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Most viewed Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/241060 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.63g, 7mm). Phocaic standard. Figural type. Lion seated right / Incuse square punch. EF. Extremely rare, the third, and finest, known. Phokaia (BC 387-326) Hemidrachm1059 viewsca 387-326 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.12g, 2h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of griffin left; ΑΓ monogram below. Good VF, minor porosity. Rare.1 comments Amisos (BC 30-AD 14) AE 241058 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/2 Stater1058 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Hemistater (7.18g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Two rough incuse punches separated by a cleft. Good VF. Extremely rare, one of five known hemistaters of this type. Struck from the same cleft as the stater offered above (lot 270), and the staters in CNG 69, lot 420, and CNG 67, lot 701. Also struck from the same punches as the following third stater (lot 272), and the third staters in Triton VIII, lot 434, CNG 69, lot 422, and CNG 67, lot 703. (BC 128-94) Nikomedes III - Tetradrachm1058 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 3 - EL 1/241058 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24th Stater (6mm, 0.56g). Lion head facing / Incuse punch. Good VF.1 comments Assos (BC 350) Drachm1056 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. Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol1056 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Diobol (1.10g). Janiform female head with circular earring / ΛΑΜ, helmeted head of Athena right. Nice VF. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater1055 viewsca 550-475 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.32g). Forepart of Pegasos left; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse. Good VF. Rare. (BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - Stater1055 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Stater (9.3g, 17mm). Lion’s head right / Multipartite incuse square. Very rare. VF. Side (AD 254-268) AE 28 - Salonina1054 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE28 - 10 Assaria (19.42g). KOPNHLIA CALWNINA CEB, diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent; I (denomination mark) in right field / CIDHTWNANEWKORWN, three galley ships; NAVARX/IC. Kelenderis (BC 450) Stater1054 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. Sinope (BC 100-85) AE 291053 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE29 (19.79g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle on thunderbolt, ΣΙΝΩΠΗΣ below. Dark green patina, gVF/VF. Gutknecht coll. Alexandreia (BC 171­-65) Drachm1053 viewsca 102/1-66/5 BC. AR Drachm (3.60g, 11h). Dated CY 228 (73 BC). Laureate head of Apollo left / Apollo Smintheus standing right, quiver over shoulder, holding bow, arrow, and patera; monogram to inner left, date to inner right, [magistrate’s name in exergue]. Near VF, surface laminations, cleaning marks. Extremely rare denomination for this dated series (Bellinger records only two drachms, in the BM and Berlin, bearing the years 227 and 228, respectively). This drachm belongs to the period of the city’s autonomy following the devastating defeat of Antiochos III of Syria by the Romans at the battle of Magnesia in 189 BC. Apollo Smintheus is depicted on both sides of the coin, the deity actually being named in the reverse inscription. Apollo Smintheus’ temple lay at Chryse, within the territory of Hamaxitos, one of the cities which had provided the original population of Alexandria. The statue of the god, by the celebrated Parian sculptor and architect Skopas, showed him standing with a mouse at his feet. This particular drachm is part of a series of dated issues that began during the time of Mithradates VI of Pontos (see Callataÿ, pp. 155-9). Consisting primarily of tetradrachms, of which fewer than 40 examples are known, this series was sporadically minted over the course of approximately 50 years. All of these issues bear the same types and monogram, but various magistrates’ names appear in the exergue on their reverses. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B351052 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.47g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Confronted steer heads within incuse square. Near VF. Taulara (BC 100-85) AE 281052 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. Pergamon (BC 49/48) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1050 viewsQ. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio. Imperator, 49/8 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Two serpents entwined around legionary aquila; monogram to left. VF, toned, minor porosity. Antandros (BC 400-350) Diobol 1050 viewsca late 5th-early 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (12mm, 1.37g). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / Goat standing right; grapes above. VF. Scarce. Sigeion (BC 330-300) AE 101049 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. Ilion (BC 188-133) Tetradrachm1049 viewsca 188-133 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 16.72g, 12h). Phoinikos, "magistrate." Head of Athena right, wearing laureate and triple-crested helmet / Α-ΘΗΝΑΣ ΙΛΙΑΔΟS, Athena Ilias standing right, holding distaff and filleted spear; at her feet to right, owl standing right; to inner left, monogram above star; ΦΟΙΝΙΚΟΣ in exergue. Unpublished with these controls and magistrate. Near EF, attractive, even gray toning. Rare. Lipcer Coll. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B15 - EL 1/24 Stater 1048 viewsafter 550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.64g, 7mm). Head right, wearing Corinthian helmet; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Very rare. Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 171048 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. Miletos (AD 14-120) AE 191048 views1st-early 2nd century AD. AE19 (3.15g, 6h). Laureate head right / Cult statue of Apollo Didymaeus standing right, holding stag and bow; star to right. Fine, green patina, earthen deposits. Alighieri Coll. The imperial portrait coinage from Miletus with title CEBACTOC cannot be precisely assigned to ruler. Some portraits resemble Nero, others Titus, Domitian and Trajan. The portrait on this coin looks much like Tiberius, but the lunate form of “Σ” (i.e., “C”) found on this coin was not in use at Miletus until the reign of Nero. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B12 - EL 1/24 Stater1047 viewsca 625/20-522 BC. EL 1/24 stater (0.63g). Griffin's head left; seal to right / Bipartite incuse square. Good VF. (BC 440-425) Kheriga - 1/3 Stater1047 viewsKheriga (Gergis, son of Harpagos), Dynast, ca 450-410 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (2.85g, 6h), Phellos mint. Diademed head of female left; flower behind / kheriga in Lycian around, owl standing left, head facing; olive sprig to right; all within incuse square. VF, toned, porous. Unpublished variety for this rare dynast. Maionia (AD 100-270) AE 171047 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. Elaia (BC 400-300) Diobol1047 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (?) (1.01g). Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet / ΕΛΑ in triangular inscription in olive wreath. VF. Very rare. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 281045 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. Cyprus Uncertain (AD 69-79) Tetradrachm - Vespasian1044 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Tetradrachm (13.39g), struck 76-77 AD. AVTOKPATΩP OVЄCΠACIANOC KAICAP, laureate head left / ЄTOVC NЄOV IЄPOV, temple of Aphrodite in Paphos, H in exergue. Light toning, VF. Amisos (BC 125-100) AE 251043 viewsca 125-100 BC. AE25 (20.70g). Male head right (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk) / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, quiver. Near EF, dark olive green patina with a dusting of earthen encrustation. Rhodes (BC 408-404) Tetradrachm1043 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. Persian Kings (BC 520-505) Siglos1043 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. Ephesos (BC 280-258) Octobol1042 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. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 171042 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. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater1042 viewsca 390-370 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Head of the Lydian queen Omphale facing left, wearing Herakles' lion-skin, shouldering his club; beneath truncation, seal swimming left / Four-part incuse square. EF. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B53 - EL 1/6 Stater1041 viewsca 450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Head of a lion (or lioness) facing; to left, seal swimming downwards / 'Window' incuse. Choice EF. The obverse image is borrowed from the coinage of the Bruttian city Rhegion. Amisos (AD 117-138) Didrachm - Hadrian1041 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. Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 171040 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (5.52g). Head of young Dionysos right / Panther walking left, head facing, broken spear in mouth; ΣΑΡΔΙ/ΑΝΩΝ above, monograms below and to left. Dark green patina, VF. Abydos (BC 175-70) Tetradrachm1040 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. Aigai (BC 200-0) AE 121039 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. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B98 - EL 1/6 Stater1039 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. Amathos (BC 450-400) Triobol?1038 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. Nikaia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 23 - Thorius Flaccus1038 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE23 (5.90g, 12h). Thorius Flaccus, anthypatos (proconsul). Struck circa 25 BC. Bare head of Thorius Flaccus right / Draped bust of Juno Lanuvia right; monograms to left and right. VF, brown surfaces, light overall porosity. Very rare. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Spink/Galerie des Monnaies (2/1977), lot 231. Thorius Flaccus served as proconsul of the province of Bithynia under Augustus. He is only known from his coin issues at Nicaea (RPC 2027-30) and Nicomedia (RPC 2062-3). M. Grant, in FITA (p. 384), listed his dates in office as 29-28 BC, but this was based on an assumed similarity in portrait with a cistophorus minted in 28 BC, which has now been discounted (see RPC p. 337). Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol1037 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 (BC 94-74) Nikomedes IV - Tetradrachm1037 viewsNikomedes IV, ca 94-74 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.64g), dated BE 223 (75/4 BC). Diademed head of Nikomedes right / Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; eagle on thunderbolt above monogram and ΓΚΣ (date) to left. Good VF, toned, spots of die rust on obverse. Drewry Coll.; ex Frank Kovacs Sale XII (11/1995), lot 81. Pimolisa (BC 120-63) AE 271037 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. Kolone (BC 400-300) AE1036 viewsca 4th century BC. AE (3.76g) Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / 9-ray star, ΚΟΛΟΝΑΩΝ between rays. Dark green patina, VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 2 - EL 1/121036 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte (1.17g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Facing lion's head / Incuse punch. Good VF. Kebren (BC 281-261) AE 10 - as Antiochia1035 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. Gergis (BC 450-400) Drachm1035 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). Autophradates (BC 380-355) AE1033 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. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B861033 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 11mm, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / Head of Hermes right, chlamys around shoulders and petasos behind neck, within linear frame. gEF. 41 examples known to Bodenstedt. Additionally, there appear to be the 58 additional examples that have come to auction – this being the 58th. Pergamon (BC 200-133) AE 191032 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE19 (6.40g). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, trophy of arms. Good style, dark green patina, aEF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B06 - EL 1/6 Stater1032 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.56g). Helmeted head left; to right, seal upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Extremely rare issue, the fifth known. There are four emissions in Bodenstedt with this type, emissions 6, 15, 30, and 50. The latter three share common characteristics: there is a crest on the helmet, the bowl is adorned with some ornament, the eye is better formed (rather than a dot), and the seal is below the helmet. None of these characteristics are found on the first emission of this type, which features a helmet without crest, no ornamentation on the bowl, an eye formed of a large dot, and the seal placed to the right of the helmet. Additionally, the incuse on the reverse is also distinctly different from the later emissions. Chabakta (BC 85-65) AE 211031 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. (BC 101-87) Ariarathes IX - Tetradrachm1031 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). Kyme (BC 350-320) Didrachm1031 viewsca 350-320 BC. AR Didrachm (5.45g, 7h). Eagle with closed wings standing right, head turned to left / […], forepart of horse right. Extremely rare. Considerable traces of corrosion, otherwise very fine. Acquired from Spink´s in April 1970. This is one of the very few known examples of the late 4th century didrachm coinage of Kyme. One example signed by a different magistrate is in the BM and one was sold by NFA in 1976, which may well have been struck from the same dies as the present piece but is so corroded that it is impossible to be sure. Ephesos (BC 138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1030 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 Smyrna (AD 95) AE 19 - Vespasianus Jr.1030 viewsVespasianus Jr., ca 95 AD. AE 19 (3.29g). OVECΠACIANOC NEΩTEPOC Draped, bare headed bust to r. / ZMYPNAIΩN, Nike to l. holding wreath and palm branch. Extremely rare. Very fine. Ex Münzhandlung Basel; Ex Coll. Jameson 86 Vespasianus Jr. was Titus Flavius Domitianus, son of Flavia Domitilla III. In order to have heirs for his title, Domitian adopted two sons of Flavia Domitilla III who were his great-nephews. They were renamed Vespasianus and Domitianus. Soon, he realized that having potential heirs, meant a potential rival and assassination. So he had the two boys either killed or exiled after executing their father and exiling their mother. This act recoiled on him as he was murdered by Stefanus, the steward of Flavia Domitilla III. There are no known coins bearing a name or portrait for Domitianus Jr., only for Vespasianus Jr. The only locality that issued coins of Vespasian Jr. was Smyrna. Antissa (BC 300-200) AE 15 1030 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. (BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 231029 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! (BC 149-128) Nikomedes II - Tetradrachm1029 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. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 191028 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. Kebren (BC 450) Diobol1028 views5th century BC. AR Diobol (9mm, 1.24g, 5h). Head of Apollo left / Head of ram left within incuse square. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Neonteichos (BC 300-150) AE 111027 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE11 (1.47g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; NE monogram below. VF, dark green patina. Pergamon (BC 55-53) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1027 viewsC. Pulcher, Proconsul, 55-53 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.43g, 12h). Menodoros, magistrate. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / C. PVLCHER PRO. COS, bow case between two serpents; monogram to left, thyrsos to right, ΜΗΝΟΔΩΡΟC below. Near EF, toned, minor porosity. (BC 116-101) Ariarathes VII - Drachm1026 viewsAriarathes VII, 116-101 BC. AR Drachm (4.04g). Eusebeia Tyana mint, dated year 9 (108/7 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΟΣ, Athena standing left, holding Nike in right hand, shield and spear in left; OM monogram to left, Λ to right, Θ (date) in exergue. Good VF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B791026 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of muse right, wearing Sakkos / Kithara. good VF/EF. Ephesos (AD 81-96) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Domitia1026 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. Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles1026 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. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater 1025 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. Memnon (BC 338-334) Drachm1025 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. Anazarbos (BC 39-31) AE 221025 viewsTarkondimotos, circa 39-31 BC. AE Tetrachalkos (8.82g, 22mm). Laureate head of Zeus right / Zeus enthroned left, city ethnic to right, TAP monogram to left, ANAZAPBEΩN to right. Nice VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Ram - EL 1/241024 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.58g). Milesian standard, figural type. Ram's head left / Incuse square punch. Near EF. Ephesos (AD 41-54) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Claudius1024 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. Mylasa (AD 117-138) AE 17 - Hadrian1023 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. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/48 Stater1023 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. Kaisareia (AD 54-68) Hemidrachm - Nero1023 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AR Hemidrachm (1.74g, 14mm, 12h). Struck ca 63 AD. Laureate head right / ARME NIAC across field, Nike advancing right. Good VF. Achilleion (BC 400-300) AE 91021 views4th cent BC. AE9 (0.59g). Helmet facing left / Monogram. Green patina, VF. Very rare. Xanthos (BC 23-19) AE 171020 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. Kalchedon (AD 41-54) AE 22 - Claudius1020 viewsClaudius I, 41-54 AD. AE22 (7.07g). Bust of Claudius left, countermark: PKA? / ΚΑΛΧ, bust of Apollo right. VF. Memnon (BC 340-334) Tetradrachm1020 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. Anazarbos (BC 100-1) AE 171020 views1st century BC. AE17 - Dichalkon (4.22g, 6h). Struck ca 19 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Plow; monogram to left, ANAZAPBEΩN to right; all within palm-wreath border. Near VF, dark green patina, a few deposits. Wagner Coll. (BC 52-42) Ariobarzanes III - Drachm1020 viewsAriobarzanes III Eusebes Philoromaios, 52-42 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.55g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (41 BC). Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; to left, star above crescent; monogram to right. Good VF, lightly toned. N. Frank Coll.; ex CNG 55 (9/2000), lot 645. Ariobarzanes was a grandson of Mithradates VI of Pontos and adopted the Pontic royal symbol of the star above crescent for his coins. Kyzikos (BC 404-394) Tridrachm1020 viewsca 404-394 BC. AR Tridrachm (11.41g, 21mm, 6h). Herakliskos Drakonopnigon: the Infant Herakles crouching right, strangling a serpent coiled around each arm; Σ-Y-[N] around / Head of lion left; below, tunny left; KY-ZI around; all within shallow incuse circle. Near EF, old collection tone, slightly off center, some marks on the reverse. Extremely rare, only BM example known for this symmachy issue at Kyzikos. MPM coll., acquired in 1928. The British Museum acquired the only known example of this type from a dealer in Rhodes in 1927 (cf. N. Hardwick in QT XXV [1996]), as part of a group of four coins that had been found together. As the present coin was acquired by the consignor’s grandfather in 1928, it is possible that it was part of the same find that contained the BM coin. A comparison of color photographs of the two coins reveals a similar surface appearance that is consistent with coins from a common hoard. Eikonion (BC 100-0) AE1019 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. (BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 231019 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. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B58 - EL 1/6 Stater 1019 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Forepart of bull left; small seal above / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, pale electrum. Ex Triton VI (1/2002), lot 367. Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-530) Crab - EL 1/61019 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.59g). Phokaian standard. Figural type. Crab / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, apparently the fifth known. Amisos (BC 4th cent) Siglos/Drachm1019 viewsca 435-370 BC. AR Siglos - Drachm (20mm, 5.55g, 3h). Persic standard. Aris-, magistrate. Head of Hera left, wearing stephane, earring, and necklace / Owl standing facing on shield, with wings spread; [grain ear to outer left,] sword in sheath to outer right, AP-IΣ and H-Γ across inner field, ΠEIPA in exergue. EF, toned, light die rust on obverse. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B411018 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 4h). Forepart of boar right / Head of lion right in linear square within incuse square. EF. (BC 101-87) Ariarathes IX - Drachm1018 viewsAriarathes IX Eusebes Philopator, ca 100-85 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.07g), dated RY 4 (97/6 BC). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting hand on shield set on ground, spear leaning against arm; monogram in inner left field, D (date) in exergue. Good VF, toned. Strickhausen Coll. Klazomenai (BC 386-301) Hemidrachm1017 viewsca 380-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.95g). Head of Apollo facing, turned slightly to left / Swan standing left, wings spread; ram's head to left, ΑΠΟΛΛΑΣ (magistrate) and ΚΛΑ around. Bithynion-Klaudiopolis (AD 81-96) AE - Domitian1017 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. Sesamos (BC 340-300) Drachm1016 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. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1016 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.64g). Ram's head facing left; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse punch. Rare type. Unpublished? Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Stater - B60.21015 viewsca 428-427 BC. EL Stater (15.45g). Laureate head of Apollo right, hair short; MVTI above / Quadripartite incise square. aEF. This is the only example known and is noted in Bodenstedt as being in the British Museum (BMC 28 Pl. 32,1). It has been speculated that this may have been issued at the time of the Lesbian revolt from Athens, 428/7 BC.1 comments Gentinos (BC 350-300) AE 141014 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE14 (2.08g). Head of Artemis, hair rolled up / Bee, Γ-Ε/Ν, palm tree to left. Dark green patina, gVF/EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll., ex Aufhauser Auc. 9 (Muenchen, 1992), lot 92. Eikonion (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Annius Afrinus1014 viewsEikonion as Klaudeikonion. Claudius, 41-54 AD. AE20 (3.15g, 12h). Annius Afrinus, legate. ANNIOC (Ns ligate) AΦPEINOC, bare head of Annius Afrinus right / KΛAUΔEIKONI EωN, Perseus standing left, holding harpa in outstretched right hand and head of Medusa in left at side. Good VF, brown patina, light pitting on reverse. Extremely rare. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Kovacs FPL 17 (1982), lot 151. Dorylaion (BC 3rd-2nd cent) AE 111012 views3rd-2nd century BC. AE11 (1.54g). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΔΟΡΙ(?), owl standing right, head facing, spearhead to right. Good style, dark green patina, VF/gVF. Very rare. Gutknecht coll. The assignment at 'Dorylaion' goes back to Imhoof Blumer. H. von Aulock, Phrygien II, 63 puts the coin without explanation after Hierapolis. Bloesch, Winterthur notes a handwritten note by Imhoof Blumer that remarks of Phrygian Dorieion, which has no known coinage (neither the Winterthurer nor the available piece show a "Y" at the end of the legend, actually also "I" is possible).1 comments 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