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Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-550) Geometric - EL 1/241582 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.55g) Geometric designs.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol1582 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.53g). Head of ram left, bird (swan?) below / Incuse punch. Apparently unpublished with bird symbol.
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Sinope (BC 480-450) Drachm1578 viewsca 425-410 BC. AR Drachm (6.05g). Head of eagle left, dolphin below / Quadripartite incuse with two fields raised, two deepened, one containing an E?. EF-VF.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater1578 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12th Stater - Hemihekte (7mm, 1.06g). Milesian standard. Lion's head right / Quadripartite incuse, dot at center and ends connected by lines. Good VF, Scarce.
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Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B701576 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head right in incuse square, hair in long plait down neck. VF, nicely centered.
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Bruzos (AD 235-238) AE 29 - Maximinus & Maximus1575 viewsMaximinus and Maximus Caesar, 235-238 AD. AE29 (10.95g). Laureate and draped busts of Maximinus and Maximus confronted / BPOYZ-HNΩN, Athena to left holding spear, sacrificing over burning altar, shield to right. Apparently unpublished. Fine.
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Kaisareia (AD 33-38) Drachm - Divus Augustus and Germanicus1574 viewsDivus Augustus and Germanicus, died 14 and 19 AD respectively. AR Drachm (3.63g, 1h), struck 33/4 or 37/8 AD. DIVVS AVGVS-T(?), radiate head of Augustus left / GERMANICVS C-ES TI AVGV COS II P[M(?)], bare head of Germanicus right, wearing beard. VF, light iridescent toning, good metal. The date of this issue remains uncertain. RPC places it late in Tiberius' reign, circa 33/4 AD, while the traditional dating, adopted by RIC and Sydenham, is in the first year of Caligula's reign, 37/8 AD.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Athena1574 viewsca 400-370 BC. AV Stater (8.40g). Three-quarter facing head of Athena, wearing crested Attic helmet with cheek pieces turned up and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos to right. About EF.
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(BC 36-AD 17) Archelaus - AE 231572 viewsArchelaus, 36 BC-17 AD. AE23 (8.51g). Head of Herakles right / ΕΥΣΕ-ΒΕΙΑΣ, tetrastyle temple with three figures on pediment; date KE (=Year 25 = 12/11 BC) in exergue. Very fine.
Archelaus was elevated to the Cappadocian throne by Marc Antony, where he reigned for over half a century.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B831572 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 11mm). Head of Hermes right, wearing Petasos / Panther standing right within linear square. VF.
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Apollonis (AD 161-180) AE 19 - Faustina II1570 viewsFaustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius, died 175 AD. AE19 (5.12g). ΦA-VCTEINA- CEBACT; draped bust right / AΠOΛΛWNITEΩN; Demeter standing; holding in right hand poppy-heads and corn-ears; left hand resting on long torch. Very fine.
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Hadrianopolis (AD 198-217) AE 21 - Caracalla1569 viewsCaracalla, 198-217. AE21 (5.09g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tyche to left holding rudder and cornucopiae. Nice very fine.
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Germe (AD 166-177) AE 32 - Commodus1568 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE32 (19.66g). Hermolaos, archon. Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ ΕΡΜΟΛΑΟΥ ΑΡC ΓΕΡΜΗÎΩÎ, Commodus on horseback charging right. VF, pale green patina, scratches in reverse field. Extremely rare - possibly only the third known specimen. Drewry Coll.; Ex Berk 108 (5/1999), lot 765.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B281568 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 9h). Head of lion right / Incuse head of bull right. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare, Bodenstedt recorded only 4 examples.
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Anazarbos (AD 41-54) AE - Claudius1567 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE (25.80g), year 67 (=48/49 AD). Laureate head right / Athena standing left with Nike spear and shield before altar. Almost very fine.
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Kolbasa (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Septimius Severus1566 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE31 (23.78g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Dionysus standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at feet left. Near VF, green and brown patina, nice surfaces. Wagner Coll; ex von Aulock Coll., 5060.
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Perge (BC 255-240) Tetradrachm1562 viewsca 255-240 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.84g, 12h). Head of Artemis right; quiver over shoulder / Artemis standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; to left, forepart of stag left. VF, struck with worn obverse die. Good metal for issue.
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Ephesos (AD 41-54) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Claudius1559 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.30g, 6h), struck ca 41-42 AD. Bare head left / Temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. Good VF, toned.
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Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL Hekte1558 viewsLate 6th to mid-5th century BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Archaic head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin headdress / Quadripartite incuse square with irregular surfaces. EF. Rare early issue of Erythrai, with plain incuse punch.
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Ophrynion (BC 350-300) Tetrobol 1557 viewsOphrynion. 4th century BC. AR Tetrobol (15mm, 2.64g, 12h). Bearded head of Hektor facing, wearing triple crested Attic helmet / Nude youth, holding palm in right hand, rein in left, on horseback right; OΦPYNEΩN above.Good VF, darkly toned. Extremely rare, perhaps the third and probably the finest known.
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Parlais (AD 193-217) AE 21 - Julia Domna1556 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-217 AD. AE21 (5.41g). IVLIA DOMNA, Draped bust right / IVL AVG COL PARLAIS, Mên standing right, left foot on bucranium, holding spear and pine-cone. Very fine.
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(BC 160-156) Orophernes - Tetradrachm1555 viewsOrophernes, ca 160-156 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.82g). Diademed head of Orophernes right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΟΡΟΦΕΡÎΟΥ ÎΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, Nike standing left, crowning royal name with right hand and holding palm branch in left, in inner left field owl standing three-quarters left on altar above ΜΗΧΡ monogram. Among the greatest rarities of the Hellenistic portraiture. Slight "ghosting" on obverse, lightly toned, aEF.
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Pergamon (BC 27) Denarius - Augustus1554 viewsAugustus. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Denarius (3.80g). Pergamum mint, struck 27 BC. Bare head right / Bull standing right. Good VF, some small scratches on obverse. Rare without flan crack. From the Tony Hardy Collection.
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Myrina (BC 425-375) Obol1553 views4th century BC. AR Obol (0.62g, 6h). Facing female head, hair in band with grain ears at sides / Head of goat right; M-V-P-I around; all within incuse square. Near EF, slightly granular, die break on reverse. Extremely rare.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B401551 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Male head right, wearing taenia / Corinthian helmet right; M before; all within linear square. VF. Rare.
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Augusta (AD 117-138) AE 25 – Hadrian1551 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE25, dated 123/124 AD. Laureate head right / Bust of Dionysos with Thyrsos; grapes and Kantharos in field. Very fine.
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Peltai (AD 193-211) AE 22 - Septimius Severus1545 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE22 (5.06g), struck ca 202-205 AD. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. VF, dark brown patina. The same magistrate is recorded on a coin of Plautilla, so he must have served between 202 and 205 AD.
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Kibyra (AD 217-218) AE 45 - Macrinus and Diadumenianus1544 views217-218 AD. AE45 (61.32g). AVTO KAI M OPeL. eB. MAKPeINOC K M OPEL ANTOWNINOC KAICAP, laureate and curassed bust of Macrinus right and Diadumenianus left / KAICAPEWN KIBVPATWN - GRO, Amazon standing facing, wearing turreted crown, holding double-axe and patera, bowl with sphynx on top at feet to left. Brown patina, EF. Very rare.
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Ilion (AD 37-41) AE 25 - Caligula1544 viewsCaligula and Divus Augustus, 37-41 AD. AE25 (10.86g). GAIOC KAICAP QEOC AYTOKPATWP / CEBACTOC, heads of Caligula and Divus Augustus / [QEA PWMH] - IEPA CYNKLHTOC / ILI, draped bust of Roma and Senate, in the middle Athena standing facing, with spear and shield. Brown-green patina, VF. Very rare.
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Tlos (BC 470-430) Stater1543 viewsUncertain Dynast, ca 500-470 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 9.21g, 8h). Lion seated right, left forepaw raised; floral pattern to right / Forepart of Pegasos right, within dotted incuse circle. Good VF, lightly toned, struck with worn reverse die, light porosity. Rare. Drewry Coll.; ex CNG 39 (9/1996), lot 613; Berry Coll., 1174.
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Aigai (AD 43-55) AE 16 - Britannicus1541 viewsBritannicus, son of Claudius and Messalina. Circa 43-55 AD. AE16 (2.90 gm). Chaleos, magistrate. Bare head of Britannicus right / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. VF, dark green patina. Extremely rare; only four specimens cited in RPC.
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Flaviopolis (AD 222-235) AE 33 - Severus Alexander1541 viewsSeverus Alexander. 222-235 AD. AE33 (20.00g, 6h). Dated year 153 (225/6 AD). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Laureate and draped bust of Zeus (or Kronos) right, wearing necklace; ΓPN (date) in reverse fields. Good VF, two-toned brown patina, some scratches.
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Bruzos (AD 193-211) AE 25 - Septimius Severus1540 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE25 (7.93g). Caecilius Rufinus magistrate. AVT KAI Λ CЄΠCЄOVHP OC, laureate head right / KAIK POVΦINO C BPOVZHNΩN / ANЄΘH KЄN, Hygieia standing right, feeding snake from patera. Rare. aVF.
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Airai (BC 350-250) AE 141539 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE14 (1.82g). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΑΙΡΑΙΩÎ, owl standing right, head facing.
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Sardeis (AD 14-37) AE 17 - Tiberius1538 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE17 (5.28g) Togate figure of Emperor raising kneeling figure of Tyche of Sardis / Livia seated right with scepter and ears of corn.
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Apameia (AD 0-100) AE 161538 viewsImperial Times, 1st cent AD. AE16 (2.22g). Head Hermes in winged petasos / C I - C A / D - D, winged kerykeion. Rare. Dark brown green patina. Extremely fine.
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Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 221536 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (7.24g). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Cista mystica, panther skin, diadem and thyrsos; monogram to left, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below. Good style. Brown patina, EF.
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Bruzos (AD 197-211) AE 26 - Geta 1536 viewsGeta, 197-211 AD. AE26 (9.08g). ΠЄ CЄΠΓЄΤΑC ΚΑ, cuirassed and draped bust right / ΒΡΟΥZΗÎΩÎ, Tyche holding cornucopiae and rudder. Rare. VF.
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Eresos (BC 250-200) AE 181532 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE18 (6.24g). Wreathed head of Demeter right / ΕΡΕΣΙ within wreath of grain. Good VF, dark brown patina, reverse a touch rough.
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Soloi (BC 200-0) AE 211532 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (11.38g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing facing, slightly right. Good VF, green patina with earthen highlights, pit on obverse.
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Pergamon (AD 40-60) AE 171531 viewsClaudian era, under the Romans. Anonymous 1st century AD. AE (2.36g). Laureate bust Senate right / Bust of Roma right, star to right. Very fine.
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Hieropolis-Kastabala (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla1530 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (14.52g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tyche standing left, holding grain ears, rudder and cornucopia. VF, dark brown patina under earthen encrustations, some light cleaning scratches.
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Nikaia (AD 41-48) AE 32 - Messalina1530 viewsMessalina, Augusta, 41-48 AD. AE32 (22.71g, 12h). C. Cadius Rufus, proconsul. Struck ca 47-48 AD. Draped bust left, hair in long plait / Façade of basilica: a two story tetrastyle central bay with two story wings flanking; inscribed entablature above. Fine, green and brown patina, rough. Extremely rare.
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Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 130) AE 38 - Antinoüs1526 viewsAntinoüs, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE38 - Medallion (45.49g, 6h). ANTINOON ΘEΩN H ΠATRIC, bare-headed and draped bust right / BEIΘYNEIΩN AΔPIANΩN, Antinoüs, as Hermes Nomios, standing facing right, wearing short chiton, chlamys, and winged sandals, holding pedum in left hand, the right raised protectively over the forepart of a grazing cow standing left beside a tree; star above. Good VF, matte dark brown patina. One of the finest unaltered Antinoüs bronzes known. Ex Dowdy Coll. Ex Leu 30 (4/1982), lot 367; Sternberg 7 (11/1977), lot 644.
In Egypt, the cult of Antinoüs saw him as an avatar of Hermes-Thoth, a messenger between mortals and the gods. Elsewhere, he was seen in another guise, as Hermes Nomios, or the "Herdsman." As defender of the herd or flock, Hermes brought forth fecundity and prosperity, just as Antinoüs would bring good fortune to those who did him honor.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B67 - EL 1/6 Stater1524 viewsca 470-450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.52g). Head of Silenos facing, wearing ivy-wreath; at left, seal swimming upwards / Four-part incuse square. EF.
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(BC 333-322) Ariarathes I - Drachm1523 viewsAriarathes I, 333-322 BC. AR Drachm (5.19g). Pontos, Gaziura mint. Baal of Gaziura seated left, holding eagle, grain ear and grape cluster in right hand, scepter in left; 'Baal-Gazur' in Aramaic behind / Griffin attacking a kneeling stag left, 'Ariorath' in Aramaic (mostly off flan) below. VF. Rare.
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Aspendos (BC 420-410) Stater1522 viewsca 420-410 BC. AR Stater (10.91g, 6h). Two wrestlers grappling / Slinger in throwing stance right; triskeles to right. Good VF. Rare early issue.
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Selge (AD 249-251) AE 32 - Trajanus Decius1522 viewsHomonoia with Sparta. Trajanus Decius, 249-251 AD. AE32 (14.71g). AV KAI ΓA ME KV TPA ΔEKION EVC CE; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CEΛΓEΩN ΛAKEΔAIMONIΩN OMONOIA; Helmeted Athena left, holding shield and spear; to the right, Heracles holding club and chlamys. Rare and interesting. Rough, very fine.
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Amisos (BC 109-89) AE 321518 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE32 (18.08g). Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet / Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and Medusa's head; Medusa's body at his feet, monograms flanking him. Brown patina, VF.
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Kos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater1518 viewsMid-late 6th century BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.55g). Crab / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare.
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Kelenderis (AD 238-244) AE 30 - Gordian III1517 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE30 (11.60g). Laureate bust of Gordian right / Poseidon holding dolphin and resting on trident. Good fine.
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Pappa-Tiberiupolis (AD 138-161) AE 21 - Antoninus Pius1516 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE21 (4.96g). Laureate head left / ΤΙΒEΡΙEωΠ- ΠΑΠΠΗÎωÎ, Men standing right in long chiton, wearing Phrygian hat, crescent on shoulder, foot on bukranion, holding scepter in right, pine-apple in extended left. Rare. Green patina. Very fine. Righetti Coll.
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Paphos (BC 325-309) Distater - Nikokles1516 viewsNikokles, ca 325-309 BC. AR Distater (26mm, 21.29g, 12h). Persic standard, struck ca late 320s BC or ca 310 BC. Head of Aphrodite left, wearing elaborate tiara composed of mural crown with four towers enclosing a polos ornamented with palmettes and annulets, disc earring with a triple pendant and a pearl necklace; Î -ΒΑ behind / ÎΙΚΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΠΑΦΙΟÎ, Apollo, wearing laurel wreath and nude but for cloak over shoulders, seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow; laurel branch to left. Extremely rare. EF.
Only 4 genuine examples are known, including this piece. That only 2 obverse and 2 reverse dies are known makes it clear that it was meant to be a special issue (or perhaps an originally large issue cut short). It must have been struck after the Alexander-type tetradrachms (Price 3118-3123), which were minted in the late 320s, and it is possible that these distaters were produced shortly after. However, a date in the years shortly before Nikokles’ suicide might fit the evidence better.
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Apameia (BC 49) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1515 viewsC. Fannius, Propraetor, 49 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.16g). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / C. FAN PONT PRO, two serpents on either side of tetrastyle temple with a draped standing figure holding a patera and sceptre; ΜΑΝΤΙΘΕΟΣ ΜΑΝΤΙΘΕΟΥ below, two flutes right. Toned VF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater 1512 viewsca 600-560 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.60g). Female head facing left, the hair interwoven by a (invisible) taenia, wearing earring; behind, seal swimming downwards / Irregular incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Several contact marks on cheek, otherwise good EF.
This coin surely belongs to the earliest issues of Phokaia. The early stage is proven by both the irregular form of the incuse (without a clear quadripartite structure) and the style of the obverse image. The nearest stylistic parallel might be a stater of Aeginetic weight, once attributed to Knidos (cf. Cahn, Knidos p. 75 pl. 19, 1 with earlier literature).
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Amastris (BC 300-288) Didrachm - Queen Amastris1511 viewsca 300-288 BC. AR Didrachm (9.76g), in the name of Queen Amastris. Head of Amastris right, wearing Persian headdress with wreath; bow in bowcase behind / ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΑΜΑΣΤΡΙΟΣ, Aphrodite seated left, holding Eros, who crowns her; sceptre leaning against throne. VF, toned.
Amastris, a niece of Darios III of Persia, became a pawn in the complex dynastic quarrels that followed the death of Alexander. She had been given as wife to Alexander's general Krateros, but was dismissed when Krateros arranged a marriage for himself with the daughter of Antipater. Amastris then married Dionysos, tyrant of Herakleia, by whom she had three children before his death in 306 BC. In 302 BC she married Lysimachos of Thrace, who soon acquired a more profitable alliance by wedding Arsinoe, the daughter of Ptolemy I Soter of Egypt. Amastris then retired to the territory of Herakleia, where she founded a new city named after herself. She was not destined to find peace, however; in 288 BC her two covetous sons had her drowned and seized her city for themselves.
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Amisos (BC 85-65) AE1509 viewsca 85-65 BC, time of Mithradates VI. AE (12.34g). Head of Perseus right, wearing Persian tiara / Pegasos grazing left on ground line, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ and mongram below. Dark brown patina, good VF.
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Tenedos (BC 188-70) Drachm1508 viewsafter 189 BC. AR Drachm (3.83g). Janiform male and female heads / Double-axe, TΕÎΕΔΙΩΠabove; monogram and grapes to left, tripod to right; all within laurel wreath. Toned, good VF, minor porosity. Very rare variety, only one specimen cited by De Callatay with this monogram-symbol combination.
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Pergamon (BC 200-133) AE 151507 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE15 (4.19g). Laureate head of bearded Asklepios right / ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, snake coiled around staff. Dark green patina, EF.
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Lyrbe (AD 253-260) AE 30 - Valerian I1507 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE30 - 11 Assaria (16.21g, 12h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Apollo Sidetes standing left, holding patera and sceptre. VF, green and earthen patina, some roughness.
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(BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - Stater1507 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Stater (8.99g). Highly stylized head of a boar to right / Incuse square diagonally divided into twelve wedge-shaped compartments. Very rare. About extremely fine. Ex Star coll.; ex Sotheby´s 5 (7/1995), 78; ex Rosen Coll., Monnaies et Médailes 72 (10/1987), 339; ex Bank Leu 25 (4/1980), 169; ex Bank Leu 18 (5/1977), 217.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B42 - EL 1/6 Stater1507 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.7g, 10mm). Forepart of griffin left; to right, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. Rare type.
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Gryneion (BC 350-250) AE 161505 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE16 (3.42g). Three-quarter facing head of Apollo, turned slightly left, wearing laurel wreath / ΓΥΡÎΗΩÎ, mussel shell. Near EF, dark brown patina.
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Parlais (AD 177-192) AE 23 - Commodus1504 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE23 (5.36g). IMP L AVR COMMODVS, draped bust right / IVL AVG HA COL PARLA, Mên standing right, holding scepter and fir-cone. Nice very fine.
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Kaisareia (AD 37-41) Drachm - Gaius (Galigula)1503 viewsGaius (Galigula), 37-41 AD. AR Drachm (3.63g, 1h). Bare head right / IMPERATOR P M A[VGV]R TR POT, simpulum and lituus. VF, light iridescent toning, good metal. Very rare.
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Kebren (BC 450) Drachm1502 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.47g, 13mm, 12h). Archaic female head left / Head of ram left in incuse square. Good VF, toned. Very rare.
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Apameia (BC 48/47) AE1501 viewsca 48/47 BC, in name of Proconsul C. Vibius Pansa. AE (7.78g). Head of Apollo right / Lyre. VF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B33 - EL 1/6 Stater1501 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Archaic head of Artemis(?) left, wearing stephane and circular earring; small seal behind / Rough quadripartite incuse square. EF, a few scuffs. Ex von Aulock Collection, 7942.
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Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B631501 viewsca 430-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Forepart of winged lion left, roaring and threatening / Winged sphinx with the head of a male youth sitting right within thin square frame, the whole in incuse square. This coin is extremely interesting in that it has a man-headed sphinx on the reverse. The obverse image is borrowed from the coins of Klazomenai. Good VF.
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(BC 200-169) Pharnakes III - Tetradrachm1501 viewsPharnakes III, ca 185-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 16.38g, 11h). Diademed head right / Ma(?) standing facing, holding caduceus and cornucopiae, feeding branch to doe standing right below. VF, toned, cleaning scratches under tone. Exceptional Hellenistic portrait. Very rare.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Zeus1500 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.56g, 4h). Laureate head of Zeus left; lotus flower behind / Forepart of Pegasos right in shallow incuse. Good VF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B45 - EL 1/6 Stater1500 viewsca 480-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.59g, 11mm). Two confronted boars' heads; above, seal swimming left / Four-part incuse square. EF. Very rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Cock - EL 1/241491 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.61g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Cock's head right / Incuse square punch. VF, well-centered.
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(BC 96-63) Ariobarzanes I - Drachm1490 viewsAriobarzanes I, Philoromaios, 96-63 BC. AR Drachm (4.05g, 12h), dated year 2 (95/94 BC). Diadememed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΟΒΑΡZΑÎΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΥ, Athena standing left, holding Nike, shield and spear, Θ - Ε flanking her, Î’ (date) in exergue. High relief, lightly toned, EF. Ex Bank Leu AG, Auc. 33 (5/1983, Zurich), lot 408.
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Samos (BC 600-570) EL Hekte1490 viewsca 600-570 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.87g). Facing head of lion within wreath(?) / Incuse square. EF. Very rare.
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Amaseia (BC 100-85) AE 171489 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE17 (4.06g). Winged bust of Perseus right / Cornucopiae between pilei. Good VF, black patina.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Hekate1488 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.38g, 17mm). Laureate head of Hekate left, wearing earring, korumbos in hair / Forepart of Pegasos flying right. Rare. Double strike on obv., aEF.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B411486 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Forepart of boar right / Head of roaring lion right within linear square. EF, nicely centered.
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Kalchedon (BC 250) Tetradrachm1484 viewsmid 3rd cent BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.71g, 1h). Imitating Lysimachos-type tetradrachms. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / KALΧA-ΔΟÎΙΩÎ, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; monogram to inner left, spiral ornament on throne, grain ear in exergue. Good VF, toned, light porosity, die break in field on obverse. Extremely rare. Weimer Coll.
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Phaselis (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III1482 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE32 (21.21g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Galley under sail left; ΦΑΣΗ above, ΛΕΙΤωΝ (magistrate) below. Fine/VF, gray and green patina.
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(BC 600-550) Alyattes II - EL 1/96 Stater1482 viewsAlyattes II, King Of Lydia, ca 600-550 BC. EL 1/96th Stater (4mm, 0.15g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch. VF, very pale.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B29 - EL 1/6 Stater1482 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Three seals swimming in circle to left around a central pellet within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Hera1481 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.36g, 12h). Head of Hera right, wearing stephane; bow and quiver to left / Forepart of Pegasos right in incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, a few tick marks on obverse. Extremely rare, the finest of two known (see Numismatica Ars Classica 18, lot 200, for the other). Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 23 (3/2002), lot 1244.
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Kabeira (BC 120-100) AE 221480 viewsca 120-100 BC. AE22 (8.60g). Gorgoneion facing, turned slightly right, Aegis around / ΚΑΒΗ-ΡΩÎ, Nike walking right, palm branch over shoulder, monogram to right. Varied toning, VF. Rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater1480 viewsca 460-420 BC. EL Stater (16.01g). Silenus, with horse’s ear and tail, kneeling right, holding kantharos in his outstretched right hand into which he is pouring wine from amphora balanced on left leg and steadied by left arm and head / Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare and in exceptional state of preservation. Perfectly struck on full flan and of superb style. Reddish tone and extremely fine.
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Pompeiopolis (AD 161-175) AE 27 - Faustina II1479 viewsFaustina II, 161-175 AD. AE27 (9.25g). Draped and diademed bust right / MH-TRO POM-P-HIOPOLIC, Demeter standing left. Dark brown patina, VF. Rare.
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Chabakta (BC 100-85) AE 201479 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE20 (7.99g). Head of Ares right in crested helmet / ΧΑΒΑΚΤ[ΩÎ], sword in sheath; star over moon and monogram to left. Brown patina, VF.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B421478 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Forepart of goat right, head left / Owl standing facing, wings spread, within incuse square. VF. Rare.
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Laranda (BC 330-320) Obol1473 viewsca 330-320 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.57g). Facing bearded male head (Herakles?) / Forepart of wolf right; monogram above, star before. Good VF. Apparently unpublished, see CNG 33 (3/1995), lot 343 (same reverse die).
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Uncertain (BC 27-AD 41) AE 121473 viewsAE12 (1.82g). CAESAR […], bare head right / star and crescent. Very fine.
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Pergamon (BC 310-282) Diobol1471 viewsca 310-284 BC. AR Diobol (1.39g, 11mm). Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Palladion facing, ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗ to left. Toned, EF. Gutknecht coll.
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Aigeai (AD 37-41) AE 271470 viewsTime of Caligula, 37-41 AD. AE27 (15.05g). dated Year 87 (40/41 AD). Head Alexander the Great right / AIΓAIΩN THC IЄPAC KAI AVTONOMOV MI ZΠ, head of Julius Caesar right. Nice green patina, VF.
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Klazomenai (BC 480-400) Drachm1469 views5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.56g). Forepart of winged boar flying right, ΚΛΑ above / Head of ram right, in shallow incuse square. Toned, EF.
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Amastris (BC 85-65) AE 201466 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE 20 (6.53g). Gorgoneion sourrounded by aegis / Nike walking right, holding palm. VF.
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Chios (AD 0-100) AE1465 viewsCivic Issue, ca 1st century AD. AE - 3 Assaria (18.40g). Publius Valerius Primus, archon for the second time. Sphinx seated left, paw resting on prow of galley / Wine amphora set within wreath. VF, dark green patina, surfaces smoothed.
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Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol1461 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.16g). Female double-head, wearing earring / Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, ΛΑΜΨΑ. VF.
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Pessinos (BC 100-0) AE 241458 views1st century BC. AE24 (15.69g, 12h). Jugate draped busts right of Attis, wearing Phrygian cap, and Kybele Agditis, wearing turreted crown; crescent to lower right / Lion seated left, right paw placed on tympanon; caps of the Dioskouroi flanking, uncertain object to right. Near VF, brown patina with earthen highlights. Very rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/61456 viewsca 600 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.42g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of roaring lion right on striated background / Double incuse square punches. Unpublished. Good VF. Apparently unique.
A few very rare issues of electrum have a lion forepart on a horizontally-striated field (cf. CNG 69, lots 444 and 447), but this is apparently the first appearance of lion’s head on a vertically-striated field.
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Mallos (BC 386-380) Stater - Tiribazos1455 viewsTiribazos, Satrap of Lydia. 393-392 and 388-380 BC. AR Stater (10.46g), struck 386-380 BC. Baal standing left, holding eagle in right hand, sceptre in left, ΜΑΛ to left, 'TRIBZW' in Aramaic to right / Ahura-Mazda, body terminated by solar disk, holding wreath and lotus blossom, AMI in left field (erased from die but still visible). Toned, good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/18? Stater1454 viewsca 500-490 BC. AR 1/24 Stater (0.81g). Female head right, wearing cap / Quadripartite incuse punch. VF, nice Archaic-style head. Unlisted denomination?
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