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Herakleia Pontika (BC 420-390) Diobol833 viewsLate 5th cent BC. AR Diobol (14mm, 1.72g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion’s skin headdress / Quartered linear square, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ around, within larger incuse square. Good VF, toned, a little granular.
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Herakleia Pontika (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III831 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (25.31g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Hercules standing left, destroying Lernaean Hydra; quiver and bow to right. Good VF, green patina with pale brick-red overtones, minor smoothing. Rare. Ex Cain Coll.
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 345-337) Didrachm830 viewsca 345-337 BC, time of Tyrants Timotheos and Dionysios. AR Didrachm (9.30g). Head of Dionysos left / Naked Herakles with lion skin and club; trophy. VF. Rare.
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Bithynia Uncertain (AD 117-138) AE 22 - Hadrian830 viewsKoinon of Bithynia, Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE23 (6.50g, 7h). Laureate head right / Octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, annulet in pediment. Good VF, even brown patina, with orichalcum highlights.
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Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 22 - Pescennius Niger828 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AE22 (6.35g). Laureate head right / ΚΑΙCΑΡΕΙΑC ΓΕΡΜΑÎΙΚΗC, coiled serpent left. Near VF, brown patina, rough surfaces. Very rare. Drewry Coll.; Ex Mabbott Coll. (Schulman, 6/1969), lot 1091.
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(BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 27826 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE27 (9.88g). Head Apollo left / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Athena-Nike with shield crowning king's name. Beautiful patina, scratches in reverse field, good very fine.
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(BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 27826 viewsPrusias I Cholos, 228-183 BC. AE27mm (14.56g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Athena Nike standing left; monogram to inner left. Good VF, dark green-black patina, light adjustment marks. Heavy specimen.
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Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus824 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (15.39g). ΣЄOYHPOΣ P ΣЄ AY KA ΣЄΠ, laureate head right / KAIΣAPЄIAΣ ΓЄPMANIKHΣ, eyes view of omega shaped harbor of Germanika with light tower and column with statue both placed at the entrance of a harbour; distyle temple seen from above to left, calf reclining above. Very rare. Dark brown patina. Very fine.
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Aristokrates819 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.56g). Laureate head of Apollo right, K[IA] below / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΑΡΙΣΤΟ-ΚΡΑΤΗΣ (magistrate) above and below. Lightly toned, good VF, light porosity. Apparently an unrecorded denomination for this magistrate.
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(BC 149-128) Nikomedes II - Tetradrachm819 viewsNikomedes II, 149-128 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.68g). Diademed head of Nikomedes right / Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; eagle on thunderbolt and monogram to left. Good VF, broad flan, a few field nicks. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex CNG 43 (9/1997), lot 492.
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Kios (BC 350-300) AV 1/6 Stater - Herodoros817 viewsca 350-300 BC. AV 1/4 Siglos (1.43g, 10mm). Herodoros, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / HPO / ΔΩΡΟΣ, prow left. gVF. Extremely rare denomination.
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(BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 16814 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE16 (2.19g). Head of Hermes right, wearing Petasos / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, caduceus. Dark green patina, VF/gVF. Very rare type. Gutknecht coll., ex Bank Leu AG, Zurich.
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Dia (BC 85-65) AE 21812 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE21 (9.14g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right; monogram in left field. Good VF, black-green patina. Ex Drewry Coll.; ex Huston 120 (11/1992), lot 109; Lindgren Coll.
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Nikomedeia (AD 54-68) AE 27 - Nero812 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE27 (25.10g, 1h), struck ca 65-66 AD. Laureate bust right, aegis at point of bust; c/m: GALBA within incuse rectangle / Nero on horseback prancing right; to right, foot soldier advancing right, looking back, holding vexillum over shoulder and shield; [to left, helmeted foot soldier running right](?). cf. Gorny & Mosch 134 (10/2004), lot 1930. VF, variegated green and brown patina, light smoothing. Extremely rare.
This countermark, always carefully placed to obliterate the face of Nero, is found on coins of Moesia (see MacDowell, NC 1960), Perinthus, and Nicomedia.
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Kalchedon (AD 238-244) AE 25 - Tranquillina811 viewsTranquillina, 238-244 AD. AE25 (8.25g). Bust right / Apollo holding lyre reclining on back of swan swimming left.
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Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian810 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.22g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Laureate and draped bust right / COM BIT, octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze, three standing figures standing front in pediment, each holding a spear. VF, flan flaw on reverse. Unpublished variety with standing figures in pediment.
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Sosandros809 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.58g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, Σ-ΩΣΑÎ-ΔΡΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Good VF.
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(BC 182-149) Prusias II - Tetradrachm805 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.99g, 11h). Diademed and winged head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Zeus standing left, holding wreath in right hand, lotus tipped sceptre in left; to inner left, monogram above and below eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Superb EF, lightly toned. Exceptional Hellenistic portrait. Ex Leu 83 (5/2003), lot 281; Tkalec (10/1994), lot 94; Leu 2 (4/1972), lot 223.
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(BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 31804 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE31 (12.20g, 12h). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Nike walking right, carrying trophy over left shoulder; monogram to inner right. Good VF, mottled brown patina, adjustment marks on both sides, probably overstruck.
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Nikomedeia (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus804 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 - Medallion (30.21g). AY KA CEΠ– CEYHPOIC PC, radiate head r. NIKOMH – ΔEΩN, Severus, holding spear, on prancing horse r.; below, fallen enemy and scattered arms. In exergue, ΔIC NEΩKO / PΩN. Extremely rare (missing in all major collections). Dark green patina and extremely fine.
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Nikomedeia (AD 180-192) AE 26 - Commodus803 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE26 (11.97g, 8h). Bust right / Herakles standing right, holding lionskin and attended by fluttering figure of Telephos.
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Prusa ad Olympum (AD 193) AE 23 - Didius Julianus803 viewsDidius Julianus, 193 AD. AE23 (4.28g). AVT K M ΔIΔIOC-[IOVΛI]ANOC AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right / ΠP-OV / CAEΩN, six-columned temple, mint name in Greek across field and in exergue. Extremely rare. Awkwardly shaped flan. aEF.
Prusa was apparently the only provincial mint to strike coins for Julianus and his family, and the Recueil General knew only one specimen for Julianus himself, that in the BM. The elevation of Julianus in Rome caused the revolt of Pescennius Niger in Syria, but obviously there would have been a period of two or three weeks in Bithynia in mid-late April 193, between the announcement of Julianus' elevation and the arrival of news of Niger's revolt. This coin was struck within this very brief time frame.
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Apameia (AD 209-211) AE 21 - Geta799 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE21 (4.98g, 12h). Laureate head right / Daphne kneeling right, head left, with hand raised; to left, laurel tree. Unpublished. VF, dark green and brown patina, slight porosity. Extremely rare. Ex Peus 366 (10/2000), lot 548; Münzen und Medaillen FPL 422 (5/1980), lot 146.
The nymph Daphne, the daughter of the local river-god Peneus, attracted the unwelcome advances of Apollo. As he aggressively pursued her, Daphne, wishing to put a stop to his advances, prayed to her father to help her. Peneus transformed her on the spot into a laurel tree (Greek Dafnh). Heartbroken, Apollo declared that this tree would be special to him, and made the laurel his sacred tree.
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Nikomedeia (AD 138-161) AE 28 - Antoninus Pius789 viewsAntoninus Pius, AD 138-161. AE28 (15.07g, 6h). Laureate head right / Troptolemos driving biga of winged serpents right. VF, brown surfaces, light roughness. Apparently unpublished. From the Tony Hardy Collection.
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(BC 149-74) Nikomedes II, III or IV - AE 12789 viewsca 149-74 BC. AE12 (1.51g). Star of nine rays, ΕΠΙΦΑÎΟΥΣ between / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ÎΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ, cornucopiae with ears of corn. Very rare. Very fine.
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(BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 19782 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE19 (3.85g). Head of Prusias right, wearing a winged diadem / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ right, ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ left, Herakles standing left, holding club in right hand, lion's skin in left. Dark patina, nice very fine.
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Sosigenes778 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.50g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΣΩΣΙ-ΓΕÎΗΣ (magistrate) above and below. Nice VF.
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Nikaia (AD 253-260) AE 35 - Valerian I, Gallienus & Valerian II777 viewsValerian I, with Gallienus and Valerian II Caesar, 253-260 AD. AE35 - Medallion (19.32g, 12h). AYT K OYAΛЄPIANOC/ΓAΛΛIHNOC •/OYAΛЄPI/ANOC, CЄBBB in exergue, laureate and draped bust of Valerian I right vis-à -vis laureate and draped bust of Gallienus left; between them, laureate and draped bust of Valerian II right / MЄΓIC/TΩN APIC/T Ω N above, NIKAIЄΩN in exergue, three agonistic crowns, each containing two palms, set on ornate table top. VF, dark green patina, light overall roughness. Unique as a medallion. Ex Wagner Coll., Ex Mabbott Coll. (Part I, Hans Schulman, 6/1969), lot 1164; Münzen und Medaillen XIII (6/1954), lot 878.
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Kios (BC 350-300) Drachm - Nikas775 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (5.16g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ÎΙΚΑΣ (magistrate) above. Deeply toned, VF. Very rare.
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Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 177-192) AE - Commodus775 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE (9.28g). Laureate, draped bust right / Draped bust of Hermes left with kerykeion over shoulder. Rare. Brown patina. Very fine.
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Nikomedeia (AD 209-211) AE 30 - Geta773 viewsGeta, as Augustus, 209-211 AD. AE30 (17.75g, 1h). Geta, laureate, head to right, AVT K P SEP | GETAS A[VGOV] (completed from the Paris Geta with statue on column between two temples) / Seven-line legend: [--- / -----] / NIKOMEDE / ON DIS NEO / KORON PRO / TON BITHYNI / AS KE (for kai?) PON / T O V (spaced between loops of bowknot); all in laurel wreath.
The illegible top two lines in the wreath might be ΤΩΝ ΑΘΛΩΝ, from the Games. The obverse die is the only obverse for Geta as Augustus, that of the two-temple reverse (Waddington). The legend-in-wreath reverse is evidently unlisted anywhere.
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Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE - Marcus Aurelius 771 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE (17.23g) AVT KAI M AVP ANTONIN TI CEI, laureate, draped bust right/ NEIK AIA Turreted bust of Nikaia right. Brown patina. EF.
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Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 198-217) AE 20 - Caracalla765 viewsCaracalla, 197-215 AD. AE20 (3.82g). Draped bust right / ΒΙΘΥÎΙΕΩΠ- ΑΔΡΙΑÎΩÎ, Athena standing facing, wearing long chiton and Aegis, helmeted head turned left, holding spear in left hand, patera in right, shield at side. Brown patina, VF. Ex von Aulock Collection.
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Dia (BC 85-65) AE 20765 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE20 (8.66g, 12h). Struck under Mithradates VI of Pontos. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; monograms flanking. Near EF, dark green patina. Rare in this condition.
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Tion (AD 130-138) AE 44 - Antinous763 viewsAntinous, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE44 - Medallion (38.64g), struck 130-138 AD. ΑÎΤΙÎΟΩΙ ΗΡΩΙ, Bare-headed and draped bust left / Antinous, as Dionysos, riding on panther right, TIANOI below. VF, dark brown patina with some red on the reverse, light smoothing. Rare.
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Kios (BC 330-300) AE 12760 viewsca 330-300 BC. AE12 (1.36g). Head of Mithras right, wearing a laureate tiara / Kantharos with two grape vines, K-I-A around, within wreath of grain. gVF, dark green patina. Gutknecht coll.
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(BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 18759 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE18 (4.86g). Laureate head Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, kithara. Olive-green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll.
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Apameia (AD 37-41) AE 17 - Agrippina I758 viewsAgrippina Senior, died 33 AD. AE17 (3.36g, 12h). Struck under Caligula, 37-41 AD. Draped bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; countermark: capricorn right within oval incuse. Good VF, dark brown and green patina.
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Nikaia (AD 41-54) AE 22 - Claudius755 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE22 (5.24g), struck ca 50 AD. Pasidienus Firmus, Proconsul. Bare head right / Legend and monogram. Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina. Rare, only 7 specimens recorded by RPC.
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Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 235-238) AE 23 - Maximus755 viewsMaximus, as Caesar, 235-238 AD. AE23 (7.20g). Γ IOV OVH MAXIMOC, draped bust right / BIΘVNIEΩN, hunting scene with two bulls and lion. Rare. Green patina. VF.
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Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Tetradrachm749 viewsca 387/6-340 BC. AR Stater (14.54g). Bull standing left on grain ear, ΚΑΛX above, ΔA monogram to left / Quadripartite incuse square with stippled quadrants. Good VF, toned, small die break in field on obverse. Well centered.
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Athenodoros747 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.51g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, grain ear before, Α-ΘΗÎΟ-ΔΩΡΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Good VF.
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Apameia (AD 198-217) AE 34 - Caracalla747 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE34 (22.10g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, holding scepter and patera. VF, green-brown patina, some encrustation on reverse. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 350) Drachm742 viewsca mid-4th cent BC. AR Drachm (3.89g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Bust of Hera left, wearing decorative stephane, moon to left; ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ to right. Toned, VF. Rare.
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(BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 16742 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE16 (4.71g). Laureate head Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, bow and quiver. Dark green patina, EF.
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Kalchedon (BC 200) AE 25739 viewsIn alliance with Byzantion, ca 200 BC. AE25 (9.98g, 1h). Bust of Zeus right / KALXA - BYZAN, Athena with spear and shield right; countermark. This is one of five types issued in alliance of these two cities.
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(BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 18735 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE18 (5.24g). Laureate head Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, bow and quiver. Olive brown patina, EF. Gutknecht coll.
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(BC 182-149) Prusias II - Tetradrachm 733 viewsPrusias II Cynegos, 182-149 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.79g, 12h), Nikomedeia mint. Head of Prusias right, with slight beard and wearing winged diadem / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Zeus standing left, half draped, crowning king's name with an olive wreath held in his right hand and holding a long scepter in his left; to left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt over monogram. aEF. PGB coll.
Prusias II was a king about whom little good can be said. His epithet means “the Hunter†and that was the activity he liked most. As his reign went on, he became more and more disliked; he was killed after his much more attractive son Nikomedes revolted against him and took over the throne to universal acclaim.
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Prusa ad Olympum (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla730 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (9.51g). Laureate head right, AVT K M AVP ANTWNEINOC CEB / Ajax the Telamonian falling upon his sword left; pile of stones before, shield below, PRO-UCAEW-N above. EF, dark green patina. Rare Trojan War reference. Simpson Coll.
Ajax led the warriors of Salamis to Troy, and was regarded as the second greatest Greek warrior, after Achilles. When he failed to win Achilles' armor after the latter's tragic death, Ajax went mad and, after creating turmoil amidst the Greek ranks, finally committed suicide by falling on his sword.
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(BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 26728 viewsPrusias I, 228-185 BC. AE26 (11.01g, 12h). Laureate head Apollo left / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Athena-Nike standing left; ΗΓ monogram to left. VF, light smoothing in fields. Ex Lakeview Collection.
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Kalchedon (BC 340-320) Siglos728 viewsca 340-320 BC. AR Siglos (16mm, 5.32g). Bull standing left on grain ear / Incuse square of mill-sail pattern. Good VF.
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Tion (AD 98-117) AE 32 - Trajan726 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE32 (23.56g). AVT NEP TPAIANOC KAICAP CEB GM D, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / ZEVC CVPGACTEIOC TIANWN, Zeus Syrgastes standing left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle at feet. VF, orichalcum patina, some porosity. Zeus Syrgastes represents the assimilation of Zeus with a local high god.
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(BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 28717 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE28 (7.55g). Laureate head Apollo left / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Nike in long Chiton standing left, holding shield in left hand, crowing king's name with wreath in right; IA monogram to left. Light brown-green patina, some corrosion, gVF/F. Gutknecht coll.
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Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 218-222) AE 29 - Elagabalus706 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE29 (11.31g). Draped bust right / ΒΙΘΥÎΙΕΩΠ- ΑΔΡΙΑÎΩÎ, Nemesis standing facing, wearing long garb, head to left, right hand at chin; wheel at side. Dark brown patina, aVF. Unpublished?
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Kios (BC 350-300) 1/4 Drachm - Miletos706 viewsca 350-320 BC. AR 1/4 Drachm (1.28g). Miletos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right, K? below / Prow of galley left, ΜΙΛΗ-ΤΟΣ above and below. gVF, toned. Rare denomination. R. Mueller coll.
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Nikomedeia (AD 138-161) AE 18 - Antoninus Pius705 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE18 (3.81g). Laureate head right / Terminal figure of Hermes facing, caduceus at left. Good VF, dark green patina.
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Nikomedeia (AD 193-211) AE 34 - Septimius Severus705 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE34 (24.75g, 12h). Radiate head right / Octastyle temple façade; figure holding shield, flanked by pellets, in pediment. VF, attractive green patina. Ex de Barros Coll.
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Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 29 - Pescennius Niger704 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AE29 (11.67g, 8h). Laureate head right / Zeus(?) standing left, holding long sceptre. Fine, brown surfaces, centering holes. Extremely rare. Ex Sullivan Coll.
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Demetrios702 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.39g). Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΔΗΜΗ-ΤΡΙΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Nice VF, soft reverse strike.
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Bakheus700 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.55g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΒΑΚ-ΧΕΥΣ (magistrate) above and below. Good VF.
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Nikomedeia (AD 177-192) AE - Commodus700 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE (14.15g). Laureate and draped bust right / Tetrastyle temple. Brown patina. Very fine.
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Nikomedeia (AD 138-161) AE 19 - Antoninus Pius698 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE19 (3.63g). ΑVΤ ΚΑΙCΑP − ΑÎΤΩÎΙÎΟC, draped bust right / ÎΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑC ΜΗΤPΟΠΟΛΕΩC, Ships’ prow to right; on it curled snakes. Rare. Nice very fine.
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Nikomedeia (AD 180-192) AE 34 - Commodus695 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE34 (26.51g). [AVT K] M AVP KOMMOΔOC ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right / NIKOMHΔЄΩN / ΔIC NЄΩKO/PΩN, galley, on background, two temples. Dark green patina, traces of silvering, VF.
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Poseidonios691 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.54g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΠΟΣΕΙ-ΔΩÎΙΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Good VF.
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Kretia-Flaviopolis (AD 198-209) AE 27 - Geta691 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE27 (10.70g, 1h). ΠCΕΡΤΙ - ΓΕΤΑC Κ, head right / ΚΡΗΤΙΕΩΠ- ΦΛΑΟVΙΟ / ΠΟΛΙ. Good F.
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Kios (BC 74) AE 25690 viewsKios or Prusias ad Mare, after 74 BC. AE25 (7.89g). Head of Heracles right / ΠPOYCIEΩN/ TΩN ΠPOC / ΘAΛACCHI, club, bow in quiver. Very fine.
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Nikomedeia (AD 69-79) AE 34 - Vespasian690 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE34 (23.61g, 12h). M. Plancius Varus, proconsularis. Struck ca 70-71 AD. Laureate head right / MAPKOΣ/ ΠΛANKIOΣ/ OVAROΣ/ ANΘVΠATOΣ/ (monograms) in five lines across field; all within wreath. VF, brown surfaces, light overall roughness. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Herakleia Pontika (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla686 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (17.81g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Herakles seated left on rocks covered with lion's skin, resting club on ground in left hand, right hand extended holding cantharus. Near VF, glossy dark green patina, flan bent slightly, some smoothing in fields.
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Kalchedon (BC 340-320) Siglos685 viewsca 340-320 BC. AR Siglos (5.32g). Bull standing left on grain ear, ΚΑΛΧ above / Incuse square of mill-sail pattern. EF.
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Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian679 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.55g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / COM BIT, S P Q P (sic) across fields, octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, POM AVG (sic) across frieze, pellet in pediment. VF. Attractive portrait.
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Miletos677 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.51g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΜΙΛΗ-ΤΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Nice VF.
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Herakleia Pontika (AD 222-235) AE 28 - Severus Alexander676 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE28 (10.12g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Herakles standing left, nude, raising club far over his shoulder, about to beat to death the Hydra. Near VF, dark brown surfaces, some light smoothing. This type not recorded for Severus Alexander from this mint.
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(BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 18670 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE18 (3.54g). Laureate head Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, bow and quiver. Light green patina, EF.
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Kalchedon (AD 238-244) AE 26 - Tranquillina 669 viewsTranquillina, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AE26 (8.30g, 12h). Diademed and draped bsut right / Apollo reclining right, resting hand on head, holding lyre, on back of swan flying left. VF, green patina, a few deposits. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Iuliopolis (AD 222-235) AE 23 - Severus Alexander666 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE23 (6.21g, 1h). M AVP CEVH ALEXANΔPOC AVG, laureate head right / IΟΛΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩÎ, three standards. EF, choice dark blue-green patina.
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Iuliopolis (AD 238-244) AE 25 – Gordian III666 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE25 (7.71g). M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ, laureate, cuirassed and draped right / IOVΛIOΠOΛЄITΩN, Bust of Mên right, wearing Phrygian cap, crescent behind shoulder. Extremely rare. Dark brown patina, gVF.
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Herakleia Pontika (AD 209-212) AE 18 - Geta662 viewsGeta, 209-212 AD. AE18 (3.56g). Head right / Helmeted head of Athena right. Dark green patina. Choice EF.
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 25 - Gallienus662 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE25 (7.74g). ΠΟΥ ΛΙ ΕΓ ΓΑΛΛΙΗÎΟΣ, cuirassed, draped and radiate bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysos in Elephant-quadriga. Rare. Very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE 29 - Domitia Lucilla662 viewsDomitia Lucilla, mother of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE29 (16.50g, 7h). ΔOMITI ΛOYKIΛΛAN NEIKAIEIC, draped bust of Domitia right, hair coiled on top of head / M AVPHΛIOC OVHPOC KAICAP, Aurelius on horseback right, holding couched lance in right hand. VF, tan patina, corroded. Extremely rare, one of two known, the other in the BN.
The specimen of this coin in Paris has been known since 1863, being the subject of some debate concerning its authenticity. This second specimen is from the same dies and seems to confirm the reading in Cohen. Domitia's husband, Annius Verus died shortly after the birth of their son in 121 AD, but her family wealth and close connections to the imperial court insured that the youth came to the attention of the emperor Hadrian, who in 138 AD advised Antoninus Pius to adopt him. This coin was probably struck shortly after the accession of Antoninius Pius, and marks the noble family lineage of the new heir apparent of the Roman empire.
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Herakleia Pontika (AD 236-238) AE 27 - Maximus661 viewsMaximus Caesar, 236-238 AD. AE27 (9.88g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; c/m: H in incuse circle / Athena standing left, holding Nike and scepter. VF, brown and green patina with some earthen encrustation. Wagner Coll.
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Nikaia (AD 138-161) AE 29 - Antoninus Pius657 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE29 (12.73g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / TON/KTICTHN in two lines across fields, NIKAIEIC in exergue, Statue of Dionysus seated left, resting hand on panther standing to left behind him and holding thyrsus, set on car drawn by two elephants. VF, black patina, minor roughness. Rare. Ex Malter 81 (9/2002), lot 417 (expertly conserved since).
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Prusa ad Olympum (AD 217-218) AE 26 - Diadumenian657 viewsDiadumenian, 217-217 AD. AE26 (7.03g). M OΠЄΛ ANTΩNINOC ΔIAΔOVMЄNIANOC, bare head right / ΠPOVCAЄΩN, Aias committing hara-kiri with sword. Beautiful glossy dark green patina, almost EF.
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Nikaia (AD 202-205) AE 28 - Plautilla656 viewsPlautilla, Augusta, 202-205 AD. AE28 (12.42g). Draped bust right; c/m: Nike standing right / Tyche, holding rudder and cornucopia, standing left within hexastyle temple. VF, dark greenish-brown patina.
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Nikaia (AD 81-96) AE 26 - Domitian653 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE26 (8.54g). AVT ΔOMITIANOV KAICAP CEBA ΓEP, laureate bust right / TΩN KTICTH NEIKAIEIC ΠPΩTOI THC EΠAPX, laureate bearded head of Herakles left. Rare, VF, deep green patina. Hoeft coll.
The metropolis of Bithynia was in fact Nicomedia, but Nicaea raises a claim upon that title as shown by a coin issued under Domitian with the legend "the Nikaians, the first of the eparchias." From this claim emerged a legal dispute which was finally decided by Valens - Nicaea and Nicomedia both were allowed to call themselves the first city of Bithynia, but only Nicomedia was the metropolis. But this vain title was useless: by the new arrangement of the provinces, Chalcedon became the metropolis of the anterior Pontus. It's known from a discourse from Dion of Prusa (who lived in the time of Domitian) in which he challenged the Nicomedians to hold peace with the Nicaeans.
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Iuliopolis (AD 198-209) AE 26 - Geta652 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE26 (11.54g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust R, seen from behind / Tyche, holding rudder and cornucopia, within tetrastyle temple; wreath on pediment. VF, green patina, fields smoothed.
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Nikomedeia (AD 222-235) AE 22 - Severus Alexander649 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE22 (5.31g, 7h). M AVP CE AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟC AVΓ, laureate head R / NI-KO, MH (ligate)- ΔE/Ω-N across fields, TPIC NEΩN, in exergue, octastyle temple set on two-tiered base. Good VF, dark brown patina. Rare.
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Nikaia (AD 180-192) AE 28 - Commodus649 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE28 (10.71g, 1h). Bust right / Three athletes drawing competition lots from an urn. Rare.
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Nikaia (AD 69-79) AE 21 - Vespasian648 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE21 (6.85g). Laureate bust right / Panther seated left, paw on cantharus. Rare. VF.
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(BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 18648 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE18 (5.95g). Laureate head Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, kithara. Dark green patina, EF.
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Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus643 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (11.85g). Laureate head right / Zeus standing left, holding scepter. Nice Fine, dark brown patina. Apparently unique and unpublished.
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Posis641 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.47g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, Π-ΟΣΙΣ (magistrate) above. Good VF, light reverse double-strike.
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Nikomedeia (AD 193-211) AE 22 - Septimius Severus640 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE22 (5.95g). Laureate head right / Octastyle temple; c/m: laureate bust right. Host Fine, countermark VF but poorly struck, green patina. Roper Coll.
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Prusias ad Hypium (AD 197-212) AE - Geta639 viewsGeta, 197-212 AD. AE (10.78g), Π CΕΠΤΙ ΓΕΤΑC Κ, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΨΠΙΩ, Heracles pointing arrow at Stymphalic bird. Very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 26 - Salonina636 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE26 (10.84g). Diademed and draped bust right / Valerian and Gallienus clasping hands, female figure (Homonaia, Salonina or priestess?) to right. Attractive very fine.
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Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 24 - Pescennius Niger633 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AE24 (5.98g). Laureate head right / Hygieia standing right. An apparently unpublished reverse type for this series which honors the various gods of the Greek pantheon. Fine, glossy green patina with small patches of roughness. Extremely rare. Melcher Coll.; ex CNG 57 (4/2001), lot 799.
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Kios (BC 350-300) Drachm - Nikas631 views350-300 BC. AR Drachm (5.07g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ÎΙΚΑΣ (magistrate) above. Good style, good VF. Very rare!
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Tion (AD 220-240) AE 30631 viewsCivic Issue, ca 220-240 AD. AE30 (11.92g). Diademed and draped bust of Tius right; countermark: H surmounted by star within circular incuse / Tyche standing right, holding scepter, facing Zeus standing left, also holding scepter and sacrificing over altar between them. Good Fine, brown patina.
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Nikomedeia (AD 161-180) AE 28 - Marcus Aurelius631 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE28 (11.77g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Eight-column temple. Rare, very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 34 - Caracalla627 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE34 (27.92g). AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNINOC AVΓOV, youthful laureate and cuirassed bust right / CEOVHPIA ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEIA TA MEΓAΛA NIKAIEΩN, ornate prize crown with two palms; IEPOC AΓON in central band. EF, dark green patina, flan crack. A superb, lifelike portrait of the young Caracalla.
This unrecorded coin provides a further expansion of the games-related legends of the coins of Nicaea. "ta megala" is otherwise unattested, and in conjunction with the full legend can be read as "Severeia Philadelpheia in respect to the great ceremonies of the Nicaeans," with the central band inscription reading "The Holy Game." In the late 3rd century a complex cycle of at least fifteen games and associated religious festivals is attested for Nicaea, honoring Dionysus the founder, Apollo Pythius, and various emperors from Augustus to Gallienus. Read along with the very young portrait of Caracalla as Augustus, the legend and type can be taken to indicate that Nicaea sponsored a grand series of festivals to celebrate the joint elevation of Caracalla to Augustus and Geta to Caesar in 198 AD.
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Bithynia Uncertain (AD 117-138) AE 34 - Hadrian627 viewsKoinon of Bithynia. Nikomedeia(?) mint. Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE34 (25.94g, 6h). Laureate head right / Octastyle temple façade set on podium of three steps, pellet in field between central columns; in pediment, ornate entablature consisting of metopes, each with central pellet; above, male figure standing facing, holding patera over lighted altar and holding scepter, pellet to left and right; aphlasta as acroteria. VF, dark green and brown patina, some minor cleaning marks. Well centered and struck. Ex Sierra Coll.
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