Most viewed - Paphlagonia
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Amastris (BC 285-250) Didrachm 2531 viewsca 285 BC. AR Didrachm (9.55g). Head of Mithras right, wearing Persian mitra adorned with laurel wreath and star below / Aphrodite seated left, wearing polos, holding sceptre and Nike, who crowns her with wreath; myrtle bud to left, ΑΜΑΣΤΡΙΕΩΠto right. Good VF, attractively toned. Rare.
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(BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 222100 viewsPylaimenes, ca 130 BC. AE22 (3.90g, 12h). Facing bull's head / [Î’]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕÎΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, winged caduceus. EF, glossy dark brown patina.
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Pompeiopolis (AD 161-169) AE 242038 viewsMarcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE24 (8.32g, 12h). The two emperors, togate, standing facing one another, clasping right hands; between, star above crescent / Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right. Near VF, brown patina, some roughness. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Sinope (BC 520-480) Drachm1834 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Drachm (5.82g). Head of sea eagle left / Quadripartite pattern, opposite quadrants incuse and containing pellet in each.
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Sinope (BC 410-375) Drachm1788 viewsca 410-350 BC. AR Drachm (6.09g, 6h). Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos; NI behind / Sea eagle on dolphin left; [Σ]ΙÎΩ below, EKA (magistrate) in field to right. Near EF, attractively toned, fine style.
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Pompeiopolis (AD 161-169) AE 30 - Lucius Verus1690 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE30 (15.57g). Draped and cuirassed bust right / MHTRO PAFLA - POMPHI OPOLIC, Tyche standing left. Brown patina, VF. Unique? Ex Auktion H - W. Mueller, Solingen 46 (1984), lot 356.
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Sinope (BC 480-450) Drachm1659 viewsca 425-410 BC. AR Drachm (6.05g). Head of eagle left, dolphin below / Quadripartite incuse with two fields raised, two deepened, one containing an E?. EF-VF.
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Amastris (BC 300-288) Didrachm - Queen Amastris1555 viewsca 300-288 BC. AR Didrachm (9.76g), in the name of Queen Amastris. Head of Amastris right, wearing Persian headdress with wreath; bow in bowcase behind / ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΑΜΑΣΤΡΙΟΣ, Aphrodite seated left, holding Eros, who crowns her; sceptre leaning against throne. VF, toned.
Amastris, a niece of Darios III of Persia, became a pawn in the complex dynastic quarrels that followed the death of Alexander. She had been given as wife to Alexander's general Krateros, but was dismissed when Krateros arranged a marriage for himself with the daughter of Antipater. Amastris then married Dionysos, tyrant of Herakleia, by whom she had three children before his death in 306 BC. In 302 BC she married Lysimachos of Thrace, who soon acquired a more profitable alliance by wedding Arsinoe, the daughter of Ptolemy I Soter of Egypt. Amastris then retired to the territory of Herakleia, where she founded a new city named after herself. She was not destined to find peace, however; in 288 BC her two covetous sons had her drowned and seized her city for themselves.
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Pompeiopolis (AD 161-175) AE 27 - Faustina II1532 viewsFaustina II, 161-175 AD. AE27 (9.25g). Draped and diademed bust right / MH-TRO POM-P-HIOPOLIC, Demeter standing left. Dark brown patina, VF. Rare.
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Amastris (BC 85-65) AE 201504 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE 20 (6.53g). Gorgoneion sourrounded by aegis / Nike walking right, holding palm. VF.
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Sesamos (BC 340-300) AE 161501 viewslate 4th cent BC. AE16 (3.20g). Laureate head of Zeus left / ΣΗ-ΣΑ, wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing looped earring and necklace. EF, dark green patina.
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(BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 171414 viewsPylaimenes, ca 130 BC. AE17 (3.80g). Facing bull head / [ΒΑ]ΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕÎΟΥ [Ε]ΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, winged kerykeion. Nearly extremely fine.
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Sinope (AD 37-41) AE 17 - Caligula1340 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE17 (4.00g, 6h). Bare head right / Two colonists plowing right. Near VF, rough brown surfaces. Rare.
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Sinope (BC 100-85) AE1336 viewsca 120-80 BC. AE (9.58g). Head of Zeus right / Eagle on thunderbolt, monogram to left, ΣΙÎΩΠΗΣ below. Black patina, EF.
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Pimolisa (BC 120-63) AE 321217 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE32 (19.53g). Bearded, laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing on thunderbolt left, head right, ΠΙΜΩΛΙΣΩΝ below. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare.
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(BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 231190 viewsPylaimenes, ca 130 BC. AE23 (5.58g). Pylaimenes as Herakles right, club over shoulder, lion's skin around neck / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. Superb EF, glossy dark brown patina, exceptional!
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(BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 221152 viewsPylaimenes, ca 130 BC. AE22 (5.87g). Bust of Pylaimenes as Herakles right, club over shoulder, lion's skin around neck / [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. EF, dark green patina. Gutknecht coll.
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Sinope (BC 85-65) AE 221149 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (7.58g). Gorgoneion surrounded by aegis / Nike walking right. Good VF, dark brown patina.
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Sinope (BC 520-480) Drachm1140 viewsca 490-425 BC. AR Drachm (6.07g, 16mm). Head of sea eagle left, dolphin left below / Quadripartite pattern, opposite quadrants incuse and granulated. EF, well centered and exceptional for this issue. Virtually unimprovavble and perhaps the finest known of the type.
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Sinope (BC 250) Didrachm1117 viewsafter 250 BC. AR Didrachm (8.16g). Turreted head of Nymph Sinope left; countermark: radiate head of Helios facing, ΣΙÎΟΠΕΩΠaround / [ΣΙ-Î]Ο/B, Poseidon sitting on throne left, holding dolphin and trident; countermark: laureate head of horned Poseidon left. EF. Ex Lockett Auc. 2149 = SNG v. Aulock 6859.
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Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm1116 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.57g, 10h). Laureate head of Zeus left / KPΩMNA, head of Hera left, wearing elaborate stephane, crescent above; monogram below chin, star behind neck. EF, dark iridescent toning. Unpublished variety. Ex Garrett Coll. (Numismatic Fine Arts & Leu, 10/1984), lot 248.
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Ionopolis (AD 161-169) AE 26 - Lucius Verus1086 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE26 (14.25g, 6h). Laureate bust of Verus right / ΙΩΝΟΠΟΛΕ-ΙΤΩΝ, bust of Sarapis with kalathos right.
All the coins of Ionopolis are extremely rare. This issue with Lucius Verus / Sarapis is known from only 2 battered specimens - Hollstein/Jarman 2 (this coin) and 3 (Frank L. Kovacs Auction 12, 1995) - while the parallel issue, with Marcus Aurelius/Bust of Isis, is known from only one coin - Hollstein/Jarman 1 - in Berlin. The coins were probably struck to celebrate the renaming of Abonuteichos as Ionopolis circa 162 AD.
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Sinope (BC 100-85) AE 291075 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE29 (19.79g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle on thunderbolt, ΣΙÎΩΠΗΣ below. Dark green patina, gVF/VF. Gutknecht coll.
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Pimolisa (BC 120-63) AE 271066 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE27 (19.50g). Bearded, laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing on thunderbolt left, head right, ΠΙΜΩΛΙΣΩΠbelow. Dark olive-green patina, VF. Very rare. Gutknecht coll.
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(BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 231051 viewsPylaimenes, ca 130 BC. AE23 (5.88g). Bust of Pylaimenes as Herakles right, club over shoulder, lion's skin around neck / [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. Superb EF, glossy dark brown patina, some light adjustment marks as made. Exceptional!
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(BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 231044 viewsPylaimenes, ca 130 BC. AE23 (6.21g, 12h). Bust of Pylaimenes as Herakles right, club over shoulder, lion's skin around neck / [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. EF, glossy dark brown patina.
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Sesamos (BC 340-300) Drachm1041 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.49g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing earring and necklace; A to left, ΣΗΣΑΜΗ to right. Toned, good VF. Schonwalter Coll.
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Pimolisa (BC 120-63) AE 211035 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE21 (7.90g). Helmeted head of Ares right / [Π]ΙΜΩ-ΛΙΣ[ΩΝ], sword in sheath. VF.
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Amastris (BC 285-250) Didrachm 1035 viewsca 285-250 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 9.56g, 12h). Head of Mithras right, wearing Persian mitra adorned with laurel wreath and star above / Aphrodite seated left, holding Nike, who crowns her with wreath, in extended right hand, left arm resting on throne; rose to left, lotus-tipped scepter behind throne, monogram below. Near EF. Ex Nomos FPL (early 2011), 65; Gallice Coll. (E. Bourgey, 12/1932), 203; Burel Coll. (Feuardent Frères, 6/1913), 254.
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Sinope (BC 330-250) Drachm1025 viewsca 330-300. AR Drachm (5.05g). Head of Nymph Sinope left, hair in sakkos / Sea eagle on dolphin left; ΣΙÎΩ below, ΦΑΓΕ (magistrate) in field to right. EF.
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Koinon of Paphlagonia (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitian1023 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE22 (7.30g, 7h). Laureate head right / KOI / NON ΠA / ΦΛAΓONI / AC in four lines. Near VF, brown patina. Very rare.
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Neoklaudiopolis (AD 211) AE 21 - Geta1002 viewsGeta, 211 AD. AE21 (5.11g, 6h). Bust right / "Apocalyptic" Aphrodite loosening her garment provocatively and holding out an apple.
All the coins of this city are very rare, and this reverse type seems to be unrecorded for Neoklaudiopolis. Also interesting is the (unexplained?) legend-ending KOM KECAP, which can also be found on coins of Tavion in Galatia.
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Sinope (BC 520-480) Drachm993 views480-450 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 5.94g). Eagle's head left, dolphin below / Double incuse punch with pellets in center. Lightly toned, nice VF.
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Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm981 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.37g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Turreted head of Hera left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; ΗΓ monogram to left, ΚΡΩΜΝΑ to right. Toned EF. Rare.
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(BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 18946 viewsPylaimenes, ca 130 BC. AE18 (3.77g). Bull's head facing / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ right, ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ left, winged caduceus. EF, dark brown and green patina, surfaces a little rough. Rare.
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Sinope (BC 85-65) AE 21940 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE21 (8.39g). Head of Ares right / ΣΙÎ-ΩΠΗΣ, sword in sheath. Dark green patina, VF.
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Sinope (AD 198-209) AE 27 – Geta939 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE27 (15.08g), dated CY 252 (207/8 AD). P SEPTI GETAS C, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / CIF SINOP AN N CCLII, Geta on horseback right, holding spear pointed at bound captive seated on ground below. VF, brown surfaces, a little rough. Apparently unpublished. Wagner Coll.
This coin proves that Geta joined his father and elder brother in the rather prolific coinage issues of Sinope’s civic years 252 and 253. The reverse type is something of a mystery. The bound captive is wearing a crested Phrygian style helmet and must represent an eastern foe. Yet Severus’ Persian campaigns had wrapped up around AD 199, and the last coinage issues commemorating the wars appeared around 202-203. There followed several years of relative peace, only broken in 208 by the plans to expand the conquest of Britain. There seems to be no event that can be tied to this militant type.
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Amastris (AD 81-96) AE 34 - Domitian935 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE34 (25.07g, 6h). Laureate head right / Zeus Strategos standing facing, head left, leaning on scepter; at feet to right, eagle standing right, head left, with wings displayed. VF, tan surfaces. Extremely rare. Tricarico coll.; ex Wagner coll.
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Sinope (BC 480-450) Drachm933 viewsca 425-410 BC. AR Drachm (5.88g). Head of Eagle right / Quadripartite incuse square, opposing quarters filled or stippled. Good VF, toned. Unpublished in the standard references, unique variety. Ex Auctiones 10 (6/1979), lot 167.
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Sinope (BC 120-100) AE 17931 viewsca 120-100 BC. AE17 (4.33g). Draped bust of Perseus right / Cornucopiae between two pilei of the Dioskouroi, each surmounted by a star, ΣΙÎΩ−ΠΗΣ below. Near EF, glossy black patina, old scratch behind head.
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Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm930 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.56g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Turreted head of Hera left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; AP monogram before, swastika above, ΚΡΩΜΝΑ behind. Toned EF. Rare.
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Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm930 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.59g, 10h). Laureate head of Zeus left / Turreted head of Hera left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; monogram to left, moon above, star and ΚΡΩΜÎΑ to right. Toned EF. Rare variant. Ex J. W. Garrett Collection, Part II, Numismatic Fine Arts - Bank Leu AG, Auktion 16 (10/1984, Zurich), lot 248.
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Amastris (BC 285-250) Didrachm 922 viewsca 285-250 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 9.53g, 11h). Head of Mithras right, wearing Persian mitra adorned with laurel wreath and star below / Aphrodite seated left, holding Nike, who crowns her with wreath, in extended right hand, left arm cradling lotus-tipped scepter and resting on throne; rose bud to left, AMAΣTPIEΩN to right. Near EF, toned. Exceptional for issue. Ex CNG 78 (5/2008), lot 751; Sunrise Coll. (Triton X, 1/2007), lot 263; Schonwalter Coll. (Triton V, 1/2002), lot 1400; Coin Galleries (8/1978), lot 282; Coin Galleries (4/1961), lot 132; Ars Classica 14 (7/1929), lot 298.
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Sinope (BC 310-290) Hemidrachm914 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.40g, 12h). Female head left wearing turreted crown / Prow of galley left; ΣΙÎΩ above, aplustre and monogram to left. Good VF, toned.
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Sinope (BC 120-63) AE 19907 views120-63 BC. AE19 (7.75g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣΙÎΩ-ΠΗΣ, tripod. Green patina, aVF/VF. Rare. Joy coll.
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Sinope (BC 480-450) Drachm899 viewsca 425-410 BC. AR Drachm (6.02g). Head of eagle left; dolphin below / Quadripartite incuse with pellets in two quarters. EF. Ex Hess-Leu 28 (5/1965), lot 217.
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Sinope (BC 85-65) AE 31885 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE31 (18.41g). Head of Athena right in helmet decorated with pegasos / Perseus standing, facing, holding harpa and head of Medusa, whose decapitated body lies at his feet. Good VF, orange-brown patina.
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Sinope (BC 520-480) Drachm881 viewsca 490-425 BC. AR Drachm (5.95g). Head of sea eagle left; dolphin below / Double incuse punch with pellets in center. Toned, nice VF, well centered.
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Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm871 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.54g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Turreted head of Hera left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; NE monogram to left, dolphin below, ΚΡΩΜΝΑ to right. Toned EF. Rare.
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Sesamos (BC 300-250) AE 15867 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE16 (3.80g). Laureate head of Zeus left / ΣΗ-ΣΑ, wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing looped earring and necklace. gVF, green patina, thick flan. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Sinope (BC 330-320) Drachm857 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Drachm (4.93g). Head of Nymph left / Eagle on dolphin, ΣΙÎΩ below, ΔΙΟ... (magistrate) above. VF
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Sinope (AD 138-161) AE - Antoninus Pius850 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE (9.94g), struck ca 159 AD. Head right / Head of bull on human leg before burning altar (Cult statue of Serapis?). Red-brown patina, VF. Very rare.
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Sinope (BC 410-375) Trihemiobol847 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.49g). Head of Nymph Sinope facing slightly left / ΣΙ-Î[Ω], sea eagle standing facing, wings spread, head turned left. EF.
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Sinope (BC 333-322) Drachm - Ariarathes I846 viewsca 365-322 BC, in name of Satrap Ariarathes I of Cappadocia. AR Siglos/Drachm (5.36g). Head of nymph Sinope left, hair in sphendone, aplustre in front, Aramaic letters behind / Eagle on top of dolphin left, Aramaic legend ('Arydrt' - Ariarathes) below. Very rare. VF.
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Sinope (AD 138-161) AE - Antoninus Pius841 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE (12.08g), struck ca 140 AD. CIF A-NN CL-XXXU (= Year 185 of the local era, beginning 45 BC), head right / Two-columned shrine with bow, inside statue of Nemesis left. Unique? Good style, fine green patina, aEF. Ex Schulten & Co. GmbH, Koeln (10/1985), lot 372.
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Sinope (BC 410-375) Hemidrachm830 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.91g). Head of Nymph Sinope left / [Σ]Ι-ÎΩ, sea eagle standing facing, wings spread, head turned left; Î to right. Toned, gVF.
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Sinope (BC 520-480) Drachm822 viewsca 490-425 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 6.34g). Head of sea eagle left; dolphin below / Double incuse punch with pellets in center. VF.
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Sinope (BC 310-290) Hemidrachm816 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.41g). Female head left wearing turreted crown / Prow of galley left; ΣΙÎΩ above, aplustre and EA monogram to left. Good VF, toned.
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Sinope (BC 410-375) Trihemiobol815 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (12mm, 1.52g). Head of Nymph Sinope facing slightly left / ΣΙ-ÎΩ, sea eagle standing facing, wings spread, head turned left. gVF.
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Sinope (AD 41-54) AE 28 - Claudius807 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD, with Messalina (his third wife). AE28 (12.73g), struck 41 AD. TI CLAVDIVS CAES [AVG C I F ANNO LXX]XVI (= Year 86 of the local era). Laureate head of Claudius right / MESSALINA - [AVGVSTA], draped bust of Messalina right. red-green patina, corrosion, G/VF. Extremely rare. Ex Auctiones AG 10, Basel (1979), lot 170.
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Sinope (BC 333-322) Drachm - Ariarathes I806 viewsca 365-322 BC, in name of Satrap Ariarathes I of Cappadocia. AR Drachm (5.28g). Head of nymph Sinope left, hair in sphendone, aplustre in front, Aramaic letters ('m) behind / Aramaic legend (Arydrt), dolphin and sea-eagle left. Deep cut, toned very fine.
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Germanikopolis (AD 98-193) AE 29805 views2nd cent AD. AE29 (12.33g). Bearded head of Herakles right, club over shoulder / Apollo(?) standing left, extending arm and holding boule-headed sceptre. VF.
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Amastris (AD 138-161) AE 28 - Antoninus Pius800 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE28 (13.41g). Laureate head right / The Dioscouri standing facing each other, each holding spear and and bridle. VF, dark brown patina, smoothed. Rare.
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Sinope (BC 333-322) Drachm - Ariarathes I797 viewsca 365-322 BC, in name of Satrap Ariarathes I of Cappadocia. AR Siglos/Drachm (5.36g). Head of nymph Sinope left, hair in sphendone, aplustre in front, Aramaic letters behind / Eagle on top of dolphin left, Aramaic legend ('Arydrt' - Ariarathes) below. Very rare. EF.
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Germanikopolis (AD 193-217) AE 30 - Julia Domna789 viewsJulia Domna, 193-217 AD. AE30 (12.39g), 209-210. Draped bust right / ΑÎΤΩÎΙÎΟC ΓEΡΜΑÎΙΚΟΠΟΛ / EΤ CCΓ (= year 215) / Emperor (?) in military uniform and spear galloping right. Decentered, very fine.
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Sinope (BC 410-375) Hemidrachm789 viewsca 4th-3rd cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.90g, 16mm). Head of Nymph Sinope left / [Σ]Ι-ÎΩ, sea eagle standing facing, wings spread, head turned left. Toned, gVF.
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Amastris (BC 85-65) AE32780 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE32 (19.24g). Head of Athena right, wearing helmet decorated with a Pegasos / AMA-TPEΩΣ; Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and head of Medusa; winged body of Medusa at feet.
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Sinope (BC 310-290) Hemidrachm769 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.53g). Female head left wearing turreted crown / Prow of galley left; aplustre and monogram before. Toned, good VF, some light obverse die rust. Scarce issue.
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Amastris (AD 176) AE 23 - Faustina II763 viewsFaustina II, ca 176 AD. AE23 (7.47g). Diademed head Faustina right / Victory standing left, holding scepter. Very fine.
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Sinope (BC 27-AD 14) AE 14 - Augustus756 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE14 (2.61g, 12h), dated CY 22 (25/4 BC). C I F AN • XXII (AN ligate), bare head right / EX • D • D, filleted cornucopia set on globe. Good VF, dark green patina. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Virgil Brand Coll. (Part 7, Sotheby’s, 10/1984), lot 353; Sir Hermann Weber Coll., no. 4835.
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Sinope (AD 217-218) AE 30 - Diadumenian749 viewsDiadumenian, as Caesar, 217-218 AD. AE30 (13.50g), dated CY 261 (217 AD). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Serapis standing left, right hand raised, holding sceptre in left. Near VF, brown patina, minor roughness.
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Amastris (AD 209-211) AE 21 - Geta742 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE21 (7.19g, 1h). AYTKNCE RETAC AYR (Supreme-commander, Caesar, P. Septimius Geta, Emperor) / Pallas standing right, wearing a helmet, chiton, and peplos; in her right hand a spear; in her left, an owl, ΑΜΑCΤΡΙΑÎΩÎ. Scarce. See BMC 13, p. 150, 8 (for obv) and p. 87, 20 (for rev - Ant. Pius), unpublished?
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Amastris (AD 235-260) AE 22737 viewsImperial Times, ca 3rd cent AD. AE22 - 3 Assaria (3.60g). Draped bust of Homer right, wearing taenia; c/m: head of Gordian III right / Hades-Serapis seated left holding scepter; Cerberus seated before. Near VF, brown patina with some green highlights.
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Sinope (BC 480-450) Drachm718 viewsca 425-410 BC. AR Drachm (6.01g). Head of eagle left; [below, dolphin left] / Quadripartite square with two sunken quarters and two quarters in relief; K in one sunken quarter. Good VF, toned.
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Sinope (AD 209-212) AE - Geta712 viewsGeta, 209-212 AD. AE (14.04g), struck 210 AD. Head right / Bust of Serapis right. Dark brown patina, VF.
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Sesamos (BC 340-300) Drachm708 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.50g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing earring and necklace; ΣΗΣΑΜΗ to right, anchor above. Toned, aEF. Rare. Ex Rockefeller University (Mirsky coll.).
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Amastris (BC 85-65) AE 21690 viewsTime of Mithradates VI Eupator, ca 85-65 BC. AE21 (7.51g). Aegis / Nike advancing right, holding palm, monograms flanking. gVF.
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Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm675 viewsca 340 BC. AR Drachm (3.43g, 15.9 mm, 11h). Laureate head Zeus left / [Κ]PΩΜÎΑ, head of Hera right, wearing stephane and earring, swastika (?) above; HP monogram to left. Very fine.
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Sinope (BC 330-250) Drachm672 viewsca 330-300 BC. Female head left, wearing ampyx and sphendone, triple pendant earring, and pearl necklace / ΣΙÎΩ, sea eagle with spread wings alighting left on dolphin left, ΑΓΡΕΩ (magistrate) under wing. Beautiful mint state. Displayed at Cincinnati Art Museum, 1994-2008, no. 84; acquired from Baldwin's, 8/1970.
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Sinope (BC 120-100) AE 16668 viewsca 120-100 BC. AE16 (4.23g). Head of Nike with wings right / ΣΙÎΩ−ΠΗΣ, quiver. EF, grayish green patina.
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Sinope (AD 69-81) AE - Domitian668 viewsDomitian, as Caesar, 69-81 AD. AE Assarion (5.80g), dated CY 118 (72/3 AD). Laureate head right / Female figure standing facing, head right, leaning on cippus and holding cornucopia; date in legend. VF, brown surfaces, minor roughness on obverse. Ex. Wagner Coll.
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Neoklaudiopolis (AD 138-161) AE 31 - Antoninus Pius.662 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE31 (20.75g, 6h), dated CY 161 (155/6 AD). Laureate head right / Tyche seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia; ET PΞA (date) in exergue. Fine, green patina, a little rough. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Sinope (BC 27-AD 14) AE 23 - Augustus, Caius & Lucius658 viewsAugustus, with Caius and Lucius Caesars, 27 BC-AD 14. AE23 (6.96g, 12h). Dated CY 36 (11/10 BC). C I [F] AN • XXXVI (AN ligate), bare head of Augustus right / EX [•] D • D, jugate heads of Caius and Lucius Caesars right. VF, green patina with brown overtones. Ex Villemur Coll.; Ex Auctiones 18 (9/1989), lot 923.
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Sinope (BC 410-375) Trihemiobol657 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.37g). Head of Nymph Sinope facing slightly left / [ΣΙ]-ÎΩ, sea eagle standing facing, wings spread, head turned left. VF.
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Sinope (AD 235-238) AE - Maximinus I656 viewsMaximinus I, Thrax, 235-238 AD, for Maximus. AE (12.87g), struck ca 235 AD. Bust right / Bust of Serapis left. Green-red patina, F.
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Sinope (BC 27-AD 14) AE 22654 viewsTime of Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE22 (6.26g, 12h). Dated CY 19 (28/7 BC). C • F • I • SI • AN • XIX (AN ligate), laureate female head right / Plow right; EX • D • D above; all within palm wreath. Good VF, brown patina. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Aufhäuser 6 (10/1989), lot 95.
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Sinope (BC 520-480) Drachm 646 viewsca 490-425 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 6.23g). Eagle’s head left; below, dolphin left / Quadripartite incuse square with two opposing quarters filled, the others stippled. VF, toned.
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Neoklaudiopolis (AD 177-192) AE 31 - Commodus643 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE31 (14.63g), dated CY 184 (178/179 AD). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / NEOKΛAYΔIO-ΠOΛEITΩN, Tyche seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia; [P]ΠΔ below. Near VF, green patina with some light earthen highlights. Ex Drewry Coll.; ex Lindgren Coll, 85.
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Germanikopolis (AD 193-217) AE 29 - Julia Domna 641 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE29 (14.40g), dated CY 215 (209/210 AD). Draped bust right / Eagle standing left on cippus; standards flanking. Near VF, dark brown patina, some light roughness. Perhaps unpublished. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Sinope (BC 125-100) AE 23636 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE23 (21.46g). Male head right (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk) / ΣΙÎΩ-ΠΗΣ, quiver. VF. Extremely rare.
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Neoklaudiopolis (AD 98-117) AE 21 - Trajan628 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE21 (7.09g). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Aesclepius standing left, leaning on serpent-staff. VF, green patina, some encrustation.
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Sinope (BC 333-322) Drachm - Ariarathes I620 viewsAriarathes I of Cappadocia, 333-322 BC. AR Drachm (5.42g, 5h). Sinope mint. Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; [aplustre before], Aramaic 'MO' behind / Sea-eagle standing left, wings spread, on dolphin left; Aramaic legend ('Arydrt') below. EF, toned. Very rare.
Simonetta mentions these drachms in the text describing the coins of Ariarathes I, but does not list them in his catalog.
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Amastris (AD 198-209) AE 25 - Geta614 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE25 (8.45g). Laureate head right / AMA-C-TPIANΩN, ram standing left; eagle on tall column behind. VF, reddish-brown patina, light roughness. Ex Drewry Coll.
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Germanikopolis (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla600 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (14.32g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Cityscape: two civic buildings between two towers. VF, glossy green patina. Extremely rare and highly interesting type.
Richmond (“The Town of Germanicopolis-Gangra in Paphlagonia†NC 1929, pp. 310-2) describes the central structures on the reverse as two distinct buildings, perhaps the city’s forum and basilica, with a narrow alley running between. Robertson, however, suggests that they may represent a single gatehouse, an idea initially dismissed by Richardson due to the uncharacteristically pitched roofs. The current specimen lacks what seems to be a curved wall seen on the latter two specimens referenced above, but exhibits an even more pronounced break between the central structures. They cannot form a gate, and must therefore represent two civic buildings, the smaller of which is shown in perspective. The type can thus be interpreted as a cross-section of the city; the two side towers represent two opposite entrances, with a circular wall around (on at least some specimens), and depicting in the center what must have been among the most important civic buildings.
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Sinope (BC 480-450) Drachm588 viewsca 425-410 BC. AR Drachm (5.92g). Head of eagle left; below, dolphin left / Quadripartite square with two sunken quarters and two quarters in relief; K in one sunken quarter. EF, toned.
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Sinope (BC 330-250) Drachm571 viewsca 325-300 BC. AR Drachm (5.02g). Dionysios, magistrate. Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos / Sea eagle on dolphin left; ΔΙΟÎΥΣΙ behind. EF.
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Sinope (AD 81-96) AE 23 - Domitian570 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE23 (7.60g), dated CY 138 (92/93 AD). IMP CAES DOM AVG GERM, laureate head right / C I F AN CXXXIIX, Marsyas standing left, holding wine skin over shoulder. VF, brown patina, light roughness.
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Sinope (BC 85-65) AE 33550 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE33 (18.24g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Perseus standing, facing, holding harpa and head of Medusa, whose decapitated body lies at his feet; monogram to left and right. Near VF, dark grayish-green patina with some light earthen highlights.
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Germanikopolis (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla545 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (14.09g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, drapery on far shoulder / Apis bull advancing right, head facing; behind, two signa with bucrania. Unpublished. VF, brown patina, light traces of silvering, some deposits. Extremely rare. Ex Lanz 125 (11/2005), lot 880.
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Sinope (BC 330-320) Drachm539 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.99g). Phorm..., magistrate. Head of a nymph left, hair bound in a saccos; aplustre before / Eagle standing left on dolphin; ΦOΡ[M]. Toned VF.
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