Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Ephesos (AD 254-268) AE 27 - Salonina127 viewsSalonina, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE27 (8.77g). CAΛΩNEINA CEBA, draped bust right, wearing stephane and set upon crescent / EΦECIΩN Δ NEΩKOPΩN, Artemis advancing right, holding bow and drawing bow from quiver on back; to right, hound advancing right. gVF.
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Ephesos (AD 254-268) AE 28 - Salonina96 viewsSalonina, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE28 (6.84g). CAΛΩN XPVCOΓONHC C, draped bust right, wearing stephane / ЄΦЄCIΩN A ACIAC, Artemis advancing right, drawing bow; to right, hound springing right. Very rare. VF.
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Ephesos (AD 258-260) AE 20 - Saloninus224 viewsSaloninus, 258-260 AD. AE20 (5.03g). ΛIK CAΛ OVAΛЄPIANO, laureate head right / ЄΦЄCIΩN / KAVCTP / OC, river god Kaystros recumbant left holding reed, leaning on vase from which water flows. Rare. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 27-14 AD) AE 15 - Augustus471 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE15 / 1/3 Unit (2.36g). Grammateus Aristeas. Head Augustus right / ΓPAMMATEYΣ APIΣTEAΣ EΦE AΓPEYΣ, Stag of Artemis right. Good very fine.
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Ephesos (BC 27-14 AD) AE 19 - Augustus & Livia682 viewsAugustus, with Julia Augusta (Livia), 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 - Chalkous (5.35g, 12h). Aristion, grammateus; Glykon, magistrate. Conjoined laureate head of Augustus and draped bust of Livia right / Stag standing right; above, quiver right. VF, green patina, light overall roughness. Rare. Ex Prideaux Coll. of Augustus.
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Ephesos (BC 27-14 AD) AE 21 - Augustus & Livia686 viewsAugustus, with Livia, 27 BC-14 AD. AE21 (7.33g). Archiereus Asklas, magistrate. Jugate heads of Augustus and Livia right / EΦE / APXIEPEYΣ AΣKLAΣ NIKOΣTPATOΣ, stag standing right; quiver above. gVF.
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Ephesos (BC 40-36) AE 12 - Octavia277 viewsOctavia, 40-36 BC. AE12 (1.45g, 12h). Glaucon, archiereus grammateus. Draped bust right / Bee. VF, green patina, some adjustment marks. Morgan Fitts Coll. Ex Patrick Villemur Coll;. CNG 78 (5/2008), lot 1295; Aufhäuser 11 (3/1995), lot 185.
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Ephesos (BC 42-19) AE 17 - Octavian, Mark Antony & Lepidus639 viewsOctavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus, ca 42-19 BC. AE17 (4.81g, 12h). Glaukon, archiereus grammateus, with Asklepiados, magistrate. Conjoined bare heads right of the Triumvirs Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus / Facing cult statue of Artemis Ephesia. Near VF, green patina. Rare.
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Ephesos (BC 42-19) AE 18 - Octavian, Mark Antony & Lepidus615 viewsAntony, Octavian and Lepidus, 43-19 BC. AE18 (4.47g). Glaucus and Eythykrates, magistrates. Jugate heads of the three Triumvirs Octavianus, Marcus Antonius and Lepidus right / APXIEPEYΣ ΓΡΑΜ ΓΛΑΥΚΩΝ EΦE EYΘYKPATHΣ, Artemis Ephesia standing facing. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 42-39) Tetradrachm429 viewsEphesus(?). L. Sempronius Atratinus(?). Quaestor, ca 42-39 BC. AR Tetradrachm (11.48g, 24mm, 5h). Cistophoric type. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; above, ATPA monogram; Q to left, lit torch to right. Good VF, struck off center. RBW Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 43-33) AE 17 - Octavian, Mark Antony & Lepidus517 viewsOctavian, with Mark Antony and Lepidus, 43-33 BC. AE16 - Half Unit (3.73g, 12h). Jugate bare heads of Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus right / Facing statue of Artemis Ephesia. VF, green patina.
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Ephesos (BC 48-27) AE 14540 viewsca 50-27 BC. AE14 (3.56g). Ε-Φ, bee within olive wreath / Stag standing right, head turned left; torch above, ΠΥΘΩΝ (magistrate) below. gVF. Scarcer type.
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Ephesos (BC 48-27) AE 15668 viewsca 48-27 BC. AE15 (3.43g). Ε-Φ, bee within olive wreath / Stag standing right, head turned left; torch above, ΠΥΘΩΝ (magistrate) below. Light green patina, thick flan, VF. Scarcer type. Gutknecht coll.
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Ephesos (BC 48-27) AE 27305 viewsca 48-27 BC. AE27 (10.50g). Iason, magistrate. Artemis huntress with bow and quiver advancing right, hound running beside her, in field E - Φ / Cock standing right, palm behind on which hangs wreath, IAΣΩN in exergue; all in laurel wreath. VF. Rare.

In 48 BC, Caesar visited Ephesos and reformed the constitution of Asia. From this time onwards there is no autonomous Ephesian money.
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Ephesos (BC 55-53) Cistophoric Tetradrachm876 viewsC. Pulcher, Proconsul, 55-53 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.29g). Aretemon, magistrate, dated year 81 (53 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow case between two serpents; ΠA (date), EΦE and bee left, torch right, APTEMΩN below. Fine, Rare.
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Ephesos (BC 55-53) Cistophoric Tetradrachm256 viewsC. Claudius Ap.f. Pulcher. Proconsul, 55-53 BC. AR Tetradrachm (11.38g, 26mm, 12h). Cistophoric standard. Sopatros, magistrate. Dated CY 80 (55/4 BC). Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Bow case between two serpents; [C] PVLCHRI AP [F]/PRO COS in two lines above; to left, Π (date), EΦE, and figure of Nemesis advancing left; torch to right, ΣΩΠATPOΣ below. VF, toned, scrape on obverse. Very rare.
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Ephesos (BC 58-57) Tetradrachm411 viewsT. Ampius T.f. Balbus. Proconsul, 58-57 BC. AR Tetradrachm (11.64g, 26mm, 12h). Cistophoric type. Hermias and Kaiustrios, magistrates. Dated year 77 (58/7 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Two serpents flanking tripod on which stands Apollo to left, holding branch in right hand, leaning left elbow on column; T • A–MPI • T • F/PRO–COS across upper field, OZ/EΦE to left, torch to right, ЄPMIAC/KAIYCTPIO[C] below. Good VF, numerous scratches. Rare.
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Ephesos (BC 69) Cistophoric Tetradrachm366 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.39g). Dated year 65 (69 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Ξ⊏ and EΦE to the left, bow-case with serpents; poppy in between two cornucopiae. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 88-86) AV Stater2067 viewsca 88-86 BC. AV Stater (8.45g, 12h). Bust of Artemis right, wearing stephane; bow and quiver over shoulder / ΕΦΕ-ΣΙΩ[Ν], cult statue of Artemis Ephesia facing; bee in field to left. VF. Very rare. Ex Leu 22 (1979), 132; Numismatic Fine Arts 2 (1976), 209 and Kastner 4 (1973), 110.

Since 133 BC, Ephesos belonged to the Roman province of Asia and suffered from the shameless exploitation of the Roman tax collector. In 88 BC, the city revolted and went over to Mithridates VI of Pontos, who, in the so-called Asiatic Vespers, massacred thousands of Roman citizens. To pay his mercenaries, Mithradates struck large quantities of gold staters of traditional Ephesian types, but few specimens exist today.
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Ephesos (BC 101) Cistophoric Tetradrachm358 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.50g). Dated year 33 (101 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΛΓ and EΦE to the left, bow-case with serpents; above owl. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 122-121) Tetradrachm820 viewsC. Atinius C.f., Praetor, 122-121 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.55g, 12h). Dated CY 13 (122/1 BC). Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Bow case between two serpents; IG and caduceus above, torch to left. Near VF. Extremely rare, fewer than ten known.

The earliest Roman cistophoric tetradrachm. T.R.S. Broughton, in The Magistrates of the Roman Republic 3. Supplement (1986), identified this praetor as C. Atinius Labeo, who is best known for attempting to have the censor (and hero of the Fourth Macedonian War) Q. Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus thrown off the Tarpeian Rock for expelling him from the Senate (see Livy, Per. LIX.10).
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Ephesos (BC 138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1030 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.72g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (of Attalos III of Pergamon = 138/7 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / [E]FE, bow-case with serpents; B above facing bust of Artemis Ephesia to left. Superb EF.2 comments
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Ephesos (BC 138) Tetradrachm695 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.70g, 1h), dated RY 2 of Attalos III of Pergamon (138/7 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΕΦΕ, bow-case with serpents; to right, B above bust of Artemis Ephesia. EF.
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Ephesos (BC 150-140) Cistophoric Didrachm143 viewsca 150-140 BC. AR Cistophoric Didrachm (20mm, 5.55g). Club draped with lion skin; all within wreath / Grape bunch within leaves; ΕΦΕ to left, control: bow to right. nVF. Very rare.
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Ephesos (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm781 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.76g, 11h), struck 160-150 BC. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΕΦΕ, bow-case with serpents; cult statue of Artemis Ephesia to right. EF, attractive dark gray tone with yellow hues around the devices.
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Ephesos (BC 190-150) AE 13418 viewsca 190-150 BC. AE13 (2.58g, 11h). Diognet-, magistrate. Bee / Stag standing right, head left; quiver to upper left. VF, green patina. Apparently unrecorded with this magistrate. Whorton Coll.; ex CNG Elec. Auc. 213, lot 154.
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Ephesos (BC 190-150) AE 15383 viewsca 190-150 BC. AE15 (2.98g, 12h). Eupolis, magistrate. Bee with straight wings within wreath / Stag grazing right; quiver above. VF, green patina. Whorton Coll.; ex Rauch Summer Auc. (9/2010), lot 202.
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Ephesos (BC 190-150) AE 16385 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE16 (3.63g). E-Φ, bee within wreath / stag feeding right; quiver above, AΓHNΩP (magistrate) in exergue. Nice very fine.
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Ephesos (BC 200) AE 11254 viewsca 200 BC. AE11 (2.22g). E-Φ, bee within wreath / BPAVΩPOΣ (magistrate), stag standing right, head left, quiver above. Brown green patina, VF.
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Ephesos (BC 200) AE 11273 viewsca 200 BC. AE11 (1.73g). E-Φ, bee within wreath / ΞENΩN (magistrate), stag standing right, head left, quiver above. Green patina, VF.
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Ephesos (BC 200) AE 12227 viewsca 200 BC. AE11 (1.73g). E-Φ, bee within wreath / ANΘIAΣ (magistrate), stag standing right, head left, quiver above. Brown green patina, VF.
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Ephesos (BC 200) AE 15317 viewsca 200 BC. AE15 (3.90g). E-Φ, bee within wreath / MHNOKPITOΣ (magistrate), stag grazing right, quiver above. Green patina, gVF.
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Ephesos (BC 200) AE 15219 viewsca 200 BC. AE15 (3.54g). E-Φ, bee within wreath / YΠOΛIT (magistrate), stag grazing right, quiver above. Dark green patina, VF.
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Ephesos (BC 200) AE 15206 viewsca 200 BC. AE15 (4.07g). E-Φ, bee within wreath / ΦIΛETAIPOΣ (magistrate), stag grazing right, quiver above. Dark patina, gVF.
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Ephesos (BC 200) AE 16257 viewsca 200 BC. AE16 (4.51g). E-Φ, bee within wreath / MHTPOΦANEΣ (magistrate), stag grazing right, quiver above. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 200) AE 16231 viewsca 200 BC. AE16 (4.20g). E-Φ, bee within wreath / ZΩIKΩN (magistrate), stag grazing right, quiver above. Dark green patina, gVF.
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Ephesos (BC 200) AE 16223 viewsca 200 BC. AE16 (4.30g). E-Φ, bee within wreath / ΞANΘIAΣ (magistrate), stag grazing right, quiver above. Dark patina, gVF.
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Ephesos (BC 200) AE 17375 viewsca 200 BC. AE17 (4.10g, 12h). Hermotrephes, magistrate. Bee / Stag standing right; quiver above, EPMOTPPEΦHΣ downward to right. Near EF, green patina.
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Ephesos (BC 200) AE 17283 viewsca 200 BC. AE17 (3.58g, 12h). Kalligenes, magistrate. Bee / Stag standing right; quiver above, KAΛΛIΓENHΣ downward to right. Good VF, green patina.
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Ephesos (BC 202-133) AE 19665 viewsca 202-133 BC. AE19 (3.37g). Ε-Φ, bee within olive wreath / Stag standing right; date palm behind, monogram to right, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ (magistrate) below. Dark green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.
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Ephesos (BC 202-133) AE 19254 viewsLate 2nd-early 1st century BC. AE19 (2.73g, 1h). Demetrios, magistrate. Bee in wreath / Stag standing right before palm; monogram to right, ΔHMHTPI/OΣ in exergue. VF, green patina, small scrape on reverse.
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Ephesos (BC 202-133) Drachm603 viewsca 202-133 BC. AR Drachm (3.99g, 17mm). E-Φ, bee / ΛYΣANIAΣ (magistrate), stag standing before palm tree. Toned, VF.
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Ephesos (BC 202-133) Drachm215 viewsca 202-133 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.11g), Attic Standard. Euthykrates, magistrate. Bee, E-Φ across fields, all within border of dots / Stag standing right, palm tree in background, [ΕY]ΘYKPATH[Σ] to right.
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Ephesos (BC 202-150) Drachm942 viewsca 202-150 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.76g, 11h). Satyros, magistrate. Bee / Stag standing right; palm tree in background. VF, iridescent tone, flan crack.
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Ephesos (BC 245-202) Diobol475 viewsca 245-202 BC. AR Diobol (1.19g, 14mm). Head of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Forepart of stag right, head turned left. VF. Extremely rare. Apparently unpublished.
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Ephesos (BC 245-202) Obol447 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 7mm). Bust of Artemis right, bowcase behind shoulder / Forepart of stag right, head reverted. Dark toning, VF. Extremely rare.
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Ephesos (BC 245-202) Obol571 viewsca 245-202 BC. AR Obol (0.50g, 3h). Draped bust of Artemis right; bow and quiver over shoulder / Forepart of stag left. Unpublished. VF. Apparently unique.
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Ephesos (BC 245-202) Obol523 viewsca 245-202 BC. AR Obol (0.49g, 1h). Draped bust of Artemis right; bow and quiver over shoulder / Stag standing right. Unpublished. VF. Apparently unique.
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Ephesos (BC 258-202) Didrachm572 viewsca 258-202 BC. AR Didrachm (6.29g). Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane; at her shoulder, bow and quiver; shoulders draped / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back, Ε - Φ; bee in field to right, ΑΡΙΣΤΟΚΡ[ΑΤΗΣ] (magistrate) to left. Deeply toned, die-break on obv in Artemis' hair, extremely fine.
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Ephesos (BC 258-202) Didrachm1997 viewsca 258-202 BC. AR Didrachm (6.52g). Zoes, magistrate. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back; Ε - Φ, ZΩΗΣ (magistrate) to left, bee in field to right. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 258-202) Didrachm170 viewsca 258-202 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 6.38g). Idomeneus, magistrate. Diademed bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind shoulder / E-Φ ΙΔΟΜΕΝΕVΣ, forepart of a stag right, head turned left, [to right, bee].
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Ephesos (BC 280-258) Octobol1040 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.
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Ephesos (BC 280-258) Octobol841 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.
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Ephesos (BC 288-275) Octobol795 viewsca early 3rd cent BC. AR Octobol (5.59g). Attic standard. Cleole, magistrate. Diademed bust of Artemis right / Bow and quiver; ΕΦΕ and bee to right, ΚΛΕΟΛΕ to left. Good VF. Apparently unpublished magistrate.
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Ephesos (BC 288-275) Octobol452 viewsearly 3rd cent BC. AR Attic standard Octobol (5.61g). Korylas, magistrate. Diademed bust of Artemis right / EΦE, bow and quiver; bee right, KOPYΛAΣ left. Scattered porosity, very fine.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) AE 11263 viewsca 290-281 BC. AE11 (1.72g, 12h). Krateros(?), magistrate. Veiled bust of Arsinoe II right / Forepart of a stag kneeling right, head left; [astragalos] to upper left, [K]PΑΤ[ΕPOΣ](?) downward to right. VF, green patina.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) AE 13268 viewsas Arsinoeia, ca 290-281 BC. AE13 (1.83g, 12h). ...allas, magistrate. Veiled bust of Arsinoe II right / ΑΡ-ΣΙ, forepart of stag kneeling right, head turned left; ΑΛΛΑΣ to right, astragalos to left. VF, black and green patina, minor roughness. Rare. Whorton Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) AE 16367 viewsca 290-281 BC. AE16 (3.62g). Apollo-, magistrate. Veiled bust of Arsinoe II right / Stag kneeling left, head reverted; monogram before, astragalos above. VF, dark green patina, light earthen highlights on the reverse. Rare. Conlin Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) AE 16244 viewsas Arsinoeia, ca 290-281 BC. AE16 (4.17g, 11h). Aristaios, magistrate. Veiled bust of Arsinoe II right / Stag kneeling left, head right; astragalos to upper right. VF, dark green patina. Whorton Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) AE 17549 viewsca 287-281 BC, in the name of Arsinoe, wife of Lysimachos. AE17 (3.07g). Veiled head of Arsinoe II right / ΑΡ−ΣΙ, stag kneeling left, head turned right; ΦΙΛΟΦΡΩΝ (magistrate) to left, [astragalos to right]. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Diobol509 viewsEphesos (as Arsinoeia), ca 290-281 BC. AR Diobol (1.33g, 6h). Erxias, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [ΕΡ]ΞΙΑ[Σ] to left, bee to upper right. VF, minor porosity. Extremely rare.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Obol103 viewsEphesos (as Arsinoeia), ca 290-281 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.85g). Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram to left, bee to right. aVF. Extremely rare.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Obol113 viewsEphesos (as Arsinoeia), ca 290-281 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.85g, 12h). Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; bee to left. VF, toned. Unpublished, possibly unique.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Obol103 viewsEphesos (as Arsinoeia), ca 290-281 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.8g). Veiled head of Arsinoë right / APΣI, bow and quiver; bee to left. VF. Extremely rare.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol708 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Octobol (5.54g). Goneus, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [Γ]ΟΝΕΥΣ to left, bee to upper right. VF. Rare.

Lysimachos made himself master of Ephesos in 295 and shortly thereafter changed the city's name to Arsinoeia in honor of his wife, the daughter of Ptolemy I. After the death of Lysimachos in 280, Arsinoe married her half brother Ptolemy Ceraunus and finally her full brother Ptolemy II. She became the first Ptolemaic ruler to enter the Egyptian temples as "temple-sharing goddess" and was revered by the later Ptolemies.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol578 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Octobol (5.50g). Veiled head of Arsinoe right / Bow and quiver; monogram left, bee right. VF. Very rare.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol604 viewsEphesos (as Arsinoeia), ca 290-281 BC. AR Octobol (5.49g, 12h). Erxias, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [E]RXIAS to left, bee to upper right. VF, minor porosity. Very rare, and this magistrate only published on the Kayhan diobol (and coin #4689).
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol356 viewsca 290-281 BC. AR Octobol (5.51g, 7h). Theophilos, magistrate. Veiled and draped bust of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and ΘEOΦIΛO[Σ] to left, bee to upper right. VF, minor porosity on obverse. Rare.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol389 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Octobol (5.51g). Bloson, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / ARSI, bow and quiver; monogram and ΒΛΟΣΩΝ to left, bee to right. Good VF, toned, struck with a worn obverse die, several small corrosion spots on obverse. Very rare. Drewry Coll.; ex CNG 55 (9/2000), lot 492 (magistrate incorrect).
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Tetrobol416 viewsEphesos (as Arsinoeia), ca 290-281 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.69g, 12h). Goneus, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [Γ]ΟΝΕΥ[Σ] to left, bee to upper right. VF, porous. Extremely rare.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Tetrobol397 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.68g). Goneus, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and ΓΟΝΕΥΣ to left, bee to upper right. Near VF. Very rare, the first example of this denomination we have offered.
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Ephesos (BC 295-288) AE 18613 viewsca 295-288 BC. AE18 (5.52g). Ε-Φ, bee in dotted circle / Stag standing right on ground line, quiver above, ΧΑΡΜΙΝΟΣ (magistrate) to right. Dark green patina, minor corrosion on rev, EF. Gutknecht coll.
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Ephesos (BC 295-288) AE 18548 viewsca 295-288 BC. AE18 (4.28g). Ε-Φ, bee in dotted circle / Stag standing right on ground line, quiver above, ΕΥΘΥΚΡΑΤΗΣ (magistrate) to right. Green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Ephesos (BC 300) AE 13256 viewsca 300 BC. AE13 (3.39g). Head of Artemis, bow and quiver behind shoulder / EΓAIN (magistrate), E Φ Stag-forepart. Green patina, VF.
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Ephesos (BC 300-250) AE 13848 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE13 (2.17g). Ε-Φ, bee / Stag kneeling left, head turned right. Dark green patina, weak strike on obv, VF/gVF. Scarce variant. Gutknecht coll.
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Ephesos (BC 300-250) AE 14518 views4th century BC. AE14 (1.86g). Amyntor magistrate. E-Φ, bee / Stag kneeling, head turned back, AMYNTΩP. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 325-300) Octobol612 viewsca 325-300 BC. AR Attic standard Octobol (5.60g, 16mm). Pyron, magistrate. E-Φ, bee / Forepart of stag right, head reverted, palm tree behind; [Π]YPΩN, before. Very rare denomination, a bit porous, very fine.
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Ephesos (BC 335-320) Drachm612 viewsca 335-320 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.11g, 3h). Neumas, magistrate. Bee / Quadripartite incuse divided by two broad bands, magistrate’s name [NE]YMAΣ on horizontal band. VF, toned. Good metal. Whorton Coll.; ex Lanz 146 (5/2009), lot 192.
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Ephesos (BC 335-320) Drachm157 viewsca 340-325 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.01g). Echedamas, magistrate. E-[Φ], bee / Quadripartite incuse divided by two broad bands, EXEΔAMAΣ on horizontal band.
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Ephesos (BC 335-320) Hemidrachm328 viewsca 335-320 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.63g, 12mm). Korylas, magistrate. Bee with straight wings / Quadripartite incuse square divided by two broad bands, KOPYΛAΣ on horizontal band. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 335-320) Hemidrachm327 viewsca 420-390 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.59g, 9-10mm). Antiandros, magistrate. Bee / Quadripartite incuse divided by two broad bands, [Α]ΝΤΙΑΝ[ΔΡΟΣ] on horizontal band. VF.

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Ephesos (BC 335-320) Hemidrachm220 viewsca 335-320 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.61g, 12mm). Erophon, magistrate. E-Φ, bee / HPOΦΩΝ, quadripartite incuse punch divided by two broad bands; magistrate’s name on horizontal band. Extremely rare. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 375) AE 11583 viewsca 375 BC. AE11 (1.30g, 12h). Female head left, wearing stephane / Bee. VF, dark green patina. Whorton Coll.; ex Gorny & Mosch 176 (3/2009), lot 1311.
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Ephesos (BC 375-325) AE 10782 viewsca 375-325 BC. AE10 (1.28g). Female head (Artemis?) left, wearing stephane / Ε-Φ, bee. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Ephesos (BC 375-325) Tetartemorion242 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.2g). Female head left, wearing stephane / Bee. VF. Apparently unpublished.
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Ephesos (BC 387-295) Tetradrachm951 viewsca 387-295 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.94g, 12h). Ε-Φ, bee with straight wings / Forepart of a stag right, palm tree left; magistrate MANTIKRATH[S]. Site of the Temple of Artemis, one of the 7 Wonders of the world. Ex CNG 61, Lot 683.
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Ephesos (BC 390-320) AE 11380 viewsca 390-320/00 BC. AE11 (1.66g, 6h). Oionos (?), magistrate. Female head left, astragalos behind / ΟΙΩ-Ν-ΟΣ, Bee. Rare. Ex Müller coll. (M&M Deutschland, Auk. 30 (5/2009), lot 461); ex Auctiones eAuction #1, lot 178.
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Ephesos (BC 390-320) AE 12523 viewsca 390-320/00 BC. AE12 (2.12g, 12h). Dias, magistrate. Bee / Stag kneeling left, head right; ΔIAΣ downward to left, astragalos to upper right. Near EF, black patina. Well centered.
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Ephesos (BC 390-320) AE 13595 viewsca 390-320/00 BC. AE13 (1.68g). Hegelochos, magistrate. Female head left; astragalos behind / HΓE-ΛO-XOΣ, Bee. VF, black patina, light roughness. Very Rare. Wagner Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 390-320) AE 15301 viewsca 390-320/00 BC. AE15 (1.58g). Bee / Stag kneeling left, head right; ΤΙΜΗΣΙΑΝΑΣ (magistrate) downward to left, astragalos to upper right. Rare. aEF.
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Ephesos (BC 390-325) Tetradrachm1087 viewsca 390-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.27g, 12h), struck ca 360-350 BC. Kallidamas, magistrate. Bee with straight wings / Forepart of stag right; palm tree to left, ΚΑΛΛΙΔΑΜΑΣ to right. VF, toned. Well struck. Rare magistrate. Sullivan Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 390-325) Tetradrachm733 viewsca 390-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.14g, 12h). Orchamenios, magistrate. Class D, circa 370-360 BC. Bee / Forepart of stag right, head left; palm tree to left, OPXAMENIOΣ to right. Good VF, toned, obverse struck off center, die break at edge of obverse, a little porosity. Deyo Coll.; ex Coin Galleries (2/1986), lot 86.
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Ephesos (BC 390-330) Diobol788 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Diobol (1.09g). Bee with straight wings within dotted circle / Two stag heads confronted, ΕΦ above. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 390-330) Diobol894 viewsca 387-295 BC. AR Diobol (1.02g). Bee with straight wings within dotted circle / Two stag heads confronted, ΕΦ above. EF.
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Ephesos (BC 390-380) AE 12313 viewsca 390-380 BC. AE12 (1.60g, 12h). Bee / Forepart of a stag right, head left. VF, black patina. Whorton Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 390-380) AE 12153 viewsca 390-380 BC. AE12 (1.55g). Bee / Forepart of a stag right, head left.
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Ephesos (BC 390-380) Trihemiobol377 viewsca 390-380 BC. AR Trihemiobol (9mm, 0.83g, 12h). Bee / Forepart of a stag right, head left. VF, toned.
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Ephesos (BC 390-380) Trihemiobol263 viewsca 390-380 BC. AR Trihemiobol (8mm, 0.73g, 12h). Bee / Forepart of a stag right, head left. VF, toned, light porosity.
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Ephesos (BC 404-394) Tridrachm762 viewsca 404-394 BC. AR Tridrachm (11.20g). The infant Herakles, naked, kneeling to right on ground line, strangling a serpent in each hand, Σ-Y-N / Bee with curved wings, E-Φ / Π-E. Very fine and very rare. From the Hecatomnus Hoard; ex Frank Sternberg, Auction XIII, Zurich (11/1983), lot 175; purchased from B.A. Seaby Ltd., London (4/1984) US$ 8,000.
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Ephesos (BC 405-390) AE 8555 viewsca 405-390 BC. AE8 (0.54g). Bee / Stag-head right. Good VF.
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