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Home > Ionia > Ephesos Most viewed - Ephesos Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL Stater5150 viewsPhanes, ca 620-600 BC. EL Stater (14.10g). ΦANOΣ EMI ΣEIMA (retrograde), spotted stag grazing right / three square incuse punch marks, each textured with pattern of short raised lines. Extremely rare. EF. Ex Rosen coll., New York. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/3 Stater4312 viewsPhanes, ca 620-600 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (4.67g). ΦΑΝΕΟΣ (retrograde), spotted stag grazing right / Two square incuse punch marks, each textured with pattern of short raised lines. Nearly complete legend. Nose of stag off flan, otherwise good very fine. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/96 Stater2905 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/96 Stater (0.14g). Head of stag right / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Extremely rare, the second recorded. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/6 Stater2579 viewsPhanes, ca 620-600 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.33g). Forepart of stag kneeling right, head reverted / Square incuse with irregular surface. Nearly extremely fine. Ephesos (AD 0-100) AE 182578 views1st cent AD. AE18 - Tesserae (3.48g). Stag kneeling left, head reverted / Bee. Near VF, dark brown patina with some orangish earthen encrustation. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/6 Stater2303 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.34g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Square incuse with irregular edges. EF. Ephesos (BC 88-86) AV Stater2197 viewsca 88-86 BC. AV Stater (8.45g, 12h). Bust of Artemis right, wearing stephane; bow and quiver over shoulder / ΕΦΕ-ΣΙΩ[Ν], cult statue of Artemis Ephesia facing; bee in field to left. VF. Very rare. Ex Leu 22 (1979), 132; Numismatic Fine Arts 2 (1976), 209 and Kastner 4 (1973), 110. Since 133 BC, Ephesos belonged to the Roman province of Asia and suffered from the shameless exploitation of the Roman tax collector. In 88 BC, the city revolted and went over to Mithridates VI of Pontos, who, in the so-called Asiatic Vespers, massacred thousands of Roman citizens. To pay his mercenaries, Mithradates struck large quantities of gold staters of traditional Ephesian types, but few specimens exist today. Ephesos (BC 258-202) Didrachm2156 viewsca 258-202 BC. AR Didrachm (6.52g). Zoes, magistrate. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back; Ε - Φ, ZΩΗΣ (magistrate) to left, bee in field to right. VF. Ephesos (AD 41-54) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Claudius1637 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.30g, 6h), struck ca 41-42 AD. Bare head left / Temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. Good VF, toned. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater1585 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.15g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF, well centered and struck. Very rare. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/6 Stater1447 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.31g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Good VF. Extremely rare, one of only eight known hektes of Phanes. This hekte shares its reverse punch with a Phanes stater (Tkalec [2000], lot 114) and two trites (CNG 66, lot 446, and Tkalec [2001], lot 116). Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater1431 viewsPhanes. Circa 625-600 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.28g). Head of stag right / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Near VF. Very rare, fewer than a dozen known. Ephesos (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius and Agrippina Junior1391 viewsClaudius, with Agrippina Junior, 41-54 AD. AE20 (6.49g). Kousinios, episcopus for the fourth time, struck 49-54 AD. Laureate head of Claudius and draped bust of Agrippina right, conjoined / Stag standing right; KOYΣI/NIOΣ TO Δ across field. Good very fine. Ephesos (BC 390-325) Tetradrachm1206 viewsca 390-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.27g, 12h), struck ca 360-350 BC. Kallidamas, magistrate. Bee with straight wings / Forepart of stag right; palm tree to left, ΚΑΛΛΙΔΑΜΑΣ to right. VF, toned. Well struck. Rare magistrate. Sullivan Coll. Ephesos (AD 0-100) AE 211173 views1st century AD. AE21 - Tesserae (5.87g). Stag kneeling left, head reverted / Bee. VF, dark green patina, mounted in a contemporary silver bezel which has been broken, most likely where a loop had been for suspension. A long series of tesserae, or tokens, was produced at the cult center of Ephesos during the Hellenistic period and later. The legends generally cannot be translated, and are probably for the most part meaningless mystical formulae. Ephesos (BC 280-258) Octobol1118 viewsca 280-258 BC. AR Octobol (5.05g). Aristagoras, magistrate. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back; Ε-Φ, palm to left, bee in field to right, ΑΡΙΣΤΑΓΟ[ΡΑΣ] (magistrate) to right. Good style, EF. Unpublished variant (?) of a rare type. Ephesos (BC 138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1096 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.72g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (of Attalos III of Pergamon = 138/7 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / [E]FE, bow-case with serpents; B above facing bust of Artemis Ephesia to left. Superb EF.2 comments Ephesos (AD 41-54) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Claudius1096 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.90g, 7h), struck ca 41-42 AD. Bare head left; c/m: IMP (ligate) VES AV(AV ligate) at base of neck / Temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. Good Fine. Ephesos (AD 81-96) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Domitia1096 viewsDomitia, wife of Domitian, Augusta, 81-96 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.06g, 6h). Ephesus (or Rome) mint. Struck 82 AD. Draped bust right / Venus standing right, leaning on cippus, holding helmet and sceptre. Near VF, toned. Rare. Ex CNG 60 (5/2002), lot 1630. While no decisive evidence exists for the location of the mint of the cistophori during the reigns of Vespasian through Trajan, the style, legends, and, in particular, the consistent die axis point to Rome, suggesting that these coins were minted in the capital and then sent to Asia for local use. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater1081 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL 1/48th Stater (0.29g). Head of stag right / Incuse square with irregular pattern. Well struck. About EF. Ephesos (BC 387-295) Tetradrachm1037 viewsca 387-295 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.94g, 12h). Ε-Φ, bee with straight wings / Forepart of a stag right, palm tree left; magistrate MANTIKRATH[S]. Site of the Temple of Artemis, one of the 7 Wonders of the world. Ex CNG 61, Lot 683. Ephesos (AD 79-91) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Julia Titi1027 viewsJulia Titi, daughter of Titus. Augusta, 79-91 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.04g, 6h). Struck under Domitian, ca 81-82 AD. Draped bust right / Vesta seated left, holding palladium and sceptre. VF, toned, atttractive. Very rare. Ex CNG 58 (9/2001), lot 1151. While no decisive evidence exists for the location of the mint of the cistophori during the reigns of Vespasian through Trajan, the style, legends, and, in particular, the consistent die axis point to Rome, suggesting that these coins were minted in the capital and then sent to Asia for local use. Ephesos (BC 390-330) Diobol1020 viewsca 387-295 BC. AR Diobol (1.02g). Bee with straight wings within dotted circle / Two stag heads confronted, ΕΦ above. EF. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater1015 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.29g). Head of stag right; three pellets to left / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Unpublished variety with pellets, for type without see: VF, well centered strike. Unique. Ephesos (BC 202-150) Drachm1011 viewsca 202-150 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.76g, 11h). Satyros, magistrate. Bee / Stag standing right; palm tree in background. VF, iridescent tone, flan crack. Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/61010 viewsca 550 BC. AR Obol (0.51g). Bee / Quadripartite incuse. Good VF, typical light porosity. Ephesos (AD 41-54) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Claudius & Agrippina II1004 viewsClaudius and Agrippina Junior, 41-51 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.28g). 51 AD. TI CLAVD CAES AVG AGRIPP AVGVSTA, jugate heads of Claudius and Agrippina right / DIANA EPHESIA, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia. Rare. Toned, reverse small scratches, EF. Fritz Steinmetz coll. Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/24999 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Milesian 1/64th or Persic 1/48 Stater (6mm, 0.18g). Bee with curved wings / Eagle’s head right. Good VF, typical light porosity. Ephesos (AD 41-54) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Claudius and Agrippina Junior985 viewsClaudius and Agrippina II, 49-54 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.84g, 6h). Struck circa 50-51 AD. Laureate head of Claudius right / Draped bust of Agrippina right. Fine, light graffiti (VR and Z) in fields. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater978 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.29g). Head of stag right / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Good VF. Very rare, fewer than a dozen known. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater970 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.58g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Rare. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian966 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.93g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / DIANA EPHESIA, cult statue of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia; stags at sides. VF. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater959 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.10g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Near VF. Extremely rare, possibly the second known. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater958 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater or Hemihekte (1.09g). Forepart of stag running right, head reverted / Incuse square with irregular surface. VF. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater944 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12 Stater (1.14g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted; three pellets to left / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Very rare. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater933 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.17g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Extremely rare, only a handful known. Ephesos (BC 55-53) Cistophoric Tetradrachm931 viewsC. Pulcher, Proconsul, 55-53 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.29g). Aretemon, magistrate, dated year 81 (53 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow case between two serpents; ΠA (date), EΦE and bee left, torch right, APTEMΩN below. Fine, Rare. Ephesos (BC 404-394) Tridrachm921 viewsca 404-394 BC. AR Tridrachm (11.20g). The infant Herakles, naked, kneeling to right on ground line, strangling a serpent in each hand, Σ-Y-N / Bee with curved wings, E-Φ / Π-E. Very fine and very rare. From the Hecatomnus Hoard; ex Frank Sternberg, Auction XIII, Zurich (11/1983), lot 175; purchased from B.A. Seaby Ltd., London (4/1984) US$ 8,000. Ephesos (AD 41-54) AE 19 - Claudius and Agrippina920 viewsClaudius, with Agrippina Junior, 41-54 AD. AE19. Claudius and Agrippina / Cult statue of Artemis. Ephesos (BC 300-250) AE 13916 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE13 (2.17g). Ε-Φ, bee / Stag kneeling left, head turned right. Dark green patina, weak strike on obv, VF/gVF. Scarce variant. Gutknecht coll. Ephesos (AD 54-68) AE 22 - Nero & Poppaea904 viewsNero, with Poppaea, 54-68 AD. AE22 (8.79g, 12h). Marcus Acilius Aviola, proconsul. Aechmocles, magistrate. Struck 65 AD. NEPΩN above, Π[OΠΠAIA] below, E-Φ across field, diademed and draped bust of Poppaea right, vis-à-vis laureate head of Nero left / [AOYIOΛ]A ANΘYΠATΩ AIXM[OKΛHΣ], PΩ-MA across field, turreted and draped bust of Roma right; [bee] below. Near EF, green patina, chipping on edge, minor roughness and scratches. From Group CEM. Ex Sternberg XXI (11/1988), lot 363; Münzen & Medaillen 41 (6/1970), lot 380. Ephesos (BC 280-258) Octobol903 viewsca 280-258 BC. AR Octobol (5.06g). ...lios, magistrate. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind shoulder / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back; Ε - Φ, palm to left, bee in field to right, ΛΙΟΣ (magistrate) to right. Good style, EF. Ex Auktion Hess 257 (Luzern, 1986), lot 122. Ephesos (BC 122-121) Tetradrachm884 viewsC. Atinius C.f., Praetor, 122-121 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.55g, 12h). Dated CY 13 (122/1 BC). Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Bow case between two serpents; IG and caduceus above, torch to left. Near VF. Extremely rare, fewer than ten known. The earliest Roman cistophoric tetradrachm. T.R.S. Broughton, in The Magistrates of the Roman Republic 3. Supplement (1986), identified this praetor as C. Atinius Labeo, who is best known for attempting to have the censor (and hero of the Fourth Macedonian War) Q. Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus thrown off the Tarpeian Rock for expelling him from the Senate (see Livy, Per. LIX.10). Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm884 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Drachm (3.34g, 13mm). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. Toned good very fine. Ephesos (BC 390-330) Diobol882 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Diobol (1.09g). Bee with straight wings within dotted circle / Two stag heads confronted, ΕΦ above. VF. Ephesos (BC 500-420) Drachm872 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Drachm (3.29g). Bee, ΕΦ-ΕΣΙ-Ο-Ν around / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, light porosity. Struck on a broad flan. Ephesos (BC 288-275) Octobol865 viewsca early 3rd cent BC. AR Octobol (5.59g). Attic standard. Cleole, magistrate. Diademed bust of Artemis right / Bow and quiver; ΕΦΕ and bee to right, ΚΛΕΟΛΕ to left. Good VF. Apparently unpublished magistrate. Ephesos (AD 69-79) Denarius - Vespasian851 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Denarius (3.12g, 18.20mm). IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS II TRP PP, laureate head right / CONCORDIA- AVG, Cerus seated left, hoding corn-ears and poppy, and cornucopia; [BY]. Almost extremely fine. Ephesos (BC 375-325) AE 10851 viewsca 375-325 BC. AE10 (1.28g). Female head (Artemis?) left, wearing stephane / Ε-Φ, bee. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Ephesos (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm847 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.76g, 11h), struck 160-150 BC. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΕΦΕ, bow-case with serpents; cult statue of Artemis Ephesia to right. EF, attractive dark gray tone with yellow hues around the devices. Ephesos (AD 41-50) AE 19 - Statilia Messalina841 viewsStatilia Messalina, wife of Claudius I, 54-68 AD. AE19 (5.45g). Draped bust right / Roma standing right, holding scepter and cult statue of Artemis. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater839 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.56g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Near VF. Rare. Ephesos (AD 177-192) AE 35 - Commodus839 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE35 (23.39g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟC ΚΟΜΟΔΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΦЄCΙΩΝ Β ΝЄΟΚ CΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ / ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, cult statues of Artemis Ephesia and Kore. Dark green patina with sand deposits, aEF. Ephesos (BC 390-325) Tetradrachm837 viewsca 390-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.14g, 12h). Orchamenios, magistrate. Class D, circa 370-360 BC. Bee / Forepart of stag right, head left; palm tree to left, OPXAMENIOΣ to right. Good VF, toned, obverse struck off center, die break at edge of obverse, a little porosity. Deyo Coll.; ex Coin Galleries (2/1986), lot 86. Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/3834 viewsca 546-500 BC. AR Diobol (1.02g). Bee with straight wings, E-Φ, withinf dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Ephesos (AD 198-217) AE 36 - Caracalla827 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE36. Bust of Caracalla right / Temple of Artemis. Very rare. VF. Ex Duke of Argyll collection. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian825 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.00g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / Temple of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia: ornate tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered base, pediment decorated with figures; cult statue of Diana within. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Mark Antony and Octavia. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian801 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.25g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Temple of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia: ornate tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered base, pediment decorated with figures; cult statue of Diana within. VF, light graffiti in obverse field. Ephesos (AD 81-96) AE 33 - Domitian801 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE33 (21.43g, 6h). Homonoia with Smyrna. P. Calvisius Ruso, anthypatos (proconsul). Struck AD AD 92-94. Laureate head right / Nemesises of Ephesus and Smyrna, each raising veil and holding scepter, standing on either side of cult statue of Artemis (Diana) Ephesia. Good VF, dark olive and red-brown surfaces. Tricarico coll. Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol792 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Octobol (5.54g). Goneus, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [Γ]ΟΝΕΥΣ to left, bee to upper right. VF. Rare. Lysimachos made himself master of Ephesos in 295 and shortly thereafter changed the city's name to Arsinoeia in honor of his wife, the daughter of Ptolemy I. After the death of Lysimachos in 280, Arsinoe married her half brother Ptolemy Ceraunus and finally her full brother Ptolemy II. She became the first Ptolemaic ruler to enter the Egyptian temples as "temple-sharing goddess" and was revered by the later Ptolemies. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian785 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.85g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Temple of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia: ornate tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered base, pediment decorated with crescent above altar; cult statue of Diana within. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain cistophorus of Mark Antony and Octavia. Ephesos (BC 27-14 AD) AE 21 - Augustus & Livia776 viewsAugustus, with Livia, 27 BC-14 AD. AE21 (7.33g). Archiereus Asklas, magistrate. Jugate heads of Augustus and Livia right / EΦE / APXIEPEYΣ AΣKLAΣ NIKOΣTPATOΣ, stag standing right; quiver above. gVF. Ephesos (AD 161-180) AE 19 - Marcus Aurelius762 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE19 (4.43g). KAICAP.OV - VHPOC, draped bust right / EΦE / CIΩN (in ex.), emperor, with waving chlamys behind, stg. right in biga drawn by two stags, holding reins in outstretched hands. VF-. Unpublished, probably unique. Hoeft coll. Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm757 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Drachm (3.34g). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Rare. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian755 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.76g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Diana (Artemis) Leucophryne(?) crowned with wreaths by flanking Nikai; eagles at sides. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Extremely rare, only three specimens cited by Metcalf. Ephesos (BC 138) Tetradrachm751 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.70g, 1h), dated RY 2 of Attalos III of Pergamon (138/7 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΕΦΕ, bow-case with serpents; to right, B above bust of Artemis Ephesia. EF. Ephesos (AD 0-100) AE 20738 views2nd century AD. AE20 - Tessera (5.25g). E - Φ / CKWΠΙ, stag crouching left, head right / ΠPOC ΠAΛYPIN KHPIΛIC WΔE, bee. gVF. Ephesos (AD 69-79) Denarius - Vespasian 737 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Denarius (2.85g). Struck 70 AD. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG [COS II..PM] TRPPP, laureate head right / LIBERI IM[P AVG VES]PAS, bare confronted heads of Titus right and Domitian left, mintmark Φ in right field. Ephesos (AD 54-68) AE 27 - Nero731 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE27 (11.74g, 1h). Marcus Acilius Aviola, proconsul; Aechmocles, magistrate. Struck AD 65-66. Laureate head right / Three-quarter view of temple. VF, green patina. Rare and attractive. Group CEM. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian728 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.47g, 5h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia; stags at sides. VF, trace of light toning on obverse. Ephesos (BC 27-14 AD) AE 19 - Augustus & Livia725 viewsAugustus, with Julia Augusta (Livia), 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 - Chalkous (5.35g, 12h). Aristion, grammateus; Glykon, magistrate. Conjoined laureate head of Augustus and draped bust of Livia right / Stag standing right; above, quiver right. VF, green patina, light overall roughness. Rare. Ex Prideaux Coll. of Augustus. Ephesos (BC 550-500) 1/6720 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Obol (0.54g). Bee / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, EF. Rare. Ephesos (AD 117-138) AE 36 - Hadrian 716 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE36 - Medallion (33.62g, 12h). Struck 129 AD(?). ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC ΚΑ-ICΑΡ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟC, laureate and cuirassed bust right wearing aegis / Cult statue of Diana of Ephesus within ornate octostyle temple. Near VF, dark green surfaces, minor roughness. The emperor Hadrian was granted many honorific titles by the Greeks, including "Savior," "Founder," "New Dionysus," "New Heracles," "Panhellenius," and "Savior of the World," but the epithet "Olympius" is perhaps the most presumptuous. During Hadrian’s visits to Athens early in AD 129, he visited the massive Temple of Zeus Olympius (also known as the Olympeion). The Historia Augusta reports that at this time Hadrian dedicated an altar to himself, by virtue of which he seems to have elected himself a god and to have invested himself with the powers of the Olympian Zeus. This issue was possibly struck on the occasion of Hadrian’s visit to Ephesos later the same year. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian714 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.73g, 12h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Aesculapius standing left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. VF, light scratches in fields. Ephesos (BC 42-19) AE 17 - Octavian, Mark Antony & Lepidus714 viewsOctavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus, ca 42-19 BC. AE17 (4.81g, 12h). Glaukon, archiereus grammateus, with Asklepiados, magistrate. Conjoined bare heads right of the Triumvirs Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus / Facing cult statue of Artemis Ephesia. Near VF, green patina. Rare. Ephesos (AD 81-96) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Domitian713 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD, struck 82 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (25mm, 10.16g, 6h). IMP CAES DOMITIANVS, Laureate head right / AVG GERM, Six corn-ears. Good Fine. Scarce. Tricarico coll.; ex Winokur coll. Ephesos (BC 48-27) AE 15712 viewsca 48-27 BC. AE15 (3.43g). Ε-Φ, bee within olive wreath / Stag standing right, head turned left; torch above, ΠΥΘΩΝ (magistrate) below. Light green patina, thick flan, VF. Scarcer type. Gutknecht coll. Ephesos (BC 42-19) AE 18 - Octavian, Mark Antony & Lepidus709 viewsAntony, Octavian and Lepidus, 43-19 BC. AE18 (4.47g). Glaucus and Eythykrates, magistrates. Jugate heads of the three Triumvirs Octavianus, Marcus Antonius and Lepidus right / APXIEPEYΣ ΓΡΑΜ ΓΛΑΥΚΩΝ EΦE EYΘYKPATHΣ, Artemis Ephesia standing facing. VF. Ephesos (BC 202-133) Drachm704 viewsca 202-133 BC. AR Drachm (3.99g, 17mm). E-Φ, bee / ΛYΣANIAΣ (magistrate), stag standing before palm tree. Toned, VF. Ephesos (BC 202-133) AE 19703 viewsca 202-133 BC. AE19 (3.37g). Ε-Φ, bee within olive wreath / Stag standing right; date palm behind, monogram to right, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ (magistrate) below. Dark green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll. Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/3698 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.07g). Bee with straight wings, E-Φ, within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Ephesos (AD 138-161) AE 32 - Antoninus Pius696 viewsAntoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AE32 (27.11g, 6h). Homonoia with Cyzicus. Paitos, grammateus. T AIΛIOC KAICAP ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right within pelleted border / ЄΠI ΠAITOV ΓPAMMAΤЄOC OMONOIA, KVZIKOC down left field, ЄΦЄCOC up right, heroes Kyzikos and Androklos, each nude but for drapery over shoulder, standing vis-à-vis and clasping right hands; Kyzikos standing right and seen from behind; Androklos standing facing with head left and holding long scepter; all within pelleted border. Good VF, red-brown and dark green patina. Very rare. Ephesos (BC 295-288) AE 18693 viewsca 295-288 BC. AE18 (5.52g). Ε-Φ, bee in dotted circle / Stag standing right on ground line, quiver above, ΧΑΡΜΙΝΟΣ (magistrate) to right. Dark green patina, minor corrosion on rev, EF. Gutknecht coll. Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm692 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Drachm (12mm, 3.37g). Bee / Rough incuse punch. VF, toned, very minor surface granularity. Whorton Coll.; ex Rauch Summer Auc. (9/2009), lot 222. Ephesos (BC 335-320) Drachm691 viewsca 335-320 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.11g, 3h). Neumas, magistrate. Bee / Quadripartite incuse divided by two broad bands, magistrate’s name [NE]YMAΣ on horizontal band. VF, toned. Good metal. Whorton Coll.; ex Lanz 146 (5/2009), lot 192. Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol690 viewsEphesos (as Arsinoeia), ca 290-281 BC. AR Octobol (5.49g, 12h). Erxias, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [E]RXIAS to left, bee to upper right. VF, minor porosity. Very rare, and this magistrate only published on the Kayhan diobol (and coin #4689). Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian687 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.03g, 1h). Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Aesculapius standing left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; c/m: IMP (ligate) VES AV(AV ligate) G in incuse. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain cistophorus which bore the IMP VES AVG countermark. The countermark was present on the undertype and was not obliterated by the overstrike. Ephesos (AD 81-96) AE 23 - Domitian686 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE23 (9.54g, 12h). Laureate head right / River-god Marnas reclining left, holding reed. Near VF, green patina, light deposits, surfaces a little pitted. Ex Alighieri Coll. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian678 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.52g, 6h). Struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / Jupiter (Zeus) Olympius seated left, holding statuette of Diana Ephesia and sceptre. VF, area of minor porosity on reverse. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/48671 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (0.07g, 5mm). Bee / Forepart of lion right. aEF. Ephesos (AD 41-48) AE 20 - Messalina671 viewsMessalina, Augusta, 41-48 AD. AE20 (6.41g). MECCALINAN [...], draped bust right / AIXMOKΛHC EΠ ABIOLA / EΦE / POMH, Roma standing right, holding sceptre and cult statue of Artemis Ephesia. gVF. Ephesos (BC 325-300) Octobol666 viewsca 325-300 BC. AR Attic standard Octobol (5.60g, 16mm). Pyron, magistrate. E-Φ, bee / Forepart of stag right, head reverted, palm tree behind; [Π]YPΩN, before. Very rare denomination, a bit porous, very fine. Ephesos (AD 98-117) AE 21 - Trajan665 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE21 (4.26g). AVTOKPATΩP KA• TPAIANOC, laureate head right / Stag standing left. VF, green patina with some light earthen highlights. Provides a full reading for the obverse legend, not otherwise attested. Wagner Coll. Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol664 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Octobol (5.50g). Veiled head of Arsinoe right / Bow and quiver; monogram left, bee right. VF. Very rare. Ephesos (BC 375) AE 11660 viewsca 375 BC. AE11 (1.30g, 12h). Female head left, wearing stephane / Bee. VF, dark green patina. Whorton Coll.; ex Gorny & Mosch 176 (3/2009), lot 1311. Ephesos (BC 390-320) AE 13654 viewsca 390-320/00 BC. AE13 (1.68g). Hegelochos, magistrate. Female head left; astragalos behind / HΓE-ΛO-XOΣ, Bee. VF, black patina, light roughness. Very Rare. Wagner Coll. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian645 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.56g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Fortuna Ephesia standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF, area of light porosity. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Ephesos (AD 117-138) AE 32 - Hadrian637 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE32 (24.87g, 6h). Laureate and draped bust right / Two temples, each containing standing male figure holding scepter, viewed in perspective, vis-à-vis; Π and Δ in pediments. Near VF, black-green and brown patina, light overall roughness. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater636 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.57g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted; 3 dots to left / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Triton VIII, 405; otherwise unpublished. Fine. Very rare. Ephesos (BC 500-420) Drachm627 viewsca 500-420 BC. AR Drachm (3.30g). Bee, ΕΦ-ΕΣΙ-Ο-Ν around / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, light porosity. Struck on a broad flan. 359 coins on 4 page(s) 1 2 3 4