Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Phokaia (BC 477-388) B64 - EL 1/6 Stater1207 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 10mm). Head of Attis in Phrygian cap left / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. EF. Attis was of Phrygian origin and thus he is always represented in a Phrygian costume such as he wears here. He was the Phrygian god of vegetation and consort of the mother-goddess Cybele. (BC 130-112/0) Ariarathes VI - Drachm1206 viewsAriarathes VI Epiphanes Philopator, ca 130-112/0 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.18g, 12h). Mint C (Komana?). Diademed head right, wearing short beard / Athena standing left, holding wreath and palm; monograms to inner left and outer right, I in exergue. VF, lightly toned, a few light marks on obverse. Unpublished with bearded portrait. The standard depiction is of Athena Nikephoros, but here she holds a wreath and palm rather than Nike and spear. The Cappadocian warrior-goddess Enyo-Ma was their local version of Athena, and Mørkholm thought this rendition of Athena may have been more closely based on the standard depiction of this local goddess, whose temple was at Komana. This unusual depiction only occurred on Mørkholm's issues 3 and 4 at mint C, and he was uncertain of the underlying reason for its appearance. Mint C was apparently established during the reign of Ariarathes VI, most likely due to uncertain military necessities. Although the location of the mint at Komana is not certain, issues of this mint have a metrological affinity with those of mint A (Eusebia-Mazaka [Caesarea]), suggesting a location proximate to the latter. Smyrna (AD 14-37) AE 19 - Tiberius1206 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE19 (4.76g, 12h). Hieronymos, magistrate, under the proconsulship of Petronius. Struck 29-35 AD. ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟC CΕΒΑCΤΟC, laureate head right / ZΜΥΡΝΑΙWΝ ΙΕΡWΝΥΜΟC, garlanded flaming altar. VF, brown surfaces, deposits. Group CEM. Amathos (BC 450-400) Triobol?1205 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Triobol? (1.67g). Lion crouching right on pellet groundline, star above / Forepart of lion right, jaws open, in rectangular dotted border, all within shallow incuse square. Very fine, scarce. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B791204 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of muse right, wearing Sakkos / Kithara. good VF/EF. Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Tetradrachm1203 viewsca mid 4th cent. BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.19g). Bull standing left on wheat ear, ΚΑΛX above, caduceus and star before / Quadripartite incuse square, granulated. EF, a few small spots of minor encrustation on obverse, choice flan. Ex Triton IV (12/2000), lot 232; Muenzen und Medaillen Auk. 54 (10/1978), lot 256. Amisos (BC 30-AD 14) AE 241203 viewsTime of Augustus. AE24 (12.91g). Diademed female head right (Amisos?) / Amisos standing right, facing Roma standing left, holding a patera, shield and spear, ΑΜΙΣΗΝΩΝ below. Good VF, glossy green patina. Rare. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater1203 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Seal (fwkh) swimming along to left, looking back over its shoulder; annulet below / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare; the only coin in Bodenstedt's corpus illustrated with a line drawing! Bodenstedt identifies the device below the seal as a theta, but there is no evidence it is a letter. (BC 101-87) Ariarathes IX - Tetradrachm1202 viewsAriarathes IX, Eusebes Philopator, 101-87 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.24g). Dated Year 2 (100/99 BC). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear, and shield; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ, B (date) in exergue. Good VF, toned, small area of flatness on the obverse. Very rare. Drewry Coll.; ex CNG 54 (6/2000), lot 760. Sinope (BC 100-85) AE 291202 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE29 (19.79g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle on thunderbolt, ΣΙΝΩΠΗΣ below. Dark green patina, gVF/VF. Gutknecht coll. Assos (BC 350) Drachm1202 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.12g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with olive wreath / Bucranium. Good VF, porous. Scarce. Methymna (BC 520-460) Hemiobol1202 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.21g). Facing head of bearded Silenos / Double incuse punch. VF, extremely rare. Unpublished? Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1202 viewsca 480-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.71g). Sphinx, with ornamental tendril on her head and with her right forepaw raised, standing left on tunny fish Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely fine. Ex Hirsch 233 (2/2004), 1415. Soloi (BC 425-400) Stater1201 views425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.68g, 10h). Amazon kneeling left, holding bow, wearing quiver on left hip; facing satyr's head in right field, Λ in circle in exergue / ΣΟΛΕΩΝ, grape cluster on vine; fly to right; all within incuse square. Superb EF, lightly toned. Exceptional and one of the finest known of the type. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B181200 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Ram's head right / Incuse head of Herakles right. VF. Memnon (BC 340-334) Tetradrachm1199 viewsMemnon of Rhodes, Satrap in Ionia, ca 340-334 BC. Ephesos? AR Tetradrachm (15.03g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow, ΔΗ to left / Incuse relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos(?). EF. Extremely rare. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B15 - EL 1/24 Stater 1198 viewsafter 550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.64g, 7mm). Head right, wearing Corinthian helmet; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Very rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Ram - EL 1/241198 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.58g). Milesian standard, figural type. Ram's head left / Incuse square punch. Near EF. Kyzikos (BC 500-475) EL 1/6 Stater1196 viewsca 500-475 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.65g). Facing lion's head; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse square, granulated. Good VF. Ex Triton VI (1/2003), lot 300. Taulara (BC 100-85) AE 281196 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE28 (19.71g). Bearded head of Zeus right / Eagle standing on thunderbolt, head reverted, monogram to left, ΤΑΥΛΑ−ΡΩΝ below. VF. Rare. Sardeis (AD 23-26) AE 27 - Germanicus and Drusus1196 viewsGermanicus and Drusus, Caesars, ca 23-26 AD. AE27 (12.14g), restruck ca 28-29 AD by Asinius Pollio, Proconsul. Drusus and Germanicus seated left in curule chairs / Legend in wreath; ΓΑΙΩ ΑΣΙΝΝΙΩ ΠΟΛΛΙΩΝΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΩ around (overstruck on original legend). VF, green patina, slightly rough surfaces. This interesting coin appears to be an original issue, but in actuality, it is an earlier issue that is restruck with two intricate 'countermarks.' These 'countermarks' were ring-shaped punch restrikings of the legends that surround the obverse and reverse designs. While the obverse 'countermark-legend' is the same as that which appeared on the original striking, the reverse legend, originally ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΚΛΕΩΝΟΣ ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΟΥ, has been totally replaced by a new 'countermark-legend.' Ionopolis (AD 161-169) AE 26 - Lucius Verus1195 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE26 (14.25g, 6h). Laureate bust of Verus right / ΙΩΝΟΠΟΛΕ-ΙΤΩΝ, bust of Sarapis with kalathos right. All the coins of Ionopolis are extremely rare. This issue with Lucius Verus / Sarapis is known from only 2 battered specimens - Hollstein/Jarman 2 (this coin) and 3 (Frank L. Kovacs Auction 12, 1995) - while the parallel issue, with Marcus Aurelius/Bust of Isis, is known from only one coin - Hollstein/Jarman 1 - in Berlin. The coins were probably struck to celebrate the renaming of Abonuteichos as Ionopolis circa 162 AD. Ephesos (BC 280-258) Octobol1194 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. Kebren (BC 281-261) AE 10 - as Antiochia1194 views281-261 BC (as Antiochia). AE10 (0.84g). Head of ram right, ANTIO above, trident below / Laureate head of Apollo right. Green patina, aEF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Kelenderis (BC 450) Stater1194 viewsca 450 BC. AR Stater (10.59g). Nude rider, holding whip, riding sideways on horse / Forepart of kneeling goat, KEΛ above goat. This is a very rare early issue of Kelenderis, showing the forepart of a goat, instead of a goat kneeling. aEF and extremely rare. Parion (BC 400-300) Hemidrachm1192 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.45g). Bull left, looking right; PA above, PI and patera beneath / Gorgoneion facing, surrounded by aegis. VF. Tenedos (BC 525-470) Hemidrachm1192 viewsca 525-470 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.78g). Archaic janiform head, male on left, female on right (Zeus and Hera?), with necklace / TE NE NION (sic), double axe within dotted incuse square. Good VF, obverse with horn silver, typical light porosity, unusually well struck. The obverse is in very fine archaic style, while the reverse is badly blundered, with the mis-spelled ethnic inverted in relation to the type. A curious combination of dies, obviously produced by two workmen of vastly different skills. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B98 - EL 1/6 Stater1190 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Aphrodite left, hair in chignon; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, well centered. Very rare, only seven specimens cited by Bodenstedt, all but one in museum collections. Pimolisa (BC 120-63) AE 271190 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE27 (19.50g). Bearded, laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing on thunderbolt left, head right, ΠΙΜΩΛΙΣΩΝ below. Dark olive-green patina, VF. Very rare. Gutknecht coll. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B19 - EL 1/6 Stater1189 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.61g, 11mm). Goat running left, seal above / Incuse punch with 3 fields. aEF. Very rare. Side (BC 460-430) Stater1187 viewsCA 460-430 BC. AR Stater (10.60g). Pomegranate, dolphin below / Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet, in incuse square. VF. Methymna (BC 500-450) Stater1185 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Stater (8.19g, 11h). Boar walking right, head lowered, ΜΑΘVΜΝΑ[ΙΟΣ] above / Head of Athena right, wearing disc earring, necklace and helmet adorned with volute spiral and spike; within linear dotted border in shallow incuse square. Toned, with lightly corroded surfaces, otherwise, good VF. Rare. Ex Bank Leu 45 (5/1988), lot 210; Gillet Coll., 1127. (BC 149-128) Nikomedes II - Tetradrachm1185 viewsNikomedes II, 149-128 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.13g), dated year 167 BE (132/131 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus standing, holding wreath and sceptre; eagle on thunderbolt, monogram and date before. Toned, good VF. Pontos Uncertain (BC 30-1) AE 191185 viewsLate 1st cent BC. AE19 (8.65g, 12h). Bare male head right / Two figures sacrificing a pig; EETI[A] below. VF, black patina. Neonteichos (BC 300-150) AE 111184 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE11 (1.47g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; NE monogram below. VF, dark green patina. Ephesos (BC 138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1184 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 (BC 163-130) Ariarathes V - Drachm1184 viewsAriarathes V Eusebes Philopator, ca 163-130 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.33g, 12h). Mint A (Eusebeia-Mazaka). Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; monograms to inner left and outer right, ΓΛ in exergue. Good VF, lightly toned. The attribution of much of the middle Cappadocian series has long been the subject of debate, primarily between B. Simonetta and O. Morkholm. Morkholm's attribtions appear to be more firmly grounded, particularly in hoard studies, and thus his conclusions that the earliest silver drachms are those of Ariarathes V and that the exergual letters on this series are not regnal dates are likely correct. As such, the latest studies and SNGs have attributed this portion of the series following his conclusions. Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles1183 viewsThemistokles, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42g, 7h). Barley grain right; ΘE above, meander pattern below / Male head (Themistokles?) right, wearing diadem; [M]-A across field; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned, a hint of granularity. Apparently unique. Sigeion (BC 330-300) AE 101182 viewsca 330-300 BC. AE10 (0.88g) Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet with palmette / Crescent, Σ-Ι/Γ-Ε. Good style, fine dark green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll. Miletos (AD 37-41) AE 21 – Gaius (Caligula)1182 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE21 (6.34g). ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head right / ΜΙΛΗΣΙΩΝ, hexastyle temple. Black patina, VF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater1182 viewsca 500 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g, 10mm). Panther’s head facing, small seal to right above / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely rare - the second recorded example. EF. The small seal above the head was off the flan in Copenhagen, missed by Münzen und Medaillen and the type was not known to Bodenstedt. Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 171181 views4th century BC. AE17 (4.11g). Laureate head of Apollo right / 12-rayed star, pellet in center, Γ-Α-Îœ between rays. Dark green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll. (BC 128-94) Nikomedes III - Tetradrachm1180 viewsNikomedes III, 128-94 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.83g, 12h), dated 177 BE (121/0 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ, Zeus standing left, holding wreath in right hand, lotus tipped sceptre in left; to inner left, eagle on thunderbolt above monogram and ZOP (date). Good VF, lightly toned, broad flan. Rare variety, only one specimen cited by De Callatay. Cohen Coll.; ex New York Sale V (1/2003), lot 136. Aigai (BC 200-0) AE 121179 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE12 (1.99g) Bust of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Forepart of goat right, ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ below, monograms above and to right. VF, dark green-brown patina. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 221179 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (7.66g). Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf's scalp / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. VF/F, dark green patina. Rare type. Gutknecht coll. Abydos (BC 175-70) Tetradrachm1179 viewsca 175-75 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.10g, 12h). Stephanephoric type. Iphiados, magistrate. Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Eagle, wings spread, standing right; to right, star above radiate head of Helios right; ΙΦΙΑΔΟΥ below; all within wreath. Good VF, toned, minor area of flat strike. Rare. Winokur Coll.; Ex Glendining (4/1970), lot 142. Xanthos (BC 23-19) AE 171178 viewsLycian League, Xanthos-Kragos, ca 23-19 BC. AE17 (3.64g, 12h). ΛΥ, draped bust of Artemis right; bow and quiver over shoulder / XAN KP, quiver. VF, green patina. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater1178 viewsca 625-575 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.63g). Head of griffin left / Irregular incuse square punch. Good VF. Well centered. Ex Jonathan P. Rosen Collection (Muenzen und Medaillen 72, 10/1987), lot 95; Numismatic Fine Arts IV (2/1979), lot 283. Autophradates (BC 380-355) AE1178 viewsIonia/Lydia, uncertain mint, Autophradates, Persian satrap in Lydia ca. 392-388 BC and in Ionia and Lydia ca. 380-355 BC. AE (1.19g). Head of bearded Persian Satrap in tiara right / OA and symbol. Black patina, VF, very rare. Memnon (BC 338-334) Drachm1177 viewsMemnon, Satrap in Ionia, ca 338-334 BC. Ephesos? AR Drachm (3.75g). Head of Satrap right, wearing Persian tiara (bashlyk) / Persian King kneeling right, holding bow and spear, ΒΑΣΙΛΕ to left, within incuse square. VF. Extremely rare. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B24 - EL 1/6 Stater1177 viewsca 560-545 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 10mm). Head of African left, seal downward behind / Quadripartite incuse square punch. nEF. Extremely Rare. Ephesos (AD 81-96) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Domitia1176 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. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B12 - EL 1/24 Stater1176 viewsca 625/20-522 BC. EL 1/24 stater (0.63g). Griffin's head left; seal to right / Bipartite incuse square. Good VF. Methymna (BC 440-400) Drachm1176 viewsca 450/40-406/379 BC. AR Drachm (3.06g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with vine tendril and crescent / M-A-Θ, kantharos in dotted square within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, slight granularity. Kolone (BC 400-300) AE1175 viewsca 4th century BC. AE (3.76g) Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / 9-ray star, ΚΟΛΟΝΑΩΝ between rays. Dark green patina, VF. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - Tetradrachm1175 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.62g), minted in Pamphylia, Side. Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / ΒΑΣΙ-[ΛΕΩΣ] ΑΜΥΝ-ΤΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding scepter. VF. Pergamon (BC 49/48) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1175 viewsQ. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio. Imperator, 49/8 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Two serpents entwined around legionary aquila; monogram to left. VF, toned, minor porosity. Akmoneia (BC 133-48) AE 231174 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE23 (7.62g). Bust of Athena right, wearing high-crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / [Α]ΚΜΟΝΕ[ΩΝ], eagle alighting from thunderbolt, flanked by stars; magistrates ΜΗΝΟΔΟΤΟΣ and ΣΙΛΛΩΝ. Good VF, golden tan patina, just a hint of light porosity. Very rare. ex CNG Triton V (1/2002), lot 500. Kebren (BC 450) Diobol1174 views5th century BC. AR Diobol (9mm, 1.24g, 5h). Head of Apollo left / Head of ram left within incuse square. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1174 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.64g). Ram's head facing left; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse punch. Rare type. Unpublished? Phokaia (BC 600-522) B09 - EL 1/6 Stater1173 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Forepart of bull right, head reverted; small seal above / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Rhodes (BC 408-404) Tetradrachm1173 viewsca 408/407-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.12g, 12h). Head of Helios facing, turned slightly to right / Rose; scallop shell to left. Very rare. Toned, and with an unusually expressive head of Helios of great emotional power. Some deposits on the reverse, otherwise, nearly EF. (BC 62-40) Deiotaros - AE1173 viewsDeiotaros, ca 62-40 BC. AE (10.89g). Winged bust of Nike right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΔHIOTAPOY, eagle standing on sword within scabbard, head turned left; caps of the Dioscuri flanking. VF. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/24 Stater1172 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.65g), Milesian standard, striated type. Flattened striated surface / Incuse square punch. Very rare. Very fine. cf. CNG Mail Bid Sale 69 (6/2005), lot 427 ($1600 + comm). Pergamon (BC 15-AD 19) AE 17 - Germanicus & Drusus1172 viewsGermanicus & Drusus, Caesars, 15 BC-AD 19, and 19-23 AD, respectively. AE17 (3.47g, 12h). Bare head of Germanicus right / Bare head of Drusus right. VF, dark green patina under a layer of earthen deposits, faint cleaning scratches on reverse. A quality example of this scarce type. From Group CEM. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol1171 viewsca 550-530 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.46g). Head of bear left, holding tunny fish in mouth / Quadripartite incuse square ("mill-sail" pattern). Extremely rare. EF.1 comments Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater 1171 views387-326 BC EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion skin and carrying club, both stolen from Herakles; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Omphale was a mythological woman who dressed in Hercules' lion's skin. Maionia (AD 100-270) AE 171171 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. Phokaia (BC 600-560) EL 1/6 Stater - B -1171 viewsca 600-560 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 10mm). Head of female left with a narrow hair band, long flowing hair, and an annular earing; behind, seal swimming downwards / Irregular incuse square. EF. Carr coll. Unknown to Bodenstedt, this is the 5th example to appear at auction. Same dies as Numismatica Ars Classica 92 part 1, 23 May 2016, Lot 216 and ‘Prospero’, The new York Sale XXVI, 4 January 2012, Lot 520. Others known are: Nomos 15, 22 October 2017, Lot 153; CNG 108, 16 May 2018, Lot 196. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - Tetradrachm1170 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.62g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΒΑΣΙ-ΛΕΩ[Σ] ΑΜΥΝ-ΤΟΥ, Nike advancing left, holding sceptre adorned with diadem. Good VF, toned, light cleaning marks in field on reverse. Rare. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B63 - EL 1/6 Stater1170 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of young male left, wearing taenia; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 171169 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE17 (4.83g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, lion skin hanging on club, monogram to right. aEF. Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Obol1169 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.58g, 6h). Young male head right, wearing tainia / ΠΟΡΔ, crab within incuse square. VF, porous. Unpublished, apparently unique. While the type is unpublished, cf. BMC Troas, p. 219, 1, for a drachm of Pordosilene with the same obverse type.1 comments (BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 231168 viewsPylaimenes, ca 130 BC. AE23 (5.88g). Bust of Pylaimenes as Herakles right, club over shoulder, lion's skin around neck / [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. Superb EF, glossy dark brown patina, some light adjustment marks as made. Exceptional! Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 281168 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE28 (20.83g). Male head left (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk) / 8-rayed star; bow to left. gVF, dark brown-green patina. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/48 Stater1168 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.39g). Head of tunny right / Incuse square with swastika pattern. VF. Extremely rare, only one example listed by Hurter & Liewald. Kalchedon (AD 41-54) AE 22 - Claudius1167 viewsClaudius I, 41-54 AD. AE22 (7.07g). Bust of Claudius left, countermark: PKA? / ΚΑΛΧ, bust of Apollo right. VF. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/12 Stater1167 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (0.99g), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left; E on bridge of nose / Stellate pattern in square incuse. Good VF, great metal. Very rare, only 25 specimens listed by Konuk. Antandros (BC 400-350) Diobol 1167 viewsca late 5th-early 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (12mm, 1.37g). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / Goat standing right; grapes above. VF. Scarce. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B94 - EL 1/6 Stater1167 viewsca 400-380 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.55g). Female head facing left, wearing hair-net and earring; behind, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. Extremely beautiful femle head. EF. The female head appears to imitate the Syracusan decadrachms of the engraver Kimon, but without slavishly copying his work. Amisos (AD 117-138) Didrachm - Hadrian1167 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Didrachm (5.94 g, 21mm, 6h). Dated CY 163 (131/2 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche seated left, holding rudder set on head left in right hand, cornucopia in left. VF, toned, minor green deposits. Rare. Bithynion-Klaudiopolis (AD 81-96) AE - Domitian1166 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE (12.95g). AUT DOMITIANOS KAISAR SEB GER, laureate head right / KLAUDIOPOLEITWN, Zeus sitting left on throne, holding thunderbolt and scepter. Red-brown patina, VF. Phokaia (BC 530-500) Diobol1166 views6th century BC. AR Diobol (1.56g). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Chabakta (BC 85-65) AE 211164 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE21 (8.01g). Head of Ares right in crested helmet / ΧΑΒΑΚΤ[ΩΝ], sword in sheath; star over moon and monogram to left. Good VF, red-brown patina. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL Stater1164 viewsabout 580 BC. EL Stater (16.50g). Head of griffin right, tongue protruding from open jaws, knob on forehead / Four-part incuse square. Of the greatest rarity, probably the 3rd specimen known. gVF. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 191163 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE19 (4.41g). Persian leather cap (bashlyk), bow to left; countermark: bust of Pan facing / 8-rayed star; bow to left, CKOΠA between rays. VF, dark brown patina. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Eikonion (BC 100-0) AE1162 viewsca 1st century BC. AE (3.58g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Perseus standing left, harpa in right hand, head of gorgoneion in left; ΕΙΚΟΝΙ to right. Dark green patina, VF. Termessos (AD 200-300) AE 291162 views3rd century AD. AE29 (16.86g, 1h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; AVTO-NOMWNA/[T]WN(?) in exergue. Good VF, black-green patina with areas of light green and beige overtones. (BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 231161 viewsPylaimenes, ca 130 BC. AE23 (6.21g, 12h). Bust of Pylaimenes as Herakles right, club over shoulder, lion's skin around neck / [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. EF, glossy dark brown patina. (BC 101-87) Ariarathes IX - Tetradrachm1161 viewsAriarathes IX, Eusebes Philopator, 101-87 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.21g, 1h). Mint A (Eusebia-Mazaka [Caesarea]). Dated RY 2 (100/99 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Athena standing half-left, holding Nike in right hand, shield and spear in left; B (date) in exergue. Good VF, toned. Drewry Coll. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXV (11/1990), lot 182; von Aulock Collection, 6300; Abruzzi 1954 Hoard (IGCH 2056). Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater1159 viewsca 550-475 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.32g). Forepart of Pegasos left; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse. Good VF. Rare. Amyzon (BC 200-0) AE 211159 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (5.95g). Head of Artemis right, quiver and bow at neck / ΑΜΥZΟΝΕ(ΩΝ) / ΕΝΕΚΠΑΤ− −ΔΑΡΔ− either side of lyre, AHR monogram above. Mylasa (AD 117-138) AE 17 - Hadrian1159 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE17 (2.69g, 6h). [AVT]OKP[ATOP]A AΔPIANON CEBAC [TON], radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / MVΛA / CEΩN, trident. Very rare. Good very fine. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser, Auc 15 (3/2000), Nr. 324. Ex Karl coll. Tralleis (BC 49/48) Tetradrachm1158 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. Antissa (BC 300-200) AE 15 1158 views3rd century BC. AE15 (3.4g). Head of young male right / Α-Ν/Τ-ΙΣ, head of male right with pointed beard, wearing conical headdress (Dionysos Phallen). Very Fine. Gergis (BC 450-400) Drachm1157 viewsLate 5th cent BC. AR Drachm (3.63g, 9h). Wreathed head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly right / ΓΕΡ-ΓΙΣΙ-Ο, Sphinx standing right within incuse square. Unpublished. Near VF, toned, surfaces rough and corroded, scratches. Unique. The earliest coins published coins of Gergis are a series dated to after 350 BC, retaining the general types used on the present coin, but without the reverse type set within an incuse (cf. Traité II 2392-2394). Sesamos (BC 340-300) Drachm1156 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.49g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing earring and necklace; A to left, ΣΗΣΑΜΗ to right. Toned, good VF. Schonwalter Coll. Synnada (AD 253-368) AE 32 - Gallienus1156 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE32 (17.81g, 6h). AVT' KAI' Π' ΛIK ΓAΛΛHNOC, C-EB across field, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CUN-NA-DE-ωN, venatio scene in the amphitheatre: across the center, lion chasing stag left, below, bestiarius attacking boar with spear; above, Orpheus attacked by a bear(?). Near EF, black patina. Extremely rare, one of approximately five known. Ephesos (AD 41-54) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Claudius1156 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. Persian Kings (BC 520-505) Siglos1156 viewsTime of Darios I, ca 520-505 BC. AR Siglos (5.28g). Half-length bust of Persian king or hero right, holding bow and arrows / Incuse punch. Good VF, toned, slightly granular surfaces. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 - 149