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Home > Ionia Last additions - Ionia Samos (BC 408-366) Tetradrachm494 viewsca 408/4-380/66 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.82g, 3h). Alexandros, magistrate. Facing lion scalp / Forepart of bull right; AΛEΞANΔP[OΣ] above, laurel branch to left, Σ[A] below; all within shallow incuse square. Good VF, toned, a few marks under tone. Extremely rare, one of two known with this magistrate. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVI.10 (12/1998), no. 7223; Auctiones 18 (9/1989), lot 762; Pixodarus Hoard (CH 9, 421).Feb 22, 2010 Samos (BC 526-522) Drachm516 viewsca 526-522 BC. AR Drachm (3.45g, 11h). Forepart of winged boar left / Lion scalp facing in dotted square within incuse square. Near EF, lightly toned, minor die wear on obverse. Ex Triton XII (1/2009), lot 313; Freeman & Sear FPL 8 (Fall 2003), no. 15; Leu 74 (10/1998), lot 237; Leu 54 (4/1992), lot 137; Leu 2 (4/1972), lot 248.Feb 22, 2010 Samos (BC 477-460) Tetradrachm457 viewsca 477/6-461/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.21g, 7h). Facing lion head / Head of bull right; [ΣA above], long anchor or hook behind; all within shallow incuse circle. VF, toned, a couple minor flan flaws on obverse. Rare early tetradrachm.Feb 22, 2010 Samos (BC 380-365) Tetradrachm485 viewsca 380–365 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.97g). Facing lion’s scalp / ΣΑ, forepart of ox running right, wearing ornate collar, olive branch behind, ΠΥΘΙΩΝ (magistrate or moneyer) above, edges of square die visible. Struck on a slightly short flan. Toned. Extremely fine.Feb 22, 2010 Samos (BC 394-365) Trihemiobol404 viewsca 394-365 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.97g, 9mm, 1h). Head of Hera right / Lion head facing, ΣΑ below. Feb 14, 2010 Teos (BC 520) Stater557 viewsca 520 BC. AR Stater (12.08g). Griffin squatting right, raising one paw / Four-part incuse square. Exceptionally beautiful, sharply struck image of griffin. One of the earliest coins struck at the city. Mint State.Jan 23, 2010 Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL Hekte1639 viewsca 480 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Head of Herakles facing left, wearing lion-skin headdress, truncation adorned by a row of dots / Four-part incuse square, one quarter filled. Good VF.1 commentsJan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater 1513 viewsca 600-560 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.60g). Female head facing left, the hair interwoven by a (invisible) taenia, wearing earring; behind, seal swimming downwards / Irregular incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Several contact marks on cheek, otherwise good EF. This coin surely belongs to the earliest issues of Phokaia. The early stage is proven by both the irregular form of the incuse (without a clear quadripartite structure) and the style of the obverse image. The nearest stylistic parallel might be a stater of Aeginetic weight, once attributed to Knidos (cf. Cahn, Knidos p. 75 pl. 19, 1 with earlier literature).Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111- EL 1/6 Stater1257 viewsca 350-330 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.54g). Head of Athena facing left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a serpent on the bowl, and necklace; beneath truncation, seal / Four-part incuse square. Good VF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater1037 viewsca 390-370 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Head of the Lydian queen Omphale facing left, wearing Herakles' lion-skin, shouldering his club; beneath truncation, seal swimming left / Four-part incuse square. EF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater1425 viewsca 360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Female head facing left, wearing laurel wreath, the hair covered by a saccos; beneath truncation, [seal] / Incuse square. Tip of chin off flan, otherwise EF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B94 - EL 1/6 Stater921 viewsca 400-380 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.55g). Female head facing left, wearing hair-net and earring; behind, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. Extremely beautiful femle head. EF. The female head appears to imitate the Syracusan decadrachms of the engraver Kimon, but without slavishly copying his work. Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 387-326) B88 - EL 1/6 Stater1376 viewsca 360-340 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.54g). Head of Hera facing left, wearing a polos adorned with palmettes; behind, seal swimming upwards / Four-part incuse square. It is very unusual to find a head of Hera on an electrum coin. Good VF. The obverse image is borrowed from Argive models (cf. BM Peloponnesus pl. 27, 9). Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 387-326) B86 - EL 1/6 Stater3573 viewsca 380-360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.54g). Bearded head facing left, wearing Persian headdress; behind, seal swimming / Four-part incuse square. Of exceptional quality and struck in high relief. Choice EF. Bodenstedt interpreted the head as a portrait of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes. While Tissaphernes was a bad candidate - he was executed in 395 BC (while the coin was issued some decades later) - it is not yet clear whether the head is meant to be a portrait altogether. J.H. Kroll called the 'satrapal portraits' "generic rather than individualized representations" (The Emergence of Ruler Portrait, in: Schultz/von den Hoff (eds), Early Hellenistic Portraiture (Cambridge 2007), p. 114), and C. Harrison has convincingly shown that many of the so-called 'satrapal portraits' are meant to represent the heroized Persians who raised Darius I to the Persian throne (Numismatic Problems in the Achaemenid West, in: Gorman/Robinson (eds), Oikistes. Studies Offered in Honor of A.J. Graham (Leiden 2002), pp. 301-319). Harrison's theory does not apply in this case, since the head gear does not have that famous knot at the forehead. So it may well be that one of the satraps of the 370s and 360s is intended, perhaps Autophradates, then satrap of Lydia and the fiercest opponent of the satrap of Paphlagonia Datames during the satraps' revolt 368-358 BC.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 387-326) B84 - EL 1/6 Stater1372 viewsca 360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.55g). Head of beardless youth facing left, wearing Persian headdress (Attis?); behind, seal (the head of which is visible) / Four-part incuse square. A few obverse hairlines, otherwise choice EF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater885 viewsca 400-360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Head of Hermes facing left, wearing petasos; behind, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. Good VF. Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B80 - EL 1/6 Stater1308 viewsca 450-430 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Head of Herakles facing left, wearing lion-skin headdress; beneath truncation, [seal swimming left] / Four-part incuse square. Obverse struck in high relief. Good VF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 387-326) B73 - EL 1/6 Stater1238 viewsca 380-360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.52g). Head of Pan facing left, with goat's horns and hind ears; behind, seal / Four-part incuse square. Unusual head of youthful Pan. Good VF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B67 - EL 1/6 Stater1524 viewsca 470-450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.52g). Head of Silenos facing, wearing ivy-wreath; at left, seal swimming upwards / Four-part incuse square. EF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B60 - EL 1/6 Stater932 viewsca 430-350 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Chalkidian helmet to left, with seal symbol swimming left on helmet / Four-part incuse square. Extremely rare type. The example in Bodenstedt is not better than this. VF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B59 - EL 1/6 Stater932 viewsca 480-450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.57g). Ram standing right, turning head backwards and scraping his nose; beneath, seal swimming left / Four-part incuse square. Quite rare. Exceptionally interesting presentation of the subject. VF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B58 - EL 1/6 Stater1138 viewsca 480-440 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.57g). Forepart of a cow running left; above, [seal] / Four-part incuse square. Good VF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B53 - EL 1/6 Stater1072 viewsca 450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.51g). Head of a lion (or lioness) facing; to left, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. EF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B53 - EL 1/6 Stater1039 viewsca 450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Head of a lion (or lioness) facing; to left, seal swimming downwards / 'Window' incuse. Choice EF. The obverse image is borrowed from the coinage of the Bruttian city Rhegion. Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B51 - EL 1/6 Stater1941 viewsca 480-440 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.58g). Head of a he-goat facing left, the truncation adorned by a row of dots; beneath, seal swimming left / Four-part incuse square. EF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 521-478) B48 - EL 1/6 Stater750 viewsca 520 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.57g). Bull's head left, the truncation with a dotted rim; behind, seal swimming upwards / Incuse square with irregular surfaces. EF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 521-478) B44 - EL 1/6 Stater793 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.59g). Bearded warrior head (Ares?) facing left, wearing Ionian helmet. Beneath truncation, seal swimming right. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Good VF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B40 - EL 1/6 Stater2747 viewsca 480-450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Forepart of cock facing left; in upper right field, seal swimming left / Incuse square with rough surface. Truly exceptional image. EF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater 1105 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Seal between two fish swimming in different directions; pellet behind / Rough incuse square. Exceptionally rare. VF. This puzzling issue was earlier attributed to both Cyzicus and Macedonia. However, due to weakly struck examples, the seal between the fish has never been recognized before ("an oval object between two pellets" and the like). The weight standard is clearly Phocaean and not Milesian, so unlikely to have been used in Northern Greece.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 521-478) B35 - EL 1/6 Stater1002 viewsca 510-490 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.57g). Head of a man-headed bull (river god) facing left, the truncation adorned with a row of dots; at right, seal swimming upwards / Four-part incuse square. EF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 521-478) B23 - EL 1/6 Stater2926 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.55g). Female head facing left, wearing diadem, earring and necklace with lion-head pendant; behind, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. Utterly magnificent archaic female head. An exceptional work of Greek archaic art. Mint State.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 521-478) B22 - EL 1/6 Stater1665 viewsca 520-480 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.58g). Griffin head facing left; seal behind / Incuse square with rough surface. EF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 600-522) B08 - EL 1/24 Stater1431 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.65g). Head of ram left; seal swimming left below / Incuse square. Exceptionally well-centered for such a small coin. EF. Strangely enough, the minor fractions of this issue are not recorded by Bodenstedt, including Boston 1897 and SNG von Aulock 1798.Jan 23, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/121436 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.14g). Milesian standard. Head of bridled horse left / Incuse square. Exceptionally well centered. EF.Jan 23, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 560-530) Man - EL 1/24 Stater1190 viewsca 560-530 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.71g). Phokaian standard. Head of beardless man facing left / Four-part incuse square. Not found in the major references. This is one of the earliest images of a human on a coin. Good VF.Jan 23, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Cock - EL 1/241653 viewsca 560-530 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.60g). Milesian standard. Head of cock facing right / Four-part incuse square. Exceptionally beautiful detail. Very rare. Choice EF.Jan 23, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-530) Crab - EL 1/61186 viewsca 570-530 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Phokaian standard. Crab / Incuse square with irregular protuberances. Not found in the major references. Very well struck for this issue. EF.Jan 23, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-540) Griffin - EL 1/12943 viewsca 570-540 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.34g). Phokaian standard. Head of griffin right / Incuse square. Bold VF.Jan 23, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/121283 viewsca 575-525 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.30g). Phokaian standard. Head of lion facing right / Incuse square divided in four quarters. Exceptional head of lion struck in high relief. Mint State.Jan 23, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-540) Siren - EL 1/121794 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.33g). Phokaian standard. Siren standing left, with the body of a bird and human head wearing cap with a long curl / Incuse square with irregular raised projections. EF.Jan 23, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-540) Goat - EL 1/61692 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.75g). Phokaian standard. Ibex squatting left, head turned backwards / Four-part incuse square. Missing in major references; possibly unpublished. Extremely rare. EF.Jan 23, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/6910 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.67g). Phokaian standard. Lion standing right, turning head backwards, roaring. In left field, unknown object / Punch mark with irregular shape and surface. Rather unusual type. Extremely rare. Struck with worn dies. Good VF.Jan 23, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) thunderbolt - EL 1/12 Stater1062 viewsca 600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.13g). Milesian standard. Uncertain structure: Two broad parallel strings crossing four tresses / Incuse square with irregular surface. Missing in major references; possibly unpublished. EF.1 commentsJan 23, 2010 Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/12 Stater1292 viewsca 600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.19g). Milesian standard. One line crossing three others / Incuse square with irregular surface. EF.Jan 23, 2010 Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/12 Stater1673 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (1.17g). Phokaic standard. Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos, uncertain symbol on cheek / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, attractively toned. Struck in high relief. Unpublished with symbol on cheek.Jan 11, 2010 Smyrna (AD 161-180) AE 34 - Marcus Aurelius430 viewsMarc Aurel, 161-180 AD. AE34 / Medallion (22.99g). Homonoia with Laodikeia. ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, laureate and cuirassed bust right / CΟΦΙCΤΗC ΤΑΙC ΠΑΤΡΙ / CΜΥΡ ΛΑΟ, Zeus Laodikeia holding scepter standing left, Kybele seated to right. Dark brown patina, very fine.Dec 10, 2009 Phokaia (AD 211-217) AE 35 - Caracalla450 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE35 (24.88g). ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠΙ CΤΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ЄΥΤΥΧΟΥ / ΦΩΚΑЄΩΝ, River-god Smardos reclining left, holding reed. Very rare. Dark brown patina, very fine. Ex Finarte 995, 1996, 1048; ex Asta Signorelli 1953.Dec 10, 2009 Magnesia (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III365 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (27.66g). ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠΙ ΔΗΜΟΝЄΙΚΟΥ / ΜΑ/ΓΝΗΤΩΝ, Selene in biga drawn by bulls. Green patina, large flan, very fine.Dec 10, 2009 Magnesia (AD 161-180) AE 34 - Lucius Verus392 viewsLucius Verus, 161-180 AD. AE34 (26.11g). Τ ΑΥ [...] Λ ΑΥΡΗ[...]ΟΗΡΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, in between Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus the Cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene crowned by two flying Nikes. Very rare. Fine.Dec 10, 2009 Smyrna (AD 81-96) AE 14632 viewsTime of Domitian, 81-96 AD. AE14 (2.44g, 3h). Bee / Dolphin swimming right. VF, black patina, minor deposits.Nov 30, 2009 Miletos (BC 225-190 BC) Hemidrachm570 viewsca 225-190 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.44g, 14mm, 1h). Bion, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion standing right, head left; star above, civic monogram and an uncertain one to right, BIΩΝ in exergue. VF, toned. Ex Mueller Coll.Nov 30, 2009 Smyrna (AD 238-244) AE 29 - Gordian III418 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE29 - 6 Assaria (14.76g, 12h). Homonoia with Philadelphia in Lydia. Pollianos, strategos. Struck 238-240 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / The Amazon Smyrna standing right, foot on prow, holding bipennis over shoulder and clasping hand of Tyche of Philadelphia standing left, holding scepter. VF, green patina, rough surfaces.Nov 29, 2009 Ephesos (AD 193-217) AE30 - Julia Domna470 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE30 (12.65g, 6h). Draped bust right / Carpentum drawn right by two mules. VF, brown patina, some porosity.Nov 29, 2009 Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm815 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Drachm (3.34g, 13mm). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. Toned good very fine.Nov 29, 2009 Magnesia (AD 193-217) AE 27 - Julia Domna309 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-217 AD. AE27 (12.83g). CЄBACTH IOV ΔOMNA; draped bust right / ЄΠI ΓP ЄVTV XIΩ NOC MAΓNHT ΩN, Demeter standing on prow of ship with quiver over shoulder holding two torches. Nice very fine.Nov 29, 2009 Magnesia (AD 193-217) AE 28 - Julia Domna329 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-217 AD. AE28 (12.81g). CЄBACTH IOV ΔOMNA, draped bust right / ЄΠI ΓP ЄVTV XIΩ NOC MAΓNHT ΩN, Demeter standing on prow of ship with quiver over shoulder holding two torches. Unrecorded issue and magistrate. Nice very fine.Nov 29, 2009 Miletos (BC 360-325) Drachm478 viewsca 350-340 BC. AR Drachm (3.66g, 14mm). Theopropos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / A, Lion standing left, head right; star above, ΘEOΠPOΠOΣ, in exergue. Minor porosity around edges, extremely fine.Nov 29, 2009 Chios (BC 190-84) AE 10518 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE10 (0.84g). Sphinx seated right; in front bunch of grapes / XIOΣ, Amphora. Very fine.Nov 29, 2009 Chios (BC 190-84) AE 10511 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE10 (0.90g). Sphinx seated left / AΠOΛΛ - [..]IΣ, amphora. Good very fine.Nov 29, 2009 Magnesia (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus303 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (18.14g). AV K Λ CЄΠ CЄVHPOC Π, laureate head right / ЄΠI ΓPA ЄVΓVXI ΩNOC MAΓNHT/ ΩN, Cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene crowned by two flying Nikes at her feet, two geese with outstretched necks, and wings raised. Apparently unpublished. Nice very fine.Nov 26, 2009 Magnesia (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus353 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (16.95g). AV K Λ CЄΠ CЄVHPOC Π, laureate head right / ЄΠI ΓPA ЄVΓVXIΩ N OC MAΓNHT/ ΩN, Demeter wearing corn wreath and chiton standing left; holding in right hand poppy-heads and corn-ears; left hand resting on long torch, modius at feet. Apparently unpublished. Good very fine.Nov 26, 2009 Ephesos (BC 88-86) AV Stater2068 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.Oct 23, 2009 Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion paw - AR 1/48 677 viewsca 6th century BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.27g). Lion's paw / Incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Mueller coll.Oct 22, 2009 Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol - Archepolis612 viewsca 459 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.98g, 8h). Bearded male head right, wearing laurel wreath / Eagle flying right; A (or AP monogram) to upper right (barely visible); all within linear square in incuse square. VF, light porosity. Apparently unique.Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 459) Tetartemorion - Archepolis696 viewsArchepolis(?), ca 459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.23g, 9h). Bearded male head right, wearing laurel wreath / Eagle flying right within linear square in incuse square. VF, minor porosity. Apparently unpublished. For similar trihemiobols of Archepolis, but eagle left with ethnic, cf. Nollé & Wenninger A 2a = Gorny & Mosch 102, 254 and Triton V, 1425.Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 465-459) Tetartemorion - Themistokles1411 viewsThemistokles, ca 465-459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.17g, 12h). Owl standing right, head facing / ΘE monogram within dotted square in incuse square. Good VF, attractive dark toning. Rare.Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol678 viewsca 459 BC, probably an issue of Archepolis. AR Trihemiobol (?) (0.97g, 5h). Bearded male head right, wearing tainia / Barley grain; M-A flanking; all in dotted square within incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, toned, porous. Possibly unique.Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 459) Tetartemorion - Archepolis656 viewsArchepolis, son of Themistokles. ca 459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.20g). Diademed head of Archepolis right / AP monogram, eagle flying left diagonally, all within incuse square. Very rare.Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 465-459) Trihemiobol - Themistokles2276 viewsThemistokles, Satrap of Magnesia, ca 465-459 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.15g). Bearded head of Themistokles right, wearing tightly fitting cap ornamented with four leaves above edge and spiral toward back; Θ-Ε flanking / ΘΕ monogram in dotted square, within incuse square. Some light encrustation on reverse, EF.Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 400-330) AE 486 views4th century BC. AE (1.03g). Rider with chlamys and lance galloping right, maeander below / Half-figure of Persian Great King in kidaris right, shooting bow, within maeander pattern circle. Green patina, VF. Extremely rare. Mueller Coll.Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 400-350) Trihemiobol488 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.79g), Rhodian standard. Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bull right, MA above, uncertain symbol (horse head?) to left. Light porosity, VF. Rare. Mueller Coll.Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 400-350) Diobol?481 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Diobol? (0.98g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Forepart of bull left; ΜΑΓΝ above, maeander pattern to right, [...]ΛΛΟΔ[..] (magistrate) below. VF, toned, metal defect on obv, scratches on rev. Rare. Mueller Coll.Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion630 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.17g). Head of Apollo right / Grain of corn, MAΓ above, Maeander pattern below. Good style, gVF. Very rare. Mueller Coll.Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol471 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.21g), Attic standard. Head of Apollo right, M-[A] flanking / Bull butting right, maeander pattern groundline below, ΓNH above. Light porosity, VF. Very rare, apparently unpublished.Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 300-200) Drachm658 viewsca 300-200 BC. AR Drachm (5.61g, 10h). Persic standard. Morimos, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right; monogram below / Bull butting left; grain ear behind, MOPIMOΣ in exergue; all within circular Maeander pattern. Good VF. Well centered. Rare.Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 350-325) Hemidrachm656 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.61g, 12h). Rhodian standard. Diopeithes, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right / Bull butting left on maeander pattern; grain ear behind, [Δ]IOΠEIΘH[Σ] in exergue. EF, toned. Alighieri Coll.Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles841 viewsThemistokles, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.44g, 8h). Head of Hephaistos right, wearing laureate pilos; Θ-E flanking / ΘE monogram within incuse square. VF, toned, usual light porosity. Very rare.Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 400-350) Trihemiobol409 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Trihemiobol (9mm, 0.82g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bull right; maeander pattern around. Near VF, toned, grainy surfaces. Alighieri Coll. Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 400) AE 7465 viewsca 400 BC. AE7 (0.85g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Cuirass. VF, black patina. Rare. Alighieri Coll. Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 300-200) Drachm728 viewsca 300-200 BC. AR Drachm (5.60g, 11h). Persic standard. Kydrokles, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right; monogram below / Bull butting left; grain ear behind, KYΔPOKΛHΣ in exergue; all within circular Maeander pattern. EF. Well centered and struck. Very rare.Oct 16, 2009 Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol695 viewsca 459 BC, probably an issue of Archepolis. AR Trihemiobol (1.06g, 2h). Head of Hephaistos right, wearing diadem, A to left / Head of eagle left; AM below. VF, typical light porosity. Unpublished as a trihemiobol.Oct 16, 2009 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater3597 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g), struck ca 410 BC. Head of bearded Persian satrap (Pharnabazos) left, wearing a Persian tiara bound with an elaborate diadem; behind, seal swimming downwards / Quadripartite incuse square. Unique and apparently unpublished. aEF. This coin bears what is surely a portrait of the famous Persian satrap Pharnabazos, who was active in Hellespont during the last years of the 5th century. He based himself in the city of Daskyleion, which had been a possession of his family since the 470s. His family was related to the Achaemenid royal house. The portrait is surely Pharnabazos since it is exactly the same as on named silver staters issued ca 410 probably in Kyzikos but possibly in Ionia (as BMC, Ionia, p. 352, 12, Kraay/Hirmer 618 and SNG von Aulock 1216). It is fascinating that his portrait should appear on a hekte from Phokaia - the fact that it was hitherto unknown implies that it was originally issued in very small numbers, perhaps as a donative of some kind.Oct 15, 2009 Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater1998 viewsca 525 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Head of eagle to left with frontal eye and hooked beak; dotted neck truncation; below, seal swimming to left / Irregular incuse square. Unpublished. Of great rarity, the finest of the 3 examples known. Good EF. This exceptional piece, which was unknown to Bodenstedt, should date to the late 6th century (Bodenstedt’s dates are generally thought to be somewhat high). For a similar but slightly later eagle head, see the later issues of Cypriot Paphos (as ACGC 1088 and Traité II, 1278 ff.) but these are somewhat more fussily done and lack the piercing look of this eagle. The only eagle heads that can compare with this one in power were those engraved over a century later by the artist Da... and his followers at Olympia.Oct 15, 2009 Phokaia (BC 250-200) AE 519 viewsca 250-200 BC. AE (1.56g). Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos / Kerykeion (caduceus) in the form of ΦΩ monogram (city ethnic). Green patina, gVF. Scarce. Mueller Coll.Oct 15, 2009 Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater683 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.60g). Seal left, head raised; Θ below / Incuse punch. Good VF, lightly toned. Unpublished, apparently unique.Oct 15, 2009 Miletos (AD 54-68) AE 18 - Nero542 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE18 (2.44g), struck under magistrate Louros. CEBA - CTOC, laureate head right / EΠI ΛO - YPOY, cult statue of nude Apollo Didymeus standing right, holding in left hand his bow and in extended right hand recumbent stag looking back to him. F+/about VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll.Sep 01, 2009 Magnesia (BC 350-190) Trihemiobol576 viewsca 350-190 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.91g, 9.5mm). Helmeted head of Athena left / M-A flanking trident within circular maeander pattern. EF.Aug 13, 2009 Smyrna (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus624 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (7.04g). Hermokles, circa 15 BC. ΣEBAΣTOΣ ZMYPNAIΩN, bare head right / [ΔIO]NYΣIOΣ KOΛΛYBAΣ; Nike right with wreath and palm branch. VF.1 commentsAug 10, 2009 Kolophon (BC 480-460) Hemiobol413 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.30g). Head of Apollo(?) right / Astragalos within incuse square. VF, porous. Alighieri coll. Aug 04, 2009 Larisa (BC 3rd cent) AE 16682 viewsEarly 3rd century BC. AE16 (3.53g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horseman riding right, holding couched spear; monogram to upper right, ΛA below horse. Fine, rough brown patina. Extremely rare.Aug 04, 2009 Smyrna (AD 253-260) AE 24363 viewsTime of Valerian I, 253-260 AD. AE24 (6.09g). M. Aurelius Philetus Hippicus, strategus. •IЄPA• CYNKΛHTOC•, draped bust of Senate right / CMYP• I• NЄO• •ЄΠ• • C•ΦIΛH TOY•, Tyche standing facing, head left, holding phiale and cornucopiae. Nice VF.Jul 10, 2009 Ephesos (AD 253-268) AE 21 - Gallienus280 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE21 (4.45g). AVT• K• ΠO• ΛIKI• ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / •ЄΦЄCЄΩN •TVXH•, Tyche standing facing holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF.Jul 10, 2009 Metropolis (AD 258-260) AE 20 - Saloninus313 viewsSaloninus, 258-260 AD. AE20 (4.63g). ΛIK CAΛ OVAΛЄPIANO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / MHTPOΠOΛЄITΩN, Tyche standing facing holding cornucopiae and rudder. Nice VF.Jul 10, 2009 Samos (AD 248-251) AE 21 - Trajan Decius348 viewsTrajan Decius, 248-251 AD. AE21 (4.72g). AVT K TPAIANOC ΔЄKIOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CAM IΩN, female figure standing, wearing short chiton and holding wreath and palm. VF.Jul 10, 2009 Ephesos (BC 500-450) 1/48328 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (?) (0.09g). Bee / 8-ray star within square incuse. Very rare variant. VF. R. Mueller Coll.Jul 06, 2009 Ephesos (BC 525-475) 1/4379 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Trihemiobol (?) (0.81g). Bee / Star within square incuse. Very rare variant. Good VF. Mueller Coll.Jul 06, 2009 Kolophon (BC 480-460) Hemiobol394 viewsca 480-470 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.34g, 7mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Astragalos. VF.Jul 05, 2009 Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/24558 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Milesian 1/64th or Persic 1/48 Stater (0.25g, 7mm). Bee / [E]Φ, eagle head right. aEF.Jul 05, 2009 Smyrna (AD 235-268) AE 18507 viewsImperial Times, 3rd century AD. AE18 (3.02g). ZЄVS AKPAIOC, head of Zeus right / CMYPN-A-IΩN, lion walking right. VF.Jul 05, 2009 Miletos (BC 360-325) Drachm425 viewsca 350-340 BC. AR Drachm (3.62g, 15mm). Demainos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion standing left, head right; star above, ΔHMAINOΣ, in exergue. Nice toning, EF.Jul 05, 2009 1850 coins on 19 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19