Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Hadrianeia (AD 238-244 ) AE 43 - Gordian III540 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE43 - Medallion (46.01g, 12h). S. Furius Themisonos, archon. • AVT • K • M • ANT • ΓOPΔIANOC • AVΓ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI C • ΦO-VP • ΘЄMICΩNOC • AP/ AΔPIANЄ•/ΩN, Tyche-Homonoia, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left, seated left, being crowned with wreath by Victory, holding palm frond in left hand; to left, Mercury standing right, seen from behind, holding caduceus in left hand and purse in right. EF, green and reddish-brown patina, minor obverse die shift, gently smoothed. Extremely rare.

Spoerri Butcher (RPC VII.1) recorded only two specimens for Furius Themisonos, as well as a unique specimen of the same type and from the same obverse die but signed by the archon K. Phanias Themisonos. This is perhaps the third known for this variant and the only in private hands. The obverse die used for this issue was also used to strike medallions for Germe in Mysia.
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 9539 views4th-3rd century BC. AE9 (0.78g). Head of Zeus Ammon right / [Π]-I-Σ-O-Σ, pentagram with pellet in center. VF, dark green patina. Rare with this reverse legend. Alighieri Coll.

The vast majority of Pitane’s coinage of the “Zeus Ammon / pentagram” type features an ethnic on the reverse. This rare specimen probably carries the name of a magistrate.
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Teuthrania (BC 400) AE 9 - Prokles539 viewsProkles, Satrap of Teuthrania and Halisarna, ca 400 BC. AE9 (1.1g). Head of Apollo left / T[EY], head of satrap right, wearing kyrbasia; [monogram to right]. Very rare. aVF.
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Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL 1/6 Stater538 viewsca 460-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g, 10mm). Head of Attis (Atys) facing right, wearing Phyrgian cap [below tuna right?] / Quadripartite incuse square. nEF. Carr coll.

Known type for a stater (at least 10 sold at auction, see Coin ID #9333 and #6817), hekte (1/6th Stater) (at least 12 sold at auction, see Coin ID #9330 and #9332), hemihekte (1/12th Stater) (at least 9 sold at auction, see Coin ID #9329) and Myshemihekte (1/24th Stater) (at least 6 sold at auction, see Coin ID #11022). In some instances, it appears that the die for the stater was used on hekte and, as such, the tuna is off the flan. This example is from an unknown die. In some cases, Attis is wearing a conspicuously jeweled Phyrgian cap (see Coin ID #9332) and in others, the jewels are less conspicuous or absent.
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Kyzikos (AD 222-235) AE 30 - Severus Alexander536 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE30 (11.42g) Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Two serpent-entwined torches flanking lighted altar.
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Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 16536 views4th century BC. AE16 (3.70g, 10h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Bull butting left; star above. VF, green patina.
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Tetartemorion536 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.21g, 8mm). Head of Apollo left, wearing taenia / Helmeted head of Athena left within incuse square. EF. Apparently unpublished.
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Plakia (BC 4th cent) AE 12535 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE12 (1.67g). Head of Kybele right / Lion attacking prey right; grain-ear below. VF, black patina.
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Poimanenon (AD 196-198) AE 24 - Caracalla535 viewsCaracalla, Caesar, 196-198 AD. AE24 (7.86g, 11h). Draped and cuirassed bust right / Eros standing facing, head right, holding bow and arrows and sacrificing over altar to right. VF, brown patina, minor roughness. Rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol534 viewsca 525-475 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.50g). Bird standing right before tunny; three(?) pellets around / Square incuse punch of mill-sail pattern. Near VF, porous. Extremely rare. Apparently unpublished.1 comments
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Pitane (BC 400-350) Obol534 views400-350 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.49g). Female head right / ΠΙΤΑΝA, head of ram right within incuse square. aVF. Very rare.
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Astyra (BC 400-395) AE 11 - Tissaphernes533 viewsTissaphernes, Satrap, ca 400-395 BC. AE11 (1.72g). Astyra? Head of Athena right / ΤΙ[ΣΣΑ-ΦΗΡΝΟΥ], Head of Dionysos (or Tissaphernes?). VF. Rare.
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 11531 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE11 (1.58g). Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, pellet in center, ΠΙΤΑ surrounding. VF, dark green patina.
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Attaia (AD 198-217) AE 26 - Caracalla531 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE26 (9.22g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝ, laureate head right / CΤΡ ΑΝΔΡΩΝΟ[C ΑΤΤΑЄΙΤΩΝ], Zeus and Heros placing his foot on rock. Nice dark green patina, EF.
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Lampsakos (AD 81-96) AE 15 - Domitian530 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE15 (3.24g, 6h). Laureate head right / Ithyphallic Priapus left. Good VF, dusty green patina. From Group CEM. Ex Sternberg XI (11/1981), lot 263.
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Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 26529 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AE26 (7.27g, 6h). Bull butting right on ground line, within dotted circle / KYZI/KHNΩΝ, Flaming torch, monogram below. About extremely fine.
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Pergamon (AD 238-244) AE 43 – Gordian III529 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE43 (44.19g). Homonoia with Nikomedeia. ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠΙ C ΙΟΥΛ ΛΟΓΙC/ΜΟΥ ΠЄΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΝЄΙΚΟΜΗΔЄΩΝ ΟΜΟΝ/ΟΙΑ, Asklepios and Demeter, holding long torch, poppy flower and prow of ship at her feet. Very rare. Somewhat rough, olive green patina, some scratches on obverse, otherwise almost EF. Ex Nomos 2 (2010), 208.
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Hadranoi (AD 253-260) AE 24 - Valerian I528 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE24 (5.90g, 6h). Alexander, archon. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Artemis advancing right, seizing stag by its horns. Near VF, rough brown surfaces. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Parion (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus528 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (10.31g, 12h). ILLP LICINN CR, laureate and draped bust right / C G I H PA, Aeneas, in military outfit, standing facing, head left, holding with his right hand Ascanius, who is standing at left, and cradling in his left arm Anchises, who has his right arm around Aeneas’ neck and holds the Penates in his left hand. Good VF, green and red-brown patina. Extremely rare. Ex Cain Coll.
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(BC 282-133) AE 14528 viewsPhiletairos, 282-263 BC. AE14 (3.53g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, thyrsos; in left field, A above M. Near VF, dark green patina, light cleaning scratches on obverse.
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Miletopolis (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus527 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 (23.84g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; c/m: NI / Hermes seated left, holding caduceus. Fine, brown patina. From the Ian Roper Collection.
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Pergamon (AD 177-192) AE 29 - Commodus527 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE29 (11.39g, 12h). Diodorus, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hygieia, holding serpent and patera, standing right, vis-à-vis Aesculapius, leaning on serpent-entwined staff, standing left. VF, green patina. From Group CEM.
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Plakia (BC 350) AE 13526 views4th century BC. AE13 (1.54g, 12h). Three-quarter facing turreted head of Kybele, slightly left / ΠΛΑ, rudder (or thymiaterion ?). Unpublished in the standard references. VF, dark gray patina, reverse a little rough.
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Pergamon (AD 253-260) AE 17 - Valerian II525 viewsValerian II, 253-260 AD. AE17 (3.01g). Bare head right / ΠЄPΓAMHNΩN, Cista mystica with snake. VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/24 Stater525 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Myshemihekte – 1/24 Stater (7mm, 0.68g). Head of Zeus-Ammon right [on tunny right] / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare as a myshemihekte.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater524 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (9mm, 1.37g). Lioness or panther at bay left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare as a hemihekte.
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Parion (AD 253) AE 20 - Cornelia Supera522 viewsCornelia Supera, Augusta, 253 AD. AE20 (4.12g). Draped bust right / Asklepios seated right, examining the leg of a bull standing left before him. Extremely rare. gVF.
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Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 25 - Commodus521 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE25 (7.02g). Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΓΕΡΜ, laureate and cuirassed bust of Commodus right within dotted border; circular countermark with woman's bust right / ΚΥΖΙΧΗΝ - ΝΕΟΚΟΡ, Demeter with torch driving biga composed of snakes within dotted border.
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Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol520 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.61g). Tunny left, lotus (?) flower below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, light porosity.
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Kyzikos (AD 200-270) AE 18520 views3rd century AD. AE18 (4.25g). Anepigraphic, head of Kore right, wearing grain ear wreath / KVZI KHNΩN, ibis. Dark green patina, EF. Franke coll.1 comments
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 15519 viewsca 190-85 BC. AE15 (2.75g). Head of Demeter right, wearing corn wreath / Thunderbolt, ΛΑΜ above, forepart of Pegasos right below. Dark green patina, VF.
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Hadrianeia (AD 238-244) AE 33 - Tranquilina519 viewsTranquilina, wife of Gordian III. 238-244 AD. AE33 (17.77g). Diademed and draped bust right / Naked Dionysos with kantharos leaning on Silenos and stick, panther at feet. Good fine.
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Pergamon (BC 200-30) AE 16519 views2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (2.98g). Draped bust of Athena wearing Korinthian helmet right / Owl standing facing on monogram, wings closed; all within olive wreath. Very fine.
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(BC 200-133) AE 17519 views281-133 BC. AE17 (2.98g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Asklepios enthroned to left feeding snake. Very fine.
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/24 Stater519 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24th Stater (7mm, 0.65g). Tunny head left / Rough incuse punch. Good VF. Lee Coll.; ex Rosen Coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12519 viewsca 550-­500 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (9mm, 1.30g). Head of lion left; tunny to right / Quadripartite incuse square.Good VF. Extremely rare as a hemihekte.
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Kyzikos (AD 209-212) AE 18 - Geta518 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 209-212 AD. AE18. Draped bust right / Capricorn right. Rare.
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Parion (BC 200-100) AE 16517 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE16 (4.19g). Female head right, hair bound in sakkos / ΠA, bull standing right. Nice VF, dark green patina. Apparently an unpublished type.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater517 viewsca 550­-500 BC. EL Stater (16.06g). Ram crouching left, head reverted; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare. A lovely representation struck on a very broad flan, two almost invisible metal flaws, otherwise good very fine.
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Astyra (BC 400-395) AE 12 - Tissaphernes516 viewsTissaphernes, Satrap, ca 400-395 BC. AE12 - Chalkous (1.24g). Astyra? Head of Athena right / ΤΙΣΣΑ-ΦΗ, Head of Dionysos (or Tissaphernes?). aVF.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater516 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (12mm, 2.64g). Lioness or panther at bay left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square.Good VF, light cleaning marks, edge split, minor flan flaw on reverse.
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Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 27515 views2nd cent BC. AE27 (6.12g). Bull butting right on ground line, within dotted circle / KYZI/KHNΩΝ, Flaming torch, monogram below. Nice very fine.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm515 viewsca 525-475 BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 2.42g, 10h). Head of Attis left, wearing Phrygian cap; [tunny] below / Head of lion left; K (retrograde) above; all within incuse square. VF, toned, light porosity. Rare.
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Atarneos (BC 350-300) AE 11514 views4th century BC. AE11 (0.88g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right, serpent above. VF, green patina.
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Lampsakos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater (or Tetrobol?) 514 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (or AR Tetrobol?) (2.31g, 10mm). Forepart of Pegasos right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Carr coll.

Very rare and catalogued as pale electrum giving the appearance of being a silver coin. There is some substantial debate surrounding these issues. While a rare coin, there are examples of both the left and right facing Pegasos types in what is both clearly EL and what appears to be solely silver. Would the ancients accept a coin that did not have a strong yellowish tint as true EL? The original description by J.P. Six as EL is followed by CNG (see CNG 94, lot 459) and Roma (this coin). The weight is consistent with a Hekte.
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Attaia (AD 98-117) AE 17 - Trajan513 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE17 (3.67g). ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙCΑΡΑ CЄΒ, laureate head right / ΑΤΤΑЄΙΤΩΝ, head Demos right. Rare. Dark green patina, EF.
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Obol513 viewsca 470-450 BC. AR Obol (0.85g, 10mm, 9h). Head right / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet, wheel with four spokes on helmet, within incuse square.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Trihemiobol513 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Trihemiobol (11mm, 1.15g, 7h). Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upward / Head of lion left within incuse square. VF, toned.
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Pergamon (AD 177-192) AE 41 - Commodus513 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE41 - Medallion (37.37g, 6h). Homonoia with Ephesus. P. Ael. Pius, strategos. [AY K]AI M AV-PH KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠI CT[P]-A ΠIOV [KOI]NΩ[N]/ ΠΕPΓAMHNΩ/N EΦECΙΩN, Asclepius, holding cult idol of Artemis Ephesia and serpent-entwined staff, seated in biga drawn by two centaurs. Fine, earthen black patina, some smoothing. Extremely rare and possibly unrecorded with this later bust type.
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Adramytteion (AD 81-96) AE 20 - Domitian513 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE20 (4.30g, 12h) AYT ΔOMITIANOC KAI CEB ΓEPMANIKOC, laureate head right / ΔOMITIA CEB AΔPA, draped bust of Domitia right. Very rare. Good very fine. Tricarico coll.
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Prokonnesos (BC 400-350) Obol511 viewsca 450-425 BC. AR Hemiobol (10mm, 0.50g, 12h). Forepart of horse right, A on shoulder; grape bunch to right / Oinochoe; Π to right. VF, toned, some roughness. Very rare.
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Parion (BC 27-AD 14) AE 14 - Augustus510 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE14 - Quadrans (2.45g, 1h). Bare head right / Capricorn right. VF, dark-green patina. Ex Patrick Villemur Collection. Ex Jacquier FPL 20 (1997), no. 313; Cahn 60 (7/1928), lot 1401.
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Pergamon (BC 133-27) AE 15510 viewsca 133-27 BC. AE15 (3.93g). ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΑΔΟΥ, draped bust of Hygeia right / ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΥΓΕΙΑΣ, snake coiled around omphalos. VF. Rare.
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Kyzikos (AD 100-200) AE 20510 viewsImperial Times, 2nd century AD. AE20 (4.20g, 6h). Wreathed and draped bust of Kore right / Panther standing right, placing paw on krater. Near VF, brown surfaces.1 comments
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Kyzikos (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III509 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (20.53g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Near VF, brown patina. Wagner Coll.
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Germe (AD 79-81) AE 16 - Titus and Domitian509 viewsTitus, with Domitian as Caesar. 79-81 AD. AE16 (3.69g, 11h). Laureate head of Titus right / Laureate head of Domitian right. VF, dark green patina with light earthen dusting. Alighieri Coll.
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Parion (AD 177-192) AE 23 - Commodus508 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE23 (7.10g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / She-wolf right, head left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. VF, green patina.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater507 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (8.5mm, 1.33g). Winged dog standing left, head right, on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater506 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.35g). Head of tunny right, vertical tunny fish behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare.
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Adramytteion (BC 200-100) Tetrobol?506 viewsca 200-100 BC. AR Tetrobol (?) (16mm, 2.87g). Laureate head of Zeus left / ΑΔΡΑΜ[Υ]-ΤΗΝ-ΩΝ, eagle with wings spread standing left on thunderbolt.
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Parion (AD 253-268) AE 28505 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE28 (11.60g). [IMP LICIN] - [GALL]EIN, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / CG - IH - P (P reversed), male figure, nude to hips, wearing short hip clothes and boots, holding spear horizontal in both hands, advancing right against boar, leaping left; branch above. F/about VF, olive-green patina. Hoeft coll.

The rev. seems to show Androklos killing the Ephesian boar. CGIHP means Colonia Gemella Iulia Hadriana Pariana.
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Pergamon (AD 41-50) AE 17 - Claudius504 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE17 (4.38g). KΛΑΥΔΙΟΝ ΚΑΙCΑΡΑ CЄBACTON, bare head right / CЄBACTON [...], tetrastyle temple containing statue of Augustus. VF.
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Hadrianotherai (AD 198-217) AE 53 - Caracalla503 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE53 - Medallion (52.90g, 6h). Aurelius Attalus Moschianus, magistrate. Struck circa 214 AD. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, gorgoneion on breastplate, slight drapery on far shoulder / Caracalla standing left, holding spear, clasping hands with Asclepius, holding serpent-staff, being crowned by Tyche, holding cornucopia. VF, brown and green surfaces. Struck on an immense flan. Frederick Coll.; ex Gemini I (1/2005), lot 404; Lanz 114 (5/2003), lot 508.

Plagued by health problems while journeying to campaign against the Parthians in 214 AD, Caracalla visited the temple of Asclepius in Pergamum (see lot 517 below). This medallion may record a visit to a temple of the god of healing in Hadrianothera as well.
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Lampsakos (AD 198-217) AE 19 - Caracalla501 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE19 (4.74g). Draped, laureate bust right / ΛΑΜΨΑ - ΚΗΝΩΝ, Homonoia standing, head with kalathos to left, cornucopiae in left hand, patera in right, over a burning round altar. VF.
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Hadrianotherai (AD 117-138) AE 14 - Hadrian500 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE14 (2.08g, 5h). Laureate head right / Head of bear left. Good Fine, rough tan surfaces. Rare depiction of a bear. Ex Wagner Coll.

Hadrianothera was founded following a successful hunt, which is depicted in fuller detail in a related issue (see SNG Copenhagen 177, showing the emperor on horseback spearing a bear). An additional issue in the name of Antinoüs also depicts a similar bear head.
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Kyzikos (BC 398-395) Drachm - Pharnabazos500 viewsca 398-396/5 BC. AR Drachm (3.33g). Head of Pharnabazos right, weaing satrapal cap tied below his chin, and diadem / Ornate ship’s prow left, decorated with a griffin and prophylactic eye; before and aft, two dolphins downward; below, tunny left. Corroded, RRR, good ss.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Obol500 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (13mm, 0.88g, 4h). Forepart of boar left, E (retrograde) on shoulder, tunny behind / Head of lion left within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned with some deposits. Well centered on a large flan.
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Kyzikos (BC 550­-500) EL 1/6 Stater500 viewsca 550­-500 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.68g). Facing head of Silenos; at sides, two tunnies upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned.
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Kyzikos (AD 117-138) AE 32 - Hadrian499 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE32 (27,44g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΚΥZΙ - ΚΗΝΩΝ, Demeter with two torches advancing right. Very rare. Dark brown green, lightly smoothed patina, almost EF.
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Kyzikos (AD 177-184) AE 21499 viewsImperial Times, ca 177-184 AD. AE21 (4.90g, 6h). KO–PH CΩTЄIPA, draped bust of Kore Soteira right, wearing wreath of grain ears / KYZI–KHNΩN, Eros standing left, holding hare by its hind feet. Near EF, dark green patina, area of flat strike on reverse. Fine style. Unique, and an extremely rare depiction of Eros the Hunter. Ex Liles Coll.; ex Lanz 125 (11/2005), lot 336.

Although this issue is unpublished, it can be dated by the strong stylistic similarity to other issues of this period (cf. RPC Online 783)
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Miletopolis (AD 117-138) AE - Hadrian498 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE (3.93g). ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC [...]ΙΑΝΟC, laureate head right / ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ/ Κ−Ο, Athena standing left, holding patera in right hand, spear and shield in left, owl at feet. Green patina, high relief, VF. Very rare.
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Priapos (BC 300-200) AE 20498 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE20 (6.86g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Crayfish right; bow below. Fine, green patina, cleaning scratches.
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Adramytteion (AD 198-217) AE 38 - Caracalla 498 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE38 (25.71g, 12h). Paulos, magistrate. Laureate and draped bust right / Septimius standing left, sacrificing from patera over altar and holding scepter, being crowned by Demeter(?) standing behind him. Fine, dark greenish-brown patina, obverse metal flaws. Rare. Frederick Coll.
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Pergamon (BC 450-400) Obol498 viewsGongylos, after 420 BC. AR Obol (0.55g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Calf's head right, ΠΕΡΓ to right, within incuse square. Toned, aEF. Rare.
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Lampsakos (BC 45) AE 17497 viewsTime of Julius Caesar, ca 45 BC. AE17 (4.23g). C G I L head of Janus; countermark: LAE monogram / Q LVCRET L PONT IIVIR COL DED PR, prow. Very rare. Very fine.
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Kyzikos (AD 254-268) AE 22 - Salonina496 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus. Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE22 (5.34g). Diademed and draped bust right set on crescent. / Artemis advancing right. Very fine.
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Kyzikos (AD 161-180) AE 35 - Marcus Aurelius496 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE35 (29.98g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena advancing right, wielding javelin and holding Nike. Fine, green patina, a little rough. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Hadrianoi (AD 117-138) AE 27 - Hadrian492 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE27 (12.24g). Laureate head right / Zeus enthroned left holding scepter and Nike holding wreath. Slightly rough, very fine.
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Kyzikos (AD 161-180) AE - Marcus Aurelius492 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE (6.89g). ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ(ΡΗ) - ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ(ΟΣ), bare head of Marcus Aurelius right / ΚΥΖΙΚΗ-ΝΩΝ, lighted torch on altar, entwined by serpent and surmounted by two poppies. VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater490 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.31g). Head of female left, hair in sphendone, on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square.EF. Well centered and struck. Very rare as a hemihekte.
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Attaia (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla487 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (13.99g). AV KAI M AVP ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CTP POYΦOY ATTAITΩN, Zeus standing facing with long scepter, head left; to left, Hero right, one foot on rock. VF.
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Kyzikos (AD 198-217) AE 43 - Caracalla487 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE43 / Medallion (43.31g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, holding spear over left shoulder; aegis on breastplate / Caracalla, bareheaded and in military attire, standing left, holding phiale over lighted altar and spear; vexillum to either side. VF, green patina, areas of roughness, hairline flan crack, minor doubling on reverse. Very rare.
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Lampsakos (BC 361-330) AE 19487 viewsca 361-330 BC. AE19 (3.97g, 3h). Janiform female head / Forepart of Pegasos right, Φ below. Scarce variety.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-510) Hemiobol486 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.41g). Griffin or Ketos with fish in mouth right; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Unpublished. Ex Kuenker 20 (1991), lot 162.
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Adramytteion (AD 218-225) AE 19 - Julia Maesa486 viewsJulia Maesa, Augusta, 218-224/5 AD. AE19 (2.67g). IOVΛIA MAICA, draped bust right / AΔΡAMYTHNΩN, Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus. Rare. gVF.
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Pergamon (AD 98-117) AE 18 - Trajan485 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE18 (4.42g). Laureate head right / ΠЄPΓA MHNΩN, Tyche with cornucopiae, monogram to the left. Very fine.
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Pergamon (BC 310-282) AE 16485 viewsca 310-282 BC. AE16 (3.48g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Confronted bull’s head; torch above, ΠΕΡΓ below. Near VF, dark green patina.
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Pergamon (AD 253-268) AE 34 - Gallienus484 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE34 (19.76g, 6h). Homonoia with Ephesus. Sex. Claudius Silianus, asiarch. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Statues of Aesculapius, leaning on serpent-entwined staff with left hand, and Artemis Ephesia, standing facing. Good VF, blue-green patina. From Group CEM. Ex Leu 30 (4/1982), lot 446.
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Germe (AD 100-130) AE 16482 viewsTime of Antonines, 100-130 AD. AE16 (2.90g). IEPA.CVN - KΛHTO, draped youthful bust of Senate right / ΓEPMA - NΩN, draped and laureate bust of Apollo right, laurel-branch before. Rare, about VF. Hoeft coll.

Referring to Ehling, all coins from Germe are from Germe in Mysia. Whether there was another Germe in Lydia is unclear.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater482 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.67g, 10mm). Head of boar right, holding in its mouth a tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well centered. Extremely rare.
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Attaia (AD 98-117) AE 19 - Trajan482 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE19 (2.96g). ΑΥ ΝЄΡΒΑ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC, laureate head right / ΑΤΤΑ−ЄΙΤΩΝ, draped female bust right. Dark green patina, VF.
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Pitane (AD 81-96) AE 18 - Domitian481 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE18 (3.08g). KA CЄBACTOC ΔOMITIANO, laureate head right / ΠITANAIΩN, Nike left with palm branch. Very fine.
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Lampsakos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus480 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (2.66 gm, 12h). Laureate head right / Ithyphallic Priapos standing left. VF.
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Priapos (BC 100-1) AE 19480 views1st century BC. AE19 (5.72g). Veiled head of Demeter right / [Π]ΡΙΑ-[Π]ΗΝWΝ within wreath.
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Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 44 - Caracalla480 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE44 - Medallion (40.35g, 6h). M. Caerelius Attalus, strategus. Struck 214/5 AD. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on shoulder; cuirass decorated with aegis; countermark: pellet within wreath; all in incuse / Caracalla standing left, holding scepter, raising hand toward Aesculapius standing facing, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; a small figure of Telesphoros on basis between. VF, green patina, traces of earthen overtones. Rare. From Group CEM. Ex Sternberg XI (11/1981), lot 270.

Caracalla visited the temple of Pergamene Aesculapius as he moved east to confront the Parthians in AD 214/5. There, he participated in its rites, which included sleeping within the temple precinct and having the dreams incurred thereby interpreted. To commemorate this event, a number of huge medallic bronzes, including this coin, were issued.
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Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 44 - Caracalla480 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE44 - Medallion (50.67g, 6h). Julius Anthimus, strategus. Struck 215-217 AD. Laureate and cuirassed bust right; cuirass decorated with aegis / Caracalla on horseback right, preparing to spear lion below, crouching left. VF, dark green patina, minor smoothing and traces of details enhanced. Very rare.
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Drachm480 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 5.37g, 2h). Janiform female heads / Helmeted head of Athena left within incuse square. VF, toned, double struck on obverse, die break on reverse. Rare. Ex Cahn Coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 100-50) AE 25479 viewsfirst half of 1st cent BC. AE25 (7.72g). Head Kore Soteira right within wreath / K-Y/Z-I flanking torch. Very fine.
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Kyzikos (BC 420-390) Hemiobol479 viewsca 420-390 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.27g, 2h). Male head (Attis?) right / Tunny right. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, porous.
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Attaia (AD 177-192) AE 27 - Commodus478 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE27 (12.25g, 7h). Rufus, strategus. Laureate and draped bust right / ΕΠΙ CΤP POΦΟV, ΑΤΤΑΙ/ΤΩΝ in two lines below horses, Nike driving biga R. Brown surfaces, good very fine.
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