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Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


Top rated - Phokaia EL
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater1077 viewsca 625-575 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.63g). Head of griffin left / Irregular incuse square punch. Good VF. Well centered. Ex Jonathan P. Rosen Collection (Muenzen und Medaillen 72, 10/1987), lot 95; Numismatic Fine Arts IV (2/1979), lot 283.22222
(6 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B87 - EL 1/6 Stater738 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of satyr left, wearing ivy wreath; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Well struck.22222
(5 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater1022 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Seal (fwkh) swimming along to left, looking back over its shoulder; annulet below / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare; the only coin in Bodenstedt's corpus illustrated with a line drawing! Bodenstedt identifies the device below the seal as a theta, but there is no evidence it is a letter.22222
(9 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater1080 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of Hermes left, wearing Petasos; seal to right / Quatripartite incuse square. aEF.22222
(7 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B55 - EL 1/6 Stater 2183 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 10mm). Cicada, seal above / Quatripartite incuse square. EF.22222
(6 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B31 - EL 1/6 Stater1346 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 12mm). Female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap; [seal to right] / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.22222
(6 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B44 - EL 1/6 Stater974 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Head of Ares left, wearing Attic helmet / Incuse with 6? divisions. VF. Rare. Ex Rosen coll. 593 and Lanz Auk. 52 (1990), lot 213.22222
(8 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B43 - EL 1/6 Stater1433 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Facing head of Satyr, [seal to left] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Scarce, only 9 specimens cited by Bodenstedt for this type.22222
(14 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B29 - EL 1/6 Stater1162 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Three seals swimming in a circle to L around a central pellet / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely attractive and well struck. Good EF. 22222
(7 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B62 - EL 1/6 Stater1478 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.54g). Head of nymph left, hair in sphendone; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Superb EF. The second known from these dies, and the finest. Ex Tkalec Auc. 2005 (5/2005), lot 79.22222
(10 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B90 - EL 1/6 Stater1285 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of nymph left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.22222
(8 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B41 - EL 1/6 Stater828 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Helmeted head of Athena left; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, only seven specimens listed by Bodenstedt. 22222
(8 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/6 Stater7067 viewsca 625-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g). Head of seal left; small seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Rare.11111
(25 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B21 - EL 1/6 Stater1267 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of bull left, dotted truncation; seal (fwkh) above the forehead / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, sharp strike and nicely centered.11111
(7 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B49? - EL 1/6 Stater926 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.60g). Protome of bridled horse left; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, light scratches.

The two dies illustrated for issue 49 show a horsehead only, with no legs visible, and the seal below the horse rather than behind it.
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(6 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater 1037 views387-326 BC EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion skin and carrying club, both stolen from Herakles; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Omphale was a mythological woman who dressed in Hercules' lion's skin.11111
(6 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B20 - EL 1/48 Stater1456 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.31g, 5mm). Head of ram left, seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Unpublished?11111
(7 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater1286 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.64g). Head of seal left / Incuse punch. Good VF.11111
(9 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B33 - EL 1/6 Stater1531 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Archaic head of Artemis(?) left, wearing stephane and circular earring; small seal behind / Rough quadripartite incuse square. EF, a few scuffs. Ex von Aulock Collection, 7942.11111
(10 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 - EL 1/6 Stater1105 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.11111
(11 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater1136 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Helmeted head left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.11111
(8 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 - EL 1/6 Stater1285 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54g). Helmeted head of Athena left wearing crested Corinthian helmet, serpent on helmet; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.11111
(5 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B15 - EL 1/24 Stater 1069 viewsafter 550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.64g, 7mm). Head right, wearing Corinthian helmet; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Very rare.11111
(5 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B27 - EL 1/6 Stater1456 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g, 10mm). Lion left, seal above / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.11111
(9 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B63 - EL 1/6 Stater1012 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of young male left, wearing taenia; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity.11111
(6 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater 1288 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g, 12h). Crested Corinthian helmet left, ornamented with a floral scroll; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, well centered.11111
(10 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B96 - EL 1/6 Stater 792 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of Io left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.11111
(7 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B90 - EL 1/6 Stater971 views477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head left, hair in sakkos / Quadripartite incuse square. Very fine.11111
(7 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B98 - EL 1/6 Stater1057 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Aphrodite left, hair in chignon; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, well centered. Very rare, only seven specimens cited by Bodenstedt, all but one in museum collections.11111
(8 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B38 - EL 1/6 Stater807 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Roaring lion left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, struck with worn obverse die. Extremely rare, only four specimens listed by Bodenstedt, all in museum collections. 11111
(8 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater2050 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Laureate head of female left, hair in sakkos; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, fine style and well centered. 11111
(8 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B09 - EL 1/6 Stater1074 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Forepart of bull right, head reverted; small seal above / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.11111
(8 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B31 - EL 1/6 Stater1768 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 12h). Female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Superb EF. Very rare, only four specimens cited by Bodenstedt.11111
(8 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B38 - EL 1/6 Stater1003 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Head of a roaring lion left; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Very rare, only four specimens cited by Bodenstedt, all in museum collections.11111
(10 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL Stater1225 viewsca 625-575 BC. EL Stater (16.47g). Head of griffin right, tongue protruding from open jaws, knob on forehead and two tendrils curling over neck / Rough incuse square. Good VF, obverse die slightly worn. The second specimen known, from a different pair of dies.

Attributed to Phokaia based on style, fabric, and metrology, as well as the fact that it uses a griffin head as a coin type on silver trihemiobols of the late 6th century BC.
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(9 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B106 - EL 1/6 Stater1003 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Female head left, hair rolled and tied at forehead in a "star"; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, a few scuff marks.11111
(9 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B12 - EL 1/24 Stater1061 viewsca 625/20-522 BC. EL 1/24 stater (0.63g). Griffin's head left; seal to right / Bipartite incuse square. Good VF. 11111
(6 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B39 - EL 1/6 Stater934 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g). Forepart of a winged griffin left, seal (fokh) behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Very rare, only 3 specimens cited by Bodenstedt.00000
(8 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B90 - EL 1/6 Stater976 views477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Female head left, hair in sakkos, seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.00000
(6 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater1091 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion's skin; club over shoulder, small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.00000
(5 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B91 - EL 1/6 Stater 1092 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Helmeted head of Athena right; small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. 00000
(5 votes)
     
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