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Nikomedeia (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus800 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 - Medallion (30.21g). AY KA CEΠ– CEYHPOIC PC, radiate head r. NIKOMH – ΔEΩN, Severus, holding spear, on prancing horse r.; below, fallen enemy and scattered arms. In exergue, ΔIC NEΩKO / PΩN. Extremely rare (missing in all major collections). Dark green patina and extremely fine.
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Neokaisareia (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus800 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (10.49g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΣΕΠΣΕΟΥΗΡΟΣ, laureate and draped bust right / ΚΟΙΠΠΟΠÎΕΟ-ΚΑΙΣ ΜΗΤΡΟ, Tyche seated with cornucopia surrounded by five more City-Goddesses. Very rare. Black patina. Very fine.
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Alexandreia (BC 300) AE 20799 viewsca 300 BC. AE20 (7.88g) Laureate head of Apollo right / horse grazing right, ΑΛΕΞΑÎ-ΔΡΕΩΠabove and below, ΙΣ monogram and corn grain below.
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Kition (BC 425-400) Stater - Baalmelek II799 viewsBaalmelek II, King of Kition, ca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.97g). Herakles advancing right, wearing full lion skin on shoulders, club in right hand, bow in left, ankh symbol to right, within dotted circlular border / Lion attacking deer, 'BLMLK' in Cypriot above, within dotted square border. Rare. VF.
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Mallos (BC 425-385) Obol799 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Obol (0.61g). Forepart of human-headed bull left / Facing female head, MAP. Toned VF, light porosity.
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Kyme (BC 190) AE799 viewsAfter 190 BC. AE (4.05g). Bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver to left / Vase with one handle, Z-Ω-I-Λ-Ο-Σ (magistrate). Dark green patina, good VF.
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Assos (BC 450-400) Obol799 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.52g). Griffin walking right / Lion's head right within incuse square. VF, porosity.
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(BC 182-149) Prusias II - Tetradrachm799 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.99g, 11h). Diademed and winged head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Zeus standing left, holding wreath in right hand, lotus tipped sceptre in left; to inner left, monogram above and below eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Superb EF, lightly toned. Exceptional Hellenistic portrait. Ex Leu 83 (5/2003), lot 281; Tkalec (10/1994), lot 94; Leu 2 (4/1972), lot 223.
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Halikarnassos (AD 55) AE 19 - Agrippina Senior799 viewsAgrippina Senior. AE19 (4.03g). Struck under Nero, ca 55 AD. Draped bust right, hair in long plait down back of neck / ΑΛΙΚΑΡÎ−ΑΣΣΕΩÎ, cult statue of Zeus Akraios standing facing. Fine, brown surfaces. Drewry Coll.; Ex Lindgren Coll.
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Sardeis (AD 253-260) AE 46 - Valerian799 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE46 - Medallion (42.0g). Radiate, cuirassed bust right / Demeter in car right drawn by two winged serpents. Extremely Rare and nice.
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Prusa ad Olympum (AD 193) AE 23 - Didius Julianus799 viewsDidius Julianus, 193 AD. AE23 (4.28g). AVT K M ΔIΔIOC-[IOVΛI]ANOC AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right / ΠP-OV / CAEΩN, six-columned temple, mint name in Greek across field and in exergue. Extremely rare. Awkwardly shaped flan. aEF.
Prusa was apparently the only provincial mint to strike coins for Julianus and his family, and the Recueil General knew only one specimen for Julianus himself, that in the BM. The elevation of Julianus in Rome caused the revolt of Pescennius Niger in Syria, but obviously there would have been a period of two or three weeks in Bithynia in mid-late April 193, between the announcement of Julianus' elevation and the arrival of news of Niger's revolt. This coin was struck within this very brief time frame.
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Pergamon (BC 200-30) Diobol799 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Diobol (13mm, 1.50g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Eagle, with wings spread, standing facing on palm; AΘhNA[Σ] / NI-ΠE / NIKHΦOPOY. VF, porous. Extremely rare with this reverse legend.
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Rhodes (BC 275-250) Diobol798 viewsca 275-250 BC. AR Diobol (0.93g). Head of Helios right / Two rosebuds, helmet above. VF.
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Ephesos (AD 41-50) AE 19 - Statilia Messalina798 viewsStatilia Messalina, wife of Claudius I, 54-68 AD. AE19 (5.45g). Draped bust right / Roma standing right, holding scepter and cult statue of Artemis.
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Lystra (BC 27-AD 14) AE 26 - Augustus798 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE26 (13.04g). Head left, cornucopiae behind / COL IVL / FEI CEM/ LVSTRA Founder plowing left. Black patina. Very fine/ good very fine. Righetti coll.; ex Auktion Muenzhandlung Schulten + Co. GmbH, Koln (10/19880, 599.
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Kos (BC 285-258) Tetradrachm798 viewsca 285-258 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.07g, 6h). Timolykos, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Κ−ΩΙΟ−Ν, crab; ΤΙΜΟΛΥΚΟΣ and bow and quiver below; all in dotted square within shallow incuse. Good VF, attractively toned. Choice surfaces. Ex Triton V (1/2002), lot 1449 ($3,200).
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) Drachm798 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Drachm (3.29g). Bee, ΕΦ-ΕΣΙ-Ο-Πaround / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, light porosity. Struck on a broad flan.
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Gargara (BC 500-475) Obol798 viewsca 460-430 BC. AR Obol (0.53g). Female head left, hair bound in sakkos, ΓΑΡ above / Quadripartite incuse square. aVF. Very rare. Unpublished?
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(BC 63-46) Pharnakes II - AV Stater798 viewsPharnakes II, ca 63-46 BC. AV Stater (19.5mm, 8.19g, 1h). Pantikapaion mint. Dated Bosporan Era 245 (53/2 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛ-EΩN MEΓAΛOY ΦAPNAKOY, Apollo seated left on lion-footed throne, holding branch in extended right hand, left arm resting on kithara; tripod to left; to right, EMΣ (date) above monogram. EF, slightly weak strike, some die wear. Very rare.
Pharnakes was awarded the Bosporan Kingdom by Pompey, for the betrayal of his father Mithradates VI, King of Pontos. Little is known of his 16-year reign except for its ending. During the Civil War between Pompey and Julius Caesar, Pharnakes tried to recapture his father's former territories in Pontos. He won a victory over Caesar's general, Domitius Calvinus, and ordered Romans in the region castrated or put to the sword. In response, Caesar launched a rapid five day war against Pharnakes in 47 BC, culminating in the battle of Zela. Caesar emerged victorious, prompting him to report back to the Senate with the now famous dictum, "Veni, Vidi, Vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered).
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Rhodes (BC 40-AD 25) Drachm797 viewsca 40 BC-25 AD. AR Drachm (4.32g). Aineas, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Open rose; ear of corn below, ΑΙΝΕΑΣ around. Toned. Good style. Large flan, EF. Ex Naville & Cie., Geneva - Ars Classica, Geneva 15 (Lucerne 1930), lot 995; 16 (Lucerne 1933), lot 1420, and J. Schulman (Den Haag, 5/1938), lot 164.
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Smyrna (BC 200-100) Tetradrachm797 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.54g). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ZMVP, bow-case with serpents; monogram above, head of Tyche to right. VF. Very rare.
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(BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 31797 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE31 (12.20g, 12h). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Nike walking right, carrying trophy over left shoulder; monogram to inner right. Good VF, mottled brown patina, adjustment marks on both sides, probably overstruck.
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Abbaitis (BC 200-0) AE 21797 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (5.75g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΜΥΣΩΠΑΒΒΑΙΤΩÎ, winged thunderbolt, monogram below; all within oak wreath. Fine olive-green patina, gVF/EF. Very rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 21797 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (8.63g). Turreted, veiled head of Tyche right / ΤΑΡΣΕΩÎ, Sandan standing on top of mythical creature right, within pyramidal monument decorated with garlands and surmounted by eagle; ΚΑ and ΗΡ monograms to left. Fine dark green patina, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.; ex Sternberg, Zurich, Auc. VIII (1978), lot 171.
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Apameia (AD 209-211) AE 21 - Geta797 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE21 (4.98g, 12h). Laureate head right / Daphne kneeling right, head left, with hand raised; to left, laurel tree. Unpublished. VF, dark green and brown patina, slight porosity. Extremely rare. Ex Peus 366 (10/2000), lot 548; Münzen und Medaillen FPL 422 (5/1980), lot 146.
The nymph Daphne, the daughter of the local river-god Peneus, attracted the unwelcome advances of Apollo. As he aggressively pursued her, Daphne, wishing to put a stop to his advances, prayed to her father to help her. Peneus transformed her on the spot into a laurel tree (Greek Dafnh). Heartbroken, Apollo declared that this tree would be special to him, and made the laurel his sacred tree.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 4 - EL 1/24 Stater797 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.65g, 7mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of lion right / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare.
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Zephyrion (BC 1st cent-AD 1st cent) AE 24796 views1st cent BC-1st cent AD. AE24 (10.03g, 1h). Crossed torches within laurel wreath / ZΕΦΥΡΙ/ΩΤΩΝ; two monograms below, within laurel wreath. Good VF, green-brown patina, surface scratches. Rare.
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Aigai (BC 300-200) AE 18796 views3rd century BC. AE18 (4.12g). Laureate head of Apollo right; monogram (Λ in circle?) behind / Head of goat right, ΑΙΓΑΕ to left. Olive-green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Kaisareia (AD 193-217) Drachm - Julia Domna796 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-217 AD. AR Drachm (2.83g, 18mm), dated year 16 (208/9 AD). Draped bust right. / Agalma of Mt. Argaeus with star; date in exergue. Minor obverse scratches in right field, good very fine.
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Elaia (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Agrippina Jr796 viewsAgrippina Jr., mother of Nero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (3.43g). Apphios Magistrate, 54-59 AD. AΓPIΠΠINA ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust right/ EΠI AΠΦIOY EΛAITΩN, calathos containing poppy-heads and corn-ears. Very fine.
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Neandreia (BC 450-390) Hemiobol796 views5th-4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g). Helmet decorated with spiral / NE-AN, corn grain. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/12 Stater796 viewsca 510-494 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.30g, 9mm). Head of archaic nymph left, hair in sakkos; countermark: }Θ (dynastic symbol?) / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater796 views5th century BC. EL Hekte (9.5mm, 2.6g). Cockerel left, with curled wing; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
A surprisingly scarce type of Kyzikos electrum, apparently unknown as a fraction.
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Teos (BC 150) Hemidrachm795 viewsca mid 2nd century BC. AR Triobol (1.85g). Laureate head of Dionysos right; thyrsos behind / Lyre, ΤΗΙ-ΩÎ. VF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B38 - EL 1/6 Stater795 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Roaring lion left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, struck with worn obverse die. Extremely rare, only four specimens listed by Bodenstedt, all in museum collections.
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Attaleia (AD 198) AE 17795 viewsCaracalla and Geta, ca 198 AD. AE17 (2.81g). Confronted bare headed busts of Caracalla and Geta / Roman she-wolf with twins. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, brown patina. From the Marc Melcher Collection. Ex CNG 54 (6/2000), lot 1109.
The youthful busts, lack of titulature, and Imperial reverse theme suggest this coin was struck very shortly after the elevations of Caracalla and Geta to Augustus and Caesar respectively in January, 198 AD.
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Temnos (BC 200-100) AE 13795 views2nd cent BC. AE13 (1.88g). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / T-A, warrior in military dress standing right, holding shield and spear (Athena?), Φ-Z in fields. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare issue. Gutknecht coll.; ex Kricheldorf Auc., Freiburg XXIV (Stuttgart 1971), lot 70.
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Ephesos (BC 288-275) Octobol795 viewsca early 3rd cent BC. AR Octobol (5.59g). Attic standard. Cleole, magistrate. Diademed bust of Artemis right / Bow and quiver; ΕΦΕ and bee to right, ΚΛΕΟΛΕ to left. Good VF. Apparently unpublished magistrate.
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Antissa (BC 300-200) AE 12795 views3rd century BC. AE12 (1.64g). Bull standing left, head facing; club above / Α-Î/Τ-ΙΣ, head of Dionysos Phallen right, wearing conical headdress. VF. Extremely rare. Joy coll.; ex Lindgren coll.
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Tralleis (AD 0-100) AE 12795 viewsImperial Times, ca 1st cent AD. AE12 (1.86g). Menandros, son of Parrhasious, magistrate. KAIΣAPEΩN, humped bull / MENANΔPOΣ, eagle standing right. Very fine.
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Teos (BC 530-500) Trihemiobol795 viewsca 510-500 BC. AR Trihemiobol - 1/4 Drachm (12mm, 1.65g). Forepart of Griffin right / Quadripartite incuse. VF, porous, toned. Very rare. The first offered by CNG.
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Synnada (BC 133) AE 22794 viewsafter 133 BC. AE22 (5.88g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Poppy and grain ear between caps of the Dioscouri; ΜΑΡΣΥΟΥ / ZΗÎΟΦ (magistrates) below. VF, brown patina, smooth surfaces.
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Abydos (BC 175-70) AE 11794 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE11 (1.81g). Laureate head of Artemis right / A-B/Y/D-H, Torch and quiver crossed. Fine. Rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater794 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.28g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened "haphazard" striated surface / Double incuse punch. Good VF. Although the present specimen does not have one of its square punches oriented diagonally, as the Weidauer specimens, the punches share common characteristics, such as a featureless surface and sides with vertical striations.
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Salamis (BC 485-450) Stater794 views5th century BC. AR Stater (20mm, 9.72g, 6h). Ram lying left / Ankh symbol, uncertain Cypriot letter inside ring, within incuse square. Toned, aEF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B93 - EL 1/6 Stater794 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head left, hair in sphendone, wearing earring / Quadripartite incuse square, irregular fields. EF. Rare.
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Idalion (BC 500-490) Stater/Double Siglos793 viewsca 500-490 BC. AR Stater (Double siglos) (11.05g, 12h). Sphinx seated right, left leg raised / Irregular incuse square. Extrmely rare. Lightly toned, VF.
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Mylasa (BC 300-200) Tetradrachm793 viewsca 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.51g). Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double axe (labrys) in right hand, lotus-tipped sceptre in left / Zeus Osogoa standing right, holding trident in right hand, eagle in left; ΜΥΛΑΣΕΩ[Î] to left, [ΕΙ]ΡΗÎΑΙΟΣ (magistrate) to right. Lightly toned EF, some light cleaning marks in fields. Extremely rare; third known specimen.
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Myrina (BC 300) Hemidrachm793 viewsca 300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.91g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Bust of Artemis facing. EF.
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Sinope (BC 310-290) Hemidrachm793 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.41g). Female head left wearing turreted crown / Prow of galley left; ΣΙÎΩ above, aplustre and EA monogram to left. Good VF, toned.
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(BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/3 Stater793 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR 1/3 Stater - Drachm (16mm, 4.14g, 1h), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left, EKA above / Stellate pattern in incuse square. Toned EF. Karl Coll.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B44 - EL 1/6 Stater793 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.59g). Bearded warrior head (Ares?) facing left, wearing Ionian helmet. Beneath truncation, seal swimming right. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Good VF.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Triobol793 viewsca 500 BC. AR Triobol (11mm, 1.86g). Head of ram left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol793 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42g, 9mm, 10h). Head of lion left; behind, tunny upward / Forepart of boar left, K (retrograde) on shoulder; to right, tunny upward; all within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, some porosity. Apparently unpublished.
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Mylasa (BC 520-490) 1/6 Stater792 viewsca 500 BC. AR 1/6 Stater (1.80g). Forepart of lion left, Carian monogram on shoulder / Irregular incuse punch. Cleaned, very fine.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B96792 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of serpent right within linear square border. Good VF.
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Tralleis (BC 128-85) Cistophoric Tetradrachm791 viewsca 128-85 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.61g, 27mm, 12h). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΔΙΟΝ, bow-case with serpents; ΤΡΑΛ to left, kithara to right. Superb EF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B99 - EL 1/6 Stater791 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Artemis left, bow and quiver over shoulder; [seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Geometric - EL 1/12791 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.47g). Euboic standard. Geometric type. Three-sided square with central projection, surrounded by radiate lines / Rough incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare. Struck from the same obverse die as the Boston specimen, and the same die and punch as the others and the following lot.
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Aphrodisias-Plarasa (BC 200-0) AE 13791 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE13 (1.57g). Labrys, ΠΛΑ above, ΑΦ-ΡΟ below / Cuirass in incuse square. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater791 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.35g). Crab; above, head of tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well struck.
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Etenna (BC 300-200) Obol791 views3rd century BC. AR Obol (0.61g, 6h). Facing gorgoneion / Curved knife. VF, toned. Extremely rare, one of only three known, the others in museum collections (Paris and Munich).
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B46 - EL 1/6 Stater791 viewsearly 5th century BC. EL Hekte (2.58g, 10mm). Two seals swimming in circle to left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.
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(BC 116-101) Ariarathes VII - Drachm790 viewsAriarathes VII, 116-101 BC. AR Drachm (4.04g). Eusebeia Tyana mint, dated year 8 (109/8 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΟΣ, Athena standing left, holding Nike in right hand, shield and spear in left; monogram to left, H (date) in exergue. VF.
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Nakrasa (AD 161-180) AE - Marcus Aurelius790 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE (30.61g). Menophilos, magistrate. Bust left / Herakles standing facing, head turned right, holding club and lion skin. Multicolor patina, VF. Extremely rare.
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Sinope (BC 410-375) Trihemiobol790 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (12mm, 1.52g). Head of Nymph Sinope facing slightly left / ΣΙ-ÎΩ, sea eagle standing facing, wings spread, head turned left. gVF.
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Tarsos (AD 100-200) AE 19790 views2nd century AD. AE19 (4.40g, 6h). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / Decastyle temple. Good VF, black patina with earthen highlights. Ex Alighieri Coll.
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Knidos (BC 411-405) Tetartemorion790 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.27g, 6mm). Forepart of roaring lion left / Head of Aphrodite (?) left within incuse square.
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Zeleia (BC 400-300) AE 11789 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE11 (1.04g). Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane / Monogram within grain-wreath. VF, orange-dark brown patina. Very rare. Freedman coll.
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Gergis (BC 350-241) AE789 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE (1.87g). Three-quarter facing head of Sibyl Herophile, turned slightly right, wearing laurel wreath and pendanted necklace / Sphinx seated right, ΓΕΡ to right. Dark brown patina, fine style, EF.
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Klazomenai (BC 190-30) AE 17789 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE17 (5.39g). Forepart of winged boar right / ΚΛΑZΟ-ΜΕ-ÎΙΩΠin divided linear square. Dark brown patina, VF. Scarce variant. Gutknecht coll.
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Perge (BC 222-189) AE 19789 views220-189 BC. AE19 (4.52g). Sphinx with kalathos seated left / ИANAΨAΣ/ ΠΡEIIAΣ, Artemis standing left, wearing short chiton, holding scepter and wreath. Brown patina, aVF. Rare variant. Gutknecht coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater789 views5th-4th century BC. EL Stater (16.15g, 16mm,). Perseus, nude but for cloak tied around neck, kneeling right, head left, holding harpa and [head of the Medusa]; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Wonderful mythological type. Ex Hans von Aulock Coll; Hess-Leu 11 (3/1959), lot 246; R. Jameson Coll. (not in published part).
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Klazomenai (BC 386-301) Hemidrachm789 viewsca 386-301 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.06g, 6h). Hikesios, magistrate. Head of Apollo facing slightly left, wearing laurel wreath / K-Λ-A, swan standing left, wings spread; ΙΚΕΣΙΟ−Σ above. Good VF, toned, minor die wear. Herman Coll.
SNG München notes a possible letter, symbol, or monogram to the left on the reverse, but on our specimen it appears more likely to be a die break.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B-789 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 6h, 11mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head (Persephone and Hecate) right, wearing triangular earring, within linear square. VF.
The cataloger of this coin thought it to be a “mule†of B100 and B99. However, the reverse is different than B99 with the female wearing triangular earrings. There are no die matches for the obverse and the reverse is a new type. Noting a new emission is important, as it adds two extra years to the period of emissions of hecte from Mytilene. If the emissions did cease with Alexander, then each coin unknown to Bodenstedt supports the view that hecte were issued earlier than he suggests. It appears this is the eighth new emission unknown to Bodenstedt.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B44788 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.
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Ephesos (BC 390-330) Diobol788 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Diobol (1.09g). Bee with straight wings within dotted circle / Two stag heads confronted, ΕΦ above. VF.
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Myous (BC 400-380) AE 10788 views4th century BC. AE10 (1.34g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MY, bull butting right on ground line within maeander circular border. Joy coll.
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Skepsis (BC 440-400) Drachm788 views5th century BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.72g, 11h). Forepart of Pegasos right / Palm tree; N to lower left; all within linear and pellet border in shallow incuse square. Good VF, toned, slight granularity. Very rare.
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Kebren (BC 480-440) Diobol787 viewsca 5th cent BC. AR Diobol (1.04g). Ram's head right, KEB below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, porosity.
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Dalisandos (AD 161-169) AE24 - Lucius Verus787 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE24 (9.73g). AVTOK KAIΣ Λ AYPH OYHPOΣ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right/ ΔΑΛΙΣΑΝΔΕΩΝ, Zeus enthroned left, holding scepter and phiale. Rough spot on obv., very fine.
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Attuda (AD 193-211) AE 37 - Septimius Severus787 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE37 (26.05g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΛΟΥ ΧΕΠCΕVΗΡΟC ΠΕΡ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΓΥΘΙΚΟ-Î¥ Δ ΑΤΤΟΥΔΕΩÎ, Cybele standing facing in long chiton long, kalathos on head, spreading her hands above the heads of two lions seated facing to left and right; star and crescent in upper fields. Unique. Beautiful style, excellent, deep olive-brown patina and in exceptional condition. Bank Leu Auc. 48 (Zurich, 1989), 368 (this coin), otherwise unpublished.
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Mytilene (AD 138-192) AE 27 - Lesbonax787 viewsLesbonax, period of the Antonines, 138-192 AD. AE27 (7.72g). ΛЄCBΩNAΞ HPOC NЄΩC, male bust right, beardless, wearing wreath of ivy-leaves and berries (Lesbonax in the character of Dionysos) / MVTIΛH NAIΩN, Lesbonax standing right wearing tainia, holding long staff and simpulum (?). Otherwise apparently unpublished and unique. Minor adjustment marks, good very fine.
This coin depicting Lesbonax is one of a series honoring noteworthy citizens. Lesbonax known from only a few preserved rhetorical and philosophical works was also depicted with beard thus as a proper philosopher (SNG von Aulock 1751). Deified as “the New Hero†Lesbonax obviously had to be equaled to the gods by depicting him as Dionysos. “Der kleine Pauly†lists three separate people who were called Lesbonax while others rather keep it by one or two. Other portraits honoring distinguished local citizens are known of Julia Procula, Flavia Nicomachis, Sextus Nicomachus, Theophanes, Archedamis, Nausikaa and Sappho. Except Sappho most of these citizens are more or less obscure historical figures.
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Germanikopolis (AD 98-193) AE 29787 views2nd cent AD. AE29 (12.33g). Bearded head of Herakles right, club over shoulder / Apollo(?) standing left, extending arm and holding boule-headed sceptre. VF.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater787 viewsca 560 BC. EL Hekte (2.33g). Panther crouching left, head facing, four annulets over its body / Rectangular incuse punch with raised lines. Apparently unique and unrecorded. Struck on a full flan and extremely fine. Ex Tkalec 29 (2/2000), 102.
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Sinope (BC 333-322) Drachm - Ariarathes I786 viewsca 365-322 BC, in name of Satrap Ariarathes I of Cappadocia. AR Drachm (5.28g). Head of nymph Sinope left, hair in sphendone, aplustre in front, Aramaic letters ('m) behind / Aramaic legend (Arydrt), dolphin and sea-eagle left. Deep cut, toned very fine.
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Sinope (AD 41-54) AE 28 - Claudius786 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD, with Messalina (his third wife). AE28 (12.73g), struck 41 AD. TI CLAVDIVS CAES [AVG C I F ANNO LXX]XVI (= Year 86 of the local era). Laureate head of Claudius right / MESSALINA - [AVGVSTA], draped bust of Messalina right. red-green patina, corrosion, G/VF. Extremely rare. Ex Auctiones AG 10, Basel (1979), lot 170.
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Tarsos (AD 98-117) Tetradrachm - Trajan786 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.73g). Dated Cos. V (103-111 AD). Laureate head right / Tyche seated right on rocks, holding palm; river-god swimmin; below, monogram before. Toned VF, obverse scratch.
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Nysa (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian786 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.36g, 1h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Hades dragging away protesting Persephone in quadriga right. VF, small area of flat strike in reverse legend. Overstruck on a Hadrianic Diana Ephesia cistophorus. Unique variety without the overturned basket of flowers.
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(BC 163-130) Ariarathes V - Drachm786 viewsAriarathes V, Eusebes, Philopator. 163-130 BC. AR Drachm (3.93g). Diademed head right / Athena left with spear and shield holding figure of Nike, T in left field. Interesting and rare barbaric style. Very fine.
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Nikomedeia (AD 138-161) AE 28 - Antoninus Pius786 viewsAntoninus Pius, AD 138-161. AE28 (15.07g, 6h). Laureate head right / Troptolemos driving biga of winged serpents right. VF, brown surfaces, light roughness. Apparently unpublished. From the Tony Hardy Collection.
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Antandros (BC 440-400) Obol786 viewsLate 5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.54g, 5h). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / ANTA-N, goat standing right within incuse square. VF, minor porosity. Alighieri Coll.
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Salamis (BC 411-373) Stater/Double Siglos - Evagoras I785 viewsEvagoras I, King of Salamis, 411-374/3 BC. AR Stater or Double Siglos (11.10g, 8h). Head of bearded Herakles wearing lion skin headdress right; Cypriot letters, 'Eu fa go ro' to right (mostly off the flan) / 'Ba si le fo se eu' (in combined Cypriot and Greek letters), goat seated right on dotted ground line; barley grain above. Very rare. Toned, good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 525-500) Tetartemorion785 viewsca 530-478 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.25g). Griffin head left / Quadripartite incuse square with central pellet. Good VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 13785 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE13 (1.14g). Head of bull right in beaded circle / KY/ZI in a monogram, within oak wreath. Dark green patina, good VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Methymna (BC 520-460) Hemiobol785 viewsca 500/480-460 BC. AR Tritartemorion (6mm, 0.26g). Facing head of satyr / Rough incuse square punch. Good VF, toned. Good metal.
The attribution of this type to Methymna is based on a similar, later issue with a bird and the legend MAΘ on the reverse (Gorny & Mosch 170, lot 1423).
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B19 - EL 1/6 Stater785 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.59g). Goat half-kneeling left; above, small seal left / Incuse square punch. gVF. Very rare.
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Kilikia Uncertain (AD 41-54) AE 27 - Claudius784 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE27 (8.88g). Dated year 5 (46 AD). Bare head right / Zeus seated left, holding patera and scepter, date in upper left field. VF, light green-brown patina.
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Mallos (BC 385-333) Stater784 views385-333 BC. AR Stater (10.11g). Head of Aphrodite right, wearing earring and necklace, hair bound in ampyx and sphendone / Head of Persian satrap right, wearing Persian headdress, ΜΑ[Λ] to right. Toned, good VF. Ex Leu 18 (5/1977), lot 236.
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Kamiros (BC 500-480) Stater784 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Stater (11.96g). Fig leaf / Rectangular incuse divided by thick central band. Good VF, toned. Excellent metal for issue.
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