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Home > Ionia Most viewed - Ionia Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/24499 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Milesian 1/64th or Persic 1/48 Stater (0.17g). Bee within dotted border / Head of eagle right, ΕΦ above. Lightly toned, Good VF. Magnesia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 14499 viewsTime of Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE14 (2.28g). Bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder; ΕΥΦΗΜΟΣ (magistrate) / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, laureate head of Apollo right, lyre before. Good VF, glossy green patina, minor smoothing on reverse. Smyrna (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian499 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (9.26g). Smyrna mint, struck after 129 AD. Bare head right / Two Nemeses standing facing, vis-a-vis, each holding out fold of drapery; the left also holding a bridle, the right a rule. Toned, choice VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Mark Antony and Octavia (RPC I 2201; RSC 2). Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 15499 viewsca 4th century BC. AE15 (2.66g). Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing three-crested Attic helmet / Ram walking right on ground line, ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΑΣ (magistrate) above, forepart of winged boar to right. Green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Smyrna (AD 193-217) AE 22 - Julia Domna499 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE22 (5.35g, 6h). Claudius Rufinus Sophistes, strategos. Draped bust right / Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club, lion’s skin, and kantharos. VF, dark brown patina. Ex. Wagner Coll. Kolophon (BC 320-294) AE 12498 viewsca 320-294 BC. AE12 (1.35g, 12h). Hiklos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of a horse right; HIKΛOΣ below. VF, dark green patina. Alighieri Coll.; ex Klein Coll. Miletos (BC 313-290) AE 11496 viewsca 313-290 BC. AE11 (1.03g). Aristogoras, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion standing right, head reverted; star above, ΑΡΙΣΤΟΓΟΡΑΣ to right. EF, glossy black patina, rough spot on cheek. Magnesia (BC 459) Tetartemorion - Archepolis496 viewsArchepolis, ca 459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.20g, 6h). Diademed head right / Eagle flying right; monogram below; all within linear square border. Good VF, toned. Exceptional for issue and likely the finest known specimen of this rare series. Ex: CNG E­334, lot 85; CNG E­315, lot 81; CNG E­307, lot 55; CNG E­291, lot 95; Lanz 144, 240; Gorny & Mosch 160, lot 1519. Chios (AD 100-200) AE495 viewsca 2nd century AD. AE - Obol (12.57g). Sphinx sitting right, prow to right / ΟΒΟ-ΛΟC, kantharos, within wreath. Green patina, VF. Samos (BC 408-366) Tetradrachm494 viewsca 408/4-380/66 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.82g, 3h). Alexandros, magistrate. Facing lion scalp / Forepart of bull right; AΛEΞANΔP[OΣ] above, laurel branch to left, Σ[A] below; all within shallow incuse square. Good VF, toned, a few marks under tone. Extremely rare, one of two known with this magistrate. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVI.10 (12/1998), no. 7223; Auctiones 18 (9/1989), lot 762; Pixodarus Hoard (CH 9, 421). Miletos (BC 360-325) Tetradrachm494 viewsca 350-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.96g, 11h). Theognetos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion standing left, head right; civic monogram to left, star above, ΘEOΓNHTOΣ below. Good VF, areas of porosity and pitting. Unpublished denomination for magistrate. Smyrna (BC 88-85) AE 27494 viewsunder Mithradates VI, Eupator, king of Pontos, 120-63 BC. AE27 (12.64g, 24mm, 12h), struck 88-85 BC. Hermogenes and Phrixos, magistrates. Diademed head of Mithradates VI of Pontos right / Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm frond; EPMOΓENH[Σ]/[Φ]PIΞOΣ in two lines to left. Good VF, dark green patina. Excellent portrait. Rare. Ex Vecchi 8 (12/1998), lot 110. Erythrai (BC 460-420) Diobol?493 views480-400 BC. AR Diobol? (13mm, 1.79g). Pegasos flying right, pilos to left, A below / Rosette with 12 petals, Ε-Ρ-Υ-Θ around, within incuse square.1 comments Phokaia (BC 200-100) AE 14493 views2nd century BC. AE14 (3.47g, 11h). Aristoleos, magistrate. Draped bust of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Forepart of a griffin right. Near VF, glossy dark green patina. Myous (BC 400-380) AE 9493 viewsca 400-380 BC. AE9 (0.65g). Laureate head of Apollo right within wreath / MY-H, goose standing right within maeander pattern. gVF. Phokaia (AD 238-249) AE 23492 viewstime of Philipp I/ Gordian III, 238-249 AD. AE23 (5.5g). Draped bust of Senate right / forepart of galley; pilei above, surmouted by stars. Nice VF Ephesos (AD 138-161) AE 34 - Antoninus Pius492 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE34 (28.68g, 12h). • T • AIΛ KAICAP ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / AΠHNH, driver within carpentum drawn by four horses left; ЄΦЄCIΩN in exergue. VF, green patina. Smyrna (AD 140-180) AE 22492 viewsTime of Antoninus Pius to Marcus Aurelius, circa 140-180 AD. AE22 (8.39g, 1h). Bare head of Zeus Akraios right / Artemis Panionios standing left, holding laurel branch and bow and arrow; prow at feet to left. EF, black patina. Smyrna (BC 190-75) AE491 viewsca 190-75 BC. AE (1.81g). Head of Apollo right / Hand in Caestus besides palm branch. Green patina, VF. The Caestus was used by ancient boxers for protecting the fist. Ephesos (AD 222-235) AE 22 - Severus Alexander491 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE22 (5.28g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / The philosopher Heraclitus standing left, raising right hand and holding torch in left. Good Fine, brown and tan patina, light roughness. Wagner Coll. Heraclitus “the Obscure” is one of the earliest Greek philosophers whose writings have come down to us reasonably complete. Born in Ephesos in the 6th century BC, he retired to the countryside after the aristocratic party he supported was ejected from power, but nonetheless became a revered figure in the city’s history. Heraclitus held that fire was the basic building block of existence, hence he is depicted holding a torch. ”This world-order, the same of all, no god nor man did create, but it ever was and is and will be: everliving fire, kindling in measures and being quenched in measures." Ephesos (AD 98-117) AE 20 - Trajan489 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE20 (4.35g). AVTOKPATΩP KA• TPAIANOC, laureate head right / ЄΦЄCΙΩΝ, stag standing left. Nice very fine. Smyrna (AD 100-300) AE 22489 viewsImperial Times, ca 2nd-3rd cent AD. AE22 (6.04g). Homer seated right, holding scroll / CMYP/NAI/ΩN in three lines within wreath. Good VF, dark gray patina, a few spots of red encrustation, well struck. Miletos (BC 240-200) Drachm488 views240-200 BC. AR Drachm (5.12g, 12h). Minnion, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to left / Lion standing to left, head reverted; eight-pointed star above, two monograms to left, ΜΙΝΝΙΩΝ in exergue. Nicely toned. Extremely fine. Ephesos (AD 138-192) AE 24488 viewsTime of the Antonines(?), 138-192 AD. AE24 (11.47g, 6h). Figure of laureate emperor seated left on curule chair, holding scroll / EΦE/ΣIΩN in two lines across field; all within wreath. VF, green patina with olive overtones. Apparently unique. Ex Wagner Coll. Magnesia (BC 400-350) Trihemiobol488 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.79g), Rhodian standard. Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bull right, MA above, uncertain symbol (horse head?) to left. Light porosity, VF. Rare. Mueller Coll. Kolophon (AD 253-260) AE 32 - Valerian I488 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE32 (14.48g, 7h). Aelius Severinus, magistrate. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo Klarios seated left, holding laurel branch and lyre, between Artemis to left, holding long torch and with quiver over shoulder, and Nemesis to right, adjusting chiton and holding cubit rule. VF, green-brown patina. Apparently unique, struck with dies of fine style. Group CEM; ex Lanz 30 (11/1984), lot 783. The type of Apollo Klarios seated left alone is a recurrent reverse design for Colophon. The extended group of gods, as seen here and on some rare earlier issues, must represent a larger sculptural group in the city. Miletos (BC 294-281) AE 15487 viewsca 294-281 BC. AE15 (3.02g). Zeuxileos, magistate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion advancing right, head reverted; star above, ZEΥΞIΛEΩ[Σ] to right. VF, dark green patina. An apparently unpublished type. Metropolis (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus487 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 (27.69g). Kal... ...thallos, magistrate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Ares, holding spear and shield, standing left with tetrastyle temple with arcuated lintel. Light smoothing in fields, brown and green patina, VF. Vermeule coll.; ex CNG 53 (3/2000), 1086. Kraft documents the use of this same obverse die on coins of Hypaepa, Magnesia, and Smyrna. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 2 - EL 1/24487 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (5mm, 0.57g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Facing lion’s head / Incuse square. Good VF. Rare denomination. Phokaia (BC 521-478) seal - 1/12 Stater487 viewsca 6th century BC. AR 1/12 (?) Stater (1.25g). Seal swimming right / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, VF. Very rare. Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 13486 viewsca 4th century BC. AE13 (2.53g). Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing three-crested Attic helmet / Ram walking right on ground line, ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΑΣ (magistrate) above, forepart of winged boar to right. VF, black patina, slightly porous. Ephesos (AD 238-244) AE 37 - Gordian III486 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE37 - Medallion (20.44g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / Winged Elpis advancing right, lifting hem of skirt and holding flower. Unpublished in the standard references. Near EF, dark olive patina with areas of red. Possibly unique. Miletos (AD 161-180) AE 27 - Marcus Aurelius486 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE27 (14.04g). M AVP AV KAI ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head right / ЄPI ΘЄMICTOKΛЄOU MIΛHCIΩN NЄOKOPΩN, archaic cult statue of Apollo Didymaios standing left, holding stag in right hand and bow in arrow in left. Dark green patina, VF. Magnesia (BC 400-330) AE 486 views4th century BC. AE (1.03g). Rider with chlamys and lance galloping right, maeander below / Half-figure of Persian Great King in kidaris right, shooting bow, within maeander pattern circle. Green patina, VF. Extremely rare. Mueller Coll. Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 165) Tetrobol486 viewsca 150-142 BC. AR Tetrobol (14mm, 2.23g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΗΡΑΚΛΕ-ΩΤΩΝ, club within laurel wreath. Near VF, lightly toned, porous. Alighieri Coll. Phokaia (BC 250-200) AE 12486 views2nd century BC. AE12 (1.64g, 12h). Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos / Monogram of Phokaia (composed of “Φ” and “ω”) in form of caduceus, A - Λ(?) below. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll.; Ex Dieter Klein Coll. Kolophon (BC 330-280) AE 15486 viewsca 360-330 BC. AE15 - Chalkous (2.02g, 11h). Dionyso(doros), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right, ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟ to left, KO below. Good VF, dark brown patina. Samos (BC 380-365) Tetradrachm485 viewsca 380–365 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.97g). Facing lion’s scalp / ΣΑ, forepart of ox running right, wearing ornate collar, olive branch behind, ΠΥΘΙΩΝ (magistrate or moneyer) above, edges of square die visible. Struck on a slightly short flan. Toned. Extremely fine. Smyrna (AD 100-200) AE 16485 views2nd century AD. AE16 (3.31g). Bust of Herakles right, lion’s skin tied around neck / CMYPNA-IWN, river-god reclining left, holding reed in right hand, left elbow resting on urn from which water flows. Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina, minor earthen highlights. Magnesia (BC 400-350) Drachm484 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.30g, 15mm, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bull butting right; kerykeion above. VF, flat strike in centers, porous. Unpublished. The style and fabric of the coin are consistent with the coinage of Ionia in the mid-late 4th century BC. The Apollo / bull butting types are common at Magnesia, but the absence of any maeander pattern casts doubt upon an attribution to that city. There are rare gold issues with these types at Samos (cf. Barron pl. XXX, 14-5), but it is unlikely that this is a previously unknown silver issue from that mint. Teos (AD 255-256) AE 22 - Valerian II. Caesar482 viewsValerian II, Caesar, 255-256 AD. AE22 (4.66g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Anacreon standing right, playing lyre held on knee. VF, olive green patina. Drewry Coll.; Ex Mabbott Coll., Schulman (6/1969), lot 1644. Ephesos (AD 81-96) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Domitian482 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (30mm, 10.23g, 6h), struck 95 AD. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XIIII IMP XXII, laureate head right / COS XVII CENS P P P / G (in exergue), legionary eagle between two standards, one surmounted by banner and the other surmounted by hand. Near Extra Fine. Scarce. Tricarico coll. Smyrna (AD 100-200) AE 16481 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck 2nd century AD (time of Antonines). AE16 (2.38g). ME-[Λ]-HC, river-god Meles, nude, except himation around hips, leaning left, resting left ellbow on urn from which water flows, holding reed in right hand / CMYPN - AIΩN, Nike, winged and wearing long chiton, advancing right, holding wreath in raised right hand and palm branch over left shoulder. Good F/about VF, dark black-brown patina. Hoeft coll. Smyrna at the river Meles is one of the cities which claims to be the birthplace of Homer. A myth says that Homer's original name was Melesigenes (= 'coming from the Meles'). Magnesia (BC 400-350) Diobol?481 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Diobol? (0.98g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Forepart of bull left; ΜΑΓΝ above, maeander pattern to right, [...]ΛΛΟΔ[..] (magistrate) below. VF, toned, metal defect on obv, scratches on rev. Rare. Mueller Coll. Smyrna (AD 50-54) AE 15481 viewsTime of Claudius, 41-54 AD. Bee / Demeter with branch standing left. Very fine. Metropolis (AD 235-238) AE 30 - Maximinus I 481 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE30 (8.85g). AYT K Γ IOYΛ MAΞIMЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / MHTPOΠOΛEITΩN TΩN EN IΩNIA, Kybele enthroned left, holding phiale and resting arm on drum; lions flanking throne. Very rare. VF.1 comments Ephesos (AD 54-68) AE 21 – Nero & Statilia Messalina481 viewsNero, with Statilia Messalina, 54-68 AD. AE21 (7.37g, 7h). Struck 66 AD. Laureate head of Nero right / Draped bust of Messalina right. VF, dark green patina, deposits. Extremely rare, one of three cited in RPC. Hansen Coll.; ex Group CEM Triton XV (1/2012), lot 1386; Leu 30 (4/1982), lot 313; Leu 13 (4/1979), lot 407; Hans von Aulock Coll, 7864. Metropolis (BC 100-0) AE 12480 views1st century BC. AE12 (2.60g). Turreted head of Kybele right / Pinecone, ΔΙΟΓΕ (magistrate) to left, monogram to right. aVF. Scarce. Teos (BC 530-500) Hemidrachm480 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (3.26g). Forepart of griffin right, left forepaw raised / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Miletos (AD 138-161) AE 39 - Antoninus Pius480 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE39 - Medallion (29.28g, 1h). Homonoia with Smyrna. Laureate head right / Apollo of Didyma on left, standing facing, holding stag and bow; beside him to right, two Nemeses standing vis-à-vis, drawing drapery from shoulder, that on the right holding scepter. Good Fine, rough brown patina. Magnesia (AD 139-161) AE 29 - Marcus Aurelius480 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE29 (16.49g, 6h). Diophantus, magistrate. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Facing cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene. Good VF, green patina. Fine style. Very rare. Group CEM. “The first city one comes to after Ephesos is Magnesia, which is an Aiolian city . . . In the present city is the temple of Artemis Leukophryene, which in the size of its shrine and in the number of its votive offerings is inferior to the temple at Ephesos, but in the harmony and skill shown in the structure of the sacred enclosure is far superior to it. And in size it surpasses all the sacred enclosures in Asia except two, that at Ephesos (to Artemis) and that at Didymoi (to Apollo)” (Strabo, Geography 14. 1. 40). Teos (BC 530-478) Tetartemorion480 viewsca 460-420 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.24g). Griffin's head right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Alighieri Coll. Metropolis (BC 100-0) AE 15480 views1st cent BC. AE15 (4.44g). Helmeted head of Ares right / Thunderbolt, monogram above, ANΔPΩN (magistrate) below. Dark green glossy patina, VF. Kolophon (BC 330-280) AE 15479 viewsca 330-280 BC. AE15 (2.14g). Ekataios magistrate. Head Apollo right / ΚO horse forepart right, EKATAIΩΣ to left. Nice VF. Samos (AD 198-209) AE 16 - Geta as Caesar479 viewsGeta as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE16 (3.18g). AV K - AI ΓETAC, head right / CAM-IΩN, river-god Imbrasos reclining left, wearing himation, nude to hips, holding reed in right hand and resting left elbow on cornucopiae and vase from which water flows left. About VF. Hoeft coll. In the marshes at the mouth of the river Imbrasos, the Ionian colonists under Proklos are said to have found a wooden image of Hera which was caught in a willow brushwood. Therefore, they built an altar beside this tree. From this altar the famous temple of Hera, the Heraion, originated. Imbrasos himself had a daughter Okyrrhoe by the Samian nymph Chesias (a hypostasis of the goddess Artemis). Okyrrhoe later was seduced by Apollo (Aelian, Hist.animal. 15.23). Miletos (BC 360-325) Drachm478 viewsca 350-340 BC. AR Drachm (3.66g, 14mm). Theopropos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / A, Lion standing left, head right; star above, ΘEOΠPOΠOΣ, in exergue. Minor porosity around edges, extremely fine. Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/16 Stater478 viewsca 550-525 BC. AR 1/16 Stater (0.85g, 9mm). Facing lion's head in square dotted border / Incuse square with star in square dotted border. Rare. Very fine. Phokaia (BC 300-200) AE 16478 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE15 (3.33g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Φ-Ω, griffin standing right on ground line, left paw raised; ΗΡΟΣΩΝ / ΦΑΝΕΙΟΥ (magistrate) below. Smyrna (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius & Agrippina II478 viewsClaudius and Agrippina II, 41-54 AD. AE20 (5.68g, 12h). Jugate heads of Claudius, laureate, and Agrippina, right / Cybele seated left, wearing modius, holding patera and resting on tympanum. Dark patina, VF. Klazomenai (BC 480-400) Diobol478 viewsca 480-400 BC. AR Diobol (1.08g, 1h). Forepart of winged boar right / Gorgoneion within incuse square. Good VF, toned, granular surfaces. Rare. Kolophon (AD 249-251) AE 29 - Herennia Etruscilla476 viewsHerennia Etruscilla, wife of Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE29 (9.71g). Diademed bust right on crecent / Boxer walking right. Rare. Ex Burstein coll. Fine. Samos (AD 79-81) AE 24 – Titus & Domitian476 viewsTitus, with Domitian as Caesar, 79-81 AD. AE24 (9.55g, 6h). Laureate head of Titus right / Bare head of Domitian right. VF, green patina, metal flaws. Ex Sierra Coll. From RPC II (p. 174): It is difficult to know if 1127 is a coin of the reign of Vespasian or of Titus. The titulature is the same as used on the reverse of of 1126 (of Vespasian), and it could represent an issue made in the reign of Vespasian for his sons. On the other hand, it might perhaps be expected to be a smaller denomination, if that were the case; it is in fact the same denomination as 1126, which slightly strengthens the possibility that it was made during the reign of Titus.” Priene (BC 150-120) AE 23475 viewsca 150-120 BC. AE23 (9.53g). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΠΡΙ-Η, owl standing right on amphora, ivy leaf with berry on either side, ΑΧΙΛΛΕΙ/ΔΗΣ (magistrate) below. Red-brown patina, thick flan, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Ephesos (BC 245-202) Diobol475 viewsca 245-202 BC. AR Diobol (1.19g, 14mm). Head of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Forepart of stag right, head turned left. VF. Extremely rare. Apparently unpublished. Smyrna (AD 68-69) AE 19475 viewsImperial Times, 68-69 AD. AE19 (3.79g). ЄΠΙ ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΙЄΡΩΝΙΜΟΥ, Nemesis standing to left / CΤΡΑ ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥ CΩCΑΝΔΡΟΥ / [C]ΜΥΡ, River-god reclining to left. Dark patina, GVF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 500) Obol475 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.96g). Helmet left / Quadripartite incuse square, with irregular features and heavily stippled. VF. Ex Rosen Coll. Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles474 viewsThemistokles, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.32g, 4h). Barley grain; ΘE to left, meander pattern to right / Male head (Themistokles?) right, wearing diadem; [M]-A across field; all within incuse square. Near VF, toned, some cleaning scratches on reverse. Perhaps the second known. The examples in Nollé and Wenninger and the Gorny & Mosch sale have Θ-E flanking the grain and lack the meander pattern. Miletos (BC 175-85) Tetradrachm473 viewsca 175-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.80g). Krates and Krateros, magistrates. Laureate head of Apollo right / [M]IΛHΣIΩN, lion walking right, looking back; star above, EΠI KΡATHΣ below, KΡATEΡOΣ to right. Good VF. Rare. Smyrna (AD 200-220) AE 27472 viewsQuasi-autonomous, early 3rd century AD. AE27 (6.68g), struck under eparchos Pollianus. IEPA CYNKΛHTOC, draped, turreted(?) bust of Senate right / CMYP Γ NE - EΠ ΠΩΛΛI - ANOV, two draped Nemeseis standing facing each another, the right one holding measuring rod, the left one reins, wheel at feet of the right one; both touching cloth below their chin. Good F. Hoeft coll. These are the well-known 'Two Nemeseis of Smyrna.' According to the story of Pausanias 7.5.3, where Alexander the Great founded the new Smyrna, one Nemesis represents the old city and the other the new city. Samos (BC 520) 1/4 Siglos472 viewsca 520 BC. AR 1/4 Siglos (1.29g, 9mm). Forepart of winged boar right / Head of ox right in dotted incuse square. VF. Very rare. Teos (BC 400) Diobol472 viewsca 400 BC. AR Diobol (1.0g, 9mm). Aristodikos, magistrate. Griffin seated right, left forepaw raised / ΑΡΙΣΤΟ-ΔΙΚΟ, quadripartite square of mill-sail pattern. VF. Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/18? Stater472 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.82g). Female head right, wearing helmet or close fitting cap / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, porous. Samos (BC 310-300) Hemidrachm471 viewsca 300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 1.64g). Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; ΔΟΥΡΙΣ (magistrate) above. VF, toned. Ephesos (BC 27-14 AD) AE 15 - Augustus471 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE15 / 1/3 Unit (2.36g). Grammateus Aristeas. Head Augustus right / ΓPAMMATEYΣ APIΣTEAΣ EΦE AΓPEYΣ, Stag of Artemis right. Good very fine. Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol471 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.21g), Attic standard. Head of Apollo right, M-[A] flanking / Bull butting right, maeander pattern groundline below, ΓNH above. Light porosity, VF. Very rare, apparently unpublished. Ephesos (AD 138-161) AE 33 - Antoninus Pius471 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE33 (22.04g, 6h). T AIΛ KAICAP ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head right / IЄPA AΠHNH, driver within carpentum drawn by four horses right; ЄΦЄCIΩN in exergue. Good VF, dark green patina. Rare. From Group CEM. Erythrai (BC 400) AE 10470 viewsca 400 BC. AE10 (1.13g). Head of bearded Herakles right, wearing lion skin / EPYΘ, vase with one handle, M or monogram to left. Rare, good very fine. Ephesos (AD 193-217) AE30 - Julia Domna470 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE30 (12.65g, 6h). Draped bust right / Carpentum drawn right by two mules. VF, brown patina, some porosity. Teos (BC 320-294) Diobol470 viewsca 320-294 BC. AR Diobol (20mm, 0.94 g, 12h). Dioches, magistrate. Griffin seated right, forepaw raised / THI, ΔΙΟΥΧH[Σ], chelys. Good VF. Erythrai (BC 520-480) 1/96 Stater470 viewsca 550 BC. AR 1/96 Stater - Lydo-Milesian standard (4mm, 0.13g). Rosette with central pellet / Four pellets around a central pellet within deep incuse. Smyrna (AD 147-175) AE 35 - Faustina II469 viewsFaustina Junior Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE35 (26.41g, 6h). In alliance with Laodicea ad Lycum in Phrygia. Draped bust left / Zeus Laodikeos standing right, holding eagle and sceptre; before him on right, two Nemeses standing facing each other, each drawing drapery from shoulder and holding cubit rules. Near VF, brown surfaces, a few deposits. Ex Wagner Coll. Miletos (BC 360-325) Hemidrachm469 viewsca 360-325 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.47g). Python, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion walking left, head reverted; star above, ΠΥΘΩ[N] in exergue. Good VF. Leukai (BC 350-300) AE469 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE (1.21g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Swan standing left with open wings, ΛΕ[Ο] above, monogram to left. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Magnesia (BC 220-190) AE469 viewsca 190 BC. AE (2.49g). Morimos, magistrate. Rider in military dress and chlamys galloping right, holding spear in right hand / Humped bull standing right on ground line, ΜΑΓΝ above, MOΡΙMΟΣ in exergue. Green patina, EF. Unpublished? Metropolis (BC 100-0) AE 16468 views1st cent BC. AE16 (4.64g). Helmeted head of Ares right / Thunderbolt, monogram above, ΞΑΝΘΟΣ (magistrate) below. Dark green patina, VF. Kolophon (BC 375-360) Diobol468 viewsca 375-360 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.90g, 12h). [...]onides, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre. VF, reverse scratch. Kolophon (BC 450-410) Drachm468 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 5.37g, 12h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Kithara within incuse square. VF, granular surfaces. Well centered. Miletos (BC 39-17) AE 18468 views1st century BC. AE18 (5.79g, 12h). Menestratos, magistrate. Apollo Didymeus right, holding stag and bow; monogram before / Lion seated right, head left; star above, ΜΕΝΕΣΤΡΑΤΟ[Σ] in exergue. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll. Kolophon (BC 330-300) AE 21467 viewsca 330-300 BC. AE21 (6.26g). Head of Apollo right, wearing band in hair / Kithara in linear square, ΑΛ-ΚΙ-ΔH-ΜΟΣ (magistrate) around. Green patina, lightly porous surfaces, particularly on rev, gVF/VF. Unique - rev type and magistrate unknown. Gutknecht coll. Magnesia (AD 54-68) AE 25 - Nero467 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE25 (8.96g). NEPΩN KAICAP, head right / MAΓNHTΩN ΛEVKOΦPHNH, tetrastyle temple with cult statue of Artemis Leukophrys standing facing. Rare. Green patina, VF. Teos (BC 470-420) Hemitetartemorion467 viewsca 475-450 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (?) (0.11g, 5mm). Head of griffin right / Quadripartite incuse square. Very fine. Kolophon (BC 500-480) Tetartemorion467 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.19g). Head of Apollo facing slightly right / Quadripartite incuse square; H P A K (?) in quarters. VF, toned, minor porosity. Alighieri Coll. 1 comments Chios (AD 0-200) AE 16467 views1st-2nd century AD. AE16 / Assarion (2.0g). XIΩΝ, Sphinx seated right, raising forepaw; prow of galley before / ACAPION, Amphora between two grain ears, stars above. Near EF. Erythrai (BC 300-200) AE465 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE (3.16g). Head of bearded Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Bow in case, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΣ - ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΥ, bee, club, EPY below. Light brown patina, aEF. Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/6465 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Obol (0.55g). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Rare. Teos (BC 470-449) Stater465 viewsca 470-449 BC. AR Stater (11.75g). Griffin with curled, segmented wings seated right, forepaw raised; club to right, within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square divided by central cross, quarters containing pellets. Near EF, good metal for issue. Rare. Kolophon (BC 330-285) AE 14465 viewsca 330-280 BC. AE14mm (2.05g). Laureate, three-quarter facing head of Apollo; head turned slightly left / Lyre; palm-tree right (magistrate's name off flan). VF, dark olive-green patina, some roughness. David Herman Coll. Magnesia (BC 400) AE 7465 viewsca 400 BC. AE7 (0.85g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Cuirass. VF, black patina. Rare. Alighieri Coll. Ephesos (AD 81-96) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Domitian465 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD, struck 82 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (25mm, 10.58g, 6h). IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG P M COS VIII, Laureate head right / CAPIT RESTIT, Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus containing statues of Juno, Jupiter and Minerva; pediment decorated with anguipede monster, facing quadriga at apex of roof. gF, small flan. Scarce. Tricarico coll. Teos (BC 470-420) Tetartemorion464 viewsca 460-420 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.23g). Griffin's head right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, toned, minor porosity. 1850 coins on 19 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19