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Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Zela (AD 193-217) AE 29 - Julia Domna960 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-217 AD. AE29 (16.11g). Dated 206/7 AD. Draped bust right / ZΗΛΙΤ-ω-Ν ΤΟ-Υ ΠΟΝ six-column temple; in exergue, EΤ ΡΜΓ (= year 143 of local era). Rare, attractive very fine.
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Zela (AD 98-117) AE 35 - Trajan732 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE35 (24.15g, 5h). ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟ[C] Κ[ΑΙC]ΑΡ [C]ΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚΟC, cuirassed, draped and laureate bust right / ΘΕΑ ΑΝΑΕ∙ΙΤΙC∙ZΗΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΤΟΥC, persian goddess Anaitis sitting left, crescent on head, holding ears (of wheat?) in right hand, N in exergue. gVF. Unique? Ex Lanz 146 (5/2009), 438; ex Künker 193 (9/2011), 679.
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Zela (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla655 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (16.58g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟC, laureate head right / ZΗΛΙΤΩΝ, emperor in quadriga right, in ex. ЄT PMR. Very rare. Dark patina, VF.
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Zela (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla535 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (15.79g, 6h). Dated CY 146 (209/10 AD). Laureate head right / Hexastyle temple façade with elaborate pediment set on base; ЄT PMR (date) in exergue. Good VF, green patina. Extremely rare date. Group CEM.
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Zela (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus525 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (16.62g). Dated CY 142 (205/6 AD). Laureate head right / ZΗΛΙΤω-Ν - ΤΟΥ ΠΟΝΤ, sexastyle temple, roof divided into 3 parts; PMB (=year 142 of local era) in exergue. Brown patina, VF. Righetti Coll.
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Zela (AD 193-211) AE 29 - Septimius Severus468 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE29 (15.13g, 6h). Dated CY 143 (206/7 AD). Laureate head right / Hexastyle temple with broken pediment; PMΓ (date) in exergue. Fine, brown surfaces, some roughness. Rare. Righetti Coll, 7471.
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Zela (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla446 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (15.39g). Laureate head right / ZΗΛΙΤω-Ν Τ-ΟΥ Π Η, Athena standing, wearing chiton and peplos, head right, holding shield; ЄP in left field. gVF. Rare. Righetti coll.; ex Gorny, München 64 (1993), 559.
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Zela (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla444 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (17.48g). Dated CY 146 (209/10 AD). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟC, laureate head right / ZΗΛΙΤΩΝ, Helios (or emperor) in quadriga, horses rearing, whip in left hand, right in speaking gesture; in ex. ЄT PMR. Very rare. Brown patina, VF. Unique? Righetti coll.
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Zela (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla421 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE27 (14.68g). Dated CY 146 (209/10 AD). AΥT KAI M AΥΡH ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right / ZHΛITΩN TOΥ ΠON, tetrastyle temple, within Tyche with rudder and cornucopiae, in ex. ЄT PMR. Very rare. Dark green patina. GVF.
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Zela (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla418 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (14.59g, 6h). Dated CY 146 (209/10 AD). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ZΗΛΙΤ[ωΝ] - ΤΟΥ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ, Zeus sitting left on throne, holding scepter in left hand, two ears of corn in outstretched right hand; in ex. ЄT PMR. Red-green patina, light smoothing, VF. Rare. Righetti coll.
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Zela (AD 193-217) AE 27 - Julia Domna401 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE27 (13.25g, 12h). Dated CY 143 (AD 206/7). Draped bust right / Tetrastyle temple with star in arched pediment and barrier across entrance; PMΓ (date) in exergue. Near VF, brown surfaces. Rare. Righetti Coll., 7472.
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Zela (BC 85-65) AE 23377 viewsTime of Mithradates VI Eupator, ca 85-65 BC. AE23 (6.75g, 1h). Head of Mên or Mithras right, wearing Phrygian cap / ZHΛITΩN, rooster with crescent on neck standing right; E to upper left; APE monogram to lower right. Extremely rare and of great interest. Beautiful glossy dark patina. Minor areas of weakness, otherwise VF.
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