Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


Top rated - Lydia
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Mostene (AD 177-192) AE 35 - Commodus1941 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE35 (22.48g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / EΠ MCOΛIEPNO-V APC M-OCTHNΩΝ, horseman right holding bipenis over shoulder being led by Hermes standing right, head turned left, holding long caduceus and bridle; Cyprus tree in background between Hermes and horse, small lighted altar under raised leg of horse. VF, brown patina, some roughness. Apparently unpublished. A similar type is recorded for Commodus without Hermes and without the Archon's name, which is apparently not recorded.1 comments44444
(75 votes)
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Apollonis (AD 161-180) AE 19 - Faustina II1565 viewsFaustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius, died 175 AD. AE19 (5.12g). ΦA-VCTEINA- CEBACT; draped bust right / AΠOΛΛWNITEΩN; Demeter standing; holding in right hand poppy-heads and corn-ears; left hand resting on long torch. Very fine.44444
(25 votes)
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Akrasos (AD 222-235) AE 36 - Severus Alexander1751 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE36 (22.98g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing facing, head turned right, leaning on club and holding the apples of the Hesperides. Near VF, dark grayish-green patina. Rare.1 comments33333
(26 votes)
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Philadelphia (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla595 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (22.17g, 6h). Homonoia with Laodicea ad Lycum. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FILADELFEI-WN KE (sic) L-AODIKEIW, N in right field, OMONOIA in exergue, EP/MIL/AB/APX in four lines across central field, Zeus Laodiceus standing left vis-à-vis Artemis standing facing, dead stag at side, and drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow. Apparently unique and unpublished. VF, black-brown patina. Drewry Coll.33333
(5 votes)
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Thyateira (AD 222-235) AE 48 - Severus Alexander877 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE48 - Medallion (48.55g, 6h). Mar. Pollianus, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Young Hercules standing facing, head right, holding club set on ground and deceased lion. Good VF, dark green patina, minor smoothing in fields. Extremely rare, only the second specimen known.1 comments33333
(7 votes)
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Apollonis (AD 139-161) AE 29 - Marcus Aurelius1001 viewsMarcus Aurelius (as Caesar?), 139-161 AD. AE29 (17.20g), Aeschrion and Hermokrates, magistrates. AV KAI M AVPHΛIOC ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, bare-headed and draped bust right / ΑΠΟΛΩΝΙΔΕΩΝ across field, ΑΠ ΕPΜΟΚPΑΤΟC ΑΙCXPΙΩΝΟC, Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. Good VF, dark brown patina. Unpublished in the major references.

The magistrate Hermokrates is known for Apollonis through several coins of Lucius Verus. The portrait and titles suggest a date late in Aurelius' service as Caesar or immediately after he succeeded Antoninus Pius in 161 AD. The second magistrate, Aeschrion, is known from one other coin, also of Lucius Verus, from Apollonia, which has been identified as Apollonia Salbace in Caria, Mionnet III pg. 332, 173). It is tempting to see them as the same person. But Apollonis in Lydia and Apollonia Salbace are some distance apart, and it is difficult to see the connection. However, there are a number of other Apollonias in Asia Minor, and one of them, Apollonia on the Caicus in Mysia, is only some 20 miles from Apollonis. Perhaps the two close neighbors shared more than a similarity in names, and there was a civic connection.
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(7 votes)
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Daldis (AD 198-209) AE 21 - Geta683 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE21 (5.95g). Λ CΕ ΓΕ-ΤΑC ΚΑ, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔΑΛΔ-Ι-ΑΝΩΝ, terminal figure of Herakles to left wearing diadem and with drapery around waist, holding apple of the Hesperides in his right hand and left hand resting on his hip. Apparently unpublished, but see Kraft pl. 71, 62a and 62b (BMC Lydia p. 71, 13 (Daldis) and BMC Lydia p. 117, 50 (Hypaipa)) for the sharing of the same obverse die. Superb EF, adjustment marks, grey-green patina. Extremely rare. Simpson Coll.; Ex Leu Numismatics Auk. 72 (5/1998), lot 484.33333
(8 votes)
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Maionia (AD 100-270) AE 171032 viewsImperial Times, 2nd-3rd cent AD. AE17 (5.89g, 6h). Bare head of Hercules left / MAIONΩN, Silenus seated right on wicker calathus, holding [cantharus in right hand] and infant Dionysus on left knee with left. EF, blue-black patina. Extremely rare. Ex Cain Coll.22222
(7 votes)
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Thyateira (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Severus Alexander404 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE25 (5.71g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΘVA-TEIPH-NΩN, She-wolf standing right, head reverted, suckling twins. Near VF, pale green patina.22222
(7 votes)
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Thyateira (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius & Agrippina Jr.800 viewsClaudius, with Agrippina Junior, 41-54 AD. AE20 (5.06g, 12h). Bare head of Claudius right / Draped bust of Agrippina right. Good VF, black-green patina with traces of light olive.22222
(6 votes)
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Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 181412 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE18 (5.21g), Heraois, magistrate. Laureate head of Herakles right / Apollo standing left, holding bird and olive branch; ΗΡΑΙΟΥΣ to left, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ to right. gVF.22222
(6 votes)
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Silandos (AD 164-182) AE 23 – Lucilla687 viewsLucilla, wife of Lucius Verus. Augusta, AD 164-182. AE23 (6.31g). Aulus Attalianus, strategus. ΛOYKIΛΛA CEBACTH, draped bust right. / ΕΠΙ CATTAΛI CΙΛΑΝΔΕΩΝ, Zeus Lydios standing left, holding eagle (?) and sceptre. Very rare. Good very fine.1 comments22222
(12 votes)
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Blaundos (AD 251-253) AE 36 - Trebonianus Gallus606 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD, under Aur. Papius. AE36 (22.89g). Draped cuirassed bust right / EΠΙ ΑΡ Α ΑΥ ΠΑΠΙΟΥ / ΒΛΑΥΝΔEΩΝ, God in long Chiton and Chlamys riding right on stepping horse, holding double-axe in left hand; naked Hermes standing left, Chlamys in hand, Petasos on head, kerykeion (caduceus) in left hand, holding horse's reigns with right. Reddish-brown smoothed patina, VF. Rare. Righetti coll.; ex Prowe coll. and Egger Auc. 46 (Vienna, 1914), lot 1445.22222
(7 votes)
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Aninetos (AD 193-211) AE - Septimus Severus976 viewsSeptimus Severus, 193-211 AD. AE (24.06g). AY-KAI-L-CE- - CEYHPOC-P. Laureate cuirassed bust right / EPI [. . . ]NDP - OY [...]APIWNOC / ANINHCIWN. God Men in phrygian cap riding on horse right, holding double-axe. Dark green patina with light highlights, aEF/VF. Very rare, unpublished.22222
(7 votes)
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Maionia (AD 147-176) AE 22 - Faustina II493 viewsFaustina II, 147-176 AD. AE22 (6.01g). ΦAVCTЄINA – NЄA CЄBACT, draped bust of Faustina right / MAIONΩN ЄΠI KO VCINIOV APX A, Demeter standing left holding crops and scepter. Very fine.1 comments22222
(6 votes)
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Sala (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla509 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (10.18g, 6h). Sulla, Archon. ΑVΚ Μ ΑVP ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ CΥΛΛΑ ΓΑ ΑPX CΑΛΗΝΩΝ, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF, tan patina. Only known example of this variant of the magistrate's name.22222
(7 votes)
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Hypaipa (AD 193-217) AE 23 – Julia Domna615 viewsJulia Domna, 193-217 AD. AE23 (4.94g). OYΛΙΑ CEBACTH, draped bust right / EΠΙCΓΡΠΑΠΙΩΝ OCYΠΑΙΠΩΝ, cultus statue of Artemis Anaitis to front.22222
(10 votes)
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Tralleis (AD 253-260) AE 29 - Valerian I519 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE29 (10.80g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / TYXH TP-A-ΛΛIANΩ-NΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopiae. VF, brown patina. Apparently unrecorded without a magistrates name and naming the goddess on the reverse.22222
(7 votes)
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Hypaipa (AD 198-217) AE 37 - Caracalla1586 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE37 - Medallion (23.88g, 6h). Damas and Lucius, magistrates. AVT M AVP CE ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / EPI AVR DAMA KAI LOUKIOU CTPA VPAIPHN WN, nude Helios, radiate, standing left, holding torch illuminating cult statue of Artemis Anaitis to left. Near EF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare. Drewry Coll.; ex Triton II (12/1998), lot 631; Sternberg XIV (5/1984), lot 382.22222
(7 votes)
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Attaleia (AD 100-300) AE 19681 viewsca 2nd-3rd century AD. AE19 (3.28g). Bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis, holding spear / Tyche standing right, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF, dark green patina.22222
(7 votes)
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Sala (AD 161-180) AE 22456 viewsAutonomous, ca 161-180 AD. AE22 (5.70g). Draped bust of the Senate right / EΠI ΔAMA CALHNΩN, Dionysos standing right, holding grape cluster in right hand, left hand resting on cantharus set on column. VF, dark brown patina, a few light scratches.22222
(6 votes)
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Hypaipa (AD 211-217) AE 30 - Plautilla608 viewsPlautilla, wife of Caracalla. AE30 (14.73g). Diademed and draped bust right / Tetrastyle temple of Artemis Anaitis. Good VF, rare.22222
(5 votes)
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(BC 619-561) Alyattes - EL 1/3 Stater3771 viewsAlyattes, King Of Lydia, ca 619-561 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.74g, 12mm, 4mm thick). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch.22222
(24 votes)
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Bageis (AD 177-192) AE - Commodus535 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE (23.97g). Stephanephoros Apollodoros, magistrate. Laureate draped bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF. Rare.22222
(6 votes)
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Hypaipa (AD 193-217) AE 27 - Julia Domna511 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE27 (14.53g). Draped bust right / EΠI AYM-OV...MAIC, TP/C in left field, A in right field, VΠAIΠH/NΩN in exergue, hero standing left, holding torch(?0 in right hand, arrowhead in right field. ΠAI-ΠHNΩN, Zeus standing left. VF, dark brown patina, some minor scratches on the reverse. Unpublished?22222
(6 votes)
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Sardeis (AD 14-37) AE 17 - Tiberius1529 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE17 (5.28g) Togate figure of Emperor raising kneeling figure of Tyche of Sardis / Livia seated right with scepter and ears of corn.22222
(6 votes)
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Bageis (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla634 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (13.03g). Gaios Asklionos, magistrate. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Tyche of Bagis standing left, holding two grain-ears, rudder and cornucopiae. VF, brown patina.22222
(5 votes)
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Nakrasa (AD 161-180) AE - Marcus Aurelius783 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE (30.61g). Menophilos, magistrate. Bust left / Herakles standing facing, head turned right, holding club and lion skin. Multicolor patina, VF. Extremely rare.22222
(7 votes)
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Philadelphia (BC 100-0) AE 15936 views1st century BC. AE14.94 (3.77g) Macedonian shield / Thunderbolt; ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ, monogram to right. Good very fine.22222
(7 votes)
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Nysa (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian2462 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (36mm, 10.13g). HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS P P., head right / COS - III. Hades with scepter, holding stolen Persephone, protecting from her from the wind with mantle, driving quadriga of halloping horses, basket of flowers below. Fine toning, aEF. Extremely rare, possibly unique. From the von Aulock collection and Bank Leu AG, Auktion 30 (4/1982, Zurich), lot 363.

According to Homer, the abduction of Persephone took place somewhere in the "Nysion pedion." It mattered little that Lydian Nysa was a forth century foundation; a cult of the underworld grew up there. The town had a Plutonium, and in later times a festival called the Theogamia celebrated the abduction itself." (W. E. Metcalf, a. O., p. 50).
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(9 votes)
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/3 Stater2271 viewsUncertain King, before 561 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.71g). Head of boar with prominent tusk right / Double incuse punch with rough stellate pattern. Good VF.

The Spier coin proves the obverse die shows two boar heads confronted; the small flan causes the right handed boar to be lacking. Conceivably, there existed a full stater with the complete type present.
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(6 votes)
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Tralleis (AD 253-268) AE 22 - Gallienus515 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD, as Caesar under Valerianus I. AE22 (4.41g), struck 253 AD. Draped cuirassed bust right / TRALL-I-ANWN, Tyche in long robe standing facing, head with kalathos to left, holding cornucopiae in left hand, rudder in right. Dark patina, gVF.22222
(6 votes)
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Hierokaisareia (AD 0-100) AE 15661 viewsca 1st century AD. AE15 (3.20g). Draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder, bow and arrow pointing forwards / ΙΕΡΟΚΑΙCΑΡΕΩΝ, forepart of stag right. Choice VF, black patina with some light earthen encrustation.22222
(8 votes)
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Tralleis (BC 128-85) Cistophoric Tetradrachm740 viewsca 166-85 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.61g, 12h). Undated issue, struck circa 155-145 BC. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / TPA, bow case with serpents; filleted tripod to right. EF.22222
(10 votes)
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Silandos (AD 160-180) AE 17394 viewsTime of the Antonines, 160-180 AD. AE17. Head of Silenus right / Tetrastyle temple. Rare. Fine. 22222
(5 votes)
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Kilbianoi-Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 17 - Geta365 viewsGeta, 193-211 AD. AE16.6 (2.86g). Draped and cuirassed bust right / NEIKΛΕΩΝΚΙΛ, Telesphoros. Very fine.22222
(12 votes)
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(BC 600-550) Alyattes II - EL 1/96 Stater1478 viewsAlyattes II, King Of Lydia, ca 600-550 BC. EL 1/96th Stater (4mm, 0.15g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch. VF, very pale.22222
(7 votes)
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Gordos-Iulia (AD 177-192) AE 19436 viewsTime of Commodus, ca 177-192 AD. AE19 (3.64g). Draped bust of Senate right / ΓΟΡΔΗΝΩΝ ΙΟΛΙΕΩΝ, Dionysos standing left, holding cantharos and filleted thrsos. VF, brown surfaces. Drewry Coll.22222
(6 votes)
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Saitta (AD 198-209) AE 40 - Geta, as Caesar515 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE40 (31.05g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ CΟC CΑΡ−ΙΚΛΕΟΥC ΑΠXΟΝ Α, CΑΙΤΤΗ/ΩΝ, Herakles slaying Geryon. Fine, dark green patina, numerous pits, fields smoothed, some details strengthened. Apparently unique. Drewry Coll.; Ex Mabbott Coll. (Schulman, 6/1969), lot 1831; Rhousopoulos Coll. (Hirsch Auktion XIII, 5/1905), lot 4063.1 comments22222
(6 votes)
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Apollonis (BC 200-0) AE 19854 views2nd-1st century BC. AE19 (5.96g). Macedonian shield with central star / ΑΠΟΛΛΩ-ΝΙΔΕΩΝ, club in dotted circle. Fine green patina, EF. Very rare. Gutknecht coll.22222
(6 votes)
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(BC 619-561) Alyattes II - EL 1/3 Stater1872 viewslate 7th century BC. EL Trite (4.36g, 10,5mm). Head of roaring lion right; retrograde legend (WALWET) downward on right / Double incuse square punch. Light deposits, obverse scratch, VF.11111
(5 votes)
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Silandos (AD 193-235) AE 15567 viewsTime of Caracalla, 197-217 AD. AE15 (3.96g). CIΛAN-ΔOC, turreted bust of Tyche right / CIΛAN-ΔЄΩN, crescent and star; second star above. 11111
(5 votes)
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Thyateira (AD 222-235) AE 26 - Alexander Severus495 viewsAlexander Severus, 222-235 AD. AE25.77 (6.57g, 12h). M AVP AΛΕΞΑΝΔPOC P, draped bust right / ΘYATEIPHNΩΝ, Artemis advancing right with bow, drawing arrow out of quiver. Very fine. Unpublished?1 comments11111
(8 votes)
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/2 Stater5846 viewsKroisos, King of Lydia, ca 561-546 BC. AR Siglos (5.36g, 26mm). Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and bull left; pellet over head of lion / Double incuse punch. Choice VF, good metal.11111
(26 votes)
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(BC 545-520) Cyrus/Darios - AV Stater4193 viewsTime of Cyrus to Darios I, Kings of Lydia, ca 545-520 BC. AV Stater (15mm, 8.06g). Light standard, Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Double incuse punch. EF.11111
(14 votes)
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Thyateira (AD 198-217) AE 16 - Caracalla572 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE 16 (2.15g). Cuirassed, draped and laureate head right, ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC / Bull walking right, head turned up in "mooo"; ΘΥΑΤΕΡΗΝΩΝ. Rare, nice VF.1 comments11111
(5 votes)
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(BC 545-520) Cyrus/Darios - AV Stater3452 viewsTime of Kroisos to Cambyses, King Of Lydia, ca 560-525 BC. AV Stater (8.03g), light series, Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two square incuse punches of unequal size. EF.11111
(10 votes)
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Tralleis (AD 253-258) AE 36 - Valerianus I567 viewsValerianus I, 253-258 AD. AE36 (20.44g), bronze of M. Aurelius Hieron Leukopetrites. Draped, cuirassed bust right / EPI GR M AUR IER - WNOC LEUKOPETREITHC / TRAL-LIANWN, naked Helios standing, radiate head left, chlamys over left shoulder, holding globe. Good style, olive-green patina, gVF. Rare.11111
(11 votes)
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Silandos (AD 81-96) AE 17 - Domitia527 viewsDomitia, 81-96 AD. AE 17 (2.50g). Draped bust of Domitia right, ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΑ / God Men standing left, holding pine-cone and staff, CΙΛΑΝΔΕΩΝ. Good very fine.11111
(7 votes)
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Bagis (AD 253-268) AE 36 - Gallienus613 viewsBagis, in alliance with Temenothyrae in Phrygia. Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE36 (26.08g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΚΑΙCΑPΕΩΝ ΒΑΓΗΝΩΝ ΤΗΜΝΟΘVΡ/ΕΩΝ around, ΟΜΟΝVΑ (sic) in exergue, Mên of Bagis standing right, holding sceptre and facing Tyche of Temenothyrae standing left, holding cornucopiae. VF, brown surfaces, porous. Drewry Coll.; Ex Niggeler Coll., pt. 2, Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen (10/1966), lot 624.11111
(5 votes)
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Thyateira (AD 55-60) AE 16 - Nero1128 viewsFirst Issue, 55-60 AD. AE16 (3.55g) Draped bust right, lightly bearded / ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗ-ΝΩΝ, double-axe.11111
(11 votes)
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(BC 600-550) Uncertain King - EL 1/12 Stater7502 viewsearly 6th cent BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.16g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch. VF, choice centering and strike. 11111
(20 votes)
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV Stater2456 viewsKroisos, King Of Lydia, ca 561-546 BC. AV Stater (16mm, 8.03g). Sardeis mint, struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. EF, lustrous, some minor marks.11111
(15 votes)
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Tralleis (AD 100-200) AE 22626 views2nd cent AD. AE22 (4.84g). Head young Demos right. / Dionysos holding jug and thypros; at his feet, panther. Holed, very fine.11111
(7 votes)
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Sardeis (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Severus Alexander489 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE25 (5.61g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / EΠI NEIKOMAX CAPΔIANΩN [...] PAΦIH, temple of Aphrodite of Paphos consisting of a central portico flanked by two tall towers with a semicircular enclosure paved with tiles; sacred stone between two towers with crescent and star above; two columns surmounted by doves on either side, two torches on outside. Near VF, rough green patina. Apparently unrecorded.1 comments11111
(5 votes)
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Tralleis (BC 15) AE 23 - Vedius Pollio651 viewsVedius Pollio, friend of Augustus, died 15 BC. Bronze of Menandros Parrhasios, ca 29-28. AE23 (10.44g). ΠΩΛΛΙΩΝ − ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΩΝ, beardless bust of Vedius Pollio right / ΜΕ ΝΑΝΔΡΟΣ - ΠΑΡΡΑΣ - ΙΟΥ, eight-column temple of Zeus, quadriga facing on top; caduceus in field. Dark patina, gVF. Rare and interesting coin.11111
(5 votes)
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Tripolis (AD 200-300) AE 32429 viewsAutonomous, ca 3rd cent AD. AE32 (16.82g). Draped bust of the Senate left / TPIΠ-OΛ-EITΩN, Artemis and Apollo standing facing one another, Artemis on left holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver, Apollo on right. Fine, black patina with some earthen encrustation, some light scratches. Ex Lindgren Coll., A846A.11111
(8 votes)
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Tralleis (BC 128-85) Cistophoric Tetradrachm782 viewsca 128-85 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.61g, 27mm, 12h). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΔΙΟΝ, bow-case with serpents; ΤΡΑΛ to left, kithara to right. Superb EF.11111
(7 votes)
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Sardeis (AD 69-79) AE 25 - Vespasian514 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE 25 (11.96g). Laureate head right, AY[TOK] KAIC OYECΠΑCIANΩ / Pluto and Persephone in quadriga right, CAPΔΙ. About very fine.11111
(6 votes)
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(BC 600-550) Uncertain King - AR Fourre' Hekte1880 viewsBefore 561 BC. AR Hekte (1.03g). Head of roaring lion right / Irregular incuse punch. Unpublished in major references. Probably once coated with electrum foil, similar to the coin mentioned in Franke's Antike Metallurgie und Muenzpragung, page 15. This coin also made from silver/ billon (rather than bronze, as typical for later fourre's).11111
(11 votes)
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Nysa (BC 200-100) AE 201235 views2nd cent BC. AE20 (6.99g). Head of young Dionysos with ivy wreath and chignon right / ΝΥΣΑ/ΕΩΝ, Hades driving galloping quadriga right, holding Kore-Persephone in right arm. Green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.1 comments11111
(15 votes)
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Apollonis (BC 200-0) AE 20647 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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Nysa (BC 200-100) AE 191945 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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Nysa (AD 147-175) AE 18 - Faustina II618 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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Bageis (AD 81-96) AE 21 - Domitian442 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE21 (6.05g). ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP, laureate head right / KAICAPEΩΝ ΒΑΓΝΩΝ, Demeter standing left, with corn-ears and scepter. Very fine.11111
(6 votes)
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Thyateira (AD 198-217) AE 21 - Caracalla416 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE21 (4.23g, 7h). ANTΩ-NEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΘVATEIP-H-NΩN, Tyche Soterios (Fortuna Redux) standing left. Good VF, black-green patina.00000
(7 votes)
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Sardeis (AD 71-72) AE629 viewsAutonomous, under Proconsul T. Clodius Eprius Marcellus, ca 71-72 AD. AE (4.15g). EΠΙ ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥ ΦΙΛEΙΝΟΥ CΤΡΑ, bust of Athena with aegis and Corinthian helmet left / EΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΕΛΛΟΥ CΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, frontal view of Doric Temple. gVF.00000
(5 votes)
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Thyateira (AD 0-200) AE 18651 views1st-2nd cent AD. AE18 (3.57g). Bust of Athena right / Ornate prize crown with two palms.1 comments00000
(5 votes)
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Philadelphia (AD 81-96) AE 21 - Domitia576 viewsDomitia, wife of Domitian, Augusta, 81-96 AD (perhaps with Praxeas). AE21 (5.77g). Draped bust of Domitia right / Text in four lines in laurel-wreath. Rare. Nice VF.00000
(5 votes)
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Tralleis (BC 49/48) Tetradrachm998 viewsC. Fannius, Praetor, 49/8 BC. AR Tetradrachm (12.04g). Cistophoric standard. Charidemos, son of Dionysides, magistrate. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Hexastyle temple, surmounted by statue of Athena, between two serpents and stars; to right, Hekate standing left; magistrate’s name below. Good VF, light porosity. Rare. Ex CNG 66 (5/2004), lot 1014.00000
(6 votes)
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Tralleis (BC 189-133) Cistophoric Drachm2074 views189-133 BC. AR Cistophoric Drachm (2.84g, 18mm). Club, draped lion skin; all within vine-wreath / TPAΛ, bunch of grapes upon vine-leaf. Very fine.00000
(6 votes)
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Philadelphia (AD 37-41) AE 18 - Caligula542 viewsCaligula, 37-41 AD, and Artemon Hermogenous. AE18 (4.14g). Laureate head right, ΓΑΙΟC KAICAP ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙKOC / Panther right, head turned back and holding thyrsus, APTEMWN EPMOΓENOYC NEOKAICAPEWN. About very fine. 00000
(7 votes)
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Kilbianoi-Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla440 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (17.24g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tyche seated left, holding phiale; Nike behind, crowning her. VF, rough brown and green surfaces. Ex Burstein Collection; Lindgren Collection.00000
(5 votes)
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Philadelphia (AD 200) AE 27428 viewsca 200 AD. AE27 (6.96g). ΔH-ΜΟC, bust of "the people" Demos right / ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΦ - ΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, Tyche with turreted headdress standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Nice very fine. Apparently unpublished.00000
(8 votes)
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(BC 560-525) Kroisos - AV Stater2484 viewsTime of Kroisos to Cambyses, King Of Lydia, ca 560-525 BC. AV Stater (8.07g), light series, Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two square incuse punches of unequal size. Good VF.00000
(6 votes)
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Tralleis (BC 128-85) Cistophoric Tetradrachm742 viewsca 128-85 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.63g, 29mm). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΑΡΤΕ, bow-case with serpents; ΤΡΑΛ to left, bust of Athena to right. aEF. Scarce variant.00000
(5 votes)
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