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Home > Ionia Last additions - Ionia Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/48 Stater539 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.25g, 6mm). Head of nymph left in sakkos, with earring / Quadripartite square incuse. GVF.Jul 05, 2009 Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater775 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12th Stater - Hemihekte (1.15g, 7mm). Lion's head right / Punch with four pellets connected to central pellet. Good VF.Jul 05, 2009 Samos (AD 81-117) AE 14705 viewsImperial Times, late 1st to early 2nd century AD. AE14 (3.04g). CAMIWN, Ankaios standing left, holding patera and scepter / HPMC, peacock standing left. Rare. VF.Jul 03, 2009 Kolophon (BC 330-280) AE 15479 viewsca 330-280 BC. AE15 (2.14g). Ekataios magistrate. Head Apollo right / ΚO horse forepart right, EKATAIΩΣ to left. Nice VF.Jul 03, 2009 Phokaia (AD 98-138) AE 16512 viewsTime of Trajan-Hadrian, 98-138 AD. AE16 (3.67g). ΦΩKЄA, Tyche right / Griffin walking left. Nice VF.Jul 03, 2009 Ephesos (BC 300-250) AE 14519 views4th century BC. AE14 (1.86g). Amyntor magistrate. E-Φ, bee / Stag kneeling, head turned back, AMYNTΩP. VF.Jul 03, 2009 Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/24 Stater687 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Milesian standard 1/24 Stater (0.62g). Lion head (?) / Incuse punch. VF.Jul 03, 2009 Phokaia (BC 530-500) Obol839 viewsLate 6th-5th century BC. AR Obol (0.66g, 8mm). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.Jul 03, 2009 Ephesos (BC 500-450) 1/12361 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR 1/48th Stater (0.30g, 7mm). Bee with straight wings / 8-ray star. VF.Jul 03, 2009 Metropolis (BC 100-0) AE381 viewsca 1st century BC. AE (0.98g). Turreted head of Kybele right / Pinecone (?), monogram to left, ΔΙΟΓΕ[ΝΗΣ] (magistrate) to right. Rare.Jul 03, 2009 Priene (BC 290-250) Hemidrachm607 viewsca 290-270 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 1.78g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet / Trident; ΗΓΗΞΙ (magistrate) right, all within maeander pattern circle. VF, toned, some encrustation. Drewry Coll.; ex Wilkinson Coll. (Malter Auc. 49, 11/1992), lot 740.Jul 02, 2009 Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE 21543 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (8.83g), struck under magistrates Xarizenos and Trikkas. Head of Apollo, laureate, right / ΣMYPNAIΩN - XAPIZENOΣ / TPIKKAΣ, the poet Homer, wearing himation, standing left, holding scroll in left hand, right hand raised. VF, nice dark-green patina, adjustment marks on rev. Hoeft coll. Strabo mentioned specifically this issue of bronze coinage from Smyrna: "there is also a library; and the 'Homereum', a quadrangular portico containing a shrine and a wooden statue of Homer; for the Smyrnaeans also lay especial claim to the poet and indeed a bronze coin of theirs is called Homereum. (Strabo, Geographica XIV, I.37, transl. by H.C. Jones, The Geography of Strabo, VI [Loeb, 1960], pp. 245-247)May 20, 2009 Teos (AD 100-300) AE 20528 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck 2nd-3rd century AD under magistrate Anak., known from Lebedos. AE20 (4.31g). Bearded bust of Dionysos right; tripod before, entwined by dolphin / EΠI EΓ ANAK THIΩN, the poet Anakreon, wearing himation, standing right, holding with both hands lyra set on his knees. Very rare, VF, olive patina. Hoeft coll. The rev. is also known from Volusian. Anakreon is one of the most famous lyric poets of ancient Greece besides Archilochos, Sappho and Alkaios.May 16, 2009 Smyrna (AD 238-244) AE 21 - Gordian III459 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE21 (5.69g). A KM ANT - ΓOPΔIANOC, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / CMVPNAIΩN.Γ - NEΩKOPΩN, Herakles, nude, standing frontal, head left, holding club and lion-skin in left arm, pouring from kantharos with right hand. Rare, about VF/VF, olive-green patina. Hoeft coll. Herakles is shown here with attributes of Dionysos! May 16, 2009 Smyrna (AD 200-220) AE 27472 viewsQuasi-autonomous, early 3rd century AD. AE27 (6.68g), struck under eparchos Pollianus. IEPA CYNKΛHTOC, draped, turreted(?) bust of Senate right / CMYP Γ NE - EΠ ΠΩΛΛI - ANOV, two draped Nemeseis standing facing each another, the right one holding measuring rod, the left one reins, wheel at feet of the right one; both touching cloth below their chin. Good F. Hoeft coll. These are the well-known 'Two Nemeseis of Smyrna.' According to the story of Pausanias 7.5.3, where Alexander the Great founded the new Smyrna, one Nemesis represents the old city and the other the new city.May 16, 2009 Smyrna (AD 100-200) AE 16481 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck 2nd century AD (time of Antonines). AE16 (2.38g). ME-[Λ]-HC, river-god Meles, nude, except himation around hips, leaning left, resting left ellbow on urn from which water flows, holding reed in right hand / CMYPN - AIΩN, Nike, winged and wearing long chiton, advancing right, holding wreath in raised right hand and palm branch over left shoulder. Good F/about VF, dark black-brown patina. Hoeft coll. Smyrna at the river Meles is one of the cities which claims to be the birthplace of Homer. A myth says that Homer's original name was Melesigenes (= 'coming from the Meles').May 16, 2009 Samos (AD 138-161) AE 19 - Antoninus Pius377 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE19 (5.33g). [A]NTΩNINOC - KAICAP(?), laureate head right / C[A]MIΩN, cult-statue of the Samian Hera in long garment and wearing polos, standing right, holding in both hands long ribbons. Good F. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009 Magnesia (AD 244-249) AE 34 - Philip I347 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE34 (15.4g), struck under grammateus Aur. Musaius. AYT KM IOY - ΦIΛIΠΠOC, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right, seen from behind / [EΠI] ΓP AVP MOYCAI - OY MAΓNH / TΩN (in ex.), Dionysos, standing left, holding thyrsos in left hand and pouring wine from kantharos with right hand; grape bunch over his right shoulder; left at his feet, a small Satyr playing with panther, who is leaping left; at his right side, a dancing maenad wearing chiton and beating her tympanon, looking left. Very rare, F, some roughness. Thanks to Curtis Clay for the attribution! Hoeft coll. The satyr, rarely seen, looks like a goat leaping left!May 16, 2009 Magnesia (AD 138-161) AE 34 - Antoninus Pius562 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE34 (26.53g), struck under grammateus L. Dioskurides Gratos Metr. [T AI]ΛIOC KAICAP - ANTΩNEINO[C], laureate head right / EΠI ΔIOCKOVPIΔ[OV] ΓP - MAΓ - NHTΩN, Themistokles, nude to hips, sitting left on throne with lion's-feet, left hand at parazonium hanging at his left side, with right hand holding an oval shield inscribed with (?)EM/(?)AN/OC in three lines set on cippus; right behind him a horse standing right, head turned left. Very rare, F+. Hoeft coll. This coin was very difficult to interpret because of the depiction of the male figure, nude, with parazonium, very tall upper part of the body, but it suggests Themistokles. There is another rare type of him sacrificing before an altar, where he is similarily depicted. Themistokles is the famous hero of Salamis who had to flee from Athens after an ostrakismos. His former enemy, the Persian king Artaxerxes I, accommodated him and made him satrap of Lampsakos and Magnesia ad Maeandrum due to his merits at Salamis.May 16, 2009 Magnesia (AD 117-138) AE 26 - Hadrian345 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE26 (10.16g). AV KAI TPAI - AΔPIANOC CE, laureate head right / AVΛAEITHC - MAΓNH, Apollo Aulaeites, in long girdled garment, stg. right, holding lyra in left arm and plektron in lowered right hand. F+/about VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009 Klazomenai (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus650 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (4.39g). KΛAZOM - KTISTHS, laureate head of Augustus right / ΘEA - ΛIBIA, head of Livia right. Rare, about VF. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009 Ephesos (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus326 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE28 (7.22g). AVT ΠO ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC, bust, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right, seen from behind / EΦECI[ΩN?] D - NEΩKOPΩN, Artemis stg. frontal, head right, wearing a short hunting dress and boots, holding bow in left hand and reaching with right hand quiver over her right shoulder; left beside her, a leaved branched tree, one branch reaching behind her to her left shoulder. About EF, dark-green patina. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009 Ephesos (AD 253-268) AE 26 - Gallienus277 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE26 (8.22g). AVT K ΠO ΛIKIN ΓAΛΛIHNOC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / EΦECIΩN.Γ NEΩKOPΩN, Leto, in long garment, hurrying right, head turned left; her twins on shoulders - on right shoulder Artemis holding torch, Apollo leaning on left shoulder. Rare, F+ to about VF, olive-green patina. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009 Ephesos (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus321 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (7.69g). AVT K ΠOΛ ΛIK - ΓAΛΛIHNOC, draped, cuirassed(?) and laureate bust right / Androklos, nude, except chlamys; spear over left shoulder and small round shield in lowered right hand; boar before him, tree behind. Rare, VF. Hoeft coll. Androklos was the mythological founder of Ephesos.May 16, 2009 Ephesos (AD 238-244) AE 29 - Gordian III419 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE29 (8.47g). AVT K.M.AN - T.ΓOPΔIANOC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / EΦECIΩN / TVXE / KAI A - ΛEΞ - ANΔ - PEΩN, City goddess (Tyche), wearing high kalathos, leaning left, holding cornucopiae in left arm and cult-statue of Artemis Ephesia in outstretched right hand. Very rare (possibly 2nd known!). VF, blue-green patina. Hoeft coll. This is a nice spec. of the so-called Homonoia Coinage which was issued in Asia Minor for two joint cities as expression for their entente cordiale. This one was struck in Ephesos joint with Alexandria in Egypt.May 16, 2009 Ephesos (AD 193-211) AE 17 - Septimius Severus504 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE17 (2.60g). AV KL [CEΠ - C]EVHPOC, draped, laureate bust right / EΦEC-I/ΩN, boar running right, pierced by spear. Rare, unpublished. Good F. Hoeft coll. The boar belongs to the local founder myth of Ephesos.May 16, 2009 Ephesos (AD 161-180) AE 19 - Marcus Aurelius724 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE19 (4.43g). KAICAP.OV - VHPOC, draped bust right / EΦE / CIΩN (in ex.), emperor, with waving chlamys behind, stg. right in biga drawn by two stags, holding reins in outstretched hands. VF-. Unpublished, probably unique. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009 Ephesos (AD 117-138) AE 28 - Hadrian555 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE28 (18.88g). AΔPIANOC KAI - CAP OLYMΠIOC, bust, laureate, right / APTEMIC EΦECIA, cult statue of the Ephesian Artemis standing facing with outstretched arms; 2 stags at her feet right and left. Rare obv. legend, about VF. Hoeft coll. Hadrian achieved the title 'Olympios' AD 128/129 after attending the Eleusinic Mysteries.May 16, 2009 Ephesos (AD 41-54) AE 19 - Claudius and Agrippina864 viewsClaudius, with Agrippina Junior, 41-54 AD. AE19. Claudius and Agrippina / Cult statue of Artemis. Apr 17, 2009 Samos (AD 253-260) AE 30 - Valerian I342 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE30 (12.50g, 6h). Valerian / Tyche.Apr 11, 2009 Ephesos (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus429 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (10.89g). AVT• K• ΠO• ΛIK IN• ΓA-ΛΛIHNOC•, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ЄΦЄCΙΩΝ• Γ• ΝЄΟΚΟΡΩΝ•, Artemis huntress standing right, holding strung bow i left hand, and with right drawing arrow from her quiver; hound at her feet. Unpublished (?). Dark brown patina, gVF.Feb 28, 2009 Ephesos (AD 198-217) AE 17 - Caracalla406 viewsCaracalla, 197-217 AD. AE17 (3.06g) Laureate head right / ЄΦЄCΙ/ΩΝ, Kalydonian boar running right, spear in back. Olive green patina, lightly cleaned, gVF. Ex. Righetti coll.; M&M Deutschland (2004), 587.Feb 28, 2009 Ephesos (AD 253-268) AE 26 - Gallienus282 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE26 (6.98g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Androklos, nude, advancing right, holding spear over shoulder, patera and dead boar in hand; tree to left. Near VF, dark green patina. Ex Wagner Coll.Feb 28, 2009 Ephesos (AD 218-222) AE 15 - Elagabalus333 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE15 (2.40g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Distyle temple containing facing cult statue of Artemis Ephesia. VF, green patina. Ex Alighieri Coll.Feb 28, 2009 Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol 802 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol - Attic standard (5mm, 0.21g). Bull butting right / 8-rayed star with central pellet, MA above. Jan 30, 2009 Smyrna (AD 161-180) AE 41 - Marcus Aurelius698 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE 41 - Medallion (51.70g). Homonoia with Laodikeia. AV KAI M AV-PH ANTΩNINOC•, laureate and cuirassed bust left / ATTAΛOC COΦICTHC TAIC ΠATPI / SMVP ΛAO, Zeus of Laodikeia with scepter and eagle in between two Nemesis of Smyrna. Extremely rare, gVF.Jan 04, 2009 Phokaia (AD 244-249) AE 37 - Philip I587 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE37 (25.73g). Skribonianus, magistrate. AV K M IOV ΦIΛIPΠΠOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠ CT KA CKPЄIBΩNIANOV ΦΩ/KAIЄΩN, Poseidon to the left, standing r, holding trident and dolphin, Athena standing left, holding spear and shield, olive tree at her feet. Extremely rare. Partly green patina, VF.Jan 04, 2009 Miletos (AD 161-180) AE 27 - Marcus Aurelius486 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE27 (14.04g). M AVP AV KAI ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head right / ЄPI ΘЄMICTOKΛЄOU MIΛHCIΩN NЄOKOPΩN, archaic cult statue of Apollo Didymaios standing left, holding stag in right hand and bow in arrow in left. Dark green patina, VF.Dec 20, 2008 Magnesia (AD 54-68) AE 25 - Nero467 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE25 (8.96g). NEPΩN KAICAP, head right / MAΓNHTΩN ΛEVKOΦPHNH, tetrastyle temple with cult statue of Artemis Leukophrys standing facing. Rare. Green patina, VF.Dec 20, 2008 Magnesia (AD 200-270) AE 21 421 viewsImperial Times, 3rd cent AD. AE21 (4.97g). KOPH, veiled bust of Kore right / MAΓNHTΩN, Dionysos standing left. Glossy green patina, gVF.Dec 20, 2008 Kolophon (AD 250-251) AE 29 - Herennius Etruscus406 viewsHerennius Etruscus, 250-251 AD. AE29 (10.21g). KV ЄP ЄTP MЄ ΔЄKIOC KAI, cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI CTPA ΦΛ AΓAΘOKΛЄOVC KOΛOΦONIΩN, boxer standing right. Green patina, gF.Dec 20, 2008 Ephesos (AD 138-161) AE 19 - Antoninus Pius457 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138 -161 AD. AE19 (4.45g). KAICAP ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head right / ЄΦЄCIΩN, stag standing left before burning altar. Unpublished (?). Nice dark patina, VF.Dec 20, 2008 Phokaia (AD 244-249) AE 16 - Otacilia Severa440 viewsOtacilia Severa, 244-249 AD. AE16 (4.53g). ΜΑ ΩΤΑΚ ΣΑΥΗΡΑ ΣΕ, draped bust right / ΦΟΚΑΕΩΝ, Poseidon with trident and dolphin. Green patina. Very fine.Dec 08, 2008 Neapolis (AD 100-300) AE 26868 viewsPseudo-autonomous issue, 2nd-3rd cent AD. AE26 (8.45g, 12h). ΝΕΑΠΟ, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / ΑΥΡ ΝΕΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Dionysus standing left, holding cup over panther and thyrsus. Near VF, green-brown surfaces, porous. An apparently unrecorded type from an extremely rare city. Ex Alighieri Coll.Nov 23, 2008 Ephesos (AD 81-96) AE 23 - Domitian643 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE23 (9.54g, 12h). Laureate head right / River-god Marnas reclining left, holding reed. Near VF, green patina, light deposits, surfaces a little pitted. Ex Alighieri Coll.Nov 22, 2008 Smyrna (AD 193-217) AE 22 - Julia Domna499 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE22 (5.35g, 6h). Claudius Rufinus Sophistes, strategos. Draped bust right / Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club, lion’s skin, and kantharos. VF, dark brown patina. Ex. Wagner Coll.Oct 07, 2008 Phokaia (AD 244-249) AE 40 - Philip I1081 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE40 - Medallion (29.67g, 6h). Cl. Scribonianus, strategus. • A • K • MAP • IOV • • ΦIΛIΠΠOC •, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / • ЄΠ • CT KΛ • CKPЄI/• BωNIA/NOY • above, • ΦωKAIЄωN • in exergue, dog standing right, biting into a captured dolphin left with tail upturned. Good VF, brown patina. Extremely rare, one of two known (the other is in the BM). The enigmatic reverse type of this coin has defied any substantially conclusive explanation. Phocaea’s extant foundation mythology does not include this topos, and the civic badge was the seal, rather than the dolphin. To date, Head’s suggestion (HN, p. 590) seems the only explanatory attempt: the dog is a personification of the local river, the Smardos, rushing down to the sea, personified by the dolphin. Otherwise, the meaning of this scene is unknown.Oct 07, 2008 Smyrna (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III736 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 - Medallion (23.20g, 6h). (Claudius) Rufinus Sophistes, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Three neocorate temples, the central one in elevation, with statue of Zeus, the two side tetrastyle temples in perspective; ΠOVΦINOV COΦI in two lines in exergue. VF, brown surfaces.Oct 07, 2008 Ephesos (AD 218-222) AE 28 - Elagabalus548 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE28 (11.38g). Fourth neocorate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Bust of the emperor right within wreath. Near Fine, brown patina. An interesting type showing that Elagabalus had bestowed upon Ephesus the neocorate four times. For this sort of outlandish behavior Elagabalus was assassinated, and the city which had received this special privilege was stripped of its title.Oct 07, 2008 Chios (AD 138-161) AE 28603 viewsTime of Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE28 - Diassarion (10.92g, 6h). Q. Valerius Primus, archon for the second time. Sphinx seated left, front paw set on prow of galley / Nude laureate male standing facing, leaning on staff (or spear); helmet to left at feet, star to right. VF, brown surfaces, minor roughness. Rare. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Burstein Coll.Oct 07, 2008 Smyrna (BC 27-14 AD) AE 19 - Augustus & Tiberius598 viewsAugustus, with Tiberius. 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 (3.32g, 12h). Bare heads of Augustus and Tiberius, vis-a-vis / Livia, as Aphrodite Stratonikis standing facing, leaning on cippus, holding scepter and Nike; to right, dove left; to left, monogram. VF, dark green patina, traces of olive and light green. Ex Prideaux Coll. of Augustus.Oct 07, 2008 Magnesia (AD 41-54) AE 18 - Claudius1235 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE18 (4.42g, 12h). Laureate head right / Cult-statue of Artemis Leukophrys. VF, dark-green patina. Ex Villemur Coll.Oct 07, 2008 Ephesos (AD 117-138) AE 32 - Hadrian583 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE32 (24.87g, 6h). Laureate and draped bust right / Two temples, each containing standing male figure holding scepter, viewed in perspective, vis-à-vis; Π and Δ in pediments. Near VF, black-green and brown patina, light overall roughness.Oct 07, 2008 Ephesos (BC 27-14 AD) AE 19 - Augustus & Livia682 viewsAugustus, with Julia Augusta (Livia), 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 - Chalkous (5.35g, 12h). Aristion, grammateus; Glykon, magistrate. Conjoined laureate head of Augustus and draped bust of Livia right / Stag standing right; above, quiver right. VF, green patina, light overall roughness. Rare. Ex Prideaux Coll. of Augustus.Oct 07, 2008 Miletos (BC 39-17) AE 18824 views1st century BC. AE18 (3.19g, 11h). Statue of Apollo of Didyma / Lion recumbant right, head left; star above, [M]IΛHCIΩ[N] in exergue. Near EF, dark green-brown patina. Ex Gorny & Mosch 152 (10/2006), lot 1405.Oct 07, 2008 Ephesos (AD 138-192) AE 24488 viewsTime of the Antonines(?), 138-192 AD. AE24 (11.47g, 6h). Figure of laureate emperor seated left on curule chair, holding scroll / EΦE/ΣIΩN in two lines across field; all within wreath. VF, green patina with olive overtones. Apparently unique. Ex Wagner Coll.Oct 07, 2008 Ephesos (AD 238-244) AE 34 - Gordian III407 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE34 (21.65g, 6h). • AVT • K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC •, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / EΦECIΩN Π PΩ TΩN, ACIAC in exergue, Gordian on horse rearing right, holding spear in raised right hand and reins in left; below horse, boar standing right, its body pierced by second spear. Good VF, dark green and red patina, light overall roughness, minor smoothing in fields. Rare.Oct 07, 2008 Samos (BC 530-526) 1/3 Stater722 viewslate 6th century BC. AR Didrachm (5.92g). Facing panther head in square frame of dots between parallel lines / Quadripartite incuse, partially filled. Apparently unpublished. Very early and extremely rare. Good very fine with some planchet flaws.Oct 07, 2008 Priene (BC 200-100) Drachm905 viewsca 2nd century BC. AR Drachm (3.93g). Head of Athena right, wearing pendant earring and triple-crested Attic helmet / ΠΡΙΗΝΕΩΝ, lidded amphora, magistrate’s name ΑΝΑΞΙΛΑ[Σ] to right. Extremely rare. Flan crack. Good very fine.Oct 07, 2008 Teos (AD 54-68) AE 18 - Nero557 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE18 (4.66g, 12h). Draped bust of Octavia right / Bare head of Nero right within distyle temple; clipeus (?) in pediment. VF, green patina with traces of dusty earthen overtones. Very rare. Ex Wagner Coll.Oct 07, 2008 Smyrna (AD 241-244) AE - Tranquillina571 viewsTranquillina, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AE Diassarion (5.16g, 6h). Struck 241-244 AD. Draped bust right / Hercules standing left, with lion skin over forearm, holding cantharus and club. VF, red-brown patina. Ex Cain Coll.; ex Lindgren Coll.Oct 07, 2008 Smyrna (AD 98-117) AE - Trajan695 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE Pentassarion (20.63g, 1h). Cl. Proclus, stephanophorus, and Cl. Bion, strategus. Struck 100-105 AD. Laureate head right / Hercules standing left, with lion skin over forearm and holding club, being crowned with wreath by female figure standing facing with head left. VF, green patina, minor roughness. Ex Cain Coll.Oct 07, 2008 Smyrna (BC 75-50) Drachm1055 viewsca 75-50 BC. AR Drachm (3.89g, 12h). Homereia type. Megakles, magistrate. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Homer seated left, holding scroll; scepter behind, MEΓAKΛ[HΣ] to left. VF, minor porosity, very light cleaning marks, small flan flaw on chin. Very rare denomination, unpublished with this magistrate. The magistrate Megakles is only known for Milne’s period XVII coinage, and the obverse die link to the drachms of Apollonios of this period confirms this placement. While the tetradrachms of Smyrna used local reverse types not found on other denominations, the very rare drachms employ the famous ‘Homereia’ type found on the relatively common bronzes. Strabo specifically mentions this bronze coinage when, discussing the city, he says "there is also a library; and the 'Homereum', a quadrangular portico containing a shrine and wooden statue of Homer; for the Smyrnaeans also lay especial claim to the poet and indeed a bronze coin of theirs is called a Homereum" (Strabo, Geographica XIV, I.37, transl. by H.C. Jones, The Geography of Strabo, VI [Loeb, 1960], pp. 245-247).Oct 07, 2008 Magnesia (AD 198-217) AE 29 - Caracalla429 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE29 (9.48g, 6h). Philoumenus, grammateus for the second time. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cult statue of Artemis Leucophryene within tetrastyle temple; ΦIΛ-OV-MENOV B in legend. VF, green patina with dusty beige overtones, adjustment marks on reverse. Ex de Barros Coll.Oct 07, 2008 Smyrna (AD 253-260) AE 23426 viewsTime of Valerian I, 253-260 AD. AE23 (5.64g, 12h). M. Aurelius Philetus Hippicus, strategus. Draped bust of Senate right / Tyche standing facing, head left, holding phiale and cornucopiae. VF, even brown patina with light olive overtones. Ex Poncin Coll.Oct 07, 2008 Ephesos (AD 238-244) AE 37 - Gordian III486 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE37 - Medallion (20.44g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / Winged Elpis advancing right, lifting hem of skirt and holding flower. Unpublished in the standard references. Near EF, dark olive patina with areas of red. Possibly unique.Oct 07, 2008 Smyrna (AD 95) AE 19 - Vespasianus Jr.1025 viewsVespasianus Jr., ca 95 AD. AE 19 (3.29g). OVECΠACIANOC NEΩTEPOC Draped, bare headed bust to r. / ZMYPNAIΩN, Nike to l. holding wreath and palm branch. Extremely rare. Very fine. Ex Münzhandlung Basel; Ex Coll. Jameson 86 Vespasianus Jr. was Titus Flavius Domitianus, son of Flavia Domitilla III. In order to have heirs for his title, Domitian adopted two sons of Flavia Domitilla III who were his great-nephews. They were renamed Vespasianus and Domitianus. Soon, he realized that having potential heirs, meant a potential rival and assassination. So he had the two boys either killed or exiled after executing their father and exiling their mother. This act recoiled on him as he was murdered by Stefanus, the steward of Flavia Domitilla III. There are no known coins bearing a name or portrait for Domitianus Jr., only for Vespasianus Jr. The only locality that issued coins of Vespasian Jr. was Smyrna.Oct 07, 2008 Magnesia (AD 235-238) AE - Maximus519 viewsMaximus Caesar, 235-238 AD. AE (9.65g). Γ. IOV. OVH. - MAXIMOC K. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI ΓP AVP AKTIA - KOVP MAGNH./TΩN. Apollo, nude, standing facing, head turned left, left ellbow resting on tripod, holding laurel branch in his lowered right hand; serpent coiled round legs of tripod. Rare. Dark green patina. Slightly rough surfaces. Good very fine. Ex Münzen und Medaillen, Basel 41 (1970), 385.Oct 07, 2008 Metropolis (AD 235-238) AE 22 - Maximinus I457 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE22 (4.12g). Γ IOY OYH MAΞIMЄINOC, laureate and draped bust right / MHTPOΠ OΛЄITΩN, Ares in military uniform standing facing, head left, holding spear in left and shield in right. Very fine.Oct 04, 2008 Smyrna (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus377 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (8.95g, 6h). M. Aurelius Sextus, magistrate. Struck circa 260-268. Obv.: AVT K Π ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev.: CMYPNAIΩN Γ NЄΩK ЄΠ M AVP CЄΞTOY, Cybele turreted, enthroned, holding in right hand patera, left arm resting on tympanum. Rare. Minor flatness on both sides, nice very fine.Oct 04, 2008 Ephesos (AD 209-212) AE 17 - Geta333 viewsGeta, 209-212 AD. AE17 (2.95g). ΓЄ TAC AV, laureate and draped bust right / ЄΦЄCI/ ΩN, stag right. Nice very fine.Oct 04, 2008 Ephesos (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla389 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (6.47g). AVT K M AVP AN-TΩNЄINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΦЄCIΩN •B• NEO[KOPΩN]; Artemis huntress seizing wit left hand stag by horn and with right hand drawing arrow from quiver at her shoulder. Sand encrustation below good very fine.Oct 04, 2008 Ephesos (AD 249-251) AE 26 - Herennia Etruscilla310 viewsHerennia Etruscilla, 249-251 AD. AE26 (9.27g). ЄPЄN ЄTPOYCKIΛΛA CЄB, draped bust on crescent right / ЄΦЄCIЄ ΩN A ACIAC, Athlete standing right crowning himself with wreath, to the left, vase. Rare. Minor rougness, very fine.Oct 04, 2008 Ephesos (AD 253-268) AE 26 - Gallienus389 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE26 (6.70g, 6h). AV K ΠO ΛI ΓA-ΛΛIHNOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right / EΦECIΩN Δ NEΩKOPΩN, Artemis Phosporus standing right, quiver over shoulder, holding long torch in both hands. Very fine.Oct 04, 2008 Kolophon (BC 285-190) AE 20518 viewsca 285-190 BC. AE20 (6.88g). Horseman riding with spear couched; below wolf (?) running / KOΛOΦΩNEΩN, Apollo standing, holding patera over tripod; in left hand lyre. Very fine.Oct 04, 2008 Teos (BC 475-450) Hemiobol384 viewsca 475-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 9mm). Griffin seated right, left forepaw raised / Quadripartite square incuse. Extremely fine.Oct 04, 2008 Phokaia (AD 235-268) AE 18 521 viewsImperial Times, ca mid-3rd cent AD. AE18 (2.89g, 6h). Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / Dog standing right, biting dolphin. Near VF, dark brown patina. Ex Alex G. Malloy 23 (10/1987), lot 371.Oct 04, 2008 Magnesia (AD 222-235) AE 36 - Severus Alexander611 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE36 - Medallion (20.13g, 6h). Aur. Tychicus, grammateus. AYT K M • AYP CEY H • AΛEΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MAΓNH T ΩN EΠ I ΓP AVP • TVΞIK/OV •, Zeus Nikephorus seated left on stool. Good VF, black-green patina with dusty earthen overtones. Extremely rare, only the third example of this type known. Apart from the Paris specimen published by Mionnet, the only other published example of the type, though with a different placement of the reverse legend, appeared in the Weber Coll. (J. Hirsch XXIV, 5/1909), lot 2880, with the reverse illustrated on pl. XXXIX of the catalog.1 commentsJul 15, 2008 Phokaia (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero898 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (5.76g, 12h). Laureate head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear and shield. VF, green patina, a little rough. Ex Wagner Coll.Jul 15, 2008 Teos (BC 370-340) Diobol388 viewsca 375-350 BC. AR Diobol (0.99g, 11mm). Athenagores, magistrate. Griffin seated right, left forepaw raised / THI AΘHNAΓO-PHΣ, chelys. Nice very fine.Jul 05, 2008 Teos (BC 478-465) Stater343 viewsca 478–465 BC. AR Stater (11.76g, 24mm). T-H-[I-O-N], winged griffin seated right, left leg raised, in front, seal swimming downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned very fine.Jul 05, 2008 Ephesos (AD 238-244) AE 31 - Gordian III336 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE31 (9.24g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / APTEMIC EΦECIΩN, cult-statue of Ephesian Artemis flanked by two stags and star and crescent. Rough, very fine.Jul 05, 2008 Teos (BC 478-465) Stater343 viewsca 478-465 BC. AR Stater (11.74g, 21mm). Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised; club before / Quadripartite incuse square. Surfaces a bit rough, very fine.Jul 05, 2008 Teos (BC 425-400) Stater460 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (11.76g, 21mm). [THI]ON, griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare, very fine.Jul 05, 2008 Ephesos (AD 222-235) AE 20 - Julia Mamaea286 viewsJulia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235 AD. AE20 (4.17g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm. VF, dark green patina, deposits.Jul 02, 2008 Ephesos (AD 217-218) AE 23 - Macrinus383 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE23 (7.00g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / River-god reclining left on overturned amphora from which water flows, holding reed. VF, green patina, a little rough, minor smoothing in field. Possibly unpublished.Jul 02, 2008 Ephesos (AD 161-180) AE 22 - Marcus Aurelius429 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE22 (6.49g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Good VF, dark green patina. Ex Wagner Coll.Jul 02, 2008 Smyrna (AD 100-300) AE 22489 viewsImperial Times, ca 2nd-3rd cent AD. AE22 (6.04g). Homer seated right, holding scroll / CMYP/NAI/ΩN in three lines within wreath. Good VF, dark gray patina, a few spots of red encrustation, well struck.Jul 02, 2008 Teos (BC 27-AD 14) Augustus - AE 19418 viewsAugustus. 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 (5.10g, 1h). Bare head right within tetrastyle temple / Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and filleted thyrsos. Near VF, green patina, flan flaw. Ex Villemur Coll.Jul 02, 2008 Smyrna (AD 147-175) AE 35 - Faustina II469 viewsFaustina Junior Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE35 (26.41g, 6h). In alliance with Laodicea ad Lycum in Phrygia. Draped bust left / Zeus Laodikeos standing right, holding eagle and sceptre; before him on right, two Nemeses standing facing each other, each drawing drapery from shoulder and holding cubit rules. Near VF, brown surfaces, a few deposits. Ex Wagner Coll.Jul 02, 2008 Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Bull - EL 1/121415 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12 Stater (1.14g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Bull’s head right / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare. Jul 31, 2007 Kolophon (BC 450-410) Drachm613 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Drachm (5.23 g, 7h). [Ν]ΟΙΝΩΦΟΛΟΚ (retrograde), head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Kithara in incuse square. Good VF, darkly toned, granular surfaces. Rare. Milne describes the legend as counterclockwise around the head, but it is actually clockwise around, beginning below the chin.Jul 31, 2007 Ephesos (BC 245-202) Obol524 viewsca 245-202 BC. AR Obol (0.49g, 1h). Draped bust of Artemis right; bow and quiver over shoulder / Stag standing right. Unpublished. VF. Apparently unique. Jul 31, 2007 Ephesos (BC 245-202) Obol572 viewsca 245-202 BC. AR Obol (0.50g, 3h). Draped bust of Artemis right; bow and quiver over shoulder / Forepart of stag left. Unpublished. VF. Apparently unique. Jul 31, 2007 Ephesos (BC 290-281) Diobol509 viewsEphesos (as Arsinoeia), ca 290-281 BC. AR Diobol (1.33g, 6h). Erxias, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [ΕΡ]ΞΙΑ[Σ] to left, bee to upper right. VF, minor porosity. Extremely rare. Jul 31, 2007 Ephesos (BC 290-281) Tetrobol416 viewsEphesos (as Arsinoeia), ca 290-281 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.69g, 12h). Goneus, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [Γ]ΟΝΕΥ[Σ] to left, bee to upper right. VF, porous. Extremely rare.Jul 31, 2007 Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol606 viewsEphesos (as Arsinoeia), ca 290-281 BC. AR Octobol (5.49g, 12h). Erxias, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [E]RXIAS to left, bee to upper right. VF, minor porosity. Very rare, and this magistrate only published on the Kayhan diobol (and coin #4689).Jul 31, 2007 Kolophon (AD 249-251) AE 29 - Herennia Etruscilla476 viewsHerennia Etruscilla, wife of Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE29 (9.71g). Diademed bust right on crecent / Boxer walking right. Rare. Ex Burstein coll. Fine.Jul 29, 2007 Magnesia (AD 247-249) AE 17 - Philip II400 viewsPhilip II, 247-249 AD. AE17 (2.36g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Child Dionysos seated facing on cista mystica, looking left and holding out both arms. Good VF, dark green patina. Wagner Coll.Jul 29, 2007 Miletos (AD 177-192) AE 32 - Commodus599 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE32 (17.55g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Legend in five lines within laurel wreath. VF, dark green patina, light roughness. The reverse marks the Didymeia and Kommodeia festivals and games, honoring the shrine of Apollo at Didyma and the elevation of Commodus to Augustus in 177 AD. Wagner Coll.Jul 29, 2007 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