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Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor

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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater888 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.61g). Nike advancing left, head right, holding tunny in her extended right hand / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater708 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.68g). Nude youth kneeling right, hair bound by taenia with frontal projection, holding a tunny fish in his extended left hand / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, lightly toned. Ex Triton VI (1/2003), lot 307.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater870 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.68g). Harpy in flight to left, four curled wings arrayed around her, holding a tunny fish in her outstretched right hand; another tunny below her / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, a few light marks. Ex Triton VI (1/2003), lot 296.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater989 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Stater (16.05g). Head of a goat with long beard to left; behind truncation, tunny fish swimming upwards Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare. Nicely centered. Slightly porous surfaces, otherwise, about extremely fine.

Ex Spina coll. and Sinton coll., Triton III (11/1999), 487; ex Rosen, Monnaies et Médailles 72 (10/1987), 184, ex the Vicomte de Sartiges and G. Philipsen, Hirsch XXV (11/1909), 1751.
Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1132 views5th-4th centuries BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.65g). Nike, holding aplustre, kneeling left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Well centered.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater923 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (15.87g). Youthful male figure, holding Corinthian helmet and sword, kneeling left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned. Well centered strike. Very rare and choice for issue.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater768 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.61g). Skythian archer, wearing pointed cap, kneeling left, holding bow and bowcase; to left, tunny downward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, the second hekte known, and the third known coin of this type overall.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 400-330) EL Stater2142 viewsca 400-330 BC. EL Stater (16.12g). Laureate and bearded head right; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. A Classical portrait of great power. Extremely rare.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1338 views5th-4th centuries BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.67g). Herakles and his brother, Iphikles, both nude, kneeling on tunny, fighting Hera’s serpents / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare in this denomination. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 96 (6/1999), lot 158.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1275 views5th-4th centuries BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.64g). Bull, with filleted horns, standing right, head left, on tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare, the second or third known. Ex CNG 57 (3/2001), lot 379.
Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater832 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.71g). Sphinx, raising right forepaw, standing left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Ex Hirsch 233 (2/2004), lot 1415.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater715 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.32g). Head of tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Exceptional strike. Very rare, and better than the three recorded by Hurter & Liewald. Alighieri Coll.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater657 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.67g). Head of Amazon (or Perseus) left, wearing winged cap; behind, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, a few marks. Extremely rare in this denomination.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1003 viewsca 480 BC. EL Hekte (2.75g). Lion, with right forepaw raised and open jaws, seated left on tunny to left Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Rare. Sharply struck and well-centered. Good extremely fine.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1220 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.67g). Griffin seated left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Well centered for issue. Rare as a hekte. Ex Leu 91 (5/2004), lot 149.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1092 viewsca 480-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.71g). Sphinx, with ornamental tendril on her head and with her right forepaw raised, standing left on tunny fish Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely fine. Ex Hirsch 233 (2/2004), 1415.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm355 viewsca 525-475 BC. AR Diobol (12mm, 2.13g, 12h). Head of Attis left, wearing Phrygian cap; [tunny] below / Head of lion left; K (retrograde) above; all within incuse square. Good Fine, porous.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol503 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.61g). Tunny left, lotus (?) flower below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, light porosity.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol320 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Hemiobol (9mm, 0.50g). Lotus flower; tunny to left / Quadripartite incuse square. CNG 69, lot 347 var. (tunny to right); otherwise unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, granular surfaces.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 410-400) Hemiobol596 viewsca 410-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.30g, 11h). Head of Attis left, wearing Phrygian cap; tunny below / Bull’s head facing slightly right. VF, toned, porous.Apr 04, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 420-390) Hemiobol462 viewsca 420-390 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.27g, 2h). Male head (Attis?) right / Tunny right. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, porous.Apr 04, 2010
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Attaleia (BC 110-30) AE 15537 views2nd-1st century BC. AE15 (3.35g, 12h). Diademed head of Poseidon left / Nike advancing left, holding wreath. Good VF, dark green patina. Very rare, and apparently unpublished.Apr 02, 2010
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Uncertain (BC 425-375) Diobol B1375 viewslate 5th-early 4th century BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.00g, 10h). Forepart of boar right / Head of roaring lion right. CNG 73, lot 420 (second coin illustrated); otherwise unpublished. VF, rough surfaces.Mar 28, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 625-575) EL Stater3407 viewsca 625-575 BC. EL Stater (16.35g). Seal swimming left, octopus clamped in its mouth, three square objects around / Two rough incuse squares set side-by-side, one smaller than the other. Apparently unpublished and unique, but Near VF.

This coin, one of six known staters of Phokaia, represents a new variety of type, in addition to a seal and two griffin head types recorded by Bodenstedt. It is certainly the most playful, with its depiction of a seal munching on a hapless cephalopod.
Mar 08, 2010
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/6628 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Torso of winged figure facing, head right / Incuse square punch. Near VF. Possibly unique.

This coin may not belong to the same series as the Weidauer coins, which are not only larger denominations but also exhibit a different style of wings (curved rather than pointed) and incuse punches.
Mar 08, 2010
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Soloi (BC 350-300) Obol568 viewsca 350-330 BC. AR Obol (0.62g, 6h). Ekatai..., magistrate. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, single-pendant earring, and necklace / Grape bunch on vine; EKA-TAI[...] across field, ΣΟΛ[ΕΩΝ] below. Near EF, toned. Rare, unpublished with this magistrate.Mar 08, 2010
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Kaunos (BC 400) Hemiobol394 viewsKaunos, ca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g, 6mm). Grain of corn within dotted border / Δ within dotted border. VF, toned, light porosity.Mar 08, 2010
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Methymna (BC 450-400) Silenos - Hemiobol433 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.23g, 10h). Facing head of bearded Silenos / ΜΑ-Θ, hen standing right within dotted incuse square. VF, very rare.Mar 08, 2010
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Iasos (BC 300-200) AE 12390 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE12 (1.33g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΙΑΣ-ΕΩΝ within ivy wreath. VF, green patina. An apparently unique and unpublished type.Mar 07, 2010
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Idyma (BC 420-390) Hemiobol380 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g, 10h). Dolphin left / Fig leaf in incuse square. VF, toned. Extremely rare, the Kayhan piece is the sole published example.Mar 07, 2010
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Idyma (BC 400) Hemiobol419 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.51g, 1h). Tortoise / Leaf in incuse square. VF, porous. Extremely rare, one of approximately five known.Mar 07, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B821264 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g, 5h). Female head (Leda?) right / Swan standing right, head left, wing raised, within linear square in incuse square. Near EF, some die wear on reverse. Extremely rare, the third, and finest, known. Ex Tkalec (4/2007), lot 71.Mar 07, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater831 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.58g). Head of tunny right, holding eel in its mouth / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, unpublished as a hekte.Mar 07, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater871 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12th Stater (1.31g). Ram kneeling left, head reverted; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Unpublished denomination for this type.Mar 07, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater808 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Stater (15.85g). Head of Silenos facing; two tunnies upward to either side / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, the third known.

The other two examples, noted by Hurter & Liewald, were in the Von Aulock Coll. (but unpublished) and the Velkov Coll. (Vinchon, (11/1994), lot 61 = CH II, p. 7, 2).
Mar 07, 2010
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Lampsakos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1184 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.26g). Forepart of Pegasos right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished in standard references.Mar 07, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 170-150) Tetradrachm 601 viewsca 170-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 17.04g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Draped bust of Kore right, wearing oak wreath / ΚΥZΙ - ΚΗΝΩΝ, torch; monograms above and below; all within laurel wreath. Good VF, gray toning with golden hues in the devices. Very rare, apparently unpublished with these monograms. Lipcer Coll.Mar 07, 2010
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Lampsakos (BC 500-450) AR Diobol768 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Diobol(?) (1.28g). Forepart of Pegasos left, displaying both wings / Quadripartite incuse square of swastika pattern. VF, toned, porous, traces of find patina. Rare type with both wings.Mar 07, 2010
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Lampsakos (BC 350-250) Hemidrachm913 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.71g, 7h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Helmeted head of Athena right. VF, light porosity. Very rare, unpublished in the standard references.

The reverse type is commonly found on Lampsakos hemidrachms of the 4th century BC, with a janiform head on the obverse (cf. SNG France 1175-81). The obverse type typically occurs on Lampsakos bronzes dated to the 4th-3rd centuries BC (cf. SNG France 1200-1).
Mar 07, 2010
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Adramytteion (BC 200-100) AE 18764 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE18 (6.06g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Horseman right, holding labrys; countermark: star with eight rays. VF, dark green patina, partial flat strike. Apparently unpublished. Freedman Coll.Mar 07, 2010
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Priapos (BC 300-200) AE 20475 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE20 (6.86g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Crayfish right; bow below. Fine, green patina, cleaning scratches.Mar 07, 2010
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Priapos (BC 300-200) AE 11536 views3rd century BC. AE11 (1.44g). Laureate and bearded male (Zeus?) head right / Amphora. Apparently unpublished, but cf. SNG France 2412.Mar 07, 2010
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Priapos (BC 100-1) AE 19466 views1st century BC. AE19 (5.72g). Veiled head of Demeter right / [Π]ΡΙΑ-[Π]ΗΝWΝ within wreath.Mar 07, 2010
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Priapos (BC 350-300) AE 19643 viewsca 4th century BC. AE19 (5.17g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Π-Ρ/Ι-Α, lighted altar, crayfish below. VF, dark green patina. Apparently unpublished.

The reverse type is unkown at Priapos, however, it closely resembles the great altar of Parium present on the reverse of coins that city (cf., e.g., BMC Mysia pg. 97, 40). Thus, it is possible that this coin commemorates an alliance between the two cities.
Mar 07, 2010
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Parion (BC 200-100) AE 16492 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE16 (4.19g). Female head right, hair bound in sakkos / ΠA, bull standing right. Nice VF, dark green patina. Apparently an unpublished type.Mar 07, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL 1/6 Stater1905 views460-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.65g). Bee with straight wings, seen from above; tunny fish below / Quadripartite granulated incuse square. Good VF, a few scuff marks. A previously unknown type, apparently unpublished in any denomination.Mar 07, 2010
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater909 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g). Head of Amazon left, wearing feathered headdress; tunny fish behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare in this denomination.Mar 07, 2010
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Hera1487 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.36g, 12h). Head of Hera right, wearing stephane; bow and quiver to left / Forepart of Pegasos right in incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, a few tick marks on obverse. Extremely rare, the finest of two known (see Numismatica Ars Classica 18, lot 200, for the other). Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 23 (3/2002), lot 1244.Mar 07, 2010
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Magnesia (BC 210-200) Didrachm809 viewsca 210-200 BC. AR Didrachm (11.08g, 10h). Persic standard. Theodoros, son of Theogenes, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right; monogram below / Bull butting left; grain ear behind, ΘEOΔΩPOΣ/ΘEOΓENO[Y] in exergue; all within circular Maeander pattern. Good VF, a hint of porosity. Unpublished with monogram and this magistrate.

The weight and type of this piece clearly place it among the Persic standard didrachms detailed by Kinns, all of which are very rare. What is also significant about this piece is the addition of a monogram on the obverse, and the magistrate, who is unattested for all of the denominations during this period.
Mar 07, 2010
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion401 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.12g, 5h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Grain ear; Maeander pattern below. Good VF. Extremely rare; the third known.Mar 07, 2010
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-540) Stag - EL 1/6906 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.61g). Phokaian standard. Figural type. Forepart of stag running right / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished. VF. Apparently unique.Mar 07, 2010
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-530) Crab - EL 1/61018 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.59g). Phokaian standard. Figural type. Crab / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, apparently the fifth known.Mar 07, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) EL 1/6 Stater 776 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Forepart of lion left; above, seal right / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished. Good VF. Unique. Ex Tkalec (5/2006), lot 67.Mar 07, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B57 - EL 1/6 Stater1861 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Stag crouching left; above, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, underlying luster. Extremely rare, only one example listed by Bodenstedt (in Munich).Mar 07, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater912 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.60g). Forepart of seal right; behind, small seal right; circle below / Incuse punch. EF. Unique.Mar 07, 2010
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Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles1024 viewsThemistokles, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42g, 7h). Barley grain right; ΘE above, meander pattern below / Male head (Themistokles?) right, wearing diadem; [M]-A across field; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned, a hint of granularity. Apparently unique.Mar 07, 2010
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/12563 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte (1/12 Stater) (9mm, 1.01g). Roaring lion's head left / Ornamented incuse punch. Unpublished in the standard references, but see CNG 61 (9/2002), lot 710 for a previous example. VF.Mar 07, 2010
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) turtle - Hemiobol443 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.26g). Bee alighting to right / Turtle in incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, light porosity.

The bee would seem to point to an attribution to Ephesos, but there is really nothing like it in that series. Silver fractions with turtles have been attributed to various locations from Lesbos to Lycia, and provide no help in identifying this unrecorded type.
Mar 07, 2010
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Uncertain (BC 450-400) turtle - Hemiobol323 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.22g). Bee alighting to right / Turtle in incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, light porosity.Mar 07, 2010
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6611 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.20g). Two back to back lions' heads, facing downward with open jaws and lolling tongues, a volute decoration between / Single divided punch with volute design. Unpublished in the standard references. VF.Mar 07, 2010
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6626 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.24g). Two back to back lions' heads, facing downward with open jaws and lolling tongues, a volute decoration between / Single divided punch with volute design. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF.Mar 07, 2010
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Teos (BC 530-500) Trihemiobol781 viewsAfter 530 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.39g). Forepart of winged griffin right / Rough incuse square. Good VF. Unpublished in the standard references, possibly unique.Mar 07, 2010
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Ephesos (BC 525-475) 1/2448 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.64g). Bee / Stellate pattern in incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Nice VF, toned. Very rare.Mar 07, 2010
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Teos (BC 204-190) Diobol391 viewsca 204-190 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.78g). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy-wreath / Grape bunch. Unpublished. Good VF, darkly toned, light marks. Extremely rare.

This coin appears to be from the same issue as Kinns’ Period III hemidrachms of Teos (See P. Kinns, Studies in the coinage of Ionia: Erythrae, Teos, Lebedus, Colophon, c. 400-30 BC).
Mar 07, 2010
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Kolophon (BC 450-410) Drachm392 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 5.38g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Kithara in incuse square. Near VF, toned, porous.Mar 06, 2010
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Kolophon (BC 375-360) Diobol443 viewsca 375-360 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.97g, 1h). Xenodotos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre. VF.
Mar 06, 2010
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Kolophon (BC 375-360) Diobol382 viewsca 375-360 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.91g, 12h). Xenodotos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre. VF, weak obverse strike.Mar 06, 2010
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Kolophon (BC 375-360) Diobol473 viewsca 375-360 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.90g, 12h). [...]onides, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre. VF, reverse scratch.Mar 06, 2010
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Kolophon (BC 330-294) Hemidrachm584 viewsca 330-310 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.47g). Konnion, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Tripod. VF, nice metal.Mar 06, 2010
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Kolophon (BC 330-294) Diobol541 viewsca 330-294 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.00g). Senodotos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Cithara. VF, obverse a little off-center.Mar 06, 2010
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Kolophon (BC 330-294) Diobol518 viewsca 330-294 BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 0.93g). Konnion, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Cithara. Near VF, reverse slightly off-center.Mar 06, 2010
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Kolophon (BC 375-350) Drachm559 viewsca 375-350 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.38g, 12h). Astya-, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre. VF, a little rough.Mar 06, 2010
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Kolophon (BC 320-294) AE 18648 viewsca 320-294 BC. AE18 (5.08g, 11h). Aelianas, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Horseman riding right, holding lance; lyre behind; AHΛΙΑΝΑ[Σ]. aVF, dark green patina, deposits, minor roughness. Wagner Coll.Mar 06, 2010
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Kolophon (BC 320-294) AE 12501 viewsca 320-294 BC. AE12 (1.35g, 12h). Hiklos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of a horse right; HIKΛOΣ below. VF, dark green patina. Alighieri Coll.; ex Klein Coll.Mar 06, 2010
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Kolophon (BC 310-300) AE 854 viewsca 310-300 BC. AE Tetrachalkon (5.78g, 1h). Dimokrates, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Tripod; [Δ]HMOKPATHΣ to left, KOΛΦΩ (sic) to right. Good VF, black patina. Extremely rare issue, only four examples recorded by Kinns for all magistrates. Alighieri Coll.Mar 06, 2010
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Kios (BC 350-300) 1/4 Drachm - Proxenos559 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR 1/4 Drachm (1.31g). Proxenos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / Prow of galley left, ΠΡΟΞ/ΕΝΟΣ above and below. aVF, porosity. Rare denomination.Feb 27, 2010
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Anazarbos (AD 98-117) AE 18 - Trajan403 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE18 - Assaria (3.88g, 12h). Dated CY 132 (113/4 AD). Veiled and draped bust of Persephone right; two grain-ears before / Veiled and draped bust of Artemis-Perasia(?) right, wearing polos; torch before. VF, brown and green patina. Wagner Coll.Feb 27, 2010
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Anazarbos (BC 100-1) AE 171020 views1st century BC. AE17 - Dichalkon (4.22g, 6h). Struck ca 19 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Plow; monogram to left, ANAZAPBEΩN to right; all within palm-wreath border. Near VF, dark green patina, a few deposits. Wagner Coll.Feb 27, 2010
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bull on Pamphylia, Aspendos498 viewsca 370-330 BC. AR Stater (10.94g). Two wrestlers grappling, ΔΡ between, dotted circular border / [Ε]ΣΤFΕΔ[ΙΙVΣ], slinger, wearing short belted chiton, attacking right; triskeles to right, countermark: bull standing right, Aramaic letters 'bal' above. Areas of flat striking, otherwise EF. Keshet Coll. Feb 27, 2010
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Aspendos (BC 375-365) Drachm680 viewsca 375-365 BC. AR Drachm (5.43g). Mopsus on horse prancing right, hurling javelin / ΕΣΤFΕΛΙ-V-Σ (sic), boar facing left, hit by javelin, drops of blood dripping on ground. Very rare. EF.Feb 27, 2010
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Sillyon (BC 300-100) AE 19567 viewsca 3rd-2nd century BC. AE19 (5.44g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter, ΣΕΛΥΝΙΥΣ to right. VF, brown patina.Feb 27, 2010
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Sillyon (BC 200-100) AE 14599 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE14 (2.20g). Helmeted head of Ares right / Male standing left, holding right arm up; thunderbolt to left, ΣΕΛΥΝΙΥΣ to right. VF. Rare.Feb 27, 2010
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Harpagion (BC 4th cent) AE 10424 viewsca 4th century BC. AE10 (1.21g). Laureate head of Demeter right, hair in sakkos / Fish right, ΑΡΠΑΓIA above, grain ear below. aVF.Feb 27, 2010
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Skepsis (BC 450-400) Obol536 viewsca 450 BC. AR Obol (0.41g). Horse’s head right, Σ-K-H around / Fir tree in dotted square border within incuse square. VF, porous. Very rare.Feb 26, 2010
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Lamponeia (BC 350) AE 850 viewsca 4th century BC. AE (1.49g). Bearded, wreathed head of Dionysos right / Bull's head (bucranium), bunch of grapes above, ΛΑ-Μ. Rare. Dark green patina, good VF.Feb 26, 2010
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Tenedos (BC 400) AE 10621 viewsLate 5th-early 4th century BC. AE10 (0.60g, 11h). Bust of Artemis right, wearing stephanos / Labrys; T-E above, two stars below. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll.Feb 26, 2010
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Dardanos (BC 500) Obol562 views5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.62g). Cock standing right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, some porosity. Alighieri Coll.Feb 26, 2010
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Kebren (BC 460-420) Triobol540 views5th century BC. AR Triobol (1.57g). Forepart of ram right, [KE]BPH / "Wind-mill" quadripartite incuse square. VF, light porosity. Very rare.Feb 26, 2010
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Dardanos (BC 450-420) Obol534 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.70g). Cock standing left / Diagonally criss-crossed pattern. aVF.Feb 26, 2010
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Sigeion (BC 350) AE 20913 viewsca 355-334 BC. AE20 (8.37g, 4h). Head of Athena, wearing triple crested helmet and necklace, facing slightly right / Double-bodied owl standing facing; crescent to right, ΣΙΓΕ below. VF, black patina with some spots of green, a few small breaks in the patina, earthen highlights.Feb 26, 2010
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Kebren (BC 450) Diobol1026 views5th century BC. AR Diobol (9mm, 1.24g, 5h). Head of Apollo left / Head of ram left within incuse square. VF, toned, granular surfaces.Feb 26, 2010
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Assos (BC 450-400) Obol499 views5th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.48g, 3h). Griffin seated right / Lion’s head right ΑΣΣ (retrograde) above, within incuse square. VF, toned, light porosity.Feb 26, 2010
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Abydos (BC 460-430) Obol621 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.51g, 10h). Eagle standing left; ABY to left, AΠ monogram above / Facing gorgoneion, tongue protruding, within incuse square. VF.Feb 26, 2010
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Ilion (BC 188-133) Tetradrachm598 viewsca 188-133 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.00g). Kleonos Ioilos, "magistrate." Head of Athena right, wearing a laureate, crested helmet / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΙΛΙΑΔΟΣ, Athena Ilias standing right, wearing polos and chiton, holding distaff and filleted spear; owl at her feet right, winged caduceus behind; ΚΛΕ-ΩΝΟΣ across field, ΙΩΙΛΟΥ in exergue. Surface porosity. Very Fine. Very rare. From the Estate of C. Vermeule; ex CNG 66 (5/2004), lot 429.Feb 26, 2010
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Abydos (BC 411-387) Drachm410 viewsca 411-387 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.21g, 12h). Diogenes, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left; grapes to left. VF, porous.Feb 26, 2010
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Kios (BC 350-300) AV Stater - Proxenos1354 viewsca 350-300 BC. AV Stater (8.60g, 12h). Proxenos, magistrate. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Prow of galley left, decorated with star; above, club right; to left, eagle standing left; ΠPOΞENO[Σ] below. Good VF, some die rust, obverse a little off center. Extremely rare. This magistrate is only known on two examples of Kios staters, both in museums (Paris and Berlin).Feb 26, 2010
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Methymna (BC 450-400) Silenos - Obol380 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.59g). Head of bearded Silenos facing / Facing head of panther within incuse square. Unpublished?Feb 26, 2010
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Methymna (BC 450-400) Silenos - Obol393 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.57g). Head of bearded Silenos facing / Facing head of panther within incuse square. Unpublished?Feb 26, 2010
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Methymna (BC 400-360) Silenos - Obol773 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.46g). Facing head of Silenos / Tortoise in linear circle within shallow incuse circle. Near EF. Rare.Feb 26, 2010
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Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B65617 viewsca 400 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 6h). Head of Ares right, wearing crested helmet adorned with griffin / Head of Amazon right, wearing Thracian leather headgear, within linear square. aEF.Feb 26, 2010
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