Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Mysia Uncertain (BC 500-400) Hemiobol?1232 viewsca 5th cent. BC. AR Hemiobol? (0.24g). Bearded male head (Attis?) right, wearing Phrygian hat? / Quadripartite incuse square. Hornsilver. Very fine. Unpublished? Mysian? Airai (BC 375-350) AE 131232 viewsca 375-350 BC. AE13 (1.80g, 11h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Owl standing right, head facing; astragalos to right. VF, dark green patina with earthen deposits. Extremely rare, the seventh known, and one of only three not in a public collection (Berlin (2), Istanbul, and Oxford). Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol1231 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.12g). Female double-head, wearing earring / ΛΑΜ-ΨΑ, head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, moon to right. Very rare. VF. Ex. Auc. Aufhauser 5 (1988), lot 82. Amisos (BC 120-63) AE 171231 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE17 (4.11g). Panther walking right, holding stag's head in paw / Cista mystica, thyrsos with panther skin, taenia and bells; monogram to left, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below. Rare. Boione (BC 300) AE 111229 viewsca 300 BC. AE11. Head of female left, wearing earing and necklace / Bull standing right, ΒΟΙΩΝΙΤ above / IΚΟΝ (retrograde) below. Tarsos (AD 81-96) Tetradrachm - Domitian1229 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AR Tetradrachm (13.91g, 26mm, 12h). Laureate head right / Tyche seated right on rocks, holding palm; at feet, river-god Kydnos swimming right; TAP monogram to right. Good VF. Neandreia (BC 400-300) Triobol1228 views4th century BC. AR Triobol (1.95g, 13mm, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Altar, laurel tree in the background, N-E-[A]-N; all in deep incuse square. Extremely rare. About EF. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 211228 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (8.41g). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Cista mystica, panther skin, diadem and thyrsos; monogram to left, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below. Good style. Brown patina, gVF. Gryneion (BC 350-250) AE 171227 viewsca 4th-3rd cent BC. AE17 (3.69g) Laureate three-quarter facing head of Apollo / ΓΥΡΝΗΩΝ, mussel shell. Good VF, dark green patina, small flan split. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - female1227 viewsca 330 BC. AV Stater (8.40g). Female head (Aphrodite?) left, wearing laurel of lotus flowers, hair caught up in saccos behind / Forepart of Pegasos right within very shallow incuse square. Very rare. gVF. Ex Leu 42 (1987), 286 and NAC 27 (2004), 178. From the Waddington and Gillet collections and the duplicates of the Bibiothèque Nationale de France. Pergamon (BC 49/48) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1225 viewsQ. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, as Imperator, ca 49/48 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.30g). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Q. METELLVS PIVS SCIPIO IMPER, serpents entwined around legionary aquila; monogram left. VF, lightly toned. Rare. Herakleia Pontika (BC 337-305) Didrachm - Dionysios1223 viewsca 337-305 BC, time of Tyrant Dionysios. AR Didrachm (9.64g). Head of Dionysos left, wreathed in ivy / Naked Herakles left, with lion skin and club, erecting trophy of arms. aVF. Rare. Dionysios was the unelected overlord of Heraclea Pontica and its surrounds - a tyrant. He managed to keep his domain relatively independent within the Persian Empire. The Macedonian invasion of Asia Minor in 333 BC did not disturb the area and Dionysus remained, even whilst Antigonus Mono. monitored Alexander's lines of communications. After 323 BC, as Ariarathes I of Cappadocia struck North into Sinope and much of the surrounds, still Dionysus prevailed even whilst Perdiccas and Eumenes restored order. He married Amastris the niece of the deceased King Darius III (divorced from Craterus having been wedded at Susa in 324 BC by Alexander) and she bore him 3 sons. He died in 305 BC and she ruled on with her sons. Soon Lysimachos was making advances and they married in 302 BC. VF. Zeleia (BC 400-300) AE 191222 views4th century BC. AE19 (6.30g, 6h). Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane decorated with pellets, earring and necklace / Z-Ε/Λ-Ε, stag standing right. VF, dark green patina, some light pitting. Very rare. Kebren (BC 480-440) Obol1222 views5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.50g). Forepart of a ram right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, porous. Kition (BC 361-312) AV 1/2 Stater - Pumiathon1222 viewsPumiathon, King of Kition, ca 361-312 BC. AV Hemistater (4.15g). Herakles advancing right, club in right hand, bow in left hand draped with lion's skin; ankh symbol to right / Lion attacking stag, in Cypriot 'mlk pmjtn' above; to right, date IIII− (= Year 14). EF. Very rare. Ex Berry and P.A. Coll.; Münzen und Medaillen AG 586 (1995), 19; Numismatic Fine Arts (1987), 228 and Hess-Divo AG 307 (2007), 1294. Adramytteion (BC 200-100) AE 211221 views2nd century BC. AE21 (8.78g). Laureate head of Apollo left, wearing long hair / ΑΔΡΑ-ΜΥ/ΤΗ-ΝΩΝ, cornucopiae between two pilei of the Dioskouroi. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Man - EL 1/61220 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.35g). Milesian standard, figural type. Male bust left on a striated field / Two rough incuse square punches. Good VF. The third known example. This coin was struck from the same obv die as the hemistater, and the same obv die and one rev punch as third stater, in Triton VIII (lots 444 and 445, respectively). Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1001220 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Laureate head of Apollo right, coiled serpent behind / Female head (Artemis?) right, hair in sphendome, within linear square. aEF. Kaisareia (AD 54-68) Drachm - Nero and Agrippina II1219 viewsNero and Agrippina II, 54-68 AD. AR Drachm (3.09g), struck 58-9 AD. NERO CLAVD DIV[I CLAVD F CAESAR AVG] GERMANI, laureate head of Nero right, countermark in right field / AGRIPPIN[A AVGVSTA] MATER AVGVSTI, draped bust of Agrippina II right, stacked KK behind head. Very rare: RPC lists only fifteen Caesarean drachms of Nero and Agrippina of all varieties, and only one, in BM, of this exact variety, with letters K K and Agrippina's unveiled head right on reverse. The K K probably stands for "Koinon of Cappadocia". The oddly shaped countermark on obverse, showing two objects resembling a minnow and a flounder, is apparently unpublished, since not mentioned in RPC or Howgego's book on countermarks. Fine+/VF. Skamandreia (BC 350-300) AE 201218 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE20 (8.68g). Head of mountain-nymph Ide right / Fir-tree; ΣΚ-Α, boar's head to right. Nice VF, black patina with some green overlay. Eusebeia (BC 36-AD 17) AE1218 viewsafter 36 BC. AE (3.18g). Turreted head of Tyche right / ΕΥΣΕ−ΒΕΙΑΣ, palm branch between two caps of the Dioskuroi, monogram to right. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Lamponeia (BC 400) Obol1218 views4th century BC. AR Obol (0.59g, 12h). Wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right / Λ-Α-Îœ, bucranium in incuse square. Good VF. Struck on good metal. Exceptional for issue. Antandros (BC 350-250) AE 121217 viewsca 4th century BC. AE12 (1.56g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion's head right, tongue protruding; ANTAN to right, grape bunch below. Near EF, dark brown patina. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL Stater1217 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Stater (14.52g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Two rough incuse punches separated by a cleft. Good VF. Extremely rare, one of seven known staters of this type. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater1217 viewsca 500-450. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater. Facing head of Silenos with goat's ears and long beard; tunny fish swimming upwards to left and right / Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare. EF. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen 44 (6/1971), lot 12. The head of Silenos on this coin very possibly served as the model for a silver issue of the slightly later Lykian dynast Teththiveibi, as BMC 88 and SNG Berry 1164. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL Stater1216 viewsca 625-575 BC. EL Stater (16.47g). Head of griffin right, tongue protruding from open jaws, knob on forehead and two tendrils curling over neck / Rough incuse square. Good VF, obverse die slightly worn. The second specimen known, from a different pair of dies. Attributed to Phokaia based on style, fabric, and metrology, as well as the fact that it uses a griffin head as a coin type on silver trihemiobols of the late 6th century BC. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B371214 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g). Diademed head of Silenos right / Two ram head butting each other, no palmette between. VF, well centered. Rare reverse die; the only one without the palmette. Amisos (BC 120-63) AE 211214 viewsStruck under Mithradates VI, 120-63 BC. AE21 (7.33g). Youthful head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / AMIΣOY, cista mystica, thyrsos behind, with taenia and panther-skin, monogram in left field. About VF, earthen highlights on the devices. Hoeft coll. Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Drachm1213 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Drachm (4.03g, 11h). Young male head (Apollo?) right, wearing taenia / ΠΟΡΔ-ΟΣΙΛ, lyre, within incuse square. VF. Extremely rare. Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 43 - Caracalla1212 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE43 - Medallion (43.91g). M. Caerelius Attalos, magistrate. AVT KPAT K MAPKOC AVP ANTWNEINOC, laureate and cuirassed (with gorgoneion) bust right / ΕΠΙ CΤΡ Μ ΚΑΙΡΕΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, adventus of the emperor into Pergamum: Caracalla on horseback right, receiving acclamation, soldier walking behind, statue of Asclepius on garlanded column before. VF, dark green patina with red highlights, fields smoothed. In the fall of 214 AD, Caracalla visited the shrine of Asclepius at Pergamum to seek the god's help in curing his various diseases that he had succumbed to while in Germany (probably physiological more so than psychological). Caracalla must have received some respite from his illnesses as he then ordered the reconstruction of the temple of Asclepius as well as the temples of Roma, the deified Augustus, Zeus Philus and the deified Trajan. Of course, these acts would have endeared Caracalla to the Pergamenes who then struck a special series of medallions commemorating this historic visit. Pergamon (AD 50-54) AE 17 - Britannnicus & Nero1211 viewsBritannnicus and Nero, as Caesars, 50-54 AD. AE17 (4.11g). ΒΡΕΤΑΝΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, head Britannnicus Caesar right / ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, head Nero Caesar right Beautiful dark green patina. Very fine. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater1209 viewsca 500-460 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.28g). Crab; tunny right above / Quadripartite incuse punch. VF, a few small scrapes. Very Rare. (BC 340-334) Pixodaros - AV 1/24 Stater1209 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 340-334 BC. AV 1/24 Stater - Hemiobol (0.35g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Double axe (labrys), Π−Ι. VF. Very rare. Drewry Coll. (BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/48 Stater1208 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 (?) Stater (5mm, 0.19g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Animal’s head (bull?) left / Incuse punch. EF. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1208 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.67g). Griffin seated left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Well centered for issue. Rare as a hekte. Ex Leu 91 (5/2004), lot 149. Tarsos (BC 425-400) Stater1207 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.35g). Bellerophon riding Pegasos left, spearing Chimera below / The God Nergal, standing left and holding axe, ear of corn to left, small tree to right, 'NRGL-TRZ' = Nergal? Tarsos in Aramaic characters above. Extremely rare and interesting. Attractive dark tone, EF. Ex NAC Sale 10 (1997), lot 253. Nergal was a fearsome Mesopotamian god associated with death; he reigned in the underworld and was the protector of men against pestilence and war. His name survives not only on coinage, but on Akkadian and Elamite inscriptions, and seemingly also in the names of high-ranking Assyrian officials and a Babylonian king of the early 7th cent. BC, Nergal-ushezib. The small tree may be the "sacred tree" that is often the focal point of ceremonies depicted on Neo-Assyrian reliefs and seals.1 comments (BC 101-87) Ariarathes IX - Drachm1206 views(4.06g, 12h). Dated Year 4 (98/97 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Athena standing half-left, holding Nike in right hand, shield and spear in left; Δ (date) in exergue. Lightly toned, EF. Ex Sternberg Auc. 17 (5/1986, Zurich), lot 182. Klazomenai (BC 480-400) Drachm1204 views5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.31g). Forepart of winged boar right / Gorgoneion facing within incuse square. Good VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL Stater1203 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Stater (14.32g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Two rough incuse punches separated by a cleft. VF. Extremely rare, one of seven known staters of this type. Struck from the same cleft as the following hemistater (lot 271), and the hemistaters in CNG 69, lot 421, and CNG 67, lot 702. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/24 Stater1201 viewsca 625/20-520. EL 1/24 Stater (0.63g). Head of griffin right with open jaws / Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare, well centered, bold and attractive. EF. Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 101200 viewsmid 4th cent BC. AE10 (0.89g) Head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΑΔΡΑ above. VF. (BC 130-116) Ariarathes VI - Obol1200 viewsAriarathes VI, Epiphanes, 130-116 BC. AR Obol (0.88g), Mazaka/Eusebeia mint. Bust right, wearing Tiara / Ram left, head turned back; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ. Lighly toned, VF. Very rare. Herakleia Pontika (BC 320-280) AE 231200 viewsca 320-280 BC. AE23 (8.93g). Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Bow in case (gorytos), ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ, club. Good style, fine brown-green patina, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. (BC 116-101) Ariarathes VII - Tetradrachm1199 viewsAriarathes VII Philometoros, 116-101 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.47g), Eusebeia Tyana mint. Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding spear in left hand, which rests on round shield adorned with gorgoneion; on her right hand, Nike crowns the epithet Philometor with wreath; O - Λ; all within olive wreath. Extremely rare. Toned, EF. Amisos (BC 300-100) 1/3 Siglos?1199 views3rd-2nd century BC. AR Half Siglos - Hemidrachm (1.77g, 11mm, 1h). Uncertain magistrate. Head of Hera right, wearing turreted crown / Owl standing facing, wings spread, on shield; [...]-OY around. EF, toned, double struck on reverse. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL Stater1199 views5th-­4th century BC. EL Stater (15.87g). Lapith kneeling on back of fallen centaur right; strangling him with left arm and holding sword in right hand, while the centaur seizes the Lapith’s head with his left hand and punches him at side with his right; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Exceedingly rare, only few specimens known. Struck on a full flan and about extremely fine. (BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater1198 viewsKroisos, ca 560-546 BC. AV Twenty-Fourth Stater (5mm, 0.32g). Light standard. Sardes mint. Struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Incuse square punch. VF. Extremely rare denomination for light series. Nagidos (BC 400-360) AE 91196 viewsca 360-333 BC. AE9 (0.84g). Bearded head of Pan right / Amphora. Good VF, green patina under earthen encrustation. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater1196 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Laureate female head left, hair in sakkos; below, inverted seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well centered. Priene (BC 180-44) Drachm1195 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Drachm (4.04g). Facing bust of Athena Parthenos, draped and wearing triple-crested helmet / ΠΡIH, Nike advancing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm over left shoulder, AΘHNO/ΠOΛIΣ (magistrate) to right, within maeander border. Unpublished. Good very fine. Athena was the usual type of Priene's civic coinage, advertising the city's temple of Athena Polias, dedicated by Alexander the Great. The specific types of this drachm - a frontal bust of Athena, paired with a Nike reverse - are new to Priene's silver coinage. The magistrate who signed this issue has a prominent name at Priene: at least two men named Athenopolis are mentioned in inscriptions found at the city, one a victorious wrestler, the other a priest of Dionysos. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE1194 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AE (8.72g). Head of Herakles right, club behind / Lion walking right, head facing; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ in exergue. Green patina, good VF. Chios (BC 520-480) Didrachm1194 viewsca 500-490 BC. AR Didrachm (7.68g). Sphinx seated left; amphora set on ground to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned and well centered, a particularly attractive example of good style. Nearly extremely fine. Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 17 (1/1987), lot 46. (BC 220-130) Ariarathes IV or V - AE 171192 viewsAriarathes IV or V, ca 220-130 BC. AE17 (3.31g). Diademed bust of Artemis left, wearing chignon, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ, stag standing left. Fine dark green patina, EF. Very rare. Gutknecht coll.; ex Aufhauser, Munchen, Auc. 9 (1992), lot 211. Kibyra (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Marcellus1192 viewsTime of Nero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (4.66g, 6h). Marcellus, legate(?). MAP KEΛΛOC, bare head of Marcellus right / KIBY PATΩN, eagle standing left on altar, head right. VF, black-green patina with traces of olive encrustation. Very rare. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Malter XXXIV (12/1986), lot 371; ex Knobloch Coll. (Stack's, 6/1970), lot 376. Other than that his name was Marceullus, the identity of and office held by the individual depicted on this issue is uncertain. Certainly he held office worthy of this coinage, but during this period, no Marcellus is known to have served as a proconsul in Asia, nor is there any other reference to such an individual having served in any other important capacity. The only possibility that seems plausible is that he was a legate dispatched to attend to some important duty in Asia in the mid-1st century AD. Dalisandos (AD 161-169) AE 19 - Lucilla1191 viewsLucilla, 161-169 AD. AE19 (6.39g). ΛΟΥΚΙΛΛΑ CЄΒΑCΤΗ, draped bust right / ΔΑΛΙCΑΝΔЄΩΝ ΚΟΙΝ ΛΥΚΑ, Athena standing left, holding spear and shield. Extremely rare. Dark green patina, very fine. Teuthrania (BC 400) AE 9 - Prokles1191 viewsProkles, Satrap of Teuthrania and Halisarna, ca 400 BC. AE9 (1.0g). Head of Apollo left / [TEY], head of satrap right, wearing kyrbasia; monogram to right. Very rare. gVF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 560-530) Man - EL 1/24 Stater1190 viewsca 560-530 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.71g). Phokaian standard. Head of beardless man facing left / Four-part incuse square. Not found in the major references. This is one of the earliest images of a human on a coin. Good VF. Gargara (BC 400-350) Drachm1189 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Drachm (3.14g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull grazing left, ΓΑΡΓ above. aEF. Rare. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater 1188 viewsca 410-380 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.65g). Dionysos, wearing himation, reclining left on rock decorated with panther-skin, holding kantharos; tunny fish below / "Windmill-sail" incuse. EF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-530) Crab - EL 1/61185 viewsca 570-530 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Phokaian standard. Crab / Incuse square with irregular protuberances. Not found in the major references. Very well struck for this issue. EF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1051185 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.53g, 3h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, within linear square. Good VF, flan a bit small. The final issue of hektes from Mytilene. Mysia Uncertain (BC 300) Hemidrachm1184 viewsCeltic Parium imitation, 3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.45g). Three stripes / Incuse square with divisions and central pellet. Toned, good very fine. Laodikeia Kombusta (AD 69-79) AE 23 - Vespasian1184 viewsas Klaudilaodikeia. Vespasian, 69-79 AD. AE23 (8.28g, 12h). Laureate head right / [CEBAC]TH NEIKH KLAYDIOLA[ODIKEwN], Nike standing left. Near EF, black patina under olive brown. Drewry Coll.; ex Coin Galleries 140 (2/2004), lot 262; Waddell I (12/1982), lot 470. Kaisareia (AD 54-68) Didrachm - Nero & Agrippina II1184 viewsNero and Agrippina II, 54-68 AD. AR Didrachm (5.78g), struck 58-60 AD. NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERMANI, laureate head right / AGRIPPINA AVGVSTA MATER AVGVSTI, draped bust of Agrippina right. Rare. Toned, gVF. (BC 96-63) Ariobarzanes I - Drachm1183 viewsAriobarzanes I Philoromaios, 96-63 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.19g, 1h). Dated RY 14 (83/2 BC). Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left, holding spear and round shield, both set on ground; monogram to inner left, EP to inner right; IΔ (date) in exergue. Good VF, toned. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater 1182 viewsca 460-400 BC. EL Stater (15.82g). Kabeiros, wearing pilos and chlamys, sacrificing ram to left; tunny fish below / "Windmill-sail" incuse. Attractive mythological type. VF. Ex Fortuna Fine Arts FPL (2008, New York), lot 16 (cover coin). Lampsakos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1182 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.26g). Forepart of Pegasos right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished in standard references. Soloi (BC 425-400) Stater1180 views425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.69g). Amazon kneeling left, holding bow, wearing quiver on hip; facing satyr's head in right field / ΣΟΛΕΩΝ, grape cluster on vine; fly to right; all within dotted incuse square. Attractively toned, good VF, nice flan. Ex von Aulock Coll. Kyme (BC 320-250) AE 171180 viewsca 320-250 BC. AE17 (4.24g). Forepart of horse right, KY above, ZΩΠΥΡΙΩΝ (magistrate) below / One-handled vase, monogram to left. Olive-black patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Klazomenai (BC 386-301) Tetradrachm1180 viewsca 386-301 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.86g, 11h). Theodoros, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left / Swan standing left, preening its wing; [ΘΕΟΔΩΡΟΣ below]. VF, toned, usual porosity and die rust. Very rare. Herman Coll.; ex Künker 94 (9/2004), lot 1085; Vourla (Urla) hoard (IGCH 1210). Pimolisa (BC 120-63) AE 321179 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE32 (19.53g). Bearded, laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing on thunderbolt left, head right, ΠΙΜΩΛΙΣΩΝ below. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater1177 viewsca 430 BC. EL Stater (16.02g). Poseidon, naked but for cloak over left shoulder, kneeling right, holding dolphin and trident; tunny fish below / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare and a very interesting issue. Unusually well-struck and centered on a full flan, aEF. Ex Sotheby’s sale 6/1990, Hunt part II, 462. Alabanda (BC 197-190) Tetradrachm1176 viewsca 197-190/188 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.70g). Struck as Antiocheia, under Antiochos III of Syria. Laureate head of Apollo left / [ΑΝΤ]ΙΟΧΕΩΝ, Pegasos springing right; ΤΙΜΟΚΩΝ (magistrate) below. Good VF. Rare. Alabanda was situated in northern Caria on the river Marsyas, about 30 km from its confluence with the Maeander. The first coins known for the city are the issues struck in the name of Antiocheia in honour of Antiochus III of Syria, during his attempt to recover Asia Minor in the early 2nd century (cf. Houghton, SC p. 352). After his defeat at the battle of Magnesia in 190 BC, Alabanda reverted to its old name and issued tetradrachms with magistrate names as well as Alexander-type tetradrachms, but it was not until about 167 that the bulk of the 'dated' A-B coins were issued (cf. SNG Helsinki 1-5). For an in-depth analysis into this coinage, see N. Waggoner, 'A new wrinkle in the Hellenistic coinage of Antioch/Alabanda' in Kraay-Morkholm Essays, 1989, pp. 284-290. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1176 views5th-4th century BC. EL Hekte (2.65g). Silenos crouching right on tunny right, supporting amphora on left leg and with left hand pouring wine into cup he holds in his right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, underlying luster. Extremely rare as a hekte. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B131175 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 3h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cow right; incuse rectangular punch behind. Good VF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B901174 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Facing satyr's head within linear square. Good VF. Exceptionally well centered and struck. Amisos (BC 120-63) AE 191174 viewsca 85-65 BC, time of Mithradates VI. AE19 (4.37g). Panther walking right, holding stag's head in paw / Cista mystica, thyrsos with panther skin, taenia and bells; monogram to left, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below. Rare. Good dark green patina, EF. Aigai (AD 41-48) AE 17 - Messalina1173 viewsMessalina, wife of Claudius. Augusta, 41-48 AD. AE17 (1.89g) Draped bust of Messalina right / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and scepter. Good VF, dark green patina. Rare portrait issue of Messalina in her own name. Etenna (BC 100-0) AE 191173 viewsca 1st century BC. AE19 (5.20g). Two men attacking each other with sickles / Nymph/heroine (Etenna) advancing left, being attacked by snake; jug behind, ET-EN. Attractive very fine. Leukai (BC 350) Obol1172 viewsca 350 BC. AR Obol (0.84g). Head of the Persian general Tachos (?) left, wearing Persian helmet / Swan standing left with open wings, head right, ΛΕΟ above. VF, porous. Unpublished and unique? Phokaia (BC 521-478) B49 - EL 1/6 Stater1171 viewsearly 5th century BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.56g). Head and neck of bridled horse left; [seal in left field] / Quadripartite incuse punch. EF. Elaia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol1170 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.43g, 3h). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet / ΕΛΑΙ around olive wreath, all within incuse square. VF. Kyzikos (BC 170-150) Didrachm1169 viewsca 170-150 BC. AR Didrachm (7.08g, 12h). Head of Kore right, wearing oak wreath / KY-ZI, thunderbolt within laurel wreath; monogram above and below. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare. Pergamon (BC 57-56) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1165 viewsC. Fabius M.f. Hadrianus, Proconsul, 57-56 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.41g, 12h). Demeas, magistrate. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / C. FABI. M. F. PRO. COS, bow case between two serpents; monogram to left, thyrsos to right, ΔΗΜΕΑC below. Good VF, attractively toned, choice flan. Rare. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 281165 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE28 (22.84g). Male head left (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk); countermarks: helmet, thunderblot, gorgon facing / 8-rayed star. VF, dark green patina. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1164 viewsca 460 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.75g). Ram's head left / Facing gorgon within incuse square. VF, porous. Uncertain (BC 530-480) Trihemiobol1164 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.18g). Tunny fish right / Irregular incuse. Ex Rosen Coll.1 comments (BC 96-63) Ariobarzanes I - Drachm1164 viewsAriobarzanes I Philoromaios, ca 96-63 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.09g), dated RY 2 (94/3 BC). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting hand on shield set on ground, spear leaning against arm; T-Λ across field, B (date) in exergue. VF, iridescent toning, light scratch. Strickhausen Coll. Kaisareia (AD 202-205) Drachm - Plautilla1164 viewsPlautilla, Augusta, 202-205 AD. AR Drachm (3.12g, 20mm, 12h). Draped bust right / Artemis drawing arrow from quiver with right hand, holding bow in left hand. gVF. Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL Hekte1162 viewsLate 6th to mid-5th cent BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Archaic head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Incuse square with irregular surfaces. Good VF. Rare early issue of Erythrai, with plain incuse punch. Pergamon (AD 60-150) AE 151161 viewsQuasi-autonomous, end 1st-mid 2nd century AD. AE15 (3.1g). ΘEON CVNKΛHTOC, bust of the Senate right / ΘEAN PΩ - MHN, turreted bust of Roma right; monogram before. gVF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater 1161 viewsca 525 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Head of eagle left with frontal eye and hooked beak; dotted neck truncation; below, seal swimming left / Irregular incuse square. Unpublished, except for Nomos I (2009), 105. Extremely rare, one of perhaps two or three known examples. EF. Sigeion (BC 350) AE 181159 viewsca 350 BC. AE18 (6.08g). Helmeted head of Athena facing / Owl standing right; crescent to left, ΣΙΓΕ to right. VF, earthen over glossy green patina. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B071159 viewsca 509 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cock left, small incuse rectangle behind. Good VF. Ex Leu 77 (5/2000), lot 283; Private Collection, Paris. Astyra (BC 400-395) AE 11 - Tissaphernes1159 viewsTissaphernes, ca 400-395 BC. AE11 - Chalkous (1.98g). Bare head right; TIΣΣA below neck / Cult statue of Artemis Astyra, ΑΣΤΥΡΗ to left, club to right. Near EF, dark brown patina. Abydos (BC 320-200) AE 241158 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE24 (7.96g). Turreted head of Artemis left / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head turned left; ABY to left, kantharos to right. Dark olive-green patina, gVF. Very rare issue. Gutknecht coll.1 comments Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 1158 viewsca 500-480 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g, 10mm). Seal swimming left, Θ below / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. Unpublished, and possibly only the second known example. gVF. (BC 282-263) Philetairos I - Tetradrachm1157 viewsPhiletairos I, 282-263 BC, struck ca 263 BC (possibly lifetime or by successor nephew Eumenes I). AR Tetradrachm (17.02g). Pergamon mint. Head of Philetairos right, wearing taenia / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, resting right hand on shield and left elbow on sphinx, ivy leaf in inner left field, A on throne, bow in right field. Good VF. There is speculation from hoard evidence that these coins were issued in the late part of Philetairos' reign - the taenia on the head is of interest in this regard. (BC 160-139) Attalos II - Tetradrachm1157 viewsAttalos II (Philadelphos), 160-139 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.77g), after 150 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena sitting left on throne; monogram and torch to left, bow to right. Fine toning, partial corrosion, aEF. Phokaia (BC 530-500) Obol1155 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Obol (0.82g). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Very rare. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 - 149