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Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Pitane (BC 350) AE 17746 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE 17 (4.91g). Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, pellet in center, ΠΙΤΑΝ. EF/VF. Rare. Jan 17, 2005
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Mysia Uncertain (BC 300) Hemidrachm1185 viewsCeltic Parium imitation, 3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.45g). Three stripes / Incuse square with divisions and central pellet. Toned, good very fine.
Jan 06, 2005
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater1052 viewsca 550-475 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.32g). Forepart of Pegasos left; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse. Good VF. Rare. Jan 03, 2005
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater1210 viewsca 500-460 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.28g). Crab; tunny right above / Quadripartite incuse punch. VF, a few small scrapes. Very Rare.Jan 03, 2005
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Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 27496 views2nd cent BC. AE27 (6.12g). Bull butting right on ground line, within dotted circle / KYZI/KHNΩΝ, Flaming torch, monogram below. Nice very fine. Jan 02, 2005
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Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Tetradrachm1138 viewsca 390-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.16g). Head of Kore Soteira left, hair in sphendone covered with a veil, two grain ears in hair / Head of lion left, mouth open with tongue protruding, tunny fish below; stag's head behind. Lightly toned, near EF, surfaces slightly grainy, well centered and quite attractive. Apparently unrecorded with this symbol.Dec 31, 2004
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Kyzikos (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm918 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.91g, 0h). Laureate bust of Kore Soteira / ΚΥZΙ - ΚΗΝΩΝ within wreath, monograms above and below. Very rare. Fine style, lightly toned, EF example. Ex Hirsch, Auc. 71 (3/1971, Munchen), lot 183; ex Bank Leu AG, Auc. 2 (4/1972, Zurich), lot 228; ex Bank Leu AG, Auc 33 (5/1983, Zurich), lot 360.Dec 31, 2004
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Trihemiobol1354 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.04g). Forepart of boar left, tunny fish behind / Head of roaring lion left.Dec 31, 2004
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Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol776 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR Obol (0.68g, 10mm, 12h). Dolphin over tunny fish swimming left / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare. VF.Dec 31, 2004
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol1035 viewsca 550-530 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.46g). Head of bear left, holding tunny fish in mouth / Quadripartite incuse square ("mill-sail" pattern). Extremely rare. EF.1 commentsDec 31, 2004
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Mysia Uncertain (BC 500-400) Hemiobol?1233 viewsca 5th cent. BC. AR Hemiobol? (0.24g). Bearded male head (Attis?) right, wearing Phrygian hat? / Quadripartite incuse square. Hornsilver. Very fine. Unpublished? Mysian?Dec 27, 2004
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Miletopolis (BC 300-100) AE 20553 views3rd-2nd century BC. AE20 (6.98g). Facing head of Athena / Owl standing left, head facing, ΜΙΛ-ΗΤΟ. Unpublished.Dec 24, 2004
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 23586 viewsca 190-85 BC. AE23 (7.46g). Head of Priapos right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΛΑΜΨΑ − ΚΗΝΩΝ, palm branch to R. VF.Dec 24, 2004
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Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 12672 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE12 (2.70g) Head of bull right in beaded circle / KYZI in a monogram, within oak wreath. Dark, olive green, thick patina, good VF.Dec 24, 2004
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Apollonia ad Rhyndakon (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 20630 views2nd-1st century BC. AE20 (4.00g). Laureate, bearded head of Zeus right / Thunderbolt, ΑΠΟΛΛΩ - ΝΙΑΤΩΝ / ΡΥΝ/[ΔΑ]. Dark green patina, VF.Dec 24, 2004
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Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol749 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR Obol (0.60g). Tunny fish left / Quadripartite incuse square. Nice very fine. Dec 22, 2004
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Parion (BC 200-0) AE 20777 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE20 (8.56g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull butting left, ΠΑΡΙ above, monogram and caduceus below. EF, dark brown patina, a few small spots of roughness. Dec 20, 2004
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Parion (BC 200-0) AE 23587 viewsca 2nd-1st cent. BC. AE23 (7.28g). Facing head of gorgon (Medusa?), countermark: monogram in incuse circle / Eagle standing right, monogram before. Good VF, dark green patina. Dec 20, 2004
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Parion (BC 200-0) AE 17448 viewsca 2nd-1st cent. BC. AE17 (4.54g). Facing head of gorgon (Medusa?) / Bull standing R before garlanded altar. Nice VF, dark green patina.Dec 20, 2004
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Pergamon (BC 310-282) AE778 views4th-3rd century BC. AE (3.92g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Head of bull left, ΠΕΡΓΑ below, owl to right. Dark green patina, VF.Dec 20, 2004
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(BC 282-263) Philetairos I - Tetradrachm3244 viewsPhiletairos I, 282-263 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.85g). Diademed head of Philetairos right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, holding shield and spear, left elbow resting on sphinx, ivy leaf above knee, A on throne, bow to outer right. Good VF, scattered light porosity, more so on the reverse. Rare.

Westermark attributed this issue to Eumenes I. However, a more recent analysis of hoard evidence has indicated that this coinage is actually struck during the lifetime of Philetairos, near the end of his reign, following the limited issue of tetradrachms bearing the portrait of Seleukos I. A. Davesne, G. Le Rider, Gulnar II. Le tresor de Meydancikkale (Paris, 1989), cf. pp. 334-339.
Dec 20, 2004
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(BC 284-263) Philetairos I - Tetradrachm1639 viewsPhiletairos I, 284-263 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.70g). Diademed head of Seleukos I right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, holding shield and spear, ivy leaf before, bow behind, A on throne. Good VF, reverse a little rough, with scrapes and light graffiti. Rare.

When Lysimachos established the mint of Pergamon, he entrusted its treasury to the eunuch Philetairos. In the latter 280s BC, Philetairos changed his allegiance to Seleukos I. Shortly thereafter in 281 BC, Lysimachos was defeated by Seleukos at the Battle of Korupedion. Although Seleukos was assassinated the following year, Philetairos continued to acknowledge Seleukid primacy. This coinage, commemorating Seleukos I, was struck while Pergamon was still loyal to the Seleukids, under their king Antiochos I. Houghton & Lorber (SC), citing Le Rider and Newell, assign this coinage to the aftermath of Antiochos' victory over the Galatians, circa 269/8 BC.
Dec 20, 2004
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(BC 241-197) Attalos I - Tetradrachm864 viewsAttalos I, 241-197 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.00g). Laureate head of Philetairos right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena seated left, holding wreath, left arm resting on shield, spear behind, ivy leaf to outer left, A to inner left, bow to outer right. Lightly toned VF.Dec 20, 2004
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(BC 263-241) Eumenes I - Tetradrachm879 viewsEumenes I, 263-241 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.92g). Laureate head of Philetairos right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena seated left, holding shield and spear, ivy leaf above knee, bow to right, A on throne. Good VF, toned, minor porosity.Dec 20, 2004
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Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 20693 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE20 (6.24g). Head of Priapos right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΛΑΜΨΑ − ΚΗΝΩΝ, star to right. VF, high relief obverse, a little rough, especially the reverse, green patina.Dec 20, 2004
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Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Tetradrachm976 viewsca 390-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.99g, 7h). Wreathed head of Kore Soteira left, hair in sphendone covered with veil, two grain ears in hair, ΣΩΤΕΙΡΑ above / Head of lion left, mouth open with tongue protruding, KY ZI around; tunny fish below. Good VF, old cabinet toning. Artistic workmanship.Dec 19, 2004
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Iolla (BC 4th cent) AE 161615 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE16 (4.10g, 2h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΙΟΛΛΑ above, grain ear below. Rare. Good VF, plack patina.Dec 19, 2004
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Lampsakos (BC 500-450) EL Stater1603 viewsca 450 BC. EL Stater (15.22g). Forepart of winged horse left, surrounded by a grapevine / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, a few edge splits. Rare. Dec 08, 2004
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Kabeiros1442 viewsca 340 BC. AV Stater (8.47g, 7h). Head of bearded Kabeiros left, wearing laureate pilos / Forepart of Pegasos right. Extremely rare, one of only five known specimens, of which three are in museums. With an obverse of beautiful late classical style, struck in high relief and attractively toned. Reverse struck from the usual worn die, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the collections of C. Gillet, Bank Leu & Muenzen und Medaillen (Kunstfreund), 28 May 1974, 218, R. Jameson and Sir H. Weber, who purchased it from Alischan in Constantinople in 1889.
Dec 08, 2004
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Artabazos5812 viewsArtabazos, Satrap of Daskylion. ca 356 BC. AV Stater (8.45g). Head of Artabazos left, wearing a Persian tiara tied with a diadem / Forepart of Pegasos right. Good VF, light roughness on the obverse. Very rare, only six recorded examples, four of which are in museum collections. Ex Leu 30 (4/1982), lot 167; Von Aulock Collection, 7395; Monnaies et Medailles XIX (6/1959), lot 475; Muenzen und Medaillen XIII (6/1954), lot 1159.Dec 07, 2004
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Teuthrania (BC 400) AE 11 - Prokles751 viewsca 399 BC, rule of Prokles I (Gongylos), dynast. AE11 (0.97g) Laureate head of Apollo left / Beardless head of young male right, wearing Persian tiara (headdress - also known as kyrbasia or bashlyk), ΤΕΥ to left. Black patina, VF. Very rare.

Prokles was the brother of Eurysthenes, who ruled Pergamon around the same time.
Dec 06, 2004
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Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 10699 viewsafter ca 350 BC. AE10 (0.93g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Star. VF, brown patina. Dec 06, 2004
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Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 17974 viewsafter ca 350 BC. AE17 (3.47g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Bull butting left, star above, ΓΑΜ in exergue. VF, brown patina.Dec 06, 2004
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Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 11607 viewsafter ca 350 BC. AE11 (0.98g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull butting left, star above. Good VF, dark green patina.Dec 06, 2004
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 11503 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE11 (1.58g). Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, pellet in center, ΠΙΤΑ surrounding. VF, dark green patina.Dec 06, 2004
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Eleutheria (BC 4th cent) AE 10910 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE10 (1.36g). Head of Athena 3/4 to right, wearing helmet with five crests and necklace / Lion walking right, head turned left, [Ε]ΛΕΥ to right. EF, glossy black patina, small rough spot in the center of both sides.Dec 06, 2004
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Lampsakos (BC 450) Drachm1642 viewsca 470-450 BC. AR Drachm (5.64g). Janiform female head, wearing necklace and circular earring / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath, within incuse square. Good VF, toned, granular surfaces, reverse die break. Rare early janiform head type from Lampsakos.Dec 05, 2004
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Pergamon (BC 450-400) Triobol1904 views5th century BC. AR Diobol (1.53g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bearded head of satrap right, wearing Persian tiara, ΠΕΡΓ to left, within incuse square. EF, but flan chipped on edge from 4:00 to 6:00. Very rare.

The satrapal portrait cannot be positively identified, but stylistically it should be placed under either Eurysthenes or Gongylos, both administrators of the mid-late 5th century BC.
Dec 05, 2004
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Parion (BC 394-330) Hemidrachm924 viewsca 394-330 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.35g, 15mm, 12h). Gorgoneion with protruding tongue facing, surrounded by aegis / Bull standing L, head turned to R, wreath below, ΠΑ / ΡΙ. nice EF.Dec 05, 2004
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Zeleia (BC 400-300) AE 11790 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE11 (1.04g). Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane / Monogram within grain-wreath. VF, orange-dark brown patina. Very rare. Freedman coll.Dec 03, 2004
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Thebe (BC 350) AE 91836 viewsca 350 BC. AE9 (0.83g) Laureate female head right, hair in a sakkos / Three crecents, Θ-Η-Β in between. VF, black patina. Rare.Dec 03, 2004
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Atarneos? (BC 400-300) Drachm1648 views4th century BC. AR Drachm? (3.18g). Head of bearded Hearkles L, wearing lion skin / snake entwined, ΘΕ monogram. Extremely rare. Good toning, good VF.Dec 03, 2004
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Atarneos (BC 350-300) Drachm985 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (2.29g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Coiled serpent. Toned, near VF, porous, obverse scrape. Rare.Dec 03, 2004
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Atarneos (BC 350-300) AE 18982 viewsca. 350-300 BC. AE18 (3.87g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right; coiled serpent above, H to right, ATAP below. Good VF, dark greenish brown patina with a trace of red, some smoothing in fields.Dec 03, 2004
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 16705 viewsca 4th century BC. AE16 (3.66g) Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, pellet in center, ΠΙΤΑΝ. VF, brown patina. Rare. Freedman Coll.Dec 03, 2004
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Perperene (AD 37-41) AE 17 - Caligula1968 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE17 (3.14g) Laureate and draped bust right (probably as a personification of Hegemonia) / Grape bunch on vine with leaf. VF, nice dark green patina. Rare mint, with only a handful of provincial coins known for the Julio-Claudians.Dec 03, 2004
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Poimanenon (AD 138-161) AE - Antoninus Pius552 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE (4.43g) AUT L AD[R]I AN[...]IN, head R / POIMANHNWN, standing Apollo with kithara in the left hand and plektron in the right. RRR! VFDec 03, 2004
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Prokonnesos (BC 400-350) Hemidrachm576 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.44g). Head of Aphrodite left, hair in sphendone / ΠΡΟ-ΚΟΝ, oinochoe. Near VF. Scarce.Dec 03, 2004
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Prokonnesos (BC 400-350) Hemidrachm657 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.48g). Head of Aphrodite left, hair in sphendone / ΠΡΟ-ΚΟΝ, oinochoe. Near VF, nicely centered. Scarce.Dec 03, 2004
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Plakia (BC 350) AE 11646 viewsca 350 BC. AE11 (1.24g) Head of Kybele right, wearing turreted headdress / Lion right, devouring prey, ΠΛΑΚΙA above, ear of corn below.Dec 03, 2004
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Priapos (BC 300-200) AE 18530 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE18 (4.54g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Shrimp or cray-fish right.Dec 03, 2004
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Prokonnesos (BC 350) AE 10696 viewsca 350 BC. AE10 (1.41g). Head of Aphrodite right, hair in sphendone / Oinochoe, ΠΡΟ−ΚΟΝ on either side.Dec 03, 2004
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Miletopolis (BC 200-0) AE 20563 viewsca 3rd-2nd century BC. AE20 (5.07g) Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet / Double-bodied owl, head facing, ΜΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ around.Dec 03, 2004
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Kyzikos (BC 460-440) Tetartemorion754 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.25g). Forepart of boar left / Two tunnies swimming in opposite directions, bigger one to right, smaller to left. (the rev is upside down)Dec 03, 2004
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Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 28771 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE28 (9.99g). Wreathed head of Kore Soteira right, within dotted circle / Tripod, ΚΥZΙ-ΚΗΝΩΝ on either side, monogram to left, long torch below.Dec 03, 2004
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Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 16930 views4th cent BC. AE16 (3.99g) Laureate head of Apollo right / Large star, pellet in center, Γ−[Α−Μ] between rays.Dec 03, 2004
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Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 161076 viewsmid 4th cent BC. AE16 (4.76g) Laureate Head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right, [ΑΔΡΑ] above, grain ear below. good VF.Dec 03, 2004
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Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 101206 viewsmid 4th cent BC. AE10 (0.89g) Head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΑΔΡΑ above. VF.Dec 03, 2004
   
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