Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater 591 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.33g). Tunny right; above, tail of tunny left; below, head of tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare. Teos (BC 470-420) Tetartemorion591 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.19g). Griffin's head right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity. (BC 230-220) Ariarathes III - AE591 viewsAriarathes III, ca 230-220 BC. AE (2.48g, 12h), Tyana mint. Bust right, wearing tiara / ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ T-YA, goddess standing facing, holding lotus flower and branch; two sphinxes sitting at her feet facing opposite directions. VF. Very rare. Sardeis (AD 198-217) AE 46 - Caracalla 591 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE46 - Medallion (41.86g, 6h). Circa 198-209 AD. AY KAI M AV - ANTONЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CAPΔIANON [Δ]IC / NEOKOPON MH / TPOΠOΛЄOC / ACIAC (in ex.), ЄΠI CTPA KOP OYЄTTHNIANOY ACIAPX, two hexastyle temples facing each other at 3/4 perspective angle; above, two wreaths. Very rare. Green patina with minor deposits. aEF.1 comments Parion (BC 200-0) AE 23590 viewsca 2nd-1st cent. BC. AE23 (7.28g). Facing head of gorgon (Medusa?), countermark: monogram in incuse circle / Eagle standing right, monogram before. Good VF, dark green patina. Blaundos (BC 200-0) AE 21590 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (8.86g, 6h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing facing, head turned to right; MΛAYNΔΕΩN above, caduceus to left, AΠΟΛΛΟΝ-ΘΕΟΓΕΝ below. VF. Dardanos (BC 350) AE 20590 views4th cent BC. AE20 (7.75g). Horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys / Cock standing right, facing right; in field to right, Athena Promachos with shield and spear standing right. Dark green patina, thick flan, VF/gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Lamponeia (BC 400) Obol590 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.51g). Bearded head of Dionysos right / Facing bull's head, Λ-Α-Îœ around, in incuse square. VF, light porosity. Tarsos (AD 217-218) Drachm – Diadumenian590 viewsDiadumenian, 317-318 AD. Billon Drachm (5.18g). MO Π ANTΩNINOC KAICAP, draped bust, bare head right / TAPC-EΩNMHTPOΠO, athlete standing to right, holding palm-branch in his left hand. Typical rough surface, very fine. Prymnessos (AD 240-260) AE 24590 viewsImperial Times, mid-3rd century AD. AE24 (7.30g, 7h). Draped bust of King Midas right, wearing Phrygian cap / Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and sceptre. Good VF, black-green patina with lighter green overtones, small hairline flan crack. A rare mythological type. Ex Drewry Coll. Midas, the mytho-historical king of Phrygia and Lydia, was granted the so-called "Golden Touch" by Dionysus because the king wished for unending wealth as a reward for his guest-friendship to Silenus. Everything Midas touched turned to gold, including food. Starving and pleading for relief, the king was instructed to bathe in the waters of the river Pactolus. The water removed Midas’ “gift” and turned the sand of the river-bed into grains of gold. It was the naturally-occuring ore of the Pactolus that became the source of the metal used in the first archaic electrum coinages of Asia Minor. Anazarbos (AD 161-180) AE 30 - Marcus Aurelius590 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE30 - Triassaria (19.82g, 30mm), dated Year 182 (163/4 AD). ΑVΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟC ΟVΗPΟC CΕΒ, bare-headed draped bust right / KAIC TΩN ΠROC TΩ ANAZAPBΩ/ ЄT BΠP, dekastyle temple; star on pediment. Rare. Good very fine. Stratonikeia (AD 193-211) AE 38 - Septimius Severus & Julia Domna590 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE38 (22.91g, 6h). •AV•KAI - LO[V CЄΠ] CЄVHROC IOV-ΔOM[NA], radiate, cuirassed and draped bust to right facing draped bust; above in field countermark, head Athena in Attic helmet right; to left below, square countermark, ΘЄOY / ЄΠI ΠPV ΛЄONTOC TOV A - ΛЄKЄO - V CTPATONIKЄΩ / [N], Hekate with crescent standing facing, head left, holding patera in right, sacrificing over altar. Extremely fine. Ex Karl coll. Prusias ad Hypium (AD 235-238) AE 31 - Maximus 590 viewsMaximus, son Of Maximinus I & Paulina, 235-238 AD. AE31 (19.52g). Laureate, draped head right; countermark: laureate, draped head right / Bust of hero Kieros (or founder) right. Good Very Fine. Birytis (BC 350-250) AE 10590 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE10 (1.42g). Head of bearded Kabeiros right, wearing pilos / Î’-Ι, triskeles, within circle. Dark green patina, VF. Kaunos (BC 410-390) Stater590 viewsca 410-390 BC. AR Stater (11.74g). Iris, wearing belted chiton, running left, head turned back, holding caduceus in right hand and wreath in left / Conical baetyl, upside down triangle symbol on left and Γ on right; all within incuse square. Head of Iris flatly struck, otherwise EF. Mallos (BC 390-385) Stater590 viewsca 390-385 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.97g, 6h). Beardless winged male advancing left, holding solar disk / Swan standing left; bee above. Near VF, toned, some light scuffs. Rare. Laodikeia (AD 198-217) AE 46 - Caracalla590 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE46 - Medallion (50.59g, 6h). L. Ael(ius) Pigres, third Asiarch. Struck mid-August 215 AD -mid-August 216 AD. A[V]T KAI M AVP • ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI Λ AIΛ ΠΙΓ P HTO C ACIAP Γ, ΛAOΔIKЄΩN/NЄΩKOPΩ/• N • in three lines in exergue, Caracalla standing left, holding patera over tripod; attendants on either side, holding statuettes; to left, victimarius preparing to strike bull, attendant holding titulus inscribed CMO/NOM in two line, and two youths; in background, octostyle temple with windows in pediment. VF, black-green patina with traces of red-brown, some minor roughness. Extremely rare, the fifth specimen known. Abydos (BC 320-200) AE 23589 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE22 (8.23g). Head of Artemis, facing, turned slightly right, wearing stephane, laureate wreath, earrings and necklace / Eagle standing right, wings open; ABY and aplustre to right. EF, dark green patina, some light smoothing in fields. Ex Frank Sternberg Auktion XI (11/1981), lot 115. Ilion (AD 249-251) AE 21 - Trajan Decius589 viewsTrajan Decius. 249-251 AD. AE21 (3.94g). AYT K MEC TPAI DEKIOC, laureate cuirassed bust right / ΙΛΙΕ-ΩΝ, cult statue of Athena Ilias with spear and Nike. brown-green patina, VF. Rare. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater589 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.57g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted; 3 dots to left / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Triton VIII, 405; otherwise unpublished. Fine. Very rare. Myrina (AD 98-117) AE 17 - Trajan589 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE17 (1.80g). Laureate bust right; AVTOKRAT]ORA TRAIANON / Roma right; ROMIN [MYRI]. Ex Rudnik. Uncertain (AD 69-79) AE 16 - Vespasian, Titus and Domitian589 viewsVespasian, with Titus and Domitian, Caesars, 69-79 AD. AE16 (3.96g). Laureate head of Vespasian right / Confronted busts of Titus and Domitian; star between. Fine, green patina. Rare. Lalassis (BC 100-0) AE 15589 views1st cent BC. AE15 - Dichalkon (2.55g). ΛAΛΛACEΩN, Aphrodite standing left, upper part of body nude; holding flower in left hand and scepter in right / [ΔIXAΛ]-KON; scorpion. Very rare mint. Reverse off center, very fine. Isaura (AD 198-217) AE 26 - Caracalla589 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE26 (9.39 g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from front, slight drapery on left shoulder, gorgoneion on breastplate / Caracalla standing right in military outfit, holding spear and clasping hands with Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch, hind standing between. EF, olive and brown patina. Poncin Coll. Dardanos (BC 200-50) AE 16589 views2nd-1st centuries BC. AE16 (4.00g, 12h). Diademed and bearded male head (Zeus?) right / Horseman galloping right. VF, dark green patina, a few deposits. Wagner Coll. Hypaipa (BC 27-AD 14) AE 20 - Augustus589 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (4.22g). ΣEBAΣTON YΠAIΠHNOI, laureate head right / EΠI ΦIΛOΠATPIΔOΣ KAΠNAΣ ΣTP TO Γ, Zeus standing left. Rare, VF. Eikonion (AD 117-138) AE 16 - Hadrian589 viewsEikonion as Klaudeikonion. Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE16 (2.79g). ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ, head left / ΚΛΑΥΔЄΙΚΟΝΙЄΩΝ, Perseus standing with harpa and head Gorgon in extended right. Green patina with sandy encrustation, VF. Gargara (BC 350) AE 8589 viewsafter 350 BC. AE8 (0.6g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse trotting right; ΓΑΡ above, bunch of grapes below. aEF. Sardeis (BC 200-1) AE 15589 views2nd-1st century BC. AE15 (3.24g). Head of Heracles right / Kantharos. Very fine. Side (BC 205-100) Tetradrachm589 viewsrca 205-100 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.75g, 12h). Pa-, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; to left, pomegranate above ΠA monogram. Near EF, toned, hairline flan crack, slight die shift on reverse. Very rare with this magistrate. Kyzikos (BC 460-440) Trihemiobol589 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.15g). Protome of a lion with open jaws to left, and with both forelegs visible; behind, tunny fish swimming downwards / Ram's head to left; all within incuse square. Extremely rare. Toned. Minor die break on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater589 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.65g). Male naked and bearded figure riding dolphin left, holding tunny in his outstretched right hand; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare. Of lovely style and extremely fine. Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 23588 viewsca 190-85 BC. AE23 (7.46g). Head of Priapos right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΛΑΜΨΑ − ΚΗΝΩΝ, palm branch to R. VF. Methymna (BC 360-330) Obol588 viewsca 360-330 BC. AR Obol (0.51g) Helmeted head of Athena right / Kantharos, Îœ-Θ-Α, within linear incuse circle. Sigeion (BC 350) AE 20588 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE20 (7.23g). Three quarter facing head of Athena, turned slightly right / Double-bodied owl standing facing; crescent to right, ΣΙΓΕ below. VF, glossy black patina, light earthen encrustation. Kotiaeion (AD 217-218) AE - Macrinus588 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE (9.52g). Archon (Publios Ailios) Demetrianos Keleros; Laureate head right / Zeus enthroned to left holding patera and scepter. Very rare. Dark brown patina, small flan crack and minor striking weakness, extremely fine. Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 33 - Caracalla588 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE33 (18.20g, 12h). Laureate head left / Hercules standing left, destroying Lernaean Hydra; D/EK between legs. Good VF, black-green patina with lighter green and brown overtones. Ex Cain Coll. Abydos (BC 500-480) Trihemiobol588 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Diobol? (9mm, 1.32g). Eagle standing left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, porous. Alighieri Coll. Kyme (BC 165-140) Tetradrachm588 viewsca 165-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.74g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Olympios, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia with small H inscribed near the back end / Horse prancing right; one-handled cup below horse, OΛMΠIOC below; all within wreath. Near EF, attractively toned. (BC 62-40) Deiotaros - AE 16588 viewsDeiotaros, ca 62-40 BC. AE16 (6.20g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Large monogram and Galatian shield. VF, dark green patina. Very rare. Phokaia (BC 521-478) seal - 1/4 Stater588 viewsca 500 BC. AR Drachm (3.93g). Seal swimming right / Quadripartite incuse square (1 field filled in). Attractively toned, nearly extremely fine and rare. Prospero Coll.; purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London US$ 3,500. Knidos (BC 530-520) Trihemiobol588 viewsca 500 BC. AR Diobol (12mm, 1.65g, 3h). Head of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right within rectangular incuse. VF, some porosity. Germanikopolis (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla588 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (14.32g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Cityscape: two civic buildings between two towers. VF, glossy green patina. Extremely rare and highly interesting type. Richmond (“The Town of Germanicopolis-Gangra in Paphlagonia” NC 1929, pp. 310-2) describes the central structures on the reverse as two distinct buildings, perhaps the city’s forum and basilica, with a narrow alley running between. Robertson, however, suggests that they may represent a single gatehouse, an idea initially dismissed by Richardson due to the uncharacteristically pitched roofs. The current specimen lacks what seems to be a curved wall seen on the latter two specimens referenced above, but exhibits an even more pronounced break between the central structures. They cannot form a gate, and must therefore represent two civic buildings, the smaller of which is shown in perspective. The type can thus be interpreted as a cross-section of the city; the two side towers represent two opposite entrances, with a circular wall around (on at least some specimens), and depicting in the center what must have been among the most important civic buildings. Kaisareia (AD 100/101) AE 17 588 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE17 (1.70g). RY 3 (100/101 AD). Turreted bust of Tyche right / Pyramid or baitylos; in field, date ET - Γ. Rare. Nice green patina. Aigeai (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian587 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Tetradrachm (13.16g, 6h), dated Caesarean Era 180 (133/4 AD). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ ΕΤΟVΣ ΠΡ, eagle standing facing on harpe, head right; goat kneeling right in exergue. Attractive very fine. Kandyba (AD 238-244) AE 31 - Gordian III587 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE31 (19.52g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae. Good VF, black patina with some light earthen encrustation around the devices, light roughness. Extremely rare, ony 1 specimen cited by von Aulock. Iuliopolis (AD 198-217) AE 26 - Caracalla587 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE26 (12.54g). Bust right / Bust right wearing Phrygian cap. aEF. Hypaipa (BC 27-AD 14) AE 18 - Augustus587 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE18 (5.24g, 12h). Athenagoras, magistrate. Bare head right / Laureate head of Zeus right; monogram below. VF, green patina, some red-brown encrustation. Amblada (AD 193-211) AE - Septimius Severus587 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE (20.18g). Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right / Two Tyche clasping hands. Beautiful portrait, dark patina. Very rare. Nearly extremely fine. Elaiousa-Sebaste (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III587 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (23.78g). AVT K M ANTΩ ΓOPΔIANOC, draped bust right / CЄBACT IЄP-A-C AVT NAVAP, Zeus enthroned left, holding thunderbolt and staff; XIC in left field. Rare. Dark green patina, gVF. Kaisareia (AD 161-180) Tridrachm - Marcus Aurelius587 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AR Tridrachm (9.63g), struck 175-176 AD. AVTOKP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirssed bust right / VΠA-TOC Γ, altar with three ears of corn. Lightly toned, VF. Lebedos (BC 330-294) Hemidrachm587 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 1.37g). Egias, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena left / Owl standing right, head facing; [ship’s prow] in right field. VF, a little off center and porous. Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm587 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.80g). Head of a ram right / Calf head right within shallow incuse square. Unpublished?1 comments Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater587 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 16.11g). Head of female left, wearing sphendone; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, a few edge splits. Unique stater denomination for this issue. Miletos (BC 480-450) Hemidrachm 587 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 2.03g). Lion at bay right / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Good VF, toned, slight granularity. Rare. Kaisareia (AD 117-138) Hemidrachm - Hadrian587 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Hemidrachm (1.65g, 14mm, 11h). 120-121 AD. [ΑΥΤΟ] ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CЄΒΑCΤ, laureate bust right, draped on the neck / ЄΤ Δ (year 4) Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm. A.K. coll. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B52 587 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 10mm). Young male head facing right, wearing knotted taenia with lotus-like ornament above the forehead / Wreathed male head (in archaic style) facing right, wearing long beard, within incuse square. gVF, one of the best examples known, with reverse in much better condition than usual for this emission. Carr coll. Bodenstedt notes 29 examples of this emission. A further 30 examples have appeared at auction, this being the 30th.1 comments Lindos (BC 480) Stater586 viewsca 480 BC. AR Stater (13.93g, 6h). Head of lion with open jaws to R / Incuse square formed of two sunken rectangles with irregular surfaces divided by a broad horizontal band. Very rare. Nicely toned. EF. Ex Giessener Muenzhandlung 36 (4/1987), lot 243. Kragos (BC 48-23) Hemidrachm586 viewsLycian League, ca 48-23 BC. Hemidrachm (1.79g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΛΥΚΙΩΝ / Κ-Ρ/Α-Γ, lyre; within incuse square. aEF. Hierapolis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian586 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.82g, 7h). Struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Great God right on horseback, holding labrys over shoulder. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain cistophorus. Extremely rare and unpublished. Synnada (BC 133) AE 21586 viewsafter 133 BC. AE21 (8.24g). Turreted head of Tyche right / [ΣΥΝΝΑΔΕ] - ΙΕ-ΡΟΚΛΕ (magistrate), Zeus standing left in himation, holding scepter and thunderbolt. Dark green patina, flat strike in areas, VF. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Obol586 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.55g, 12h). Janiform female and male heads / T-E, double axe; all within shallow incuse square. VF, toned. Dardanos (AD 198-209) AE 25 - Geta586 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE25 (12.22g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Ganymede holding pedum, carried away by eagle flying left. VF, grey-brown patina. Elaia (AD 117-138) AE 17 - Hadrian586 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE17 (3.11g). AV TPAI A [ΔIANO], cuirassed and laureate bust right / EΛAITΩΝ, basket containing poppy-heads and corn-ears. Nice very fine. Aperlai (BC 167-100) Drachm586 viewsLycian League, ca 167-100 BC. AR Drachm (2.90g, 16mm, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right; bow and quiver over shoulder / Kithara; Isis crown to lower left; all within incuse square. Extremely rare, the finest of two examples known. Good VF. Kabeira (BC 85-65) AE 30586 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE30 (18.64g). Head Athena Parthenos with Helmet decorated with Pegasos / KABH-PΩN, Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and Medusa's head; Medusa's body at his feet. About very fine. Ex Ilona Pfeiler coll. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/24 Stater586 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (7mm, 0.63g). Head of tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare denomination. Ex Künker 133 (10/2007), lot 8126. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 4 - EL 1/24586 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (7mm, 0.59g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of roaring lion left / Incuse square. Good VF. Apparently unpublished denomination. The cataloger of the Elektron collection associated its coins of this type to Rosen 304, but the style of the lion and the incuse punch are not consistent with these. Tyana (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus586 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE 28 (11.41g), dated Year 4 (196/97). AV KAI Λ CEΠ - CEOYHPOC ΠE, laureate head right / TYANEΩN TΠT IE K ACY K A, bull standing right, ET Δ (Year 4) below. Very rare, aVF. Hoeft coll.; ex Hecht coll.; ex Cooper coll. #949; ex Baldwin/London 1979. Bithynia Uncertain (BC 27-AD 14) AE 31 – Augustus & Livia586 viewsAugustus, with Julia Augusta (Livia), 27 BC-14 AD. AE31 (17.22g, 12h). M. Granius Marcellus, proconsul of Bithynia. Struck circa July or August 14 AD. Conjoined draped busts of Augustus and Julia Augusta (Livia) left / Julia Augusta (Livia) seated right, holding two cornucopias. VF, dark green patina. Excellent portrait coin. Extremely rare and possibly the finest known. Ex Group CEM. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater586 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twenty-Fourth Stater (6mm, 0.65g). Head of seal left / Incuse square punch. EF. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B21586 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g, 4h, 10mm). Head of ram left; below, cock right / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin, rectangular punch behind. VF. Bodenstedt records eight examples of this type. A further eleven examples have appeared in auction. Uncertain Satrap (BC 4th cent) - Hermes585 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.22g). Persian king right, in kneeling-running stance, holding dagger and bow / Youthful male head left, wearing kausia. EF. Laertes (AD 98-117) AE 19 - Trajan585 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE19 (3.87g). ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC, laureate head right / ΛΑΕΡΤΕΙΩΝ, Demeter seated left, holding scepter, poppy, and grain ear. EF, with a choice glossy green patina. Aizanis (AD 253-268) AE 26585 viewsCivic Issue, time of Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE26 (13.53g). Head of the Senate right / Tyche standing left with rudder and cornucopiae. Nice VF, black patina, mild porosity. Tityassos (AD 202-211) AE - Plautilla585 viewsPlautilla, 202-211 AD. AE (5.82g). ΦΟVΛ ΠΛΑVΤΙΛΛΑ CΕΒΑ, draped bust right / ΤΙΤΥΑCCΕΩΝ, tetrastyle Temple decorated with snake in pediment. Ex Aufhäuser 6, 1989, Nr.463. Brown patina. Good very fine. Isinda (BC 100-0) AE 20585 views2nd-1st century BC. AE19 (6.28g), dated year 5. Laureate head of Zeus right / Horseman galloping right, spearing serpent; E (date) behind. Drewry Coll.; Ex Lindgren Coll. Kos (BC 285-258) Tetradrachm585 viewsca 285-258 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.22g, 12h). Xanthippos, magistrate. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Κ-ΩΙΟ-Ν, Crab, ΞΑΝΘΙΠΠΟΣ and bow-in-bowcase below; all within dotted square. Near EF, ligthly toned. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 29 (5/2005), lot 209. Apollonia Salbake (AD 222-235) AE 42 - Severus Alexander585 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE42 - Medallion (46.11g). ΑΥ Κ Îœ ΑΥΡ ΣЄ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, laureate, draped and cuirssed bust right / ΣΤΡΑ ΑΓΑΘЄΙΝΟΥ / ΤΟ−Υ ΙΗ / ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑ/ΤΩΝ, Emperor in military uniform with extended right and Nike on globe riding facing spread quadriga. Extremely rare. Unpublished (?). Dark brown patina. EF. Ex Gorny & Mosch 155 (2007), 216. The magistrate is known from contemporary coins (s. Robert a.O. S.264). The reverse theme is identical/ copied to the later coins of Gallienus (S.P. de Saxe-Coburg, Monnaies grecques inedites, RevNum 1892, 87f. pl.III 8). Mopsos (AD 253-260) AE 32 - Valerian I585 viewsValerian, 253-260 AD. AE32 (19.74g). 253-254 AD. AVT KAI ΠOΛ OVAΛЄPIANOC[...], radiate, cuirassed and draped right / AΔPI OVA ΓA ΠΛI MOΨЄATΩN / ЄT A/K/T, Apollo holding bow and arrow in left hand and torch in right. Very rare, VF.1 comments Alexandreia (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Severus Alexander585 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE25 (5.19g). IMP SEV AL - EXANOER (sic!), laureate, cuirassed bust seen from behind right / CO - AL / TROAC, horse grazing right, tree behind. About VF. Hoeft coll. This type is listed by Bellinger with obv. 'bust with shield and spear left'. This particular obv. is not found in Bellinger. Methymna (BC 360-330) Obol585 viewsca 450/40-406/379 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.50g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Kantharos, Îœ-Θ-Α, within linear incuse circle. VF, porous. Temnos (BC 300-250) AE 13585 views3rd century BC. AE13 (2.12 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Grape bunch on vine; flower to left. VF, dark green patina with earthen highlights. Ephesos (BC 375) AE 11585 viewsca 375 BC. AE11 (1.30g, 12h). Female head left, wearing stephane / Bee. VF, dark green patina. Whorton Coll.; ex Gorny & Mosch 176 (3/2009), lot 1311. Kaisareia (AD 54-68) Didrachm - Nero and Divus Claudius585 viewsNero, with Divus Claudius. 54-68 AD. AR Didrachm (5.56g, 21mm, 6h). Subsidiary Group. Possibly struck in Pontus. Struck circa 63-65 AD. NERO CLΛVD DI CLΛVD F CΛESΛR ΛVG GERMΛ, laureate head of Nero right / DIVOS CLΛVD ΛVGVST GERMΛNIC PΛTER ΛV, laureate head of Divus Claudius right. Good VF, toned, slightly granular surfaces. Ex Tan Coll. Ex CNG 57 (4/ 2001), lot 836; Sternberg X (11/1980), lot 298. Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Hemitetartemorion584 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (0.06g). Head of Aphrodite left in dotted circle / Head of Apollo left in linear circle. [reversed on pic] VF. Unique? Philadelphia (AD 81-96) AE 21 - Domitia584 viewsDomitia, wife of Domitian, Augusta, 81-96 AD (perhaps with Praxeas). AE21 (5.77g). Draped bust of Domitia right / Text in four lines in laurel-wreath. Rare. Nice VF. Tlos (BC 425-400) Stater - Kherei584 viewsKherei, Dynast, ca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (8.48g). Head of Athena right / Bearded head of Dynast left, wearing Persian headdress (bashlyk); Lycian letters 'tlafe" to left, 'kerei' to right, within shallow incuse square. VF. Very rare. Ex Reuter Collection, Auktion Peus Nachf. 360 (1999), lot 79. Kelenderis (BC 425-400) Stater584 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.64g). Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from rearing horse left / Goat kneeling left, head reverted, ΚΕΛΕΝ above. Toned, good VF. Ex von Aulock Collection, 5623. Rhodes (BC 305-275) Didrachm584 viewsca 305-275 BC. AR Didrachm (6.43g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / Rose with two buds flanking; A to left, caduceus to right. Good VF, toned, minor porosity, light scratch on obverse. Rare. Ashton suggests that this issue of profile-head didrachms from 305-275 BC was produced to finance the construction of the Colossus, and that because the head is strikingly different from the usual portrait of Helios, it may actually portray the head of the Colossus. Philadelphia (AD 37-41) AE 19 - Caligula584 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE19 (4.27g, 2h). Artemon, son of Hermogenos, moneyer. ΓΑΙΟC ΚΑΙCΑP ΓΕPΜΑΝ[ΙΚΟC] / ΝΕΟΚΑΙCΑPΕΩΝ, laureate head right / ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙ[Ν]ΑΝ ΑP[ΤΕΜΩ]Ν ΕΠΜΟΓΕΝΟC, Agrippina Senior seated right on chair with ornate legs, holding sceptre and cornucopiae. VF, choice jade green patina. Rare. It appears that the names of locals on the coins of Philadelphia do not represent magistrates in charge of a specific office, but rather citizens who may have sponsored the production of a certain series of coins. Artemon, in this case, may have dedicated a shrine to the emperor's mother, and celebrated the event with a coin issue. Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol - running king584 viewsUncertain Satrap, ca 420-350 BC. AR Persic Hemiobol (0.36g). Persian King kneeling/running right, holding bow and knife / Young male head right, Carian letters on either side. Unpublished. Nikaia (AD 54-68) AE 29 - Nero584 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE29 (16.39g, 12h). M. Tarquitius Priscus, proconsularis. Struck circa AD 59-61. Laureate head left / Capricorn left, set on globe, and cornucopia set wreath; all set on cista covered by panther hide and inscribed NEIK/AIE; thyrsus behind. VF, green patina with earthen overtones, light scratch in left field of obverse. Ex Wagner Coll. Aizanis (BC 50-0)584 viewslate 1st cent. BC. AE17 (3.72g). Laureate and bearded head of Heracles left / EZE-AN-I-TΩN, naked Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus. gVF Abydos (BC 350-300) AE 11584 viewslate 4th century BC. AE11 (1.34g, 9h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing right, ABY above, amphora to right. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll. Kolophon (BC 330-294) Hemidrachm584 viewsca 330-310 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.47g). Konnion, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Tripod. VF, nice metal. Chios (BC 431-412) Drachm584 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Drachm (3.48g). Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora; monogram to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity. Rare. Uncertain Satrap (BC 4th cent) Satrap - Obol584 views4th century BC. AR Obol (0.79g, 10mm, 8h). Draped bust, wearing satrapal headdress, facing slightly left; star to left / Crowned and draped female bust left. EF, toned, obverse struck off center. Very rare. The proposed attribution of this type to Evagoras II, originally made in the 19th century, is likely incorrect (cf. SNG Kayhan 1066 for a similar obol historically attributed to Evagoras). Interestingly, although Gökturk 88 retains the attribution to Evagoras II, Gökturk 52, another obol certainly related to this type, is placed at an uncertain mint in Cilicia. Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 200-0) AE 21584 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (10.06g, 12h). Turreted head of Tyche right / Zeus Lydios standing left, holding eagle and scepter; monogram before. VF, dark green, almost black, patina, earthen highlights. A quality example of this scarce issue. Thyateira (AD 198-217) AE 16 - Caracalla583 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE 16 (2.15g). Cuirassed, draped and laureate head right, ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC / Bull walking right, head turned up in "mooo"; ΘΥΑΤΕΡΗΝΩΝ. Rare, nice VF.1 comments 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 - 149