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Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B61696 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 6h). Head of Io facing, turned slightly right / Head and neck of bull right within linear square. Very rare. Rusty obverse die, aEF.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B50498 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 9h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Heads of two confronted calves, palmette above, within incuse square. Rare. VF.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B291002 viewsca 477-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 9h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin / Incuse head of calf right. EF.Feb 26, 2010
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Methymna (BC 450-400) Silenos - Obol424 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.41g, 6h). Head of bearded Silenos facing / Land turtle in dotted square border within incuse square. aEF.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B52600 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.51g, 3h). Diademed youthful male head right / Wreathed bearded male head right within incuse square. Good VF, light scratch on obverse.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B981107 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Laureate head of Poseidon right / Trident decorated with volutes in linear square. Very rare. Extremely fine.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B881113 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Persephone with disc earring and wreath of grain right / Bull butting to left in linear square. Almost extremely fine.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B70602 viewsca 396 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head right with long hair, in square incuse with linear square border. A scarce type. Very fine/good fineFeb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B92889 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 5h). Half length bust of Maenad, hair in sphendone, right / Race torch within linear incuse square in shallow incuse square. EF, very light scratches on reverse.
It has been suggested that the obverse head may represent a female athlete. Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B16878 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 11h). Head of ram right; below, cock standing left / Incuse head of lion right; rectangular punch behind. VF.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B04456 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.41g). Forepart of a running bull / Incuse head of roaring lion left; rectangular punch behind. Very rare. Perfectly centered. Extremely fine. Outstanding example on broad flan and full centered.Feb 26, 2010
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Methymna (BC 440-400) Drachm679 viewsca 450/40-406/379 BC. AR Drachm (3.14g, 12h). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet / Kantharos; M-A-Θ around; all in pelleted square within shallow incuse square. Good VF, toned, a hint of porosity. Rare and exceptional for type.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B24954 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 9h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of calf right. Good VF, toned. Very rare, only 8 examples listed by Bodenstedt.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B91770 viewsca 350-335 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Veiled head of Demeter facing right, wearing grain-wreath and earring / Tripod with taenia in square frame; the whole in incuse square. EF.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B90846 viewsca 350 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Dionysos facing right, wearing ivy-wreath / Mask of Silenos facing in thin square frame, all in incuse square. Extremely nice high relief head of Silenos on reverse. EF.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B831132 viewsca 340-330 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of beardless man facing right, wearing petasos (Hermes?) / Panther standing right in square frame, the whole in incuse square. About EF.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B751306 viewsca 380-350 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of Artemis-Cybele facing right, wearing mural crown adorned by plain palmettes and earring / Head of beardless youth facing right, wearing petasos (Hermes?); in thin square frame, all within incuse square. Exceptionally beautiful reverse. EF.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B72744 viewsca 360-340 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Head of Athena facing right, wearing Attic helmet, the side-flap turned up / Lion-scalp facing in thin square frame, all in incuse square. Good VF/VF.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B69892 viewsca 380-340 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Female head facing right, hair forming a knot above head, wearing ear-pendant and necklace / Head of Pan facing right within a thin square frame, the whole in incuse square. Exceptionally beautiful female head struck in high relief. EF/VF.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B68916 viewsca 430-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Female head facing right, wearing hair-net / Beardless head with grotesque features facing left, wearing a modius-like object at forehead, the hair covered by net; thin square frame, all in incuse square. About EF/VF.
Bodenstedt interpreted the male head on the reverse as a Daktylos or Telchine, both from mythical bands of miners and blacksmiths, sometimes described as having a sinister character. (A common feature of mythical blacksmiths - Hephaestus is the exception, but he was physically handicapped instead). The object at the forehead could be something like a miner's lamp, but this is by no means confirmed.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B631509 viewsca 430-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Forepart of winged lion left, roaring and threatening / Winged sphinx with the head of a male youth sitting right within thin square frame, the whole in incuse square. This coin is extremely interesting in that it has a man-headed sphinx on the reverse. The obverse image is borrowed from the coins of Klazomenai. Good VF.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B60978 viewsca 430-410 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Laureate head of Apollo facing right / Head of 'eagle griffin' facing right, with stylized eagle head, reptile crest and goat beard, within a square frame of thin lines adorned with dots; the whole within incuse square. Scratch on obverse but exceptional head of griffin on reverse. VF.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B52817 viewsca 400-380 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Head of male youth facing right (Apollo?), wearing knotted taenia with lotus-like ornament above the forehead / Male head with long beard facing right within broad square frame, the whole in incuse square. Pleasant VF.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B38742 viewsca 460-440 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g). Head of Silenos in three-quarter view, looking left / Head of roaring lion facing right in square frame, the whole in incuse square. Good VF.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B371091 viewsc. 440-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of aged satyr facing right, wearing a taenia / Two confronted heads of rams, palmette in upper field, the whole in framed incuse square. Obverse struck in high relief. EF/Good VF.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B191772 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Gorgoneion facing, tongue protruding / Bearded head of Herakles facing right, wearing lion-skin, truncation with two rows of dots, square field behind; the whole in incuse. EF.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B07965 viewsca 530-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Head of roaring lion right, the truncation with a rim of dots / Head of a cock left, behind an irregular oblong object; all within incuse. Good EF.Feb 26, 2010
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Uncertain (BC 440-380) Hemiobol399 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.27g). Corinthian helmet right / Tall, narrow amphora within wreath. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, some porosity.Feb 23, 2010
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Uncertain (BC 440-380) Hemiobol391 views5th-4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.23g, 7h). Crested Corinthian helmet left / Amphora and caduceus in linear square. VF, toned, minor porosity. Very rare, unpublished in the standard references.Feb 23, 2010
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Methymna (BC 360-330) Hemiobol 470 viewsca 360-330 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.25g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Bunch of grapes within incuse linear circle.Feb 23, 2010
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Samos (BC 600-570) EL Stater1926 viewsca 600-570 BC. EL Stater (17.22g). Uncertain design against a background of heavy filling ornament / Two parallel oblong incuse punches with irregular markings. VF. Ex Leu 77 (5/2000), lot 310.
The types of the early electrum of Samos are varied. The Samians had a unique style of coinage, with the central type placed against an amorphic patterned background. Various decriptions have been offered for the types-eagles, flowers, panthers, thunderbolts, etc. This cataloguer sees a flowering plant with two leaves, and a panther facing left below. The use of background ornament somewhat resembles the geometric patterns used as filling ornament on Corinthian pottery.Feb 22, 2010
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Samos (BC 600-570) EL Hekte1375 viewsca 600-570 BC. EL Hekte (2.84g). Facing panther's head against a background of heavy filling ornament / Square incuse punch with irregular markings. Good VF.Feb 22, 2010
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Samos (BC 600-570) EL Hekte951 viewsca 600-570 BC. EL Hekte (2.85g). Eagle flying right, holding a serpent in its talons / Square incuse punch with irregular fan-shaped markings. Good VF. Ex Triton II (12/1998), lot 426.
This Samos electrum hekte has an unusually clear type present. The serpent clutched in the eagle's talons is typically not visible.Feb 22, 2010
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Samos (BC 129-20) AE 13389 viewsca 129-20 BC. AE13 (1.72g, 12h). Head of Hera right, wearing stephane / Facing lion’s scalp, ΣΑΜΙΩΠbelow. VF, dark brown patina. Wagner Coll.Feb 22, 2010
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Samos (BC 520) 1/2 Siglos400 viewsca 520 BC. AR 1/2 Siglos (2.52g). Forepart of winged bull left / Head of bull left, within dotted incuse square. VF, some minor roughness. Rare, only one specimen of the right facing type half siglos recorded by Barron, this variety unpublished.Feb 22, 2010
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Samos (BC 310-300) Hemidrachm435 viewsca 310-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.50g, 12h). [...]rchamenios, magistrate. Facing lion head / Forepart of bull right; [...]PXAMENIOΣ above. Good VF, light cleaning marks. Rare denomination, this magistrate unpublished.Feb 22, 2010
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Samos (BC 485-477) Tetradrachm440 viewsca 485/0-478/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (12.52g, 3h). Facing lion scalp / ΣΑ, head of ox right; three pellets around; all in incuse square. Good VF, toned, a couple light scratches under tone, reverse weakly struck. Very rare. Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Coll. (Sotheby’s, 6/1990), lot 508; S. Weintraub Coll.Feb 22, 2010
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Samos (BC 453-439) Tetradrachm546 viewsca 453/2-440/39 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.01g, 6h). Lion scalp facing / Forepart of ox right; olive branch to left, ΣA above, E (date) below; all within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 19 (3/2006), lot 150; Giessener Münzhandlung 69 (11/1994), lot 361.Feb 22, 2010
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Samos (BC 520) 1/2 Siglos530 viewsca 520 BC. AR ½ Siglos (2.68g). Forepart of winged boar right / Head of ox right in dotted square within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Very rare. Ex Freeman & Sear FPL 8 (Fall 2003), no. 14.Feb 22, 2010
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Samos (BC 270-240) Tetrobol677 viewsca 270-240 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.33g, 12h). Ptolemaic standard. Head of Hera left, wearing stephanos / Prow right; trident above, ΣΑΜΙΩΠbelow. Good VF, toned, a couple peck marks on reverse. Rare. Ex Lestranges Coll. (Egger, 11/1909), lot 409.Feb 22, 2010
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Samos (BC 350) AE 19440 viewsca 394-365 BC. AE19 (2.68g, 6h). Head of Hera left, wearing stephane, necklace, and earring / Facing lion's head. Good VF, attractive dark green patina with light earthen highlights.Feb 22, 2010
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Samos (BC 398-365) Obol389 viewsca 398-365 BC. AR Obol (0.58g). Facing scalp of lion / Forepart of bull right; ΣA below. Toned, Good VF.Feb 22, 2010
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Samos (BC 400-365) Tetradrachm433 viewsca 400-365 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.06g). Pythes, magistrate. Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; branch behind, ΠΥΘHΣ above. Good VF. Unpublished?Feb 22, 2010
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Samos (BC 408-366) Tetradrachm498 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
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Samos (BC 526-522) Drachm520 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
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Samos (BC 477-460) Tetradrachm462 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
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Samos (BC 380-365) Tetradrachm490 viewsca 380–365 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.97g). Facing lion’s scalp / ΣΑ, forepart of ox running right, wearing ornate collar, olive branch behind, ΠΥΘΙΩΠ(magistrate or moneyer) above, edges of square die visible. Struck on a slightly short flan. Toned. Extremely fine.Feb 22, 2010
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Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1636 viewsca 480 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.78g). Head of ram right; below, lizard right / Forepart of bull right within incuse square. Good VF, toned. Well struck on good metal. Ex Triton VI (1/2003), lot 390; Leu 42 (5/1987), lot 294; Niggeler Coll. (Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 12/1965), lot 396; R. Jameson Coll., 2295.
The Boston and Jameson catalogs attributed this type to Samos, although Barron did not include this coinage in his corpus of Samian coinage. Presumably, the earlier catalogs’ attribution was based on the parallel of the reverse type to various issues at Samos. The obverse type, however, with its small lizard control device, stands in contrast to such an attribution, and without further evidence, an attribution to Samos must be viewed as speculative. Feb 22, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 398-395) Tetradrachm - Pharnabazos2038 viewsPharnabazos, Persian Satrap and military commander, ca 398-396/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 14.67g, 2h). ΦAR-N-[A]-BA, head of Pharnabazos right, weaing satrapal cap tied below his chin, and diadem / Ornate ship’s prow left, decorated with a griffin and prophylactic eye; before and aft, two dolphins downward; below, tunny left. Good VF, toned, slightly granular surface. Very rare, Maffre located thirteen extant examples, eight of which are in museum collections. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 69 (11/1994), lot 276a.
Struck during the period of warfare between Spartans and Persians, this issue commenced after Pharnabazos received the responsibility for the management of the Achaemenid navy in 398 BC, and ended with the temporary closure of the mint in 396 BC due to the Spartan presence in the area. Maffre's die study suggests that, although only 13 examples are known today, the coinage was quite massive and instrumental in facilitating Pharnabazos' naval success that culminated in the Battle of Knidos.Feb 22, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater 979 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (15.94g). Youthful male figure, wearing tainia with frontal spike, kneeling right, holding [knife] and tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light scrape in field on obverse. Exceptional for issue.
While not exceptionally rare, almost all of the published examples have all or part of the head of the figure off the flan. Also, most of the published specimens exhibit considerably more wear than the present example.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/48 Stater1023 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.39g). Head of tunny right / Incuse square with swastika pattern. VF. Extremely rare, only one example listed by Hurter & Liewald.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater 745 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.65g). Tunny left with wing on back / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare. Well centered. Extremely fine.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater999 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (16.07g). Hoplite, nude but for Corinthian helmet, holding shield, standing in semi-crouch right; to right, tunny downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.
The hoplite is about to begin the foot race in which the runners carried their military equipment.
Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater622 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.35g). Forepart of ibex left; behind, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater 568 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.64g). Facing lion’s head; to right, tunny downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater794 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.35g). Crab; above, head of tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well struck.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater 687 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.68g). Head of boar right, holding in its mouth a tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater 832 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.73g). Eagle standing right on tunny right; above, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater 702 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.32g). Winged tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Very rare, and exceptional for issue.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater 879 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.69g). Two tunnies left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater 591 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.33g). Tunny right; above, tail of tunny left; below, head of tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater 599 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.34g). Head of tunny left, holding in its mouth a small tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Very rare.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater 859 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.69g). Tunny downward; to either side, two pellets and head of tunny outward / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, tiny metal flaw on obverse. Very rare.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater 614 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.66g). Head of tunny right; above and below, headless tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, unpublished as a hekte.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater 644 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.33g). Head of tunny right; above and below, small tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Very rare.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater 733 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.35g). Head of tunny right; below, small tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater 1139 views5th-4th century BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.71g). Figure, wearing armor and holding transverse scepter, standing left [on tunny?], in pose of acclamation / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished. VF, lightly toned, some die rust on obverse. Unique.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater833 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.68g). Lion at bay left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, a couple light marks.Feb 02, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 450-430) EL Stater2100 viewsca 450-430 BC. EL Stater (15.90g). Lion crouching left on tunny, head three-quarters facing / Four-part incuse square. Very rare variety. Insignificant scratch on obv. Extremely fine.Feb 02, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL 1/6 Stater3679 viewsca 570-540 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Janiform head, at right a satyr with turned-up nose and long beard, at left a maenad, the hair covered by a sakkos / Female head facing right within trapezoid incuse. Some light contact marks on the reverse. EF.
This is one of the first issues of the city of Mytilene, and is exceptional not only for its early date but also for its extraordinary obverse type. Perhaps the third specimen known.Jan 23, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater1315 views5th century BC. EL Stater (16.08g). Head of Attis right, wearing Phrygian cap; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse punch. Choice EF. Rare, and among the finest. Ex New York Sale IV (1/2002), lot 191.Jan 23, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater 1183 viewsca 460-400 BC. EL Stater (15.82g). Kabeiros, wearing pilos and chlamys, sacrificing ram to left; tunny fish below / "Windmill-sail" incuse. Attractive mythological type. VF. Ex Fortuna Fine Arts FPL (2008, New York), lot 16 (cover coin). Jan 23, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater 1190 viewsca 410-380 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.65g). Dionysos, wearing himation, reclining left on rock decorated with panther-skin, holding kantharos; tunny fish below / "Windmill-sail" incuse. EF.Jan 23, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1300 viewsca 420-350 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.70g). Cerberus standing left, tunny fish below / "Windmill-sail" incuse. VF.Jan 23, 2010
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Teos (BC 520) Stater561 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
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/24 Stater1632 viewsUncertain King, before 561 BC. EL 1/24 stater (0.55g). Milesian standard. Boar's head right / Four-part incuse square with roughly stellar pattern. Good VF.Jan 23, 2010
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Karia Uncertain (BC 500-480) Stater602 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Stater (10.82g). Lion's head left with foreleg below / Dipartite incuse square, parted diagonally. Struck from rusty dies. VF.
Attributed to Issos in Kilikia in earlier times, the obverse type is clearly reminiscent of Karian coins (cf. SNG Kayhan 929-30). In fact, B. Head had pondered Knidos as the place of minting (Historia Numorum, 1st ed. 1886), p. 523 note). This is certainly wrong - both the standard and the fabric are different - but Karia is still likely to be the area of this issue.Jan 23, 2010
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Mylasa (BC 175-100) Tetradrachm411 viewsca 175-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (9.17g). Rose with two buds, M in inner left field; bunch of grapes (?) to left / [I]Α-Α, eagle standing right on palm branch, spreading wings; ΑΠin right field. Extremely rare. This is only the second time one of these has been offered at public auction and two others are recorded in museum collections. Virtually Mint State.Jan 23, 2010
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Kaunos (BC 410-390) Stater590 viewsca 410-390 BC. AR Stater (11.74g). Iris, wearing belted chiton, running left, head turned back, holding caduceus in right hand and wreath in left / Conical baetyl, upside down triangle symbol on left and Γ on right; all within incuse square. Head of Iris flatly struck, otherwise EF.Jan 23, 2010
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Kaunos (BC 460) Stater525 viewsca 460 BC. AR Stater (11.81g). Nude male figure advancing right in running-kneeling position; wings at shoulders and heels, Karian letter above / Karian legend ('ZMB' retrograde), lion walking left, head reverted, one paw raised; within square dotted border inside incuse square. Very rare. Obverse flatly struck, otherwise good VF. Gerson Coll. Jan 23, 2010
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Kos (BC 480-470) Triple Siglos886 viewsca 480/70 BC. AR Triple Siglos (16.60g). [ΚΟΣ], Nude male youth in the process of hurling a disc. He is standing facing, weight on his right leg, while the left leg is crossing behind, the upper part of the body bent to its right side for getting into stride. On the left, the prize of the contest: a huge tripod. In the center, a flaw-spot. Dotted border / Irregular square incuse with diagonal lines. Of exceptional beauty and rarity. This is the last die of the first class of this issue. EF.Jan 23, 2010
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(BC 470-440) Uncertain Dynast - 1/8 Stater?869 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR 1/8 Stater? (1.17g). Boar's head left / Protome of a man-headed bull facing left within incuse square. EF.
The reverse image is reminiscent of the coins of the Lycian dynast Uvug. The weight standard is hard to define, since the weights are somewhat erratic (along with the von Aulock coin, cf. Peus 372, 2002, lot 361). It might be a 1/6th stater on the light stater (c. 8.0-8.6 g), but actually this standard is known from 460 BC onwards only; cf. O. Morkholm and G. Neumann, Die lykischen Munzlegenden (Gottingen 1978), p. 5 f.Jan 23, 2010
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Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL Hekte1649 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.Jan 23, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater 1516 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
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111- EL 1/6 Stater1266 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
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater1041 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
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater1432 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
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B94 - EL 1/6 Stater928 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
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B88 - EL 1/6 Stater1381 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
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B86 - EL 1/6 Stater3583 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
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B84 - EL 1/6 Stater1374 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
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater888 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B80 - EL 1/6 Stater1312 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
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B73 - EL 1/6 Stater1239 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
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B67 - EL 1/6 Stater1529 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
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B60 - EL 1/6 Stater936 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
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B59 - EL 1/6 Stater935 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
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B58 - EL 1/6 Stater1141 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
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B53 - EL 1/6 Stater1076 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
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B53 - EL 1/6 Stater1041 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
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