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Kebren (BC 480-440) Diobol2927 viewsca 5th cent. BC. AR Diobol (1.08g). Ram's head right, KEB below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) EL 1/24 Stater2329 viewsLate 6th-early 5th centuries BC. EL 1/24 Stater (7mm, 0.69g). Head of ram left / Incuse square punch. Gemini VII, lot 496, otherwise, unpublished. Good VF, light scuff on obverse.

Although there are a few electrum issues known with a ram’s head (cf. Weidauer 50-1 and Boston MFA 1756), all are distinctly different in style from this coin. At the same time, the style of the ram’s head here is a perfect match to the type found on the early silver issues at Kebren (cf. Rosen 531). SNG von Aulock 7775 and NY Sale XX, lot 197 appear to be hektes with this same style.
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Kebren (BC 450) Diobol1715 views5th century BC. AR Diobol (1.20g, 5h). Archaic head of Apollo left / Head of ram left in incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, slightly granular surfaces. Fine archaic style. Very rare.
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Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1624 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.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol1571 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.53g). Head of ram left, bird (swan?) below / Incuse punch. Apparently unpublished with bird symbol.1 comments
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Kebren (BC 450) Drachm1486 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.47g, 13mm, 12h). Archaic female head left / Head of ram left in incuse square. Good VF, toned. Very rare.
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Kebren (BC 450) Diobol1399 viewsca 450 BC. AR Diobol (1.30g, 11h). Female head to left, wearing disc earring and necklace, her hair bound with a band / Ram's head to left within square incuse. Rare. Beautifully toned and of lovely archaic style. Good very fine. Ex Hess-Leu 31 (12/1966), 415.
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Kebren (BC 530-480) EL Hekte 1366 viewsLate 6th-early 5th century BC. EL Hekte (2.47g, 10mm). Head of ram right / Incuse punch. VF. Carr coll.

Second known hekte of this type. The first example was sold by CNG and described as unique and unpublished: “Although there are a few electrum Phokaic standard hektai known with a ram’s head (particularly from Mytilene and Phokaia, and an uncertain mint [Weidauer 50]), all are distinctly different in style from this coin. At the same time, the style of the ram’s head here is a perfect match to the type found on the early silver issues at Kebren (cf. SNG Ashmolean 1076–7). See SNG Kayhan 1565 and CNG 90 (5/2012), lot 577 for myshemihektes of the same style and standard, but with head left.” CNG have since sold a hemihekte of the same style and standard [see CNG 105 (5/2017) lot 225]. The reverse of this example is very different from the CNG examples.
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Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1332 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.94g). Head of a ram right / Gorgoneion within shallow incuse square. Attractive toning, wide flan.
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Kebren (BC 450) Diobol1286 viewsca 450 BC. AR Diobol (1.30g). Archaic head of Apollo left / Ram's head left within incuse square. Rare. Slight granularity. Near Extremely Fine.
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Kebren (BC 412-399) AE1282 viewsUncertain Hyparch or Satrap, ca 4th cent BC. AE (0.78g), struck in Kebren. Head of satrap left, wearing Persian kyrbasia / KE monogram. Dark green patina, EF. Very rare.
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Kebren (BC 480-440) Obol1216 views5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.50g). Forepart of a ram right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, porous.
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Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1151 viewsca 460 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.75g). Ram's head left / Facing gorgon within incuse square. VF, porous.
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Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1137 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Triobol (1.83g). Head of a ram right / Gorgoneion within shallow incuse square. Toned, attractive VF. Rare type, unpublished with ram's head right.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol1088 viewsearly 5th cent BC. AR Obol (0.58g). Head of ram right / Rough quadripartite incuse square.
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Kebren (BC 281-261) AE 10 - as Antiochia1022 views281-261 BC (as Antiochia). AE10 (0.84g). Head of ram right, ANTIO above, trident below / Laureate head of Apollo right. Green patina, aEF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Kebren (BC 450) Diobol1015 views5th century BC. AR Diobol (9mm, 1.24g, 5h). Head of Apollo left / Head of ram left within incuse square. VF, toned, granular surfaces.
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Kebren (BC 412-399) AE 10946 viewsZenis?, Satrap in Troas, ca 4th century BC. AE10 (0.61g), struck in Kebren. Head of satrap (Zenis?) left, wearing Persian tiara / KE monogram. Nice VF, dark brown patina.
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Kebren (BC 450) Drachm944 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Drachm (3.76g). Female head left with long beaded hair, wearing band and earring / Head of ram left within incuse square. Very rare. gVF. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel-Lagerliste 421 (1980), 15.
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Kebren (BC 460-420) Obol940 views5th century BC. AR Diobol (9mm, 0.75g). Ram's head right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity.
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Kebren (BC 460-420) Hemiobol925 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.42g). Ram heads back to back, facing outwards, floret between; [K]EBP[...] around / Incuse swastika pattern, pellet in center. Toned, good VF, minor porosity. Scarce.
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Kebren (BC 412-399) AE 10922 viewsca 4th century BC. AE10 (0.94g). Two ram's heads back to back, facing outwards, floral ornament between / KE monogram. Nice VF, gray-black patina. Freedman Coll.
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Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 9902 viewsca 387-310 BC. AE9 (1.05g, 6h). Ram's head right; K below / Laureate head of Apollo right. Near EF, black patina, very minor patch of roughness on cheek of Apollo. Well centered.
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Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 10883 views4th cent BC. AE10 (0.96g). Head of ram right, K below / Laureate head of Apollo right. Dark green patina, gVF.
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Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm878 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.85g, 10mm). Ram´s head right / Lion´s head right within incuse square. gVF. Apparently unpublished.2 comments
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Kebren (BC 412-399) AE 9877 viewsZenis, Satrap of Dardanos, ca 412-399 BC. AE9 (0.66g), struck at Kebren. Head of a satrap left, wearing Persian tiara / KE monogram. gVF, dark green patina.
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Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 10820 views4th cent BC. AE10 (1.12g, 12h). Head of ram right / Laureate head of Apollo right. Dark brown patina, aEF.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Triobol786 viewsca 500 BC. AR Triobol (11mm, 1.86g). Head of ram left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare.
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Kebren (BC 480-440) Diobol772 viewsca 5th cent BC. AR Diobol (1.04g). Ram's head right, KEB below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, porosity.
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Kebren (BC 480-440) Obol772 viewsca 5th cent BC. AR Obol (0.53g). Forepart of ram right / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, nice VF, minor porosity.
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Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 26740 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE26 (8.44g). Ram's head right, eagle standing R below / Laureate head of Apollo right, K-E. VF, dark green, almost black, patina, some scattered roughness.
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Kebren (BC 412-399) AE 8695 viewsZenis?, Satrap in Troas, ca 4th cent BC. AE8 (0.54g), struck in Kebren. Male head left, wearing Persian tiara / KE monogram. VF, slightly porous, black patina.
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Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm691 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.90g, 13mm). Horse prancing right / KE-B-P-H within quarters of quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Near EF, double struck on obverse. Extremely rare.
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Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 9673 views4th century BC. AE9 (0.86g). Head of ram right / Laureate head of Apollo right. Dark green patina, aEF. Gutknecht coll.
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Kebren (BC 460-420) Obol670 views5th cent BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.78g). Ram’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, lightly porous, deposits on reverse.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol661 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Obol (0.55g). Head of ram left / Irregular incuse punch. Toned, EF. Rare. Ex Aufhäuser 8 (1991), 115.
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Kebren (BC 460-420) Hemiobol642 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.39g, 7mm). Forepart of ram right, [KE]BPH / "Wind-mill" quadripartite incuse square.
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Kebren (BC 480-440) Diobol629 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Diobol (1.02g). Ram's head right / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned VF, minor porosity.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol627 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.54g, 8mm). Head of ram left / Incuse square with striations. Good very fine.
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Kebren (BC 412-399) AE 8626 viewsZenis?, Satrap in Troas, ca 412-399 BC. AE8 (0.64g), struck in Kebren. Head of satrap (Zenis?) left, wearing Persian tiara / KE monogram. Dark green patina, aEF. Gutknecht coll.
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Kebren (BC 460-420) Hemiobol623 viewsca 420-412 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.44g). Two rams’ heads; floral ornament between / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, find patina. Alighieri Coll.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Diobol619 views5th century BC. AR Diobol (9mm, 1.26g). Head of ram right / Quadripartitie incuse square. VF, light porosity.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol616 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.52g). Head of ram left / Incuse with striations. Porous, very fine.
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Kebren (BC 480-440) Hemiobol614 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (?) (7mm, 0.33g). Ram’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, some porosity. Alighieri Coll.
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Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 26613 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE26 (9.06g). Ram's head right, star below / K-E, laureate head of Apollo right. VF, glossy dark green patina. Unrecorded variety with the star?
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Kebren (BC 412-399) AE 9595 viewsca 399-350 BC. AE9mm (0.95g, 8h). Confronted ram’s heads / KE monogram. VF, green patina.
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Kebren (BC 450) Obol584 viewsca 450 BC. AR Obol (0.61g, 7mm, 11h). Archaic head of Apollo left / Ram's head left within incuse square. Good VF, granular surfaces. Unpublished as obol.
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Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm574 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.80g). Head of a ram right / Calf head right within shallow incuse square. Unpublished?1 comments
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Kebren (BC 480-440) Obol569 views5th century BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.59g). Ram’s head left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, light porosity, obverse off center. Alighieri Coll.
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Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 16568 viewsca 350-310 BC. AE16 (3.66g). Laureate head of Apollo right / K - E, head of ram right; below, eagle standing right. gVF.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Hemiobol551 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.22g). Ram’s head right / Incuse square. Dark find patina, VF. Rare. Mueller Coll.
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Kebren (BC 460-420) Triobol533 views5th century BC. AR Triobol (1.57g). Forepart of ram right, [KE]BPH / "Wind-mill" quadripartite incuse square. VF, light porosity. Very rare.
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Kebren (BC 450) Diobol532 viewsca 450 BC. AR Diobol (1.20g, 9mm). Archaic head of Apollo left / Ram's head right within incuse square. Interesting variant with ram's head facing right instead of left. Apparently an unpublished variant.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Hemiobol525 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.27g). Head of ram left / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, good VF. Very rare. Mueller Coll.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Diobol521 views5th century BC. AR Diobol (1.10g). Ram's head left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, slight granularity.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol521 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.58g, 8mm). Ram’s head left / Quadripartite incuse square with two raised and two sunken quarters. EF, toned, very faint porosity. Scarce. High relief ram.
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Kebren (BC 450) Obol488 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.62g, 8mm, 1h). Ram's head left / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. VF, toned, light porosity. Well struck and very rare. Apparently an unpublished denomination.
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Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 19481 viewsca 400-387 BC. AE19 (8.50g, 6h). Ram’s head right; below, eagle standing right / Laureate head of Apollo right. VF, green and brown patina, light smoothing on reverse.
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Kebren (BC 480-440) Obol477 viewsca late 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.58g, 9mm). Ram’s head left; below, tunny fish right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned, some granularity.

The obverse type of a ram’s head left is very similar, stylistically, to the early coinage of Kebren. Although the type is not published with a tunny fish beneath the ram’s head, which is usually indicative of Kyzikos, there are other symbols, such as a bird, that do appear on the Kebren coinage beneath the ram.
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Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 20419 viewsca 350-310 BC. AE20 (7.6g, 7h). Ram's head right, corn grain below / K-E, laureate head of Apollo right. VF.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Hemiobol401 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.24g). Head of ram left, pellet below / Irregular incuse punch. Toned, EF. Very rare.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol360 viewsLate 6th-early 5th centuries BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.50g). Head of ram left, bird (?) below / Incuse square. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Ex Klein Coll., 312.
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Kebren (BC 450) Obol353 viewsca 460 BC. AR Obol (0.72g). Ram's head left / Facing gorgon within incuse square. Very rare. Apparently an unpublished denomination.
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Kebren (BC 480-450) Trihemiobol?330 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.81g, 9mm). Head of ram right / Stellate pattern. VF, toned.
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Kebren (BC 480-440) Obol308 viewsca late 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.55g, 8mm). Head of a ram to left; below, tunny left. / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare, one of a very few known examples. Very fine.
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Kebren (BC 412-399) AE 8301 viewsca 412-399 BC. AE8 (0.54g, 12h). Head of a satrap left, wearing tiara / KE monogram. VF, brown patina.
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Kebren (BC 480-450) Obol297 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Obol (0.55g, 8.5mm). Head of ram left / Stellate pattern in incuse square. Unpublished?
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Kebren (BC 480-440) Diobol271 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Diobol (1.28g, 10mm). Ram’s head right; below, tunny fish / Quadripartite incuse square.
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Kebren (BC 412-399) AE 8269 viewsca 412-399 BC. AE8 (0.63g). Head of a satrap left, wearing tiara / KE monogram. VF, dark green patina, light deposits.
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Kebren (BC 281-261) AE 21 - as Antiochia259 viewsas Antiocheia, 281-261 BC. AE21 (7.09g). Laureate head of Apollo right; B-K across field / Head of ram right; behind, club.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Hemidrachm195 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 2.39g). Ram’s head left; small bird left below / Quadriartite incuse square. nEF. Very rare denomination.
 
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