Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Smyrna (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus628 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (7.04g). Hermokles, circa 15 BC. ΣEBAΣTOΣ ZMYPNAIΩN, bare head right / [ΔIO]NYΣIOΣ KOΛΛYBAΣ; Nike right with wreath and palm branch. VF.1 comments (BC 500-460) Uncertain Dynast - Stater 628 viewsUncertain Dynast (Za...?), ca 460-440 BC. AR Stater (9.53g, 8h). Sphinx sitting right, left foot raised, Χ-Α-Ψ-Γ-Ψ[...] around / Crab within deep incuse square. aEF. Rare. 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. Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 81-96) AE 15 - Domitia628 viewsDomitia, Augusta, 81-96 AD. AE15 (3.32g, 12h). Draped bust right / River-god Sipylus reclining left on overturned urn, holding reed and cornucopia. Good VF, dark green patina, some adjustment marks. Rare. Bithynia Uncertain (AD 117-138) AE 34 - Hadrian628 viewsKoinon of Bithynia. Nikomedeia(?) mint. Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE34 (25.94g, 6h). Laureate head right / Octastyle temple façade set on podium of three steps, pellet in field between central columns; in pediment, ornate entablature consisting of metopes, each with central pellet; above, male figure standing facing, holding patera over lighted altar and holding scepter, pellet to left and right; aphlasta as acroteria. VF, dark green and brown patina, some minor cleaning marks. Well centered and struck. Ex Sierra Coll. Assos (BC 300-250) AE 20628 views4th-mid 3rd century BC. AE20 (7.15g). Helmeted head of Athena right; countermark: griffin seated left, ΑΣΣΙ below / Griffin seated left; countermark: owl standing facing. Fine, dark green patina. Kaisareia (AD 69-79) Hemidrachm - Vespasian628 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 1.90g, 12h). AYTOKP KAICAP YOЄCΠACIANOC ΣЄBA, laureate head right / (No Legend), Nike seated on globe right, holding wreath in both hands. VF. Tricarico coll. Kyme (BC 350-250) Hemidrachm628 viewsca 350-250 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 1.96g, 3h). Kleandros, magistrate. Eagle standing right, head left / Forepart of horse right; KΛEANΔPOΣ above. Good VF, toned, slightly rough surfaces, a few minor marks. Very rare. Ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 30 (5/2009), lot 1012 (conserved since). Kibyra (AD 218-222) AE 20 - Julia Soaemias628 viewsJulia Soaemias, Augusta, 218-222 AD. AE20 (3.4g). IOYΛIA COAIMIAC, draped bust right / KAI KIBVPATΩN, Hermes seated on cippus left; holding purse and kerykeion. EF. Skepsis (BC 440-400) Tetrobol627 viewsca 450 BC. AR Triobol (2.08g). Forepart of Pegasos right / Tree; E-N (retrograde); all within dotted incuse square. Toned, nice VF, minor light porosity. Rare. Ex Frank Sternberg Auction (11/1976), lot 76. Mopsos (AD 161-180) AE 14 - Autonomous627 viewsAutonomous issue. Time of Marcus Aurelius, ca 161-180 AD. AE14 (2.64g). Dated civic year 230 (162/3 AD). Crab with star (Zodiac sign of Cancer); ET LC (date) below / ADRIA MOYEATWN, lighted altar. EF, black patina. Holmoi (BC 4th cent) Obol627 views4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.66g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Wreathed head of Apollo right, ΟΛΜΙΤΑΝ to right. Good VF, toned, areas of slight die rust. Unpublished legend variety. Typically, the ethnic found on the coins of Holmoi, if not trunicated, are in the form ΟΛΜΙΤΙΚΟΝ, ΟΛΜVΤΙΚΟΝ, or ΟΛΜΙΤΟΝ. The form on this coin, ending -AN, is possibly the result of an engraver accustomed to the Aeolic dialect, rather than the standard Attic. Aside from this specimen, there are apparently no recorded coins with this variation of the ethnic. (BC 390-370) Mithrapata - Stater627 viewsMithrapata, Dynast, ca 390-370 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 9.79g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Mithrapata left; triskeles behind, all within incuse square. VF. Perge (BC 170-100) Tetradrachm627 viewsca 170-100 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.48g, 12h). Wreathed head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Artemis standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; to left, I above forepart of stag standing left, head right. VF, toned around devices, a couple scratches, some flatness along edge. Kos (BC 345-340) Tetradrachm627 viewsca 345-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.11g, 12h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Veiled head of Demeter left, ΚΩΙΟΝ below, ΑΘΑΜΑΣ (magistrate) behind. Toned near EF on a broad flan. An exceptional Classical Greek coin with a pedigree back to its source. Ex CNG XIV (3/1991), lot 169; Leu 45 (5/1988), lot 227; Pixodarus Hoard, 8c. Methymna (BC 200-30) AE 17627 views2nd-1st century BC. AE17 (3.31g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Korinthian helmet / Îœ-Α/Θ-Y, kantharos. Dark olive-green patina, aEF. Rare. Joy coll. Nikomedeia (AD 138-161) AE 16 - Antoninus Pius627 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE16 (3.27g). Laureate head right / Star within crescent. Very fine. Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 34 - Caracalla627 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE34 (27.92g). AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNINOC AVΓOV, youthful laureate and cuirassed bust right / CEOVHPIA ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEIA TA MEΓAΛA NIKAIEΩN, ornate prize crown with two palms; IEPOC AΓON in central band. EF, dark green patina, flan crack. A superb, lifelike portrait of the young Caracalla. This unrecorded coin provides a further expansion of the games-related legends of the coins of Nicaea. "ta megala" is otherwise unattested, and in conjunction with the full legend can be read as "Severeia Philadelpheia in respect to the great ceremonies of the Nicaeans," with the central band inscription reading "The Holy Game." In the late 3rd century a complex cycle of at least fifteen games and associated religious festivals is attested for Nicaea, honoring Dionysus the founder, Apollo Pythius, and various emperors from Augustus to Gallienus. Read along with the very young portrait of Caracalla as Augustus, the legend and type can be taken to indicate that Nicaea sponsored a grand series of festivals to celebrate the joint elevation of Caracalla to Augustus and Geta to Caesar in 198 AD. Kebren (BC 480-440) Hemiobol627 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (?) (7mm, 0.33g). Ram’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, some porosity. Alighieri Coll. Kyme (BC 460-400) Tetartemorion627 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Tetartemorion (1/4 obol) (0.20g). Eagle's head left / "Mill-sail" incuse square. Toned, VF. Mueller coll. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6627 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. Knidos (BC 330-250) Drachm626 viewsca 330-250 BC. AR Drachm (3.27g). Head of Aphrodite Euploia right, wearing sakkos, in beaded circle / Forepart of roaring lion right, KNI below, ΕΥΜΕ[ΛΩ] (magistrate) above. Fine toning, good style, good VF. Zephyrion (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 16626 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE16 (4.76g). Turreted bust of Tyche right / Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear, shield at side; two monograms to left, ZΕΦΥΡΙΩΤΩΝ to right. aVF, dark patina. Phaselis (BC 530-480) Stater626 viewsca 530-480 BC. AR Stater (10.75g). Prow of galley in the form of boar's head right / Incuse punch. Cleaned, VF. Mallos (AD 69) AE 25 - Otho626 viewsOtho, 69 AD. AE25 (8.37g). KAICAP M CEBACTOC, laureate head right / MAΛWTWN, cult-statue of Athena Magarsis standing facing, holding spear and snakes. Very fine. Rhodes (BC 275-250) Didrachm626 viewsca 275-250 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 6.65g). Aristobios, magistrate. Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / Rose with bud; wreath to left, ΑΡΙΣΤΟΒΙΟΣ above. VF. David Herman Coll. Hypaipa (AD 193-217) AE 23 – Julia Domna626 viewsJulia Domna, 193-217 AD. AE23 (4.94g). OYΛΙΑ CEBACTH, draped bust right / EΠΙCΓΡΠΑΠΙΩΝ OCYΠΑΙΠΩΝ, cultus statue of Artemis Anaitis to front. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) boar/dog - Hemiobol626 views5th cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g, 7mm, 2h). Forepart of winged boar right / Head and neck of dog (hound) left on leash and collar, within incuse square. Adada (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla626 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (19.27g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑΥP ΑΝ-ΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC ΕYC CEB, laureate bust right / AΔA-ΔЄΩN, the Dioskouroi, naked except for shoulder cloak, standing facing each other, holding spear in hand, bukranion in field above. Dark, green-brown patina, VF. Rare. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auktion 113 (10/2001), 5496. Patara (BC 410-380) Diobol626 viewsca 440/30-410 BC. AR Diobol (12mm, 1.17g, 4h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Eagle standing left, diskeles to left; all in pelleted circle within circular incuse. VF, obverse double struck. Very rare.1 comments Adramytteion (BC 200-100) AE 18626 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE18 (5.23g). Laureate head of Zeus left / ΑΔΡΑΜΥ-ΤΗΝΩΝ, rider on horseback galloping right on ear of corn, raising right arm. VF. Rare. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater626 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.65g). Head of steer left; tunny behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Unpublished denomination, possibly unique. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/48626 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (5mm, 0.30g). Head of horse left / Incuse square with raised sections in form of a cross. VF. Lee Coll.; said to be ex Rosen Coll. (not included in publication of collection). Bow case on Pamphylia, Side625 viewsPamphylia, Side. ca 200-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.18g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; countermark: bow in bowcase with TOP to left / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; pomegranate above DEI (magistrate) to left. Fine, bold countermark. The TOP counterstamp was applied by an unidentified authority. Elaia (AD 100-200) AE 15625 viewsTime of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, 2nd cent AD. AE15 (1.73g). Bust of Athena right, aegis / ΕΛΑΙ-ΤΩΝ, kalathos with poppy caps. Dark brown patina, EF. (BC 470-440) Uvug - Tetrobol625 viewsUvug, Dynast, ca 470-440 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.83g), uncertain mint. Forepart of winged human-headed bull right / Head of Aphrodite? right, OFOV (='uvug' in Lycian language) to left, within dotted incuse square. Toned, VF. Abydos (BC 320-200) AE 23625 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE23 (8.15g), small dies. Turreted head of Artemis right, bow and quiver under chin / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head turned left; grain ear before. Overstruck on a larger Abydos of same type, but with aplustre before eagle. Nice VF, glossy dark brown patina. Well centered. Freedman Coll. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Drachm625 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.70g). Janiform female and male heads (Hera and Zeus?) / ΤΕΝΕ-Δ-Ι-Ω-Ν, double-axe; grapes to left and right below. VF, darkly toned, minor porosity. Silandos (AD 193-235) AE 16625 viewsTime of Elagabal, 218-222 AD. AE16 (2.46g). CIΛAN-ΔOC, turreted bust of Tyche right / CIΛAN-ΔЄΩN, crescent and star. Good very fine. Tarsos (AD 138-161) AE 30 - Antoninus Pius625 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE30 (15.27g). AVT KAI TI AI AΔPIA ANTΩNINOC CЄB/ Π - Π, laureate head right / ΔЄMOC AΔPIA TAPCЄΩN MHTPOΠOΛЄΩC, Demos with wreath seated left, star in left field. Rare. gVF. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater625 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.64g, 11mm). Female head left on raised disk; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. Apparently unpublished in the standard references with a female head. Mallos (BC 400-385) Obol624 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Obol (0.83g) Swan standing left, wings spread, within circular border of pellets / Astragalos. About very fine. Tarsos (BC 425-400) 1/3 Stater624 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Drachm (3.48g). Forepart of horned and winged lion left / Two Persian satraps standing facing each other, each holding spear, within shallow incuse square. Good VF. Very rare. Ex Leu Auc. 54 (4/1992), lot 161. Mylasa (AD 129) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian624 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.52g), Mylasa mint, struck after 129 AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Zeus Labraundos standing facing, holding double axe (labrys) and spear; fillets hang from wrists to ground as supports. Toned VF, light porosity. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus, Sutherland Group III (g). Ex von Aulock Collection, 6616. Phaselis (BC 167-130) Stater624 viewsca 167-130 BC. AR Stater (11.02g). Artemidoros, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Athena walking right on galley, brandishing spear in right hand, shield on left arm; ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟC to left, Φ to right. EF, well centered, light hairlines from prior cleaning, but now starting to retone. Neokaisareia (AD 222-235) AE 33 - Alexander Severus624 viewsAlexander Severus, 222-235 AD. AE32.93 (18.72g), struck 234-235 AD. AV K M AV CE- AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust R / KOIN ΠΟ NEOKECAPIAC MH, three-dimensional temple; in ex., ET POA (= year 171). Minor cleaning-scratches inbetween reverse columns. Very fine. Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 26624 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? Kamiros (BC 500-480) Trihemiobol624 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.37g). Fig-leaf / Rough incuse punch. Kios (BC 300-200) AE 19624 views3rd century BC. AE19 (5.73g). Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Club and bow in bow-case; ΔΙ. VF, green patina, a little rough. Ex Drewry Coll.; Colosseum Coin 30 (1/1988), lot 23. Knidos (BC 300-225) Hemidrachm624 viewsca 300-225 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.28g). Head of Aphrodite right / Three-quarter facing head of a bull, head turned slightly right; magistrate ΑΓΗΣΙΚΛΗΣ. VF, attractively toned. Alabanda (AD 193-211) AE 31 – Julia Domna624 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, died 217 AD. AE31 (18.76g, 12h). IOVΛIA Δ - [OM]NA AUΓ [C], draped bust right / A-ΛABA-NΔEΩ[N], Tyche standing facing holding rudder and cornucopia, head left. Ex Hauck und Aufhäuser, Auc 12 (10/1996), Nr. 614. Ex Karl coll. Kaisareia (AD 193-211) AE 25 - Septimius Severus624 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE25 (9.07g). Laureate head right / ЄT – B; three corn-ears tied together. Nice VF. Rhodes (BC 205-188) Tetradrachm624 viewsca 205-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.91g, 12h). Onasandros, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; to left, pileos surmounted by star; ONAΣANΔPOΣ above. EF, minor die rust. Skamandreia (BC 350-300) AE624 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE (0.93g). Head of mountain-nymph Ide right / Σ-Κ-Α, bunch of grapes (?) or pine-cone. gVF. Very rare. Abydos (BC 175-70) Drachm624 viewsca 80-­70 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 3.81g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Iphiades, magistrate. Draped bust of Artemis right, wearing stephanos, bow and quiver over shoulder / Eagle, wings spread, standing right; ABY above, B (date?) to right, IΦIAΔOY below; all within wreath. Mallos (BC 425-385) Tetrobol624 viewsca 400 BC. AR Drachm (3.21g). Bellerophon riding Pegasus springing right / MAP, swan standing left with open wings; in lower right field, lyre made out of tortoise shell; all within dotted frame in incuse square. Exceedingly rare and an issue of great interest. Light tone and about extremely fine. Paphos (BC 450) Obol - Stasandros623 viewsStasandros, King of Paphos, ca 450 BC. AR Obol (0.74g). Bull standing left, winged solar disk (Ahura-Mazda) flying above / Eagle sitting left, vase to left. Good F. Adana (AD 217-218) AE 32 - Macrinus623 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE32 (18.84g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche seated left on rocks, holding grain ears, river-god Sarus swimming left below. VF, dark green patina with some red, light adjustment marks on both sides. Fulvia (BC 41-40) AE - as Fulvia623 viewsca 41-40 BC, Eumeneia as Fulvia, under Marcus Antonius. AE (8.22g). Draped bust of Fulvia as Nike right / ΦΟΥΛΟΥΙΑΝΩΝ ZΜΕΡΤΟΡΙΓΟΣ / ΦΙΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ, Athena walking left, holding spear and shield. Black smooth patina, good VF. Rare. Tion (AD 81-96) AE 33 - Domitian623 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE33 (26.00g). Laureate head right / ZΕΥΣ ΣΥΡΓΑΣΤΗΣ ΤΕΙΑΝΩΝ, Zeus Syrgastes standing left, holding patera and sceptre; eagle(?) left at feet. Near VF, tan-brown patina. Extremely rare - according to RPC one of only three known, the other two in museums (British Museum and Staatliche Museen, Berlin). Drewry Coll.; Ex Lindgren Coll. Ephesos (AD 98-117) AE 21 - Trajan623 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE21 (4.26g). AVTOKPATΩP KA• TPAIANOC, laureate head right / Stag standing left. VF, green patina with some light earthen highlights. Provides a full reading for the obverse legend, not otherwise attested. Wagner Coll. Kyme (AD 218-222) AE 33 - Elagabalus623 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE33 (22.56g, 12h). T(itus) Fl(avius) Tychicus, strategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Male figure seated on stool right, holding scrolls. VF, green patina with dusty gray-green overtones, spot of hard light-green patina on reverse. Rare. Lapethos (BC 425) Stater623 viewsca 425 BC. AR Stater (10.67g, 22mm). Type almost obliterated, helmeted head of Athena left /head of Athena right in crested Corinthian helmet; the whole in incuse square; ankh (♀) symbol upper right corner. Extremely rare. Lightly toned, nice very fine. Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 15623 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 54-68 AD (time of Nero). AE15 (2.59g), struck under the magistrate Ti. Cl. Mnaseas. EΠI TI MNACEOV CAPΔIANΩN, bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin on shoulders / CE-BACTH, winged Nike flying left, holding palm branch in left arm and wreath in extended right hand. About VF. Hoeft coll. The legend CEBASTH (lat. Augusta) may suggest that Poppaea is depicted here as Nike. There is a similar coin from Smyrna with the legend NEIKH ΠOΠΠAIA SMYR where this connection is explicit (SNG 2486). Kyme (BC 460-400) Tetartemorion623 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.2g). Head of goat right / "Mill-sail" incuse square. gVF. Apparently unpublished. Thyateira (AD 200-270) AE 18623 views3rd century AD. AE18 (3.7g). BOPEITHNH, bust of Artemis Boreitene left, with quiver over shoulder, seen from behind / ΘΥATEΙPHNΩN, eagle standing facing, head left, with open wings. Good Very Fine. Myra (BC 167-100) Drachm 623 viewsca 167-100 BC. AR Drachm (2.76g, 16mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / M-Y, kithara, star over helmet (?) to right, all within incuse square. gVF. Assos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm623 views4th-3rd centuries BC. AR Triobol (12mm, 1.42g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of lion left within incuse square. Near VF, toned, porous. Extremely rare. Kalymna (BC 3rd cent) Didrachm622 viewsca 280-250 BC. AR Didrachm (6.22g). Male head right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Lyre, [Κ]ΑΛΥΜΝΙΟΝ below, in dotted square. Toned, light corrosion on rev. aEF. Scarce. Chios (BC 190-84) AE622 viewsca 190-84 BC. AE (4.13g). Sphinx seated right on ground line, monogram below, club to right / Amphora; stern rudder to left, ΚΑΥΚΑΣ (magistrate) to right. Dark brown patina, EF/aEF. Ex Auktion G, Kastner 8 (Munchen, 1975), lot 68. Pinara (BC 425-400) Stater - Kherei622 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (8.58g). Pinara mint. Helmeted head of Athena right, Lycian letters 'KhE' to left / Head of Kherei right, wearing Persian tiara (bashlyk); Lycian letters 'Pillefi' (retrograde) - 'Kherei', within dotted incuse circle. Good VF/EF, well centered with an attractive portrait on the reverse. Rare. Antiocheia (AD 249-251) AE 26 - Trajan Decius622 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE26 (7.83g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on wreath, head left. Good VF, jade green patina. Tavion (AD 68-69) AE 19 - Galba622 viewsTavium (?), Galba, 68-69 AD. AE19 (6.91g). Bare head left, owl countermark / Temple with six columns. Adana (BC 164-27) AE 19622 viewsafter 164 BC. AE19 (8.71g, 1h). Veiled head of Demeter right / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; A/Θ to left. Good VF, dark green patina, reverse smoothed. Ariassos (BC 100-0) AE 16622 views1st century BC. AE16 (2.39g). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / Humped bull butting left on ground line, APIA in exergue. Fine light green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.; ex Ariassos Fund 1968 (IGCH 1420). Phellos (AD 238-244) AE - Gordian III622 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE (20.90g). AUT KAI M AN GORDIANOS SEB, Cuirassed and laureate bust right / ΦΕΛΛΕΙΤωΝ, Elpis(?) holding flower. Brown patina, VF. Rare. Amaseia (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla and Geta622 viewsCaracalla & Geta, 198-217 AD. AE30 (12.85g). Dated, 208 AD. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right / Draped bust of Geta right; ET-CN. Rare. Good fine. Syedra (AD 14-37) AE 17 - Tiberius622 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE17 (3.27g, 1h). Laureate head right / Tyche standing left, holding phiale and long scepter. Good VF, black-green patina. Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 26 - Commodus622 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE26 (9.61g). AV KAI M AVP KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed right / KVZIKHNΩN / NЄOKOPΩN, galley. Dark green patina. VF. Persian Kings (BC 375-340) Siglos622 viewsca 375-340 BC. AR Siglos (5.52g, 15mm). Persian king or hero right in kneeling-running stance, holding dagger and bow / Incuse punch. gVF. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater622 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.35g). Forepart of ibex left; behind, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare. Abydos (BC 460-430) Obol622 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. Neandreia (BC 350-300) AE 20622 views4th century BC. AE20 (7.65g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse standing right on ground line and grazing; NEAN above, corn grain below. VF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B86622 viewsca 377 - 326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 6h, 11mm). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / Head of Hermes right, chlamys around shoulders and petasos behind neck, within linear frame. Good VF. Carr coll. The petasos, a wide-brimmed hat, is often identified with Hermes. Bodenstedt (p. 267) detects the work of this master engraver also on dies of Rhodes (SNR 51 [1972], pl. 6, 70) and perhaps Klazomenai (SNR 45 [1966], pl. I-II). Forty-one examples are recorded in Bodenstedt and a further forty-one examples have appeared in auction. Kaisareia (AD 193-194) Drachm - Pescennius Niger622 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AR Denarius - Drachm (2.46g, 18mm, 12h). Caesarea mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPXI EΞ O VΠATOC, modius with grain ears. Fine, toned, porous, chipped at 12 o’clock from an attempted piercing. Very rare and important issue. When Pescennius was proclaimed emperor by his troops in AD 193, he knew his reign as emperor would not be peaceful. He quickly set out to issue huge sums of denarii in his name to pay his troops and to win the loyalty of others. To do this, like so many before him, Pescennius reduced the fineness of his denarii to a point that they were equivalent to the Caesarean drachm. This coin provides a direct link to these events, combining a denarius obverse die and a drachm reverse die. This coin also presents clear evidence that both Antioch and Caesarea struck coins for Pescennius. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B10622 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (10.5mm, 2.57g, 12h). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse head of lion left; rectangular punch behind. EF, toned. Well centered. Very rare. Cooke coll. Atarneos (BC 400) Hemiobol622 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (7mm, 0.33g, 9h). Head right, wearing Phrygian or satrapal cap / Hare right; AT below. Unpublished. VF, toned, minor porosity. Gargara (BC 500-475) Obol622 viewsca 475-450 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.65g). Female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap; ΓAP behind neck / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, toned, porous. Very rare. Rhodes (BC 88) AE 28621 viewsca 88 BC, Siege of Mithradates VI. AE28 (14.61g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose; helmet to left, thunderbolt to right. VF, dark brown patina. Good strike on a broad flan, much superior most published specimens in the series. Struck during Mithradates VI's failed 6-month siege of Rhodes in 88 BC. Unable to produce enough silver for military expenditures, the Rhodians resorted to a fiduciary bronze coinage. (See R. Ashton, Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Siege of Mithradates VI, in NumChron 2001.) Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE621 viewsca 190-75 BC. AE (12.58g). Artemidoros, magistrate. Head of Apollo right / Homer sitting left, holding scroll and scepter. Dark brown patina, aEF. Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 21621 views164 BC and later. AE21 (7.53g, 1h). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / Sandan on mythical animal right, within pyramidal monument surmounted by eagle; two monograms to left. Good VF, dark green patina, light adjustment marks on reverse. Herakleia Pontika (AD 253-268) AE 23 - Gallienus621 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE23 (8.77g). Draped and laureate bust right / ΗΡΑΚΛΗ − ACΝEΩΚΟΡΩ, Price-crown with two palm branches on table. Rare, nice very fine. Persian Kings (BC 505-480) 1/3 Siglos621 viewsTime of Darios, ca 510-486 BC. AR 1/3 Siglos (1.72g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Toned, VF. Rare. 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. (BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - 1/3 Stater621 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (3.12g, 9mm). Protodynastic Group A. Head of boar right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare. See Boston MFA Supp. 206 for a stater with a style identical to this fraction. Cyprus Uncertain (BC 500-450) Stater621 viewsca 499-498 BC. AR Stater (10.53g). Head of roaring lion right / Octopus, Cypriot letters above, within incuse square. Test cut on obv., otherwise VF. Apparently unique and unpublished. Kaisareia (AD 117-138) Hemidrachm - Hadrian621 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Hemidrachm (1.88g, 14-15mm, 12h). 121-122 AD. ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CЄΒΑCΤ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΤ Є (year 5) Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm. A.K. coll. Kaisareia (AD 222-235) AE 21 - Severus Alexander621 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE21 (5.85g, 6h). 228 AD. ΑΥ Κ CЄΟYH – ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔ, laureate head right / [ÎœHΤ]-Ρ - Κ-ΑΙCΑ / ЄΤ Z (year 7), three double corn-ears tied together. A.K. coll. Knidos (BC 490-465) Drachm620 viewsca 490-465 BC. AR Drachm (6.08g). Forepart of roaring lion left / Archaic head of Aphrodite left within incuse square. Toned, good VF. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen 79 (1994), lot 355; Duplicates from the Hermitage Collection (Schlessinger/Berlin, 2/1934). Rhodes (BC 125-88) Drachm620 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (2.54g, 16mm). Radiate head Helios right / Rose with bud to right, P-O, ΦΙΛΟ[...]TPAΣ. Very fine. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 - 149