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Home > Troas Most viewed - Troas Abydos (BC 470-450) AV Stater6496 viewsca 410 BC. AV Stater (8.58g). ABYΔ/HNON (the lower part of the legend retrograde), eagle standing left / Gorgoneion facing, within an incuse square. Light scrape on reverse edge at 5 o’clock. VF/gVF. Unique and of great importance. Ex ‘Kunstfreund’ Coll., Bank Leu AG & Münzen und Medaillen AG (Zurich, 5/1974), lot 161; ex Monnaies et Médailles SA, Auc. 53 (Basel, 11/1977), lot 92. Abydos was a colony of Miletos, situated on the Hellespont, and was perhaps an early location of the minting of electrum staters in the sixth century B.C. The city had been part of the Athenian empire during the fifth century until it revolted in 411 B.C., becoming a Spartan ally. This incredible gold stater, the only known example, is of the highest numismatic importance. Abydos (BC 520-490) EL 1/3 Stater4637 viewsca 500 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (4.66g). Eagle standing left, with closed wings, looking backwards / Rough incuse punch. Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second specimen known. Struck on a narrow flan, otherwise aEF. Attributing uninscribed electrum coins of this period without assured badges is extremely difficult, as is with this trite. Abydos is an obvious possibility since the eagle was a common feature of its coinage. For other common coins see an electrum stater in the British Museum catalogue of Ionia (pl. I, no. 23) (eagle of similar proportions and identical pose, perched upon what is described as a hare). See also some early silver fractions attributed to Abydos with incuse punch reverses (SNG Cop. 1-2; SNG Klein 292), though they show a bird of a different character, without its head reverted. Tenedos (BC 490-480) Didrachm3103 viewsca 490-480 BC. Didrachm (8.94g, 9h). Janiform head: bearded male face to left and female face to right, both have archaic, almond-shaped facing eyes and wear a stephane, and share a disc earring with a rosette pattern and a double-curved pendant; necklace of pearls on neck / TENE (retrograde), helmeted and bearded male head left, wearing pearl necklace; all within incuse square. Extremely rare. Lightly toned and of superb late Archaic-early Classical style; a magnificent coin of great beauty. Slightly porous surfaces, nearly EF. The early coinage of Tenedos is quite complex, and seems to begin in the last quarter of 6th century BC with didrachms that bear a male/female janiform head and a double axe on the reverse. This early coinage seems to have been replaced by a much rarer second coinage, of which the present piece is the finest known. The axe was replaced by the helmeted head of a warrior (assuming the heads on the obverse are divinities, this could be Tenes). The great similarity to issues of Lampsakos probably convinced the Tenedos authorities to return to their earlier double axe reverse type. The dating of this coin is based on similarity in style to late archaic issues of Athens (Starr Group I). Kebren (BC 480-440) Diobol2953 viewsca 5th cent. BC. AR Diobol (1.08g). Ram's head right, KEB below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Dardanos (AD 200-300) AE 222698 views3rd cent AD. AE22 (5.50g). AV-G DARD, turreted head of Tyche right / COLAVG - TRO, grazing horse right. Full dark-green patina, good VF. RRR! Ilion (AD 180-192) AE 38 - Commodus2682 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE38 (2.89g). Ilium. AV KAI M AVPH KOMMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΙΛΙΕΩΝ in exergue, Ganymede, wearing Phrygian helmet, seated left on pile of rocks, giving cup to eagle who grasps it with his left claw and drinks from it; tree behind. Good VF, dark green patina with light earthen encrustation around the devices, some corrosion. From the David Simpson Collection. Ex Bank Leu Auk. 30 (4/1982), lot 395. Gergis (BC 350-241) AE 182402 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE18 (4.67g). Three-quarter facing head of Sibyl Herophile, turned slightly right, wearing laurel wreath and pendanted necklace / Sphinx seated right, ΓΕΡ to right, grain ear in exergue. EF, glossy dark brown patina, some minor obverse roughness. Thymbra (BC 350) AE 182400 viewsca 4th century BC. AE18 (5.87g). Head of Zeus Ammon left / Star of eight rays, Θ-Î¥ between two, HP monogram below. Good VF, dark brown patina. Assos (BC 450-400) Obol2385 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (0.56g). Griffin seated right / Lion's head right, ΑΣΣ-Ο-Ο-Ν, within incuse square. VF, light porosity. Very rare early issue, unpublished with full ethnic. Kebren (BC 520-480) EL 1/24 Stater2342 viewsLate 6th-early 5th centuries BC. EL 1/24 Stater (7mm, 0.69g). Head of ram left / Incuse square punch. Gemini VII, lot 496, otherwise, unpublished. Good VF, light scuff on obverse. Although there are a few electrum issues known with a ram’s head (cf. Weidauer 50-1 and Boston MFA 1756), all are distinctly different in style from this coin. At the same time, the style of the ram’s head here is a perfect match to the type found on the early silver issues at Kebren (cf. Rosen 531). SNG von Aulock 7775 and NY Sale XX, lot 197 appear to be hektes with this same style. Gergis (BC 480-450) Hemidrachm2186 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.07g, 6h). Sphinx seated right / Gorgoneion in circular incuse. VF, toned, granular surfaces, irregular flan. Extremely rare, apparently the third known. In the early-mid 5th century BC, Abydos and Kebren used a very similar reverse type on their coinages, paired with their civic badge on the obverse, an eagle (Abydos) and ram’s head (Kebren). Kebren’s coins of this type typically do not include the city ethnic. The present coin employs the city’s badge, a sphinx, on the obverse, a stylistically similar gorgoneion on the reverse, and no ethnic. The existence of now 3 cities in the Troad striking common coinage suggests that there may have been a monetary alliance or symmachy in existence among them. While it is possible that this coin was minted by another city, the fabric and overall style are consistent with the early coins of Abydos and Kebren. Further, the present coin appeared on the market alongside an early coin of Gergis with a clear ethnic. Alexandreia (BC 171­-65) Didrachm2165 viewsca 102/1-66/5 BC. AR Didrachm (27mm, 6.98g, 12h). Archagoros, magistrate. Dated CY 199 (102/101 BC). Laureate head of Apollo left / Apollo Smintheus standing right, quiver over shoulder, holding bow, arrow, and patera; monogram to inner left, date to inner right, [magistrate’s name in exergue]. VF, broken and repaired (3h obv./9h rev.) without affecting design. Extremely rare - perhaps the only known didrachm from this series. This coin is part of a series of dated issues that began during the time of Mithradates VI of Pontos (see Callataÿ, pp. 155-9). Consisting primarily of tetradrachms, of which fewer than 40 examples are known, this series was sporadically minted over the course of approximately 50 years. All of these issues bear the same types and monogram, but various magistrates’ names appear in the exergue on their reverses. Abydos (AD 193-211) AE 38 - Septimius Severus2118 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE38 (23.74g). Fl. Ba. Prokles. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI APC ΦΛ BA ΠP-OKΛOY / ABYΔHN, Leander accompanied by dolphins, swimming in the Hellespont towards a turret, from which Hero hold out a lighted lamp. Very rare. Interesting mythological depiction. Black green patina. Tenedos (BC 525-470) Hemidrachm2012 viewsca 525-470 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.81g). Archaic janiform head, male on left, female on right (Zeus and Hera?) / Double-axe within dotted incuse square. VF, porous surfaces. Abydos (AD 166-177) AE 35 - Commodus1998 viewsCommodus, Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE35 (27.95g). ΑΥ Κ ΑΙΛ ΑΥΡΗ - ΚΟΜΟΔΟΣ ΓΕΡ, draped and laureate bust right / ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΑΙΛ ZΩΙΛΟΥ, Alexander the Great, backed by more soldiers on two galleys, giving orders to attack; on the background turret with trumpeter giving the signal on long salpinx. Second known example. Red brown patina, minor smoothing, gVF. Dardanos (BC 500-490) EL Stater1978 viewsca 500-490 BC. EL Stater (14.02g). Cock standing right, palmette above / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare. Alexandreia (BC 300-200) Stater1954 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AR Stater (10.62g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΑΛΕΞΑΝ-ΔΡΕΩΝ, horse grazing right; ΣΙ below. Good VF, traces of undertype visible on reverse. Unpublished and unique. The earliest coins of Alexandria are bronze issues struck about 300 BC imitating Hamaxitus (Apollo Smitheus) and Hamandria (Apollo/horse feeding). The earliest silver attributable to Alexandria are tetradrachms ca 280-275 in the name of Alexander, which on grounds of style belong to the years after the death of Lysimachus (Price 1588-1590). During the Second Syrian War (260-253) Antiochus II produced an issue of tetradrachms (SNG Spaer 374-376). Another two issues in the name of Alexander followed ca 230 (Price 1591), and again in 189-180 (Price 1592-1598). At some point during the 3rd century BC, an extensive bronze issue was produced (BMC 7-21), to which this previously unknown silver stater belongs, based on the local Persian silver weight standard, obviously intended for local use. Achilleion (BC 400-300) AE 101880 views4th cent BC. AE10 (0.89g). Helmet facing left / City monogram. Olive-green patina, VF. Very rare. Pionia (AD 193-217) AE 21 - Julia Domna1840 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE21 (5.28g, 12h). Draped bust right / Serpent coiled on small altar. Near VF, dark greenish-brown patina, light roughness. Abydos (AD 198-217) AE 38 - Caracalla1785 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE38 (26.29g, 6h), struck 215-217 AD. AV K M AVPH ANTΩNEINO C, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ABVΔHNΩ N above, HPΩ downward to right, ΛAIANΔPOC in exergue, Leander swimming right across Hellespont toward tower containing Hero standing left, who holds a lighted lamp in extended right hand; to left, sheathed sword set on rock outcropping; above, Eros flying right, holding wedding torch. EF, black-brown patina with some green and lighter brown overones, hairline flan crack. Extremely rare. Alexandreia (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla1783 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (5.83g). Laureate and draped bust right / Horse grazing right on ground line. Dark patina, good fine. Birytis (BC 350-250) AE 181733 viewsca 4th century BC. AE18 (5.55g). Head of beardless Kabeiros left, wearing pilos; star on either side / B-I/P-Y and club within laurel wreath. EF, glossy black patina. Exceptional. Kebren (BC 450) Diobol1729 views5th century BC. AR Diobol (1.20g, 5h). Archaic head of Apollo left / Head of ram left in incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, slightly granular surfaces. Fine archaic style. Very rare. Skepsis (BC 440-400) Drachm1685 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Drachm (3.81g, 5h). Forepart of Pegasos right, Σ-ΚΗ-ΨΙ-ΟΝ around / Fir tree between two bunches of grapes; all within linear and dotted border within shallow incuse square. Rare. Nicely toned. Good very fine. From the collection of H.S. von Aulock, ex Hess-Leu (4/1957), 262, and from the collections of R. Jameson and Sir H. Weber, bought from W.T. Ready in 1886. Dardanos (BC 520) EL 1/12 Stater1682 viewsca 520 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.11g). Cock standing right / Irregular incuse square. Very rare. Nearly extremely fine. Ex Leu 72 (5/1988), lot 259, and Aufhauser 4 (10/1987), lot 78. Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1631 viewsca 480 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.78g). Head of ram right; below, lizard right / Forepart of bull right within incuse square. Good VF, toned. Well struck on good metal. Ex Triton VI (1/2003), lot 390; Leu 42 (5/1987), lot 294; Niggeler Coll. (Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 12/1965), lot 396; R. Jameson Coll., 2295. The Boston and Jameson catalogs attributed this type to Samos, although Barron did not include this coinage in his corpus of Samian coinage. Presumably, the earlier catalogs’ attribution was based on the parallel of the reverse type to various issues at Samos. The obverse type, however, with its small lizard control device, stands in contrast to such an attribution, and without further evidence, an attribution to Samos must be viewed as speculative. 1 comments Gargara (BC 500-475) Obol1585 viewsca 500-475 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.54g) Female head left, hair bound in sakkos, ΓΑΡ behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, slight flan bend. Apparently unpublished. The location of this issue is based on the ethnic, but the style places it a at least a half century before the accepted date for the earliest coinage of Gargara. Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol1582 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.53g). Head of ram left, bird (swan?) below / Incuse punch. Apparently unpublished with bird symbol.1 comments Ophrynion (BC 350-300) Tetrobol 1557 viewsOphrynion. 4th century BC. AR Tetrobol (15mm, 2.64g, 12h). Bearded head of Hektor facing, wearing triple crested Attic helmet / Nude youth, holding palm in right hand, rein in left, on horseback right; OΦPYNEΩN above.Good VF, darkly toned. Extremely rare, perhaps the third and probably the finest known. Ilion (AD 37-41) AE 25 - Caligula1544 viewsCaligula and Divus Augustus, 37-41 AD. AE25 (10.86g). GAIOC KAICAP QEOC AYTOKPATWP / CEBACTOC, heads of Caligula and Divus Augustus / [QEA PWMH] - IEPA CYNKLHTOC / ILI, draped bust of Roma and Senate, in the middle Athena standing facing, with spear and shield. Brown-green patina, VF. Very rare. Tenedos (BC 188-70) Drachm1508 viewsafter 189 BC. AR Drachm (3.83g). Janiform male and female heads / Double-axe, TΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ above; monogram and grapes to left, tripod to right; all within laurel wreath. Toned, good VF, minor porosity. Very rare variety, only one specimen cited by De Callatay with this monogram-symbol combination. Kebren (BC 450) Drachm1502 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.47g, 13mm, 12h). Archaic female head left / Head of ram left in incuse square. Good VF, toned. Very rare. Tenedos (BC 525-470) Obol1419 views6th century BC. AR Obol (0.67g, 8h). Janiform head, female on left, bearded male on right / Double-axe within square incuse. Dark patina, aEF. Very rare. Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm1407 viewsafter 189 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.22g, 11h). Janiform male and female heads, the male laureate and facing left, the female diademed and facing right / Double-axe; ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ above, monogram and grape bunch to left, two pilei of the Dioskouroi to right; all within laurel wreath. Good VF, darkly toned. Kebren (BC 450) Diobol1406 viewsca 450 BC. AR Diobol (1.30g, 11h). Female head to left, wearing disc earring and necklace, her hair bound with a band / Ram's head to left within square incuse. Rare. Beautifully toned and of lovely archaic style. Good very fine. Ex Hess-Leu 31 (12/1966), 415. Antandros (BC 400-350) Diobol1397 viewsEarly-mid 4th cent BC. AR Diobol (12mm, 1.32g). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / Goat standing right; grapes above. VF. Scarce. Kebren (BC 530-480) EL Hekte 1393 viewsLate 6th-early 5th century BC. EL Hekte (2.47g, 10mm). Head of ram right / Incuse punch. VF. Carr coll. Second known hekte of this type. The first example was sold by CNG and described as unique and unpublished: “Although there are a few electrum Phokaic standard hektai known with a ram’s head (particularly from Mytilene and Phokaia, and an uncertain mint [Weidauer 50]), all are distinctly different in style from this coin. At the same time, the style of the ram’s head here is a perfect match to the type found on the early silver issues at Kebren (cf. SNG Ashmolean 1076–7). See SNG Kayhan 1565 and CNG 90 (5/2012), lot 577 for myshemihektes of the same style and standard, but with head left.” CNG have since sold a hemihekte of the same style and standard [see CNG 105 (5/2017) lot 225]. The reverse of this example is very different from the CNG examples.1 comments Dardanos (BC 400-300) Triobol1366 views4th century BC. AR Triobol (13mm, 2.58g, 12h). Lepton, magistrate. Horseman riding right; trident head below / Cock standing right; EΠI ΛEΠTΩN to right. Good VF, toned, very light porosity. Very rare. Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1351 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.94g). Head of a ram right / Gorgoneion within shallow incuse square. Attractive toning, wide flan. Abydos (AD 222-235) AE 33 - Severus Alexander1329 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE33 - Medallion (23.00g, 7h). IMP C IMVIP SEV ALEXANDRO AVC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ABΥΔH-NΩ-N, Nude Leander accompanied by Eros with torch, swimming right, crossing the Hellespont (Dardanelles), bust of Hero on top of light tower of Sestos facing left, holding oil lamp in her outstretched right hand to bring light in to the darkness of the night over the Hellespont. Very Fine. Hero and Leander were one of the most famous lovers in ancient mythology. Hero was a priestess of Aphrodite who lived in the city of Sestos (on the Dardanelles). Leander was a young man from Abydos who lived on the opposite Asian side of the strait. Leander fell in love with Hero, but his parents were against a marriage. He would swim every night across the Hellespont to be with her secretly. Hero always would light a lamp at the top of her tower to guide her lover his way. However, one stormy night the waves tossed Leander in the sea and the breezes blew out Hero's light. Leander lost his way and drowned. When Hero saw his dead body, she threw herself over the edge of the tower to her death to be with him. Kebren (BC 412-399) AE1294 viewsUncertain Hyparch or Satrap, ca 4th cent BC. AE (0.78g), struck in Kebren. Head of satrap left, wearing Persian kyrbasia / KE monogram. Dark green patina, EF. Very rare. Kebren (BC 450) Diobol1291 viewsca 450 BC. AR Diobol (1.30g). Archaic head of Apollo left / Ram's head left within incuse square. Rare. Slight granularity. Near Extremely Fine. Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm1290 views180-80 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.67g). Janiform male and female heads, the male laureate and facing left, the female diademed and facing right / Double-axe; ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ above, monogram and grape bunch to left, figure with cornucopiae to right; all within laurel wreath. aEF, minor bruises, attractively toned. Gergis (BC 480-450) Obol1284 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (0.57g, 8mm, 5h). Forepart of sphinx right / Facing lion head within pellet square; all in incuse square. Cf. Klein 813, otherwise unpublished. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Well centered, fine archaic style.1 comments Birytis (BC 350-300) Obol1269 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Obol (0.46g, 11h). Head of Herakles facing slightly right; club over shoulder / Head of Kabeiros left, wearing wreathed conical hat; two stars, pellet behind. VF, toned. Rare. Herman Coll. Ilion (BC 301-281) AE 91262 viewsca 301-281 BC. AE9 (0.83g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with a wreath / Hydria, ΙΛ-Ι. Near EF, glossy dark green, almost black, patina. Ophryneion (BC 350-300) AE 121259 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE12 (1.96g). Bearded head of Hektor 3/4 to right, wearing triple crested helmet / The infant Dionysos kneeling right, holding grape cluster in hand, ΟΦΥ (sic) to left. EF, glossy dark green and black patina. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Didrachm1236 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Didrachm (6.23g). Janiform female and male heads (Hera and Zeus?) / ΤΕΝ-ΕΔ-Ι-ΟΝ, double-axe (pelekys); grapes to left, cicada to right. EF, well centered on a nice flan. Unique and unpublished, and unrecorded denomination. Gargara (BC 400-350) Drachm1235 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Drachm (12mm, 3.05g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull grazing left within incuse square. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Very rare. Neandreia (BC 400-300) Triobol1228 views4th century BC. AR Triobol (1.95g, 13mm, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Altar, laurel tree in the background, N-E-[A]-N; all in deep incuse square. Extremely rare. About EF. Kebren (BC 480-440) Obol1222 views5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.50g). Forepart of a ram right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, porous. Skamandreia (BC 350-300) AE 201218 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE20 (8.68g). Head of mountain-nymph Ide right / Fir-tree; ΣΚ-Α, boar's head to right. Nice VF, black patina with some green overlay. Lamponeia (BC 400) Obol1218 views4th century BC. AR Obol (0.59g, 12h). Wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right / Λ-Α-Îœ, bucranium in incuse square. Good VF. Struck on good metal. Exceptional for issue. Antandros (BC 350-250) AE 121217 viewsca 4th century BC. AE12 (1.56g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion's head right, tongue protruding; ANTAN to right, grape bunch below. Near EF, dark brown patina. Gargara (BC 400-350) Drachm1189 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Drachm (3.14g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull grazing left, ΓΑΡΓ above. aEF. Rare. Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1164 viewsca 460 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.75g). Ram's head left / Facing gorgon within incuse square. VF, porous. Sigeion (BC 350) AE 181159 viewsca 350 BC. AE18 (6.08g). Helmeted head of Athena facing / Owl standing right; crescent to left, ΣΙΓΕ to right. VF, earthen over glossy green patina. Abydos (BC 320-200) AE 241159 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE24 (7.96g). Turreted head of Artemis left / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head turned left; ABY to left, kantharos to right. Dark olive-green patina, gVF. Very rare issue. Gutknecht coll.1 comments Abydos (BC 470-450) Obol1154 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.75g, 1h). Eagle standing left; ABY to left, T above / Gorgoneion facing, tongue protruding, within incuse square. VF. Rare. Alexandreia (BC 301-281) AE 141153 viewsca 301-281 BC. AE14 (1.89g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Apollo Smintheos standing right, wearing long garb, holding bow with both hands, case on back; ΑΛΕΞ to left, mouse at feet to right. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Abydos (BC 175-70) Tetradrachm1150 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.51g). Diademed bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, within dotted circle / Eagle standing right, helmeted head of Athena to right; ΑΒΥ-ΔΗ-ΝΩΝ above, ΜΙΛΗΘΙ (magistrate) in exergue, all within laurel wreath. This form of the magistrate's name not recorded in the standard works. Toned VF, light porosity, some smoothing on the reverse. Neandreia (BC 400) Obol1148 views4th century BC. AR Obol (0.63g, 10h). Laureate head of Apollo right / NEA/N, ram standing right in shallow incuse square. Good VF, minor porosity. Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1147 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Triobol (1.83g). Head of a ram right / Gorgoneion within shallow incuse square. Toned, attractive VF. Rare type, unpublished with ram's head right. Abydos (BC 385-335) Drachm1136 viewsca 388-335 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 2.54g, 2h). Efarmostos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Eagle standing left, AB[Y] and ram's head before, [ΕΦ]ΑΡΜΟΣΤΟ[Σ] and poppy behind. Ex Weber Coll. Alexandreia (BC 171­-65) Tetradrachm1134 viewsca 171 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.94g, 34mm). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ ZΜΙΘΕΩΣ, Apollo Smintheus standing right, quiver over shoulder, holding bow and arrow in left hand, patera in right; two monograms to left, PΛ (130) to right, ΑΛΕΞΑΝ in exergue. gVF. Extremely rare, apparently unique, unpublished year. The dating of the coins of Alexandria Troas starts from the foundation of the city (300 BC), shown on the reverse of the coins. The first known issue to date was 164 BC (137 year after foundation). This coin records a date of 130 years after the city foundation, seven years prior to the first known issue. Gergis (BC 400-350) Obol1134 views4th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.62g). Wreathed head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly right / Griffin seated right, ΓΕΡ above, within shallow incuse square. VF, lightly porous. Very rare. Unusual with griffin on reverse. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Drachm1132 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Drachm (3.40g). Janiform female and male heads (Hera and Zeus?) / ΤΕΝ-ΕΔ-Ι-ΟΝ, double-axe; grapes to left, cicada to right. Toned, good VF, light surface crystallization. Ex Thomas B. Lesure Collection. Abydos (BC 320-280) Drachm1128 viewsca 320-280 BC. AR Drachm (2.42g, 3h). Anaxikles, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left; kantharos and ABY to left, ΑΝΑΞΙΚΛΗΣ and ivy leaf to right above. Good VF. Assos (AD 177-192) AE 41 - Commodus1120 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE41 - Medallion (42.77g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust R, viewed from the back / [...] KLA[...]-OLAD-A around, ASSIWN in exergue, Commodus in triumphal quadriga left, holding branch, preceeded by Roma or Victory; trophy and two captives on platform behind. Probably the third known specimen. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 131 (4/2003), lot 531. Kraft, pl. 88, 14a-b notes that the obverse die used to strike this coin was also used to strike medallions for Pergamum and Mytilene, and that the Mytilene medallion uses the same reverse type as on this coin. Abydos (AD 198-217) AE 18 - Caracalla1119 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE18 (3.58g, 12h). AV K M AVP ANTΩNЄI/NOC, laureate and draped bust right / A BVΔHNΩ N, pair of bull heads, back to back. Near EF, green patina. Group CEM. Skepsis (BC 440-400) Obol1116 viewsca 450 BC. AR Obol (0.65g). Homonoia with Neandreia. Forepart of horse right, SKH around / Grape cluster, N to left, all within concentric incuse, dotted, and linear squares. Good VF, light porosity. Rare, unpublished? Ilion (BC 300-200) Tetrobol1114 views3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.87g). Head of Athena right, wearing attic crested helmet / Archaic cult statue of Athena Ilias left, holding spear and distaff, rose to left. Light porosity, VF-EF. Extremely rare. Unpublished? Abydos (BC 175-70) Tetradrachm1105 viewsca 80-70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.63g, 1h). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at her shoulder, within dotted circle / Eagle standing right with spread wings, bunch of grapes to right; ΑΒΥ-ΔΗ-ΝΩΝ above, ΦΕΡΕΝΙΚΟΥ (magistrate) in exergue, all within laurel wreath. Beautifully toned. Good very fine. From the collections of H.S. von Aulock, R. Jameson, and Consul E. Weber (Hirsch XXI, 11/1908, lot 2534). Abydos (BC 320-280) Drachm1099 viewsca 320-280 BC. AR Drachm (2.37g). Kephalos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left; club in wreath to left, ABY above; ΚΕΦΑΛΟΥ to right above. VF-EF.1 comments Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm1097 viewsafter 189 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.62g). Janiform male and female heads, the male laureate and facing left, the female diademed and facing right / Double-axe; ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ above, monogram and grape bunch to left, two pilei of the Dioskouroi to right; all within laurel wreath. Good VF. Very rare. Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol1096 viewsearly 5th cent BC. AR Obol (0.58g). Head of ram right / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Abydos (BC 175-70) Tetradrachm1090 viewsafter 175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.87g). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder, within dotted circle / Eagle standing right with spread wings, bunch of grapes to right; ΑΒΥ-ΔΗ-ΝΩΝ above, ΑΡΤΕΜΩ/ΝΟΣ (magistrate) in exergue, all within laurel wreath. Nicely toned, aEF. Rare. Tenedos (BC 525-470) Hemidrachm1069 viewsca 525-470 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.78g). Archaic janiform head, male on left, female on right (Zeus and Hera?), with necklace / TE NE NION (sic), double axe within dotted incuse square. Good VF, obverse with horn silver, typical light porosity, unusually well struck. The obverse is in very fine archaic style, while the reverse is badly blundered, with the mis-spelled ethnic inverted in relation to the type. A curious combination of dies, obviously produced by two workmen of vastly different skills. Assos (BC 450-420) Obol1068 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (0.56g). Griffin seated left / Lion's head left, Α-Σ above, within incuse square. VF, light porosity. Very rare early issue. Abydos (BC 470-440) Obol1064 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (0.66g). Eagle standing left; ABY to left, kylix to right / Gorgoneion in incuse square. VF. Rare. Thymbra (BC 330-300) AE 161058 views4th century BC. AE16 (2.64g, 3h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Θ-Î¥, torch within wreath. VF, dark green patina, rough areas on obverse, flan crack. Extremely rare, apparently unpublished.1 comments Assos (BC 350) Drachm1055 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.12g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with olive wreath / Bucranium. Good VF, porous. Scarce. Alexandreia (BC 171­-65) Drachm1049 viewsca 102/1-66/5 BC. AR Drachm (3.60g, 11h). Dated CY 228 (73 BC). Laureate head of Apollo left / Apollo Smintheus standing right, quiver over shoulder, holding bow, arrow, and patera; monogram to inner left, date to inner right, [magistrate’s name in exergue]. Near VF, surface laminations, cleaning marks. Extremely rare denomination for this dated series (Bellinger records only two drachms, in the BM and Berlin, bearing the years 227 and 228, respectively). This drachm belongs to the period of the city’s autonomy following the devastating defeat of Antiochos III of Syria by the Romans at the battle of Magnesia in 189 BC. Apollo Smintheus is depicted on both sides of the coin, the deity actually being named in the reverse inscription. Apollo Smintheus’ temple lay at Chryse, within the territory of Hamaxitos, one of the cities which had provided the original population of Alexandria. The statue of the god, by the celebrated Parian sculptor and architect Skopas, showed him standing with a mouse at his feet. This particular drachm is part of a series of dated issues that began during the time of Mithradates VI of Pontos (see Callataÿ, pp. 155-9). Consisting primarily of tetradrachms, of which fewer than 40 examples are known, this series was sporadically minted over the course of approximately 50 years. All of these issues bear the same types and monogram, but various magistrates’ names appear in the exergue on their reverses. Ilion (BC 188-133) Tetradrachm1046 viewsca 188-133 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 16.72g, 12h). Phoinikos, "magistrate." Head of Athena right, wearing laureate and triple-crested helmet / Α-ΘΗΝΑΣ ΙΛΙΑΔΟS, Athena Ilias standing right, holding distaff and filleted spear; at her feet to right, owl standing right; to inner left, monogram above star; ΦΟΙΝΙΚΟΣ in exergue. Unpublished with these controls and magistrate. Near EF, attractive, even gray toning. Rare. Lipcer Coll. Antandros (BC 400-350) Diobol 1044 viewsca late 5th-early 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (12mm, 1.37g). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / Goat standing right; grapes above. VF. Scarce. Sigeion (BC 330-300) AE 101042 viewsca 330-300 BC. AE10 (0.88g) Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet with palmette / Crescent, Σ-Ι/Γ-Ε. Good style, fine dark green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll. Abydos (BC 175-70) Tetradrachm1038 viewsca 175-75 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.10g, 12h). Stephanephoric type. Iphiados, magistrate. Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Eagle, wings spread, standing right; to right, star above radiate head of Helios right; ΙΦΙΑΔΟΥ below; all within wreath. Good VF, toned, minor area of flat strike. Rare. Winokur Coll.; Ex Glendining (4/1970), lot 142. Kebren (BC 281-261) AE 10 - as Antiochia1031 views281-261 BC (as Antiochia). AE10 (0.84g). Head of ram right, ANTIO above, trident below / Laureate head of Apollo right. Green patina, aEF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Gergis (BC 450-400) Drachm1030 viewsLate 5th cent BC. AR Drachm (3.63g, 9h). Wreathed head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly right / ΓΕΡ-ΓΙΣΙ-Ο, Sphinx standing right within incuse square. Unpublished. Near VF, toned, surfaces rough and corroded, scratches. Unique. The earliest coins published coins of Gergis are a series dated to after 350 BC, retaining the general types used on the present coin, but without the reverse type set within an incuse (cf. Traité II 2392-2394). Kolone (BC 400-300) AE1028 viewsca 4th century BC. AE (3.76g) Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / 9-ray star, ΚΟΛΟΝΑΩΝ between rays. Dark green patina, VF. Kebren (BC 450) Diobol1022 views5th century BC. AR Diobol (9mm, 1.24g, 5h). Head of Apollo left / Head of ram left within incuse square. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Achilleion (BC 400-300) AE 91020 views4th cent BC. AE9 (0.59g). Helmet facing left / Monogram. Green patina, VF. Very rare. Gentinos (BC 350-300) AE 141009 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE14 (2.08g). Head of Artemis, hair rolled up / Bee, Γ-Ε/Ν, palm tree to left. Dark green patina, gVF/EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll., ex Aufhauser Auc. 9 (Muenchen, 1992), lot 92. Assos (BC 350) Drachm987 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.05g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena left / ΑΣ-ΣI-ΟΝ, facing bucranium. VF, porous. Rare. Lamponeia (BC 500-450) Hemiobol975 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.41g). Bull's head facing / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, off center, porous. Ilion (BC 300-200) Diobol975 viewsca 3rd century BC. AR Diobol (1.47g, 1h). Head of Athena right, wearing a crested helmet / Archaic cult statue of Athena Ilias left, holding spear and distaff, rose to left. Apparently unpublished. The only other example of the type I could find is from a Gorny & Mosch auction. That example weight 2.87g and is attributed as a hemidrachm. One could argue that it is a tetrobol based on the standards used at Ilion at the time. This would then be a diobol. Dardanos (AD 14-37) AE 19 - Tiberius971 viewsTiberius. AD 14-37. Æ 19mm (4.90 g). ΣEBAΣ KAIΣAΡ, laureate head right / ΔAΡΔANEΩN, cult statue of Athena of Ilium facing. Near VF, brown patina. Apparently unique. Drewry Coll.; Ex Henry Lindgren Coll. As the obverse legend is ambiguous, this could also be an issue of Augustus. Gargara (BC 350) AE 9967 viewsca 3rd-2nd century BC. AE9 (0.58g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse galloping right, ΓΑΡ above. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.1 comments Ophryneion (BC 350-300) AE964 viewsca. 350-300 BC. AE (1.69g). Bearded head of Hektor 3/4 to right, wearing triple crested helmet / The infant Dionysos kneeling right, holding grape cluster in hand, ΟΦΡΥ to left. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. Dardanos (BC 400-300) Triobol963 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Triobol (2.49g). Rider on horse galloping right / Cock standing right, [...]ΙΤΙΜΩΝΑΚΤ[...] (magistrate). VF. Very rare. 907 coins on 10 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10