Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Knidos (BC 300-210) AE 10406 viewsca 250-210 BC. AE10 (1.46g, 12h). [...]oronikos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Prow right; [..]OPONIKO. VF, black patina. Alighieri coll.Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 300-225) Hemidrachm343 viewsca 300-225 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.22g, 11h). Head of Aphrodite right / Bull’s head facing slightly right; uncertain magistrate’s name around. VF, a few deposits. Alighieri Coll.Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 380-360) Hemidrachm292 viewsca 380-360 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.59g, 11h). Timaithos, magistrate. Head and leg of lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, hair bound in sphendone; TIMAIΘOΣ before. Fine, toned. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 300-225) Hemidrachm382 viewsca 300-225 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.39g, 12h). Rhodian standard. Bariphron, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right / Bull’s head facing slightly right. VF, porous. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 380-360) Hemidrachm305 viewsca 380-360 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.62g, 1h). Thrasippos, magistrate. Head and leg of lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, hair bound in sphendone, dolphin to left, ΘPAΣIΠΠOΣ to right. VF, some porosity. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 530-520) Trihemiobol582 viewsca 500 BC. AR Diobol (12mm, 1.65g, 3h). Head of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right within rectangular incuse. VF, some porosity. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 500-490) Drachm385 viewsca 500-490 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 6.17g, 12h). Head and forepaw of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite left within incuse square. VF, toned. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 250-210) Tetrobol379 viewsca 250-210 BC. AR Tetrobol(?) (13mm, 2.65g, 12h). Aristiadas, magistrate. Bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Tripod. Good VF, toned. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 490-465) Drachm333 viewsca 500-490 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 6.02g, 12h). Forepart of roaring lion right / Archaic head of Aphrodite right within incuse square. VF, lightly toned. Frederick Coll.Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 500-490) Drachm354 viewsca 500-490 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 6.21g, 5h). Forepart of roaring lion right / Archaic head of Aphrodite right within incuse square. VF. Frederick Coll.Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 465-449) Drachm346 viewsca 490-465 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 6.15g, 1h). Forepart of roaring lion right / Archaic head of Aphrodite right within incuse square. VF, lightly toned. Frederick Coll.Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 210-185) Didrachm573 viewsca 210-185 BC. AR Didrachm (17mm, 5.84g, 12h). Agephon-, magistrate. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Forepart of roaring lion right; club to left, [A]ΓΕΦΩΝ below. Good VF, lightly toned, hairline flan crack. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 250-210) Tetrobol386 viewsca 250-210 BC. AR Tetrobol(?) (15mm, 2.43g, 12h). Kallippos, magistrate. Bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Tripod. VF, toned. Deyo Coll.; Ex Christensen 67 (7/1978), lot 158.Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 250-210) Tetrobol354 viewsca 250-210 BC. AR Tetrobol(?) (14mm, 2.43g, 11h). Epigonos, magistrate. Bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Tripod; [E]ΠIΓONOΣ to left, KNIΔIΩN to left. gVF, a bit porous, hairline flan crack. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 350-320) Tetradrachm481 viewsca 350-330/20 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.01 g, 12h). Chian standard. Timasiphron, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, hair tied at back, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace / KNI, forepart of roaring lion right; ΤΙΜΑΣΙΦΡΩΝ above. Good VF. Very rare, fewer than 30 of this type known. This magistrate is unknown in all denominations for this period. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 350-320) Tetradrachm593 viewsca 350-330/20 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.33g, 12h). Chian standard. Autokrates, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / KNI, forepart of roaring lion right; ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ above. Superb EF, lightly toned. Very rare, fewer than 30 of this type known. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 350-320) Tetradrachm475 viewsca 350-330/20 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.29g, 12h). Chian standard. Agathophanes, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, hair tied at back, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace / Forepart of roaring lion right; ΑΓΑΘΟΦΑΝΗΣ below. VF, minor flat strike at high points. Extremely rare, unpublished as a tetradrachm. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 375-340) Tetradrachm403 viewsca 375-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.73g, 12h). Chian standard. Theumelon, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; Phrygian helmet behind / Forepart of roaring lion right; ΘΕΥΜΕΛΩΝ above. VF, flat strike in centers. Extremely rare. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 395-380) Tetradrachm521 viewsca 395-380 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.34g, 12h). Hippokritos, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite left, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace / Forepart of roaring lion left; ΙΠΠΟΚΡΙΤΟΣ below; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned, die shift and minor die wear on reverse. Very rare. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Q (4/2006), lot 1404.Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 465-449) Drachm272 viewsca 465-449 BC. AR Drachm (6.27g, 8h). Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right in incuse square. Good VF, toned, minor die wear on obverse. Fine style. Morcom Coll.Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 411-405) Obol347 viewsca 411-405/4 BC. AR Obol (0.82g, 12h). Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right within incuse square. Near EF, toned. Ex CNG 53 (3/2000), lot 499.Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 350-320) Tetradrachm606 viewsca 350-330/20 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.44g, 12h). Arkesilas, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Head and foreleg of lion right; KNI above, APKEΣIΛAΣ below. Near EF, toned, slight die shift. Extraordinary style in high relief on a broad flan. Extremely rare, one of two known. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 411-405) Drachm333 viewsca 411-405/4 BC. Drachm (Silver, 6.14g, 3h). Forepart of lion to right, with open jaws and outstretched right paw / Head of Aphrodite right, hair bound in sphendone ornamented with ivy leaves, wearing necklace; all within incuse square. Toned and attractive. Minor die break on the reverse, otherwise EF. Ex Triton XIII (1/2010), 202.Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 449-411) Drachm306 viewsca 449-411 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 6.21g, 6h). Forepart of lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, wearing tainia; all within incuse square. Near EF, toned, scattered marks under tone. Very rare Cahn Period V issue, only 12 coins listed from 5 obverse and 4 reverse dies. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 210-185) Didrachm330 viewsca 210-185 BC. AR Octobol (18mm, 5.21g, 12h). Diokles, magistrate. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Forepart of roaring lion right; rose behind, ΔΙΟΚΛΗΣ below. EF, small die break on reverse. Rare. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 210-185) Didrachm508 viewsca 210-185 BC. AR Didrachm (17mm, 5.14g, 11h). Sostratos, magistrate. Head of Helios facing slightly left / Forepart of roaring lion right; thunderbolt behind; below, [Σ]ΩΣΤΡΑΤ[ΟΣ]. EF, toned. Very rare. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 375-340) Tetradrachm444 viewsca 375-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.18g, 12h). Chian standard. Theumelon, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; Phrygian helmet behind / KNI, forepart of roaring lion right; ΘΕΥΜΕΛΩΝ above. Near EF. Extremely rare. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 375-340) Tetradrachm460 viewsca 375-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.10g, 12h). Chian standard. Autokrates, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; Phrygian helmet behind / KNI, forepart of roaring lion right; ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ above. EF, lightly toned. Extremely rare. Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 411-405) Drachm407 viewsca 411-405/4 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 6.13g, 12h). Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, hair in double band; K-N-I around; all within incuse square. EF, toned. Well centered and struck. Ex Hans von Aulock Collection, 8106.Jul 27, 2012
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Knidos (BC 449-411) Drachm349 viewsca 449-411 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 6.12g, 3h). Head and foreleg of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, wearing tainia, within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Very rare series V drachm, only the second known from these dies (the other is in the BM). Jul 27, 2012
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Chersonesos (BC 480-450) Obol448 viewsca 530-520 BC. AR Obol (?) (10mm, 0.91g). Head of roaring lion right, wart on brow / Forepart of bull right within incuse square. Toned, aEF. Very rare. Ex Hess-Divo AG, Zürich 308 (10/2007), 63; ex M&M, Basel FPL 603 (1998), 59.Jul 26, 2012
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Stratonikeia (BC 125-85) AE 11337 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE11 (1.63g). Head of Zeus right / ΣΤΡΑ-ΤΟ, eagle standing facing with open wings, within incuse square. VF.Jul 22, 2012
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(BC 377-353) Maussollos - Hemiobol 339 viewsMaussolos, Satrap, ca 377/6-353/2 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.40g, 6mm). Halikarnassos(?) mint. Forepart of roaring lion right, head left / Trident; [MA to right]. gVF. Jul 07, 2012
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Halikarnassos (BC 480-400) Obol384 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.64g). Forepart of Pegasos right / Forepart of goat on leash right. VF. Jul 07, 2012
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Halikarnassos (BC 480-400) Obol375 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.63g). Forepart of Pegasos left / Α-[Λ-Ι], forepart of goat left. aVF. Jul 07, 2012
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Kaunos (BC 490-470) Stater400 viewsca 490-480 BC. AR Stater (11.82g). Winged male figure left; monogram to lower right / Incuse of four tilted squares around a central object (fish?); the titled squares each containing an object (monogram, bull’s head, lion’s head, and cock[?]) upon a granulated field. VF, toned. Extremely rare, one of three known. Jul 02, 2012
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Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) Drachm252 viewsca 150-50 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.08g, 12h). Uncertain magistrate. Facing head of Helios; border of large pellets / Draped bust of Athena right, wearing crested helmet and aegis; [magistrate’s name] to right. Near VF, porous. Alighieri Coll.Jul 02, 2012
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Karia Uncertain (BC 520-490) Obol405 views5th century BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.57g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse punch. Fine, minor porosity. Alighieri Coll.Jul 02, 2012
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Mylasa (BC 520-490) Stater 328 viewsca 520-490 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.82g). Forepart of a roaring lion right / Divided incuse punch. VF, rough find patina. Rare. N.T. Coll.; ex CNG 55 (9/2000), lot 572.Jul 02, 2012
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Euromos (BC 450) Hemiobol437 viewsEuromos? 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.48g, 6h). Forepart of boar left / Head of Lepsynos left within dotted border within incuse square. VF, light porosity. Jul 02, 2012
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Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) griffin/lion - Obol402 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.66g). Head of griffin right / Facing head of lion within incuse square. Toned, VF. Rare.Jul 01, 2012
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Kaunos (BC 166-100) Hemidrachm273 viewsca 166-150 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.01g, 1h). Mennipos, magistrate. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Sword in sheath with strap; star either side. VF, toned, two edge cracks, reverse die break. Apparently unrecorded with two stars on reverse. Jun 28, 2012
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Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) bull - Hemiobol298 viewsca 500-470 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.28g, 11h). Head of roaring lion right / Confronted bull’s heads. Unpublished in the standard references. gVF.

An interesting coin. The lion appears Carian in style, and the confronted bull’s heads oddly resemble the facing “horned” lion heads of some types typically given to Hekatomnos (compare SNG Keckman 843).
Jun 28, 2012
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Rhodes (AD 98-117) AE 36 - Trajan298 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE36 - Didrachm (24.48g, 1h). Laureate head right / Dionysus standing left, extending hand to panther standing on hind legs and holding thyrsus. Good VF, blue-green patina. Rare. From Group CEM. Ex Aufhäuser 12 (10/1996), lot 532.Jun 23, 2012
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Rhodes (AD 96-98) AE 36 - Nerva295 viewsNerva, 96-98 AD. AE36 - Didrachm (23.45g, 12h). AVTOKPATΩP KAICAP CEBACTOC NEP[OVA]C, laureate head right / ΔIΔPA/XMON down left, POΔIΩN up right, Tyche of Rhodes standing left, holding Nike and scepter. Good VF, brown patina. Apparently unique. From Group CEM. Ex Sternberg XI (11/1981), lot 293.Jun 23, 2012
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Rhodes (AD 96-98) AE 34 - Nerva312 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
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Rhodes (AD 81-96) AE 36 – Domitian252 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
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Tabai (AD 253-260) AE 37 - Valerian I329 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
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Tabai (AD 193-217) AE 26 - Julia Domna504 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
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Tabai (BC 27-AD 14) Drachm - Augustus642 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
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Herakleia Salbake (AD 193-211) AE 30427 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
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Halikarnassos (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus411 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
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Knidos (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla & Plautilla549 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
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Apollonia Salbake (AD 198-209) AE 26 - Geta287 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
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Aphrodisias (AD 254-268) AE 25 - Salonina332 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
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Aphrodisias (AD 193-211) AE 32 - Septimius Severus428 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
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Antiocheia (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III384 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
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Alinda (AD 198-217) AE 36 – Caracalla & Plautilla700 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
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Alabanda (AD 198-217) AE 26 - Caracalla420 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
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Alabanda (AD 193-217) AE 36 - Julia Domna424 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
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Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater900 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (Milesian standard), (0.28g). Lion's paw / Scorpion in incuse square. EF.

The lion's paw fractions are traditionally attributed to Lydia, since the lion was the Lydian royal badge. J. Spier, Studies Price, pp. 327-334, has discovered several reverse-punch links between lion's paw fractions and some Ionian issues, but this might only mean that the linked coinages were produced by the same team of workers, who carried the same reverse punches from one job to the next.
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Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater350 views6th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.19g). Lion's paw / Scorpion in incuse square. VF.Jun 12, 2012
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Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater278 viewsca 6th Century BC. EL 1/48 Stater (5mm, 0.31g). Lion's paw / Scorpion. Good VF. Well struck. Jun 12, 2012
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Idyma (BC 350-300) AE 8292 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE8 (0.82g, 1h). Female head right / Fig leaf, ΙΔYMION around. Near VF, black patina with earthen deposits. Rare. Jun 12, 2012
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Kos (BC 300-190) AE300 viewsca 3rd-2nd century BC. AE (1.45g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin / Crab, club and ΠΕΙΣ (?) below. VF. Mueller Coll.Jun 12, 2012
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Kos (BC 480-470) Triple Siglos877 viewsca 480-475 BC. Triple Siglos (16.58g). KΩΣ, naked Diskobolos about to hurl a discus, standing facing with his weight on right leg, left leg crossing behind, while he turns his upper body to his right, preparing to launch the discus which he holds above his head; tripod behind / Irregular incuse square with diagonal lines, traces of crab below. Prospero Coll.Jun 12, 2012
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Rhodes (BC 205-188) Tetradrachm620 viewsca 205-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.91g, 12h). Onasandros, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; to left, pileos surmounted by star; ONAΣANΔPOΣ above. EF, minor die rust. Jun 12, 2012
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Kos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater1520 viewsMid-late 6th century BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.55g). Crab / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare. Jun 12, 2012
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Knidos (BC 411-405) Drachm336 viewsca 411-405/4 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 6.13g, 7h). Head and foreleg of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, hair in sphendone decorated with ivy leaves; all within incuse square. EF, toned, a few minor die breaks on the reverse. Ex Triton XIII (1/2010), lot 202.Jun 12, 2012
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Rhodes (BC 125-88) AV 1/4 Stater1605 viewsca 125-88 BC. AV 1/4 Stater (12mm, 2.10g, 12h). Diogne(tos), magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / Rose with bud to right; ΔIOΓNH above, P-O flanking, crested helmet to lower left. Near EF, tiny die break on obverse, slight die shift on reverse, slight wave in flan. Well centered obverse. Very rare. Ex Gorny & Mosch 190 (10/2010), lot 285.Jun 09, 2012
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Lindos (BC 515-475) 1/12 Stater278 viewsca 515/0-475 BC. AR 1/12 Stater – Diobol (9mm, 1.10g). Head of lion right with protruding tongue / Square incuse bisected by a crude band. VF, toned, light porosity. Jun 09, 2012
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Lindos (BC 515-475) 1/6 Stater335 viewsca 515/0-475 BC. AR 1/6 Stater – Tetrobol (11mm, 2.33g). Head of lion right with protruding tongue / Square incuse bisected by a crude band. VF, find patina. Unpublished denomination.

The reverse die was quite deteriorated by the time this coin was struck.
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Lindos (BC 515-475) 1/3 Stater309 viewsca 515/0-475 BC. AR 1/3 Stater – Drachm (13mm, 4.68g). Head of lion right with protruding tongue / Square incuse bisected by a crude band. Bourgey, 6/1959, lot 540; otherwise unpublished. VF, toned, minor porosity. Extremely rare denomination. Jun 09, 2012
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(BC 340-334) Pixodaros - Didrachm768 viewsPixodaros. Circa 341/0-336/5 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 6.99g, 12h). Wreathed head of Apollo facing slightly right, drapery around neck / Zeus Labraundos standing right. EF, very lightly toned. Jun 09, 2012
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(BC 377-353) Maussollos - Tetradrachm630 viewsMaussolos. Circa 377/6-353/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 15.19g, 12h). Halikarnassos mint. Head of Apollo facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath, drapery around neck / MAYΣΣΩΛΛO, Zeus Labraundos standing right. EF, attractively toned, minor double strike on reverse. Exceptionally artistic style, perhaps the finest of the series. Ex Triton VIII (1/2005), lot 467.Jun 09, 2012
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(BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Tetradrachm840 viewsca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 14.51g, 9h). Halikarnassos mint. Zeus Labraundos standing right / Lion at bay right within incuse circle. Good VF, toned, underlying luster, cleaning marks under tone on obverse, die break at top of obverse. Well centered and struck on a broad flan. Rare as such. Ex Elsen 38 (2/1995), lot 108.Jun 09, 2012
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Mylasa (BC 520-490) 1/12 Stater226 viewsLate 6th–early 5th centuries BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.86g). Forepart of lion or lioness left / Incuse square. VF, find patina, slight roughness, minor scratch under tone in field on obverse. Jun 09, 2012
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Mylasa (BC 520-490) 1/6 Stater307 viewsLate 6th–early 5th centuries BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.79g). Forepart of lion or lioness right / Incuse square. Good VF, toned, slightly granular surfaces. Jun 09, 2012
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Kaunos (BC 410-390) Stater453 viewsca 410-390 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 11.80g). Winged female figure in kneeling-running stance left, head right, holding kerykeion and wreath / Baetyl(?) between Δ (upside down) and Γ; all within incuse square. VF, some minor obverse deposits, a little off center. Jun 09, 2012
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Alabanda (BC 167/6) Tetradrachm512 viewsca 167/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.90g, 12h). Dated CY 1. Laureate head of Apollo right / Pegasos springing right; A below. EF, toned, small die break on eye of Apollo. Rare. Ex CNG 63 (5/2003), lot 542.Jun 09, 2012
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Herakleia Salbake (AD 180-220) AE 18416 viewsImperial Times, ca late 2nd-early 3rd century AD. AE18 (4.62g, 6h). Turreted bust of Tyche left, holding aphlaston and cornucopia / Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus. Good VF, attractive dark brown patina.May 08, 2012
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Antiocheia (AD 254-268) AE 25 - Salonina340 viewsSalonina, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE25 (6.62g, 7h). Diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent; countermark: B within oval incuse / Garlanded altar surmounted by an eagle standing left, head right. VF, green patina, slight bend in flan from the application of the countermark.May 08, 2012
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(BC 377-353) Maussollos - Hemiobol641 viewsMaussolos, Satrap, ca 377/6-353/2 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g, 7mm, 5h). Halikarnassos(?) mint. Forepart of roaring lion right, head left / Trident; MA to right. Good VF, faint porosity.May 08, 2012
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Apollonia Salbake (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla269 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (16.15g, 6h). Nikostratos, magistrate. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Ceres standing left, holding grain ears and scepter. VF, brown patina, scratches, reverse slightly double struck.May 08, 2012
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Karia Uncertain (BC 400-340) Hemiobol327 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.37g). Head of lion turned left, within linear circular border / Head of bull left, Karian letter or dynastic symbol to right. VF. Rare.May 08, 2012
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Euromos (BC 400) Hemiobol313 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.49g, 9mm). Forepart of boar right / Laureate head of Zeus Lepsynos right, ΛEY to left. VF.May 06, 2012
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Rhodes (AD 0-100) AE 21300 viewsImperial Times, 1st century AD. AE21 (6.24g). Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / POΔΙΩΝ, Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm. GVF.Apr 08, 2012
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Karia Uncertain (BC 400-340) Hemiobol324 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.27g). Head of lion turned left, within linear circular border / Head of bull left, Karian letter or dynastic symbol on shoulder. VF. Rare.Apr 01, 2012
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Kos (BC 90-50) AE 22381 viewsca 90-50 BC. AE22 (5.91g). Laureate head of bearded Asklepios right / ΚΩΙΩΝ - ΠΥΘΟΚΛΗΣ (magistrate), coiled snake. VF. Rare.Apr 01, 2012
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Kos (BC 300-190) AE 12250 viewsca 300-195 BC. AE12 (1.74g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin / Crab with fish in claws; club below. gVF.Apr 01, 2012
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Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol548 viewsLate 5th to mid 4th century BC. AR Persic Hemiobol (0.26g, 8mm). Head of ram right / Head of young male right, K to left. Toned, aEF. Very rare.1 commentsApr 01, 2012
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Stratonikeia (AD 198-209) AE 37 - Caracalla & Geta428 viewsCaracalla, with Geta as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE40 (34.25g, 12h). Zosimus, magistrate. AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC C Λ CЄ ΓЄTAC K, draped and cuirassed busts of Caracalla right, laureate, and Geta left, bareheaded / ΠPO ZΩCIMOV TOV ΠPOCICTOV CTPATON-IKЄΩN, Zeus Panamaros, holding scepter in left hand, on horseback right; altar to right. Good VF, dark green patina. Rare.Feb 27, 2012
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Stratonikeia (AD 193-211) AE 37 - Caracalla & Plautilla471 viewsCaracalla, with Plautilla, 202-205 AD. AE36 (23.96 g, 12h). Cl. Dionysius, magistrate. AKPA KAI M AVP AИ • [KAI ΘЄ C-Є]B [NЄ] ΠΛAVTIΛΛAИ, confronted busts of Plautilla right, draped and wearing stephane, and Caracalla left, laureate, draped, and cuirassed; c/m: ΘЄOV within rectangular incuse / [CTPATOИIKЄΩИ Є]ΠI TΩИ ΠЄP B KΛ ΔIOИVCIOИ, Zeus Panamaros, holding scepter in left hand, on horseback right; altar to right. Good VF, dark green and red patina, minor obverse die shift. An interesting obverse legend lauding the divinity of Plautilla.Feb 27, 2012
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Stratonikeia (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus & Julia Domna535 viewsSeptimius Severus, with Julia Domna, 193-211 AD. AE35 (26.11g, 12h). Fl. Leontus, son of Alcaeus, magistrate. • AV • KAI ΛOV [CЄΠ] CЄVHPOC IOV • [ΔOMN]A •, confronted busts of Septimius Severus right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Julia Domna left, draped; c/m’s: helmeted head of Athena right within oval incuse and ΘЄOV within rectangular incuse / ЄΠI ΠPO ΛЄONTOC AΛ-KЄOV CTPATONIKЄΩN, Hekate standing facing, head left, sacrificing from patera over altar with right hand and holding torch in left. Good VF, tan-brown patina, scratches and adjustment marks.Feb 27, 2012
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Aphrodisias (AD 254-268) AE24 - Salonina339 viewsSalonina, 254-268 AD. AE24 (6.32g). IOV KOPN - CAΛONINAC, draped bust right, wearing stephane, on crescent / AΦPOΔIC - I - ЄΩN, Tyche in long garment and mantle, wearing kalathos, standing facing, head left, holding cornucopiae in left arm and in rudder in right hand. F+. Hoeft coll.Feb 25, 2012
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Iasos (BC 350-250) AE 12410 views3rd century BC. AE12 (1.32g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Cray-fish right, [ΠΡ]ΙΑ above, shell below. Very fine.Feb 05, 2012
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Megiste (BC 200-100) Hemidrachm661 views2nd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.10g). Facing head Helios / ΜΕΓΙΣΤΕ, rosebud, thyrsos to left. Very rare. About very fine.Feb 05, 2012
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Kaunos (BC 490-470) Obol487 viewsca 490-470 BC. AR Tritartemorion (0.58g, 7mm). Iris running left / Winged sphinx (?) standing right, paw raised, within dotted incuse square. Very fine.Feb 05, 2012
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Kaunos (BC 390-370) AE 10308 views390-370 BC. AE10 (1.04g). Laureate head of Apollo facing / Sphinx to left. Rare. Very fine.Feb 05, 2012
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Trapezopolis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus440 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (3.0g). Andronikos Gorgippos, magistrate. ΑΝΔΡΟΝΙΚΟΣ ΓΟΡΓΙΠΠΟΥ, head of Silenos right, monogram below / ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, capricorn, cornucopiae above.Dec 11, 2011
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