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Home > Kilikia Most viewed - Kilikia Seleukeia (BC 200-100) AE 19753 views1st cent BC-1st cent AD. AE19 (4.69g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right; ZY to left, E to right / Forepart of horse right; ΔΗ to left, ΔΗΜΕΟΥ (partially ligate) below. Good VF, hard green patina. Elaiousa-Sebaste (BC 40) Tetradrachm748 viewsca 40 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.39g). Veiled, turreted head of Tyche right, wearing pendant earring / EΛΑIΟΥΣΙΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KAI AÎ¥TONOMOÎ¥, goddess standing left, holding tiller, ΔΙΟΚ monogram above aphlaston in outer left field, IΞI in inner left field, wreath border. Extremely rare. Very fine/extremely fine. Prieur counts only seven known tetradrachms of Elaeusa. He refers to just a single issue of these coins, but the variant controls on SNG Paris 1152 seem to point to a second. Anazarbos (AD 41-54) AE 32 - Claudius747 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE32 (23.28g). ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟC ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟC ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, laureate head right / ΚΑΙCΑΡΕωΝ ΤωΝ ΠΡΟC [Τω ΑΝΑZΑ ΡΒω], Roma holding Nike and spear; altar to left, trophy to right; ΕΤΟΥC / ZΞ in left field. Dark green patina, very fine. Mallos (BC 375-360) Stater744 viewsca 375-360 BC. AR Stater (10.59g). Head of Kronos right / Demeter with torch and ear of grain walking right, ΜΑΛ to right. Toned, VF/EF. Tarsos (BC 361-334) Stater - Mazaios743 viewsMazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (10.71g, 9h). Baaltars seated left, holding grapes, grain ear, grapes, and scepter; apluster(?) below throne / Lion attacking stag left; Aramaic 'M' to lower right. Good VF, lightly toned. Ex Hess 254 (10/1983), lot 220. Anazarbos (AD 81-96) AE 27 - Domitian741 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE27 (16.29g, 1h). Dated CY 113 (94/5 AD). Laureate head right / Veiled head of Tyche right, wearing mural crown; date before. VF, even dark brown patina, with lighter brown highlights, overall attractive strike. Hieropolis-Kastabala (BC 200-30) AE 23741 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE23 (5.74g). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / ΙΕΡΟ/ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ - ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩΙ / ΠΥΡΑΜΩΙ, River-god Pyramos swimming right, holding eagle in right hand. Dark olive-green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll. Holmoi (BC 4th cent) Stater738 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Stater (10.11g). Athena standing left, holding Nike in right hand, shield set on ground in left; dolphin to left, reversed spear to right / OLMI-TIK-ON, Apollo standing left, holding phiale in right hand, long branch in left; A in upper left field; countermark: bull standing right, shield above, all within incuse square. Toned, good VF, worn obverse die. Rare. Adana (AD 100-200) AE 17734 viewsTime of Hadrian, or later, ca 2nd century AD. AE17 (3.03g). Head of the hero Adanos right / Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right. VF, dark green, almost black, patina. Olba (BC 50-0) AE 24732 viewsend of 1st century BC. AE24 (9.04g, 4h). Throne chair 3/4 to right, EP to left / Winged thunderbolt, NI above, ΟΛΒΕΩΝ below. Rare. Green-brown patina, aEF. Mallos (BC 380-333) Stater725 viewsca 380-333 BC. AR Stater (10.26g, 10h). Athena seated left, holding spear, resting on shield; trunk of olive tree behind / Hermes, holding caduceus, and Aphrodite, arm around Hermes and resting on column, standing left. VF, toned, a few light scratches, light porosity. Mallos (BC 375-360) Obol724 viewsca 375-360 BC. Mallos Satrapal coinage. AR Obol (0.61g). Herakles strangling the Nemean lion / Great King running right holding spear and bow. Toned, VF. Tarsos (AD 117-138) AE - Hadrian718 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE (once plated) Tetradrachm (6.85g, 1h). Countermarked under Caracalla, 215-217 AD. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ΤΑΡCΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩC, lion bringing down bull to left; c/m: laureate head of Caracalla right, A-M-K around bottom of bust; all within incuse oval. Very rare, very fine, about 20 % cut off. The countermark exposed the coin as being plated, the coin fooled people for about 100 years in between being struck and countermarked! Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 18717 views164 BC and later. AE18 (4.97g, 1h). Athenodoros, magistrate. Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / Sandan on mythical animal right; ΑΘΗ/ΝΟΔ/ΩΡΟ in three lines to left. Good VF, dark green-brown patina. Attractive style. Myriandros (BC 361-334) Stater - Mazaios716 viewsMazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 10.50g). Baaltars seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter / Lion advancing left on crescent; sixteen-rayed star above. Good VF, minor porosity, well struck and nicely centered. Mallos (BC 375-360) Obol711 viewsca 375-360 BC. AR Obol (0.62g). Aphrodite seated right, wearing sphendone, holding sceptre / Wreathed head of female left, MA to right. Extremely fine, rare. Lakanatis (AD 38-72) AE 23 - Antiochos IV709 viewsAntiochos IV, 38-72 AD. AE23 (10.77g). ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ, diademed head right / ΛΑΚΑΝ-ΑΤΩΝ, scorpion in wreath. Dark green patina, VF/EF. Mallos (BC 425-385) Hemiobol708 viewsca 385-333 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42g). Turtle / Swan right; lotus flower to right. Toned, good VF, light porosity. Rare. Mallos (BC 350) AE 12702 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE12 (1.11g). Head of Pyramos right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Gorgoneion facing. VF, green patina. Anazarbos (AD 81-96) AE - Domitian701 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE (7.37g), dated 93/94 (=year 112 AD). AYTO [KAI QE UI DOMI] - TIANOC CE GEP. Laureate head r.; in field to the left, star. / KAICAPEWN DOMETIA CEBACTH / IB - P. Draped bust l. Dark patina, very fine. Mopsos (BC 200-0) AE 23699 viewsca. 2nd-1st century BC. AE23 (6.70g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Circular altar on legs. Very fine. Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Pegasos - Obol698 viewsca 375-333 BCE. AR Obol (0.55g, 9h). Diademed head of Zeus Karneios right, with ram's horn at forehead / Pegasos flying right; uncertain letter below. Good VF, dark toning. Both types completely unknown in the Samarian series. This surprising Samarian obol combines a Zeus Karneios head that must have been influenced by the types of Kyrene and a Pegasos from the ubiquitous Corinthian staters. Neither seem to have much of a direct connection with Samaria.1 comments Diokaisareia (AD 98-117) AE 24 - Trajan698 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE24 (10.62g). Laureate bust right; titles of Trajan (in Greek) including Germanicus and Dacicus.. / ΔΙΟΚΑ-CΑΡΕΩΝ, thunderbolt. Tarsos (BC 378-372) Stater - Datames698 viewsDatames, Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia. 384-362 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.05g). 'BLTRZ' in Aramaic left, Baaltars seated right, torso facing; holding grain ear and grape-bunch in left hand, eagle-tipped sceptre in right arm; thymiaterion to right; all within crenelated wall / 'TRDMW' in Aramaic right, Ana, nude, facing Datames; both have their right arms raised; between them, thymiaterion; all within square square border within linear border. EF, some surface erosion. Mopsos (BC 200-0) AE 21696 views2nd Century BC-Imperial Times. AE21 (7.99g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Lighted altar on two feet. VF, brown patina, a little rough. Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Janiform - Obol693 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.74g). Janiform (bicephalic) head, the left face bearded, the right not / Tricephalic bearded head. Good VF, hoard patina. Rare. Adana (AD 202-205) AE 42 - Plautilla692 viewsPlautilla, wife of Caracalla. Augusta, 202-205 AD. AE42 - Medallion (40.96g, 6h). Draped bust right; star to left; crescent above star to right; countermark: Nike standing left within incuse circle / Plautilla and Caracalla clasping hands. Mallos (BC 385-333) Obol690 viewsca 385-333 BC. AR Obol (0.77g). Female head (Aphrodite?) right, wearing sphendome / Head of satrap right, wearing Persian tiara (bashlyk). Good VF. Ex J. Brindley Coll. (= Auktion Baldwin's 34 (London, 2003), lot 343. Hieropolis-Kastabala (BC 200-30) AE 23689 views2nd-1st century BC. AE23 (8.19g, 12h). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / River-god Pyramos swimming right, holding eagle in right hand. VF, green patina, light smoothing. Mallos (BC 385-333) Stater689 viewsca 380-333 BC. AR Stater (10.04g, 9h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin around neck / Head of satrap right, wearing Persian headdress. EF, slight weakness at high points. Aigeai (AD 244-249) AE 28 - Philip I, Philip II and Otacilia Severa688 viewsPhilip I, Philip II and Otacilia Severa. 244-249 AD. AE28 (16.11g). Philip, radiate draped and cuirassed right facing Otacilia, diademed and draped left; small laureate head of Philip II between / Hexastyle temple of Asklepios and Telesphoros; eagle on pediment. Fine, brown surfaces, a little rough. Scarce. Uncertain Satrap (BC 4th cent) Satrap - Obol686 viewsEvagoras II, King of Salamis, mid-4th cent BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.60g, 6h). Bust of Satrap (Evagoras?) facing, wearing Persian tiara (bashlyk) with flaps tied below chin and necklace, star to left / Diademed head of female (Aphrodite?) left. Toned, aEF. Very rare. Hieropolis-Kastabala (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimus Severus685 viewsSeptimus Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (6h). Head of Dionysos right / Septimus Severus standing left, with Nike in right hand, spear in left.1 comments Anemurion (BC 27-AD 98) AE 14 - Imperial Times685 viewsImperial Times, ca 27 BC- 98 AD. AE14 (2.54g, 12h). Apollo standing facing, head left, holding branch and cornucopiae, resting left elbow on column / Stag running left. Good VF, light green patina, chipped at edges. Aigeai (AD 217-218) AE 30 - Macrinus685 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE30 (18.29g, 6h). Dated CY 264 (217/8 AD). AV[T K] M • OΠ CЄV MAKPINO[C], radiate and cuirassed bust right; countermarks: 1) eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread; 2) laureate head (of Elagabalus?) right; 3) head of Asclepius right / MAKPINOV Π[...]Θ around, AIΓЄΩN in exergue, ship under sail to left beside the pharos (lighthouse) of Aegeae surmounted by statue of Poseidon, holding trident; to left, goat kneeling right above second ship in the distance; Δ[ΞC] to upper right. VF, green patina. An apparently unpublished variant of a very rare type. An interesting coin with a reverse superior to the cited specimens. Those examples differ in bust types, obverse legend (in the case of the Levante coin), and in minor details of the reverse. Aigeai (AD 117-138) Tridrachm - Hadrian684 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Tridrachm (9.75g), struck 130-131 AD. AVTOKP KAICA TPAIANOC AΔPIANOC CЄB Π Π, laureate and draped bust right / AIΓEAIΩN, ETOYΣ ZOP, draped bust of Hygieia capite velato right, snake eating out of phiale to right, goat below. Very rare, VF. Uncertain Satrap (BC 5th cent) Tetartemorion683 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.2g, 5mm), Head of Great King right / ΘE monogram (Themistokles). VF. Rare. Mallos (BC 425-385) Hemiobol680 viewsca 380-370 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g). Winged male running right, holding solar disc in both hands / Swan standing left, wings spread, M above. Very fine. Mallos (BC 425-385) Tetartemorion678 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.20g). Swan left / Head of man-headed bull right. Toned, good VF. Rare. Hieropolis-Kastabala (BC 200-30) AE 22676 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE22 (7.50g, 12h). Draped, turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right / Goddess seated left, holding phiale(?); to right, pine tree. VF, dark-green patina with red patches. Kelenderis (BC 5th cent) Gorgon - Obol676 views5th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.64g). Gorgoneion facing, tongue protruding / Incuse punch. VF, find patina, light porosity. Alighieri Coll. The attribution to Cilicia is uncertain and based on the similarity of types to certain obols of Kelenderis (SNG France 79). Tarsos (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian & Sabina674 viewsHadrian, with Sabina, 117-138 AD. AR Tetradrachm (13.65g, 27mm, 6h). AYT KAI ΘE (TP)A ΠAP YI ΘE N-EP YI (TP)A AΔPIANOC CE- (Π Π), laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right, with aegis on breastplate, slight drapery on shoulder / AY CABEINA CEBACTH KAI AΔPI TAP MH(TP)OΠOΛEΩC, draped bust of Sabina right, wearing stephane; cornucopia behind. EF, minor scuffs and scratches on each bust under old tone. Exceptional portraits. From the Sierra Collection. Ex Gemini III (1/2007), lot 384. The coinage of Tarsus, like that of the Antioch mint, gives exceptionally full titles for Hadrian, as can be witnessed on this and the previous lot. Here we find an interesting detail in the titles of Sabina as well. The AY can only stand for Augusta, which is quite redundant as the legend also names her the Greek equivalent Σεβαστή. Anazarbos (AD 41-54) AE - Claudius672 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD, Anazarbos? AE (8.23g) 45/46 AD. Head right / Tyche seated on rock; below, river-god. Green patina, good very fine. Zephyrion (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 21670 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE21 (8.67g, 12h). Turreted bust of Tyche right / Tyche seated left, holding scepter; monogram to left, ZΕΦΥΡΙΩΤΩΝ behind and around. VF, black patina. Rare. Tarsos (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian 670 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Tetradrachm (12.46g, 27mm, 12h). AVT KAI ΘЄ TPA ΠAP VI ΘЄ NЄP VI TPAI AΔPIANOC CЄ/ Π - Π, laureate and draped bust left / AΔPIA-NΩN TAP-CCЄΩN/ MHTPOΠOΛ/ЄΩC, decastyle temple of the Koinon of Cilicia; wreath within pediment, KOINOC KIΛIKIAC across architrave. EF, toned. Unique. From the Sierra Collection. Ex Triton VII (1/2004), lot 796; Marcel Burstein Coll. (Peus 366, 10/2000), lot 998; Giessener Münzhandlung 64 (10/1993), lot 441. The only architectural reverse type for Tarsus in silver. Tarsos (AD 235-238) AE 36 - Maximinus I669 viewsMaximinus I Thrax, 235-238 AD. AE36 (28.51g). ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜЄΙΝΟC, radiate and draped bust right in between, Π − Π / ΤΑΡCΟΥ / ΜΗΤΡΟΠ/Ο / ΑΜΚ / ΓΒ, Paris seated left on rock, wearing Phrygian cap and holding apple in right hand and lagobolon in left, facing Aphrodite, nude, standing left, drawing drapery from shoulder, Hera enthroned left, and Athena standing left, resting shield on ground before her and holding spear in left hand. Dark green patina, very fine. The Judgment of Paris Nagidos (BC 400-380) Stater668 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Stater (10.52g). Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Head of Aphrodite right, hair bound in sphendone, ΝΑΓΙΔΙ[...]. EF, a bit overcleaned. Rare. Tarsos (BC 361-334) Stater - Mazaios668 viewsMazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361-334 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 10.86g). Baaltars seated left, head facing, holding grapes, grain ear and eagle in right hand, scepter in left / Lion bringing down bull to the left. Good VF, toned, obverse off-center, some scattered porosity on the obverse. Hardy Coll. Mallos (AD 81-96) AE 28 - Domitian667 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE28 (13.58g). AVTOK PATωP ΔΟΜΙTIANOC, laureate bust right / MAΛΛωΤωN IOV AΓΑ, goddess seated (Roma?), turreted and veiled, resting on shield and holding Nike who presents her wreath; spear at right. Rare especially this nice. Good very fine. Issos (BC 388-380) Tiribazos - Stater666 views388-380 BC. Tiribazos, Satrap of Western Asia. Second reign, AR Stater (20mm, 10.52g). Baal standing half-left, holding eagle and sceptre / Ahura-Mazda, body terminated by solar disk, holding wreath and lotus blossom. VF, usual weak strike. Nagidos (BC 400-380) Obol665 viewsca 380-360 BC. AR Obol (0.74g). Head of Aphrodite right in dotted circle, monogram to left / Head of Dionysos right in dotted circle. Toned, EF. Adana (BC 175-164) AE664 viewsca 175-164 BC. AE (3.63g) Veiled head Demeter right / Horse left. Very fine. Mallos (BC 380-333) Stater664 viewsca 380-333 BC. AR Stater (10.26g, 10h). Laureate head of Herakles left / Herakles kneeling left on club, wrestling the Nemean lion. Good VF, struck with worn obverse die, die rust on reverse. Olba (AD 10-15) AE 22 - Ajax664 viewsAjax, High Priest and Toparch, 10-15 AD. AE22 (6.66g), struck 10/11 AD. ΑΙΑΝΤΟΣ ΤΕΥΚΡΟΥ, bust of Ajax as Hermes wearing pilos right, kerykeion (caduceus) over breast / AΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ / ΤΟΠΑΡΧΟΥ - ΚΕΝ/ΝΑΤΩΝ / ΛΑΛΑΣΣ, triskeles, in field A (date = year 1). Dark green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll. Hieropolis-Kastabala (BC 175-164) AE 22 - Antiochos IV Epiphanes663 viewsAntiochos IV Epiphanes, 175-164 BC. AE22 (7.02g). Head of city-goddess; monogram in field / Goddess seated, wearing kalathos, holding small scepter; eagle under seat. Nice very fine. Mallos (AD 54-68) AE 24 - Nero662 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE24 (13.17g). CEBACTOC KAICAP, head left; before, lituus / MAΛΛΩTΩN, Tyche standing left, holding branch; below, to left and right two river gods. Extremely rare (only one cited by RPC Suppl.). Very fine. Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 20661 viewsafter 164 BC. AE20 (4.81g, 1h). Turreted head of Tyche right / Sandan standing left on horned and winged animal standing right within pyramidal monument on garlanded base and surmounted by an eagle. Near EF, high relief obverse, light green patina. Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 35 - Caracalla661 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE35 (22.48g). AVT KAI M AVP CЄVHPOC ANTΩNЄINOC / Π - Π, laureate, cuirassed and draped right / ANTΩNIANHC CЄVH AΔP MHTP / TAPCOV, above ΔЄK, wolf and twins. Dark green patina, gVF. Mallos (BC 425-385) Hemiobol659 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g). Bearded janiform head / Swan left; lotus flower before. Toned VF, light porosity. Kelenderis (BC 425-400) Stater659 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.83g). Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from rearing horse right / Kneeling goat right with head reverted, ΚΕΛ above. Toned, good VF, fine style. Mopsos (AD 14-37) AE 26 - Tiberius658 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE26 (11.14g, 11h). Laureate head right / Legend in two lines; below, B between two monograms; all within wreath. VF, brown surfaces. Ex Wagner Coll. Mopsos (BC 200-0) AE 21657 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE21 (7.58g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Circular altar on legs. Good VF, minor rough area on reverse, brown patina. Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 20657 viewsca 164-30 BC, under Roman rule. AE20 (4.99g, 12h). Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche right / ΑΣΚ - ΓΛΥ, Sandan stading right on a horned goat-like animal walking right, within dotted circle. Superb turquoise patina; rare. Tarsos (BC 379-372) Obol - Pharnabazos655 viewsTime of Pharnabazos and Datames, Satraps, 379-372 BC. AR Obol (0.75g). Bearded and helmeted male head (Ares?) left, wearing crested Athenian helmet / Cock standing right between two stars. Heavily toned, good VF. Very rare. Ninika-Klaudiopolis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 19 - Augustus655 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 (5.14g). PRINCEPS FELIX, head right; countermarked on his neck: palm branch. / COLONIA IVLIA / II VIR VE TER, two oxen plowing. Rare. Dark green patina, VF. Elaiousa-Sebaste (BC 93-84) Tetradrachm653 viewsca 93-84 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.82g, 1h). Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right / Female (Aphrodite?) standing left, holding tiller; monogram and aplustre to outer left, ZH to inner left. Near EF, toned, areas of slight roughness. Extremely rare. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Triton VI (1/2003), lot 441; Tkalec and Rauch (11/1987), lot 141. Seven tetradrachms of Elaiussa are apparently known: Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale; Washington, Smithsonian (broken); London, British Museum; SNG Levante Supp. 221; CNG 36, lot 2037; CNG 45, lot 475; and the present specimen. According to Houghton and Bendall, the present piece appeared in 1986 in a hoard which also included seven Aegeae tetradrachms. The issue is to be dated after c. 95-94 BC, when Seleukos VI struck coins at Elaiussa, but before 83 BC, when Tigranes extinguished the city's independent existence. Elaiussa was an island in antiquity but is now joined to the mainland. Tarsos (AD 98-111) Tetradrachm - Trajan651 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Tetradrachm (14.70g, 26mm, 1h). 100 AD. AVTOKP KAIΣ NEP TPAIANOΣ ΣEB ΓEPM, laureate head right / ΔHMAPX ΞVΠATΓ, Tyche seated to right on rock, holding palm; river god Kydnos swimming to right at her feet, TAP (partially ligate) in field before. Rare. Good Extremely Fine. Mallos (BC 425-400) Hemiobol650 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.29g). Helmeted head of Athena left / Swan standing right, wings spread, "ankh" symbol in front, within incuse square. Very fine. Aigeai (AD 198-217) AE 33 - Caracalla650 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE33 (21.13g), dated CY 262 (215/216 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Hygieia standing right, holding serpent which she feeds from a phiale, facing Asklepios standing left, leaning on a serpent-staff; Telesphoros standing between; in exergue, goat kneeling right. VF, dusty green and brown patina with some earthen highlights, a little rough. Adana (AD 251-253) AE - Trebonianus Gallus648 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE (17.90g). AUT K G OUIB TRIBWN GALLOS SEB, cuirassed, radiate and draped bust right / ADRIANWN ADANEWN, Dionysos seated holding scepter rewarding resting athlete with wreath. Brown patina very fine. Eirenopolis (AD 69-81) AE 17 - Domitian647 viewsDomitian, as Caesar, 69-81 AD. AE17 (3.86g, 12h), dated CY 42 (93/4 AD). Laureate head of Domitian right / Laureate head of Asclepius right. VF, green patina, earthen deposits, cleaning scratches. Unique, the only example cited in RPC. Ex. Wagner Coll. Tarsos (BC 425-400) Stater - Syennesis III644 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.64g). Persian Satrap on horseback galloping right / Naked hoplite kneeling right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, holding spear in right hand, large round shield in left; corn ear to left, fly to right, stragalos below, within dotted incuse square. Toned, good VF. Ex KPM 26 (1984), lot 94. Mallos (BC 380-333) Stater643 viewsca 385-333 BC. AR Stater (9.70g, 23mm). Athena seated left, holding spear, resting elbow on shield; trunk of olive tree behind / Hermes standing facing, holding caduceus; Aphrodite standing left, resting elbow on short column and placing hand on Hermes' shoulder. VF, toned, porous. Rare. Adana (AD 253-260) AE - Valerian I642 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE (16.66g). Bust right / Zeus enthroned, holding phiale and scepter. Light brown patina, VF. Adana (AD 253-260) AE 29 - Valerian I642 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE29 (10.67g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, holding phiale and sceptre. Near VF, green patina, a little rough. Flaviopolis (AD 79-81) AE 18 - Domitian641 viewsDomitian, 79-81 AD. AE18. Laureate portrait right / veiled Kronos right, harpe in front. Rare. EF. Tarsos (BC 378-372) Stater - Datames640 viewsDatames, Satrap, 378-372 BC. AR Stater (10.51g, 23mm, 10h). Baalters enthroned right, holding grape cluster and ear of wheat in left hand and eagle-tipped scepter in right, Aramaic writing ('Baaltars') behind, lion under throne; all within a crenellated border / Satrap enthroned right, examining arrow, quiver in lap, bow at feet, Ahura Mazda in field to right, Aramaic legend to left (Datames). Ninika-Klaudiopolis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 19 - Augustus639 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16x19 Square (4.27g). Head Augustus right / COLO[NIA IVLIA ILVR], two monograms to the left, yoke of humped oxen. A coin later made into a weight. Lyrbe (AD 254-268) AE 31 - Salonina638 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus. Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE31 - 11 Assaria (16.49g). KORNHLIA CALWNINA CEB, diademed and draped bust right; IA in right field / LURBEITWN, garlanded baetyl with sacred tree, flanked by two offering tables. Good VF, green patina. Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Persian King 3a - Obol637 views4th century BC. AR Obol (0.69g, 11mm, 6h). Crowned and bearded head right / Forepart of Pegasos right. Good VF, toned. Anemurion (BC 27-AD 98) AE 20 - Imperial Times636 viewsImperial Times, ca 27 BC- 98 AD. AE20 (5.25g, 1h). Draped and helmeted bust of Athena right, with aegis / Poseidon standing facing, head left, holding dolphin and trident. VF, even green-brown patina. Anazarbos (AD 98-117) Assarion - Trajan635 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE Assarion (9.13g), 107/108 AD. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC CΕ ΓΕΡ ΔΑ, Laureate head right / KAISAREWN - Monogram - ΑΝΑZΑΡΒΩ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΣΚΠ (year 126), Bust of Zeus Olybris before the Akropolis of Anazarbos with temple. Dark-green patina, almost extremely fine. Anazarbos (BC 15-AD 19) AE - Germanicus 634 viewsGermanicus, Caesar, 15 BC-19 AD. AE - Diassarion (16.90g), Head right / ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩ ΑΝΑZΑΡΒΩ, bust of Zeus Olybris before mount, on mount seated; below, ΕΤΟΥΣ [...]. Green patina, very fine. Tarsos (BC 164-27) Drachm634 views164-27 BC. AR Drachm (3.42g, 11h). Turreted head of Tyche right / Sandan standing right on mythical animal; monograms behind. VF, toned, small delamination on obverse. Very rare. Lakanatis (AD 38-72) AE - Antiochos IV633 viewsAntiochos IV, 38-72 AD. AE - Diassarion (16.99g). ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ, diademed head right / ΛΑΚΑΝ-ΑΤΩΝ, scorpion in wreath. Green patina, VF. Adana (AD 193-217) AE 33 - Julia Domna632 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE33 (21.29g). Draped bust R; c/m: Nike standing left / Dionysus standing right, holding kantharos and thyrsos; at feet, panther left. Near VF, dark greenish-brown patina. Scarce. Mallos (AD 222-235) AE 22 - Alexander Severus632 viewsAlexander Severus, 222-235 AD. AE22 (7.40g). IMP ES SEV ALEXANΔPOC, Cuirassed, draped and laureate bust right / MALO COLONIA FELIX, She-wolf right suckling twins. Rough, about very fine. Mallos (BC 200-0) AE 17630 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (4.51g). Statue of Athena Megarsis wearing triple-crested helmet and long chiton with fringes of serpents on each side / MAΛΛΩ TΩN; eagle flying right; above, monogram. Very fine. Soloi (BC 333-323) Stater627 viewsBalakros, Satrap, 333-323 BC. AR Stater (10.96g, 25mm, 2h). Baaltars seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter; grain ear and grape bunch to left; B to right, Σ (engraved over M) below throne / Draped bust of Athena facing slightly left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet. Near EF, some porosity. This interesting series of Balakros has been traditionally assigned to various Cilician mints based on the appearance of the letter below the throne. More recent research, as yet unpublished, suggests that all of these coins were actually struck at a central mint, most likely Tarsos. Close similarity of style of many coins assigned to different mints strongly supports this hypothesis (see, e.g., SNG France 197 and 410). The present coin provides even more compelling evidence for this conclusion, as the Σ below the throne is clearly engraved over an M (SNG France 197 is the same die, but the M has deteriorated in the die to the point of not being clear). Of course, an argument could be made that a die was transferred from Mallos, but it seems unlikely for such a prolific mint as Soloi. Holmoi (BC 4th cent) Obol625 views4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.66g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Wreathed head of Apollo right, ΟΛΜΙΤΑΝ to right. Good VF, toned, areas of slight die rust. Unpublished legend variety. Typically, the ethnic found on the coins of Holmoi, if not trunicated, are in the form ΟΛΜΙΤΙΚΟΝ, ΟΛΜVΤΙΚΟΝ, or ΟΛΜΙΤΟΝ. The form on this coin, ending -AN, is possibly the result of an engraver accustomed to the Aeolic dialect, rather than the standard Attic. Aside from this specimen, there are apparently no recorded coins with this variation of the ethnic. Tarsos (AD 138-161) AE 30 - Antoninus Pius624 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE30 (15.27g). AVT KAI TI AI AΔPIA ANTΩNINOC CЄB/ Π - Π, laureate head right / ΔЄMOC AΔPIA TAPCЄΩN MHTPOΠOΛЄΩC, Demos with wreath seated left, star in left field. Rare. gVF. Mopsos (AD 161-180) AE 14 - Autonomous623 viewsAutonomous issue. Time of Marcus Aurelius, ca 161-180 AD. AE14 (2.64g). Dated civic year 230 (162/3 AD). Crab with star (Zodiac sign of Cancer); ET LC (date) below / ADRIA MOYEATWN, lighted altar. EF, black patina. Mallos (AD 69) AE 25 - Otho622 viewsOtho, 69 AD. AE25 (8.37g). KAICAP M CEBACTOC, laureate head right / MAΛWTWN, cult-statue of Athena Magarsis standing facing, holding spear and snakes. Very fine. Mallos (BC 425-385) Tetrobol622 viewsca 400 BC. AR Drachm (3.21g). Bellerophon riding Pegasus springing right / MAP, swan standing left with open wings; in lower right field, lyre made out of tortoise shell; all within dotted frame in incuse square. Exceedingly rare and an issue of great interest. Light tone and about extremely fine. Tarsos (BC 425-400) 1/3 Stater621 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Drachm (3.48g). Forepart of horned and winged lion left / Two Persian satraps standing facing each other, each holding spear, within shallow incuse square. Good VF. Very rare. Ex Leu Auc. 54 (4/1992), lot 161. Zephyrion (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 16621 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE16 (4.76g). Turreted bust of Tyche right / Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear, shield at side; two monograms to left, ZΕΦΥΡΙΩΤΩΝ to right. aVF, dark patina. Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 21620 views164 BC and later. AE21 (7.53g, 1h). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / Sandan on mythical animal right, within pyramidal monument surmounted by eagle; two monograms to left. Good VF, dark green patina, light adjustment marks on reverse. Mallos (BC 400-385) Obol619 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Obol (0.83g) Swan standing left, wings spread, within circular border of pellets / Astragalos. About very fine. Adana (AD 217-218) AE 32 - Macrinus619 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE32 (18.84g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche seated left on rocks, holding grain ears, river-god Sarus swimming left below. VF, dark green patina with some red, light adjustment marks on both sides. Adana (BC 164-27) AE 19618 viewsafter 164 BC. AE19 (8.71g, 1h). Veiled head of Demeter right / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; A/Θ to left. Good VF, dark green patina, reverse smoothed. 2100 coins on 21 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21