Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Last additions - Dimitry Selge (BC 200-0) AE 16382 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE16 (5.12g). Round shield with ΠΟ monogram in center / Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet. Green patina, VF.Mar 27, 2005 Perge (BC 200-100) Drachm405 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AR Drachm (3.83g). Head of Artemis right, quiver behind neck / Artemis standing left, holding wreath and scepter, stag at her feet. VF.Mar 27, 2005 Perge (BC 200-100) AE 18386 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AE18 (5.89g). Head of Artemis right, hair rolled / Artemis standing left, wearing short armless chiton, holding wreath and leaning on scepter, stag at her feet, ΠΕΡΓ to left, ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔ to right.Mar 27, 2005 Perge (BC 200-100) AE 17381 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (5.55g). Head of Artemis right / Artemis standing left, holding wreath and sceptre, stag at her feet. Fine.Mar 27, 2005 Olba (AD 10-15) AE 17- Ajax437 viewsAjax, High Priest and Toparch, 10-15 AD. AE17 (4.42g), struck 10/11 AD. ΤΟΠΑΡΧ ΚΕΝΝΑΤ ΛΑΛΑΣ ΕΤ Α (=year 1) / ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕ ΑΙΑΝΤΟΣ ΤΕΥΚΡΟΥ, triskeles and ET-A. VF.Mar 27, 2005 Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 13640 viewsca 3rd-2nd century BC. AE13 (2.68g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Forepart of bull left, KYΞ above, trident behind. Fine. Mar 27, 2005 Termessos Minor (BC 100-0) AE 21469 viewsca 1st century BC. AE21 (6.64g). Laureate head of Zeus right, scepter with taenia behind / Winged thunderbolt, ΤΕΡ-ΜΗΣ/ΣΕ-ΩΝ. VF/aVF.Mar 27, 2005 Termessos Minor (BC 100-0) AE 20466 viewsca 1st century BC. AE20 (3.69g). Head of Apollo right; countermark: bee / [ΤΕΡΜ]ΗΣ - ΣΕΩΝ, lyre. VF.Mar 27, 2005 Zephyrion (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 16628 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE16 (4.76g). Turreted bust of Tyche right / Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear, shield at side; two monograms to left, ZΕΦΥΡΙΩΤΩΝ to right. aVF, dark patina.Mar 27, 2005 Soloi (BC 200-0) AE 26417 views2nd-1st century BC. AE26 (12.37g). Aegis with winged Gorgoneion in center / Aphrodite, turreted, riding on galloping bull right which she holds by the horns; eagle to right, ΣΟΛΕΩΝ below, monogram above.Mar 27, 2005 Salamis (BC 530-515) Tetrobol - Euelthon977 viewsEuelthon, King of Salamis, ca 530-515 BC. AR Tetrobol (1.66g, 15mm). Ram lying left, Cypriot letters 'Eufeletone' below / Blank. Toned, VF. Rare.Mar 27, 2005 Salamis (BC 450) Stater588 viewsFirst half of 5th cent BC. AR Stater (10.58g, 23mm). Ram lying right, cup above, Cypriot letters / Head of ram left, grain above, ivy strand below. Test cut on rev., good VF.Mar 27, 2005 Kelenderis (BC 440-400) Hemiobol325 viewsca 5th cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.35g, 7mm). Gorgoneion facing / Bearded head right. VF. Extremely rare.Mar 27, 2005 Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Janiform - Hemiobol484 viewsca 5th cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g, 7mm). Janiform head / Winged deity (Ahura Mazda?), 'T' to left. Toned, good VF. Very rare.Mar 27, 2005 Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/48617 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (0.07g, 5mm). Bee / Forepart of lion right. aEF.Mar 27, 2005 Methymna (BC 360-330) Obol593 viewsca 360-330 BC. AR Obol (0.51g) Helmeted head of Athena right / Kantharos, Îœ-Θ-Α, within linear incuse circle.Mar 27, 2005 Dardanos (BC 450-420) Obol814 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.61g). Cock standing left / Diagonally criss-crossed pattern. Toned VF.Mar 27, 2005 Dardanos (BC 420-380) Obol696 viewsca end of 5th-4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.63g). Horseman left / Cock in shallow incuse square. Toned, VF.Mar 27, 2005 Lampsakos (BC 500-450) AR Diobol2112 viewsca 500 BC. AR Diobol (1.30g). Forepart of Pegasos left / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, VF.Mar 27, 2005 Herakleia Pontika (BC 350) Drachm744 viewsca mid-4th cent BC. AR Drachm (3.89g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Bust of Hera left, wearing decorative stephane, moon to left; ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ to right. Toned, VF. Rare.Mar 27, 2005 (BC 280-230) Ariaramnes I - AE 17977 viewsAriaramnes, 280-230 BC. AE17 (4.23g). Head right, wearing Persian headdress (bashlyk) / Horseman with spear right. EF. Very rare.Mar 27, 2005 Phokaia (BC 477-388) B69 - EL 1/6 Stater907 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of bearded male left, wearing Pilos (Hephaistos or Kabeiros) / Quatripartite incuse square. aEF.Mar 27, 2005 Erythrai (BC 480-420) Drachm752 viewsca 5th cent BC. AR Drachm (4.48g). Naked youth (Hero Erythros?) walking left, restraining cantering horse, corn grain above / Floral pattern with 16 petals, Ε-Ρ-Î¥-Θ around, within incuse square. EF.Mar 27, 2005 Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Geometric bee - EL 1/31111 viewsca 7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.69g). Milesian standard. Bee / Ornamented quadripartite incuse square. EF. Extremely rare.Mar 27, 2005 Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Geometric bee - EL 1/61010 viewsca 7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.30g). Milesian standard. Bee / Ornamented incuse punch. EF. Extremely rare.Mar 27, 2005 Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Geometric bee - EL 1/12914 viewsca 7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.16g). Milesian standard. Bee / quadripartite incuse square with central pellet. EF. Extremely rare.Mar 27, 2005 Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL 1/6 Stater1682 viewsca 480-410 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Owl standing right, head facing, tunny below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare.Mar 27, 2005 Prokonnesos (BC 400-350) Hemidrachm1775 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.51g). Head of Aphrodite left, hair in sphendone / ΠΡΟ-ΚΟΝ, oinochoe. Good VF. Scarce.Mar 27, 2005 (BC 128-94) Nikomedes III - Tetradrachm995 viewsca 128-92 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.02g), dated year 204 of Bithynian era (= 94/93 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ, Zeus standing left, wreath in right hand, staff in left; eagle and mongram to left, ΔΣ (date) below. Slight spotting, EF. Ex MuM 88 (1999), lot 212; Ex Deppert Liste 2 (9/1959), lot 64.Mar 27, 2005 Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm964 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.37g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Turreted head of Hera left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; ΗΓ monogram to left, ΚΡΩΜΝΑ to right. Toned EF. Rare.Mar 27, 2005 Chios (BC 431-412) Drachm854 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.68g). Sphinx seated left, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square, granules in quarters. Good VF.Mar 25, 2005 Chios (BC 460-450) Drachm642 viewsca 460-450 BC. AR Drachm (3.50g, 15mm). Sphinx seated left, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare.Mar 25, 2005 Chios (AD 0-100) AE1474 viewsCivic Issue, ca 1st century AD. AE - 3 Assaria (18.40g). Publius Valerius Primus, archon for the second time. Sphinx seated left, paw resting on prow of galley / Wine amphora set within wreath. VF, dark green patina, surfaces smoothed.Mar 25, 2005 Chios (BC 190-84) AE626 viewsca 190-84 BC. AE (4.13g). Sphinx seated right on ground line, monogram below, club to right / Amphora; stern rudder to left, ΚΑΥΚΑΣ (magistrate) to right. Dark brown patina, EF/aEF. Ex Auktion G, Kastner 8 (Munchen, 1975), lot 68.Mar 25, 2005 Chios (BC 520-480) Didrachm1204 viewsca 500-490 BC. AR Didrachm (7.68g). Sphinx seated left; amphora set on ground to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned and well centered, a particularly attractive example of good style. Nearly extremely fine. Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 17 (1/1987), lot 46.Mar 25, 2005 Chios (BC 190-133) Drachm647 viewsca 2nd century BC. AR Drachm (4.11g). Leomedon, magistrate. Sphinx seated left; grapes before / Amphora; prow to left, ΛΕΩΜΕΔΩΝ to right; all within laurel wreath. VF, toned, small flan crack. Hardy Coll.; ex Ward Coll. - Metropolitan Museum of Art (Sotheby's, Zurich, 4/1973), lot 579.Mar 25, 2005 Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm705 viewsca 412-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.14g, 9h). Skymnos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch to left / Quadripartite incuse square, ΣΚΥΜΝΟΣ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Good VF, heavily toned.Mar 25, 2005 Chios (BC 520-480) Didrachm1114 viewsca 480-460 BC. AR Didrachm (7.88g, 19mm). Sphinx seated left with open wings, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Slight weakness on obv. Good very fine.Mar 25, 2005 Chios (BC 412-334) Drachm783 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.57g). Ippias, magistrate. Sphinx sitting left, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square, [Ι]ΠΠΙΑΣ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Attractive dark toning, VF.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 190) AE 19528 viewsAfter 190 BC. AE19 (9.44g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Rider with lance on horseback galloping right; magistrates ΕΥΚΛΗΣ, ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ. EF, glossy, dark green patina, some roughness on the obverse.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 350-325) Didrachm714 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Didrachm (7.13g, 12h). Diopeithes, magistrate. Rider on horseback right, holding lance / Bull butting left, ΔΙΟΠΕΙΘΗ[Σ] (magistrate) below; all within circular maeander pattern. EF. Ex Giessener Muenzhandlung 73 (10/1995), 157.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 300) Octobol754 viewsca 300 BC. AR Attic Octobol (5.41g). Isagoras, magistrate. Rider with lance on horseback prancing right / Bull butting left; ΙΣΑΓΟΡΑΣ (magistrate), Greek "Z" below; all within circular maeander pattern. Good VF, some light porosity. See Kricheldorf XXXIV (1/1980), lot 113 for another example from this magistrate.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 350-320) Hemidrachm703 viewsca 350-320 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.51g). Horseman right, holding couched spear / Bull butting left; maeander pattern below, grain ear behind (off flan), ΣΚΥΘΟ[Î¥] (magistrate). Nice VF, minor porosity, light obverse scratch. Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm539 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.71g, 12h). Pausianas, son of Pausanios, magistrate. Diademed bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, Apollo standing left, holding branch tied with fillet in right hand, left elbow resting on tall tripod behind; ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΑΣ ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΟΥ on left, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. EF, attractively toned. From the Ronald Cohen Collection. Ex Tkalec (2/2001), lot 120.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 350-300) AE 26457 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE26 (19.98g). Rider with lance on horseback prancing right / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΑΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΔΟΡΟΣ, tripod tied with fillets; monogram below. Nice VF, brown patina, reverse slightly double struck and a touch rough. Very Rare.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 350-325) Drachm650 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Drachm (3.10g, 10h) Horseman riding right, wearing helmet, chlamys and cuirass, and holding a spear in his right hand / Bull butting to right; ear of barley to right. Extremely rare. Beautifully toned. Extremely fine. From the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, II, Sotheby & Co. Zurich, 4 April 1973, 568, J. Ward and the Earl of Ashburnham, SWH 6 May 1896, 183. While Magnesia struck a wide variety of denominations in its horseman/bull series, Rhodian weight drachms seem to be inordinately rare: only ten are known, all of different magistrates. Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 350-190) Trihemiobol583 viewsca 350-190 BC. AR Obol (0.74g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Trident in circular maeander pattern. VF.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 14500 viewsTime of Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE14 (2.28g). Bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder; ΕΥΦΗΜΟΣ (magistrate) / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, laureate head of Apollo right, lyre before. Good VF, glossy green patina, minor smoothing on reverse.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 350-190) AE 112296 viewsca 350-190 BC. AE11 (1.38g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Forepart of bull right. EF, attractive dark green patina.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 350-325) Didrachm693 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Didrachm (7.16g). Diopeithes, magistrate. Rider on horseback right, holding lance / Bull butting left, ΔΙΟΠΕΙΘΗ[Σ] (magistrate) below; all within circular maeander pattern. Good VF, well centered.Mar 25, 2005 Magnesia (BC 190) AE 20545 viewsAfter 190 BC. AE20 (11.69g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Rider with lance on horseback galloping right; magistrates ΕΥΚΛΗΣ, ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ. VF, glossy dark green, almost black, patina. Freedman Coll.Mar 25, 2005 Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Bull - EL 1/6 Stater1943 viewsca 500 BC. EL Hekte (2.34g), Milesian standard. Head of bull right / Incuse punch. aEF. Very rare. Samos and Klazomenai have been suggested as possible mints.Mar 23, 2005 Klazomenai (BC 386-301) Hemidrachm1020 viewsca 380-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.95g). Head of Apollo facing, turned slightly to left / Swan standing left, wings spread; ram's head to left, ΑΠΟΛΛΑΣ (magistrate) and ΚΛΑ around.Mar 23, 2005 Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 18611 viewsca 375-340 BC. AE18 (4.67g). Three-quarter facing head of Athena, head turned slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet decorated with olive branch, earrings and necklace / ΚΛΑ[ZΟΜΕΝΙΩΝ], ram walking right; boar's head before. EF, dark green patina, light encrustation on both sides, scratches.Mar 23, 2005 Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 12858 viewsca 375-340 BC. AE12 (1.71g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet and necklace / Recumbent ram left; ΑΠ-ΟΛΛΩ-[ΝΙΟΣ] (?) (magistrate). Good VF, black patina with a trace of earthen encrustation.Mar 23, 2005 Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 12693 viewsca 375-340 BC. AE12 (1.71g). Three-quarter facing head of Athena, head turned slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet and necklace / Ram walking right; pellet before, ΒΙΩΝ (magistrate) above. EF, dark green, almost black, patina, just a trace of roughness.Mar 23, 2005 Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 13490 viewsca 4th century BC. AE13 (2.53g). Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing three-crested Attic helmet / Ram walking right on ground line, ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΑΣ (magistrate) above, forepart of winged boar to right. VF, black patina, slightly porous.Mar 23, 2005 Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE918 viewsca 4th century BC. AE (4.90g). Head of Athena facing slightly to right, wearing Attic helmet / Ram walking right, ΚΛΑZΟΜΕ/ΝΙΩΝ above, thunderbolt to right. Light brown patina, VF.Mar 23, 2005 Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE718 viewsca 4th century BC. AE (4.39g). Head of Athena facing slightly to right, wearing Attic helmet / Ram walking right, ΚΛΑZΟΜΕ/ΝΙΩΝ above, thunderbolt to right. Dark green patina, VF.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B181079 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Ram's head right / Incuse head of Herakles right. VF.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B11907 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of ram right; cock below / Incuse head of roaring lion left, punch behind. Good VF, well centered.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 440-400) Obol877 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (0.61g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Calf's head right, M-YTI, within shallow incuse square. Near VF.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 440-400) Obol578 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol. Laureate head of Apollo right / Calf's head right, M-YTI, within shallow incuse square. aVF.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 400-350) Diobol856 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Diobol (1.26g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head right, MYT. Toned VF.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 350-250) 1/4 Stater722 viewsca 350-250 BC. AR Triobol (2.76g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MYTI, Kithara within linear square. Toned VF.Mar 23, 2005 Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 2 - Diobol1658 viewsca 500 BC. AR Diobol (1.24g). Head of bull left / Incuse punch. Good VF. Unpublished.1 commentsMar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B37986 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g). Diademed head of Silenos right / Two confronted rams butting heads, palmette above. EF. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts 18 (3/1987), lot 186.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B901132 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Facing head of satyr in linear square. Good VF.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B90918 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 10mm, 6h). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Facing head of satyr within linear square. VF/aEF. Ex Aufhauser Auktion 13 (10/1997), lot 111.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B90961 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Facing head of satyr within linear square. Good VF.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B91816 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Veiled head of Demeter right / Tripod. aEF.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B421094 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.80g). Forepart of goat right, head reverted / Owl standing facing with open wings within incuse square. Rare. Good very fine.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B791027 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of muse right, wearing Sakkos / Kithara. good VF/EF.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B104932 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Young male head with Horn of Ammon (Karneios?) right / Eagle standing right, head reverted, within linear square. aEF.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B351071 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Helmeted head of Athena right; ΛΕ behind neck / Confronted steer heads within incuse square. Good VF, well centered. Ex CNG 61 (9/2001), lot 665.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B881359 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Persephone right, wreathed with grain ears / Butting bull left within linear square. VF, some toning on the reverse, well centered.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B92919 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.39g). Half length bust of dancing Maenad right / Race torch within linear incuse square. VF, toned, very light porosity.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B95989 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of Artemis right, hair in sphendone, within linear square; serpent behind. EF.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B73936 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Head of Artemis-Kybele right, wearing stephane, within linear incuse square. Good VF, sharp strike.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1001925 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of Artemis right, hair in sphendone; serpent behind. VF, well centered and struck.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B95892 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of Artemis right within linear square. Good VF. Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B351057 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.47g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Confronted steer heads within incuse square. Near VF. Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B371226 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g). Diademed head of Silenos right / Two ram head butting each other, no palmette between. VF, well centered. Rare reverse die; the only one without the palmette.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B75958 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Turreted head of Artemis-Kybele right, decorated with a palmette / Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos. Good VF.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B191080 viewsca 477-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Gorgoneion facing / Incuse head of Herakles wearing lion skin right.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B77888 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Diademed head of Io right / Laureate head of Dionysos right. EF. Struck from dies of fine style. Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B863617 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 12h). Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple crested Attic helmet / Head of Hermes right, Petasos hanging behind head. EF, small die break on Athena's head. Struck from detailed dies. Bodenstedt (pg. 267) detects the work of this master engraver also on dies of Rhodes (SNR 51 [1972], pl. 6, 70) and perhaps Klazomenai (SNR 45 [1966], pl. I-II).Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B381157 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 10h). Head of Selinos facing slightly left / Head of roaring lion right. VF. Struck with fresh dies. Very rare, only four specimens listed by Bodenstedt.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B44794 viewsca 454-427 BC. El Hekte (2.53g, 12h). Diademed female head facing slightly right / Bull's head left; M above. VF. Struck with fresh dies. Very rare. Bodenstedt records only 4 specimens of this variety with the M on the reverse die, all of which are in museums.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (AD 150-200) AE 27 - Julia Procula1730 viewsJulia Procula, ca 150-200 AD. AE27 (10.05g, 7h), Apollonidas (magistrate). IOU PROKU LAN HRWIDA, draped bust of Julia Procula R, hair coiled on top of head / EPI STPA APOLLWNI, MUTI, Sappho seated right on low stool, playing lyre. VF, brown and tan patina, old scratches on reverse. Rare.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B125523 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 4h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cow left. Choice EF, well centered.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (AD 198-217) AE 43 - Caracalla1732 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE43 Medallion (55.52g, 6h), Pub. Julius Leontius, magistrate. AVTO KAI MAP AYPH ANTONEINOC, young laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / EPI CTPA PO IOVLIOV LEONTEW, MVTILHNAI/WN in two lines in exergue, Caracalla, holding sceptre in left hand, standing in chariot drawn by four horses to left, preceded by a Roman soldier; trophy and two captives on a pedestal in the background. Good VF, brown surfaces, fields smoothed and some tooling, most noticeable around the legends. Very rare. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Triton II (12/1998), lot 632. This medallion present a traditional view of the staging of the adventus, the ceremony honoring the emperor as he enters a host city. Caracalla is in the imperial chariot, proceded by the herald announcing his arrival. The captives and the trophy could be either a premonition of the expected victory over the Persians, or could represent the skirmishes with the border tribes that occupied the army as he passed through Thrace.Mar 23, 2005 Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B411498 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Forepart of boar right / Head of roaring lion right within linear square. EF, nicely centered. Mar 23, 2005 Tavion (AD 196-197) AE - Caracalla638 viewsCaracalla, as Caesar, 196-197 AD. AE (10.46g). M AURH ANTTWNINOS, laureate bust right / SETRO TAVIANWN, eagle standing on altar, standard on each side. Dark green patina, VF. Rare.Mar 23, 2005 Tavion (AD 198-217) AE 17 - Caracalla1130 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE17 (2.21g). Draped cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / [ΤΑΟΥ]ΙΑΝ-ΩΝ, forepart of bull right. Dark green patina, aEF. Very rare.Mar 23, 2005 Koinon of Galatia (AD 68-69) AE - Tavion?1286 viewsAutonomous, ca 68-69 AD. AE (7.40g), struck in Tavion? ΚΟΙΝΟΝ-ΓΑΛΑΤΩΝ, draped bust of Men left, wearing laureate Phrygian cap / CΕ-ΒΑC-ΤΩΝ, six-column temple, point in center. EF. Rare. Ex F. Sternberg Auc. 11 (Zurich, 1981), lot 374; ex Muenz Zentrum Auc. 47 (Koln, 1982), lot 190.Mar 23, 2005 Soloi (BC 390-375) Stater460 viewsca 390-375 BC. AR Stater (10.36g). Helmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with a griffin / ΣΟΛΙΚ, grape cluster diagonally oriented, all within incuse square. Good VF, a bit over cleaned.Mar 23, 2005 Soloi (BC 390-375) Stater401 viewsca 390-375 BC. AR Stater (8.84g). Helmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with griffin / ΣΟ-ΛI, Grape cluster diagonally oriented within incuse dotted square. Good VF, light porosity.Mar 23, 2005 Soloi (BC 390-375) Stater426 viewsca 390-375 BC. AR Stater (9.74g). Helmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with griffin / Grape cluster diagonally oriented within dotted square border, 2 momograms?. VF. Unpublished variant? Ex Auktion SBV 33 (1993), lot 346.Mar 23, 2005 Soloi (BC 385-350) Stater548 viewsca 385-350 BC. AR Stater (10.75g, 6h). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet adorned with griffin / ΣΟΛΕΩΝ, bunch of grapes on stalk with two tendrils and vine leaf; PE to left, AI to right. Beautifully toned, a superb piece. Extremely fine. Ex Sotheby (Zurich, 10/1993), lot 793; ex Numismatic Fine Arts 30 (12/1992), lot 110.Mar 23, 2005 4180 coins on 42 page(s) 1 - 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42