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Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor

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Nagidos (BC 380-360) Obol573 viewsca 380-360 BC. AR Obol (0.84g). Zeus sitting on throne left, holding scepter in right hand / Bust of turreted Tyche or Aphrodite left, N-A. VF. Very rare. 11111
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Nagidos (BC 400-380) Obol482 viewsca 488-380 BC. AR Obol (0.60g). Head of Aphrodite facing slightly to right, hair in sphendone / Head of youthful Dionysos facing slightly left, wearing ivy-leaf wreath, N to left. EF.11111
(5 votes)
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(BC 280-230) Ariaramnes I - AE 141125 viewsAriaramnes I, ca 280-230 BC. AE14 (4.24g), possibly Eusebeia or Tyana mint. King's head right, wearing bashlyk / Horse grazing right; monograms above and below. Dark green patina. Extremely rare; possibly one of five specimens known. Good VF.

Ariaramnes ruled independently after acknowledgement by Eumenes of Pergamon and Seleukids.
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Adana (AD 253-260) AE - Valerian I642 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE (16.66g). Bust right / Zeus enthroned, holding phiale and scepter. Light brown patina, VF.11111
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Mopsos (AD 161-180) AE 14 - Autonomous623 viewsAutonomous issue. Time of Marcus Aurelius, ca 161-180 AD. AE14 (2.64g). Dated civic year 230 (162/3 AD). Crab with star (Zodiac sign of Cancer); ET LC (date) below / ADRIA MOYEATWN, lighted altar. EF, black patina.11111
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Kaunos (BC 490-470) Trihemiobol542 viewsca 5th cent BC. AR Aeginetic Trihemiobol (1.19g, 11h). Winged female in long Chiton with stretched hands running left, head turned back / Winged griffin standing left, paw raised, in dotted square, within shallow incuse. Rare. VF. Ex Bankhaus Aufhauser, Auk. 6 (10/1989, Munchen), lot 158.11111
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Apollonis (BC 200-0) AE 20652 views2nd century BC. AE20 (3.41g). Turreted head of Tyche right / Zeus sitting on throne left, holding scepter in left hand and thunderbolt in right, ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΕΩΝ to right.11111
(5 votes)
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Klazomenai (BC 480-400) Drachm1204 views5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.31g). Forepart of winged boar right / Gorgoneion facing within incuse square. Good VF.11111
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Holmoi (BC 4th cent) Obol510 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.65g). Helmeted head of Athena right, in dotted circle / Laureate head of Apollo Sarpedonios right, [ΟΛ]ΜΙΤΙΚΟ-Ν around, in dotted circle. Toned VF.11111
(5 votes)
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Augusta (AD 14-37) AE 27494 viewsTiberius and Livia, 14-37 AD. AE27 (11.81g). Bare head Tiberius R / Draped bust R. Very fine.11111
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 16703 viewsca 4th century BC. AE16 (3.66g) Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, pellet in center, ΠΙΤΑΝ. VF, brown patina. Rare. Freedman Coll.11111
(5 votes)
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Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater2191 viewsca 460-400 BC. EL Stater (15.97g, 12h). Warrior, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, kneeling right, checking the straightness of his arrow, bow hung over his left wrist; tunny downward behind / Quadripartite incuse punch. VF.

This type is part of a sub-series of Kyzikene staters that depict a warrior, in this case an archer, in the various stages of preparing his equipment for battle (Von Fritze I 115-117). It is not known whether this sub-series depicts any particular hero from mythology.
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(27 votes)
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(BC 390-370) Mithrapata - Stater872 viewsMithrapata, Dynast, ca 380-375 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 9.64g, 4h). Facing lion's scalp / Triskeles; ΜΕΧΡΡ-ΠΡΤΡ; in left field, head of Herakles 3/4 to left, wearing lion's skin headdress, club to right; all within incuse square. Superb EF, struck with worn obverse die. Rare.1 comments11111
(17 votes)
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B125487 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 4h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cow left. Choice EF, well centered.11111
(12 votes)
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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?11111
(12 votes)
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Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 10653 viewsca 4th century BC. AE10 (1.31g) Horned female head right, wearing necklace / ΛΑ, bull's head right. VF, black patina, some minor encrustation. Very rare.11111
(12 votes)
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Rhodes (BC 229-205) Diobol723 viewsca 230-205 BC. AR Diobol (0.96g). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O on either side of two rosebuds, oil-lamp above.1 comments11111
(19 votes)
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Stratonikeia (AD 193-211) AE 38 - Caracalla & Geta488 viewsCaracalla, 193-211 AD. AE38 (28.43g, 6h). AV K M AV - ANTΩNINOC C[ ... ] ΠO [ ... ], radiate, cuirassed and draped bust of Caracalla to right, facing erased bust of Geta; below, countermark, laureate head of Caracalla right / •ЄΠ•ΠPV ЄΠITVN[CANONTOC Γ] ΦIΛΩNOC – CTPATONIKЄΩN, Hekate with crescent standing facing, head left, holding torch in left and patera in right, sacrificing over altar. Very fine. Ex Karl coll.11111
(7 votes)
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Apollonia Salbake (AD 193-211) AE 23 - Julia Domna507 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, died 217 AD. AE23 (9.10g, 6h), struck ca 195-196 AD. IOVΛIA - ΔOMNA, draped bust right / ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙ-ATΩΝ, Aphrodite standing facing holding apple in right and scepter in left. Almost extremely fine. Ex Karl coll.11111
(7 votes)
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Aphrodisias (AD 253-268) AE 25 – Gallienus496 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE25 (9.49g, 3h). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟ ΛI ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / AΦPOΔI /CIЄΩ-N; OIK[OVMЄNIKOC]; on edge of table, ΓOPΔIA on left and PVΘIA on right price crown; theme, two price crowns with palm branches flanked by two money bags. Almost extremely fine. Ex Karl coll.11111
(7 votes)
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Aphrodisias (AD 253-268) AE 23 - Gallienus420 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE23 (6.16g, 6h). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟ Λ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / AΦPOΔЄIC-IЄΩN, Tyche standing facing holding rudder and cornucopia, head left. Very fine. Ex Karl coll.11111
(7 votes)
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Hyllarima (AD 140-200) AE 16699 viewsca 140-200 AD. AE16 (3.01g, 6h). ΕΠΙ ΤΕΙΜ - Ο - ΑΡCΟΝΤΟC, veiled female bust right / ΥΛΛΑΡΙΜΕ / ΩΝ, Apollo (?) driving quadriga right. About EF. Karl Coll.; ex Righetti coll. - Münzen und Medaillen, Auktion 13 (10/2003), 424.11111
(7 votes)
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Gergis (BC 320-270) AE 12939 viewsca 320-270 BC. AE12 (1.52g). Three-quarter facing head of Sibyl Herophile, turned slightly right, wearing laurel wreath and pendanted necklace / Sphinx seated right, ΓΕΡ to right. Dark green patina, EF. Rare. 11111
(7 votes)
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Mallos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 21 - Livia603 viewsLivia, wife of Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE21 (5.64g, 12h). Draped bust left / Cult statue of Athena Magarsis. Near VF, green patina, weak strike.11111
(7 votes)
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Elaiousa-Sebaste (BC 100-0) AE 21533 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE21 (5.83g). Laureate head of Zeus right; AP behind / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; monogram to left. Superb EF, green patina. Ex CNG XVII (10/1991), lot 173.11111
(7 votes)
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Kaunos (BC 450-430) Stater705 viewsca 450-430 BC. AR Stater (11.72g). Winged female figure in kneeling/running stance left, head turned right, holding caduceus and wreath / Baetyl(?), granulated patterns resembling birds on either side. Nice VF.11111
(7 votes)
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Mytilene (BC 200-0) AE 16631 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE16 (3.08g). Bearded and horned head of Zeus Ammon right / MYTI, herm of bearded Dionysos in himation standing on round basis facing; thyrsos and snake staff to left, monogram to right. Green patina, weak rev, gVF/F. Rare variant. Gutknecht coll.11111
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Neandreia (BC 350) AE 11739 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE11 (1.55g). Laureate head of Apollo right / N•E•-•A•N• around corn grain. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.11111
(7 votes)
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 305-281) Didrachm974 viewsca 305-281 BC. AR Didrachm (9.69g, 23mm, 1h). Head of Herakles right / Dionysos sitting on throne left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; TE monogram under throne, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤ[ΑΝ] to right. VF/aEF.11111
(7 votes)
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Apameia (AD 69-79) AE 25 - Vespasian774 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE25 (8.72g). Laureate head right / ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΦΡΥΓΙΑΣ ΑΠΑΜΕΙΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΑΡΟΥ, bundle of five grain-ears. Good Fine, brown surfaces. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Ponterio 123 (11/2002), lot 610.11111
(7 votes)
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Side (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla397 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (20.32g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; countermark: E / Athena standing left, holding Nike on globe and spear; shield at her side. Fine, dark green patina. From the Ian Roper Collection.11111
(7 votes)
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(BC 197-160) Eumenes II - Tetradrachm1148 viewsEumenes II, 197-160 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.75g, 32mm), struck ca 169-160 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena seated left on throne with lion's leg, wearing long, sleeveless chiton and crested Corinthian helmet, holding spear in left hand, crowning king's name with raised right hand, left elbow resting on large, round shield with gorgoneion; in outer left field, stylis, A in center, bow to right. EF. Rare. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen AG, Basel Fixed Price List 415 (1979), lot 2.11111
(7 votes)
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Eirenopolis (AD 81-96) AE 18 - Domitian467 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE18 (3.98g), dated CY 42 (93/4 AD). Laureate head right / Eirene-Nemesis standing right, holding caduceus; star to left, wheel at feet, BM (date) to right. Good VF, hard brown and green patina.11111
(7 votes)
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Anazarbos (AD 218-222) AE 31 - Elagabalus437 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE31 (14.09g). Laureate head right / Three prize-crowns on basis. Near VF, rough brown surfaces.11111
(7 votes)
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Nysa (BC 200-100) AE 191958 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AE19 (4.64g). Veiled bust of Kore right, wearing wreath of grain / ΝΥΣΑΕΩΝ, slinger standing right, left arm extended, holding sling overhead in right hand; magistrate [..]ROS, monogram upper right. VF, glossy green patina. 1 comments11111
(7 votes)
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Rhodes (BC 385-360) Tetradrachm765 viewsca 385-360 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.11g, 12h). Head of Helios facing, turned slightly to right / Rose, bud to left, caduceus to right. Very rare. Attractively toned. An impressive coin in high relief. EF. From the collection of H.S. von Aulock.11111
(7 votes)
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Ilion (BC 27-14) AE - Augustus612 viewsAugustus, 27-14 BC. AE (1.99g). Head of Augustus right / Athena Ilias standing right, ΙΛΙ to left, monogram to right. Green patina, VF.11111
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Komana (AD 193-211) AE 33 - Septimus Severus812 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.11111
(7 votes)
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Pharnakeia (BC 85-65) AE1129 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE (8.73g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle on thunderbolt. Dark brown patina, EF.11111
(7 votes)
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Iasos (BC 250-190) AE475 viewsca 250-190 BC. AE (5.45g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Hermias swimming with dolphin right, ΙΑΣΕΩΝ below. Black-green patina, corrosion spots, VF. Rare.11111
(7 votes)
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-550) Geometric - EL 1/241582 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.55g) Geometric designs.11111
(7 votes)
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Abydos (BC 470-440) Obol783 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.69g, 11mm). Eagle left, ABY to left, cup to right / Gorgon head facing. Very fine. 11111
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Mallos (BC 425-385) Obol7359 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Obol (0.77g). Forepart of man-headed bull right / Swan standing right; ankh symbol above, barley grain to right; all within incuse square. Toned, good VF. Rare.11111
(23 votes)
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Ilion (BC 100-80) AE 16567 viewsca 100-80 BC. AE16 (2.88g). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΙΛΙ, Athena Ilias standing right, wearing long garb, spindle to right, within wreath. Dark green patina, good VF. Rarer type.11111
(9 votes)
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Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian807 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.11111
(9 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL Stater1216 viewsca 625-575 BC. EL Stater (16.47g). Head of griffin right, tongue protruding from open jaws, knob on forehead and two tendrils curling over neck / Rough incuse square. Good VF, obverse die slightly worn. The second specimen known, from a different pair of dies.

Attributed to Phokaia based on style, fabric, and metrology, as well as the fact that it uses a griffin head as a coin type on silver trihemiobols of the late 6th century BC.
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(9 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B106 - EL 1/6 Stater977 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Female head left, hair rolled and tied at forehead in a "star"; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, a few scuff marks.11111
(9 votes)
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Tarsos (BC 333-323) Obol - Alexander III1697 viewsPeriod of Alexander III, 333-323 BC. AR Obol (0.70g). Draped bust of Athena facing slightly left, wearing triple-crested helmet and necklace / Boeotian shield embossed with thunderbolt. Toned, good VF. Rare.11111
(9 votes)
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Kaisareia (AD 138-161) AE 18 - Antoninus Pius1414 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE18.5 (5.04g). Laureate head right / Bust of Tyche right, Year ΔΙ (146 AD). Dark patina, good very fine.11111
(9 votes)
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Methymna (BC 400-360) Silenos - Obol745 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.35g, 8mm, 11h). Facing head of bearded Silenos / Land turtle in circle. VF, very rare.11111
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Gryneion (BC 350-250) AE 161505 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE16 (3.42g). Three-quarter facing head of Apollo, turned slightly left, wearing laurel wreath / ΓΥΡΝΗΩΝ, mussel shell. Near EF, dark brown patina.11111
(9 votes)
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Paphos (BC 51-30) AE - Cleopatra VII1142 viewsCleopatra VII Philopator, 51-30 BC. AE Dichalkon - 1/8 Unit (1.99g, 12h). Paphos mint. Diademed and draped idealized bust right / Double cornucopiae. VF, dark green patina.11111
(9 votes)
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Elaia (AD 100-200) AE 141285 viewsTime of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, 2nd cent AD. AE14 (1.76g). Bust of Athena right, aegis / ΕΛΑΙ-ΤΩΝ, kalathos with poppy caps. Dark golden toning, EF.11111
(9 votes)
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(BC 380-360) Perikle - AE 13657 viewsPerikle, ca 380-360 BC. AE13 (1.90g). Horned head of Pan left / Lycian letters 'Π-ΡΕ-ΚΛ' around triskeles. Interesting variant showing Pan with both horns.11111
(11 votes)
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Kyzikos (BC 500-475) EL 1/12 Stater 928 viewsca 500-475 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12 Stater (1.35g). Griffin's head left, tunny in its mouth / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Possibly unique.11111
(11 votes)
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Idyma (BC 425-375) Hemidrachm682 viewsca 425-375 BC. AR Hemidrachm (?) (2.08g). Facing head of Pan / Fig leaf, ΙΔΥΜΙΟΝ, within incuse square. VF/Good VF. Very Rare.11111
(5 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/18? Stater1454 viewsca 500-490 BC. AR 1/24 Stater (0.81g). Female head right, wearing cap / Quadripartite incuse punch. VF, nice Archaic-style head. Unlisted denomination?11111
(20 votes)
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Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 1 - Diobol784 viewsafter 500 BC. AR Diobol? (1.49g). Head of bull left / Incuse punch with crossing lines. VF. 1 comments11111
(18 votes)
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Tarsos (BC 400-387) Hemiobol840 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g). Protome of bridled horse left / Fantastic creature walking left (a winged horned lion), 'BL' in Aramaic to left, within shallow incuse circle. Good VF, some encrustation.1 comments11111
(14 votes)
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Kaisareia (AD 33-38) Drachm - Divus Augustus and Germanicus1574 viewsDivus Augustus and Germanicus, died 14 and 19 AD respectively. AR Drachm (3.63g, 1h), struck 33/4 or 37/8 AD. DIVVS AVGVS-T(?), radiate head of Augustus left / GERMANICVS C-ES TI AVGV COS II P[M(?)], bare head of Germanicus right, wearing beard. VF, light iridescent toning, good metal. The date of this issue remains uncertain. RPC places it late in Tiberius' reign, circa 33/4 AD, while the traditional dating, adopted by RIC and Sydenham, is in the first year of Caligula's reign, 37/8 AD.11111
(10 votes)
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Kaisareia (AD 222-235) AE 26 - Severus Alexander717 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE26 (12.49g), dated RY 6 (227 AD). Cuirassed, draped and laureate bust right, ΑΥ K CEOVΗΡ ΑΛΕIΞΑΝΔΡΟC, Mount Argeus with wreath, ET S - MHTPO KAICAPI. Very fine.11111
(10 votes)
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Dardanos (AD 200-300) AE 222697 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!11111
(10 votes)
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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.11111
(10 votes)
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Stratonikeia (AD 198-217) AE 37 – Caracalla & Plautilla516 viewsCaracalla, 193-211 AD. AE37 (19.81g, 6h). AVP A[NT] - AVPH KAI ΘЄ - CЄ - B NЄ PLAV[TIΛΛAN], radiate, cuirassed and draped bust to right facing draped bust; countermark in center, head Athena in Attic helmet right and ΘЄOY in square incuse / CTPATONЄIKЄΩN ЄΠI-T-ΩN – ΠЄ-PT B KΛ ΔION[VCION], Hekate with crescent standing facing, head left; at her feet, dog standing left with head turned. Very fine. Ex CNG, Auc 14 (3/1991), Nr. 387. Ex Karl coll.11111
(8 votes)
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Attuda (AD 100-200) AE 21693 viewsImperial Times, 2nd cent AD. AE21 (6.55g, 12h). ΔHMOC - ATTOVDЄ-ΩΝ, head Demos right / ΔIA MЄNIΠ-ΠOY, Zeus Sabazios with double axe riding on horseback to right. Almost extremely fine. Hauck & Aufhäuser, Auc 13 (10/1997), Nr. 186. Ex Karl coll.11111
(8 votes)
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Apollonia Salbake (AD 37-41) AE 17 - Caligula512 viewsCaligula, 37-41 AD. AE17 (2.88g, 12h). CEBAC-TOC, head right / ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙ/ ATΩΝ - ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙOC/ KΩKOY, Zeus seated left holding Nike and scepter. Very fine. Ex Hirsch Nachf., Auktion 226 (2/2003), Nr. 1768. Ex Karl coll.11111
(8 votes)
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Aphrodisias (AD 200-250) AE 24483 viewsImperial Times, ca 200-250 AD. AE24 - Assarion (7.55g, 6h). IЄPA CV - NKΛHTOC, diademed bust of Senate right; countermark, B / AΦPOΔЄI-CIЄΩN, Aphrodite standing facing, holding scpter and apple. Very fine. Ex Karl coll.11111
(8 votes)
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Seleukeia (AD 198-209) AE 18 - Geta394 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE18 (2.98g, 7h). Bare-headed, cuirassed bust of Geta right / Bull standing right, above, star and crescent. Good VF, brown patina, minor porosity.11111
(8 votes)
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Anazarbos (AD 218-222) AE 23 - Julia Soaemias438 viewsAE23. Bust right / Nike standing left.11111
(8 votes)
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Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE 30 - Severus Alexander441 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE30 (15.22g, 7h). Diademed and draped bust right, as priest; eagle-tipped serpent staff to right / Galley right. Fine, light brown patina, rough, short gouge obverse.11111
(8 votes)
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Side (AD 253-268) AE 31 - Salonina375 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, 254-268 AD. AE31 (21.66g). Diademed and draped bust right, resting on wings of eagle below; c/m: E / Turreted. veiled and draped bust of Tyche right. Near VF, brown patina. From the Ian Roper Collection.11111
(8 votes)
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Ilion (AD 200-300) AE 19610 viewsca 3rd cent AD. AE19 (3.34g, 12h). ΘΕΑ ΡΩ-ΜΗ, draped bust of turreted Roma, staff in front / Ι-ΛΙ, eagle flying left, carrying off in its claws Ganymedes wearing Phrygian cap. Brown-green patina, aVF/VF. Very rare.11111
(8 votes)
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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.
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(8 votes)
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Selge (BC 380-370) Stater1608 viewsca 380-370 BC. AR Stater (11.08g, 2h). Two nude wrestlers grappling with each other; BΛ between / Slinger standing right; astragalos to left. Attractively toned. Extremely fine.11111
(8 votes)
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Aigeai (AD 249-251) AE - Herennia Etruscilla444 viewsHerennia Etruscilla, 249-251 AD. AE (9.47g). ER KUPRE ETROUSKILLA SEBA, draped bust right / AIGEAI[...] / NAUARCI, Galley right. Green-brown patina very fine. 11111
(8 votes)
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Kolophon (BC 330-280) AE 13901 viewsca 330-285 BC. AE13 (2.10g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bridled horse right; ΣΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ (magistrate) to left, ΚΟΛ below. EF, black patina.11111
(8 votes)
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Knidos (BC 210-185) Didrachm651 viewsca 210-185 BC. AR Octobol (4.99g). Head of Helios 3/4 to right / Forepart of a roaring lion right, anchor to left, KNI above, ΠΡΑΤΑΓΟΡΑΣ (magistrate) below. Nice VF. Unrecorded magistrate?11111
(8 votes)
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Tabai (AD 253-268) AE 32 - Gallienus463 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE32 (12.92g, 6h). AY KAI ΠO ΛI – ΓAΛΛIHNOC, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust / ЄΠI APC ΔOMЄC - TICOV TABHNΩN, Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding grapes in right and scepter in left. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung, Auc 89 (5/1998), Nr. 326. Ex Karl coll.11111
(6 votes)
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Alabanda (AD 198-217) AE 34 - Caracalla515 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE34 (26.66g, 12h). AV K M AVP ANTΩNI[NOC] C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / A-ΛABA-N-[Δ]E[ΩN], Tyche standing facing holding rudder and cornucopia, head left. Good very fine. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung, Auc 90 (10/1998), Nr. 601. Ex Lanz, Auk. 117 (11/2003), Nr. 940. Ex Karl coll.11111
(6 votes)
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Aphrodisias (BC 27-AD 14) AE 15 - Augustus610 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE15 (2.67g, 12h). Laureate head right / ΑΦΡΟΔΙ-CΙ-ΕΩΝ CΩC-ΩΝ, double-axe with taenia. About EF. Karl Coll.; ex Gorny & Mosch 113 (10/2001), lot 5477.11111
(6 votes)
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B54709 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 3h). Head of Aktaeon right, wearing stag's horn / Gorgoneion in linear square within incuse square. Good VF. Herman Coll.; Ex Elsen 71 (9/2002), lot 214.11111
(6 votes)
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(BC 340-334) Pixodaros - AV 1/12 Stater1061 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 340-334 BC. AV 1/12 Stater - Obol (8mm, 0.67g, 12h). Halikarnassos mint. Laureate head of Apollo left / Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and lotus-tipped scepter, ΠΙΞΟΔΑΡΟΥ to right. Pits and scratches, VF. Rare. Karl Coll.11111
(6 votes)
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(BC 340-334) Pixodaros - AV 1/12 Stater1844 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 340-334 BC. AV 1/12 Stater - Obol (7mm, 0.63g, 12h). Halikarnassos mint. Laureate head of Apollo left / ΠΙΞΟΔΑΡΟΥ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and lotus-tipped scepter. EF. Rare. Karl Coll.; Ex Hirsch Auk. 177 (2/1993), lot 373. 11111
(6 votes)
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(BC 351-344) Hidrieios - Tetradrachm556 viewsHidrieios, Satrap, 351-344 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.21g). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double axe (labrys) and lotus-tipped sceptre/ ΙΔΡΙΕΩΣ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and lotus-tipped sceptre, E to right. Some oxidation, aEF.11111
(6 votes)
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Metropolis (AD 198-209) AE 17 - Geta532 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE17 (2.60g). Bare-headed and draped bust right / ΜΗ[Τ]ΡΟ-ΠΟ-ΛΙΤΩΝ, river god reclining left, holding reed; overturned urn behind from which water flows. VF, green patina, a little rough. Drewry Coll.11111
(6 votes)
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Lyrbe (AD 241-244) AE 19 - Tranquillina370 viewsTranquillina, wife of Gordian III, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AE19 (4.63g, 12h). Draped bust right / Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm. Near VF, dark green patina, weak strike.11111
(6 votes)
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Eirenopolis (AD 253-260) AE 29 - Valerian I490 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE29 - 8 Assaria (16.486g, 7h), dated CY 203 (254/5 AD). Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus in facing biga drawn by panthers, holding cantharus and thyrsus. Good VF, rough green patina, cleaned down to red in spots.11111
(6 votes)
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(BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/3 Stater801 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, ca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR 1/3 Stater - Drachm (14mm, 4.22g), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left; [E]KA above / Stellate pattern. Good VF, slightly granular surfaces.11111
(6 votes)
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Paphos (BC 450) Stater - Stasandros933 viewsStasandros, King of Paphos, ca 450 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 11.09g, 12h). Bull standing left, winged solar disk (Ahura-Mazda) flying above, ankh symbol to left / Eagle sitting left; jug to left, Cypriot letters around, within dotted incuse square. Very rare.11111
(6 votes)
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Abydos (BC 470-440) Obol1060 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (0.66g). Eagle standing left; ABY to left, kylix to right / Gorgoneion in incuse square. VF. Rare. 11111
(6 votes)
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Nysa (AD 147-175) AE 18 - Faustina II623 viewsFaustina Junior, daughter of Antoninus Pius, wife of Marcus Aurelius, Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE18 (4.68g, 12h). ΦAVCT[EI]NA CEBACTH, diademed and draped bust right / NVCA-EΩN, Hades dragging away protesting Persephone in quadriga right. VF, green patina. Ex Marcel Burstein Collection (Peus 366, 10/2000), lot 709.

According to the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, 15-18, Persephone was picking flowers with her companions in the Vale of Nysa, when the ground opened up and Hades seized her.
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(6 votes)
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Kaisareia (AD 193-211) AE 20 - Septimius Severus656 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE20 (6.02g). Laureate head right / Female figure (Homonaia?) holding branch, seated on Mount Argaeus; ET B in exergue. Very fine.11111
(6 votes)
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Geometric - EL 1/24663 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24th Stater (0.73g). Euboic standard. Geometric type. Three-sided square with central projection, surrounded by radiate lines / Rough incuse square punch. Good VF. Extremely rare. Struck from the same obverse die as the previous lot, as well as Rosen 363 and CNG 67, 709, both EL twelfth staters.11111
(6 votes)
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater855 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.42g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. VF. Struck from the same punches as the following two lots.11111
(6 votes)
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B12 - EL 1/24 Stater1043 viewsca 625/20-522 BC. EL 1/24 stater (0.63g). Griffin's head left; seal to right / Bipartite incuse square. Good VF. 11111
(6 votes)
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Miletos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian691 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.80g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Temple of Apollo Didymeus: tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, pellet in pediment; within, statue of Apollo standing facing, holding stag and bow. VF, obverse struck with slightly rusty dies. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Mark Antony and Octavia.11111
(6 votes)
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Methymna (BC 330-280) Tetrobol - Koinon of Lesbos783 viewsKoinon of Lesbos, ca 330-280 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.64g), minted in Methymna. Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / Thunderbolt, ΑΙΟΛΕ above, bunch of grapes below. Light toning, VF. Very rare.11111
(6 votes)
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Anazarbos (AD 81-96) AE38 - Domitian, with Domitia530 viewsDomitian, with Domitia, 81-96 AD. AE38 (30.10g). Dated CY 113 (94/5 AD). Laureate head of Domitian right / Draped bust of Domitia left; star above, ETOVS IGR (date) in legend. Near VF, rough green patina. Rare.11111
(6 votes)
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Eikonion (BC 100-0) AE 14731 views1st century BC. AE14 (3.28g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Naked Perseus standing left, holding harpa and gorgon's head, ΕΙΚΟΝΙΕΩΝ.11111
(6 votes)
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Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 11869 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.20g). Horned (?), three-quarter facing female head, turned slightly right, wearing necklace / Λ-Α, head of laureate male (Apollo?) right. EF, green patina. Rare.11111
(6 votes)
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