster and kantharos, ΣYA above; all within incuse square. VF, toned, porous. Very rare. Lee Coll.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) lion/panther - Obol491 viewsca 465-440 BC. AR Obol (0.72g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Facing head of panther in incuse square. VF. Ex Hirsch Nachf. 175 (1992), lot 407.
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Rhodes (BC 188-84) Diobol491 viewsca 188-84 BC. AR Diobol (0.95g, 11h). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, Rose with bud to left; star to right. Superb EF, toned. Choice flan.
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Knidos (BC 520-495) Drachm490 viewsca 520-495 BC. AR Drachm (6.26 gm). Forepart of roaring lion right / Archaic head of Aphrodite right within incuse square in incuse circle. Heavily toned VF.
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Kos (BC 350-345) Tetradrachm490 viewsca 350-345 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.94g, 5h). Alkimachos, magistrate. Head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin / Crab; ΑΛΚΙΜΑΧΟΣ and club below; all within incuse square with border of dots. VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die. From the John F. Sullivan Collection. Ex Pixodarus Hoard (CH 9, 421).
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Apollonia Salbake (AD 100-300) AE 30490 viewsImperial Times, ca 1st-2nd cent AD. AE30 (18.31g, 6h). Kallippos magistrate. IЄPAC CVNKΛHTOC, bust of Senate right / ΑΠΟΛΛΟ-ΝΙΑΤΩΝ - KAΛ ΛIΠΠOC – CTP, Zeus seated left holding Nike and wreath and scepter. Very fine. Ex Hirsch Nachf., Auc 180 (11/1993), Nr. 288. Ex Karl coll.
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Mylasa (BC 392-376) Hemiobol490 viewsHekatomnos, ca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.52g, 1h). Head of roaring lion left / Forepart of facing lion; E below. Good VF, porous, well centered.
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Keramos (BC 200-0) AE 14489 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE14 (2.11), plinthophoric. Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / Κ-ΕΡΑΜΙΗ - ΔΙΟΝΥ, eagle standing right, wings closed, within incuse square. Dark green patina, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Halikarnassos (BC 480-400) Obol489 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.69g, 6h). Forepart of Pegasos right / Α-Λ-[Ι], forepart of goat on leash right. VF. Very rare. Karl coll.; ex Heidelberger Auk. 28 (11/1999), 288.
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Stratonikeia (AD 193-211) AE 37 - Caracalla & Plautilla489 viewsCaracalla, with Plautilla, 202-205 AD. AE36 (23.96 g, 12h). Cl. Dionysius, magistrate. AKPA KAI M AVP AИ • [KAI ΘЄ C-Є]B [NЄ] ΠΛAVTIΛΛAИ, confronted busts of Plautilla right, draped and wearing stephane, and Caracalla left, laureate, draped, and cuirassed; c/m: ΘЄOV within rectangular incuse / [CTPATOИIKЄΩИ Є]ΠI TΩИ ΠЄP B KΛ ΔIOИVCIOИ, Zeus Panamaros, holding scepter in left hand, on horseback right; altar to right. Good VF, dark green and red patina, minor obverse die shift. An interesting obverse legend lauding the divinity of Plautilla.
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Rhodes (AD 54-68) AE 36 - Nero487 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE36 (28.99g, 1h). Radiate head right / RODI/WN, Nike standing left on prow, holding aplustre; rose to left. Near VF, black-green patina.
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Knidos (BC 330-250) Drachm486 viewsca 330-250 BC. AR Drachm (3.12g). Head of Aphrodite Euploia right / Forepart of roaring lion right, [Κ]ΝΙ below, ΠΟΛΥΗΡΑΤΟΣ (magistrate) to right. Minor corrosion on rev, VF. Ex Auktion Giessener Muenzhandlung 26, Munchen 1983, lot 1499.
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Idyma (BC 425-375) Drachm486 viewsca 425-375 BC. AR Drachm (3.54g). Facing head of Pan / Fig leaf, ΙΔΥΜΙΟΝ, within incuse square. Good VF. Very Rare.
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Iasos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus486 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (3.48g). Laureate head right / Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and arrow over shoulder. Near VF, brown surfaces. Only two specimens listed in RPC. Drewry Coll.
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Kaunos (BC 490-470) Drachm485 viewsca 490-470 BC. AR Drachm (5.65g). Winged goddes (Iris) running right, both hands outstretched / Griffin standing left, left foreleg raised, within dotted incuse square. Lightly toned, VF. Ex Sternberg 18 (1986), lot 160.
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