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Kaisareia (AD 238-244) Tridrachm - Gordian III572 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AR Tridrachm (9.09g, 23mm, 1h). Dated RY 4 (240/1 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mt. Argaeus surmounted by wreath; B NЄ across field, ЄTOVC Δ (date) in exergue. Good VF. Without the usual countermark.
Out of 43 tridrachms of Gordian III’s fourth year surveyed by Bland, 33 carried the Tyche countermark, always on the reverse. They seem to be linked to a Helios countermark applied to his bronze coinage, normally found in this case on the obverse. The variation in silver content and weight of Caesarean silver issues is quite astounding. Bland’s study of 105 silver coins of Gordian III have the following weight ranges: 6.72-11.17g for tridrachms, 4.02-6.20g for didrachms, and 2.08-4.13g for drachms. The fineness of the coins varies from 30% to 63%.
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Erythrai (BC 360-342) Drachm572 viewsca 387-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.53g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / EPY, club and bow case; owl to right, magistrate ΠEΛOΠIΔHΣ. Toned, VF.
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(AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY19572 viewsPolemo II, 38-63 AD. AR Drachm (3.38g), dated year 19 (56/7 AD). Diademed head of Polemo / ΕΤΟΥC ΙΘ, laureate head of Nero. Toned VF.
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Kyme (BC 320-250) AE 10572 views4th-3rd century BC. AE10 (0.9g). Eagle standing left / Skyphos (one-handled vase), K-Y. Very fine.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B13 - EL 1/24 Stater572 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.66g, 6mm). Roaring head of lion left; to right, small seal upward / Incuse square punch. gVF. Extremely rare.
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Lamponeia (BC 350) AE 13571 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE13 (1.58g). Bearded, wreathed head of Dionysos right / Bull's head (bucranium), kantharos above, ΛΑ-Μ. Rare. Dark green patina, broken in places, good VF.
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Rhodes (BC 125-88) Hemidrachm571 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.25g, 14mm). Magistrate Melantas. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / P-O, rose; ΜΕΛΑÎΤΑΣ (magistrate) above, grape bunch to right; all within incuse square. Near EF.
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Laodikeia (BC 133) AE 20571 viewsafter 133 BC. AE20 (8.08g). Head of Aphrodite or Laodice right, wearing stephane and diadem / Two cornucopiae bound by fillet. VF, brown patina.
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Laodikeia (BC 133) AE 22571 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE22 (6.00g). Female head (Laodike as Aphrodite ?) right. / ΛAOΔΙ-ΚΕΩΝ, decorated cornucopiae. Very fine.
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Ninika-Klaudiopolis (AD 235-238) AE 32 - Maximinus I571 viewsMaximinus I, with Maximus Caesar, 235-238 AD. AE32 (10.08g, 17h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus right / Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximus right. VF, dark brown patina, die breaks on obverse and reverse.
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(BC 351-344) Hidrieios - Trihemiobol571 viewsHidrieios, Satrap, 351-344 BC. AR Trihemiobol (10mm, 0.91g, 9h). Halikarnassos mint. Head of Apollo facing slightly right / 8-pointed star (4 thick rays and 4 thin) with pellet in center, ΙΔΡΙ between. VF. Karl Coll.
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Alabanda (BC 150) AE 9571 viewsmid-2nd cent BC. AE9 (0.77g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / [ΑΛΑΒΑÎ]-ΔΕΩÎ, eagle standing right. VF. Karl coll.
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Methymna (AD 222-235) AE 33 - Julia Mamaea571 viewsJulia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235 AD. AE33 (20.98g). Draped bust right / Athena standing right, holding spear and shield, facing Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at his feet left. VF, green patina under thick earthen encrustation. Apparently unpublished. Rare city.
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Sardeis (AD 23-26) AE 27 - Drusus & Germanicus571 viewsDrusus & Germanicus, ca 23-26 AD. AE27 (12.42g). Togate figures of Drusus and Germanicus seated left on curule chairs, one holding out lituus / Legend within wreath. VF.
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Dardanos (BC 350) AE 10571 viewsca 4th century BC. AE10 (1.30g). Horseman riding right, wearing petasos and cape, right hand raised / Rooster standing right; grain ear behind, ΔΑΡ to right, downward. Good VF, dark green patina.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater 571 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.64g). Facing lion’s head; to right, tunny downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.
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Soloi (BC 350-300) Obol571 viewsca 350-330 BC. AR Obol (0.62g, 6h). Ekatai..., magistrate. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, single-pendant earring, and necklace / Grape bunch on vine; EKA-TAI[...] across field, ΣΟΛ[ΕΩÎ] below. Near EF, toned. Rare, unpublished with this magistrate.
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Akrasos (AD 193-211) AE 16571 viewsTime of Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE16 (2.45g, 5h). Bareheaded and draped bust of the Senate right / AKPA-CIΩT-ΩN, stag standing right. Good VF, dark brown patina, minor roughness.
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Laodikeia (BC 133) Tetradrachm571 viewsca 133/88-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.61g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Diodoros, magistrate. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; ΔIOΔΩ/POY above, ΛAO to left, kerykeion to right. EF, toned, obverse a little off center. Deyo Coll.; ex Coin Galleries (2/1989), lot 160.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater571 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.51g). Head of seal left / Incuse punch. Near VF.
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Kadyanda (BC 167-81) Drachm571 viewsLykian League, 167-81 BC. AR Drachm (3.15g, 16mm, 10h). Laureate head of Apollo right, bow and quiver over shoulder / City initials K-A on either side of a kithara, ΛVKIΩΠabove, helmet to left; all within shallow incuse square. Extremely Rare. Only 3 coins of Kadyanda in Troxell. The helmet mintmark is hitherto unknown. EF.
Kadyanda lies almost equidistant from the upper Xanthos River and the Gulf of Telmessos in the mountains of northwest Lykia.
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Mylasa (BC 392-376) Hemiobol570 viewsHekatomnos, ca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.36g). Lion's head right with reversed foreleg below / Lion's scalp facing, flanked by leg on both sides, in incuse circle. Die-break on rev., nice VF. Apparently unpublished with lion right.
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Patara (BC 410-380) Hemiobol570 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.22g). Head of Athena right / Head of Hermes right, within dotted circle. EF. Unpublished? The piece originates from the same series as the Diobol in SNG v. Aulock 4196. This might have to be dated to the time of the Dynasts Vekhssere II and Ddentimi.
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Adada (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla570 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (5.70g). Laureate head right / AΔAΔE[Ω]N, clasped hands. Fine, green patina. Rare city. Drewry Coll.
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Kyzikos (AD 200-270) AE 19570 views3rd century AD. AE19 (4.01g, 12h). Diademed and draped female bust right / Bull standing right. VF, green patina. Ex Alighieri Coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus570 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (3.13g). Bare male head right / K-Y/Z-I, torch, all within laurel wreath. Rare. Nice green patina, VF.
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Methymna (BC 500-450) Diobol570 viewsca 500/480-460 BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.31g). Facing gorgoneion / Bearded male head right, wearing Corinthian helmet, in dotted square within incuse square. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Ex Herman Coll. (CNG 73 (9/2006), lot 309); ex Numismatica Ars Classica 29 (5/2005), lot 203.
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Kyme (BC 520-470) Tetartemorion570 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.21g, 7mm). Head horse left / Quadratum incusum. VF.
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Abydos (BC 385-335) Drachm570 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 2.61g). Hfaistoleos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left, Nike flying left with wreath before, ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΛΕΩΣ above. Near VF, toned.
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Adramytteion (BC 200-100) AE 17570 views4th century BC. AE17 (5.39g, 11h). Laureate head of Zeus left / Rider on galloping horse right. VF, dark green, almost black, patina. Alighieri Coll.
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Ephesos (AD 128-137) AE 34 - Sabina570 viewsSabina, Augusta, 128-137 AD. AE34 (18.58g, 6h). CЄBACTH CABЄINA, diademed and draped bust right / APTЄMIC ЄΦЄCIA, cult-statue of Artemis facing; stag on either side. Near Extremely Fine.
The sister of Apollo, Artemis was the virgin huntress worshipped by a cult at Ephesos. This was a wealthy following and her temple in the city was considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Destroyed and rebuilt three times before its final destruction, the last incarnation survived into the reign of Gallienus before it was sacked by raiding Goths. The image of the goddess worshipped at Ephesos was distinctly archaic; she was depicted with many breasts, supposedly (and perhaps, incongruously) denoting her fertility. This attribute, along with the usual mural crown denoting the protection of the city walls and the stags which were sacred only to Artemis, can be seen on the reverse type.
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Pinara (BC 425-400) Stater - Kherei569 viewsKherei, Dynast, ca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (8.59g). Pinara mint. Helmeted head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and spiral / Head of Kherei right, wearing Persian headdress (bashlyk); Lycian letters 'Pillefi - Kherei', within dotted incuse circle. Good VF, scattered porosity. Rare.
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Parion (BC 200-0) AE569 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE (10.72g). Gorgoneion facing / Bull standing left, ΠΑΡΙ above, uncertain symbol below. Red-brown patina, VF. Rare.
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Horse on Paphlagonia, Sinope569 viewsPaphlagonia, Sinope, ca 415-365 BC. AR Drachm (6.15g). Head of Nymph Sonope left, wearing sakkos; countermark: horse left / Sea eagle on dolphin. VF/F.
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Philomelion (BC 133) AE 19569 viewsafter 133 BC. AE19 (6.68g). Draped bust of Men right, wearing laureate Phrygian cap, crescent on shoulders / ΦΙΛΟΜΗ - ΣΚΥΘΙÎΟ, Zeus in himation sitting left; scepter in left hand, eagle in outstretched right hand. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Etenna (BC 100-0) AE 15569 views1st century BC. AE15 (2.28g). Nymph in long chiton standing right, holding snake; jug lying to left / ET-EN, sickle. Green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Tralleis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 24569 viewsTime of Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE22 (7.86g, 12h). Nicomedes, magistrate. KAIΣAPEΩN, radiate head of Helios right / NIKO below horses, MHΔHΣ in exergue, Nike, holding reins in left hand and palm in right, driving biga right. Good VF, black-green patina with lighter green overtones. Extremely rare. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Hirsch 195 (5/1997), lot 387.
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Sinope (BC 480-450) Drachm569 viewsca 425-410 BC. AR Drachm (5.92g). Head of eagle left; below, dolphin left / Quadripartite square with two sunken quarters and two quarters in relief; K in one sunken quarter. EF, toned.
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Arykanda (BC 200-0) AE 17569 views2nd-1st century BC. AE17 (3.50g, 6h). Radiate head of Sozon(?) right / Apollo standing left, holding bow, resting elbow on column behind him; monogram to left. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll.
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Alexandreia (AD 180-192) AE 24 - Commodus569 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 178-180 AD. AE24 (8.78g). ANTONINVS COMMODO CAES, bearded head right. COL AVG TROAD, statue of Apollo Smintheus in himation standing facing on small cippus, quiver over right shoulder, holding bow in left hand and sacrificing from patera in right hand over flaming tripod. Very rare. Red brown patina, good very fine.
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Miletos (BC 175-85) Drachm569 viewsca 170-150 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.86g, 12h). Pyrros, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion standing right, head reverted; star above, KPA monogram to right, ΠΥΡΡΟΣ in exergue. VF, porous.
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Adramytteion (AD 218-222) AE 34 - Elagabalus569 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE34 (23.06g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and scepter. Near VF, dark greenish-brown patina, pierced through the center.
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Anemurion (AD 235-238) AE 32 - Maximinus569 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE32 (16.23g, 6h). Dated RY 1 (235/6 AD). AVK Γ I OYHP MAΞIMЄINON, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right within pelleted border / ANЄMOYPIЄωN, lion leaping right, head left with mouth open and tongue extended; above its hind quarters, star in crescent; ЄTA (date) in exergue; all within pelleted border. EF, attractive olive and brown patina. Exceptional for issue.
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Pamphylia Uncertain (BC 200-0) AE 11569 viewsSide (?). 2nd-1st century BC. AE11 (0.82g). Head of Artemis right / Pomegranate. Dark green patina, gVF. Very rare.
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Saitta (AD 254-268) AE 27 - Salonina568 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE27 (9.26g). Diademed and draped bust right / EΠI IOVΛ PHΓ ACIAPXA, CAITTHN/ΩN in exergue, statue of Aphrodite within tetrastyle temple. Near VF, dark brown patina, light roughness.
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Isaura (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Septimius Severus568 viewsSeptimius Severus. 193-211 AD. AE31 (13.89g, 7h). Laureate head right / Emperor galloping right, crowned by two Victories, his right arm raised, under horse, two enemies, one to left, the other to right, reaching upward. Good VF, a little rough.
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Parion (BC 45) AE 15568 viewsTime of Julius Caesar, ca 45 BC. AE15 (2.77g, 12h). C. Matuinus and T. Anicius, aediles. C G I P, female head right, wearing stephane / D D, Praefericulum. VF.
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Kyme (BC 165-140) Tetradrachm568 viewsca 165-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (37mm, 16.67g, 1h). Stephanophoric type. Demetrios, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing tainia / Horse prancing right; one-handled cup below raised foreleg, ΔHMHTPIOΣ below; all within wreath. VF, broad flan, scrape on reverse. Very rare issue, only one obverse die known to Oakley.
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Apameia (AD 198-217) AE 37 - Caracalla568 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE37 - Medallion (22.65g). Homonoia with Ephesos. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑΥΡ ΑÎΤΩÎЄΙÎΟC, cuirassed and laureate bust right / ЄΠΙ Λ ΜΑ CЄΥ Γ / ΠΑΜ ΑΠΑΜЄ / ΩΠ/ ЄΦЄCΙΩΠΟΜΟ/ÎΟΙΑ, Zeus with patera and scepter enthroned to left, before Artemis Ephesia standing. Rare. Traces of silvering, GVF.
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Kyzikos (AD 166-177) AE 33 - Commodus568 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE33 (21.75g). Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ ΓЄΡ CЄΒ ΥΟC, draped bust right / ΚΥZΙ/ΚΗÎΩΠÎЄΟΚΟ, galley, below tunny and dolphin. Dark green patina, GVF.
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Kyzikos (BC 170-150) Tetradrachm 568 viewsca 170-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.73g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Head of Kore Soteira right, wearing oak wreath / Club left; KYZI-KHNΩN above and below; monogram at top and bottom; all within oak wreath. VF, toned, numerous marks under tone on obverse. Very rare. Liles Coll.; ex Hunt Coll. (6/1990), lot 467.
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Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE 21567 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (8.58g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Homer seated left, holding roll, scepter behind, EYMHΛOΣ IΩΠYPOY (magistrate) to left and below. Good very fine.
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion567 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Attic Tetartemorion (0.13g). Head of Apollo right / Grain of corn, MAΓ above, Maeander pattern below. Toned VF.
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Myriandros (BC 361-334) Stater - Mazaios567 viewsMazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361-334 BC. AR Stater (10.73g). Baaltars seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter in right hand; thymiaterion surmounted by eagle to left, kernel of grain below throne; 'BLTRZ' in Aramaic to right / Lion advancing left; Aramaic? letter above. Toned EF. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 2 (2/1990), lot 216.
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Tlos (BC 400-380) Hemiobol567 viewsUncertain Dynast, ca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g). Head of Apollo right, wearing taenia / Lion sitting right, paw raised, within dotted circular border. Good very fine.
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Rhodes (BC 350) Drachm567 viewsca 350 BC. AR Drachm (3.68g). Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / ΡΟΔΙΟÎ, rose, bud on either side; I above right bud. Superb EF, great style. Rare.
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Aigai (AD 69-79) AE 20 - Vespasian567 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE20 (4.43g). Head Titus facing left / Apollo standing right, holding taenia and laurel branch. Fine.
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Mallos (AD 193-217) AE 22 - Julia Domna567 viewsAE22. Bust right / Cult statue of Athena facing, holding spear in right hand.
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Alexandreia (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla567 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (7.60g). Laureate head right / Drunken Herakles supported by three satyrs. Fine, dark green and brown patina with some deposits, well centered. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Prusa ad Olympum (AD 98-117) AE 33 - Trajan567 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE33 (23.54g). Laureate head right / Zeus enthroned right, holding Nike on globe and scepter. Good VF, rough green patina.
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Nikomedeia (AD 161-180) AE 25 - Marcus Aurelius567 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE25 (11.06g). Laureate bust right / Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right. Ex Pete Burbules Akropolis.
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Laodikeia (AD 54-68) AE 20 - Nero567 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE20 (5.61g), struck under magistrate Julius Andronicus Euergetes. NEPΩN Σ[EBAΣT]OΣ ΘEOΣ, bare head right / IOVΛIOΣ / ANDPONIKO[Σ] / EVEPΓETH[Σ]/ ΛA-OΔIK[E]/ΩN, Zeus Laodikeios standing left, holding eagle and staff. Rare, VF, deep black-green patina. Hoeft coll.
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Assos (BC 350-300) AE 11567 views4th-3rd century BC. AE11 (1.10g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Bucranium, ΑΣ-ΣΙ, grape bunch (?) above. aEF, dark green patina. Rare.
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Memnon (BC 350-340) AE 567 viewsMemnon, Satrap in Ionia, ca 350-334 BC. Ephesos? AE (1.57g). Persian king kneeling right, holding bow and spear, [BA behind?] / Incuse relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos(?). Dark green patina, light corrosion, VF. R. Mueller coll.; ex Klein coll.
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Blaundos (AD 50-54) AE 16 - Nero567 viewsNero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. AE16 (5.69g, 7h). Ti. Klau. Kalligenes, magistrate. Struck circa AD 55. Draped bust right / Apollo standing right, holding plectrum and lyre. VF, brown patina with earthen encrustation, a few scratches. Wagner Coll.
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Aspendos (BC 370-330) Stater567 viewsca 380/75-330/25 BC. AR Stater (25mm, 11.03g, 11h). Two wrestlers grappling; FИ between, MENETVΣ EΛVΦA in exergue / Slinger in throwing stance right; [EΣ]TFEΔIIYΣ to left, counterclockwise triskeles to right; all within dotted square border. EF, bright surfaces. Ex Triton XIV (1/2011), lot 337.
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Lamponeia (BC 500-450) Hemiobol567 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.41g). Head of bull (bukranion) facing / Quadripartite square incuse. aEF.
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(BC 480-460) Zaga? - Stater566 viewsZaga or Zagaba?, Dynast, ca 480-460 BC. AR Stater (9.85g, 4h). Two dolphins leaping to left above ground line, Lycian letters 'GA'? above / Triskeles, Lycian letters 'ZA,' within incuse dotted square. Rare. Nicely toned, VF. Ex von Aulock coll.; ex M&M; FPL 198 (3/1960), 16.
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Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater566 viewsMid 6th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater (5mm, 0.22g). Lion's head facing / Scorpion. VF.
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Ephesos (AD 198-217) AE 24 - Caracalla566 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE24 (6.45g). Second neocorate. Laureate head right / ΕΦΕCΙΩ−ΠΒ ÎΕΟ−ΚΟΡΩÎ, Artemis standing right, holding by the antlers stag kneeling right. VF, green patina, a little rough. Drewry Coll.
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Mytilene (BC 200-0) AE 17566 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (3.38g). Horned head of young Zeus Karneios right / M-Y/T-I, herm of Dionysos in himation standing facing on base; grape bunch to left. VF. Rare. Joy coll.
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Limyra (AD 238-244) AE 30 - Tranquillina566 viewsTranquillina, wife of Gordian III, 238-244 AD. AE30 (15.67g, 12h), struck 241-244 AD. Draped bust right, wearing stephane; crescent behind / Zeus Nikephorus enthroned left. Near EF, dark green patina with lighter green overtones, minor roughness. Very rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/12566 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte (1/12 Stater) (9mm, 1.01g). Roaring lion's head left / Ornamented incuse punch. Unpublished in the standard references, but see CNG 61 (9/2002), lot 710 for a previous example. VF.
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Chios (BC 412-334) Drachm566 viewsca 375-350 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.51g, 2h). Demophanes, magistrate. Spinx seated left; before, grapes above amphora / Cross formed of two overlapping bands, the horizontal with ΔHMOΦAN; granulated square in each quarter. Near VF, porous. Apparently unpublished.
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Halikarnassos (BC 400-380) Drachm566 viewsca 400-377 BC. AR Drachm (3.44g, 12h). Rhodian standard. Head of Apollo facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath / ΑΛΙΚ-[ΑΡ], eagle standing right, wings spread; olive branch to lower right; all within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, slight granularity. Ex Herman Coll.; Ex Numismatica Ars Classica N (3/2002), lot 2355.
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Poseidion (BC 520-480) 1/3 Obol566 viewsca 500 BC. AR 1/3 Obol (12mm, 0.32g, 10h). Dolphin left; uncertain symbol below / K within incuse square. Near VF, toned. Rare. Lee Coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Obol566 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.90g, 9h). Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upward / Head of roaring lion left within incuse square. Superb EF, attractively toned. Great metal. Exceptional for issue.
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Miletopolis (BC 200-0) AE 20565 viewsca 3rd-2nd century BC. AE20 (5.07g) Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet / Double-bodied owl, head facing, ΜΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΠaround.
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Kamiros (BC 500-480) Stater565 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Stater (12.12g). Fig leaf / Rectangular incuse divided by thick central band. VF.
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Aspendos (BC 330-280) Stater565 viewsca 330-280 BC. AR Stater (10.59 gm). Two wrestlers grappling; PO between / Slinger standing right; ΕΣΤFΕΔΙΙYΣ to left, forepart of horse above Phrygian helmet to right. Toned, good VF.
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Rhodes (BC 40-AD 25) AE 18565 viewsca 40-25 BC. AE18 (3.49g). Radiate head of Helios right / ΡΟΔΙωÎ, open rose, seen from above; herm. EF, wonderful green patina.
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Kos (BC 357-330) Didrachm565 viewsca 357-330 BC. AR Didrachm (6.91g). Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Veiled head of Demeter left; ΒΙΤΩΝ (magistrate) to right, ΚΩΙΟ[Ν] below. EF.
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Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE 22565 viewsca 125-115 BC. AE22 (7.16g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Z(retrograde)ΜΥΡÎΑΙΩΠ- ΚΡΩΚΙÎΗΣ (magistrate), Homer seated left, holding roll, scepter behind. Green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.; ex Sternberg Auc. VII (Zurich, 1977), lot 120.
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Augusta (BC 27-AD 14) AE 17 - Livia565 viewsLivia, wife of Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE17 (3.45g). Draped bust Livia right / Capricorn with globe to right, star above; AVΓOVΣ/ TANΩÎ. Beautiful glossy patina, good very fine.
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Mallos (AD 222-235) AE 26 - Julia Mamaea565 viewsAE26
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Termessos (AD 1-200) AE 18565 viewsImperial Times, 1st-2nd century AD. AE18 (5.21g). Laureate head Zeus right, Θ / Galloping horse left, TEPMHC/CEΩN. Nice very fine.
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Aphrodisias (AD 238-244) AE 37 - Gordian III565 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE37 - 3 Assaria (24.21g, 6h). AV K MAP AN ΓOPΔIANOC CЄ, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / AΦPOΔЄIC-I/ЄΩN, Centaur advancing right with bow and arrow. Very fine. Ex Münzzentrum Köln, Auk 73 (4/1992), Nr. 132. Ex Karl coll.
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Kidramos (AD 218-222) AE 37 - Elagabalus565 viewsElagabalus, 218-222. AE37 (21.47g, 6h). AVT KAI M AV A - NTΩNЄINOC CЄ, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / KIΔP - AMH/ NΩN, Velied Tyche within distyle temple wearing kalathos standing facing; at her feet, snake. Very fine. Ex Hirsch Nachf., Auc 176 (11/1992), Nr. 756. Ex Karl coll.
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Ilion (AD 198-217) AE 29 - Caracalla565 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE29 (17.59g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CKAMANΔPOC, river-god Scamander reclining left on upturned urn, from which water flows beneath him, holding reed, IΛIEΩN. VF, dark green patina with dusty earthen overtones. Ex Cain Coll.
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Magnesia (AD 138-161) AE 34 - Antoninus Pius565 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE34 (26.53g), struck under grammateus L. Dioskurides Gratos Metr. [T AI]ΛIOC KAICAP - ANTΩNEINO[C], laureate head right / EΠI ΔIOCKOVPIΔ[OV] ΓP - MAΓ - NHTΩN, Themistokles, nude to hips, sitting left on throne with lion's-feet, left hand at parazonium hanging at his left side, with right hand holding an oval shield inscribed with (?)EM/(?)AN/OC in three lines set on cippus; right behind him a horse standing right, head turned left. Very rare, F+. Hoeft coll.
This coin was very difficult to interpret because of the depiction of the male figure, nude, with parazonium, very tall upper part of the body, but it suggests Themistokles. There is another rare type of him sacrificing before an altar, where he is similarily depicted. Themistokles is the famous hero of Salamis who had to flee from Athens after an ostrakismos. His former enemy, the Persian king Artaxerxes I, accommodated him and made him satrap of Lampsakos and Magnesia ad Maeandrum due to his merits at Salamis.
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Priene (BC 290-250) Hemidrachm565 viewsca 290-250 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.58g, 12h). Lysago-, magistrate. Head of Athena left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Ornamented trident head; ΠPIH to left, ΛYΣAΓO to right; all within circular maeander pattern. EF, toned. Fine style for issue. Very rare.
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Birytis (BC 350-250) AE 10 565 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE10 (1.11g). Head of bearded Kabeiros right, wearing pilos / B-I-PY, triskeles, within circle. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B06? - EL 1/96 Stater565 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/96 Stater (4mm, 0.13g). Head of a warrior left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Lee Coll.
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Astyra (BC 400-395) AE 12 - Tissaphernes 565 viewsTissaphernes, Satrap, ca 400-395 BC. AE12 - Chalkous (0.98g). Astyra. Helmeted head of Athena right / ΤΙΣΣΑ-ΦΗ, bearded head of Dionysos (or Tissaphernes?) right. aVF.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater 565 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Stater (20mm, 16.05g). Half-length figure of winged female (harpy?) left; to left, tunny downward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned. Very rare.
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Samos (BC 394-365) Trihemiobol564 viewsca 394-365 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.84g). Diademed head of Hera left, wearing earring / Lion' scalp facing, ΣΑ below. Toned, VF.
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Halikarnassos (BC 300-200) AE 12564 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE12 (1.40g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Eagle standing left with open wings, lyre before, AΛΙ above. Black patina, aEF.
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Tmolos-Aureliopolis (AD 177-192) AE 38 - Commodus564 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE38 (29.53g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus holding scepter in chariot drawn left by biga of centaurs. Fine, brown and green rough surfaces, minor deposits. Very rare. Ex. Wagner Coll.
According to Euripides (Bacchae 461-464), Mount Tmolus was the birthplace of the god Dionysus. The son of Zeus and Semele (a princess of Thebes), Dionysus was a god of fertility, vegetation and wine. He is often depicted being transported in a car drawn either by panthers, or (as in this case) by centaurs, surrounded by an entourage of satyrs, sileni, maenads, and nymphs. A number of important festivals were held in his honor; most famous were the Lesser or Rural Dionysia (in late December), the Greater or City Dionysia (in late spring), the Anthesteria (in early spring), and the Lenaea (in winter). His characteristic worship was ecstatic, and women, known as maenads, were prominently involved. Votaries, through music, dancing, and drinking, and through eating flesh and blood of sacrificial animals, attempted to merge their identities with the wildness of nature.
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Eikonion (AD 117-138) AE 18 - Hadrian564 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE18 (4.20g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Helmeted bust of Athena right, wearing aegis. VF, dark brown patina with some spots of red.
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Chios (BC 190-84) AE564 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE (3.99g). Demetrios, magistrate. Sphinx seated right / Amphora; XIOΣ and grain-ear to left, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟ[Υ] to right. VF, dark green patina. Ex Vecchi Auc. I (London, 1996), 304.
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