Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Stater - B60.21007 viewsca 428-427 BC. EL Stater (15.45g). Laureate head of Apollo right, hair short; MVTI above / Quadripartite incise square. aEF. This is the only example known and is noted in Bodenstedt as being in the British Museum (BMC 28 Pl. 32,1). It has been speculated that this may have been issued at the time of the Lesbian revolt from Athens, 428/7 BC.1 comments Amisos (BC 4th cent) Siglos/Drachm1007 viewsca 435-370 BC. AR Siglos - Drachm (20mm, 5.55g, 3h). Persic standard. Aris-, magistrate. Head of Hera left, wearing stephane, earring, and necklace / Owl standing facing on shield, with wings spread; [grain ear to outer left,] sword in sheath to outer right, AP-IΣ and H-Γ across inner field, ΠEIPA in exergue. EF, toned, light die rust on obverse. Tralleis (BC 49/48) Tetradrachm1006 viewsC. Fannius, Praetor, 49/8 BC. AR Tetradrachm (12.04g). Cistophoric standard. Charidemos, son of Dionysides, magistrate. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Hexastyle temple, surmounted by statue of Athena, between two serpents and stars; to right, Hekate standing left; magistrate’s name below. Good VF, light porosity. Rare. Ex CNG 66 (5/2004), lot 1014. Herakleia Pontika (BC 305-281) Didrachm1005 viewsca 305-281 BC. AR Didrachm (25mm, 9.62g, 12h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Dionysos seated left, holding kantharos in right hand and thyrsos in left; monogram below. VF, scratches and shallow test cuts. Laodikeia Kombusta (AD 69-96) AE 18 - Titus and Domitian1005 viewsas Klaudilaodikeia. Titus and Domitian, 69-96 AD. AE18 (5.03g). Confronted head of Titus and Domitian / Cybele seated left. VF, black patina under some light earthen encrustation. Wagner Coll. Adana (BC 200-0) AE 161005 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (3.82g). Veiled head Demeter right, wearing stephane / ΑΔΑΝΕΩΝ, horse cantering left; monogram to left and below. Rare. Very fine. Apollonis (AD 139-161) AE 29 - Marcus Aurelius1004 viewsMarcus Aurelius (as Caesar?), 139-161 AD. AE29 (17.20g), Aeschrion and Hermokrates, magistrates. AV KAI M AVPHΛIOC ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, bare-headed and draped bust right / ΑΠΟΛΩΝΙΔΕΩΝ across field, ΑΠ ΕPΜΟΚPΑΤΟC ΑΙCXPΙΩΝΟC, Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. Good VF, dark brown patina. Unpublished in the major references. The magistrate Hermokrates is known for Apollonis through several coins of Lucius Verus. The portrait and titles suggest a date late in Aurelius' service as Caesar or immediately after he succeeded Antoninus Pius in 161 AD. The second magistrate, Aeschrion, is known from one other coin, also of Lucius Verus, from Apollonia, which has been identified as Apollonia Salbace in Caria, Mionnet III pg. 332, 173). It is tempting to see them as the same person. But Apollonis in Lydia and Apollonia Salbace are some distance apart, and it is difficult to see the connection. However, there are a number of other Apollonias in Asia Minor, and one of them, Apollonia on the Caicus in Mysia, is only some 20 miles from Apollonis. Perhaps the two close neighbors shared more than a similarity in names, and there was a civic connection. Amyzon (BC 200-0) AE 211003 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (5.95g). Head of Artemis right, quiver and bow at neck / ΑΜΥZΟΝΕ(ΩΝ) / ΕΝΕΚΠΑΤ− −ΔΑΡΔ− either side of lyre, AHR monogram above. Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Obol1003 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.58g, 6h). Young male head right, wearing tainia / ΠΟΡΔ, crab within incuse square. VF, porous. Unpublished, apparently unique. While the type is unpublished, cf. BMC Troas, p. 219, 1, for a drachm of Pordosilene with the same obverse type.1 comments Amastris (BC 285-250) Didrachm 1003 viewsca 285-250 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 9.56g, 12h). Head of Mithras right, wearing Persian mitra adorned with laurel wreath and star above / Aphrodite seated left, holding Nike, who crowns her with wreath, in extended right hand, left arm resting on throne; rose to left, lotus-tipped scepter behind throne, monogram below. Near EF. Ex Nomos FPL (early 2011), 65; Gallice Coll. (E. Bourgey, 12/1932), 203; Burel Coll. (Feuardent Frères, 6/1913), 254. Pimolisa (BC 120-63) AE 211002 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE21 (7.90g). Helmeted head of Ares right / [Π]ΙΜΩ-ΛΙΣ[ΩΝ], sword in sheath. VF. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B35 - EL 1/6 Stater1002 viewsca 510-490 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.57g). Head of a man-headed bull (river god) facing left, the truncation adorned with a row of dots; at right, seal swimming upwards / Four-part incuse square. EF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Geometric bee - EL 1/61001 viewsca 7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.30g). Milesian standard. Bee / Ornamented incuse punch. EF. Extremely rare. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 151000 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE15 (4.18g). Bow in bowcase / 8-rayed star. Dark patina, EF. Extremely rare. Aspendos (AD 1-100) AE 131000 viewsImperial Times, 1st century AD. AE13 (2.54g). Horse galloping right / AΣΠEN-ΔIΩN, Warrior standing right, holding shield and hurling javelin. VF. Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 14999 views2nd-1st century BC. AE14 (2.44g, 4h). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣΑΡΔΙ−ΑΝΩΝ, around club within wreath; uncertain monogram to right. Good VF, black patina. Pergamon (BC 49/48) Cistophoric Tetradrachm999 viewsQ. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, Imperator, 49/8 BC. AR Tetradrachm (12.27g, 12h). Cistophoric standard. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around legionary aquila; monogram to left. VF, struck from worn obverse die. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B29999 viewsca 477-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 9h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin / Incuse head of calf right. EF. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater998 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. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - Tetradrachm997 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.62g), minted in Pamphylia, Side. Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / ΒΑΣΙ-[ΛΕΩΣ] ΑΜΥΝ-ΤΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding scepter. VF. Sinope (BC 330-250) Drachm997 viewsca 330-300. AR Drachm (5.05g). Head of Nymph Sinope left, hair in sakkos / Sea eagle on dolphin left; ΣΙΝΩ below, ΦΑΓΕ (magistrate) in field to right. EF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) Geometric - EL 1/24997 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater - Obol (6mm, 0.67g). Milesian standard. Geometric cross-hatching / Circular radiate incuse punch. VF for issue. Soloi (BC 425-400) Tetrobol996 views425-400 BC. AR Tetrobol (3.66g). Amazon kneeling left, holding bow, quiver on left hip; satyr's head facing in right field / Grape cluster, fly to right, within dotted incuse square. VF. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/24 Stater996 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.65g), Milesian standard, striated type. Flattened striated surface / Incuse square punch. Very rare. Very fine. cf. CNG Mail Bid Sale 69 (6/2005), lot 427 ($1600 + comm). Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm996 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.94g). Young male head right, wearing taenia / ΠΟΡΔ, panther at bay to right, head facing, all in incuse square. Lacking from major published collections and perhaps unpublished. Good style. VF/EF. Phokaia (BC 387-326) Hemidrachm995 viewsca 387-326 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.06g). Helmeted head of Athena left, helmet decorated with laurel wreath / Φ-Ω, head of Griffin left; ΑΓ monogram below. Lightly toned, good VF, surfaces evenly granular. Rare. Pergamon (BC 166-67) Cistophoric Tetradrachm994 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.61g). Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which serpent emerges; around, wreath composed of ivy and berries / Decorated gorytos (bowcase) between two serpents, their tails tied up; on left, city monogram ΠEP, above, AΠ, prytanic monogram ΠPÎ¥ and star, right, serpent-entwined thyrsus. gVF. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater993 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (16.07g). Hoplite, nude but for Corinthian helmet, holding shield, standing in semi-crouch right; to right, tunny downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. The hoplite is about to begin the foot race in which the runners carried their military equipment. Anemurion (AD 147-176) AE 25 – Faustina II993 viewsFaustina II, 147-176 AD. AE25 (9.78g). ΙЄΑC ΦΑΥCΤЄΙΝΙ Ι CCЄΒ, draped bust right / ΑΝЄΜΟΥΡΙЄωΝ, Apollo with lyra leaning on column, holding branch. Extremely rare. Green patina, flan crack, GVF.1 comments Synnada (AD 253-368) AE 32 - Gallienus992 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE32 (17.81g, 6h). AVT' KAI' Π' ΛIK ΓAΛΛHNOC, C-EB across field, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CUN-NA-DE-ωN, venatio scene in the amphitheatre: across the center, lion chasing stag left, below, bestiarius attacking boar with spear; above, Orpheus attacked by a bear(?). Near EF, black patina. Extremely rare, one of approximately five known. Nysa (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian992 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.00g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Hades dragging away protesting Persephone in quadriga right; overturned basket of flowers below. VF, small area of flat strike in obverse legend. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Extremely rare. This unique example depicts a winged figure holding the wedding torch, or taeda, above the horses. This is Hymenaeus, one of the erotes and the personification of the Hymenaea, or wedding song sung outside the bridal chamber. Metcalf's attribution to this mint is based on the regional association of this reverse type. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater992 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Seal (fwkh) swimming along to left, looking back over its shoulder; annulet below / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare; the only coin in Bodenstedt's corpus illustrated with a line drawing! Bodenstedt identifies the device below the seal as a theta, but there is no evidence it is a letter. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B78992 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm, 6h). Head of Ariadne left, hair in sakkos decorated with three grape bunches / Lion, spearhead in jaws, right in linear square within incuse square. Near EF, light scratch on reverse, hairline flan crack. Very rare. Kios (AD 130) AE 38 - Antinoüs991 viewsAntinoüs, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE37 - Medallion (33.62g, 6h). ANTINOOC [HPΩC], bare-headed bust left / HPΩKIANOI AΔPIANOI, nude male figure standing left, holding purse(?) in left hand; ANTI NON(?) across field. VF, brown surfaces, tooled and smoothed. Ex Dowdy Coll.; Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 32 (11/1985), lot 350 (where unidentified). Magnesia (BC 155-145) Octobol991 viewsca 155-145 BC. AR Octobol (5.50g, 1h), Dionysios son of Demetrios. Armored cavalryman, wearing helmet, holding couched lance in his right hand and with his cloak flowing back from his shoulders, riding horse prancing to right; Δ below / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, bull butting left, within circular maeander pattern. Very rare. Virtually as struck. Ex Gemini I (1/2005), 162 and Lanz 102 (5/2001), 267, and from the collections of The Johns Hopkins University and J. W. Garrett, Bank Leu and Numismatic Fine Arts (10/1984), 266, C. S. Bement, Naville VII (6/1924), 1458 and T. Prowe, Egger 46 (5/1914), 949, and ex Hirsch 16 (12/1906), 636. The letter delta on the obverse is the denomination mark and stands for four diobols or an octobol (smaller pieces valued at two and four obols are also known). These coins were primarily for local use at the time when the city produced its extensive issues of stephanophoric tetradrachms. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL 1/6 Stater991 viewsca 5th-4th century BC. EL Hekte (2.65g). Head of Attis right, wearing jeweled Phrygian cap / Mill sail incuse. EF. Ex Leu 76 (10/1999), lot 147; ex Munzen und Medaillen XXI (6/1970), lot 143. Rhodes (BC 408-404) Hemidrachm989 viewsca 408-404 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.86g). Head of Helios facing, turned slightly right / Rose, P-O, in shallow incuse square. aVF. Rare. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater989 viewsbefore 575 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.31g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing floral and stellate designs. Good VF. Extremely rare with floral design. Termessos (AD 200-300) AE 29988 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. Koinon of Paphlagonia (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitian988 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE22 (7.30g, 7h). Laureate head right / KOI / NON ΠA / ΦΛAΓONI / AC in four lines. Near VF, brown patina. Very rare. Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL Hekte987 viewsLate 6th to mid-5th century BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Archaic head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin headdress / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare. Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 11987 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.32g, 11h). Head of female left, hair in sakkos / [ΛΑΡ]Ι[Σ/Α], bull standing right on ground line. Fine style, black patina, aEF/VF. Very rare. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B09 - EL 1/6 Stater987 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.59g). Forepart of bull right, head left; above, small seal left / Incuse square punch. Near EF, lightly toned. Very rare, only seven examples noted by Bodenstedt. Smyrna (AD 130) AE 38 - Antinoos986 viewsAntinous, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE38 - Medallion (46.40g, 12h). Polemon, magistrate. ANTINOOC HRΩC, bare head left / ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΑΝΕΘ ΗΚΕ CΜΥPΝΑΙΟC, bull standing right. VF, red-brown patina, some smoothing, outlines of letters and portrait strengthened. Extremely rare, one of three known, two of which are in museums (Berlin and Gotha). From the David A. Dowdy Collection. Ex Waddell I (12/1982), lot 216; Muenzen und Medaillen 52 (6/1975), lot 651; E.S.G. Robinson Collection (Hess-Leu 17, 3/1961), lot 182; Vicomte de Sartiges Collection (Ars Classica 18, 10/1938), lot 228; Consul Weber Collection (Hirsch XXIV, 5/1909), lot 1484. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B63 - EL 1/6 Stater986 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of young male left, wearing taenia; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity. Assos (BC 350) Drachm986 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.05g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena left / ΑΣ-ΣI-ΟΝ, facing bucranium. VF, porous. Rare. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater986 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (15.96g). Panther standing left on tunny left, raising right forepaw / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Uncertain Satrap (BC 500-450) Hemiobol986 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.30g, 6mm). Bearded head right, wearing satrapal headdress / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare. Amisos (BC 125-100) AE 21985 viewsca 125-100 BC. AE21 (8.33g). Diademed head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, tripod. EF, dark brown patina with tan high points. Salamis (BC 530-515) Stater - Euelthon985 viewsEuelthon, King of Salamis, ca 530-515 BC. AR Stater (10.97g). Posthumous issue, struck circa 515-480 BC. "Euelthon" in Cypriot, ram kneeling left / Blank. Good VF, darkly toned, light scratches. Exceptional for issue. Pordosilene (AD 222-235) AE 38 - Severus Alexander985 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE38 - Medallion (30.87g, 6h). Aurelius Coscelius, magistrate. AVT K M AVP CEV ALEXANDPOC, laureate head right / EPI CTP AVP KWCKELI OV TAM POPOCELHN, EITWN across field, Tyche standing left, modius on head, holding patera in right hand, cornucopiae in left. Magistrate not recorded in Münsterberg. VF, matte dark green patina, surfaces slightly rough. A unique and apparently unpublished medallic bronze. Drewry Coll.; ex Burstein Coll., Peus 366 (10/2000), lot 606. The only bronze of Severus Alexander for Pordoselene, and the only medallic sized coin for the island. The edge of the coin has been lightly tapped to create a raised rim; sestertii with this edge effect are sometimes referred to as "proto-contorniates." This coin was probably a presentation piece. mounted in a phalera for display. In the Peus catalogue it is described as lead, but in actuality is a poor quality bronze alloy. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater985 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. (BC 220-163) Ariarathes IV - Drachm984 viewsAriarathes IV, Eusebes, 220-163 BC. AR Drachm (3.82g). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear, and shield; monograms to left and below, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ - ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ. Toned, about EF. Apameia (AD 14-37) AE 14 - Livia984 viewsLivia, mother of Tiberius, 14-37 AD. AE14 (3.95g). Markos Manneios. ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust of Livia / MARKOΣ MANNHIOΣ AΠAMEΩN, club above meander pattern. About very fine. Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 200-0) AE 24984 views2nd century BC. AE24 (11.75g). Laureate head of bearded Herakles right / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ - ΣΙΠΥΛΟΥ, Athena standing left, wearing long chiton and helmet, holding round shield in left hand, Nike with wreath in outstretched right, monogram in field above. Fine olive-green patina, worn obv die, VF/EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Perge (BC 255-240) Tetradrachm984 views3rd cent BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.54g). Laureate head of Artemis right; quiver over shoulder / ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟΣ - ΠΕΡΓΑΙΑΣ, Artemis standing left, wearing short dress, holding wreath and scepter; to left, stag looking up. Miletos (AD 161-169) AE 39 - Marcus Aurelius984 viewsMarcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE39 - Medallion (28.86g, 5h). Aelius Themistocles, Asiarch. M AVP KAI ANTWNINOC L AVP OVHPOC KAI, bust of Aurelius right vis-à-vis bust of Verus left, both laureate and cuirassed / EPI AIL QEMICTO KLEOV ACIAPXOV, MILHCWN in exergue, tetrastyle temple of Apollo Didymus, statue within, globe in pediment. Good VF, dark green patina, red-brown encrustation. Apparently unique. Drewry Coll.; ex Freeman & Sear 6 (6/2000), lot 521. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B38 - EL 1/6 Stater983 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Head of a roaring lion left; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Very rare, only four specimens cited by Bodenstedt, all in museum collections. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/24983 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.64g). Raised swastika pattern / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely fine. Aninetos (AD 193-211) AE - Septimus Severus983 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. Kyme (BC 520-470) Obol982 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.67g) Forepart of bridled horse left / Incuse square. (BC 128-94) Nikomedes III - Tetradrachm982 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. Phokaia (BC 530-500) Diobol982 views6th century BC. AR Diobol (1.56g). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Temenothyrai (AD 253-268) AE 38 - Gallienus981 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE38 / Medallion (18.51g, 6h). Titianus, archiereus. AV • KA • ΠO • ΛIKI • GAΛΛIHNOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis / TITIANOC APXIE–PEVC, THMENOΘV •/PEVCIN • in two lines in exergue, monumental ornate conical cult-image on cart drawn left by yoke of oxen; before, guide standing right, steadying oxen and directing to three figures above, standing right, and two figures behind, each of whom holds a guide rope. EF, green and red patina with earthen overtones. Extremely rare. The pompa, or procession, was a prominent part of the religious festivals and games of the Greco-Roman world. Often opening the associated games or accompanying the sacrifices, monumental images of the deity would be publicly conveyed (Ovid, Trist. 4.2-3, 6). Such was the Roman pompa circensis which preceded the games in the circus and was part of the celebration of a triumph. Likewise, the inception of a new consulship occasioned celebrations which also would have included the display of such images. Some such event must have been the occasion for the pompa depicted on this medallion, though a more specific event is as yet unknown. The archierus mentioned may be the Junius Titianus who was consul with Philip I in AD 245 (Cod. Theod. 6.39.2). Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol981 viewsca 480-420 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g, 9mm). Forepart of boar left with H on shoulder; tunny behind / Head of lion left, star above, within incuse square. Good very fine. Barata (AD 244-249) AE 30 - Philip II980 viewsPhilip II, 244-249 AD. AE30 (15.98g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Zeus standing left, holding scepter, eagle to left. Nice very fine, attractive green-brown patina. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater980 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (15.87g). Man-headed bull standing left, head facing, on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B95979 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. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater979 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL 1/48th Stater (0.29g). Head of stag right / Incuse square with irregular pattern. Well struck. About EF. Atarneos (BC 350-300) Drachm978 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (2.29g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Coiled serpent. Toned, near VF, porous, obverse scrape. Rare. Kyzikos (AD 41-43) AE 12 - Britannicus, Antonia and Octavia978 viewsBritannicus, Antonia and Octavia. AE12 (1.69g). Struck early in Claudius’s reign, ca 41 - 43 AD. NEOC ΓE[PMANIKOC], K-Y; bare head of Brittanicus right / [AN] / OK[TA], draped busts Claudia Antonia and Claudia Octavia facing each other. Very rare. About very fine. This issue is struck early in Claudius’s reign while the title is Germanicus before he became known as Brittanicus after AD 43. The other portraits are from Claudia Antonia, daughter of Claudius from his second wife, Aelia Paetina, sister of Sejanus; and Claudia Octavia, Claudius’ son and daughter from his third wife, Valeria Messalina. Apollonia ad Rhyndakon (AD 161-180) AE 36 - Marcus Aurelius978 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE36 - Medallion (34.12g). AV KAI M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC, bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right / AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN ΠPOC PVNΔA around, KΩ in exergue, Artemis standing left, holding bow and placing crown on head of Apollo standing front, who raises his right hand to accept the crown; Apollo also holds a bow in his left hand, and is nude apart from a cloak hanging from his lower left arm; to left, a tall tripod with a snake entwined around its front leg. Dark olive patina. Extremely fine. Ex NAC 21 (5/2001), lot 477. Side (BC 460-430) Stater977 viewsCA 460-430 BC. AR Stater (10.60g). Pomegranate, dolphin below / Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet, in incuse square. VF. Amisos (BC 125-100) AE 31977 viewsca 125-100 BC. AE31 (19.65g). Male head right (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk) / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, quiver. VF/gVF. Light green patina. Apameia (AD 238-244) AE 39 - Gordian III977 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE39 (27.51g). ΑVΤ Κ Îœ ΑΝ ΓΟPΔΙΑΝΟ−C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΠΑΡ Α-ΑΚΧ-ΙΟC ΠΑΝ, ΑΠΑΜΕΩ/Ν in two lines in exergue, representation of the story of Noah: to right, upper parts to waist, tunicate and stolate respectively, of Noah and his wife, latter also veiled, seen standing left in enclosing square chest (Lat., arca; Gr. kibotos) with raised lid on which perches a raven (?) right, facing left; floating on waves and inscribed with NΩE; to left, standing figures, as above but full-length, of Noah and spouse, gazing upwards, latter outermost, and raising right hands, elbows bent, in salutation to dove flying right above them, grasping olive-branch in claws. VF, dark green-brown patina, surfaces a little rough. Extremely rare. Schonwalter Coll. Methymna (BC 520-460) Hemiobol977 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.21g). Facing head of bearded Silenos / Double incuse punch. VF, extremely rare. Unpublished? Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Bull - EL 1/6 Stater977 viewsca 500 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.33g, 9mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of bull right / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, toned. Rare. Ex Triton XI (1/2008), lot 250. The Rosen catalog notes that the entry for the Vourla hoard in IGCH designates Samos as the mint of these coins, but J.P. Barron disagrees. Von Aulock placed the coin at an uncertain mint in Ionia, while Rosen was more general, at an uncertain mint in Asia Minor. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B106 - EL 1/6 Stater976 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Female head left, hair rolled and tied at forehead in a "star"; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, a few scuff marks. Pergamon (AD 1) AE - Augustus and Gaius Caesar976 viewsAugustus and Gaius Caesar. A. Pourios Gymnasiarch, ca 1 AD. AE (5.40g). ΣΕΒ[ΑΣΤΟΙ ΚΑΙΣ]ΑΡΙ ΒΟΥΛΑΙΩΙ, laureate head right / ΦΟΥΡΙΟΣ ΙΕΡΕΥΣ ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΑΡΧΩΝ, water vessel, ΠΕΡ-ΓΑ/ΜΗ-ΝΩΝ. Green patina, VF. Neoklaudiopolis (AD 211) AE 21 - Geta976 viewsGeta, 211 AD. AE21 (5.11g, 6h). Bust right / "Apocalyptic" Aphrodite loosening her garment provocatively and holding out an apple. All the coins of this city are very rare, and this reverse type seems to be unrecorded for Neoklaudiopolis. Also interesting is the (unexplained?) legend-ending KOM KECAP, which can also be found on coins of Tavion in Galatia.1 comments Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater 976 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (15.94g). Youthful male figure, wearing tainia with frontal spike, kneeling right, holding [knife] and tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light scrape in field on obverse. Exceptional for issue. While not exceptionally rare, almost all of the published examples have all or part of the head of the figure off the flan. Also, most of the published specimens exhibit considerably more wear than the present example. Kition (BC 361-312) AV 1/2 Stater - Pumiathon976 viewsPumiathon, ca 362-312 BC. AV Hemistater (12mm, 4.11g, 6h). Dated RY 8 (355/4 BC). Herakles advancing right, holding club, bow, and arrow, lion skin draped over arm; ankh to right / Lion right, biting into the back of a stag recumbent right; ‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹ (8 = date) to right. Near VF, a little off center, typical compact flan. Rare, and the only example with the year 8 date fully visible. Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Tetradrachm975 viewsca 390-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.99g, 7h). Wreathed head of Kore Soteira left, hair in sphendone covered with veil, two grain ears in hair, ΣΩΤΕΙΡΑ above / Head of lion left, mouth open with tongue protruding, KY ZI around; tunny fish below. Good VF, old cabinet toning. Artistic workmanship. Kaisareia (AD 193-217) AE 28 - Julia Domna975 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE28 (12.44g, 12h). Homonoia with Smyrna. Dated CY 14 (AD 206/7). IOVΛIA ΔO MNA AVΓ, draped bust right / KAICAP[EΩN] CMYPNAIΩN, OMONOIA in exergue, agalma of Mount Argaeus surmounted by star, flanked by agonistic crowns, each containing a palm; ЄT IΔ (date) across field. VF, slightly rough black-green patina with traces of earthen overtones, adjustment marks on reverse. Very rare. Ilion (BC 300-200) Diobol975 viewsca 3rd century BC. AR Diobol (1.47g, 1h). Head of Athena right, wearing a crested helmet / Archaic cult statue of Athena Ilias left, holding spear and distaff, rose to left. Apparently unpublished. The only other example of the type I could find is from a Gorny & Mosch auction. That example weight 2.87g and is attributed as a hemidrachm. One could argue that it is a tetrobol based on the standards used at Ilion at the time. This would then be a diobol. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B62- EL 1/6 Stater975 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Female head left, hair in sphendone; behind, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned. Atarneos (BC 350-300) AE 18974 viewsca. 350-300 BC. AE18 (3.87g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right; coiled serpent above, H to right, ATAP below. Good VF, dark greenish brown patina with a trace of red, some smoothing in fields. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - Tetradrachm974 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. Herakleia Pontika (BC 305-281) Didrachm974 viewsca 305-281 BC. AR Didrachm (9.69g, 23mm, 1h). Head of Herakles right / Dionysos sitting on throne left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; TE monogram under throne, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤ[ΑΝ] to right. VF/aEF. Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Drachm974 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Drachm (3.20g). Head of Nymph Soteira left, wearing sakkos; ΣΩΤΕΙ above / ΚΥ-ZΙ; lion's head left, tunny below, bee in field to right. Extremely rare. VF. Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 17972 viewsafter ca 350 BC. AE17 (3.47g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Bull butting left, star above, ΓΑΜ in exergue. VF, brown patina. Harpasa (AD 140-180) AE 19972 viewsca 140-180 AD. AE19 (5.42g). ICΡΑ - CΥΝΚΛIΤΟC, draped Bust of Senate right / ΑΡΠΑCΗ-ΝΩΝ, Dionysos in Himation standing left, Thyrsos in left hand, kantharos in right. Very rare. Good style, dark green patina. About EF. Lamponeia (BC 500-450) Hemiobol972 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.41g). Bull's head facing / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, off center, porous. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater971 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.69g). Panther standing left on tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Very rare. Ex Jonathan P. Rosen Collection, 464; Galerie des Monnaies (2/1977), lot 94. Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 17971 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (3.84g). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Forepart of lion right; ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ above, monogram to left. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Kaisareia (AD 81-96) Didrachm - Domitian971 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AR Didrachm (5.91g, 22mm, 6h). Dated RY 13 (AD 93/4). Laureate head right / Club. Near VF, rough. Tricarico coll. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B60971 viewsca 430-410 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Laureate head of Apollo facing right / Head of 'eagle griffin' facing right, with stylized eagle head, reptile crest and goat beard, within a square frame of thin lines adorned with dots; the whole within incuse square. Scratch on obverse but exceptional head of griffin on reverse. VF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B37970 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. Priene (AD 69-79) AE 20970 viewsTime of Vespasian, 69-79 AD. Bronzes of Erato. AE20 (4.60g). ΕΠΙ ΕΡΑΤΩ/ΝΟC ΑΡ-CΟΝΤΟ-C, draped bust of wreathed Demeter right / ΠΡΙΗΝΕ−ΩΝ, veiled bust of Kore-Persephone right. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian970 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.67g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / COM BIT, tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze, no pellet in pediment; within, draped male figure standing right, holding sceptre and Victory. VF, trace of porosity on reverse. Attractive portrait. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 - 149