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Home > Ionia Most viewed - Ionia Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Man - EL 1/48881 views7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.28g). Archaic male head right, Θ (?) on cheek / Incuse punch. EF. Unique? Leukai (BC 350-300) AE 16880 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE16 (3.57g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Swan standing left with open wings, head right, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ (magistrate) to left. Nice VF, black patina. Rare. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B63 - EL 1/6 Stater879 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of young male left, wearing tainia; [small seal behind] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, spot of encrustation in field on obverse. Very rare, only seven specimens recorded by Bodenstedt, all from one obverse die. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B91 - EL 1/6 Stater879 viewsca 400 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm). Head of Athena left, wearing earring, her crested Attic helmet adorned with a Pegasos on the bowl / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. gVF. Miletos (BC 520-450) 1/48 Stater878 viewsca 5th century BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.29g). Lion's head left / Star-like floral pattern. Ephesos (BC 55-53) Cistophoric Tetradrachm876 viewsC. Pulcher, Proconsul, 55-53 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.29g). Aretemon, magistrate, dated year 81 (53 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow case between two serpents; ΠA (date), EΦE and bee left, torch right, APTEMΩN below. Fine, Rare. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater876 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.52g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion's skin; club behind neck; below, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, toned. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater872 viewsLydia (?), uncertain mint, mid 6th century BC. AV (or EL) Hekte (2.34g). Forepart of lion left / Bipartite rectangular punch with floral pattern. Apparently unique. An issue of great importance and fascination, about extremely fine. Ex Leu 50 (1990), 165 and CNG 26 (1993), 98. Klazomenai (BC 500-480) Diobol871 viewsca 499-494 BC. AR Diobol (1.10g). Forepart of winged boar flying right, A above / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm871 viewsca 375-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.70g, 10h). Heridanos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch before / Quadripartite incuse square, ΗΡΙΔΑΝΟΣ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Good VF, toned. Very rare. Ex Hess-Leu 45 (5/1970), lot 277; Hess-Leu 31 (1966), lot 499; Henri de Nanteuil Coll., 628; Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Coll. (Naville IV, 6/1922), lot 872; Sir Hermann Weber Coll., 6257; W. Talbot Ready Coll. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/3 Stater871 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.38g). Samian-Euboeic standard, plain type. Flattened plain surface. / Tripartite incuse square punch. Unpublished. Rare early tripartite incuse issue. Good very fine. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater870 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater or Hemihekte (1.09g). Forepart of stag running right, head reverted / Incuse square with irregular surface. VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/12 Stater 870 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (6mm, 1.18g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Incuse square. Good VF, thin test cut on edge. Kolophon (AD 138-161) AE 17 – Antoninus Pius869 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE17 (4.36g). ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ, head right / ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ, scheap. Dark green patina, gVF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/24869 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.6g, 8mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of lion right / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B50 - EL 1/6 Stater869 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.61g). Helmeted male head to left, with frontal eye and tendril ornament on bowl of helmet; below, seal swimming left / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Very rare. aEF. The helmeted head must be that of a hero-warrior. The whole idea of using just a helmeted head with no individuality as a type is quite interesting; that there is a head inside the helmet is clear from the eye that peeks out above the side piece. Erythrai (BC 600-550) EL 1/48 Stater869 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Forty-Eighth Stater (4mm, 0.28g). Rosette / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Koppersmith Coll. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater868 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12 Stater (1.14g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted; three pellets to left / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Very rare. Neapolis (AD 100-300) AE 26868 viewsPseudo-autonomous issue, 2nd-3rd cent AD. AE26 (8.45g, 12h). ΝΕΑΠΟ, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / ΑΥΡ ΝΕΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Dionysus standing left, holding cup over panther and thyrsus. Near VF, green-brown surfaces, porous. An apparently unrecorded type from an extremely rare city. Ex Alighieri Coll. Priene (BC 290-250) Drachm866 viewsca 290-270 BC. AR Drachm (3.42g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested helmet / Trident, ΠΡΙΗ to left, ΛΥΣΑΓΟ (magistrate) to right, all within circular maeander pattern. Good VF, light porosity. Rare denomination. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B43 - EL 1/6 Stater866 viewsca 492 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Facing head of Silenos / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Ephesos (AD 41-54) AE 19 - Claudius and Agrippina864 viewsClaudius, with Agrippina Junior, 41-54 AD. AE19. Claudius and Agrippina / Cult statue of Artemis. Leukai (BC 350-300) AE 10861 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE10 (1.26g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Swan standing left with open wings, head down, ΜΗΤΡΟΔ... (magistrate) above, ΛΕΟ to left. VF, black patina, earthen encrustation. Very rare and apparently an unpublished denomination. Erythrai (BC 360-342) Tetradrachm858 viewsca 360-342 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.02g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / EPY, club and bow in quiver; owl on left, monogram on right, ΠΕΛΟΠΙΔΗΣ (magistrate). Good VF, toned. Very Rare. Ex Walter Niggeler Coll. (Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 12/1965), lot 380; Münzen und Medaillen Auktion XIX (6/1959), lot 484; Adolph Cahn Auction 80 (2/1933), lot 339; Hamburger Auction VI (6/1930), lot 329. Smyrna (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm857 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Stephanephoric Tetradrachm (16.71g, 36mm). Head of Tyche right, wearing mural crown, hair rolled up in chignon at the back of the head / ZΜΥΡ−ΝΑΙΩΝ, monogram below; all within wreath. Rare. Excellent style. Very large flan. EF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater855 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.42g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. VF. Struck from the same punches as the following two lots. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater849 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.17g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Extremely rare, only a handful known. Kolophon (BC 310-300) AE 849 viewsca 310-300 BC. AE Tetrachalkon (5.78g, 1h). Dimokrates, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Tripod; [Δ]HMOKPATHΣ to left, KOΛΦΩ (sic) to right. Good VF, black patina. Extremely rare issue, only four examples recorded by Kinns for all magistrates. Alighieri Coll. Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 12848 viewsca 375-340 BC. AE12 (1.71g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet and necklace / Recumbent ram left; ΑΠ-ΟΛΛΩ-[ΝΙΟΣ] (?) (magistrate). Good VF, black patina with a trace of earthen encrustation. Ephesos (BC 300-250) AE 13848 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE13 (2.17g). Ε-Φ, bee / Stag kneeling left, head turned right. Dark green patina, weak strike on obv, VF/gVF. Scarce variant. Gutknecht coll. Naulochos (BC 350-340) AE 11845 viewsca 350-340 BC. AE11 (1.50g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Dolphin leaping right, ΝΑΥ below, within circular maeander pattern. Good VF, dark green patina with some encrustation. Very rare. Naulochos was the port city of Priene, and had its own limited coinage issue in the mid-4th century BC. Chios (BC 431-412) Drachm845 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.68g). Sphinx seated left, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square, granules in quarters. Good VF. Oinoia (BC 340-300) Drachm845 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.51g, 6h). Head of Artemis facing slightly right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Bull butting right, OINAI in exergue. VF, lightly toned, a hint of porosity. Klazomenai (BC 386-301) Hemidrachm845 viewsca 386-301 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.91g, 12h). Mnesitheos, magistrate. Head of Apollo facing slightly left, wearing laurel wreath / Κ-Λ-ΑZΟ, swan standing left, wings spread; kantharos and ΜΝΗΣΙ-ΘΕΟΣ to left. EF, toned, a hint of roughness. Herman Coll. Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm844 viewsca 412-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.07g). Theoktemon, magistrate. Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch before / Quadripartite incuse square, [Θ]ΕΟΚΤΗΜΩΝ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Good VF, a bit overcleaned. Unrecorded magistrate. Erythrai (BC 200-133) AE 23843 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE23 (6.70g). Head of bearded Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Bow in case, ΦΙΛΙΣΚΟΣ - ΚΟΝΩΝΟΣ; club-like scepter (lagobolon?), head of Herakles wearing lion skin 3/4 to right, and EP-Y below. Good style, dark olive-green patina, aEF. Gutknecht coll.; ex Sternberg Auc. XII (Zurich, 1982), lot 246. Ephesos (BC 280-258) Octobol842 viewsca 280-258 BC. AR Octobol (5.06g). ...lios, magistrate. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind shoulder / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back; Ε - Φ, palm to left, bee in field to right, ΛΙΟΣ (magistrate) to right. Good style, EF. Ex Auktion Hess 257 (Luzern, 1986), lot 122. Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles841 viewsThemistokles, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.44g, 8h). Head of Hephaistos right, wearing laureate pilos; Θ-E flanking / ΘE monogram within incuse square. VF, toned, usual light porosity. Very rare. Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tritemorion839 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Persic Tritemorion? (1/3 obol) (0.30g). Head of Apollo? right, wearing helmet? / Mark of value or monogram? in incuse square.1 comments Phokaia (BC 530-500) Obol839 viewsLate 6th-5th century BC. AR Obol (0.66g, 8mm). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Geometric - EL 1/12838 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.42g). Euboic standard. Geometric type. Three-sided square with central projection, surrounded by radiate lines / Rough incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare. Ephesos (AD 54-68) AE 22 - Nero & Poppaea836 viewsNero, with Poppaea, 54-68 AD. AE22 (8.79g, 12h). Marcus Acilius Aviola, proconsul. Aechmocles, magistrate. Struck 65 AD. NEPΩN above, Π[OΠΠAIA] below, E-Φ across field, diademed and draped bust of Poppaea right, vis-à-vis laureate head of Nero left / [AOYIOΛ]A ANΘYΠATΩ AIXM[OKΛHΣ], PΩ-MA across field, turreted and draped bust of Roma right; [bee] below. Near EF, green patina, chipping on edge, minor roughness and scratches. From Group CEM. Ex Sternberg XXI (11/1988), lot 363; Münzen & Medaillen 41 (6/1970), lot 380. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater833 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.11g). Lion's head left / Punch with four pellets connected to central pellet. VF. Priene (BC 350-340) AE 9832 views4th-3rd cent BC. AE9 (0.66g). Head of Athena right, wearing Korinthian helmet / Π-Ρ, ear of corn, within circular maeander pattern. Rare. Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 165) Tetradrachm831 viewsca 165-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 17.02g, 9h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos above the foreparts of five galloping horses / ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ, club; below, two monograms flanking an owl standing right; all within oak wreath. Near EF, attractive dark iridescent toning. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater831 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Hermes left, wearing Petasos; small seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Well centered. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B16 - EL 1/6 Stater829 viewsca 625-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Head of man-headed bull left, seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B43 - EL 1/6 Stater829 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (9mm, 2.55g). Facing head of Silenos / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Near EF, toned. Very rare, only 9 examples noted by Bodenstedt, 5 of which are in museums (Cambridge, London, Berlin, Karlsruhe [2]). Phokaia (BC 600-560) EL 1/6 Stater - B -827 viewsca 600-560 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 10mm). Head of female left with a narrow hair band, long flowing hair, and an annular earing; behind, seal swimming downwards / Irregular incuse square. EF. Carr coll. Unknown to Bodenstedt, this is the 5th example to appear at auction. Same dies as Numismatica Ars Classica 92 part 1, 23 May 2016, Lot 216 and ‘Prospero’, The new York Sale XXVI, 4 January 2012, Lot 520. Others known are: Nomos 15, 22 October 2017, Lot 153; CNG 108, 16 May 2018, Lot 196. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B06? - EL 1/96 Stater826 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/96 Stater (0.17g, 5mm). Helmeted head of warrior left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 520-480) Hemiobol824 viewslate 6th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.43g). Scorpion (?) / Rough incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Extremely rare. gVF. Miletos (BC 39-17) AE 18824 views1st century BC. AE18 (3.19g, 11h). Statue of Apollo of Didyma / Lion recumbant right, head left; star above, [M]IΛHCIΩ[N] in exergue. Near EF, dark green-brown patina. Ex Gorny & Mosch 152 (10/2006), lot 1405. Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles822 viewsThemistokles (died 459 BC), Satrap of Magnesia, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g). Bearded head of Themistokles right / ΘΕ monogram in dotted square, within incuse square. VF. Ephesos (BC 122-121) Tetradrachm821 viewsC. Atinius C.f., Praetor, 122-121 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.55g, 12h). Dated CY 13 (122/1 BC). Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Bow case between two serpents; IG and caduceus above, torch to left. Near VF. Extremely rare, fewer than ten known. The earliest Roman cistophoric tetradrachm. T.R.S. Broughton, in The Magistrates of the Roman Republic 3. Supplement (1986), identified this praetor as C. Atinius Labeo, who is best known for attempting to have the censor (and hero of the Fourth Macedonian War) Q. Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus thrown off the Tarpeian Rock for expelling him from the Senate (see Livy, Per. LIX.10). Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/6821 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g, 11mm). Forepart of Pegasos right / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Apparently unpublished. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 3 - EL 1/24820 viewsca 650-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.52g). Facing lion's head / Incuse. VF, toned. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 3 - EL 1/24819 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24th Stater (5mm, 0.47g). Lion head facing / Incuse punch. VF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B25 - EL 1/6 Stater819 viewsca 625/620-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Lion's head with closed mouth left; above, seal right(?) / Incuse with three irregular fields. aEF. Rare. Chios (BC 190-84) AE 18817 viewsca 190-84 BC. AE18 (4.00g). Aspas, magistrate. Sphinx seated right; grapes before / Amphora; grain-ear to left, star to right; ΑΣΠΑΣ, magistrate. Good VF, brown and green patina. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6815 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.25g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of lion right / Single divided punch with volute design. Unpublished. Near VF. Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm815 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Drachm (3.34g, 13mm). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. Toned good very fine. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater812 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Sixth Stater - Hekte (2.38g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. VF. Struck from the same punches as the previous and following lots. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/4 Stater812 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/4 Stater (3.67g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened "haphazard" striated surface / Cleft and incuse punch. Good VF. Unpublished, possibly unique. The striated type appears to encompass two varieties, one with roughly parallel striations on the obverse, as the previous three lots, or haphazard striations, as here and on the following lot. Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 165) Tetradrachm809 viewsafter 165 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.45g). Head of Athena right, wearing ornately decorated helmet, Pegasos above raised ear flap, five horses on visor, star on ear flap / Club, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ above, two monograms and Nike holding wreath below, all within oak wreath. Lightly toned, good VF. Oinoia (BC 340-300) Drachm809 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.43g, 12h). Head of Artemis facing slightly right / Bull butting right, OINAI in exergue. VF, toned. Very rare. Ephesos (AD 69-79) Denarius - Vespasian807 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Denarius (3.12g, 18.20mm). IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS II TRP PP, laureate head right / CONCORDIA- AVG, Cerus seated left, hoding corn-ears and poppy, and cornucopia; [BY]. Almost extremely fine. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater807 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.38g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. VF. Struck from the same punches as the previous two lots. Priene (BC 335-320) AE 16807 viewsca 335-320 BC. AE16 (3.12g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Trident, ΠΡΙΗ above, ΤΑΥΡΙΣΚ (magistrate) below, within circular maeander pattern. Dark green patina, good style, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.; ex Sternberg Auc. VII (Zurich, 1977), lot 118. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B41 - EL 1/6 Stater805 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Helmeted head of Athena left; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, only seven specimens listed by Bodenstedt. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/6804 viewsca 600 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.48g). Phokaian standard. Figural type. Bridled horse's head right / Irregular incuse square. Unpublished. Good VF. Unique. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts X (9/1981), lot 167. There are a variety of published horse's head electrum in various denominations from this general period (eg. Weidauer 141-142), but none have the horse's head facing right. In addition, the style of both the horse and the incuse punch are significantly different from the present coin. Magnesia (BC 210-200) Didrachm804 viewsca 210-200 BC. AR Didrachm (11.08g, 10h). Persic standard. Theodoros, son of Theogenes, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right; monogram below / Bull butting left; grain ear behind, ΘEOΔΩPOΣ/ΘEOΓENO[Y] in exergue; all within circular Maeander pattern. Good VF, a hint of porosity. Unpublished with monogram and this magistrate. The weight and type of this piece clearly place it among the Persic standard didrachms detailed by Kinns, all of which are very rare. What is also significant about this piece is the addition of a monogram on the obverse, and the magistrate, who is unattested for all of the denominations during this period. Lebedos (BC 150) Tetradrachm803 viewsca 150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.79g). Prytanis, magistrate. Laureate and helmeted head of Athena right / Owl facing, standing on club between twin cornucopiae, ΛΕΒΕΔΙΩΝ above, ΠΡΥΤ-ΑΝΙΣ below, all within wreath. EF. Very rare. Miletos (BC 550-525) Stater803 viewsca mid-6th century BC. AR Stater (11.82g) Forepart of lion left, head turned right / Irregular incuse square. Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol 802 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol - Attic standard (5mm, 0.21g). Bull butting right / 8-rayed star with central pellet, MA above. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B63 - EL 1/6 Stater801 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54g). Head of young male left, wearing tainia; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, obverse die a bit rusty. Rare, only seven specimens cited by Bodenstedt. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6801 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.34g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of lion right, in linear form / Rough incuse square. Near EF. Very rare denomination. 1 comments Ephesos (AD 41-50) AE 19 - Statilia Messalina799 viewsStatilia Messalina, wife of Claudius I, 54-68 AD. AE19 (5.45g). Draped bust right / Roma standing right, holding scepter and cult statue of Artemis. Ephesos (BC 500-420) Drachm798 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Drachm (3.29g). Bee, ΕΦ-ΕΣΙ-Ο-Ν around / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, light porosity. Struck on a broad flan. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 4 - EL 1/24 Stater798 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.65g, 7mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of lion right / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare. Smyrna (BC 200-100) Tetradrachm797 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.54g). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ZMVP, bow-case with serpents; monogram above, head of Tyche to right. VF. Very rare. Ephesos (BC 288-275) Octobol796 viewsca early 3rd cent BC. AR Octobol (5.59g). Attic standard. Cleole, magistrate. Diademed bust of Artemis right / Bow and quiver; ΕΦΕ and bee to right, ΚΛΕΟΛΕ to left. Good VF. Apparently unpublished magistrate. Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/12 Stater796 viewsca 510-494 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.30g, 9mm). Head of archaic nymph left, hair in sakkos; countermark: }Θ (dynastic symbol?) / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Teos (BC 150) Hemidrachm795 viewsca mid 2nd century BC. AR Triobol (1.85g). Laureate head of Dionysos right; thyrsos behind / Lyre, ΤΗΙ-ΩΝ. VF. Rare. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B38 - EL 1/6 Stater795 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Roaring lion left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, struck with worn obverse die. Extremely rare, only four specimens listed by Bodenstedt, all in museum collections. Teos (BC 530-500) Trihemiobol795 viewsca 510-500 BC. AR Trihemiobol - 1/4 Drachm (12mm, 1.65g). Forepart of Griffin right / Quadripartite incuse. VF, porous, toned. Very rare. The first offered by CNG. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B93 - EL 1/6 Stater795 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head left, hair in sphendone, wearing earring / Quadripartite incuse square, irregular fields. EF. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater794 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.28g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened "haphazard" striated surface / Double incuse punch. Good VF. Although the present specimen does not have one of its square punches oriented diagonally, as the Weidauer specimens, the punches share common characteristics, such as a featureless surface and sides with vertical striations. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B44 - EL 1/6 Stater793 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.59g). Bearded warrior head (Ares?) facing left, wearing Ionian helmet. Beneath truncation, seal swimming right. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Good VF. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B99 - EL 1/6 Stater791 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Artemis left, bow and quiver over shoulder; [seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Geometric - EL 1/12791 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.47g). Euboic standard. Geometric type. Three-sided square with central projection, surrounded by radiate lines / Rough incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare. Struck from the same obverse die as the Boston specimen, and the same die and punch as the others and the following lot. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B46 - EL 1/6 Stater791 viewsearly 5th century BC. EL Hekte (2.58g, 10mm). Two seals swimming in circle to left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Ephesos (BC 390-330) Diobol789 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Diobol (1.09g). Bee with straight wings within dotted circle / Two stag heads confronted, ΕΦ above. VF. Klazomenai (BC 190-30) AE 17789 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE17 (5.39g). Forepart of winged boar right / ΚΛΑZΟ-ΜΕ-ΝΙΩΝ in divided linear square. Dark brown patina, VF. Scarce variant. Gutknecht coll. Klazomenai (BC 386-301) Hemidrachm789 viewsca 386-301 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.06g, 6h). Hikesios, magistrate. Head of Apollo facing slightly left, wearing laurel wreath / K-Λ-A, swan standing left, wings spread; ΙΚΕΣΙΟ−Σ above. Good VF, toned, minor die wear. Herman Coll. SNG München notes a possible letter, symbol, or monogram to the left on the reverse, but on our specimen it appears more likely to be a die break. Myous (BC 400-380) AE 10788 views4th century BC. AE10 (1.34g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MY, bull butting right on ground line within maeander circular border. Joy coll. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater787 viewsca 560 BC. EL Hekte (2.33g). Panther crouching left, head facing, four annulets over its body / Rectangular incuse punch with raised lines. Apparently unique and unrecorded. Struck on a full flan and extremely fine. Ex Tkalec 29 (2/2000), 102. Ephesos (AD 198-217) AE 36 - Caracalla786 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE36. Bust of Caracalla right / Temple of Artemis. Very rare. VF. Ex Duke of Argyll collection. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B19 - EL 1/6 Stater786 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.59g). Goat half-kneeling left; above, small seal left / Incuse square punch. gVF. Very rare. Phokaia (BC 525-500) Tetartemorion785 viewsca 530-478 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.25g). Griffin head left / Quadripartite incuse square with central pellet. Good VF. Ephesos (BC 375-325) AE 10783 viewsca 375-325 BC. AE10 (1.28g). Female head (Artemis?) left, wearing stephane / Ε-Φ, bee. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. 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