Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Top rated Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE 29 - Domitia Lucilla671 viewsDomitia Lucilla, mother of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE29 (16.50g, 7h). ΔOMITI ΛOYKIΛΛAN NEIKAIEIC, draped bust of Domitia right, hair coiled on top of head / M AVPHΛIOC OVHPOC KAICAP, Aurelius on horseback right, holding couched lance in right hand. VF, tan patina, corroded. Extremely rare, one of two known, the other in the BN. The specimen of this coin in Paris has been known since 1863, being the subject of some debate concerning its authenticity. This second specimen is from the same dies and seems to confirm the reading in Cohen. Domitia's husband, Annius Verus died shortly after the birth of their son in 121 AD, but her family wealth and close connections to the imperial court insured that the youth came to the attention of the emperor Hadrian, who in 138 AD advised Antoninus Pius to adopt him. This coin was probably struck shortly after the accession of Antoninius Pius, and marks the noble family lineage of the new heir apparent of the Roman empire. (5 votes) Laertes (AD 193-211) AE 36 - Septimius Severus421 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE36 (22.72g). AVT KAI Λ CEΠ CEOVH ΠEP; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΛΑΕΡΤΕΙΤΩΝ; Zeus seated left, holding scepter and thunderbolt, eagle in front. Apparently unpublished. (5 votes) Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 177-192) AE - Commodus797 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE (9.28g). Laureate, draped bust right / Draped bust of Hermes left with kerykeion over shoulder. Rare. Brown patina. Very fine. (5 votes) Eikonion (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus705 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE28 (16.55g). [I]MP C P L E GALLIEN, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / ICONIEN CO, S R in exergue, she-wolf standing right below tree, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Good VF, brown patina. Simpson Coll.; ex Brand Coll., pt. 7 (Sotheby's, 10/1984), lot 404; Von Aulock Coll.; Prowe Coll., pt. II (Egger Auktion XLI, 5/1914), lot 2130. (5 votes) Eumeneia (AD 138-192) AE 593 viewsAntonine period, 138-192 AD. AE (7.99g). Bare-headed and draped bust of Syncletos to right. Rev. Apollo, nude but for chlamys draped around his left arm, standing left, holding raven in his right hand and double-ax with his left. Extremely rare. Of splendid style and with an attractive dark patina. Some slight smoothing, otherwise, extremely fine. Ex Leu 65 (5/1996), lot 376. (5 votes) Kos (BC 90-50) AE 22549 viewsca 90-50 BC. AE22 (7.25g). Laureate head of bearded Asklepios right / ΚΩΙΩΝ - ΕΥΑΡΑΤΟΣ ΕΙ (magistrate), coiled snake. VF. Rare. Joy coll.; ex Lindgren coll. (5 votes) Neokaisareia (AD 238-244) AE 30 - Gordian III664 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE30 (16.5g). 241-242. Gordian right / Table supporting agnostic urn. A very nice example of this scarcer bronze. (5 votes) Kaisareia (AD 238-244) AE 25 - Gordian III602 viewsGordian III, 238-244. AE25 (9.87g), dated RY 6 (242/3 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Agalma of Mt. Argaeus placed on altar; in ex., ET S. Good very fine. (5 votes) Antissa (BC 300-200) AE 9688 views3rd century BC. AE9 (1.06g). Bull standing right, head turned left / A-N, club. Unique? Joy coll. (5 votes) Rhodes (BC 408-404) Tetradrachm1164 viewsca 408/7-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.55g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / ΡΟΔΙΟΝ, rose; pecten to lower left. VF, heavy find patina. Rare. (5 votes) Teos (BC 470-449) Stater595 viewsca 470/65-449 BC. AR Stater (12.03g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised; owl to right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, lightly toned, die break in obverse field, small split on edge. Well centered and attractive, finer than the four specimens cited by Balcer. (5 votes) (BC 480-440) Kuprilli - Stater666 viewsKuprilli, Dynast, ca 480-440 BC. AR Stater (9.61g), uncertain mint. Pegasos flying left; triskeles below; all on raised square / Lycian letters 'KO-PR[L]-LE,' triskeles, within dotted incuse square. Good VF, toned. Ex Triton III (12/1999), lot 572. (5 votes) Pedasa (BC 4th cent) AE 121393 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE12 (1.56g, 12h). Head of Athena right wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with palmette / ΠΗΔΑ−ΣΕΩ[Ν], owl standing right, head facing. VF, dark green patina. Extremely rare, apparently the second known coin of this city. The city of Pedasa near Miletos was not known to have issued coins until von Aulock published a single small bronze coin in 1975. This piece, of the same legend and designs, appears now to be the second known coin of this city. Von Aulock proposed a date during the autonomous interval between 196 BC, when Pedasa was declared a free city, and 175 BC, when Pedasa joined in union with Miletos. However, the fabric, style, and letter forms all point to a more likely date in the early 4th century BC. (5 votes) Tarsos (AD 253-260) AE 32 - Valerian I434 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE32 (12.08g). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Three price-crowns on table. Attractive patina, good very fine. (5 votes) Ephesos (BC 280-258) Octobol852 viewsca 280-258 BC. AR Octobol (5.06g). ...lios, magistrate. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind shoulder / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back; Ε - Φ, palm to left, bee in field to right, ΛΙΟΣ (magistrate) to right. Good style, EF. Ex Auktion Hess 257 (Luzern, 1986), lot 122. (5 votes) Teos (BC 300) Didrachm1128 viewsca 300 BC. AR Didrachm (5.99g). Griffin seated right / Anakreon seated right, plucking a lyre; magistrate [ΠΡ]ΟΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ. Unpublished types. Nicely toned, good VF, strike a bit uneven on the obverse. Unique. This is the second known example of an Anakreon didrachm, the first being a coin that turned up last year with the magistrate's name Aristonax. The magistrate Prokleides also appears on a drachm that shares its obverse die with an Aristonax drachm (see CNG Auction 55, lot 519). Anakreon (fl. late 6th Century BC) was a lyric poet who was a native of Teos. This issue marks his first appearance on a coin, and in fact this is probably the first appearance of any poet on a coin. Anakreon continued to appear on coins from Teos down through Roman times. (5 votes) Methymna (BC 360-330) Obol687 viewsca 360-330 BC. AR Obol (0.51g) Helmeted head of Athena right / Kantharos, Îœ-Θ-Α, within linear incuse circle. (5 votes) Anemurion (AD 249/250) AE 27 - Trajan Decius445 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE 27 (10.19g). Dated ETA, 249/250 AD. Draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / Tetrastyle temple, Tyche standing within, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF. (5 votes) Masikytes (BC 48-23) 1/4 Drachm523 viewsLycian League, ca 48-23 BC. AR 1/4 Drachm (0.89g, 12mm). Head of Artemis right / Quiver, M-A; crescent above to right. Nice very fine. (5 votes) Chabakta (BC 85-65) AE 211054 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE21 (8.01g). Head of Ares right in crested helmet / ΧΑΒΑΚΤ[ΩΝ], sword in sheath; star over moon and monogram to left. Good VF, red-brown patina. (5 votes) Kasai (AD 244-249) AE 23 - Otacilia Severa543 viewsOtacilia Severa, wife of Philip I, Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE23 (7.28g). Diademed and draped bust R / Tyche standing L, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF, brown surfaces. (10 votes) Smyrna (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus666 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (7.52g, 6h). ΑVΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ_[ΙΝ] ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC, laureate draped cuirassed bust right / CÎœVΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ Ν_ΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ [..]ΙΠ[ΠΙΚΟV] ΦΙΛΗ_ΤΟV, the Amazon Smyrna, turreted and cuirassed, standing facing, head left, holding bipennis and pelta right. (21 votes) Smyrna (AD 98-117) AE - Trajan714 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE Pentassarion (20.63g, 1h). Cl. Proclus, stephanophorus, and Cl. Bion, strategus. Struck 100-105 AD. Laureate head right / Hercules standing left, with lion skin over forearm and holding club, being crowned with wreath by female figure standing facing with head left. VF, green patina, minor roughness. Ex Cain Coll. (9 votes) Lampsakos (AD 193-211) AE 26 - Septimius Severus921 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE26 (13.00g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Ithyphallic herm of Priapos, holding thyrsus and cantharus, facing left within distyle temple; eagle in pediment, garlanded altar with uncertain figure below, flanked by amphorae. VF, thick green patina. Wagner Coll. The cult of Priapus, the god of regeneration and fecundity, was centered on Lampsacus, where he supposedly was born of Aphrodite and Dionysus. This apparently unpublished bronze of Septimius Severus presents the most detailed surviving depiction of the temple of Priapus at Lampsakos. (11 votes) Otros (AD 193-209) AE 27 - Geta864 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 193-209 AD. AE27 (9.55g). PO CEPT GETAC KAI, bare-headed and cuirassed bust right / ALEXAN-DR-OC AN-EO[...] OTPONW, Otreus embarking on prow of ship to left, right arm raised, head turned back, holding spear in left hand. Good VF, black patina with earthen encrustation around the devices, old scratch on head, adjustment marks on reverse. Simpson Coll.; Ex Brand Coll., pt. 7 (Sotheby's, 10/1984), lot 393; Von Aulock Coll.; Prowe Coll., pt. II (Egger Auktion XLI, 5/1914), lot 1809. Otrus was one of the five cities of the Eucarpic plain and may have been named Otrus after an emigration from Otroea in Bythinia, which according to Strabo (XII, 566) was founded by Otreus, the king of Phrygia of the time of the Trojan War. (11 votes) Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B381170 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 10h). Head of Selinos facing slightly left / Head of roaring lion right. VF. Struck with fresh dies. Very rare, only four specimens listed by Bodenstedt. (11 votes) Ephesos (AD 198-217) AE 36 - Caracalla800 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE36. Bust of Caracalla right / Temple of Artemis. Very rare. VF. Ex Duke of Argyll collection. (13 votes) Kotiaeion (AD 244-249) AE 27 - Philip I456 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE27 (14.13g). M IOVΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left with extended right hand and spear over shoulder / EΠI IOVΛ KOPΔATOV VIOV IΠΠAPX / KOTIAEΩN, Kybele enthroned to left, holding tympanon and patera, A in left field. Very rare. Flan crack, VF. (6 votes) Maionia (AD 147-176) AE 22 - Faustina II512 viewsFaustina II, 147-176 AD. AE22 (6.01g). ΦAVCTЄINA – NЄA CЄBACT, draped bust of Faustina right / MAIONΩN ЄΠI KO VCINIOV APX A, Demeter standing left holding crops and scepter. Very fine.1 comments (6 votes) Attaleia (AD 253-268) AE 32 - Gallienus557 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE32 - 8 Assaria (17.17g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena Nikephoros standing left. VF, green patina under orange earthen encrustation, light roughness, obverse flan flaws near edge at 3 o’clock. (6 votes) Neoklaudiopolis (AD 177-192) AE 31 - Commodus640 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. (6 votes) Korykos (BC 100-30) AE 14 479 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE26 (13.90g). Diademed head of Zeus right; monogram and A behind / Thalassa, wearing headdress of crab claws, standing left, holding aphlaston and scepter; EPN/EP to left, ΚΩΡΥΚΙΩΤΩΝ to right. Good VF, black patina under light earthen encrustation. (6 votes) Nikaia (AD 218-222) AE - Elagabalus469 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE - Assarion (6.63g, 12h). Laureate head right / Hercules standing right, capturing Cretan Bull. VF, black-green patina. Ex Cain Coll. (6 votes) Kaisareia (AD 193-217) Drachm - Julia Domna812 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-217 AD. AR Drachm (2.83g, 18mm), dated year 16 (208/9 AD). Draped bust right. / Agalma of Mt. Argaeus with star; date in exergue. Minor obverse scratches in right field, good very fine. (6 votes) Parion (AD 81-96) AE 16 - Domitian658 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE16 (3.63g). Laureate head right / Colonist ploughing right with yoke of oxen. Rare. Very fine. (6 votes) Olba (AD 10-15) AE 22 - Ajax688 viewsAjax, High Priest and Toparch, 10-15 AD. AE22 (6.66g), struck 10/11 AD. ΑΙΑΝΤΟΣ ΤΕΥΚΡΟΥ, bust of Ajax as Hermes wearing pilos right, kerykeion (caduceus) over breast / AΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ / ΤΟΠΑΡΧΟΥ - ΚΕΝ/ΝΑΤΩΝ / ΛΑΛΑΣΣ, triskeles, in field A (date = year 1). Dark green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll. (6 votes) Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater1088 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. (6 votes) Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Drachm1727 viewsca 470-450 BC. AR Drachm (4.65g, 3h). Janiform female head wearing diadem and earring, within dotted circle / Helmeted head of Athena left, kerykeion (caduceus) to right, within incuse square. Rare. Good very fine. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen 79 (2/1994), lot 314. (6 votes) Ephesos (AD 81-96) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Domitia1052 viewsDomitia, wife of Domitian, Augusta, 81-96 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.06g, 6h). Ephesus (or Rome) mint. Struck 82 AD. Draped bust right / Venus standing right, leaning on cippus, holding helmet and sceptre. Near VF, toned. Rare. Ex CNG 60 (5/2002), lot 1630. While no decisive evidence exists for the location of the mint of the cistophori during the reigns of Vespasian through Trajan, the style, legends, and, in particular, the consistent die axis point to Rome, suggesting that these coins were minted in the capital and then sent to Asia for local use. (6 votes) Arykanda (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III777 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE32 (17.45g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Radiate deity wearing Phrygian cap riding right, brandishing club. VF, dark green patina. Rare city. Arycanda only struck coins during the reign of Gordian III, both in his name and in that of his wife, Tranquillina. Of special interest is the fact that this coin shares its obverse die with coins issued for the city of Acalissus. (6 votes) Sagalassos (AD 268-270) AE 33 - Claudius II Gothicus495 viewsClaudius II Gothicus, 268-270 AD. AE33 - 10 Assaria (18.01g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CAΓAΛACCE-ΩN, lion leaping left; I below; c/m: pellet within annulet; all within serrate incuse. VF, red-brown surfaces. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. (6 votes) Andeda (AD 249-251) AE 24 - Herennia Etruscilla481 viewsHerennia Etruscilla, 249-251 AD. AE24. Head right / Artemis standing right holding bow. Very rare. VF. (6 votes) Kolbasa (AD 193-217) AE - Julia Domna454 viewsJulia Domna, 193-217 AD. AE (11.15g). IOULIA DOMNA SE, draped bust right / ΚΟΛΒΑΣΕΩΝ, Kybele standing left, left arm supported by Tympanon, poppy and corn ear in right hand, lion sitting at her feet. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. (6 votes) Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Pegasos - Obol510 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.65g). Head of Athena facing, wearing triple-crested helmet / Pegasos right, uncertain symbol or letter above, within shallow incuse square. Good VF. (6 votes) Apameia (BC 150-140) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1125 viewsca 150-140 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.73g). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow-case with serpents; ΑΠΑ city monogram to L, elephant head to R. EF. Scarce. (6 votes) Aspendos (BC 420-400) Stater798 viewsca 420-400 BC. AR Stater (10.81g). Two naked wrestlers, the left contestant trying to unbalance the right by pulling his leg / Slinger right, in short chiton, drawing back his sling; ΕΣΤFΕΔΙΙYΣ to left, triskeles to right, dotted square border within shallow incuse square. Very fine. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen AG 41 (Basel 1970), lot 261. (6 votes) Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm1461 viewsafter 189 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.22g, 11h). Janiform male and female heads, the male laureate and facing left, the female diademed and facing right / Double-axe; ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ above, monogram and grape bunch to left, two pilei of the Dioskouroi to right; all within laurel wreath. Good VF, darkly toned. (6 votes) Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol794 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR Obol (0.68g, 10mm, 12h). Dolphin over tunny fish swimming left / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare. VF. (6 votes) Priene (BC 290-250) Drachm887 viewsca 290-270 BC. AR Drachm (3.42g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested helmet / Trident, ΠΡΙΗ to left, ΛΥΣΑΓΟ (magistrate) to right, all within circular maeander pattern. Good VF, light porosity. Rare denomination. (6 votes) Sagalassos (AD 251-253) AE 25 - Trebonianus Gallus568 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE25 (8.58g, 11h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CAΓAΛACCE-ΩN, conjoined draped busts left of Selene and Helios; crescent to left. VF, brown patina with traces of red and green. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Kovacs VI (11/1985), lot 338. (13 votes) Salamis (BC 361-351) AV Stater - Evagoras II1711 viewsEvagoras II, King of Salamis, 361-351 BC. AV Stater (8.21g). Persic standard. Lion standing left on ground line, eagle perched left on its back, wings closed, looking back / Archer standing right, quiver on shoulder, holding notched arrow and about to draw bow, ΕΥΑ to left. Near EF, a few minor marks, well centered. Unique and unpublished. A total of five gold staters of Evagoras II were previously known, of three different varieties. The reverse of the present piece is a previously unknown design for Evagoras, an archer about to draw his bow, instead of the bust of Aphrodite. (13 votes) Trapezos (AD 222-227) AE 29 - Orbiana843 viewsOrbiana, wife of Severus Alexander, 222-227 AD. AE29 (14.28g). OPB CAΛOY OPIANH AYT, diademed and draped bust right / TPAΠEZOYNTIWN, Zeus Serapis standing left hooding scepter, extended right. Unpublished (?). Rare. Good very fine. (13 votes) Kelenderis (BC 450) Stater1072 viewsca 450 BC. AR Stater (10.59g). Nude rider, holding whip, riding sideways on horse / Forepart of kneeling goat, KEΛ above goat. This is a very rare early issue of Kelenderis, showing the forepart of a goat, instead of a goat kneeling. aEF and extremely rare. (7 votes) Lyrbe (AD 238-244) AE 30 - Gordian III457 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE30 (15.69g, 12h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tyche seated left, holding Nike and double cornuacopiae. VF, brown patina, porosity. (7 votes) Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B191650 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 7h). Gorgoneion / Incuse head of Herakles wearing lion skin headdress right; small incuse club below neck. Good VF. (7 votes) Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 25 - Gallienus676 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE25 (7.74g). ΠΟΥ ΛΙ ΕΓ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟΣ, cuirassed, draped and radiate bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysos in Elephant-quadriga. Rare. Very fine. (7 votes) Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm572 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.72g, 12h). Herognetos (son of) Zopyrionos, "magistrate." Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tripod; ΗΡΟΓΝΗΤΟΣ ZΩΠΥΡΙΩΝΟΣ to left, ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ to right, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Superb EF, tiny die break from chin. (7 votes) Sala (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla533 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (10.18g, 6h). Sulla, Archon. ΑVΚ Îœ ΑVP ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ CΥΛΛΑ ΓΑ ΑPX CΑΛΗΝΩΝ, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF, tan patina. Only known example of this variant of the magistrate's name. (7 votes) Ephesos (AD 69-79) Denarius - Vespasian819 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Denarius (3.12g, 18.20mm). IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS II TRP PP, laureate head right / CONCORDIA- AVG, Cerus seated left, hoding corn-ears and poppy, and cornucopia; [BY]. Almost extremely fine. (7 votes) Uncertain Satrap (BC 350-341) Tetradrachm922 viewsAchaemenid Period, circa 350-334 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.07g, 12h), struck ca 341-334 BC in Caria? Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Satrap on horseback right, thrusting spear; to left, bearded male head right. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Unpublished variety of an extremely rare type with symbol on reverse. Ex Gorny & Mosch 117 (10/2002), lot 335 (where it realized EUR 4200). (7 votes) Ankyra (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla629 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (12.12g). ANTΩNINOC - ΠIOC AVΓ, laureate and cuirassed bust left / MHTPOΠO[ΛEΩC] (MHT ligate) - [ANKV]PAC, triform Hekate standing facing, wearing kalathos on each of her three heads, holding a patera, two torches and three other uncertain objects in her six hands. VF. Possibly only the second specimen known. (7 votes) Hadrianopolis (AD 161-180) AE 24 - Faustina II529 viewsFaustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE 24.1 mm (8.52g). CEBACTH- ΦAVΣTINA, draped bust R / AΔPIANOΠO-[ΛIETΩΝ], two city-goddesses shaking hands. Very fine. (7 votes) Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 221569 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (7.24g). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Cista mystica, panther skin, diadem and thyrsos; monogram to left, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below. Good style. Brown patina, EF. (7 votes) Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Drachm963 viewsmid 4th cent BC. AR Drachm (3.81g). Bull standing left above grain ear, ΚΑΛΧ above, caduceus and B to left, A below belly / Quadripartite, granulated incuse square. EF. Drewry Coll.; Ex Christie's (6/1993), lot 39. (7 votes) Nikomedeia (AD 193-211) AE 22 - Septimius Severus651 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE22 (5.95g). Laureate head right / Octastyle temple; c/m: laureate bust right. Host Fine, countermark VF but poorly struck, green patina. Roper Coll. (7 votes) Sinope (BC 120-63) AE 19902 views120-63 BC. AE19 (7.75g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣΙΝΩ-ΠΗΣ, tripod. Green patina, aVF/VF. Rare. Joy coll. (8 votes) Bruzos (AD 238-244) AE 24 - Gordian III514 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE24 (10.56g). Laureate and draped bust right / [B]ΡΟΥΖΗΝΩ Hekate, in long chiton, standing to front, holding in either hand extended, a long torch. (8 votes) Amisos (BC 30-AD 14) AE 241082 viewsTime of Augustus. AE24 (12.91g). Diademed female head right (Amisos?) / Amisos standing right, facing Roma standing left, holding a patera, shield and spear, ΑΜΙΣΗΝΩΝ below. Good VF, glossy green patina. Rare. (8 votes) Aigeai (AD 177-192) AE 37 - Commodus610 viewsCommodus 177-192 AD. AE37 Medallion (28.77g, 6h). Dated CY 234 (187/8 AD). AVT KAI M AV KOMMODOC AN, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / KOMODIANWN ADPIANWN AIGEAIWN, diademed and draped bust of Asclepius right, serpent at shoulder; DLC (date) below. VF, brown patina, minor roughness on obverse. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. (8 votes) Mytilene (AD 253-260) AE 32 - Valerian I778 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE32 (25.28g). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow, facing Tyche seated left, holding patera and term. VF, dark grayish-green patina. (9 votes) Alinda (AD 193-211) AE 39 - Septimius Severus and Caracalla906 viewsSeptimius Severus and Caracalla, 193-211 AD. AE39 (17.03g). ΑVΤ Κ Λ CΕΠ CEVΗΡΟC ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC, laureate, cuirassed bust of Severus right vis-à-vis laureate bust of Caracalla / ΕΠΙ ΑΡ ΚΟΡ ΜΕ-ΝΙΠΠΟV ΑΛΙΝΔΕΩΝ/ΑCΥΛΟ/ΜΕΝ/ΟC ΗΡ/ΑΚΛ/ΝΔΟC/Ε-Ι, Herakles, naked, standing facing, head right, holding club and lionskin in right hand, with his left hand clasping the hand of Sept. Severus, standing facing in military dress, head left, holding spear. Lighted altar between them. Wide flan, brown patina. Apparently unpublished. (9 votes) Kaisareia (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus744 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (18.55g, 1h), dated RY 11 (203/4 AD). Laureate head right / Mt. Argaeus on platform; star above. VF, brown patina, flan split. Wagner Coll. (10 votes) Hypaipa (AD 193-217) AE 23 – Julia Domna639 viewsJulia Domna, 193-217 AD. AE23 (4.94g). OYΛΙΑ CEBACTH, draped bust right / EΠΙCΓΡΠΑΠΙΩΝ OCYΠΑΙΠΩΝ, cultus statue of Artemis Anaitis to front. (10 votes) Antiocheia (AD 238-244) AE 34 - Gordian III647 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE34 (24.74g). Bust R / Sacrificial implements, culter, sprinkler, ewer, lituus and simpulum. (10 votes) Teos (BC 375) Drachm2764 viewsca 375 BC. AR Drachm (3.56g). Griffin seated right, left paw raised / Granulated incuse square with broad bands dividing it into 4 sections; ΤΗΙΩΝ on 1 band, ΑΓΝΩΝ (magistrate) on other. Attractively toned EF, choice flan. Rare. Ex Jameson Coll., 1518. (10 votes) Isaura (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla1495 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (18.15g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, drapery on shoulder, aegis on cuirass / Tetrastyle temple with arched pediment, bust of Hercules on column within. Near EF, green-brown patina. Scarce city. Levante describes the reverse bust as Septimius Severus, but the prominence of Hercules in the city's pantheon makes him the more likely object of a cult temple. (12 votes) Ephesos (BC 280-258) Octobol1055 viewsca 280-258 BC. AR Octobol (5.05g). Aristagoras, magistrate. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back; Ε-Φ, palm to left, bee in field to right, ΑΡΙΣΤΑΓΟ[ΡΑΣ] (magistrate) to right. Good style, EF. Unpublished variant (?) of a rare type. (12 votes) Kos (BC 285-258) Tetradrachm683 viewsca 285-258 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.94g). Kleinos, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Κ-ΩΙΟ-Ν, crab; ΚΛΕΙΝΟΣ, bow-in-bowcase below, all within dotted square. Lightly toned, good VF, choice smooth flan. Rare. (8 votes) Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/121495 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (8mm, 1.17g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Horse head left / Incuse square punch. VF. (15 votes) Pergamon (AD 166-177) AE 33 - Commodus2957 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE33 (20.72g). Claudius Nikomedes, magistrate. M AVP KAI CAP KOMODO/C, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ CΤΠΑ Κ ΝΙΚΟ ΜΗΔΟΥC Î’ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ, Hygieia with serpent and patera and Asclepius with serpent staff standing facing each other, small Telesphorus between them. EF, dark green patina, fields smoothed. The work of a master engraver at Pergamum, whose signature seems to be the dropped C in the obverse legend. See Kraft pl. 87-89 for other dies by this artist. (33 votes) Aspendos (BC 325-280) Stater924 viewsca 325-280 BC. AR Stater (10.66g, 28mm). Two wrestlers grappling; EI between / Slinger standing right; ΕΣΤFΕΔΙΙY to left, triskeles and club to right. Lightly toned, FDC. Apparently unrecorded in all the major collections. Feirstein coll. (12 votes) Soloi (BC 200-0) AE 20611 views2nd century BC-Imperial Times. AE20 (6.65g, 12h). Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right / Caps of the Dioscuri, star above each. VF, brown patina. (9 votes) Lyrbe (AD 254-268) AE 31 - Salonina654 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus. Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE31 - 11 Assaria (16.49g). KORNHLIA CALWNINA CEB, diademed and draped bust right; IA in right field / LURBEITWN, garlanded baetyl with sacred tree, flanked by two offering tables. Good VF, green patina. (14 votes) Kremna (AD 253-260) AE 33 - Valerian I554 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE33 (17.57g). Bust right, IMP CAES P LICINI VALERIANO P F OS / Apollo Propylaeus standing right with bow and arrow, POLLINI PROPVL COL IVL AVG CREM. (12 votes) Apameia (BC 100-48) AE 35966 viewsca 133-48 BC. Medallic AE35 (20.74g). Bust of Athena right, wearing high-crested Corinthian helmet and aegis; set within an incuse beaded circle surrounded by a raised circle with two raised borders / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, eagle alighting on basis with meander pattern, flanked by caps of the Dioskouroi, star above; magistrate ΚΩΚΟΥ. Good VF, brown patina with some rub on the high points, several patches of hard red encrustation. Very rare and quite spectacular. For other 'Medallic' issues see BMC Phrygia pl. x, 2-3 and SNG von Aulock 3469. (11 votes) Ankyra (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Septimius Severus730 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE31 (17.63g). Laureate, draped cuirassed bust rigt, seen from behind / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛEΩC - ΑΝΚΥΡΑC, Dionysos enthroned left, holding thyrsos and grapes. Rare. Stripped patina. Good very fine. (9 votes) Alexandreia (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla712 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (8.15g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo standing right sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar. EF, black patina. Rare and attractive. Marc Melcher Coll. (9 votes) (BC 480-450) Uncertain Dynast - Stater2048 viewsUncertain Dynast, ca 500-460 BC. AR Stater (9.31g, 9h). Goat kneeling right, head reverted / Ram's head left, X above, within dotted incuse square. Superb EF, toned, well centered and fully struck. Extremely rare. (9 votes) Lampsakos (AD 235-238) AE 24 - Maximinus I766 viewsMaximinus I Thrax, 235-238 AD. AE24 (9.94g). Laureate, draped bust right / LAMY - AKHNWN, bearded ithypallic Priapos left, standing on base, holding thyrsos in left hand and cup in right. Rare. Thick, olive-green patina, VF. (9 votes) Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Demeter2828 viewsca 370 BC. AV Stater (8.35g), Persic standard. Half length figure of Demeter, wearing girdled chiton and himation, rising left from earth, holding three ears of grain; behind left shoulder, two ears of grain and vine bearing two bunches of grapes / Forepart of winged horse right with curved wing. Good VF. Extremely rare, only two known specimens, this being the only one in private hands. Ex Gillet Coll.; Weber Coll., 5096. Following the example and standard of the Persic daric, Lampsakos was the first Greek city to make regular issues of gold coinage which enjoyed an international circulation from Sicily to the Black Sea. As at Kyzikos, the quality of engraving was very high, and types changed frequently: about forty types were produced in a period of about sixty years, one of the most interesting of which is the highly original rendering of Demeter Chthonia rising from the ground. Chthonic deities were those whose powers came from the earth. An important aspect of Demeter celebrated in the Eleusinian Mysteries was that she was venerated as an earth-goddess who symbolised the annual cycle of death and rebirth in nature, especially the grain harvest. (9 votes) Tiberiopolis (AD 117-138) AE 24 - Hadrian529 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE24 (9.07g). Laureate and cuirassed bust with aegis right / Zeus standing left, leaning on scepter, hand extended. Nice very fine. (9 votes) Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 16964 views4th cent BC. AE16 (3.99g) Laureate head of Apollo right / Large star, pellet in center, Γ−[Α−Μ] between rays. (9 votes) Pordosilene (AD 222-235) AE 38 - Severus Alexander1006 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE38 - Medallion (30.87g, 6h). Aurelius Coscelius, magistrate. AVT K M AVP CEV ALEXANDPOC, laureate head right / EPI CTP AVP KWCKELI OV TAM POPOCELHN, EITWN across field, Tyche standing left, modius on head, holding patera in right hand, cornucopiae in left. Magistrate not recorded in Münsterberg. VF, matte dark green patina, surfaces slightly rough. A unique and apparently unpublished medallic bronze. Drewry Coll.; ex Burstein Coll., Peus 366 (10/2000), lot 606. The only bronze of Severus Alexander for Pordoselene, and the only medallic sized coin for the island. The edge of the coin has been lightly tapped to create a raised rim; sestertii with this edge effect are sometimes referred to as "proto-contorniates." This coin was probably a presentation piece. mounted in a phalera for display. In the Peus catalogue it is described as lead, but in actuality is a poor quality bronze alloy. (8 votes) Anazarbos (AD 249-251) AE 31 - Trajan Decius421 viewsTrajan Decius, with Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian, Caesars. 249-251 AD. AE31 (23.44g). Dated CY 269 (250/1 AD). Trajan Decius holding globe, between Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian, all seated left on sellae curules / Female standing left before bull, holding bipennis over shoulder; ET ΘΞC (date) in legend. VF, green patina, a little rough, some encrustation. (8 votes) Kos (BC 395-350) Tetradrachm546 viewsca 395-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.82g, 8h). Phase 1, circa 395-390 BC. Persias, magistrate. Head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin / Crab; club and [ΠΕΡΣΙΑΣ] below; all within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, light surface corrosion on reverse. Ex CNG Auc. 63 (5/2003), lot 555; Hecatomnus Hoard, 19b. (8 votes) Pergamon (BC 25) Sestertius - Augustus1469 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. Pergamum mint, struck ca 25 BC. AE34 - Sestertius (25.42g). AVGVSTVS, bare head right / CA within laurel wreath. Struck on an exceptionally large flan and with a very attractive portrait. Brown tone and minor areas of weakness, otherewise EF. (8 votes) Amaseia (BC 85-65) AE1345 viewsca 85-65 BC, time of Mithradates VI. AE (19.45g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΜΑΣΣΕΙΑΣ, eagle standing on thunderbolt. Dark brown patina, VF/F. Ex Aufhauser 2 (1985), lot 55. (8 votes) Tralleis (AD 253-260) AE 29 - Valerian I554 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE29 (10.80g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / TYXH TP-A-ΛΛIANΩ-NΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopiae. VF, brown patina. Apparently unrecorded without a magistrates name and naming the goddess on the reverse. (7 votes) Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian645 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.03g, 1h). Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Aesculapius standing left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; c/m: IMP (ligate) VES AV(AV ligate) G in incuse. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain cistophorus which bore the IMP VES AVG countermark. The countermark was present on the undertype and was not obliterated by the overstrike. (7 votes) Hypaipa (AD 198-217) AE 37 - Caracalla1657 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE37 - Medallion (23.88g, 6h). Damas and Lucius, magistrates. AVT M AVP CE ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / EPI AVR DAMA KAI LOUKIOU CTPA VPAIPHN WN, nude Helios, radiate, standing left, holding torch illuminating cult statue of Artemis Anaitis to left. Near EF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare. Drewry Coll.; ex Triton II (12/1998), lot 631; Sternberg XIV (5/1984), lot 382. (7 votes) 2178 coins on 22 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22