Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Antiocheia (AD 81-96) AE 17 - Domitian315 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE17 (5.74g, 12h). ΔOMITIANOC KAIΣAP, Laureate head right / EΠIMEΛHθENTOC TI KΛ AΓΛAOY ΦPOYΓI ANTIOXEIA, Turreted city-goddess (Antiochia) seated, left, holding patera. VF, Scarce. Tricarico coll.
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Antiocheia (AD 81-96) AE 17 - Domitian278 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE17 (3.94g, 12h). ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP, laureate head right / EΠIMEΛH KΛ AΓΛAOY ΦPOYΓI ANTIOXEΩN, Liknophoros standing right. VF, Scarce. Tricarico coll.
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Antiocheia (AD 81-96) AE 18 - Domitian307 viewsDomitianus, 81-96 AD. AE18 (5.26g). Magistrate Ti. Kl. Aglaos Frougi (Epimeletheis). Laureate head right / Tyche seated left. Rare. VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 81-96) AE 24 - Domitian250 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE24 (6.85g, 12h). ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP CEBACTOC ΓEPMANIKOC, laureate head right / EΠIMEΛH KΛ AΓΛAOY ΦPOYΓI ANTIOXE, Dyonisos standing left, leaning on column, holding cantharus and thyrsus. VF. Scarce. Tricarico coll.
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Antiocheia (AD 81-96) AE 26 - Domitian168 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE26 (11.57g, 11h). ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP CEBACTOC ΓEPMANIKOC, laureate head right / KΛ AΓΛAOY ΦPOYΓI / ANTIOXEΩN, Dionysos standing left, holding scepter and grapes. nVF, green patina. Extremely rare (only one in RPC). Tricarico coll.
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Antiocheia (AD 98-117) AE 20 - Trajan167 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE20 / Assarion (6.56g, 12h). Circa 98-102 AD. AYT NЄP TPAI KAI CЄ ΓЄP ΔAK, laurate head right / PΩΜΗ ANTIOXЄΩN, helmeted Roma seated left on cuirass and spoils of war, holding nike on extended right hand and sheathed sword in left. Attractive light green patina, gVF.
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Antiocheia (AD 98-138) AE 25161 viewsTime of Trajan to Hadrian, 98-138 AD. AE25 (8.53g, 6h). ΔHMOC ANTI-[O]-XЄΩN, head of youthful Demos right / CΩZ-ΩN, Sozon standing left, wearing chiton, holding patera and olive branch, himation wrapped around left arm. Good VF, dark green patina, chipped around edge. Very rare, only the BM and von Aulock specimens cited in RPC, one additional in CoinArchives.
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Antiocheia (AD 100-140) AE653 viewsca 100-140 AD. AE (14.72g). Head of Zeus Boulaios left, wearing taenia / Zeus standing left with thunderbolt and scepter. Some pitting, dark green patina, VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 100-200) AE 14414 viewsCirca 2nd century AD. AE14 (3.10g). Dionysus, magistrate. ΔIONVΣIOΣ, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena right / ANTIO, owl standing right on maeander pattern or city wall, head facing. Extremely rare. gVF.1 comments
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Antiocheia (AD 100-270) AE 19474 viewsca 2nd-3rd century AD. AE19 (3.45g). Diademed bust of Zeus / ANT IOXЄΩN, Eagle standing left. Very fine.
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Antiocheia (AD 100-300) AE 18397 viewsImperial Times, 2nd-3rd cent AD. AE18 (1.89g). Helmeted head of Athena right / ANTIOXEΩN, Eagle with wreath in beak standing right on thunderbolt. Very fine.
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Antiocheia (AD 100-300) AE 21452 views2nd-3rd cent AD. AE21 (3.70g, 6h). ΔH-MOC, bust of Demos wearing diadem right / ANTIO-X- ЄΩN, Tyche standing facing holding rudder and cornucopia, head left. Very fine. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser, Auc 13 (10/1997), Nr. 185. Ex Karl coll.
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Antiocheia (AD 130-270) AE31 – Antiochos I326 views2nd-3rd cent AD. AE31 (18.33g, 6h). Diademed and draped bust of Antiochos I right / Eagle flying left, head right, above garlanded altar. VF, dark green patina, minor marks. Rare.

Most of the Imperial coinage from this city bears the heads of Boule, the Senate or Gerousia. This remarkable, rare piece bears an idealized head of the city’s founder, Antiochos I, and is one of the few instances where an Imperial coin bears the head of a Hellenistic ruler.
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Antiocheia (AD 138-161) AE 16 - Antoninus Pius126 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE16 - Hemiassarion (4.06g, 7h). AY KAI TI AYΛ ANTΩNЄIN, laureate head right / ANTIOXЄΩN, Nike advancing right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm over her left shoulder. VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 138-161) AE 21291 viewsTime Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE21 - Diassarion (5.56g, 1h). BOYΛH ANTIOXЄΩN, veiled and draped bust of the Boule of Antiochia right / ANTIO XЄΩN, Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Unpublished. Good VF, brown surfaces.
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Antiocheia (AD 139-161) AE 35 - Marcus Aurelius357 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE35 (22.07g, 6h). M • AVPHΛIOC OVHPOC KAICAP, bare head right / ANTIO XЄΩN, Demeter, holding grain ear and poppy and torch, standing left within tetrastyle temple façade. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, green and brown patina with traces of earthen overtones, minor flan flaw on reverse, a few light adjustment marks. Apparently unique. Group CEM.
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Antiocheia (AD 161-169) AE - Lucius Verus396 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE (2.91g). Head right / Winged Nemesis standing right. VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 161-169) AE 15 – Lucius Verus244 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE15 (2.04g). BHPOC KAICAP, bare head right / ANTIOXЄΩΝ. male figure standing right, carrying basket on his head. VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 161-169) AE 20 – Lucius Verus 400 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE20 (5.38g, 5h). K[AICAP] – BHROC, head right / AN-TI-OC-ЄΩN, Tyche (?) standing left with phiale. Very fine. Ex Münzzentrum Köln, Auc 74 (11/1992), Nr. 242. Ex Karl coll.
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Antiocheia (AD 161-180) AE 27 - Marcus Aurelius233 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE27 (11.04g). KA OV AV OVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ANTIO XЄΩN, Athena advancing right with spear and shield. VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 166-177) AE 30 - Commodus514 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE30 (12.90g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / [Α]ΝΤΙΟXΕΩΝ above, ΜΑΙΑΝΔPΟ/C in two lines in exergue, river god reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae; overturned urn behind from which water flows. VF, dark green patina, a little rough. Drewry Coll.
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Antiocheia (AD 177-192) AE 18 - Commodus165 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE18 (4.01g, 7h). M AY ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟC, laureate head right / ANTIOXЄΩΝ, Victory advancing to right, holding wreath with the extended right hand and palm branch with the left. Very rare. VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 177-192) AE 28 - Commodus277 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE28 (15.68g). Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟC, laureate and draped bust right / ΑΝΤΙ−Ο−ΧЄΩΝ, Athena Nikephoros standing left. Dark patina, VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 177-192) AE 35 - Commodus407 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE35 (19.02g). Laureate and draped bust right / Tetrastyle temple, within Demeter standing left with ears of corn and scepter. VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 180-192) AE 30 - Commodus171 viewsCommodus 180-192 AD. AE30 (13.05g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜOΔΟС, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΖЄΥС ΚΑΠЄΤΩΛ-ΙΟС Α-ΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ, Zeus Kapetolios seated, left, holding Nike in extended right hand, and long sceptre in left. VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 180-270) AE 24254 viewsLate 2nd-early 3rd centuries. AE24 (8.50g, 7h). Laureate and draped head of Demos right / River-god Maeandrus reclining left on overturned urn, holding reed and cornucopia; MAIANΔPOC in exergue. VF, green patina. Rare.
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Antiocheia (AD 193-211) AE 21177 viewsTime of Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE21 (6.21g). ΔHMOC, laureate and draped bust of Demos right / ANTIOXЄΩN / MAIANΔPOC, river god Maiandros reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, and resting elbow upon overturned urn from which liquid flows. Rare. gVF.
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Antiocheia (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus164 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 (23.93g). AV K Λ CЄΠ CЄOVHPOC Π, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ANTIOXЄΩN, tetrastyle temple, containing Zeus seated left on chair, holding scepter and uncertain object. Extremely rare. VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 1st-2nd cent) AE470 viewsca 1st-2nd cent AD, pseudo-autonomous. AE (3.74g). NAP-BIC, Head of Tyche right, wearing 3-pointed crown / ΑΝΤΙΟ−ΧΕΩΝ, Athena standing left, holding spear and shield. Dark green patina, aEF. Rare.
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Antiocheia (AD 200-270) AE 24287 views3rd century AD. AE24 (5.51g). IЄPA CYNKΛHTOC, draped bust of the Senate right / ANTIOXЄΩΝ, Tyche standing left with rudder and cornucopia within tetrastyle temple. VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 200-300) AE 23430 views3rd cent AD. AE23 (4.80g, 6h). IЄPA CVNKΛHTOC, diademed bust of Senate right / AN-TI-O-XЄ / ΩN, tetrastyle temple, Tyche standing facing holding rudder and cornucopia, head left. Very fine. Ex Karl coll.
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Antiocheia (AD 209-211) AE 18 - Geta244 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE18 (2.54g). AYT K Π CЄ ΓЄTA, laureate head right / ANTIOXЄΩΝ, eagle standing facing, head and tail left, wings spread. Ex Vogl coll.; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (5/1991). VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 238-244) AE 34 - Gordian III283 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE34 (16.71g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, wearing himation, extending right hand and holding septre. Brown tone, F/VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III376 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (17.46g, 6h). AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ANTI OXЄ ωN, Tyche Soterios (Fortuna Redux) standing left on basis within tetrastyle temple façade with arched central bay. EF, green patina with traces of earthen encrustation in devices, light roughness. Apparently unique. From Group CEM.
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Antiocheia (AD 238-268) AE 23414 viewsTime of Gordian to Gallienus, 238-268 AD. AE23. Bust of the Senate right / Demeter standing left. VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 244-247) AE 22 - Philip II342 viewsPhilip II, as Caesar, 244-247 AD. AE22 (4.36g). M IOV ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right / ANTIOXЄΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Extremely rare. gVF.1 comments
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Antiocheia (AD 244-249) AE 26 – Philip II304 viewsPhilip II, 244-249 AD. AE26 (9.51g). Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ, draped and cuirassed bust right, unclear countermark / ΑΝΤΙΟX-ΕΩΝ, River-god Maeander with reed reclining to left, leaning on inverted vase from which water flows. Very rare. Dark green glossy patina, VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 249-251) AE 21 - Trajan Decius214 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE21 (4.95g). ΑVΤ Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΔЄΚΙС, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ANTIOXЄΩN, Dionysus standing left, holding thyrsus and pouring cantharus; to left, panther standing left, head right. gVF.
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Antiocheia (AD 249-251) AE 33 - Trajan Decius456 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE33 (21.73g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Bridge of six arches with gateway on left, river flowing beneath; on parapet, recumbent figure of Maeandros holding cornucopia and reed, two standing figures behind. Corrosion, near VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 249-251) AE 38 - Trajan Decius1757 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE38 (16.52g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AN-T-I-OXEΩN, Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre. Good Fine, red-brown and green patina. Drewry Coll.; Ex Empire Coins FPL 36 (1/1987), no. 111.
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Antiocheia (AD 253-260) AE 35 - Valerian665 viewsValerian, 253-260 AD. AE35 (32.46g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Bridge of six arches with gateway on left, river flowing beneath; on parapet, recumbent figure of Maeandros holding cornucopia and reed, figure standing behind; stork on top of gateway; two fish in waves below bridge. VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 20263 viewsTime of Valerian and Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE20 (2.83g). IPЄA ΓЄPOYCIA, draped bust of Gerousia right / ANTIOXЄWN, Tyche in tetrastyle temple. Rare. VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 25 - Gallienus356 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE25 (6.26g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KTICTHCAN-TIOXEΩN; male figure (the Founder) standing left holding uncertain objects. Very fine.
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Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus361 viewsGallienus, 253-260 AD. AE28 (7.99g). ΑΥ ΚΑ ΠΟ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC, radiate and cuirassed bust right / ΑΝΤΙΟXЄΩΝ, price table with price crown inscribed ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝ table inscribed, ΚΑΠЄΤΩΛΙΑ. Very rare. Dark brown patina, EF.
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Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 29 - Gallienus332 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE29 (15.27g, 7h). Radiate, draped, and curiassed bust right, seen from behind / Hephaestus (Vulcan) seated right, hammering at forge with helm atop. VF, slightly rough surfaces.
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Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 29 - Gallienus116 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE29 - Hexassarion (?) (16.69g, 6h). AY K ΠO ΓAΛΛIHNOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ANTIOXЄΩN, tetrastyle temple with three pellets in pediment; within, female figure (Artemis?) standing front, head to left, holding a long scepter with her right hand and an uncertain object (bow?) in her right. Extremely rare, possibly the second known example. VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 30 - Gallienus289 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE30 (13.93g). ΑΥ Κ Θ ΓΑΛ-ΛΙΗΝΟΣ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΑΝΤΙΟXЄΩΝ, distyle temple within Tyche with cornucopiae and rudder. Brown patina, VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 31 - Gallienus190 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE31 (9.1g). AV Κ ΠΟ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΑΝΤΙΟXЄΩΝ, prize crown, containing two palm fronds and inscribed ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝ, and set upon table inscribed ΚΑΠЄΤΩΛΙΑ. Rare. Green patina, gVF.
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Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 32 - Gallienus632 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE32 (17.25g, 6h). Helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding shield and spear / AN[TIOXE]-WN, six-arched bridge with guard rails across the Maeander River; triple-bayed triumphal arch at one end; figure of Maeander River reclining left above guard rail. VF, black-brown patina, minor pitting on obverse. Rare.
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Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 33 - Gallienus382 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE33 - Medallion (21.16g, 6h). Antiochia ad Maeandrum mint; Aphrodisios, archon. AY[T] K ΠO ΓAΛΛIHNO, radiate, helmeted, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / [ЄΠI AP]X • AΦPOΔICIOY • IЄPAKOC •, [AN]TIOX[Є]ΩN in exergue, Jupiter Capitolinus, holding Nike on globe in right hand and scepter in left, seated left before table carrying agonistic urn containing two palms and inscribed [OYA]ΛЄ[PIA?]; amphora below table. Good VF, brown patina, natural pit on reverse.
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Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 35 - Gallienus545 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE35 (20.18g, 6h). Radiate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / Bridge spanning the Maeandrus river; gateway to bridge to left, surmounted by stork standing right; on parapet, river-god Maeandrus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia. VF, dark green patina with areas of minor striking weakness.
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Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 35 - Gallienus396 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE35 (21.50g). ΑΥ Κ Π ΓΑ ΛΛΙ ΗΝΟC, cuirassed and helmeted bust with spear and shield / ΑΝΤΙΟXЄΩΝ, Jupiter Capitolinus (?) enthroned to left with Nike and scepter, before, vase below table with price-crown. Rare. Dark patina, VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 36 - Gallienus594 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE36 (20.82g, 6h). Radiate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / Bridge spanning the Maeandrus river; gateway to bridge to left, surmounted by stork standing right; on parapet, river-god Maendrus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia. Good VF, red and dark green patina. A choice example of this interesting and ambitiously designed type.
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Antiocheia (AD 254-268) AE 24 - Salonina257 viewsSalonina, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE24 (6.51g). [...] CAΛONINA CЄB, draped bust left / ANTIOXЄΩΝ, Eagle standing right on garlanded altar. VF.
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Antiocheia (AD 254-268) AE 25 - Salonina334 viewsSalonina, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE25 (6.62g, 7h). Diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent; countermark: B within oval incuse / Garlanded altar surmounted by an eagle standing left, head right. VF, green patina, slight bend in flan from the application of the countermark.
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Antiocheia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 14 - Augustus491 viewsAugustus, 17 BC-14 AD. AE14 (3.2g). CEBACTOC, bare head of Augustus right / ΠΑΙΩΝΟΥ ΣΥΝΑΡΧΙΑ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ, Athena standing left holding spear and shield. VF.
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Antiocheia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 15250 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE15 (3.33g). ANTIOXEωN / CEBACTOY, Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm frond / AΓΛAOY TOY AΓΛAOY CYNAPXIA, garlanded altar. VF.
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Antiocheia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus384 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-AD 14. AE16 (5.28g, 11h). Laureate head of Augustus right / Draped bust of Livia right. Gray patina, good VF.
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Antiocheia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 18 - Augustus & Gaius282 viewsAugustus with Gaius, 27 BC-14 AD. AE18 (4.05g). ΣΕΒΑΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ, laureate head of Augustus right within wreath / [...], bare head of Gaius right within wreath. Extremely rare. VF.
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Antiocheia (BC 150) Drachm193 viewsmid 2nd century BC. AR Drachm (3.74g, 18mm). Ala-, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / ANTIOXEΩN / AΛA, Zebu bull reclining left; winged kerykeion to left, maeander pattern below; all within wreath. gF. Very rare.
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Antiocheia (BC 150) Drachm225 viewsmid 2nd century BC. AR Drachm (3.90g, 16mm). Diotrephes, "magistrate for the fourth time." Laureate head of Apollo right, with bow and quiver over shoulder / ANTIOXEΩN / ΔIOTPEΦHΣ TO TETAPTON, Zebu bull reclining left; maeander pattern below; all within wreath. gF. Very rare.
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Antiocheia (BC 150) Drachm186 viewsmid 2nd century BC. AR Drachm (4.00g, 16mm). Diotrephes, "magistrate for the fourth time." Laureate head of Apollo right, with bow and quiver over shoulder / ANTIOXEΩN / ΔIOTPEΦHΣ TO TETAPTON, Zebu bull reclining left; maeander pattern below; all within wreath. gF. Very rare.
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Antiocheia (BC 150) Tetradrachm330 viewsmid 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.33g, 25mm, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Eunikos, magistrate. Bearded head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / Zebu bull standing left, head facing; to left, small female figure, wearing long chiton, standing right; ANTIOXEΩN/TΩN ΠPOΣ TΩ in two lines above, MAIANΔPΩΣ to right, EVNIKOΣ in exergue; all within laurel wreath. VF, toned, light porosity, areas of weak strike. Extremely rare, one of two known.
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Antiocheia (BC 150) Tetradrachm380 viewsmid-late 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.59g, 27mm, 12h). Diotrephes, magistrate. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath; bow and quiver over shoulder / Zebu bull standing left, head facing; ANTIOXEΩN above, maeander pattern and ΔIOTPEΦHΣ in exergue; all within laurel wreath. VF, toned, light cleaning marks and porosity. Fine style in high relief. Extremely rare, only two examples published.
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Antiocheia (BC 150) Tetradrachm257 viewsmid-late 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.54g, 19mm, 1h). Diotrephes, magistrate “for the third time.” Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath; bow and quiver over shoulder / Zebu bull standing left, head facing; ANTIOXEΩN above, ΔIOTPEΦHΣ/TO TPITON in two lines in exergue; all within maeander pattern border. VF, toned, patches of find patina. Extremely rare, the second known tetradrachm with this magistrate “for the third time”.

The previous lot (CNG108 Lot 231) is a tetradrachm also in the name of Diotrephes, and is likely an issue from the same individual named here, but struck during his first iteration as a magistrate.
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Antiocheia (BC 150) Tetradrachm335 viewsmid-late 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.04g, 25.5mm, 11h). Menandros, magistrate. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath; bow and quiver over shoulder / Zebu bull standing left, head facing; ANTIOXEΩN above, MENANΔPOΣ in exergue; all within maeander pattern border. VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die. Unique with this magistrate.
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Antiocheia (BC 150) Tetradrachm350 viewsca 165-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.78g, 1h). Hermogenes, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus right / EPMOΓENHΣ - ANTIOXEΩN, eagle, wings closed, standing left on a thunderbolt, being crowned by Nike flying left; all within maeander pattern. Apparently unpublished. Slightly rough, otherwise, gVF.

Aside from extreme rarity, what makes the Zeus-eagle tetradrachms of Antiochia ad Maeandrum especially interesting is that the eagle comes with differing attributes and symbols. The present and apparently unpublished piece shows an eagle that is crowned with a wreath by a small Nike flying behind it. Other types include an eagle with thyrsos (see lot 109 below, also unpublished), eagle with a cornucopiae (SNG von Aulock 2417) and plain eagle (Gorny & Mosch 207 (2012), 358). These varieties all appear to be unique to certain magistrates and therefore may represent yearly issues, but the connections between the symbols and the magistrates are yet to be understood.
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Antiocheia (BC 150) Tetradrachm276 viewsca 165-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 15.66g, 1h). Tryphon Kar..., magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus right / ANTIOXEΩN TPYΦΩN KAP[...], eagle, wings closed, standing left on thunderbolt; behind, thyrsos; all within maeander pattern. Apparently unpublished. A beautifully toned example of superb style. Dark horn silver, otherwise, gVF.
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Antiocheia (BC 150) Tetradrachm464 viewsca 165-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.75g). Meleagros, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΝ/ΤΙΟ/XΕ/ΩΝ / ΜΕ/ΛΕΑ/ΓΡΟΣ, eagle, wings closed, standing left on thunderbolt; all within maeander pattern. Apparently unpublished. aEF.
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Antiocheia (BC 200-100) AE 12249 views2nd century BC. AE12 - Chalkous (1.38g, 2h). Laureate head of Zeus to right / ANTIOXE [.. EY]ΔΗ, forepart of bull left, grape to right; maeander pattern below. Apparently unpublished in standard references. A interesting example, Attractive deep green patina, VF.
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Antiocheia (BC 200-100) AE 19695 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AE19 (6.30g). Radiate and draped bust of Helios right / Lyre within laurel wreath.
 
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