Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Last additions - Dimitry Andeda (AD 193-217) AE - Julia Domna437 viewsJulia Domna, 193-217 AD. AE (10.58g). IOULIA DOMNA S, draped bust right / ΑΝΔΗΔΕΩΝ, two-columned Aedicula, inside cult statue of Artemis Pergaia, moon and star. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Jun 27, 2005 Andeda (AD 222-235) AE - Julia Mamaea346 viewsJulia Mamaea, 222-235 AD. AE (7.72g). IOULIA MA[MEA]N C, draped bust right / ΑΝΔΗΔΕΩΝ, Artemis stainding right, holding bow and arrow, deer at her feet. Aulock, Pisidien I 295ff. (3 Exemplare). Black patina, VF. Rare. Ex Hirsch 173 (1992), lot 1101.Jun 27, 2005 Andeda (AD 238-244) AE - Gordian III336 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE (3.87g). AU K M ANT GORDIANOS, draped laureate bust right / ANDHDEWN, Tyche stadning left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Dark green patina, EF. Rare. Ex Schulten (10/1989), lot 848.Jun 27, 2005 Andeda (BC 100-0) AE406 viewspseudo-autonomous, 1st century BC. AE (9.61g). Bust of Dionysos with thyrsos right / [ΑΝΔΗ]ΔΕΩΝ, Tyche standing left, hold cornucopiae and rudder. Dark green patina, VF. Extremely rare.Jun 27, 2005 Amblada (AD 193-217) AE - Julia Domna477 viewsJulia Domna, 193-217 AD. AE (4.42g). IOULIA A-UGOUSTA, draped bust right / AMBLADEWN LAKEDAIMONI FIL (oi) AP(temidos), Athena standing left. Black patina, VF/EF. Ex Hirsch 173 (1992), lot 970.Jun 27, 2005 Amblada (AD 247-249) AE - Philipp II404 viewsPhilipp II, 247 -249 AD. AE (10.53g). AUT KAIS M IOUL FILIPPOS, draped radiate bust / AMBLADEWN LAKEDAI, Nemesis with wagon wheel standing right. Black patina, VF. Ex GM 91 (1997), lot 513.Jun 27, 2005 Amblada (BC 100-0) AE491 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE (1.92g). Bearded head of Herakles right / ΑΜ-ΛΑ/ΔΕ-ΩΝ around club. Greene patina, VF/EF. Very rare.Jun 27, 2005 Alexandreia (AD 256-258) AE 21 - Valerian II734 viewsValerian II, Caesar, 256-258 AD. AE21 (5.50g, 12h). IMP LICI COR VALERIA, bare-headed draped bust right / COL AVG TROA, horse grazing right. VF.Jun 27, 2005 Smyrna (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus661 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (7.52g, 6h). ΑVΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ_[ΙΝ] ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC, laureate draped cuirassed bust right / CÎœVΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ Ν_ΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ [..]ΙΠ[ΠΙΚΟV] ΦΙΛΗ_ΤΟV, the Amazon Smyrna, turreted and cuirassed, standing facing, head left, holding bipennis and pelta right.Jun 27, 2005 Tabai (AD 253-268) AE 31 - Gallienus578 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE31 (9.75g, 6h). AV KAI ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate draped cuirassed bust right, large B before / A[PX IA]CONOC CIΛBOV TABH / NΩN, goat-legged horned Pan, dancing left, playing syrinx.Jun 27, 2005 Rhodes (BC 229-226) AE 14455 viewsca 229-226 BC. AE14 (3.71g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Rose with radiate sun behind. P - O in field.Jun 27, 2005 Kretia-Flaviopolis (AD 198-209) AE 27 - Geta693 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE27 (10.70g, 1h). Π CΕΡΤΙ - ΓΕΤΑC Κ, head right / ΚΡΗΤΙΕΩΝ - ΦΛΑΟVΙΟ / ΠΟΛΙ. Good F.Jun 27, 2005 Kaisareia (AD 183-185) Didrachm - Commodus559 viewsCommodus, 183-185 AD. AR Didrachm (4.44g, 22mm, 10h). AVT M AVP KOMO ANTWNINOC CEB, laureate head right / VPATOC D (4th consulship = 183-5 AD) PAT PA, Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star. Reverse double-struck but clear. Jun 26, 2005 Kaisareia (AD 163-164) AE 22 - Lucius Verus744 viewsLucius Verus, 163-164 AD. AE22 (6.42g, 12h). AYTOCP OYHROC CEBACTOC, laureate head right / [KAICAPIA NEWK] (presumably) Mt. Argaeus surmounted by indeterminate object.Jun 26, 2005 Nikomedeia (AD 209-211) AE 30 - Geta777 viewsGeta, as Augustus, 209-211 AD. AE30 (17.75g, 1h). Geta, laureate, head to right, AVT K P SEP | GETAS A[VGOV] (completed from the Paris Geta with statue on column between two temples) / Seven-line legend: [--- / -----] / NIKOMEDE / ON DIS NEO / KORON PRO / TON BITHYNI / AS KE (for kai?) PON / T O V (spaced between loops of bowknot); all in laurel wreath. The illegible top two lines in the wreath might be ΤΩΝ ΑΘΛΩΝ, from the Games. The obverse die is the only obverse for Geta as Augustus, that of the two-temple reverse (Waddington). The legend-in-wreath reverse is evidently unlisted anywhere.Jun 26, 2005 Kelenderis (AD 244-248) AE 24 - Otacilia Severa376 viewsOtacilia Severa, 244-248 AD. AE24 (6.17g, 10h). ΩΤΑΚΙΛΙΑ CΕΟVΗPΑ CΕ, diademed draped bust right / ΚΕΛΕΝΔΕΡΙΤΩΝ, bust of Athena right wearing crested helmet and cuirass.Jun 26, 2005 Antiocheia (AD 139-161) AE 19 - Marcus Aurelius431 viewsMarcus Aurelius, Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE19 (4.07g, 6h). AVRELIVS CAESAR. Bare headed draped bust right / ANTIOCHIAE, she-wolf right, suckling twins; COLONIA in exergue.Jun 26, 2005 Kyme (BC 165-140) AE 21916 viewsca 250-190 BC. AE21 (8.38g, 12h). Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia and earring / Horse prancing right, one-handled cup below; KY above, A between legs, ΛΑΟΝΙΚΟ[Σ] (magistrate) in exergue.Jun 26, 2005 Diokaisareia (AD 98-117) AE 24 - Trajan706 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE24 (10.62g). Laureate bust right; titles of Trajan (in Greek) including Germanicus and Dacicus.. / ΔΙΟΚΑ-CΑΡΕΩΝ, thunderbolt.Jun 26, 2005 (BC 619-561) Alyattes - EL 1/3 Stater3797 viewsAlyattes, King Of Lydia, ca 619-561 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.74g, 12mm, 4mm thick). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch.Jun 26, 2005 Hierapolis (AD 98-117) AE 29 - Trajan417 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE29 (16.50g). Laureate bust right / ΙΕΡΑΠΟ-ΛΕΙΤΩΝ, statue of Ephesian Artemis, stags on either side. Very rare. Ex Mediterranean Coins. The reverse probably denotes an alliance with Ephesos.Jun 26, 2005 Amaseia (AD 98-117) AE 19 - Trajan966 viewsTrajan 98-117 AD. AE19 (6.51g). Laureate bust right; AUT KAI - AP CE / Snake on altar; year EIP=115 below. Ex Tom Vossen.Jun 26, 2005 Tion (AD 98-117) AE 25 - Trajan1794 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE25 (6.60g). Laureate bust right / Serapis standing facing left holding snake entwined staff. Ex Nemesis Ancients.Jun 26, 2005 Ephesos (BC 387-295) Tetradrachm958 viewsca 387-295 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.94g, 12h). Ε-Φ, bee with straight wings / Forepart of a stag right, palm tree left; magistrate MANTIKRATH[S]. Site of the Temple of Artemis, one of the 7 Wonders of the world. Ex CNG 61, Lot 683.Jun 26, 2005 Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol616 viewsca 400-340 BC. AR Persic Hemiobol (0.31g, 7mm, 11h). Young male head right; Carian letters / Head of ram right.Jun 26, 2005 Kyme (BC 165-140) Tetradrachm711 viewsafter 190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.95g, 6h). Head of the Amazon Kyme right wearing taenia / Horse standing right, one handled cup below; ΚΑΛΛΙΑΣ magistrate. Jun 26, 2005 Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Persian King - Hemiobol343 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.36g). Two female heads facing inwards and the profiles overlapping / Crowned, bearded Persian King (?) left, Aramaic legend to left, within dotted shallow incuse circle. Toned, VF. Rare.Jun 22, 2005 Zephyrion (BC 1st cent) AE 22460 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE22 (7.96g). X within wreath / ZΕΦΥΡΙ/ΩΤΩΝ; monograms below, within wreath. VF, dark greenish-brown patina.Jun 20, 2005 Salamis (BC 450) Stater - Euanthes667 viewsEuanthes, King of Salamis, ca 450 BC. AR Stater (cut) (9.86g, 11h). Ram recumbent left within dotted circle / Ram's head left, Cypriot script in dotted circle incuse. VF.Jun 20, 2005 Salamis (BC 411-373) AV 1/10 Stater - Evagoras I1729 viewsEvagoras I, King of Salamis, 411-374/3 BC. AV Tenth Stater (0.74g, 1h). Persic standard. Bearded head of Herakles right wearing lion's skin headdress / Forepart of goat kneeling right on club. Good VF.Jun 20, 2005 Tarsos (BC 379-372) Obol - Pharnabazos496 viewsTime of Pharnabazos and Datames, Satraps, 379-372 BC. AR Obol (0.72g, 2h). Bearded and helmeted male head (Ares?) right, wearing Attic helmet / Owl standing left, head facing, between two olive leaves. Unpublished. Good VF, light porosity, a touch weak in center of reverse.Jun 20, 2005 Elaiousa-Sebaste (BC 93-84) Tetradrachm662 viewsca 93-84 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.82g, 1h). Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right / Female (Aphrodite?) standing left, holding tiller; monogram and aplustre to outer left, ZH to inner left. Near EF, toned, areas of slight roughness. Extremely rare. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Triton VI (1/2003), lot 441; Tkalec and Rauch (11/1987), lot 141. Seven tetradrachms of Elaiussa are apparently known: Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale; Washington, Smithsonian (broken); London, British Museum; SNG Levante Supp. 221; CNG 36, lot 2037; CNG 45, lot 475; and the present specimen. According to Houghton and Bendall, the present piece appeared in 1986 in a hoard which also included seven Aegeae tetradrachms. The issue is to be dated after c. 95-94 BC, when Seleukos VI struck coins at Elaiussa, but before 83 BC, when Tigranes extinguished the city's independent existence. Elaiussa was an island in antiquity but is now joined to the mainland.Jun 20, 2005 Zephyrion (BC 1st cent-AD 1st cent) AE 24802 views1st cent BC-1st cent AD. AE24 (10.03g, 1h). Crossed torches within laurel wreath / ZΕΦΥΡΙ/ΩΤΩΝ; two monograms below, within laurel wreath. Good VF, green-brown patina, surface scratches. Rare. Jun 20, 2005 Soloi (BC 385-350) Stater515 viewsca 385-350 BC. AR Stater (9.63g, 13mm, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Grape bunch on vine; mussel shell to right. Good VF, toned, slight porosity. Very well struck for issue. Rare. Unpublished?Jun 20, 2005 Seleukeia (AD 100-200) AE 30485 views2nd cent AD. AE30 (15.40g, 5h). ... Demetrios, magistrate. Laureate and draped bust of Apollo right, seen from behind, and draped bust of Artemis left, seen from behind, trace of quiver on shoulder, vis-a-vis / Athena advancing right, brandishing spear and shield at anguipede Giant, seen from behind, raising hands in defense; ΕΠΙ [...]ΟΥ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ in legend. VF, black-green patina with traces of green overtones, trace of roughness. Unique. Ex von Aulock Collection, 5819.Jun 20, 2005 Myriandros (BC 361-334) Stater - Mazaios602 viewsMazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (10.68g, 1h). Baaltars seated left, holding scepter; eagle on thymiaterion to left / Lion standing left on ground. VF.Jun 20, 2005 Anazarbos (AD 98-117) AE 22542 viewsas Caesarea ad Anazarbum, time of Trajan, 98-117 AD. AE22 (8.14g, 12h). Dated Pompeian-Cilician Era 132 (113/4 AD). Laureate and draped bust of Zeus right; countermark: head of Zeus in incuse oval / Veiled and draped bust of Tyche right; date around. VF, black-green patina with beige overtones. Jun 20, 2005 Aigeai (AD 68/69) AE 27408 views1st century AD. AE27 (13.40g, 12h). Dated Caesarean Era 115 (68/9 AD). Head of Perseus right, wearing cap and gorgoneion surmounted by eagle(?) / Helmeted and draped bust of Athena left; in right field, date above monogram; c/ms: serpent-entwined staff within incuse rectangle and goat kneeling left within incuse circle. Near VF, mottled black-green patina with traces of olive and red, minor hairline flan crack.Jun 20, 2005 Termessos (AD 200-300) AE 291007 views3rd century AD. AE29 (16.86g, 1h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; AVTO-NOMWNA/[T]WN(?) in exergue. Good VF, black-green patina with areas of light green and beige overtones.Jun 20, 2005 Perge (BC 255-240) Tetradrachm1571 viewsca 255-240 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.84g, 12h). Head of Artemis right; quiver over shoulder / Artemis standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; to left, forepart of stag left. VF, struck with worn obverse die. Good metal for issue.Jun 20, 2005 Aspendos (BC 420-410) Stater1539 viewsca 420-410 BC. AR Stater (10.91g, 6h). Two wrestlers grappling / Slinger in throwing stance right; triskeles to right. Good VF. Rare early issue.Jun 20, 2005 (BC 390-370) Mithrapata - Stater546 viewsMithrapata, ca 380-375 BC. AR Stater (9.64g, 4h). Facing lion's scalp / Triskeles; facing head of Herakles to left; all within incuse square. EF.Jun 20, 2005 (BC 390-370) Mithrapata - Stater514 viewsMithrapata, ca 380-375 BC. AR Stater (9.69g, 12h). Facing lion's scalp / Triskeles; dolphin to left; all within incuse square. EF. Jun 20, 2005 (BC 425-400) Kherei - Stater696 viewsKherei, Dynast, ca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (8.66g, 6h), Xanthos mint. Helmeted head of Athena right / Head of Kherei right within incuse square. Good VF, typical soft obverse, die break on reverse.Jun 20, 2005 Rhodes (AD 96) AE 32437 viewsfrom 96 AD. AE32 - Didrachm (12.86g, 2h). Radiate head of Helios right / Female figure standing facing between thymiateria and beneath billowing veil supported on either side by Nike; ΔΙΔΡΑ[ΧΜΟ]Ν around. VF, green patina. Drewry Coll.; Ex CNG 57 (5/2001), lot 816.Jun 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 31-AD 60) AE 35462 viewsca 31 BC-60 AD. AE35 (24.39g, 1h). Damaratos, magistrate. Radiate head of young Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath / Nike standing right on prow, holding [aplustre]; EPI DA-MARA/MTOU/TO (sic) across fields. Near VF, mottled brown patina, reverse double struck. Drewry Coll.; Purchased from A.H. Baldwin, June 1978.Jun 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 31-AD 60) AE 34386 viewsca 31 BC-60 AD. AE34 (19.26g, 1h). Hierokles, magistrate. Radiate head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Nike standing left on globe, holding [aplustre or wreath]; IERO/[KL]E(o)U[C] in right field. Near VF, mottled brown patina with green overtones, partial flat strike on reverse. Drewry Coll.; Purchased from A.H. Baldwin, June 1978.Jun 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 31-AD 60) AE 34429 viewsca 31 BC-60 AD. AE34 (31.33g, 12h). Teimostratos, magistrate. Radiate head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Nike standing right on prow, holding aplustre; TEI-M[O]-CTPA/TOY around. Near VF, mottled brown patina with traces of green on obverse, minor pitting on reverse. An apparently unique and unpublished variety. Drewry Coll.; Purchased from A.H. Baldwin, June 1978.Jun 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 88) AE 301386 viewsca 88 BC. AE30 (17.59g, 11h). Radiate head of Helios right / Rose; headdress of Isis to left, thunderbolt to right. VF, attractive dark green patina with earthen highlights, slight roughness on reverse. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. This coinage was struck during Mithradates VI's failed six-month siege of Rhodes in 88 BC. Unable to produce enough silver for military expenditures, the Rhodians resorted to a fiduciary bronze coinage.Jun 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 31-AD 60) AE 34413 viewsca 31 BC-60 AD. AE34 (24.35g, 12h). Antipatros, magistrate. Head of young Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath / Nike standing right on low basis; ΑΝΤΙ-ΠΑ-ΤΡΟΥ in right field. Near VF, mottled brown patina, partial flat strike on the reverse. Drewry Coll.; Purchased from A.H. Baldwin, June 1978.Jun 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 31-AD 60) AE 36409 viewsca 31 BC-60 AD. AE36 (23.39g, 1h). Chareinos, magistrate. Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Nike standing left on prow, holding aplustre; rose in left field, ΕΠΙ/XΑΡ[ΕΙΝ]/ΟΥ in right. Near VF, mottled brown patina. Drewry Coll.; Purchased from A.H. Baldwin, June 1978.Jun 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 230-205) Tetradrachm666 viewsca 230-205 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.53g, 1h). Eukrates, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; thunderbolt to left, ΕΥΚΡΑΤΗΣ below. Superb EF. Exceptional strike with fresh dies. Jun 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 305-275) Didrachm588 viewsca 305-275 BC. AR Didrachm (6.43g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / Rose with two buds flanking; A to left, caduceus to right. Good VF, toned, minor porosity, light scratch on obverse. Rare. Ashton suggests that this issue of profile-head didrachms from 305-275 BC was produced to finance the construction of the Colossus, and that because the head is strikingly different from the usual portrait of Helios, it may actually portray the head of the Colossus.Jun 20, 2005 Lindos (BC 450) Stater486 viewsca 450 BC. AR Cut Stater (14.82g, 8h). Forepart of bridled horse right / Lion's head left within incuse square. VF, toned, light encrustation on obverse, granular surfaces. Apparently unpublished denomination. Jun 20, 2005 Kos (BC 395-350) Tetradrachm532 viewsca 395-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.82g, 8h). Phase 1, circa 395-390 BC. Persias, magistrate. Head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin / Crab; club and [ΠΕΡΣΙΑΣ] below; all within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, light surface corrosion on reverse. Ex CNG Auc. 63 (5/2003), lot 555; Hecatomnus Hoard, 19b.Jun 20, 2005 (BC 340-334) Pixodaros - Didrachm902 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 341-336 BC. AR Didrachm (7.04g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / ΠΙΞΟΔΑΡΟΥ, Zeus Labraundos standing right. EF, light golden toning around devices. Ex Gorny & Mosch 107 (4/2001), lot 197.Jun 20, 2005 Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater603 viewsMid 6th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.28g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Facing head of lion / Scorpion within incuse square. Good VF. Jun 20, 2005 Stratonikeia (BC 88-55) Drachm561 viewsMithradatic War, ca 88-85 BC. AR Drachm (1.85g, 12h). Gaios, magistrate. Laureate head of Hekate right, crescent on forehead / Nike advancing right; ΓΑΙΟC above, serpent-staff to right; all in incuse square. Near EF, small flan crack.Jun 20, 2005 Alabanda (BC 197-188) Tetradrachm782 viewsca 197-190/188 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.75g, 11h). Struck under Antiochos III of Syria. Symmacheos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Pegasos flying right; ΣΥΜΜΑΧΗΟΣ below. VF, toned, slight roughness.Jun 20, 2005 Uncertain Satrap (BC 350-341) Tetradrachm902 viewsAchaemenid Period, circa 350-334 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.07g, 12h), struck ca 341-334 BC in Caria? Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Satrap on horseback right, thrusting spear; to left, bearded male head right. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Unpublished variety of an extremely rare type with symbol on reverse. Ex Gorny & Mosch 117 (10/2002), lot 335 (where it realized EUR 4200).Jun 20, 2005 Uncertain Satrap (BC 350-341) Tetradrachm2036 viewsAchaemenid Period, ca 350-334 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.10g, 5h), struck ca 350-341 BC in Caria? Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Satrap on horseback right, thrusting spear. VF, attractive dark iridescent toning, flat strike. Rare. Ex CNG 36 (12/1995), lot 2079; Spink America (5/1995), lot 230; Pixodarus Hoard, 23. The archer-horseman tetradrachms are one of the most enigmatic Persian coinages struck in Asia Minor prior to the invasion of Alexander the Great. Though various symbols and letters occur in the fields, no inscription exists to help us identify the issuer, mint, or purpose of issue. Konuk, however, identified two series, with and without subsidiary symbols on the reverse. Also, analysis of the Pixodarus Hoard has allowed the coinage to be dated from the decade beginning circa 350 BC. Additionally, as only the earlier, non-symbol, type is represented, Meadows concluded that the date of deposit of the hoard, 341 BC, served as a tentative divider between the two series.Jun 20, 2005 (BC 560-525) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater1905 viewsTime of Kroisos to Cambyses, Kings Of Lydia, ca 560-525 BC. AV 1/24 Stater (0.44g). Kroisid type, heavy series. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Double incuse square punch. Fine. Extremely rare.Jun 20, 2005 (BC 600-550) Uncertain King - EL 1/12 Stater7566 viewsearly 6th cent BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.16g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch. VF, choice centering and strike. Jun 20, 2005 Tripolis (AD 100-200) AE 25488 views2nd cent AD. AE25 (7.49g, 6h). Draped bust of the Roman Senate right / Demeter standing left, holding grain ears and poppy, and grain stalk. Good VF, black-green patina with beige overtones, slight shift-strike on reverse.Jun 20, 2005 Tripolis (AD 100-200) AE 30442 views2nd cent AD. AE30 (15.92g, 7h). Draped bust of the Roman Senate left / Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow, and Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch. VF, dark olive patina with trace of beige overtones. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk Auc. 130 (1/2003), lot 839. Jun 20, 2005 Oinoia (BC 340-300) Drachm821 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.43g, 12h). Head of Artemis facing slightly right / Bull butting right, OINAI in exergue. VF, toned. Very rare. Jun 20, 2005 Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm876 viewsca 375-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.70g, 10h). Heridanos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch before / Quadripartite incuse square, ΗΡΙΔΑΝΟΣ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Good VF, toned. Very rare. Ex Hess-Leu 45 (5/1970), lot 277; Hess-Leu 31 (1966), lot 499; Henri de Nanteuil Coll., 628; Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Coll. (Naville IV, 6/1922), lot 872; Sir Hermann Weber Coll., 6257; W. Talbot Ready Coll.Jun 20, 2005 Spithradates (BC 334) AE 10608 viewsSpithridates, Satrap in Lydia and Ionia, ca 334 BC. AE10 (1.13g, 2h). Head of satrap right, wearing Persian headdress / Protome of horse right; monogram in upper left field. EF, black patina with trace of orange in obverse crevices.Jun 20, 2005 Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Ram - EL 1/241030 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.58g). Milesian standard, figural type. Ram's head left / Incuse square punch. Near EF.Jun 20, 2005 Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Man - EL 1/61232 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.35g). Milesian standard, figural type. Male bust left on a striated field / Two rough incuse square punches. Good VF. The third known example. This coin was struck from the same obv die as the hemistater, and the same obv die and one rev punch as third stater, in Triton VIII (lots 444 and 445, respectively).Jun 20, 2005 Phokaia (BC 387-326) Hemidrachm1062 viewsca 387-326 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.12g, 2h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of griffin left; ΑΓ monogram below. Good VF, minor porosity. Rare.1 commentsJun 20, 2005 Phokaia (BC 521-478) B38 - EL 1/6 Stater801 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Roaring lion left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, struck with worn obverse die. Extremely rare, only four specimens listed by Bodenstedt, all in museum collections. Jun 20, 2005 Phokaia (BC 521-478) B41 - EL 1/6 Stater815 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Helmeted head of Athena left; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, only seven specimens listed by Bodenstedt. Jun 20, 2005 Miletos (BC 480-450) Hemidrachm895 views5th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.07g). Lion crouching right / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Good VF for type, toned, minor porosity. Very rare. Jun 20, 2005 Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater843 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.11g). Lion's head left / Punch with four pellets connected to central pellet. VF.Jun 20, 2005 Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater922 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.15g). Lion's head right / Punch with four pellets connected to central pellet. VF.Jun 20, 2005 (BC 37-25) Amyntas - Tetradrachm992 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.62g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΒΑΣΙ-ΛΕΩ[Σ] ΑΜΥΝ-ΤΟΥ, Nike advancing left, holding sceptre adorned with diadem. Good VF, toned, light cleaning marks in field on reverse. Rare.Jun 20, 2005 Nysa (BC 134) Tetradrachm1122 viewsafter 134 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.83g), dated year 1 (134/133 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΝΥΣΑ, bow-case with serpents; A (date) to left, MO above, jugate busts (Pluto and Kore?) to right. VF. Apparently unpublished, possibly unique.Jun 20, 2005 Nysa (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian2498 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (36mm, 10.13g). HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS P P., head right / COS - III. Hades with scepter, holding stolen Persephone, protecting from her from the wind with mantle, driving quadriga of halloping horses, basket of flowers below. Fine toning, aEF. Extremely rare, possibly unique. From the von Aulock collection and Bank Leu AG, Auktion 30 (4/1982, Zurich), lot 363. According to Homer, the abduction of Persephone took place somewhere in the "Nysion pedion." It mattered little that Lydian Nysa was a forth century foundation; a cult of the underworld grew up there. The town had a Plutonium, and in later times a festival called the Theogamia celebrated the abduction itself." (W. E. Metcalf, a. O., p. 50). Jun 20, 2005 Nysa (BC 200-100) AE 191985 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AE19 (4.64g). Veiled bust of Kore right, wearing wreath of grain / ΝΥΣΑΕΩΝ, slinger standing right, left arm extended, holding sling overhead in right hand; magistrate [..]ROS, monogram upper right. VF, glossy green patina. 1 commentsJun 20, 2005 Mostene (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus501 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE28 (10,84 g), Aur. Zeuxis Plutiades, magistrate. Draped, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ CΤΡ ΑΥΡ Z(retrograde) /ΕΥΞ-ΙΔΟΧ ΠΛΟΥΤΙ/Α-ΔΟ/Υ / ΜΟCΤΗΝ, rider on horse right, being led by naked Hermes, cypress tree in background. Dark brown patina, VF. Rare.Jun 20, 2005 Mostene (AD 50-54) AE - Claudius455 viewsClaudius and Agrippina Junior. 41-54 AD. AE20 (5.49g), struck ca 50-54 AD. Conjoined busts of Claudius and Agrippina right / Hero on horseback right. VF, corrosion.Jun 20, 2005 Mostene (AD 49-54) AE - Claudius635 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD, with Agrippina Jr. Pedanius, magistrate, 49-54 AD. AE (5.08g). ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΝ ΚΑΙCΑΡ [ΘΕΑΝ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ], laureate head of Claudius right, draped bust of Agrippina right / ΕΠΙ ΠΕΔΑΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΙCΑΡΕΩΝ / ΜΟCΤΗΝΩΝ, Hero with helmet and double-axe on galloping horse right. Dark green patina, VF. Rare.Jun 20, 2005 Mostene (AD 50-54) AE - Nero443 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD, for Nero. AE (4.98g). struck 50-54 AD, Magistrate Pedanius. Head of Nero right / Goddess sitting on throne left, holding ears of wheat and double-axe. Dark brown patina, VF. Rare.Jun 20, 2005 Mostene (AD 177-192) AE - Commodus579 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE - Medallion (30,61g), magistrate N. Maternus. Bust right / Helios with torch in quadriga, beside Hermes. Black patina, EF. Very rare.Jun 20, 2005 Mostene (AD 79-81) AE - Titus443 viewsTitus, 79-81 AD. AE (5.33g). Busts right / Horse rider with double-axe. Black patina, VF. Very rare.Jun 20, 2005 Mastaura (AD 54-68) AE 14 - Nero415 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE14 (2.29g). NEPΩN KAIΣAP, beardless head right / ΜΑΣΤΑΥ-ΡΕΙΤΩΝ, cornucopiae. VF.Jun 20, 2005 Mastaura (AD 200-300) AE445 viewsca 3rd century AD. AE (3.65g). Bust of Nymph Mastaura right / Cyprus tree and altar. Dark green patina, VF. Rare.Jun 20, 2005 Mastaura (AD 54-68) AE - Nero453 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE (4.88g). NEPΩN KAIΣAP, head right / ΜΑΣΤΑΥ-ΡΕΙΤΩΝ, goddess standing left, hold torch and patera. Green patina, VF. Very rare.Jun 20, 2005 Hypaipa (AD 198-217) AE 37 - Caracalla1610 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE37 - Medallion (23.88g, 6h). Damas and Lucius, magistrates. AVT M AVP CE ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / EPI AVR DAMA KAI LOUKIOU CTPA VPAIPHN WN, nude Helios, radiate, standing left, holding torch illuminating cult statue of Artemis Anaitis to left. Near EF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare. Drewry Coll.; ex Triton II (12/1998), lot 631; Sternberg XIV (5/1984), lot 382.Jun 20, 2005 Hypaipa (AD 50-59) AE 14 - Agrippina Jr.787 viewsAgrippina Jr., mother of Nero, Augusta, 50-59 AD. AE14 (2.33g). Draped bust of Agrippina right / Cult statue of Artemis. VF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare; only two specimens cited by RPC. Jun 20, 2005 Hypaipa (AD 66-68) AE 24 - Nero527 viewsNero & Statilia Messalina. 66-68 AD. AE24 (6.49g). Confronted busts of Statilia Messalina and Nero / Cult statue of Artemis. Good Fine, light green patina. Rare.Jun 20, 2005 Abydos (BC 500-480) Obol518 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Diobol? (1.07g). Eagle standing left / Quadripartite incuse square.Jun 20, 2005 Aninetos (AD 193-211) AE - Septimus Severus995 viewsSeptimus Severus, 193-211 AD. AE (24.06g). AY-KAI-L-CE- - CEYHPOC-P. Laureate cuirassed bust right / EPI [. . . ]NDP - OY [...]APIWNOC / ANINHCIWN. God Men in phrygian cap riding on horse right, holding double-axe. Dark green patina with light highlights, aEF/VF. Very rare, unpublished.Jun 20, 2005 Laranda (AD 244-249) AE - Philip I815 viewsPhilip I Arab, 244-249 AD. Bust right / Herakles standing left with club and lion skin. Dark green patina, VF/EF.Jun 20, 2005 Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/6469 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Obol (0.55g). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Rare.Jun 19, 2005 Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol584 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Octobol (5.50g). Veiled head of Arsinoe right / Bow and quiver; monogram left, bee right. VF. Very rare.Jun 19, 2005 Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol716 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Octobol (5.54g). Goneus, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [Γ]ΟΝΕΥΣ to left, bee to upper right. VF. Rare. Lysimachos made himself master of Ephesos in 295 and shortly thereafter changed the city's name to Arsinoeia in honor of his wife, the daughter of Ptolemy I. After the death of Lysimachos in 280, Arsinoe married her half brother Ptolemy Ceraunus and finally her full brother Ptolemy II. She became the first Ptolemaic ruler to enter the Egyptian temples as "temple-sharing goddess" and was revered by the later Ptolemies.Jun 19, 2005 Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/3584 viewsca 550 BC. AR Diobol (1.02g). Bee with straight wings / Incuse punch. Good VF, nicely centered.Jun 19, 2005 Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm693 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Drachm (3.34g). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Rare.Jun 19, 2005 4180 coins on 42 page(s) 1 - 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 - 42