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Home > Ionia Most viewed - Ionia Miletos (BC 520-450) 1/96 Stater588 viewsca late 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.15g, 6mm). Head of a roaring lion left / Floral or stellar pattern within incuse square. gVF. Unpublished in the standard references. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater587 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 Triton VIII, 405; otherwise unpublished.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. Smyrna (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian587 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.94g, 6h), struck after late 128 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. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain undertype. Phokaia (AD 244-249) AE 37 - Philip I587 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE37 (25.73g). Skribonianus, magistrate. AV K M IOV ΦIΛIPΠΠOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠ CT KA CKPЄIBΩNIANOV ΦΩ/KAIЄΩN, Poseidon to the left, standing r, holding trident and dolphin, Athena standing left, holding spear and shield, olive tree at her feet. Extremely rare. Partly green patina, VF. Priene (BC 290-250) Hemidrachm586 viewsca 290-270 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.68g). Helmeted head of Athena left / Trident within circular maeander pattern, ΠΡΙΗ to left, ΛΥΣΑΓ (magistrate) to right. EF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/24586 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twenty-Fourth Stater (6mm, 0.60g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of pegasos left / Incuse square. Near EF. On most examples of this issue, the wing of Pegasos is off the flan, and therefore the type is usually referred to as a horse’s head. Teos (BC 470-420) Tetartemorion584 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.19g). Griffin's head right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity. Lebedos (BC 330-294) Hemidrachm584 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 1.37g). Egias, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena left / Owl standing right, head facing; [ship’s prow] in right field. VF, a little off center and porous. Phokaia (BC 521-478) seal - 1/4 Stater582 viewsca 500 BC. AR Drachm (3.93g). Seal swimming right / Quadripartite incuse square (1 field filled in). Attractively toned, nearly extremely fine and rare. Prospero Coll.; purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London US$ 3,500. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater582 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twenty-Fourth Stater (6mm, 0.65g). Head of seal left / Incuse square punch. EF. Ephesos (AD 117-138) AE 32 - Hadrian581 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE32 (24.87g, 6h). Laureate and draped bust right / Two temples, each containing standing male figure holding scepter, viewed in perspective, vis-à-vis; Π and Δ in pediments. Near VF, black-green and brown patina, light overall roughness. Ephesos (BC 375) AE 11581 viewsca 375 BC. AE11 (1.30g, 12h). Female head left, wearing stephane / Bee. VF, dark green patina. Whorton Coll.; ex Gorny & Mosch 176 (3/2009), lot 1311. Chios (BC 431-412) Drachm580 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Drachm (3.48g). Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora; monogram to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity. Rare. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater580 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.66g). Head of seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 4 - EL 1/24580 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (7mm, 0.59g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of roaring lion left / Incuse square. Good VF. Apparently unpublished denomination. The cataloger of the Elektron collection associated its coins of this type to Rosen 304, but the style of the lion and the incuse punch are not consistent with these. Magnesia (BC 350-190) Trihemiobol579 viewsca 350-190 BC. AR Obol (0.74g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Trident in circular maeander pattern. VF. Kolophon (BC 330-294) Hemidrachm579 viewsca 330-310 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.47g). Konnion, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Tripod. VF, nice metal. Miletos (BC 480-450) Hemidrachm 579 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 2.03g). Lion at bay right / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Good VF, toned, slight granularity. Rare. Ephesos (AD 238-244) AE 22 - Gordian III578 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE22 (5.23g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Artemis subduing a stag, grasping it by its antlers, left knee on its back; star in exergue. VF, thick green and brown patina, light roughness. Wagner Coll. Priene (BC 290-250) Hemidrachm578 viewsca 290-250 BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 1.67g, 11h). Lysag(o)–, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena left / Ornamented trident head; ΛYΣAΓ to right; all within circular maeander pattern. Good VF, toned. Well centered. Very rare. Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/3577 viewsca 550 BC. AR Diobol (1.02g). Bee with straight wings / Incuse punch. Good VF, nicely centered. Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol577 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Octobol (5.50g). Veiled head of Arsinoe right / Bow and quiver; monogram left, bee right. VF. Very rare. Magnesia (BC 350-190) Trihemiobol576 viewsca 350-190 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.91g, 9.5mm). Helmeted head of Athena left / M-A flanking trident within circular maeander pattern. EF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Ram - EL 1/48576 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.29g, 5mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of ram right / Incuse square punch. Cf. CNG 76, 731 (1/24 stater), otherwise unpublished. Good VF. Extremely rare. Kolophon (BC 500-480) Hemiobol575 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g). Head of Apollo right, hair tied / Quadripartite incuse square, pellet in center. VF. Teos (BC 470-449) Stater575 viewsca 470/65-449 BC. AR Stater (12.03g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised; owl to right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, lightly toned, die break in obverse field, small split on edge. Well centered and attractive, finer than the four specimens cited by Balcer. Magnesia (BC 190) AE 25575 viewsafter BC 190 BC. AE25 (11.52g). Draped bust of diademed Artemis right, bow and quiver behind shoulder / Stag standing right on top of maeander, ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ above, ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΑΣ / ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡΟΣ below, monogram to left. Dark green patina, gVF. Scarcer type. Gutknecht coll. Klazomenai (BC 500-480) Diobol574 viewsca 499-494 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.01g). Forepart of winged boar right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity, nicely centered. Samos (BC 350) AE 15573 viewsca 380-350 BC. AE15 (2.65g). Head of Hera right, wearing stephane and necklace / Facing lion's scalp, ΣΑ below. Dark olive-green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.; ex M&M AG, Basel - List 335 (1972), lot 288. Smyrna (AD 95) AE 15 - Vespasian Jr.573 viewsVespasian Jr., ca 95 AD. AE 19 (2.56g). ΟΥЄCΠΑCΙΑΝΟC ΝЄΟΤЄΡΟC, head right / CΜΥΡΝΑΙΟΝ, Nike with wreath and palm branch advancing right. Very rare. Dark patina, VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/6573 viewsca 625­-600 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.53g). Lydo-­Milesian standard. Raised clockwise swastika pattern / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Well centered. Ephesos (BC 245-202) Obol571 viewsca 245-202 BC. AR Obol (0.50g, 3h). Draped bust of Artemis right; bow and quiver over shoulder / Forepart of stag left. Unpublished. VF. Apparently unique. Smyrna (AD 241-244) AE - Tranquillina571 viewsTranquillina, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AE Diassarion (5.16g, 6h). Struck 241-244 AD. Draped bust right / Hercules standing left, with lion skin over forearm, holding cantharus and club. VF, red-brown patina. Ex Cain Coll.; ex Lindgren Coll. Ephesos (BC 258-202) Didrachm570 viewsca 258-202 BC. AR Didrachm (6.29g). Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane; at her shoulder, bow and quiver; shoulders draped / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back, Ε - Φ; bee in field to right, ΑΡΙΣΤΟΚΡ[ΑΤΗΣ] (magistrate) to left. Deeply toned, die-break on obv in Artemis' hair, extremely fine. Ephesos (BC 500-420) Drachm570 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Drachm (3.30g). Bee, ΕΦ-ΕΣΙ-Ο-Ν around / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, light porosity. Struck on a broad flan. Miletos (BC 225-190 BC) Hemidrachm570 viewsca 225-190 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.44g, 14mm, 1h). Bion, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion standing right, head left; star above, civic monogram and an uncertain one to right, BIΩΝ in exergue. VF, toned. Ex Mueller Coll. Magnesia (BC 459) Hemiobol570 viewsca 459 BC, probably an issue of Archepolis. AR Hemiobol (0.36g, 7h). Head of Athena right / M-A, head of eagle left, within dotted border in incuse square. Very rare. VF. Samos (BC 526-522) Drachm569 viewsca 526-522 BC. AR Drachm (3.44g). Winged boar left / Lion's scalp in dotted incuse square. VF. Lebedos (BC 150) Tetradrachm568 viewsca 160-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.54g, 1h). Stephanephoric type. Apollodotos, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, on club between two cornucopias; ΑΠΟΛΛ-ΟΔΟΤΟΣ below; all within wreath. EF, beautifully toned, reverse a touch off center. Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/12566 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g). Bee / Cock's head(?) right in incuse square. VF, a little porous. Unpublished. Phygela (BC 294-281) AE 15566 viewsca 294-281 BC. AE15 (3.02g). Head of Artemis Munychia, wearing palm-decorated stephane, facing slightly left / Bull butting left against palm tree; ΦΥΓ above, ΣΩKΡATH[Σ] (magistrate) below. Near VF, dark green patina with red highlights. Phygela (BC 350-300) AE 11566 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE11 (1.86g, 11h). Head of Artemis Munychia facing slightly left, wearing stephane decorated with palmettes / Bull butting left; palm before. Good VF, dark green patina. Ephesos (AD 128-137) AE 34 - Sabina565 viewsSabina, Augusta, 128-137 AD. AE34 (18.58g, 6h). CЄBACTH CABЄINA, diademed and draped bust right / APTЄMIC ЄΦЄCIA, cult-statue of Artemis facing; stag on either side. Near Extremely Fine. The sister of Apollo, Artemis was the virgin huntress worshipped by a cult at Ephesos. This was a wealthy following and her temple in the city was considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Destroyed and rebuilt three times before its final destruction, the last incarnation survived into the reign of Gallienus before it was sacked by raiding Goths. The image of the goddess worshipped at Ephesos was distinctly archaic; she was depicted with many breasts, supposedly (and perhaps, incongruously) denoting her fertility. This attribute, along with the usual mural crown denoting the protection of the city walls and the stags which were sacred only to Artemis, can be seen on the reverse type. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B13 - EL 1/24 Stater565 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.66g, 6mm). Roaring head of lion left; to right, small seal upward / Incuse square punch. gVF. Extremely rare. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater564 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.51g). Head of seal left / Incuse punch. Near VF. Erythrai (BC 360-342) Drachm563 viewsca 387-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.53g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / EPY, club and bow case; owl to right, magistrate ΠEΛOΠIΔHΣ. Toned, VF. Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE 21562 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (8.58g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Homer seated left, holding roll, scepter behind, EYMHΛOΣ IΩΠYPOY (magistrate) to left and below. Good very fine. Ephesos (AD 198-217) AE 24 - Caracalla562 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE24 (6.45g). Second neocorate. Laureate head right / ΕΦΕCΙΩ−Ν Î’ ΝΕΟ−ΚΟΡΩΝ, Artemis standing right, holding by the antlers stag kneeling right. VF, green patina, a little rough. Drewry Coll. Magnesia (AD 138-161) AE 34 - Antoninus Pius562 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE34 (26.53g), struck under grammateus L. Dioskurides Gratos Metr. [T AI]ΛIOC KAICAP - ANTΩNEINO[C], laureate head right / EΠI ΔIOCKOVPIΔ[OV] ΓP - MAΓ - NHTΩN, Themistokles, nude to hips, sitting left on throne with lion's-feet, left hand at parazonium hanging at his left side, with right hand holding an oval shield inscribed with (?)EM/(?)AN/OC in three lines set on cippus; right behind him a horse standing right, head turned left. Very rare, F+. Hoeft coll. This coin was very difficult to interpret because of the depiction of the male figure, nude, with parazonium, very tall upper part of the body, but it suggests Themistokles. There is another rare type of him sacrificing before an altar, where he is similarily depicted. Themistokles is the famous hero of Salamis who had to flee from Athens after an ostrakismos. His former enemy, the Persian king Artaxerxes I, accommodated him and made him satrap of Lampsakos and Magnesia ad Maeandrum due to his merits at Salamis. Miletos (BC 175-85) Drachm561 viewsca 170-150 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.86g, 12h). Pyrros, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion standing right, head reverted; star above, KPA monogram to right, ΠΥΡΡΟΣ in exergue. VF, porous. Chios (BC 190-84) AE561 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE (3.99g). Demetrios, magistrate. Sphinx seated right / Amphora; XIOΣ and grain-ear to left, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟ[Î¥] to right. VF, dark green patina. Ex Vecchi Auc. I (London, 1996), 304. Magnesia (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion560 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Attic Tetartemorion (0.13g). Head of Apollo right / Grain of corn, MAΓ above, Maeander pattern below. Toned VF. Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE 22560 viewsca 125-115 BC. AE22 (7.16g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Z(retrograde)ΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ - ΚΡΩΚΙΝΗΣ (magistrate), Homer seated left, holding roll, scepter behind. Green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.; ex Sternberg Auc. VII (Zurich, 1977), lot 120. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/12560 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte (1/12 Stater) (9mm, 1.01g). Roaring lion's head left / Ornamented incuse punch. Unpublished in the standard references, but see CNG 61 (9/2002), lot 710 for a previous example. VF. Samos (BC 370-365) Tetradrachm560 viewsca 370-365 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.21g). Lion’s mask facing. Rev. ΣA, forepart of an ox facing to right, an olive-branch behind, IHNOΔ[OTOΣ] / MANΔPAΓO[PO] in two lines above. gVF. Very rare, the only example recorded by Barron. Prospero coll. Teos (BC 150) Hemidrachm559 viewsmid 2nd century BC. AR Triobol (1.69g, 12h). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath, thrysos behind shoulder / Lyre with four strings; monogram to left. Very rare. Extremely fine. Erythrai (BC 480-420) Drachm558 viewsca 5th cent BC. AR Drachm (4.34g). Naked youth (Hero Erythros?) walking left, restraining cantering horse, corn grain above / Floral pattern with 8 petals, Ε-Ρ-Î¥-Θ around, within incuse square. gVF. Priene (BC 290-250) Hemidrachm558 viewsca 290-250 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.58g, 12h). Lysago-, magistrate. Head of Athena left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Ornamented trident head; ΠPIH to left, ΛYΣAΓO to right; all within circular maeander pattern. EF, toned. Fine style for issue. Very rare. Magnesia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 17 – Augustus & Caius558 viewsAugustus, with Caius Caesar, 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (5.68g, 11h). Bare head of Augustus right / Bare head of Caius right. Good VF, green patina. Very rare. Group CEM; ex Aufhäuser 3 (10/1986), lot 148. Teos (AD 54-68) AE 18 - Nero557 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE18 (4.66g, 12h). Draped bust of Octavia right / Bare head of Nero right within distyle temple; clipeus (?) in pediment. VF, green patina with traces of dusty earthen overtones. Very rare. Ex Wagner Coll. Teos (BC 520) Stater557 viewsca 520 BC. AR Stater (12.08g). Griffin squatting right, raising one paw / Four-part incuse square. Exceptionally beautiful, sharply struck image of griffin. One of the earliest coins struck at the city. Mint State. Smyrna (AD 54-68) AE 18 - Nero557 viewsNero, with Poppaea, 54-68 AD. AE18 (3.04g, 12h). Struck circa AD 62-65. Laureate head right / Poppaea as Nike standing left, holding wreath and cornucopia. Good VF, attractive green patina, flan split. From Group CEM. Ex Sternberg XI (20 Nov 1981), lot 282. Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/24556 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Milesian 1/64th or Persic 1/48 Stater (0.25g, 7mm). Bee / [E]Φ, eagle head right. aEF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B06? - EL 1/96 Stater556 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/96 Stater (4mm, 0.13g). Head of a warrior left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Lee Coll. Kolophon (BC 480-450) Drachm555 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (5.39g, 4h). Laureate head of Apollo right, his hair in a queue bound up around his wreath; ΚΟΛΦΩΝ[ΙΩΝ] / Lyre of seven strings. Rare. Attractively toned. Surfaces slightly corroded, otherwise, good VF. Samos (BC 394-365) Trihemiobol555 viewsca 394-365 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.84g). Diademed head of Hera left, wearing earring / Lion' scalp facing, ΣΑ below. Toned, VF. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B77 - EL 1/6 Stater 554 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of young male left, with unruly hair; [small seal behind] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, dark iridescent toning on obverse. Extremely rare, only three specimens recorded by Bodenstedt. Kolophon (BC 375-350) Drachm554 viewsca 375-350 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.38g, 12h). Astya-, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre. VF, a little rough. Chios (BC 412-334) Drachm554 viewsca 375-350 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.51g, 2h). Demophanes, magistrate. Spinx seated left; before, grapes above amphora / Cross formed of two overlapping bands, the horizontal with ΔHMOΦAN; granulated square in each quarter. Near VF, porous. Apparently unpublished. Samos (BC 200-100) AE554 viewsca 200 BC. AE (0.99g). Prow of a Samian galley right in dotted circle / Prow of a Samian galley left. gF. Rare.1 comments Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tetartemorion553 viewsLate fifth century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.30g). Laureate head Apollo right / TE monogram, stork to left. Good VF. Ephesos (BC 405-390) AE 8553 viewsca 405-390 BC. AE8 (0.54g). Bee / Stag-head right. Good VF. Miletos (BC 360-325) Drachm553 viewsca 352-325 BC. AR Drachm (3.56g). Demainos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion walking left, looking right; star above, monogram before, ΔΗΜΑΙΝΟΣ below. EF, light obverse porosity. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Griffin - EL 1/6553 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.31g, 11mm). Head of lion (or seal) left / Two incuse square punches. gVF.1 comments Phygela (BC 350-300) AE 13552 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE13 (1.91g). Head of Artemis Munychia 3/4 to left, wearing stephane decorated with palmettes / Bull butting left, palm before, ΦΥ above. VF, glossy dark green and brown patina. Teos (BC 450-400) Stater552 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Stater (11.75g). Griffin with curled wings seated right, left forepaw raised; forepart of Pegasos to right, within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, VF. Rare symbol. Ephesos (AD 117-138) AE 28 - Hadrian552 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE28 (18.88g). AΔPIANOC KAI - CAP OLYMΠIOC, bust, laureate, right / APTEMIC EΦECIA, cult statue of the Ephesian Artemis standing facing with outstretched arms; 2 stags at her feet right and left. Rare obv. legend, about VF. Hoeft coll. Hadrian achieved the title 'Olympios' AD 128/129 after attending the Eleusinic Mysteries. Leukai (BC 350) Obol552 viewsca 350 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.88g). Head of the Persian general Tachos (?) left, wearing Persian helmet / ΛEO, swan standing left with open wings, head right. Fine, porous. Very rare, only the second recorded example. Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater551 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g, 9mm). Mother seal swimming to left with a young swimming to right below, each with annulet above. / Rough incuse square. Apparently unpublished and unique, a wonderful coin with an incredibly charming obverse. Nearly extremely fine. The name Phokaia is derived from the Greek word Φωκάι, which translates as 'seals' and is still found, as a Greek loanword, in the modern Latinian languages today (fr. 'phoque', it./span./portug. 'foca'). Unsurprisingly, the lovely animals served as a badge on Phokaia's coins, most commonly in the form of a small seal below or behind a larger main type. The earliest coinage of the city, however, still retains the seal as main type: on the present example, we find one of the most charming renderings of animals in all of Archaic Greek coinage, in the form of a mother seal swimming to the left with her young heading to the right below. The fact that mother and child swim in opposite directions gives the scenery an enchanting playfulness that almost certainly derives from personal observation by the artist - perhaps he was watching the animals romping around the small islands in the bay before Phokaia? Kolophon (BC 330-300) AE 19550 viewsca 330-280 BC. AE19 (4.67g). Head of Apollo right, wearing band in hair / Kithara, ΚΟ below, ΑΚΑΣΤΟΣ (magistrate) to right. Light green patina, thick flan, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.; ex Auctiones AG, Basel Auc. 11 (1980), 154. Magnesia (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm549 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.72g, 12h). Herognetos (son of) Zopyrionos, "magistrate." Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tripod; ΗΡΟΓΝΗΤΟΣ ZΩΠΥΡΙΩΝΟΣ to left, ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ to right, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Superb EF, tiny die break from chin. Ephesos (BC 290-281) AE 17549 viewsca 287-281 BC, in the name of Arsinoe, wife of Lysimachos. AE17 (3.07g). Veiled head of Arsinoe II right / ΑΡ−ΣΙ, stag kneeling left, head turned right; ΦΙΛΟΦΡΩΝ (magistrate) to left, [astragalos to right]. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/6549 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.52g, 11mm). Milesian standard. Geometric type. Raised clockwise swastika pattern / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B70 - EL 1/6 Stater548 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g, 10mm). Head of young male left, wearing Silenos mask on top of his head; to right, small seal downward / Quadripartite incuse. Toned, nEF. Ex Naughton Coll.; Ex Nomos, Winter-Spring (1/2004), item 28; Carr coll. The cataloguer notes: “This extraordinary obverse shows a young satyr who has just performed a satyr dance disguised as Silenus, an old satyr. He is clearly not a human dancer since he has an inner ear of his own. We know the dance has finished since he has raised his Silenus mask, which is of a bearded and bald satyr and placed on top of his head. (See SNR 52 pp.44-45 for additional information).” Kolophon (BC 480-450) Hemiobol547 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.46g, 12h). Facing laureate head of Apollo Klarios / Mark of value or monogram? in incuse square. Rare. About EF. Ephesos (BC 295-288) AE 18547 viewsca 295-288 BC. AE18 (4.28g). Ε-Φ, bee in dotted circle / Stag standing right on ground line, quiver above, ΕΥΘΥΚΡΑΤΗΣ (magistrate) to right. Green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Phokaia (AD 253-268) AE 20547 viewsTime of Valerian and Gallienus, ca 253-268 AD. AE20 (4.37g). Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / Hound right, attacking dolphin. Near VF, brown surfaces. Drewry Coll.; Ex Schulman (11/1971), lot 377. Ephesos (AD 218-222) AE 28 - Elagabalus547 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE28 (11.38g). Fourth neocorate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Bust of the emperor right within wreath. Near Fine, brown patina. An interesting type showing that Elagabalus had bestowed upon Ephesus the neocorate four times. For this sort of outlandish behavior Elagabalus was assassinated, and the city which had received this special privilege was stripped of its title. Kolophon (BC 330-280) AE 13547 viewsca 330-285 BC. AE13 (2.10g). Laureate head of Apollo right / AIΣXPI[ON] (magistrate), Forepart of bridled horse right; to left, ΚΟΛ below. Black patina, gVF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B13 - EL 1/24 Stater547 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.66g, 7mm). Head of roaring lion left; to right, small seal upward / Incuse square punch. gVF. Klazomenai (AD 45-55) AE 16 - Britannicus546 viewsBritannicus, 41-55 AD. AE16 (3.91g, 12h). Struck ca 48 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Cult-statue of Cybele, veiled and wearing polos, standing facing. VF, blue-black patina. Extremely rare, only one specimen published (now in BM). Parry Coll. Smyrna (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian545 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.27g, 1h). Smyrna mint. Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Cybele seated left on backless throne, holding patera and resting forearm on tympanum; at feet, lion left with paw raised. VF, spot of encrustation at base of neck. Magnesia (BC 350-190) AE 20545 viewsca 350-190 BC. AE20 (3.42g, 20mm). Horseman holding spear right / Humped bull butting; MAΓΝ above; KYΔΡΟΚΛHΣ (magistrate) below. And corn-ear. Very fine. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) thunderbolt - EL 1/6 Stater545 viewsca 600­-550 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.36g). Lydo-­Milesian standard. Thunderbolt / Two incuse squares. VF. Extremely rare, apparently the second known. Miletos (BC 360-325) Tetradrachm544 viewsca 352-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.34g). Simos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion walking left, looking right; star above, monogram before, ΣΙΜΟΣ below. Good VF, slightly double struck, somewhat flat on the lion. Magistrate not recorded for this denomination. Samos (BC 522-520) Trihemiobol543 viewslate 6th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.80g). Bull's head right / Head of a roaring lion right, within incuse square. Toned, good VF. Lebedos (BC 300-100) AE 17543 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE17 (3.35g). Facing head of Athena, wearing three-crested Attic helmet / Owl standing right, head facing, ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΣ (magistrate) to left, ΛΕ to right. Light green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE 21543 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (8.83g), struck under magistrates Xarizenos and Trikkas. Head of Apollo, laureate, right / ΣMYPNAIΩN - XAPIZENOΣ / TPIKKAΣ, the poet Homer, wearing himation, standing left, holding scroll in left hand, right hand raised. VF, nice dark-green patina, adjustment marks on rev. Hoeft coll. Strabo mentioned specifically this issue of bronze coinage from Smyrna: "there is also a library; and the 'Homereum', a quadrangular portico containing a shrine and a wooden statue of Homer; for the Smyrnaeans also lay especial claim to the poet and indeed a bronze coin of theirs is called Homereum. (Strabo, Geographica XIV, I.37, transl. by H.C. Jones, The Geography of Strabo, VI [Loeb, 1960], pp. 245-247) Samos (BC 453-439) Tetradrachm543 viewsca 453/2-440/39 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.01g, 6h). Lion scalp facing / Forepart of ox right; olive branch to left, ΣA above, E (date) below; all within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 19 (3/2006), lot 150; Giessener Münzhandlung 69 (11/1994), lot 361. Ephesos (AD 193-211) AE 22 - Septimius Severus542 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE22 (5.63g). Laureate bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. 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