Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol197 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.49g, 7mm). Forepart of lion left, head turned right / Grain, uncertain letters around. VF. Unpublished?
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol175 viewsca 5th-4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.40g, 8mm). Bare male head left / Grain ear, uncertain legend around; all within incuse circle. VF. Rare, unpublished.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol139 views5th-4th century BC. AR Fraction (7mm, 0.36g, 2h). Male head left / Grain ear; pseudo-legend(?) to right; all within incuse circle. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, porous, off center.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol245 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (7mm, 0.44g). Head of African left / Barley grain; letters(?) on one side; all within incuse circle. Unpublished in the standard refences. VF, light porosity, light scratch on obverse.1 comments
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol93 viewsca 500-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (5mm, 0.48g). Head of ram (or eagle?) right / Uncertain inscription around monogram. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol84 viewsca 500-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.45g). Head of ram right / Large wreath-like symbol, pseudo-legend around, within incuse circle.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol106 views5th-4th century BC. AR Fraction (7mm, 0.44g). Head of lion right / Grain ear; pseudo-legend(?) around; all within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, minor porosity.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Tetartemorion118 views5th-4th century BC. AR Fraction (6mm, 0.18g, 7h). Male head left / Grain ear; pseudo-legend(?) to right; all within incuse circle. VF, minor porosity. Unpublished in the standard references.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Tetartemorion101 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion(?) (5.5mm, 0.20g). Head of ram right / Large wreath-like symbol, pseudo-legend around, within incuse circle. VF, granular surfaces.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 3 - Tetartemorion700 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.19g, 5mm) Head of eagle right / circular symbol (wreath or diadem?) or monogram within incuse square.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 3 - Tetartemorion567 views5th cent BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.20g). Head of eagle right / Uncertain symbol or monogram.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 3 - Tetartemorion496 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.23g). Eagle with spread wings and legs / Schematic wreath in incuse square.1 comments
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 3 - Tetartemorion374 viewsearly-mid 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.19g, 5mm, 6h). Head of eagle right / Wreath(?) in incuse square. Near EF, toned, light porosity. Extremely rare.1 comments
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 3 - Tetartemorion245 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.1g). Two confronted bulls' heads / Uncertain symbol or monogram in incuse square. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Obol206 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.53g, 6h). Rider on horseback right / Facing bull’s head; stylized palm frond above. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, porous surfaces, minor deposit on reverse.

Most likely from the Troad region of Asia Minor, based on the types.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion540 views5th century BC. AR 6mm (0.16g). Uncertain design / Head lion left, four pellets above. Inspired by Kyzikos-“Boar & tunny / lion” issues. Unpublished (?). Good very fine.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion162 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.15g, 6mm). Horse’s head facing right / Head of panther or lion facing right in incuse square.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Trihemiobol?215 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Trihemiobol(?) (10mm, 1.13g, 5h). Forepart of Pegasos right / Stylized lion’s head facing, with its mane consisting of snake-like appendages. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, granular surfaces, obverse struck slightly off center. Fascinating reverse type.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Trihemiobol?167 viewsca 5th-4th century BC. AR Obol (11mm, 1.05g). Forepart of lion left? / Head of lion right, with annulet in open mouth. VF. Very rare. Apparently unpublished in the standard references.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) Trihemiobol?185 viewsca 5th-4th century BC. AR Obol (1.19g, 11mm). Head of lion facing / Head of lion right, annulet in open mouth. gVF.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) turtle - Hemiobol320 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.22g). Bee alighting to right / Turtle in incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, light porosity.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) turtle - Hemiobol439 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.26g). Bee alighting to right / Turtle in incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, light porosity.

The bee would seem to point to an attribution to Ephesos, but there is really nothing like it in that series. Silver fractions with turtles have been attributed to various locations from Lesbos to Lycia, and provide no help in identifying this unrecorded type.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) turtle - Hemiobol207 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (?) (5mm, 0.1g). Bee left / Turtle within incuse square. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) turtle - Hemiobol243 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.22g, 7mm). Bee flying right / Tortoise within incuse square. VF. Very rare.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) turtle - Tetartemorion305 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.11g, 5mm). Bee or other insect (?) / Turtle. Unpublished (?). Very rare. Good F. (Likely Karian or Ionian)
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) turtle 2 - Hemiobol202 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g, 6mm, 10h). Tortoise / Astragalos within incuse square. VF, find patina.
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) turtle 2 - Obol222 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.61g, 8mm). Tortoise / Astragalos within incuse square. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) bull - obol102 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.86g, 10mm). Male head with pointed beard right, wearing necklace / Forepart of bull left within incuse square. VF. Rare.
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) Diobol276 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Diobol (1.00g, 12mm). Forepart of horse right; grape bunch to left / Head and forepaws of panther facing within incuse square. gVF. Apparently unpublished.

Based on similar depictions of the reverse, it is quite possible to attribute this type to Methymna (cf. HGC 6, 902).
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) eagle - Tetartemorion225 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.2g, 6mm). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Eagle standing right, wings closed, in dotted square border within incuse square. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) eagle - Tetartemorion254 views4th century BC. AR Fraction (1/32 Siglos?) (0.14g, 7mm). Male head right, wearing bashlyk / Eagle standing left within pelleted linear border; all within incuse square. gVF. Extremely rare.
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) eagle - Tetartemorion254 views4th century BC. AR Fraction (6.5mm, 0.20g, 12h). Head right, wearing bashlyk / Eagle standing left; uncertain inscription to left; all in dotted square in incuse square. Unpublished. VF, a couple trace deposits, faint cleaning marks on reverse.
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) eagle - Tetartemorion123 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.12g, 6mm). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Eagle standing right, wings closed, in dotted square border within incuse square. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) grapes - Obol120 viewsa 500-400 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.93g). Head left in circular dotted border / Bunch of grapes.
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) Hemiobol282 viewsca 480/70-430 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.32g, 2h). Forepart of boar right / Forepart of hound right. VF, light porosity. Rare.
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) Hemiobol76 viewsca 480-430 BC. Uncertain mint, uncertain Lykian Dynast. AR Hemiobol (5mm, 0.23g). Forepart of boar right / Forepart of hound right within incuse square. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) owl - Tetartemorion348 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (5mm, 0.15g, 11h). Head of Apollo left / Owl standing left, head facing. Apparently unpublished. VF, minor porosity.
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) owl - Tetartemorion183 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.18g). Head of Apollo left / Owl standing left, head facing. aVF. Very rare.
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) owl - Tetartemorion278 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (5mm, 0.12g). Head of Apollo left / Owl standing left, head facing. aVF. Very rare.
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) owl - Tetartemorion156 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.16g, 5mm). Head of Apollo left / Owl standing left, head facing, M to right. Apparently unpublished.
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) shrimp - Hemiobol207 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.28g, 1h). Head of calf (or boar) right / Shrimp right within incuse square. VF, toned, good metal. Rare. Lee Coll.
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) shrimp - Hemiobol163 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.16g). Head of calf (or boar) right / Shrimp right within incuse square. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) shrimp - Hemiobol279 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.18g, 6mm). Head of calf right / Shrimp right within incuse square. aVF. Rare.1 comments
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Uncertain (BC 470) Hemidrachm?425 viewsafter 470 BC. AR Hemidrachm? (2.56g). Archaic head of man (African?) right / Winged boar right, within deep incuse square. aVF.
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Uncertain (BC 480-420) Hemidrachm754 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm - Triobol (1.93g, 10mm, 12h). Forepart of Chimaira right / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. VF, porous. Extremely rare.
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Uncertain (BC 480-420) Hemidrachm220 views5th century BC. AR Diobol(?) (12mm, 1.76g, 12h). Lion at bay right / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. Apparently unpublished. VF, surfaces a little rough.

The style of the gorgoneion is similar to another series of fractions with a different obverse type (featuring the elements of a chimera, cf. CNG 85, lot 477 and Lanz 150, lot 162). Unfortunately, that series also cannot currently be assigned to a mint.
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Uncertain (BC 480-420) Hemidrachm106 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.00g, 11mm). Forepart of Chimaira right / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. aVF. Very rare.
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Uncertain (BC 480-420) Hemidrachm118 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (9.5mm, 2.12g, 7h). Chimaira lying right, with its forepart of stag left / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. VF, a little porous. Very rare.

This coin appears is part of a series featuring the chimaira on the obverse and a gorgoneion in incuse on the reverse, for which drachms (M. Six, “Monnaies grecques, inédites et incertaines” in NC 1890, p. 235, 15), hemidrachms (C. Greenwell, “On some rare Greek coins” in NC 1897, p. 281, 2 = Boston MFA 2325; M. Six, op. cit., p. 235, 16-16bis), and obols (CNG 91, lot 345 and CNG 85, lot 477) are known.
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Uncertain (BC 480-420) Obol822 views5th century BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.68g). Elements of Chimaera: foreparts of lion, stag, and dragon(?), joined together at center and radiating outward / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. Unpublished. VF, toned, some porosity. Possibly unique.

This coin appears to be the obol denomination for a series featuring the Chimaera on the obverse and a gorgoneion in incuse on the reverse, for which drachms and hemidrachms are known.
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Uncertain (BC 480-420) Obol127 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.66g, 7mm). Forepart of lion facing right; truncation dotted / Facing gorgon within incuse square.

The style of the gorgon is similar to several fractions attributed to Troas, but lion obverse is not indicative of any of these mints.
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Uncertain (BC 480-420) Tetartemorion188 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.2g, 6mm). Facing gorgoneion within incuse square / Head of rooster right within incuse square. Extremely fine.
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Uncertain (BC 480-420) Tetartemorion167 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (5-6mm, 0.2g). Head of Herakles (?) left / Lion forepart right. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 480-420) Tetartemorion261 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.1g, 4mm). Lyre / Pattern of parallel grooves.
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Uncertain (BC 480-420) Tetartemorion144 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.15g, 6mm). Head of Apollo right / Eagle standing facing, head right, wings spread. gVF. Apparently unpublished.
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Uncertain (BC 480-440) Stater146 views5th century BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.77g, 6h). Crenelated city wall with three towers / Forepart of bull advancing right; symbol (monogram or Greek koppa) to lower right; all within incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, toned. Well centered.
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Uncertain (BC 480-440) Stater132 viewsca mid-5th century BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.76g). City walls with three towers / Forepart of bull right; monogram to lower right; all within incuse square. gVF. Extremely rare and new type for a possibly heretofore undiscovered mint, as well as one of the earliest architectural types.
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Uncertain (BC 480-450) Hemidrachm161 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.5g, 13mm). Sphinx facing right / Head of goat facing left in incuse square.
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Uncertain (BC 480-450) Hemiobol 151 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.45g, 3h). Scorpion / Female head right; Σ to upper right, A(?) to lower right; all within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF. Very rare.

The cataloguer notes: “Scorpions are commonly found on the reverses of silver silver fractions from mints in Caria (cf. SNG Kayhan 925–8 and 934–8), but is very unusual as an obverse type. See Rosen 400 = SNG von Aulock 6664 for a similar scorpion on the obverse of a diobol with a dolphin reverse type.”
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Uncertain (BC 480-450) lion - Hemiobol 202 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.31g). Head of roaring lion right / Bearded male head left, wearing petasos?; all within incuse square. aVF. Extremely rare, apparently unpublished.
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Uncertain (BC 480-450) lion - Obol131 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.9g, 11mm). Roaring head of lion left / Head of satyr right within dotted border in incuse square. Stylistically the obverse is clearly linked to the archaic lion / boar issues of Kyzikos.
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Uncertain (BC 480-450) Obol350 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (?) (0.73g, 8mm). Forepart of winged horse right, in dotted circle / Forepart of griffin left, in dotted square. Slightly porous, VF. Unpublished.
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Uncertain (BC 480-450) Obol201 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.81g, 8mm). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Helmeted male head right within pelleted linear border; all within incuse square. Extremely rare, very fine.
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Uncertain (BC 480-450) Obol126 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.85g, 9mm). Archaic head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Archaic female head right within pelleted linear border; all within incuse square. VF. Extremely rare.
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Uncertain (BC 480-450) Obol178 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.88g, 9mm). Archaic head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Male head right, wearing conical helmet; all within pelleted linear border within incuse square. VF. Very rare.
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Uncertain (BC 480-450) Tetrobol629 views5th century BC. AR Tetrobol (3.38g). Forepart of winged horse right / Head of a satyr right, within dotted incuse square. Fine/near VF, even porosity. Very rare.
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Uncertain (BC 480-450) Tetrobol409 views5th century BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.57g). Forepart of Pegasos right / Bearded head right within dotted linear square; all within incuse square. VF.1 comments
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Uncertain (BC 480-450) Triobol260 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.70g). Griffin seated right / Bearded head left within incuse square with beaded border. VF. Unpublished?
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Uncertain (BC 480-460) Hemiobol339 views6th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.31g, 9h). Head of lion right; leaf(?) behind / Cock standing right in incuse square. VF, toned, light porosity.
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Uncertain (BC 480-460) Hemiobol215 viewslate 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (6mm, 0.28g, 1h). Head of lion right / Cock advancing right within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, porous. Rare.
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Uncertain (BC 480-460) Obol362 viewsMylasa(?). 6th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.63g). Head of griffin right / Scorpion curled up within incuse punch. Good VF, dark find patina.
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Uncertain (BC 480-460) Obol232 viewsca 475 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.58g, 8h). Head of griffin right / Head of lion right within incuse square. VF, toned, light deposit on reverse. Extremely rare.
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Uncertain (BC 480-460) Obol174 viewsca 475 BC. Hemiobol (0.51g, 8mm). Head of griffin right / Head of roaring lion left within square incuse. gVF.
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Uncertain (BC 480-460) Tetartemorion101 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (5mm, 0.14g). Head of griffin right / Head and neck of bull left within incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, apparently unpublished.
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Uncertain (BC 490-440) Hemiobol221 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.39g). Head of horned river-god facing slightly right / Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Near VF, toned.
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Uncertain (BC 490-440) Hemiobol170 views4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.29g, 7mm). Bearded head of Silenos right / Quadripartite incuse square. aVF.
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Uncertain (BC 490-440) Hemiobol223 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (9mm, 0.4g). Head of horned river-god facing slightly right / Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished. gVF, toned.
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Uncertain (BC 490-440) Hemiobol258 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.36g). Head of horned river-god facing slightly right / Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished. aEF, toned.
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Uncertain (BC 490-440) Hemiobol187 viewsIdyma(?), 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.27g). Horned head of river god facing slightly right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Bull - Hemiobol270 views6th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.3g, 3mm). Head of bull right / Incuse punch. EF.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Bull - Hemiobol87 viewsca 530-480 BC. AR Hemiobol or Tetartemorion (5mm, 0.30g). Head of bull or calf right / Quadripartite incuse square.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 1 - Diobol784 viewsafter 500 BC. AR Diobol? (1.49g). Head of bull left / Incuse punch with crossing lines. VF. 1 comments
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Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 1 - Tetrobol276 viewsUncertain Lykian Dynast, ca 500-470/60 BC. AR Tetrobol (12mm, 2.61g). Bull’s head left / Incuse square with pellets and interesecting lines. VF, deposits, slightly porous. Ex Astarte 11 (12/2002), lot 441.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 2 - Diobol1641 viewsca 500 BC. AR Diobol (1.24g). Head of bull left / Incuse punch. Good VF. Unpublished.1 comments
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Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 2 - Diobol287 views6th century BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.23g, 12h). Head of bull left / Rough incuse punch. Good VF, toned.

A very unusual piece that somewhat resembles the Persian sigloi.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 3 - Hemiobol102 viewsca 500-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (5mm, 0.31g). Head of bull left / Incuse square, with pellet in center, in margin, incuse triangle on each side of incuse square.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 3 - Obol627 viewsLate 6th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.56g). Head of cow left / Incuse punch with rhombus and central pellet. VF, some encrustation.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 3 - Obol207 views6th century BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.61g). Animal’s head (boar?) left / Diamond with central pellet within square incuse punch. VF, find patina. Possibly unpublished. Alighieri Coll.

Perhaps a transitional type falling between Troxell 5 and 6.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 3 - Obol111 viewsca 530-480 BC. AR Obol (6mm, 0.64g). Head of bull left / Incuse square with central pellet and raised diagonal lines.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 4 - Hemiobol215 views5th-4th century BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (8mm, 0.34g). Head of lion or bull (?) left; border of pelleted circle within two linear circles / Incuse square divided into eight segments, each containing a pellet. Apparently unpublished. VF, toned. Rare. Ex CNG 91 (9/2012), lot 347.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 4 - Hemiobol188 views5th-4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.34g). Head of horned lion (?) left / Incuse square divided into eight sections each containing pellet. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Drachm155 views5th century BC. AR Drachm or Hemistater (?) (19mm, 6.36g). Uncertain standard. Chimaera standing right, raising forepaw, on dotted ground line / Rough incuse square. Unpublished. Near EF, toned, granular surfaces, scrape on obverse. Apparently unique.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Hemidrachm136 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm? (1.93g, 12mm). Lion advancing right / Incuse square with textured cross-hatching. aVF. Very rare.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Hemiobol210 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.56g). Ketos left / Incuse square with irregular lines. VF, toned, faint porosity, obverse slighty off center. Extremely rare.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Hemiobol298 viewsAsia Minor, uncertain mint, ca 500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.33g). Sheep’s head left / Irregular incuse punch. Very rare. Of superb style and perfectly struck on a large flan, old cabinet tone and good extremely fine. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 14 (1998), 72.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Hemitetartemorion122 viewsAbydos? ca 500-400 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (3mm, 0.12g). Head of bird or eagle right / Quadripartite incuse square.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Obol261 views5th century BC. AR Obol(?) (0.88g, 8mm). Forepart of panther or lioness advancing left / Incuse square. VF, toned.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Trihemiobol?182 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Diobol (1.37g, 10mm). Lion seated right, head facing / Rough incuse punch. gVF. Very rare.
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Uncertain (BC 500-450) Apollo - Tetartemorion113 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion(?) (6mm, 0.17g, 12h). Head of Apollo (?) right / Incuse archaic style head right. Apparently unpublished. Near VF, toned, porous.

The head on the reverse is similar to the archaic heads found on the early silver fractions of Kolophon (see Kim & Kroll), but the fact of it being incuse, and the obverse type, which is not likely at Kolophon, makes an assignment to that mint unlikely. Silver fractions of this type, obverse figure in relief, reverse in incuse, are typically found in early issues from the Troad (esp. Dardanos), but the types on this issue are not identified with any of those mints in particular.
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Uncertain (BC 500-450) bull - Drachm194 views5th century BC. AR Third Stater or Drachm (14mm, 4.33g, 8h). Bull(?) standing left / Stag standing left, head right; palm frond to left; all within incuse square. Near VF, find patina, heavily smoothed. Extremely rare, apparently one of two known. Ex Numismatik Naumann 53 (5/2017), lot 305 (thereafter cleaned).
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Uncertain (BC 500-450) bull - Drachm225 views5th century BC. AR Third Stater or Drachm (13mm, 3.23g, 9h). Bull standing left / Stag standing left, head right; palm frond to left; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned, surfaces a little granular. Extremely rare, apparently the second known.
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