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Home > Pontos Most viewed - Pontos Komana (AD 193-211) AE 33 - Septimus Severus815 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE33 (13.97g), struck 205/6 AD. Draped cuirassed bust right / IEROKAICA - KOMANEwN, temple; date in field, ET BOR (= year 172 of local era). Rare and interesting architechtural type. Dark, olive green patina. Light porosity on obv. EF. Amisos (AD 253) AE 28 - Aemilian811 viewsAemilian, 253 AD. AE28 (11.63g), dated CY 284 (253 AD). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Zeus seated left, holding patera and scepter. VF, brown patina. Very rare. Wagner Coll. (BC 63-46) Pharnakes II - AV Stater806 viewsPharnakes II, ca 63-46 BC. AV Stater (19.5mm, 8.19g, 1h). Pantikapaion mint. Dated Bosporan Era 245 (53/2 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛ-EΩN MEΓAΛOY ΦAPNAKOY, Apollo seated left on lion-footed throne, holding branch in extended right hand, left arm resting on kithara; tripod to left; to right, EMΣ (date) above monogram. EF, slightly weak strike, some die wear. Very rare. Pharnakes was awarded the Bosporan Kingdom by Pompey, for the betrayal of his father Mithradates VI, King of Pontos. Little is known of his 16-year reign except for its ending. During the Civil War between Pompey and Julius Caesar, Pharnakes tried to recapture his father's former territories in Pontos. He won a victory over Caesar's general, Domitius Calvinus, and ordered Romans in the region castrated or put to the sword. In response, Caesar launched a rapid five day war against Pharnakes in 47 BC, culminating in the battle of Zela. Caesar emerged victorious, prompting him to report back to the Senate with the now famous dictum, "Veni, Vidi, Vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered). Neokaisareia (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus803 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (10.49g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΣΕΠ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΟΣ, laureate and draped bust right / ΚΟΙΝ ΠΟΝ ΝΕΟ-ΚΑΙΣ ΜΗΤΡΟ, Tyche seated with cornucopia surrounded by five more City-Goddesses. Very rare. Black patina. Very fine. Pontos Uncertain (BC 130-100) AE 12785 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE12 (1.92g). Head of horse right, star on neck / Comet (?). VF.1 comments Sebastopolis-Herakleiopolis (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla783 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (11.62g, 11h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cult-statue of Hercules, holding club set on ground and lion skin, standing facing within central arched bay with fencing, flanked by two tetrastyle temple façades; all set on tiered base. Near EF, brown patina. Extremely rare architectural type for this emperor from this city. From Group CEM. Amaseia (AD 222-235) AE 36 - Severus Alexander779 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE36 (18.82g). Struck, 225-226 AD. Draped, cuirassed bust R / Turreted Tyche in long garb, cornucopiae in L hand, rudder in R; in fied, date ET - CK/H (= year 228 of the local era). Red-brown patina, VF. Amisos (BC 125-100) AE 12777 viewsca 125-100 BC. AE12 (1.09g). Head of bearded Herakles right / ΑΜΙ-Σ[ΟΥ], club and quiver; monogram to left. EF, dark green, almost black, patina. Very rare. Amisos (AD 117-138) Drachm - Hadrian775 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Drachm (2.56g, 19mm, 7h). Dated CY 163 (AD 131/2). Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / Athena standing left, holding Nike and shield set on ground. VF, toned, some light porosity. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY19773 viewsPolemo II, with Nero, 38-64 AD. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.66g, 6h). Dated RY 19 (56/7 AD). Diademed head of Polemo II right / Laureate head of Nero right. VF, minor scratches under tone. Brace coll. (BC 43-16) Asander - AV Stater763 viewsAsander, as king, ca 43-16 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 7.99g, 11h). Dated RY 27 (21/0 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΣANΔPOY, Nike, holding wreath in extended right hand, palm frond in left, standing left on prow left; ZK (date) to inner left. VF, fields smoothed. Very rare. Ex Drewry Coll. (CNG 67, 9/2004, lot 620); Stevenson Coll. (CNG XXVI, 6/1993, lot 78); Sotheby's (5/1984), lot 96. After defeating Pharnakes II in 47 BC, Asander hoped that Caesar would recognize him as king of Bosporos. Instead, in 46 BC Caesar appointed Mithradates of Pergamon, the illegitimate son of Mithradates VI Eupator and a personal friend. Asander, however, subsequently defeated and killed Mithradates. To support his claim to the throne, Asander married Dynamis, the daughter of Pharnakes II, but for the first four years of his reign, he claimed the title ‘archon’ only, rather than that of ‘basileus.’ The reason for this may be that as Rome had formally recognized the archon Pharnakes II as king, Asander was hoping they would do the same on his behalf – a hope confirmed by Octavian in 43 BC. Consequently, all of Asander’s regnal dates are reckoned from his first year as archon (circa 47/6 BC). (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm760 viewsPolemo II, with Tryphanae, ca 38-64 AD. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.33g, 12h). Struck ca 50s AD. Diademed bust of Polemo right / BACI/ΛICCHC/ TPYΦAI/NHC in four lines; all within diadem with ties at bottom. Good Fine, toned, several cuts on edge. Rare. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY15756 viewsPolemo II, 38/9-64/5 AD, with Claudius. AR Drachm (3.17g). Dated 52/3 AD. BACIΛΕωC ΠΟΛΕΜωΝΟC, diademed head of Polemo II right / Laureate head of Claudius right, ETOYC behind, IE before. Some minor porosity, aEF. (BC 8-AD 23) Pythodoris - Drachm739 viewsPythodoris, 8 BC-22/23 AD. AR Drachm (3,56g, 19mm). Uncertain mint. Dated CY 60 (unknown era). Laureate head of Augustus right / BAΣIΛIΣΣA ΠYΘOΔΩPIΣ ETOYΣ Ξ, Capricorn right. Minor scratches on obverse, minor corrosion. Very rare. VF. Amaseia (AD 81-96) - Domitian738 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE24 (6.45g), dated CY 95 (92/93 AD). AYT ΔOMITIANΩ KAICAP CEBAC ΓEP; laureate head right / AMACCEIAC ETOVC koppa-E; view of the city of Amasia, with fortifications with six towers on two mountain summits; city wall below, temple in center; to left of temple, rock-cut tombs of the Pontic kings. Zela (AD 98-117) AE 35 - Trajan737 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE35 (24.15g, 5h). ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟ[C] Κ[ΑΙC]ΑΡ [C]ΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚΟC, cuirassed, draped and laureate bust right / ΘΕΑ ΑΝΑΕ∙ΙΤΙC∙ZΗΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΤΟΥC, persian goddess Anaitis sitting left, crescent on head, holding ears (of wheat?) in right hand, N in exergue. gVF. Unique? Ex Lanz 146 (5/2009), 438; ex Künker 193 (9/2011), 679. Amisos (AD 241-244) AE 36 - Tranquillina730 viewsTranquillina, 241-244 AD. AE36 (29.69g). CABINIA TPANKYLINA CAICBACTH(?), bust right / Pallas standing left, wearing corinthian helm, holding transverse spear and resting hand on shield. Very rare. About very fine. Komana (AD 37-41) AE - Caligula716 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE (6.44g), dated Year 6 (39/40 AD). Radiate female head right / ΚΟΜΑΝΟΝ, club in wreath. Brown patina, VF. Amisos (AD 198-217) AE 33 - Caracalla705 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE33 (22.00g), dated CY 241 (209/210 AD). Laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear pointed forwards and shield decorated with gorgon’s head; countermark - Nike left (?) / AMICOY ELEY-QERAC ETOVC, Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; CMA (date) in exergue. green and brown patina, light roughness. Fine. Apparently unpublished. Drewry Coll. Komana (AD 98-117) AE 32 - Trajan701 viewsTrajan, 89-117 AD. AE32 (22.94g). ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ CΕΒ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟC, laureate bust with aegis / ΙΕΡΟΚΑΙCΑΡΕΩΝ ΚΟΜΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΗC ΙΕ ΚΑΙ / ΑCΥΛΟΥ, tetrastyle Korinthian temple with cult-statue of radiate goddess (Ma or Bellona) in long dress holding club or sword; two Nikes on columns crowning her. Very rare. Nice dark green patina, good very fine. Neokaisareia (AD 222-235) AE 30 - Severus Alexander696 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE30 (15.36g, 12h). Dated CY 163 (226/7 AD). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Two-storied portico (nymphaeum?) with central arch in which stands Tyche holding rudder and cornucopia; ЄT PΞΓ (date) in exergue. VF, attractive earthen green patina. Fine style portrait and exceptional reverse. Very rare. Çizmeli cites only three specimens with this reverse type, all of which were paired with a cruder obverse die engraved with a more youthful bust. Price and Trell (pp. 43-4) include this type with other coins depicting nymphaea, but caution that “...the building at Neocaesarea resembles a gate more than a fountain and certainly does not have the spouts at the base to indicate the nature of the monument.” Amisos (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Julia Domna691 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE31 (13.02g). Draped bust right; countermark: capricorn right / Athena standing right, holding spear and presenting Nike to Hygeia standing left, holding grain-ears and sceptre. Fine, brown patina. Roper Coll. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 19690 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE19 (8.68g). Bow in case; countermark: helmet / 8-rayed star. VF. Pfeiler coll. Amisos (AD 193-211) AE 33 - Septimius Severus687 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE33 (19.51g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; c/m: capricorn right / Athena standing right, holding spear and presenting Nike to Hygeia standing left, holding grain-ears and sceptre. Fine, brown patina. Roper Coll. Amisos (AD 253-268) AE 21 - Gallienus678 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE21 (9.45g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Ares standing left, holding shield set on ground and spear. VF, dark brown patina. Amisos (AD 198-209) AE 34 - Geta673 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE34 (21.74g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right; c/m: capricorn right / Athena standing right, holding spear and presenting Nike to Hygeia standing left, holding grain-ears and sceptre. Near VF, brown patina. Roper Coll. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY19670 viewsPolemo II, 38-64 AD. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 3.15g, 3h). Dated RY 19 (56/7 AD). BACIΛEWC ΠOΛEMWNOC, diademed head of Polemo right / ΕΤΟΥC ΙΘ, laureate head of Nero right. gVF. Sebastopolis-Herakleiopolis (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus669 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (14.12g, 11h). Dated City Year 266 (263/4 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Herakles standing right, battling the Nemean lion. VF, brown patina with some hard green deposits. Ex Righetti Coll. 8202; Ex M&M 13 (10/2003), lot 276; Ex Sternberg 25 (11/1991), lot 427. Amaseia (AD 138-161) AE 24 - Antoninus Pius661 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE24 (14.45g). Laureate head right / Altar of Zeus Stratios. Neokaisareia (AD 198-217) AE 30658 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (4.10g), struck 209/210 AD. AVT M AVPH - ANTΩNINOC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right, seen from behind / KOIN ΠON - NEO - KAI - MHTPO, tetrastyle temple, columns with distinct ektasis, feet of columns with two embossments (torus), just as the capitals, pediment with shield (or Sol?) in the tympanon, decorated akrosteria [and quadriga on top of the roof]; in the outer intercolumnaria backwall visible with bricks, in the middle intercolumnarium statue of Zeus, nude, raised right hand, standing facing on narrow cippus; RM Digamma (= year 146) in exergue. Rare. About VF/VF, brown patina. Probably unpublished. Hoeft coll. Sometimes the figure on the cippus is called Ma, which was worshipped in Komana Pontica, where she was brought from Komana in Cappadocia. Sulla brought her to Rome where she was identified with Bellona. But a female deity is never depicted nude and therefore it can't be Ma! Megalopolis-Sebasteia (AD 114-115) AE 35 - Trajan658 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE35 (25.57g, 35.5mm), dated 114/15 AD, L. Catilius Severus magistrate. AYTOKPA KAIC NEP TRAIANOC CEB ΓEP Δ, laureate head right / EΠI KATIΛ CEOYHPOY CEBACTEIAC ETOYS AN, Zeus seated left, holding Nike on globe in right hand, long scepter in left, dolphin beneath. This is the third known coin of this extremely rare mint in Pontos, and the first of this large denomination. Zela (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla658 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (16.58g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟC, laureate head right / ZΗΛΙΤΩΝ, emperor in quadriga right, in ex. ЄT PMR. Very rare. Dark patina, VF. (BC 169-150) Mithradates IV - Tetradrachm656 viewsMithradates IV, ca 170/169-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.99g), struck ca 169-150 BC. Diademed and draped busts of Mithradates IV and Laodice right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] / ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ - ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ / ΛΑΟΔΙΚΗΣ / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ, Zeus, with thunder­bolt, and Hera standing facing side by side, both holding scepter. Extremely rare. An issue of great fascination with two pleasant Hellenistic portraits, surface somewhat porous, otherwise gVF. Ex NAC sale 2 (1990), lot 173. From the Jameson and Salvesen collections. Mithradates IV Philopator succeeded his brother, Pharnakes I, as king of Pontus and took great pains to undo the damage to the Pontic kingdom caused by Pharnakes’s conflicts with the neighboring Bithynian and Attalid kingdoms. He supported Attalos II against Prousias II of Bithynia in 154 BC, which also made him a friend of Rome. The friendly relationship that he established with the Romans remained firm until it was shattered irreparably by Mithradates VI Eupator and the Asiatic Vespers of 89/8 BC. Although little else is known about the reign of Mithradates IV, his coins reveal much about the king’s desire to present himself as a Hellenistic monarch equal to the Antigonid, Seleucid, and Ptolemaic kings who could trace their bloodlines back to the generals of Alexander the Great. Despite his Iranian ancestry and possession of a backwater kingdom on the Black Sea, this tetradrachm firmly places him in the tradition of Hellenistic royal superpowers. He wears the diadem, the universal symbol of Hellenistic kingship, and is jugate with the head of his wife, Laodice, who also happened to be his sister. The royal jugate portrait was first pioneered by Ptolemy II Philadelphos for gold coins celebrating the deification of his father and mother as well as of himself and his own sister-wife, Arsinoe II. While marriage between brother and sister had a long tradition among the pharaohs and therefore Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II could be seen as continuing the native Egyptian custom, it was not acceptable in mainstream Greek culture. In an attempt to make his brother-sister marriage more palatable to Greeks, the apologists of Ptolemy II appealed to his divinity, pointing out that Zeus and Hera were also brother and sister. The reverse type of this tetradrachm also seems to make the same argument, depicting the full-length figures of Zeus and Hera as a parallel for the portraits of the king and Laodice on the obverse. The type was presumably aimed at a Greek audience (outside of Pontus?) since brother-sister marriages were not unknown among ancient Iranian elites and would not have required any special explanation - and certainly not one appealing to Greek gods - to the native Iranian population of Pontus. In addition to the aspiration to royal greatness in the footsteps of the Ptolemaic kings expressed by this coin, the treatment of the portraits is remarkable. Unlike the frequent tendency towards idealization in Hellenistic royal coin portraits, the portraits of Mithradates VI and Laodice approach a style that seems to underline the non-Greek ethnicity of the Pontic king and queen. The un-Greek character of the royal portraits are at odds with the other features of the coin that virtually scream Greek royal culture following the Ptolemaic model. As such, this coin brilliantly encapsulates the spirit of the Hellenistic Age, in which many non-Greeks sought to elevate themselves through the adoption of Greek cultural elements. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 13655 viewsLate 2nd century BC. AE13 (1.9g). Pilos decorated with star / Star. EF. Apparently unpublished. Neokaisareia (AD 238-244) AE 30 - Gordian III652 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE30 (16.5g). 241-242. Gordian right / Table supporting agnostic urn. A very nice example of this scarcer bronze. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 22647 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (7.68g). Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf's scalp / Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder, in left field star over crescent. VF. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY20646 viewsPolemo II, with Nero. 37/8-41 AD. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.66g, 6h). Dated RY 20 (57/8 AD). Diademed head of Polemo right / Laureate head of Nero right; date in legend. VF. Amisos (BC 125-100) AE 27639 viewsca 125-100 BC. AE27 (21.20g, 12h). Struck under Mithradates VI, ca 120-111 or 100-95 BC. Head right wearing bashlyk / Quiver and unstrung bow. Good VF, dark brown surfaces, some adjustment marks at the edges. Kerasos (AD 218-222) AE 31 - Elagabalus635 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE31 (9.88g, 6h). Dated CY 156 (219/20 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche(?) enthroned left, holding phiale. Fine, dark olive patina with traces of gray overtones. Extremely rare. Wagner Coll. Komana (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus634 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (12.78g), dated local era year 172 (205-206 AD). AY K Λ CЄΠ CЄOYEPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed right / KOMANЄ, tetrastyle temple, containing statue of Enyo standing left on pedestal; in exergue, ЄT BOP. About very fine. Trapezos (AD 247-249) AE 29 - Philip II632 viewsPhilip II, 247-249 AD. AE29 (16.28g, 5h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mithras on horseback right; behind, tree; before, altar and column surmounted by raven. Near VF, brown surfaces, minor encrustation. 1 comments Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 19632 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE19 (5.66g). Rosebud, monogram / Star between two crescents. VF. Ex Pfeiler coll. Amaseia (AD 222-235) AE 35 - Severus Alexander632 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE35 (24.73g). ΑΥΤ Κ CЄΟΥΗΡΟC ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΑΔΡ CЄΥ ΑΛЄ ΑΜΑCΙΑC ΜΗ ΝЄ ΠΡ / ΠΟΝ ЄΤ CΚ/Η […], view of the city of Amaseia on the mountainside with temple and altar of Zeus Stratios. gVF. Neokaisareia (AD 222-235) AE 33 - Alexander Severus624 viewsAlexander Severus, 222-235 AD. AE32.93 (18.72g), struck 234-235 AD. AV K M AV CE- AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust R / KOIN ΠΟ NEOKECAPIAC MH, three-dimensional temple; in ex., ET POA (= year 171). Minor cleaning-scratches inbetween reverse columns. Very fine. Amaseia (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla and Geta622 viewsCaracalla & Geta, 198-217 AD. AE30 (12.85g). Dated, 208 AD. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right / Draped bust of Geta right; ET-CN. Rare. Good fine. Komana (AD 193-211) AE 29 - Septimius Severus618 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE29 (12.51g, 11h). Dated CY 172 (205/206 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Radiate female standing facing, holding shield and club, within tetrastyle temple; roundel in pediment. VF, green patina. Trapezos (AD 244-249) AE 30 - Otacilia Severa615 viewsOtacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE29 (16.91g, 6h). Dated CY 181 (244/5 AD). Draped bust right / Mithras on horseback right; tree to left, lighted altar to right; AΠP (date) in exergue. Good VF, brown patina, areas of weak strike on edge. Very rare. Amisos (AD 128-137) Drachm - Sabina611 viewsSabina, Augusta, 128-137 AD. AR Drachm (2.6g, 14mm). CABEINA CEBACTH, diademed and draped bust right / AMICOV EΛEYΘEPAC ETOVC PΞZ, Hera standing with patera. VF. Trapezos (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla610 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (11.05g), struck year 153 = ca 205-208 AD?. AV(?) KA M AV - ANTΩNIN[OC], laureate head right / TPAΠ - ZOVNTIΩN / E PNΓ, Mithras riding on horse right, wearing Phrygean bonnet, burning altar in field to right. F/good F, dark green-brown patina. Hoeft coll. Neokaisareia (AD 238-244) AE 31 - Gordianus III608 viewsGordianus III, 238-244. AE31 (15.22g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, Κ Îœ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝ, Prize-urn with two branches, ΚΟΙΝ ΠΟ ΝΤΟΜΗ ΝΕΟΚΑΙ ΕΤΡΟ. Very fine. Apparently unpublished. Amisos (BC 125-100) AE 17605 viewsca 125-100 BC. AE17 (4.29g). Bust of winged Nike right / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, quiver. aEF. Pfeiler Coll. Amisos (AD 249-251) AE 25 - Trajan Decius599 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE25 (7.31g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm. VF, dark green patina, minor roughness. Amisos (AD 139-161) AE 23 - Marcus Aurelius598 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE23 (8.54g, 6h). Bare head of Marcus right / Head of a young Dionysos left. VF, dark green and brown patina. Ex Righetti Coll. 9304;. Ex M&M 13 (10/2003), lot 246. Sebastopolis-Herakleiopolis (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus597 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (12.86g), struck 205/6 AD (year 208). AY KAI Λ CEΠTI - CEVHPOC - AYΓ, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / CEBAC - TO - HP - AKΛEO / ET HC, tetrastyle temple with two-stage base and triagonal pediment decorated with wreath with ribbons. VF/about EF, nice brown-green patina. Hoeft coll. Komana (BC 85-65) AE 22594 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (7.0g). Gorgoneion surrounded by aegis / ΚΟΜΑ-ΝΩΝ, Nike carrying palm leaf over shoulder; two monograms flanking. VF. Kabeira (BC 85-65) AE 30584 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE30 (18.64g). Head Athena Parthenos with Helmet decorated with Pegasos / KABH-PΩN, Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and Medusa's head; Medusa's body at his feet. About very fine. Ex Ilona Pfeiler coll. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY19570 viewsPolemo II, 38-63 AD. AR Drachm (3.38g), dated year 19 (56/7 AD). Diademed head of Polemo / ΕΤΟΥC ΙΘ, laureate head of Nero. Toned VF. Neokaisareia (AD 238-244) AE 27 - Gordian III560 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE27 (15.52g, 12h), dated CY 178 (241/2 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Table supporting agonistic prize urn containing two palm branches; ET POH (date) in exergue. VF, yellow-brown patina, minor porosity. Ex Wagner Coll. Neokaisareia (AD 253-260) AE 30 - Valerian I558 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE30 (12.44g), dated year 192 (255/6 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. / Prize crown inscribed AKTIOC set on low platform, inscription E[.]ΕPOCOIKOY (?) on platform; date in exergue. Corrosion, very fine. Amaseia (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Septimius Severus555 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE31 (21.84g). Struck 208/209 AD. [...]ΗΡΟC[...] CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΑΔ CЄΥ ΑΝΤ ΑΜΑCΙΑC ΜΗΤ ΝЄΩΚ ΠΡ ΠΟ / ЄΤ - CH, eagle and Helios in Quadriga above altar. Rare variant. Dark green patina, flan cracks, very fine. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY20553 viewsPolemo II, with Nero, 37/8-41 AD. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.51g, 6h). Year 20 (57/8 AD). [B]ACIΛEWC ΠOΛEMWNOC, diademed head of Polemo right / ETOYC K, laureate head of Nero right; date in legend. Toned VF, minor porosity, old scrape on Nero's cheek. Amisos (AD 198-217) AE 36 - Caracalla550 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE36 - Medallion (27.38g, 5h). Dated CY 230 (198/9 AD). AVT K M AVP ANTΩ–NЄINOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / A–MI–COV/ ЄΛЄVTЄPAC/ • ЄT • CΛ • (date), Nike, holding filleted palm frond in right hand, driving biga left. EF, green patina. An extremely rare and attractive piece. Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA V (12/2008), lot 268. Similar types were struck later in Caracalla’s reign (see RG 118; SNG Copenhagen 192). Zela (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla541 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (15.79g, 6h). Dated CY 146 (209/10 AD). Laureate head right / Hexastyle temple façade with elaborate pediment set on base; ЄT PMR (date) in exergue. Good VF, green patina. Extremely rare date. Group CEM. Amaseia (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla535 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (4.17g, 7h). Dated CY 208 (AD 206/7). Radiate head right / Serpent left on altar draped with garland. Good VF, brown patina. Very rare, only one specimen cited by Dalaison. Neokaisareia (AD 222-235) AE 28 - Severus Alexander534 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE28 (15.10g) 226/227 AD. ΑΥ Κ Îœ ΑΥΡ CЄΟΥ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΚΟΙ ΠΟ ΝЄΟΚЄC Îœ[...] / ΔΙC ΝЄΩΚ[...] / ЄΤ ΡZΓ, two tetrastyle temples. Green patina. Rev. scratches, obv. small black spot. Very fine. (BC 169-150) Mithradates IV - Tetradrachm532 viewsMithradates IV, ca 170/169–150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.83g), struck in Sinope ca 169 BC. Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ - ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ / ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ, Perseus, naked but for cloak over his shoulders, standing facing and holding gorgoneion and harpa; monogram in lower left field. Extremely rare and among the finest specimens known. An elegant portrait of fine Hellenistic style struck in high relief on a very large flan. Old cabinet tone and aEF. Ex Leu sale 48 (1989), lot 209. From the von Aulock and Salvesen collections. The reverse of this tetradrachm, which may perhaps predate Mithradates IV’s marriage to his sister, Laodike, depicts the hero Perseus. He appears here, not so much because Mithradates IV wanted to recall the myth of the hero, but because of an old Greek folk etymology that made Perseus an ancestor of the Persians. The Persian Great King Xerxes I (486-465 BC) was already aware of this etymology at the time of his invasion of mainland Greece (480 BC) and tried to use it to convince the Argives to capitulate. The link between Perseus and the Persians was deeply entrenched by 2nd century BC and Mithradates IV, who was himself of Iranian descent, used it to associate the Mithradatic dynasty of Pontus with the greatness of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. The irony of using a Greek hero to advertise a connection to an Iranian empire that was frequently in conflict with the states of Greece is palpable. This irony is further compounded by the otherwise conscious Hellenizing of the obverse type and legend: Mithradates IV wears the diadem of a Hellenistic king rather than the tiara of an Iranian ruler, and the reverse legend is entirely Greek in its use of titles like Philopator (”Father-loving”) and Philadelphos (”Brother-loving”). The combination of types and inscriptions on this tetradrachm is wonderfully schizophrenic in the desire to simultaneously tout Mithradates IV as an Iranian scion of the Persian Empire and as a Hellenistic king in emulation of Alexander the Great, the destroyer of that same empire. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 16529 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE16 (4.04g). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, Thyrsos. VF. Ex Pfeiler coll. Zela (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus529 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (16.62g). Dated CY 142 (205/6 AD). Laureate head right / ZΗΛΙΤω-Ν - ΤΟΥ ΠΟΝΤ, sexastyle temple, roof divided into 3 parts; PMB (=year 142 of local era) in exergue. Brown patina, VF. Righetti Coll. Amisos (BC 56) AE 20527 viewsC. Caecilius Cornutus, Praetor, 56 BC. AE20 (8.14g, 1h). Helmeted bust of Roma right / Roma seated left on shields, holding Nike. Good VF, dark green patina. Rare. Amaseia (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla526 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (17.24g). AY KAI M AYP [ANTΩNINOC], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Brockage of obverse. Rare. Minor roughness, aVF. Neokaisareia (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Geta521 viewsGeta, Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE31 (15.36g), dated CY 146 (209/210 AD). Draped and cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple. VF, brown, red and green patina. Trapezos (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III521 viewsGordian III Pius, 238-244 AD. AE32 (11.73g), struck 243/244 AD. Draped, laureate bust right / ΤΡΑΠΕ−Z (Z retrograde) ΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ, draped, veiled, turreted bust of Tyche right; dated ET ΠΡ (= year 180 of the Local era). Dark brown patina. VF. Righetti Coll. Amisos (AD 198-217) AE 33 - Caracalla515 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE33 (18.65g, 7h). Dated CY 241 (209/10 AD). ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC CЄΒΑCΤ, laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield; countermark: capricorn / ΑΜΙCΟ ЄΛЄΩΘЄΡΑ, Amazon standing left gathering fruit, at foot of tree Amazonian shield and bipennis; in exergue, ЄTCMA. Very Fine. Extremely Rare. The figure in this image can be identified as an Amazon on account of the axe and the shape of the shield set against the tree, which conforms to Roman ideals of Amazonian apparel. A close parallel may be found on a relief adorning a marble sarcophagus in the Capitoline museum (inv. scu 726), in which an Amazon battles Greeks armed with such a shield and double-bladed axe. Here we see this Amazon in a moment of rest, gathering fruit from a laden tree she has come upon. According to Apollonios of Rhodes' in Argonautica, the mythical Amazons lived just to the east of Amisos in three towns near Themiscrya near the mouth of the Thermodon (modern Terme) river. Trapezos (AD 244-249) AE 30 - Otacilia Severa514 viewsOtacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE30 (10.24g, 6h). Dated City Year 181 (244/5 AD). Draped bust right / Mithras on horseback right; tree to left, lighted altar and aquila to right; date in exergue. Near VF, red and brown patina, small pits on reverse, a few edge cracks. Very rare. Pharnakeia (BC 300-200) AE 15510 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE15 (2.97g). Head of Mên with Phrygian hat on crescent / ΦAPNAKEΩN in between star with eight rays. Very rare. VF. Amisos (BC 125-100) AE 18509 viewsca 125-100 BC. AE18 (4.04g). Bust of Nike nach right / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, quiver. aEF. Ex Pfeiler Coll. Amaseia (AD 161-180) AE 34 - Marcus Aurelius506 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE34 (19.60g), struck 164/5 AD. AVT KAIC M AVP A - NTΩNINOC CEB, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / AΔP AMAC NEΩK.K.MHT K.ΠPΩ ΠONT / ET PZE (year 165), Ares in military cloak and helmet, standing frontal, head right, holding spear in right hand and resting with left hand on shield set on ground; on the right side, nude Aphrodite standing left, covering pudenda with left hand and breasts with right hand. Rare, F+. Hoeft coll. Neokaisareia (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus505 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE28 (12.20g, 28mm). Cuirassed, draped and laureate bust R / Agonistic crown on basis. Very fine. Amisos (AD 253) AE 29 - Aemilian501 viewsAemilian, 253 AD. AE29 (19.14g, 7h). Dated City Year 284 (253 AD). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and thyrss; panther at feet to left. Fine, brown patina. Ex Righetti Coll. 8555; Ex M&M 13 (10/2003), lot 251. Komana (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus491 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (14.76g, 12h). Dated CY 162 (195/6 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nike, holding palm frond and wreath, standing right atop column; all within tetrastyle temple with Ionic columns and patera in pediment; ЄT BOP (date) in exergue. Near VF, brown surfaces, scratches before bust. Brace coll. An interesting type. The “column” within the temple may in fact be a baetyl. The British Museum catalog describes the female figure surmounting it as “Nike or the goddess Enyo.” Trapezos (AD 225-227) AE 29 - Orbiana482 viewsOrbiana, Augusta, 225-227 AD. AE29 (12.37g, 6h). Dated CY 163 (226/7 AD). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Mithras on horseback right; tree to left, lighted altar to right; ЄT PΞΓ (date) in exergue. Good VF, dark green patina. From Group CEM. Ex Sternberg XI (11/1981), lot 242. Neokaisareia (AD 222-235) AE 29 - Severus Alexander481 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE29 (13.29g), dated CY 163 (226/227 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Two tetrastyle temples. Near VF, brown patina, minor roughness. Ex Wagner Coll. Amaseia (AD 177-192) AE 32 - Commodus480 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE32 (20.56g, 6h). Dated City Year 191 (188/9 AD). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Near EF, reddish-brown patina, scuff obverse. Ex Righetti Coll., 8556; Ex M&M 13 (10/2003), lot 216. Neokaisareia (AD 222-235) AE 27 - Severus Alexander479 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE27 (13.85g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Agonistic urn containing two palms on table; below, amphora with two palms. Fine, green patina, a little rough. Alighieri Coll. Amisos (AD 128-137) Drachm - Sabina477 viewsSabina, Augusta, 128-137 AD. AR Drachm (2.3g). CEBACTH CABINA, diademed and draped bust right / AMICOY EΛEYΘEPAC ETOYC [...], Hermes standing left, holding bag and caduceus; date illegible. VF. Amisos (AD 117-138) Drachm - Hadrian477 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Drachm (2.41g, 19mm, 7h). Dated CY 168 (136/7 AD). Bareheaded bust left, slight drapery / Demeter standing left, holding phiale and torch. Good VF, toned, minor graffiti in reverse field. Rare. Sebastopolis-Herakleiopolis (AD 193-211) AE 29 - Septimius Severus470 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE29 (13.51g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Statue of Herakles on pedestal within domed tetrastyle shrine. Fine/VF, green patina, obverse encrustation. Sebastopolis-Herakleiopolis (AD 253-268) AE 29 - Gallienus 470 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE29 (12.78g), dated city year 266 (263/4 AD). AVT KAI ΠO ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CEBACTO HPAK; third labor of Hercules: Hercules standing left, capturing Cerynean Hind; date ET SΞC to left. Zela (AD 193-211) AE 29 - Septimius Severus470 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE29 (15.13g, 6h). Dated CY 143 (206/7 AD). Laureate head right / Hexastyle temple with broken pediment; PMΓ (date) in exergue. Fine, brown surfaces, some roughness. Rare. Righetti Coll, 7471. Amaseia (AD 138-161) AE 25 - Antoninus Pius467 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE25 (12.60g, 7h). Dated year 167 (157/8 AD). Laureate head right / Square altar; E PNZ (date) below. VF, rough dark yellow-brown patina, green encrustation. Amaseia (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus466 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (14.45g, 7h). Dated City Year 208 (205/6 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Good VF, green patina, strike a bit uneven. Ex Righetti Coll. 8231; Ex M&M 13 (10/2003), lot 217. Amaseia (AD 161-180) AE 34 - Marcus Aurelius465 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE34 (24.00g, 6h). Dated City Year 165 (162/3 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Ares standing right, holding spear and shield, vis à vis Aphrodite standing left. VF, brown patina, light roughness. Ex Righetti Collection, 6366; Ex M&M 13 (10/2003), lot 211. Amaseia (AD 161-180) AE 27 - Marcus Aurelius459 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE27 (14.20g, 5h). Dated City Year 164 (161/2 AD). Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. VF, rough brown and green patina. Ex Righetti Coll., 6224; Ex M&M 13 (10/2003), lot 210. Amisos (BC 125-100) AE 27459 viewsca 125-100 BC, time of Mithradates VI. AE27 (16.15g). Male head right, wearing Persian cap (Kyrbasia) / Quiver and unstrung bow, AE monogram in left field. F. Rare. Megalopolis-Sebasteia (AD 161-169) AE 21 - Lucius Verus458 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE21 (8.58g). AÎ¥TOKΡA[...], draped bust right / MЄΓAΛOΠOΛЄΩC - CЄ[BACTIAC] / ЄT HΡ Date (retrograde), Demeter standing with long torch and ears of corn. Very rare. Dark green patina, VF. Zela (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla450 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (17.48g). Dated CY 146 (209/10 AD). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟC, laureate head right / ZΗΛΙΤΩΝ, Helios (or emperor) in quadriga, horses rearing, whip in left hand, right in speaking gesture; in ex. ЄT PMR. Very rare. Brown patina, VF. Unique? Righetti coll. Zela (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla447 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (15.39g). Laureate head right / ZΗΛΙΤω-Ν Τ-ΟΥ Π Η, Athena standing, wearing chiton and peplos, head right, holding shield; ЄP in left field. gVF. Rare. Righetti coll.; ex Gorny, München 64 (1993), 559. Amisos (AD 117-138) Drachm - Hadrian446 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Drachm (2.75g, 18mm). Dated CY 164 (132/3 AD). AVT KAI TPA ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CEBΠΠVΠΓ, laureate head right drapery on left shoulder (or aegis?) / AMICOY EΛEYΘH-PAC ETOVC, PΞΔ below (Dated CY 164), Capricorn right, with globe between legs, cornucopiae. VF. Trapezos (AD 222-235) AE 30 - Severus Alexander443 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE30. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Dionysos standing left, holding grapes and thyrsos, panther at his feet (?). Dark patina, gVF. Very rare. Amisos (AD 198-217) AE 37 - Caracalla443 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE37 (28.85g, 12h). Dated CY 249 (217 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nike, holding wreath, palm, and reins, driving biga right; ЄT CMΘ (date, faintly visible) in exergue. Near VF, brown patina, silvering on obverse. 323 coins on 4 page(s) 1 2 3 4