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Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 18633 viewsca 4th century BC. AE18 (4.74g). Three-quarter facing head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested helmet / Forepart of ram right; ΚΛΑΞΟΜΕ/ΝΙΩΝ above, [A]ΠΟΛΩ/ΝΙΔΗΣ (magistrate) below.
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Metropolis (BC 100-0) AE 17633 views1st cent BC. AE17 (4.64g). Helmeted head of Ares right / Thunderbolt and scepter crossed, monogram above. VF.
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Samos (BC 408-366) Diobol633 viewsca 408-366 BC. AR Diobol (1.09g, 9mm, 12h). Rhodian standard. Facing lion head / Prow right. VF, toned.
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Klazomenai (BC 500-480) Didrachm633 viewsca 499-494 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 6.94g). Forepart of winged boar right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, light cleaning marks. Rare.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater633 viewsca 560 BC. EL Hemihekte (1.18g). Forepart of panther left, head facing / Incuse punch with irregular surface. Apparently unique and unrecorded. Struck on a full flan and extremely fine. Ex Aufhäuser 10 (1993), 167 and Peus 372 (2002), 491.
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Oinoia (BC 340-300) Drachm632 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.10g). Head of Artemis 3/4 to right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Bull butting right, OINAI in exergue. Toned VF, some light porosity and encrustation. Very rare. Schonwalter Coll.
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Chios (BC 460-450) Drachm632 viewsca 460-450 BC. AR Drachm (3.50g, 15mm). Sphinx seated left, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare.
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Samos (BC 350) AE 14632 viewsca 350 BC. AE14 (2.79g). Head of Hera right, wearing stephane and necklace / Facing lion's scalp, ΣΑ below. EF, choice green patina, high points a little rough on the obverse. Ex R.C. Lockett Collection (Glendining's, 2/1961), lot 2888 (part of).
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Miletos (BC 225-190) Didrachm632 viewsca 225-190 BC. AR Didrachm (10.51g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion walking left, head reverted; star above, monograms before, ΕΥΣΘΕΝΗΣ (magistrate) in exergue. Good VF. Very rare. Ex Seventko Coll.

Deppert-Lippitz has no didrachms listed for Period V. The Copenhagen specimen is Period IV.
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Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/8 Stater632 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR 1/8 Stater (1.58g). Facing lion's head in dotted square / Incuse square with segmented border, floral pattern in center. Toned, gVF. Rare.
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Smyrna (AD 81-96) AE 14632 viewsTime of Domitian, 81-96 AD. AE14 (2.44g, 3h). Bee / Dolphin swimming right. VF, black patina, minor deposits.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B15 - EL 1/24 Stater632 viewsca 625-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.64g, 6mm). Helmeted head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, obverse a little off center. Very rare, one of only four examples located by Bodenstedt. Ex Hermann Weber Coll., 5732; purchased from A.O. van Lennep, Smyrna, 1865.
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Samos (BC 270-240) Oktobol631 viewsca 270-240 BC. AR Oktobol (4.59g, 3h). Lion's mask facing within dotted circle / Forepart of bull right; olive branch to right, trident below, ΣΑΜΙΩΝ above. Toned, EF. Jamgochian coll., Peus 340 (11/1994), lot 376.
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Klazomenai (BC 480-400) Obol631 viewsca 480-400 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.58g). Forepart of a winged boar left / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. VF, toned, light porosity. David Herman Coll.
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Larisa (BC 400-300) Obol631 views4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (?) (9mm, 0.97g). Laureate male head right / ΛΑΡΙΣAION, eagle with spread wings. VF. Rare.
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Phygela (BC 350-300) AE 9630 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE9 (0.64g). Head of Artemis Munychia 3/4 to left / Bull butting right, ΦΥΓ above. Nice VF, bull pushing edge a bit. Nice dark-light green patina.
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Kolophon (BC 450-410) Drachm630 viewsca 440-400 BC. AR Drachm (5.57g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Lyre of seven strings (kithara), ΚΟΛO-ΦΩΝ-ΙΩΝ. Toned, VF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/96 Stater630 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.15g). Archaic female head (Artemis?) left, wearing close-fitting cap or helmet, earring and necklace / Quadripartite incuse square. Fine dar toning, VF. Very rare. Ex Aufhauser Auk. 4 (1987), lot 112.
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Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 19630 viewsca 386-301 BC. AE19 (4.51g). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right / Ram walking right; trophy to right. VF, dark brown patina with some red and green encrustation.
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Kolophon (BC 100-0) AE 17630 views1st century BC. AE17 (4.76g). Apollas, magistrate. Homer sitting left on chair with high backrest, holding book in left hand, supporting head with right, ΑΠΟΛΛΑΣ to left / Apollo in long garb standing right, holding Kithara in left hand, plektron in right, ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ to left. Dark green patina, VF. Joy coll.
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Magnesia (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion630 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.17g). Head of Apollo right / Grain of corn, MAΓ above, Maeander pattern below. Good style, gVF. Very rare. Mueller Coll.
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Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian628 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.03g, 1h). Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Aesculapius standing left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; c/m: IMP (ligate) VES AV(AV ligate) G in incuse. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain cistophorus which bore the IMP VES AVG countermark. The countermark was present on the undertype and was not obliterated by the overstrike.
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Samos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 17 - Augustus(?)628 viewsAugustus(?), 27 BC-14 AD. AE17 (4.82g). Laureate head right / Peacock standing right on caduceus; sceptre behind. VF, brown surfaces. Drewry Coll.; Ex Malter Galleries 79 (6/2001), lot 71.
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Miletos (BC 170-160) Tetradrachm628 viewsca 170-160 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.99g, 30mm, 12h). Epikrates and Krateros, magistrates. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion standing right, head reverted; star above, EΠIKPATHΣ below, KPATEPOΣ to right. VF, find patina, minor roughness around periphery. Extremely rare issue, possibly the second known for these magistrates.
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Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian627 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.52g, 6h). Struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / Jupiter (Zeus) Olympius seated left, holding statuette of Diana Ephesia and sceptre. VF, area of minor porosity on reverse. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus.
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Klazomenai (BC 480-400) Diobol627 viewsca 480-400 BC. AR Diobol (1.12g, 7h). Forepart of winged boar right / Gorgoneion within incuse square. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Rare. Herman Coll.; ex Freeman & Sear 7 (2/2002), lot 119; Rosen Coll. (Münzen und Medaillen 72 (10/1987), lot 273.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B96 - EL 1/6 Stater627 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (9mm, 2.54g). Head of Io left; [below, small seal left] / Incuse square punch. Good VF.
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Erythrai (BC 480-420) Drachm626 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.58g). Erythros standing left before horse; astragalos below / Rosette in incuse square. VF, toned.
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Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tritemorion?625 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Persic Tritemorion? (1/3 obol) (0.42g). Head of Apollo right / Mark of value or monogram? in incuse square.
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Smyrna (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus624 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (7.04g). Hermokles, circa 15 BC. ΣEBAΣTOΣ ZMYPNAIΩN, bare head right / [ΔIO]NYΣIOΣ KOΛΛYBAΣ; Nike right with wreath and palm branch. VF.1 comments
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/48622 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (5mm, 0.30g). Head of horse left / Incuse square with raised sections in form of a cross. VF. Lee Coll.; said to be ex Rosen Coll. (not included in publication of collection).
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6621 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.24g). Two back to back lions' heads, facing downward with open jaws and lolling tongues, a volute decoration between / Single divided punch with volute design. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/6621 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Torso of winged figure facing, head right / Incuse square punch. Near VF. Possibly unique.

This coin may not belong to the same series as the Weidauer coins, which are not only larger denominations but also exhibit a different style of wings (curved rather than pointed) and incuse punches.
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Ephesos (AD 98-117) AE 21 - Trajan620 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE21 (4.26g). AVTOKPATΩP KA• TPAIANOC, laureate head right / Stag standing left. VF, green patina with some light earthen highlights. Provides a full reading for the obverse legend, not otherwise attested. Wagner Coll.
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Chios (BC 190-84) AE618 viewsca 190-84 BC. AE (4.13g). Sphinx seated right on ground line, monogram below, club to right / Amphora; stern rudder to left, ΚΑΥΚΑΣ (magistrate) to right. Dark brown patina, EF/aEF. Ex Auktion G, Kastner 8 (Munchen, 1975), lot 68.
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Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE617 viewsca 190-75 BC. AE (12.58g). Artemidoros, magistrate. Head of Apollo right / Homer sitting left, holding scroll and scepter. Dark brown patina, aEF.
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Miletos (BC 360-325) Tetradrachm616 viewsca 340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.37g, 11h). Theopropos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion walking left, head turned back to right; star of eight rays above, monogram to left, ΘΕΟΠΡΟΠΟ[Σ] below. Beautifully struck in high relief, a superb example. Extremely fine. Ex Bank Leu 48 (5/1989), 232, from the collection of C. Gillet, Bank Leu & Muenzen und Medaillen (Kunstfreund) (5/1974), 220, and probably from the Mugla Hoard of 1950 (IGCH 1215).
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Kolophon (BC 375-330) AE 11615 viewsca 350-330 BC. AE11 (1.12g). Head Apollo right / Lyre. KOΛΟ-Φ-ΩNIΩΝ/IH. Very fine.
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Chios (BC 478-431) Tetrobol615 viewsca 478-412 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.00g, 11mm). Sphinx seated left, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, VF.
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Chios (AD 0-100) AE 18614 views1st century AD. AE18 - Assarion (3.65g, 12h). Sphinx seated left, right forepaw raised; grape cluster left / Chian amphora. VF, black patina with some earthen highlights. Usually with stars on reverse.
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Kolophon (BC 480-450) Drachm613 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (5.40g). Laureate head of Apollo right, his hair in a queue bound up around his wreath / Lyre of seven strings, ΚΟΛΦΩΝΙΩΝ. Rare. Minor corrosion, otherwise, VF.
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Kolophon (BC 450-410) Drachm613 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Drachm (5.23 g, 7h). [Ν]ΟΙΝΩΦΟΛΟΚ (retrograde), head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Kithara in incuse square. Good VF, darkly toned, granular surfaces. Rare.

Milne describes the legend as counterclockwise around the head, but it is actually clockwise around, beginning below the chin.
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Erythrai (BC 350-300) AE 12612 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE12 (2.25g). Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / EPY, club and bow in case; horse's foot? below. Dark green patina, VF. Rare variant.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol - Archepolis612 viewsca 459 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.98g, 8h). Bearded male head right, wearing laurel wreath / Eagle flying right; A (or AP monogram) to upper right (barely visible); all within linear square in incuse square. VF, light porosity. Apparently unique.
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Klazomenai (BC 500-480) Diobol612 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Diobol (1.07g). Forepart of winged boar right / Quadripartite incuse square, K within one quarter. VF. R. Mueller coll.
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Ephesos (BC 295-288) AE 18611 viewsca 295-288 BC. AE18 (5.52g). Ε-Φ, bee in dotted circle / Stag standing right on ground line, quiver above, ΧΑΡΜΙΝΟΣ (magistrate) to right. Dark green patina, minor corrosion on rev, EF. Gutknecht coll.
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Magnesia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 17 - Augustus611 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE17 (3.88g). Laureate head right / Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver on shoulder. VF, nice green patina. Scarce.
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Ephesos (BC 325-300) Octobol611 viewsca 325-300 BC. AR Attic standard Octobol (5.60g, 16mm). Pyron, magistrate. E-Φ, bee / Forepart of stag right, head reverted, palm tree behind; [Π]YPΩN, before. Very rare denomination, a bit porous, very fine.
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Magnesia (AD 222-235) AE 36 - Severus Alexander611 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE36 - Medallion (20.13g, 6h). Aur. Tychicus, grammateus. AYT K M • AYP CEY H • AΛEΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MAΓNH T ΩN EΠ I ΓP AVP • TVΞIK/OV •, Zeus Nikephorus seated left on stool. Good VF, black-green patina with dusty earthen overtones. Extremely rare, only the third example of this type known.

Apart from the Paris specimen published by Mionnet, the only other published example of the type, though with a different placement of the reverse legend, appeared in the Weber Coll. (J. Hirsch XXIV, 5/1909), lot 2880, with the reverse illustrated on pl. XXXIX of the catalog.
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Smyrna (AD 100-268) AE20611 viewsca 2nd-3rd century AD. AE20 (4.07g). Draped and turreted bust of the Amazon Smyrna left, bipennis over shoulder / CMYPNA-I-ΩN, prow right. Good VF, dark greenish-brown patina, some light smoothing.
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Ephesos (BC 42-19) AE 18 - Octavian, Mark Antony & Lepidus611 viewsAntony, Octavian and Lepidus, 43-19 BC. AE18 (4.47g). Glaucus and Eythykrates, magistrates. Jugate heads of the three Triumvirs Octavianus, Marcus Antonius and Lepidus right / APXIEPEYΣ ΓΡΑΜ ΓΛΑΥΚΩΝ EΦE EYΘYKPATHΣ, Artemis Ephesia standing facing. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/48610 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (0.07g, 5mm). Bee / Forepart of lion right. aEF.
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Smyrna (BC 280-270) AE 13610 viewsca 260-245 BC. AE13 (2.53g). Difilos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Tripod, crayfish below; ΔΙΦΙΛΟΣ to left, ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ to right. aEF.
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Ephesos (BC 335-320) Drachm610 viewsca 335-320 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.11g, 3h). Neumas, magistrate. Bee / Quadripartite incuse divided by two broad bands, magistrate’s name [NE]YMAΣ on horizontal band. VF, toned. Good metal. Whorton Coll.; ex Lanz 146 (5/2009), lot 192.
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Kolophon (BC 330-294) Drachm610 viewsca 310-294 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.09g, 1h). Akasto-, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Kithara. EF, lightly toned, minor reverse roughness.
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Magnesia (BC 350-190) Trihemiobol610 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Obol (0.79g, 9mm, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / M-A flanking trident; all within circular maeander pattern. VF, toned. Krizan Coll.; Ex Peus 328 (5/1990), lot 169.
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Kolophon (BC 480-450) Tetartemorion609 viewsca 525-490 BC. AR Tetartemonion (0.22g, 10h). Facing laureate head of Apollo / TE monogram within incuse square. EF. Exceptional metal for such a fraction.
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Klazomenai (BC 500-480) Hemiobol608 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.29g). Forepart of winged boar right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. R. Mueller coll.
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Priene (BC 290-250) Hemidrachm607 viewsca 290-270 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 1.78g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet / Trident; ΗΓΗΞΙ (magistrate) right, all within maeander pattern circle. VF, toned, some encrustation. Drewry Coll.; ex Wilkinson Coll. (Malter Auc. 49, 11/1992), lot 740.
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Magnesia (BC 300-275) AE 17606 viewsca 300-275 BC. AE17 (4.11g). Rider in military dress and chlamys galloping right, holding spear in right hand / Bull butting left, ΜΑΓΝH above, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ in exergue. Dark olive-green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B96 - EL 1/6 Stater606 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Io left; [below, small seal left] / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Well centered.
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Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tetartemorion605 viewsca 420-400 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.31g). Head of Apollo right / Mark of value or monogram? within incuse square. VF, toned. Rare.
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Samos (BC 404-385) Tetradrachm605 viewsca 404-385 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.72g). Hegesianax, magistrate. Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; branch behind, ΗΓΗΣΙΑΝΑΞ above, monogram in circle below. Good VF, attractively toned, well-centered. Ex Hess-Leu 49 (4/1971), lot 214; Hermitage Museum Collection (Schlessinger 13, 2/1935), lot 1306.
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Ephesos (AD 41-48) AE 20 - Messalina605 viewsMessalina, Augusta, 41-48 AD. AE20 (6.41g). MECCALINAN [...], draped bust right / AIXMOKΛHC EΠ ABIOLA / EΦE / POMH, Roma standing right, holding sceptre and cult statue of Artemis Ephesia. gVF.
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Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 18604 viewsca 375-340 BC. AE18 (4.67g). Three-quarter facing head of Athena, head turned slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet decorated with olive branch, earrings and necklace / ΚΛΑ[ZΟΜΕΝΙΩΝ], ram walking right; boar's head before. EF, dark green patina, light encrustation on both sides, scratches.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6604 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.20g). Two back to back lions' heads, facing downward with open jaws and lolling tongues, a volute decoration between / Single divided punch with volute design. Unpublished in the standard references. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol603 viewsEphesos (as Arsinoeia), ca 290-281 BC. AR Octobol (5.49g, 12h). Erxias, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [E]RXIAS to left, bee to upper right. VF, minor porosity. Very rare, and this magistrate only published on the Kayhan diobol (and coin #4689).
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Chios (AD 138-161) AE 28603 viewsTime of Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE28 - Diassarion (10.92g, 6h). Q. Valerius Primus, archon for the second time. Sphinx seated left, front paw set on prow of galley / Nude laureate male standing facing, leaning on staff (or spear); helmet to left at feet, star to right. VF, brown surfaces, minor roughness. Rare. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Burstein Coll.
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Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tetartemorion602 viewsLate fifth century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.33g). Laureate head Apollo right / TE symbol or mark of value, corn grain to left. Very fine.
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Ephesos (BC 202-133) Drachm602 viewsca 202-133 BC. AR Drachm (3.99g, 17mm). E-Φ, bee / ΛYΣANIAΣ (magistrate), stag standing before palm tree. Toned, VF.
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Magnesia (BC 350-320) Trihemiobol601 viewsca 350-320 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.76g, 12h). Lykomed[es], magistrate. Warrior holding lance on horseback right / Bull butting left on maeander pattern; ΛΥΚΟΜΗΔ in exergue. VF. Extremely rare denomination.

Of the fourteen magistrates of the early Magnesian series, only Lykomedes is known to have struck trihemiobols, of which only the Weber coin is published (see Kinns, Magnesia, p. 137-8, n. 4).
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater601 viewsca 625-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.66 g). Head of seal left / Incuse punch. VF.

This coin may have been struck from Bodenstedt’s obverse die c used on the 1/12 staters.
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Phygela (BC 300-250) AE 600 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE (2.53g). Draped bust of Artemis Munychia facing, turned slightly to left, wearing stephane / ΦΥΓ, bull butting left, palm to left, ΣΩKΡATHΣ (magistrate) below. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Ex Münzen and Medaillen AG, Basel - Lagerliste 529 (1990), 184.
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Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/3600 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.07g). Bee with straight wings, E-Φ, within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned, light porosity.
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Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tetartemorion599 viewsLate 5th cent BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.30g). Laureate head Apollo right / TE monogram, cicada to left. Choice Good VF.
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Samos (BC 522-520) Didrachm599 viewsca 520 BC. AR Didrachm (6.87g). Forepart of bull right / Head of roaring lion right, within incuse square. Toned EF, exceptional flan. Very rare, only 5 recorded specimens.
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Miletos (AD 177-192) AE 32 - Commodus599 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE32 (17.55g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Legend in five lines within laurel wreath. VF, dark green patina, light roughness. The reverse marks the Didymeia and Kommodeia festivals and games, honoring the shrine of Apollo at Didyma and the elevation of Commodus to Augustus in 177 AD. Wagner Coll.
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Leukai (BC 350) Obol599 viewsca 350-333 BC. AR Diobol (0.89g, 9mm, 3h), Leukai mint. Head left, wearing satrapal headdress / Swan standing left, head right. VF, find patina. Extremely rare, Winzer records only three examples.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B14 - EL 1/6 Stater599 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.63g). Head of boar left; below, small seal left / Incuse square punch. gVF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 250-100) AE 17598 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE17 (4.73g). Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos / Griffin springing left, ΦΩΚΑΕΩΝ below. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.; ex Triton V (New York, 1/2002), lot 476.
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Kolophon (AD 244-249) AE 35 - Philip I598 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE35 (18.55g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΕPCΤ ΑΥΡΙΑC ΧΡΙ ΟΝ C/ΟΓ ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ, Apollo Klarias seated left, holding laurel branch and lyre. VF, porous brown surfaces. Drewry Coll.; Ex Burstein Coll., Peus 366, (10/2000), lot 639.
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Smyrna (BC 27-14 AD) AE 19 - Augustus & Tiberius598 viewsAugustus, with Tiberius. 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 (3.32g, 12h). Bare heads of Augustus and Tiberius, vis-a-vis / Livia, as Aphrodite Stratonikis standing facing, leaning on cippus, holding scepter and Nike; to right, dove left; to left, monogram. VF, dark green patina, traces of olive and light green. Ex Prideaux Coll. of Augustus.
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Magnesia (BC 300-200) AE 13598 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE13 (1.66g). Alkibiad(es), magistrate. Horseman charging right, holding spear, within dotted circular border / Humped bull butting left on ground line, ΜΑΓΝ above, ΑΛΚΙΒΙΑΔ below, all within circular Maeander pattern. Unpublished magistrate.
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Magnesia (BC 350-190) AE 16597 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE16 (3.41g). Armed horseman prancing right, holding spear / Humped bull butting left, ΜΑΓΝ above, ΑΛΚΙΝΟΥΣ/IA (magistrate) in exergue, withing circular maeander pattern. good F.
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Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 19596 viewsca 380-360 BC. AE19 (5.41g, 12h). Bion, magistrate. Head of Athena Parthenos facing slightly right / Ram standing right; BIΩN above, pellet to right. Good VF, dark green patina. Well centered.
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Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm596 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Drachm (12mm, 3.37g). Bee / Rough incuse punch. VF, toned, very minor surface granularity. Whorton Coll.; ex Rauch Summer Auc. (9/2009), lot 222.
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Kolophon (BC 330-300) AE 18595 viewsca 4th-3rd cent BC. AE18 (5.88g). Head of Apollo right, wearing band in hair / Kithara, KO above, within linear square; ΑΛ-ΚΙ-ΔH-ΜΟΣ (magistrate) around. Good style, dark green patina, gVF. Very rare type. Joy coll.
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Ephesos (BC 390-320) AE 13595 viewsca 390-320/00 BC. AE13 (1.68g). Hegelochos, magistrate. Female head left; astragalos behind / HΓE-ΛO-XOΣ, Bee. VF, black patina, light roughness. Very Rare. Wagner Coll.
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Samos (BC 530-525) 1/6 Stater595 viewslate 6th century BC. AR 1/6 Stater - Hekte (13mm, 2.64g). Facing lion's head / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare.
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Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE 22594 viewsca 110-100 BC. AE22 (9.87g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ZΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ - ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡΟΣ / ΠΑΣΙΚΡΑΤΟΥ (magistrate), Homer seated left, holding roll, scepter behind. Dark olive-green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Miletos (AD 117-138) AE 19 - Hadrian594 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE19 (4.30g, 12h). Reginus, magistrate. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on shoulder / Apollo Didymus standing right, holding bow and recumbent stag. Good VF, green and brown patina. Very rare. Group CEM.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/48 Stater593 viewsca 625/00 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (5mm, 0.26g). Head of griffin left / Rough quadripartite incuse square. VF. This issue is possibly from the earliest coinage at Teos; see: M. Matzke, JNG 50, p. 43, "Serie 0."
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Kolophon (BC 500-480) Hemiobol592 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.33g, 7mm). Head of Apollo right, hair tied / Quadripartite incuse square, with granular patterns, pellet in center. aVF.
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Phokaia (BC 525-500) Obol592 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Obol (1.18g). Head of griffin left, seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B59 - EL 1/6 Stater591 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54g). Ram standing right, scratching head with right hind hoof; below, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF.
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Kolophon (BC 480-450) Tetartemorion590 viewsca 480-470 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.24g). Facing head of Apollo Klarios with long-hanging hair / Mark of value or monogram? in incuse square. Rare. Finely toned, EF.
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Kolophon (AD 98-117) AE 24 - Trajan590 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE24 (10.61g, 12h). Laureate head right / Cult statue of Artemis Klaria. Green patina, VF.
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Miletos (BC 259-246) Drachm589 viewsca 259-246 BC. AR Drachm (5.19g). Leontiskos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion walking left, looking right; star above, monogram and E before, ΛΕΟΝΤΙΣΚΟ[Σ] in exergue. Good VF, minor porosity.
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Erythrai (BC 520-480) 1/96 Stater588 viewsca 550 BC. AR 1/96 Stater - Lydo-Milesian standard (0.12g). Rosette with 9 petals and central pellet / Four pellets around a central pellet within deep incuse. VF/EF. Very rare. Ex Auktion Aufhauser 10 (1993), lot 142.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater588 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.57g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted; 3 dots to left / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Triton VIII, 405; otherwise unpublished. Fine. Very rare.
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