Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Last additions Rhodes (AD 96-98) AE 34 - Nerva318 viewsNerva, 96-98 AD. AE34 - Didrachm (23.04g, 1h). Laureate head right / Uncertain female figure (Rhode[?]) standing right, clasping hands with Helios, holding scepter, standing left. Good VF, brown patina. Rare. From Group CEM. Ex Sternberg VII (11/1977), lot 604.Jun 23, 2012 Rhodes (AD 81-96) AE 36 – Domitian259 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE36 - Drachm(?) (23.71g, 1h). Radiate head right / Nike standing right on prow. VF, rough brown surfaces. Very rare. From Group CEM. Ex CNG 35 (9/1995), lot 1089; Henry Clay Lindgren Coll., 448; 1975 Rhodes hoard (CH 2, 136).Jun 23, 2012 Tabai (AD 253-260) AE 37 - Valerian I331 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE37 (20.93g, 6h). Sta(...) Iatrocles, archon. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Artemis, drawing arrow and holding bow, standing right, and Mên, holding phiale and spear, each wering Phrygian cap, standing left, vis-à-vis. Good VF, dark-green patina with traces of olive highlights. From Group CEM. Ex Gilbert Steinberg Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica, 11/1994), lot 890.Jun 23, 2012 Tabai (AD 193-217) AE 26 - Julia Domna507 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE26 (9.12g, 6h). Draped bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. EF, dark brown patina. Exceptional condition and with a lovely bust of Domna. From Group CEM. Ex Tkalec (10/1992), lot 309.Jun 23, 2012 Tabai (BC 27-AD 14) Drachm - Augustus646 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AR Drachm (3.64g, 19mm, 12h). Laureate head right / Togate emperor seated left, with feet on footstool, holding Nike and scepter; NKP monogram to left. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare, only four examples cited in RPC. From Group CEM. Ex Leu 18 (5/1977), lot 201.Jun 23, 2012 Herakleia Salbake (AD 193-211) AE 30434 viewsTime of Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (14.91g, 6h). Draped bust of Demus left, wearing taenia / Cult statue of Artemis facing within tetrastyle temple façade; pellet in pediment; garlanded altar in exergue. Good VF, brown surfaces. From Group CEM. Ex Virgil M. Brand Coll. (Part 7, Sotheby's, 10/1984), lot 375; Theodor Prowe Coll. (Part 2, Brüder Egger XLVI, 5/1914), lot 1248.Jun 23, 2012 Halikarnassos (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus415 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (14.72g, 12h). Stratokles, archon. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cult statue of Zeus Ascraeus facing between two trees, each surmounted by an oracular crow; name in two lines in exergue. Good VF, dark green patina with traces of orange earthen overtones. From Group CEM. The epithet Asrcaeus (Gr. Ἀσκραίος) refers to a species of oak tree (Hesychius s.v. ἄσκρα). While the oak was an associated attribute of Zeus, the reference here may refer to a Prehellenic Carian nature deity, similar to the later mythological Dryads, or nymphs who inhabited the trees (δρύες). Apollonius Dyscolus (Historia mirabilium 13) states that a goat was sacrificed to him.Jun 23, 2012 Knidos (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla & Plautilla559 viewsCaracalla, with Plautilla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (18.18g, 6h). Confronted busts of Caracalla right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Plautilla left, draped / Praxitiles’ Cnidian Aphrodite, holding drapery that falls behind amphora, standing right, facing Asclepius standing left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. VF, light, even roughness. Rare. Group CEM; ex Mallinson Coll. (Spink 39, 12/1984), lot 20. Because of the city’s connection with Aphrodite, in the fourth century BC, Knidos acquired a cult-statue of the goddess by the sculptor Praxitiles. After it was rejected by the citizens of Kos (for whom it had been commissioned) because it showed Aphrodite nude for the first time, Knidos purchased the statue, erecting it in an open air temple so that it could be viewed from all angles. As a result, it became a popular tourist attraction and the subject of numerous tales of all types.Jun 23, 2012 Apollonia Salbake (AD 198-209) AE 26 - Geta292 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE26 (8.98g, 6h). Nicostratus, magistrate. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Good VF, dark green patina. From Group CEM. Ex Hans von Aulock Coll., 2492; Münzen & Medaillen FPL 416 (10/1979), no. 25.Jun 23, 2012 Aphrodisias (AD 254-268) AE 25 - Salonina338 viewsSalonina, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE25 - “Gallienic Unit” (7.20g, 9h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Cult statue of Aphrodite of Aphrodisias facing right; star and crescent to upper left and right; to lower left, priestess seated right; fountain(?) to lower right. Good VF, green patina, coin pierced for wearing in antiquity. From Group CEM. Ex Waddell I (9 December 1982), lot 231.Jun 23, 2012 Aphrodisias (AD 193-211) AE 32 - Septimius Severus433 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE32 - 3 Assaria (17.85g, 7h). Struck circa 195-196 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Emperor, wielding javelin, on horseback right, trampling enemy. VF, green patina. Very rare, all four of the specimens known to Macdonald for this type are from the same dies. From Group CEM. Ex Hans von Aulock Collection, 8065.Jun 23, 2012 Antiocheia (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III390 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.Jun 23, 2012 Alinda (AD 198-217) AE 36 – Caracalla & Plautilla705 viewsCaracalla, with Plautilla, 198-217 AD. AE36 (22.18g, 6h). Marcus Ulpius Uliades, magistrate. Struck circa AD 202/3. AV K M A-NTΩNINOC N(εα) Θ(εα) H(ρα) ΠΛAVTIΛ, confronted busts of Caracalla right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Plautilla left, draped and wearing stephane / Apollo standing facing, head left, holding plectrum and lyre. Good VF, brown patina that is lightly rubbed on the highpoints. Fine style portraits of the young newlyweds. Better than the above referenced specimens and lacking the usual countermark. From Group CEM. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XIV (11/1984), lot 493. Three Carian cities - Alinda, Alabanda, and Stratonicea - commemorated the marriage between Caracalla and Plautilla by issuing coins with dual portraits proclaiming the young empress as “the new goddess Hera.” As Ken Harl notes (Civic Coins and Civic Politics in the Roman East: A.D. 180-275 [Berkeley, CA: University of California Press], p. 41): “By implication, Caracalla was envisioned as a youthful Zeus, so that the imperial marriage became a symbolic reenactment of the celestial one.”Jun 23, 2012 Alabanda (AD 198-217) AE 26 - Caracalla426 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE26 (9.23g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Kithara. EF, grayish-green patina, earthen highlights. From Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Alabanda (AD 193-217) AE 36 - Julia Domna429 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE36 (23.78g, 12h). Draped bust right; countermark: bust of Caracalla right within oval incuse / Tyche standing facing, holding rudder and cornucopia. Good VF, brown patina. Rare and attractive for issue. From Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Tripolis (AD 138-192) AE 21437 viewsTime of the Antonines, 138-192 AD. AE21 (5.73g, 12h). Helmeted bust of Athena left, wearing aegis / Zeus Lydios standing left, holding eagle and leaning on scepter. Good VF, dark green patina with earthen highlights. From Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Tralleis (AD 244-249) AE 39 - Philip I281 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE39 (25.58g, 12h). Flavius Diadumenus, magistrate. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Zeus seated left, leaning on scepter and presenting Nike to Athena standing right, with shield at her side, leaning on scepter and extending hand. VF, dark green patina, edge slightly hammered, surfaces a little rough. Extremely rare. From Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Tralleis (AD 139-161) AE 24 - Marcus Aurelius272 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE24 (7.15g, 12h). Halys, magistrate. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Female figure standing facing, head left, leaning on scepter. Good VF, dark green patina. From Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Tralleis (AD 54-68) AE 26 - Nero395 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE26 (15.17g, 1h). Struck circa AD 60. Bare head right / Zeus Larasios seated left, holding Nike and leaning on scepter. VF, dark green patina, a few cleaning marks. Very rare. From Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Thyateira (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Severus Alexander208 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE25 (8.04g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / She-wolf right, suckling the twins Remus and Romulus. VF, green patina. From Group CEM. Ex Aufhäuser 6 (5 October 1989), lot 479.Jun 23, 2012 Thyateira (AD 222) AE 26 - Severus Alexander309 viewsSeverus Alexander, as Caesar, 222 AD. AE26 (6.74g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΘVA T[ЄI]P HNΩN, Athena standing left, holding phiale and spear; shield leaning against spear. Good VF, dark green patina with traces of earthen encrustation. Apparently unique reverse legend variety of an extremely rare provincial Caesar issue. From Group CEM.1 commentsJun 23, 2012 Thyateira (AD 193-211) AE 43 - Septimius Severus434 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE43 - Medallion (42.92g, 6h). Asiaticus Hermogenes, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hephaestus seated left on wreathed cippus, putting finishing touches with hammer on a Corinthian helmet set on low column, while Athena, standing left and holding spear and shield, touches top of column. VF, attractive dark brown patina. Extremely rare. From Group CEM. As related by Homer (Iliad 18), Achilles’ armor was lost when, still sulking in his tent, he allowed his companion Patroclus to wear it while he spurred the Greeks into a battle on the plains below Troy. Overconfident, Patroclus met Hector in single combat. Mistaking Patroclus for Achilles, the Trojan hero Hector brutally killed him and dragged off Patroclus’ still-armored corpse as a war prize. Achilles’ mother, the sea nymph Thetis, persuaded the god Hephaestus to construct a new set of armor, among which a highly decorated shield was included.Jun 23, 2012 Silandos (AD 177-192) AE 32 - Commodus309 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE32 (17.61g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus recumbent left, head right, placing right hand on head and holding thyrsus in left, on back of panther advancing right. VF, attractive earthen green patina. From Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Sardeis (AD 100-200) AE 26294 viewsImperial Times, 2nd cent AD. AE26 (8.60g, 6h). Youthful, draped bust of the Senate right / Tyche standing left, holding grain ears, rudder, and cornucopia. Good VF, green patina. From Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Saitta (AD 193-211) AE 20 - Septimius Severus243 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE20 - Diassarion(?) (5.75g, 5h). Laureate head right / Hercules standing left. Near EF, attractive green patina with traces of earthen encrustation. From Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Saitta (AD 175-200) AE 20328 viewsImperial Times, ca 175-200 AD. AE20 (3.94g, 6h). Laureate head of youthful Demos right, slight drapery / Hercules standing facing, head left, leaning on club and carrying lion’s skin over arm. EF, earthen green patina. From Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Philadelphia (AD 222-235) AE 27 - Severus Alexander357 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE27 (9.38g, 6h). Julius Ariston Julianus, archon. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Coiled serpent right on horse right. Good VF, green patina, some very minor pitting. Extremely rare. From Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Kilbianoi-Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus279 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 (23.24g, 6h). Scaplabtus Iula, archon. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Severus right on horseback, preparing to spear kneeling captive below. VF, rough green patina. Extremely rare type for this emperor and magistrate. From Goup CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Mostene (AD 69-79) AE 22 - Vespasian382 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE22 (7.69g, 12h). OVЄCΠACIA-NOC KAI-CAP, laureate head right / MOC-TH-NΩN, radiate male deity, wearing chlamys and holding labrys, on horseback right; cypress to right. Good VF, dark green patina, patches of roughness on reverse. Extremely rare. From Group CEM. The reverse leaves no room for KAICAPEΩN in addition to MOCTHNΩN, which the few known Flavian examples of this denomination carry.Jun 23, 2012 Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 37-41) AE 20 - Caligula706 viewsGaius (Caligula), with Germanicus and Agrippina Senior, 37-41 AD. AE20 (3.53g, 11h). Radiate head of Gaius right / Germanicus, wearing a toga capite velato, standing facing; to right, Agrippina Senior (as Demeter) standing left, holding grain ears and scepter. VF, brown patina with traces of olive overtones, hairline flan crack at 10h. Very rare.1 commentsJun 23, 2012 Maionia (AD 193-211) AE 29 - Julia Domna517 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE29 (13.00g, 6h). Dama-, magistrate. Draped bust right / Demeter, holding torch in each hand, standing left in car drawn by biga of winged serpents. EF, attractive green patina, some very minor roughness. Very rare and better than the illustrated specimens. From Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Dioshieron (AD 218-225) AE 30 - Julia Maesa327 viewsJulia Maesa, Augusta, 218-224/5 AD. AE30 (12.02g, 6h). M. Aurelius Artema(...) Cornelianus, strategus. Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Zeus enthroned left, holding phiale and scepter. Near EF, black-green desert patina. Extremely rare. Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Dioshieron (AD 202-205) AE 30 - Plautilla246 viewsPlautilla, Augusta, 202-205 AD. AE30 (13.85g, 6h). Apollonides, the son of Phoebus, second strategus(?). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Zeus enthroned left, holding phiale and scepter. Good VF, black-green patina, a few deposits. Very rare magistrate.Jun 23, 2012 Kame (AD 193-211) AE 36 - Septimius Severus210 viewsSeptimius Severus. 193-211 AD. AE36 (22.01g, 6h). Epineikos, magistrate. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Severus on horseback right, raising right hand; shield below horse’s hind legs, bound captive seated below raised foreleg. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, dark brown patina, even light roughness. From Group CEM. Ex Leu 28 (5 May 1981), lot 493.Jun 23, 2012 Blaundos (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla288 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (16.75g, 6h). Tiberius Claudius Alexandros, magistrate. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, with gorgoneion on breastplate and slight drapery on far shoulder / Hercules right, pinning Nemean Lion which he is about to strike with club. VF, brown patina. From Group CEM. Ex Münzen & Medaillen Basel 41 (18 Jun) lot 1970 (as Elagabalus).Jun 23, 2012 Blaundos (AD 147-175) AE 20 - Faustina II272 viewsFaustina II, Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE20 (4.29g, 6h). Draped bust right, hair tied in bun / Demeter, veiled and draped, holding grain ears and long torch. Good VF, dark brown patina. From Group CEM. Ex Münzen & Medaillen FPL 457 (Jul 1983), no. 31.Jun 23, 2012 Attaleia (AD 161-169) AE 31 - Lucius Verus337 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE31 (15.51g, 6h). Artemidorus and Menoph(...), strategi. KΛ[I]CΛP ΛOY AY PH OYHP[OC], bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CTPΛ APTЄMI ΔΩPO – M(HN ligate)OΦ, AT/TA/ΛЄ/A/T/Ω/N down inner left field, Hercules standing facing. Unpublished. VF, black-green patina with earthen encrustation. Attractive, well centered strike. Apparently unique for this emperor from this city. From Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Apollonis (AD 198-217) AE 35 - Caracalla397 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE35 (22.03g, 12h). Demetrius, son of Apellas, magistrate. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; countermark: laureate bust right within circular incuse / Dionysus, wearing short chiton, standing facing, head left, holding cantharus and leaning on thyrsus. Good VF, dark green patina. From Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Samos (AD 166-177) AE 33 - Commodus312 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE33 (7.46g, 6h). Bareheaded and draped bust right / River-god Imbrasus reclining left, leaning on overturned urn, holding reed and cornucopia. Unpublished in the standard references as Caesar. Good VF, green patina. Apparently unique. From Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Smyrna (AD 54-68) AE 18 - Nero562 viewsNero, with Poppaea, 54-68 AD. AE18 (3.04g, 12h). Struck circa AD 62-65. Laureate head right / Poppaea as Nike standing left, holding wreath and cornucopia. Good VF, attractive green patina, flan split. From Group CEM. Ex Sternberg XI (20 Nov 1981), lot 282.Jun 23, 2012 Smyrna (AD 14-37) AE 19 - Tiberius1115 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE19 (4.76g, 12h). Hieronymos, magistrate, under the proconsulship of Petronius. Struck 29-35 AD. ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟC CΕΒΑCΤΟC, laureate head right / ZΜΥΡΝΑΙWΝ ΙΕΡWΝΥΜΟC, garlanded flaming altar. VF, brown surfaces, deposits. Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Smyrna (AD 193-235) AE 19385 viewsTime of the Severans, 193-235 AD. AE19 (3.66g, 6h). Laureate head of Zeus Akraios right / Griffin right; wheel before. Good VF, green patina, adjustment marks. From Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Priene (AD 117-138) AE 18 - Hadrian361 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE18 (4.56g, 12h). Laureate head right / Dionysus standing left, pouring wine from cantharus over panther and leaning on thyrsus. VF, dark grayish-green patina with a few chips on the higher points. Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Miletos (AD 161-180) AE 35 - Marcus Aurelius & Commodus370 viewsMarcus Aurelius, with Commodus, 161-180 AD. AE35 (22.14g, 6h). Aelius Protus Leontus, magistrate. Confronted laureate, draped, and cuirassed busts of Marcus right and Commodus left / Leto advancing left, carrying her children Artemis and Apollo. VF, green patina, light roughness. Very rare. Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Magnesia (AD 139-161) AE 29 - Marcus Aurelius484 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE29 (16.49g, 6h). Diophantus, magistrate. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Facing cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene. Good VF, green patina. Fine style. Very rare. Group CEM. “The first city one comes to after Ephesos is Magnesia, which is an Aiolian city . . . In the present city is the temple of Artemis Leukophryene, which in the size of its shrine and in the number of its votive offerings is inferior to the temple at Ephesos, but in the harmony and skill shown in the structure of the sacred enclosure is far superior to it. And in size it surpasses all the sacred enclosures in Asia except two, that at Ephesos (to Artemis) and that at Didymoi (to Apollo)” (Strabo, Geography 14. 1. 40).Jun 23, 2012 Magnesia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 17 – Augustus & Caius562 viewsAugustus, with Caius Caesar, 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (5.68g, 11h). Bare head of Augustus right / Bare head of Caius right. Good VF, green patina. Very rare. Group CEM; ex Aufhäuser 3 (10/1986), lot 148.Jun 23, 2012 Magnesia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 17 - Augustus375 viewsAugustus (?). 27 BC-14 AD. AE17 (3.81g, 12h). Euphemios, magistrate. Laureate head (of Caesar or Augustus) right, being crowned by Nike left; letter H or B in exergue / Diana, drawing arrow and holding bow, standing right. Near EF, dark green patina. Extremely rare.Jun 23, 2012 Ephesos (AD 238-244) AE 30 - Gordian III232 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE30 (9.64g, 6h). Homonoia with Alexandria. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche Soterios (Fortuna Redux) reclining left on upturned urn, waves below. VF, green patina. Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Ephesos (AD 221) AE 31 - Annia Faustina336 viewsAnnia Faustina, Augusta, 221 AD. AE31 (13.59g, 6h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Artemis standing facing before grove, extending right arm to draw arrow and holding bow in left; at feet to left, stag standing left, head upwards to right. VF, brown patina. Extremely rare. Group CEM; ex Münzen & Medaillen FPL 408 (2/1979), no. 4.Jun 23, 2012 Ephesos (AD 209-211) AE 30 - Geta242 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE30 (13.05g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Artemis running right, holding bow and drawing quiver; hound at feet. Unpublished. Good VF, green patina, slightly rough surfaces, reverse double struck. Apparently unique. Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Ephesos (AD 198-209) AE 18 - Geta258 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE18 (2.76g, 6h). Λ CЄΠ ΓЄ TAC KAI, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Stag right. Good VF, brown patina. Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Ephesos (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus282 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 (24.95g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus Olympios seated left, holding small cult statue of Artemis Ephesia in outstretched right hand, scepter in left. VF, green patina, minor roughness. Fine style bust. Group CEM; ex Auctiones 8 (6/1978), lot 439.Jun 23, 2012 Ephesos (AD 138-161) AE 30 - Antoninus Pius345 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE30 (15.05g, 6h). Paetus, grammateus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI [ΠAI]TOY ΓPAMM-ATЄOC APTЄMIC/ ЄΦЄ-CIΩN, facing cult statue of Artemis Ephesia. VF, green patina, light roughness. Very rare. Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Ephesos (AD 54-68) AE 27 - Nero665 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE27 (11.74g, 1h). Marcus Acilius Aviola, proconsul; Aechmocles, magistrate. Struck AD 65-66. Laureate head right / Three-quarter view of temple. VF, green patina. Rare and attractive. Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Kolophon (AD 253-260) AE 32 - Valerian I493 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE32 (14.48g, 7h). Aelius Severinus, magistrate. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo Klarios seated left, holding laurel branch and lyre, between Artemis to left, holding long torch and with quiver over shoulder, and Nemesis to right, adjusting chiton and holding cubit rule. VF, green-brown patina. Apparently unique, struck with dies of fine style. Group CEM; ex Lanz 30 (11/1984), lot 783. The type of Apollo Klarios seated left alone is a recurrent reverse design for Colophon. The extended group of gods, as seen here and on some rare earlier issues, must represent a larger sculptural group in the city.Jun 23, 2012 Klazomenai (AD 209-211) AE 35 - Caracalla & Geta519 viewsCaracalla & Geta, 209-211 AD. AE35 (24.65g, 6h). Philon Dam-, magistrate. Confronted busts of Caracalla right and Geta left, each laureate, draped, and cuirassed / Poseidon seated left on rocky outcropping, right foot on prow, holding dolphin and trident. VF, slightly rough brown surfaces, small metal flaw running from before Poseidon’s right knee to his extended right arm. Apparently unique reverse for these emperors and this magistrate. Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 44 - Caracalla465 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE44 - Medallion (50.67g, 6h). Julius Anthimus, strategus. Struck 215-217 AD. Laureate and cuirassed bust right; cuirass decorated with aegis / Caracalla on horseback right, preparing to spear lion below, crouching left. VF, dark green patina, minor smoothing and traces of details enhanced. Very rare.Jun 23, 2012 Germe (AD 238-244) AE 31 - Gordian III325 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE31 (12.12g, 6h). Aelius Aristonicus, archon. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules right, wrestling Nemean Lion. Good VF, dark brown surfaces. Very rare. Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Germe (AD 177-192) AE 28 - Commodus304 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE28 (13.66g, 6h). Capito, strategus. Laureate, draped, and curiassed bust right, seen from behind / Apollo Lyceus standing right, resting hand on top of head and holding cithara set on small column; bow in bow case leaning against column; to left, Pytho entwined about tree. VF, black-green desert patina. Very rare. Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Tion (AD 218-225) AE 31 - Julia Maesa311 viewsJulia Maesa, Augusta, 218-224/5 AD. AE31 (14.62g, 1h). Diademed and draped bust right, holding poppy with both hands / Boule (council of citizens) and Demos (the people) of Tium standing facing one another, each holding scepter and extending right hand over garlanded altar between them. Good VF, green patina. Very rare with interesting portrait of Maesa. Group CEM.Jun 23, 2012 Erythrai (BC 520-480) 1/96 Stater477 viewsca 550 BC. AR 1/96 Stater - Lydo-Milesian standard (4mm, 0.13g). Rosette with central pellet / Four pellets around a central pellet within deep incuse.Jun 21, 2012 Chios (BC 478-431) Tetrobol626 viewsca 478-412 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.00g, 11mm). Sphinx seated left, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, VF.Jun 21, 2012 Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 1 - Hemiobol286 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.46g). Head of roaring lion right / Symbol within dotted incuse square. VF, porous. Rare. Jun 21, 2012 Teos (BC 400) Obol238 viewsca 407 BC. AR Obol (0.67g, 10mm). Er..., magistrate. Griffin seated right, left forepaw raised / E-Ρ within quadripartite square of mill-sail pattern. VF. Jun 21, 2012 Parion (BC 350-300) AE 9323 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE9 (0.95g). Bull butting right / Altar of Parion. gVF.Jun 21, 2012 (BC 380-360) Perikle - AE 12367 viewsPerikle, ca 350 BC. AE12 (1.91g). Horned head of Pan left / Lycian letters 'Π-ΡΕ-ΚΛ' around triskeles. gVF. Most likely a local (celtic tribe?) immitation.Jun 21, 2012 Kyzikos (BC 530-500) Hemiobol225 viewsca 525-475 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.45g). Head of tunny fish right, holding lotus flower in mouth / Quadripartite incuse square ("mill-sail" pattern). Extremely rare variant. VF.Jun 21, 2012 Lamponeia (BC 500-450) Hemiobol567 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.41g). Head of bull (bukranion) facing / Quadripartite square incuse. aEF.Jun 21, 2012 Pergamon (BC 450-400) Obol 1244 viewsEurysthenes, Dynast of Pergamon ca 400 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.65g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bearded head of Eurysthenes right, wearing Persian tiara, ΠΕΡΓ to left, within incuse square.Jun 21, 2012 Magnesia (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion407 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.12g, 6mm). Head of Apollo right / Grain of corn, ΓNH (retrograde) above, maeander pattern below. Very Fine. Rare.Jun 21, 2012 Kyme (BC 520-470) Tetartemorion813 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.22g). Head of horse right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare.Jun 21, 2012 Olympos (BC 167-81) Drachm479 viewsLykian League, ca 167-100 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 2.08g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΟΛIMΠΗ, kithara, torch to lower left, sword and shield to lower right, all within incuse square. VF.Jun 21, 2012 Uncertain (BC 440-390) Star - Hemiobol 2211 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.29g). Head of Athena right, wearing Korinthian helmet / Star of eight long rays in incuse square. VF. Rare.Jun 20, 2012 Selge (AD 138-161) AE 14 - Antoninus Pius251 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE14 (1.95g). ANTWNEINOC KAICAP; laureate head left / CEΛΓEΩN; club and bow.Jun 19, 2012 Rhodiapolis (AD 238-244) AE 31 - Tranquillina297 viewsTranquillina, wife of Gordian III, 238-244 AD. AE31 (18.83g). CABEINIAN TPANKVΛΛEINAN CE; draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / POΔIAΠOΛEITWN; Nemesis standing left, holding cubit rule and holding out fold of drapery with right hand; before, to left, griffin seated left.Jun 19, 2012 Myra (AD 238-244) AE 34 - Tranquillina308 viewsTranquillina, wife of Gordian III, 238-244 AD. AE34 (21.34g). CAB TPANKVΛΛEINA CEB; draped bust wearing stephane / MVPEWN; statue of Artemis Eleuthera within distyle temple, patera to left on ground.Jun 19, 2012 Korydalla (AD 238-244) AE 33 - Gordian III432 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE33 (19.02g). ΑΥ Κ ΜAP ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CΕΒA; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / KOPYΔAΛΛEWN; Zeus seated left, holding Nike on globe and scepter. Apparently unpublished.1 commentsJun 19, 2012 Limyra (AD 238-244) AE 30 - Tranquillina282 viewsTranquillina, wife of Gordian III, 238-244 AD. AE30 (18.81g). ΦOVP CABEINA TPANKVΛΛEINA CEB; draped bust wearing stephane, set on crescent / ΛIMVPEWN; Tyche standing left, holding cornucopiae and rudder.Jun 19, 2012 Tlos (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III242 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE32 (21.00g). ΑΥT ΚAI Μ ΑΝT ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CΕB; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TΛWEWN; Nike advancing right, holding palm branch and wreath.Jun 19, 2012 Rhodiapolis (AD 238-244) AE 25 - Gordian III286 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE25 (8.12g). ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝT ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CΕ; radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / POΔIAΠOΛEITWΝ; Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae.Jun 19, 2012 Patara (AD 238-244) AE 24 - Gordian III363 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE24 (9.50g). ΑΥT ΚAI Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ; radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΠΑΤΑΡΕWΝ; Apollo standing left, holding bow and laurel-branch; eagle on omphalos to left.Jun 19, 2012 Myra (AD 238-244) AE 30 - Gordian III276 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE30 (21.53g). ΑΥT ΚAI Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MVPEWN; statue of Artemis Eleuthera within temple with two twisted columns, patera to left on ground.Jun 19, 2012 Kyaneai (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III296 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE32 (20.94g). ΑΥT ΚAI Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / KYANEITWN; Ares standing right, wearing high crested helmet, holding spear in right hand, leaning with left hand on shield set on ground.Jun 19, 2012 Aperlai (AD 238-244) AE 29 - Gordian III445 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE29 (11.12g) AVT KAI M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CEB; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΠEPΛEITWN; Tyche standing left, holding cornucopiae and rudder.Jun 19, 2012 Persian Kings (BC 375-336) 1/8 Siglos776 viewsTemp. Artaxerxes II to Darios III, ca 375-336 BC. AR 1/8 Siglos (10mm, 0.70g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running right, holding spear and bow, quiver over shoulder / Patterned incuse punch. Good VF, lightly toned, porous. Jun 19, 2012 Uncertain (BC 480-460) Obol238 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. Jun 19, 2012 Abydos (BC 480-450) Drachm 659 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (5.16g, 9h). ΑΒΥΔ-ΗΝΟΝ (Ns retrograde), eagle standing left / Facing gorgoneion; A-B above; all within incuse square. Good VF, dark iridescent toning. Very rare type, second known of variety with A-B on reverse. Herman Coll.; ex Lanz 36 (4/1986), lot 333, and Gorny Auc. 122 (3/2003), lot 1382.Jun 19, 2012 Abydos (BC 460-430) Drachm407 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.75g). ABY; eagle standing left; star above / Facing gorgoneion, tongue protruding, within incuse square. VF, toned, areas of roughness. Rare. Jun 19, 2012 Abydos (BC 320-280) Drachm908 viewsca 411-387 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.68g, 12h). Kephalos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left; thymiaterion in wreath to left, [KE]ΦAΛOY to right. VF, toned, slight die shift and spots of encrustation on reverse. Rare. Jun 19, 2012 Abydos (BC 470-440) Obol490 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.70g). ABY; eagle standing left / Gorgoneion. VF. Rare. Jun 19, 2012 Abydos (BC 480-450) Obol434 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.88g, 9h). Eagle standing left / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. Near VF, porous. Jun 19, 2012 Abydos (BC 470-440) Obol370 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.68g, 7h). ABY; eagle standing left / Facing gorgoneion, tongue protruding, within incuse square. VF, toned, light porosity. Jun 19, 2012 Abydos (BC 470-440) Obol339 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.67g, 1h). ABY; eagle standing left; kylix above / Facing gorgoneion, tongue protruding, within incuse square. VF, toned and porous surfaces, obverse die break. Jun 19, 2012 Abydos (BC 470-440) Obol397 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.67g). ABY; eagle standing left / Gorgoneion. Good VF. Scarce. Jun 19, 2012 Abydos (BC 470-450) Obol549 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.78g). Eagle standing left, T above / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. VF. Rare. Jun 18, 2012 Abydos (BC 460-430) Obol540 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.53g, 3h). Eagle standing left; monogram above / Facing gorgoneion, tongue protruding, within incuse square. VF, lightly toned, typical porosity. Jun 18, 2012 Abydos (BC 470-450) AV Stater6530 viewsca 410 BC. AV Stater (8.58g). ABYΔ/HNON (the lower part of the legend retrograde), eagle standing left / Gorgoneion facing, within an incuse square. Light scrape on reverse edge at 5 o’clock. VF/gVF. Unique and of great importance. Ex ‘Kunstfreund’ Coll., Bank Leu AG & Münzen und Medaillen AG (Zurich, 5/1974), lot 161; ex Monnaies et Médailles SA, Auc. 53 (Basel, 11/1977), lot 92. Abydos was a colony of Miletos, situated on the Hellespont, and was perhaps an early location of the minting of electrum staters in the sixth century B.C. The city had been part of the Athenian empire during the fifth century until it revolted in 411 B.C., becoming a Spartan ally. This incredible gold stater, the only known example, is of the highest numismatic importance.Jun 18, 2012 Abydos (BC 520-490) EL 1/3 Stater4662 viewsca 500 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (4.66g). Eagle standing left, with closed wings, looking backwards / Rough incuse punch. Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second specimen known. Struck on a narrow flan, otherwise aEF. Attributing uninscribed electrum coins of this period without assured badges is extremely difficult, as is with this trite. Abydos is an obvious possibility since the eagle was a common feature of its coinage. For other common coins see an electrum stater in the British Museum catalogue of Ionia (pl. I, no. 23) (eagle of similar proportions and identical pose, perched upon what is described as a hare). See also some early silver fractions attributed to Abydos with incuse punch reverses (SNG Cop. 1-2; SNG Klein 292), though they show a bird of a different character, without its head reverted.Jun 18, 2012 Hadrianopolis (AD 193-211) AE 22 - Septimius Severus261 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE22 (6.0g). AV KA CЄΠ CЄVH, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΔPI AP X ΠOTЄITO, Tyche with cornucopiae standing to left. VF.Jun 18, 2012 Antiocheia (AD 244-249) AE 23 - Philip I 409 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE23 (7.20g). IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS PF AVG , Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ANTIOCHI COLON / SR, Vexxillum between two standards, all surmounted by eagles. VF.Jun 18, 2012 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 - 149