Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Kolophon (BC 100-0) AE 191059 views1st century BC. AE19 (5.19g). Pytheos, magistrate. Homer sitting left on chair with high backrest, holding book in left hand, supporting head with right, ΠΥΘΕΟΣ to left / Apollo in long garb standing right, holding Kithara in left hand, plektron in right, ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ to left. Ankyra (AD 130) AE 35 - Antinous1058 viewsAntinoos, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE35 (25.11g). Julius Saturninus, magistrate. QEOC ANTINOOC, bare head right / IOUL CATOPNINOC ANKVPANOIC, the god Men standing left, wearing cloak and cap, crescent on shoulder, holding anchor and sceptre. Near VF, glossy black patina. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Geometric bee - EL 1/121058 viewsca 7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.16g). Milesian standard. Bee / quadripartite incuse square with central pellet. EF. Extremely rare. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater1058 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 Unpublished variety with pellets, for type without see: VF, well centered strike.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. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater1058 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion skin headdress; club behind, [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Well struck and centered. Ephesos (AD 41-54) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Claudius & Agrippina II1058 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. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL Stater1058 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Stater (16.01g, 21mm). Head of tunny right, holding Garfish (a type of needlefish) in its mouth; to left, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well centered. Unpublished denomination for a very rare issue. (BC 130-116) Ariarathes VI - Drachm1057 viewsAriarathes VI, Epiphanes Philopator, 130-116 BC. AR Drachm (4.12g), Eusebeia Tyana mint, dated year 4 (126/125 BC). Head with band right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ - ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ, Athena left, holding spear and shield in left hand, Nike in right; monogram to left, A to right, Δ (date) in exergue. EF. Assos (BC 350) Drachm1057 viewsca 350 BC. AR Drachm (2.83g). Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet / ΑΣ-Σ-ΟΝ, Head of bull facing (bucranium), within shallow incuse square. VF. Very rare. Ex Pozzi Coll. (Ars Classica 1, 1920), 2270; ex Lockett Coll. (Glendining, 2/1961), 2209, and "Distinguished American Collection" (Peus 332, 1991), 186. Lapethos (BC 425) Stater1057 viewsca 425 BC. AR Stater (10.84g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of Herakles, wearing lion skin, right in incuse square. VF, toned, die break on reverse. Extremely rare, apparently the third known. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/61057 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.67g). Phokaian standard. Lion standing right, turning head backwards, roaring. In left field, unknown object / Punch mark with irregular shape and surface. Rather unusual type. Extremely rare. Struck with worn dies. Good VF. Pontos Uncertain (BC 130-100) AE 111057 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE11 (1.48g). Head of horse right, with star on neck / Comet. gVF. Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater1056 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (Milesian standard), (0.28g). Lion's paw / Scorpion in incuse square. EF. The lion's paw fractions are traditionally attributed to Lydia, since the lion was the Lydian royal badge. J. Spier, Studies Price, pp. 327-334, has discovered several reverse-punch links between lion's paw fractions and some Ionian issues, but this might only mean that the linked coinages were produced by the same team of workers, who carried the same reverse punches from one job to the next. 1 comments Tralleis (BC 300-200) AE 181055 viewsas Seleukeia, 3rd century BC. AE18 (3.75g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Bull standing left, head facing; ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ above, ΠΥΡΡΟΣ in exergue; all within circular maeander pattern. Rare issue. Fine green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll. Kyzikos (AD 41-43) AE 12 - Britannicus, Antonia and Octavia1055 viewsBritannicus, Antonia and Octavia. AE12 (1.69g). Struck early in Claudius’s reign, ca 41 - 43 AD. NEOC ΓE[PMANIKOC], K-Y; bare head of Brittanicus right / [AN] / OK[TA], draped busts Claudia Antonia and Claudia Octavia facing each other. Very rare. About very fine. This issue is struck early in Claudius’s reign while the title is Germanicus before he became known as Brittanicus after AD 43. The other portraits are from Claudia Antonia, daughter of Claudius from his second wife, Aelia Paetina, sister of Sejanus; and Claudia Octavia, Claudius’ son and daughter from his third wife, Valeria Messalina. Nikaia (AD 260-261) AE - Macrianus1055 viewsMacrianus, 260-261 AD. AE - 8 Assaria (7.70g). Radiate and draped bust right / City wall. Brown patina. Very fine. The reverse shows the city wall of Nikaia which needed to be fortified after invasions of the Goths. Most of it is still preserved. Bithynia Uncertain (AD 117-138) AE 26 - Koinon of Hadrian1054 viewsKoinon of Bithynia, Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE26 (13.11g). Radiate head right / Octastyle temple. Nice VF, green patina. Kolone (BC 400-300) AE 181054 views4th century BC. AE18 (7.62g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / 8-ray star, ΚΟΛΟΝΑΩΝ between rays, corn grain. Green patina, good VF. Rare. Apameia (BC 100-48) AE 211054 viewsca 100-50 BC. AE21 (7.48g). Antiphon and Meneklios, magistrates. Bust of Athena right, wearing high-crested Corinthian helmet / Eagle alighting on basis with meander pattern, flanked by caps of the Dioskori; magistrates ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ and ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΣ. Good VF, brown patina with some green encrustation. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater1054 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.52g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion's skin; club behind neck; below, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, toned. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B631054 viewsca 412­-378 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.50g, 12h). Forepart of winged lion left / Sphinx seated right in linear square within incuse square. Near EF, toned. Well struck. Aigai (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm1053 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.69g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right; quiver and bow behind neck / ΑΙΓΑΙΕΩΝ, Zeus standing half-left, holding eagle in right hand, scepter in left, monogram to left; all within oak-wreath. Good VF, lightly toned. Rare. Amaseia (AD 222-235) AE 32 - Severus Alexander1053 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE32 (23.13g), dated 228 (228/9 AD). ΑΥΤ Κ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΟΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / ΑΔΡ ΣΕΥ ΑΛΕ ΑΜΑΣΙΑΣ ΜΗ ΝΕ ΠΡ / ΠΟΝ ΕΤ ΣΚ/Η] view of city with walls and two temples. Red brown patina. VF. Ilion (AD 79-86) AE 191053 viewsQuasi-autonomous, Flavian time, ca 79-96 AD. AE19 (Semis) (6.86g). Bust of Athena left, wearing warlike clothes with Corinthian helmet, aegis on chest, spear over right shoulder; in front, a snake twisting upwards (from the aegis?), ILI beneath, all in dotted circle / Aineias, bearded, bare-headed, in short military cloak and boots, advancing right; with his right hand leading his son Askanios, in short chiton and looking upwards at him; in his left hand, carrying his father Anchises, bearded, head veiled, looking forward; all in dotted circle. Rare, VF, natural Orichalcum surface, slight roughness. Hoeft coll. Kolone (BC 400-300) AE 161053 views4th century BC. AE16 (4.17g, 9h). Laureate helmeted head of Athena right / 9-ray star, ΚΟΛΟΝΑEΩΝ between rays. VF, green patina. Rare. Alighieri Coll. Sinope (BC 120-100) AE 171052 viewsca 120-100 BC. AE17 (4.33g). Draped bust of Perseus right / Cornucopiae between two pilei of the Dioskouroi, each surmounted by a star, ΣΙΝΩ−ΠΗΣ below. Near EF, glossy black patina, old scratch behind head. Birytis (BC 350-250) AE 111052 viewsca 300 BC. AE11 (1.57g). Head of beardless Kabeiros left, wearing pilos, two stars / Club, B-I/P-Y, within wreath. Sinope (BC 480-450) Drachm1052 viewsca 425-410 BC. AR Drachm (5.88g). Head of Eagle right / Quadripartite incuse square, opposing quarters filled or stippled. Good VF, toned. Unpublished in the standard references, unique variety. Ex Auctiones 10 (6/1979), lot 167. Antandros (AD 222-235) AE 38 - Severus Alexander1052 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235. AE38 - Medallion (35.17g, 6h). AVTOKPA KAI M AVP CЄOVHPOC AΛЄΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / EPI TRA AVP[...], ANTANΔPIΩN in exergue, Aeneas advancing right, head left, leading Ascanius by the hand, and holding Anchises on his shoulder; stern of galley to right. Good VF, dark brown patina, some roughness, slight doubling on reverse. Unpublished and unique. Chios (BC 133-84) Drachm1052 viewsca 190-84 BC. AR Drachm (3.82g, 12h). Derkylos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left; grape bunch before / Amphora, ΧΙΟΣ and cornucopiae to left, ΔΕΡΚΥΛΟΣ to right. VF, toned. Well centered and struck on good metal. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B111051 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of ram right; cock below / Incuse head of roaring lion left, punch behind. Good VF, well centered. (BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE1051 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE (13.60g), struck in Nikomedeia. Bust of Athena left / Nike walking right. Dark brown patina, VF. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/3 Stater1051 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (4.76g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. Good VF. Extremely rare. The punch on the right was also used on the stater offered above (lot 938). Both punches were also used on the following hemistaters: CNG 70, lot 271; CNG 69, lot 421; and CNG 67, lot 702. Rhodes (BC 40-AD 25) AE 361051 viewsca 88-43 BC(?) AE36 (22.72g). Radiate head of Helios facing, turned slightly right / PO, Rose seen from above; ΣΩΣΘΕΝΗΣ below; all within oak wreath. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.; ex Sternberg, Zurich VIII (1978), lot 138.1 comments Apameia (AD 139-161) AE 30 - Marcus Aurelius1051 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE30 (16.71g, 6h). M AVRELI[V]S CΛES ΛVG [...] P • F, youthful bare-headed and draped bust right right / DIΛNΛE LVCIF • ΛUG • CIC Λ D D, Artemis Phosphorus, holding torch in each hand, in biga drawn by stags right. Unpublished in the standard references, but Good VF, brown patina, some areas of smoothing. Struck in high relief with dies of fine style. Extremely rare reverse type for this city. Akrasos (AD 177-192) AE 25 - Commodus1051 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE25 (9.0g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟΣ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ CΤΡΑ ΒΑCCOV AKPACIΩΤΩΝ, Athena standing left, holding owl over lighted altar. Good very fine.1 comments Taulara (BC 100-85) AE 211050 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE21 (7.53g). Head of Mithradates VI as Ares / ΤΑΥΛΑ−ΡΩΝ, Sword in sheath, monogram to L. Light patina, VF. Kyme (BC 400-350) Obol1050 views4th century BC. AR Obol (0.78g). Head of goat right / Floral pattern, KY. Rare. Lampsakos (AD 193-211) AE 26 - Septimius Severus1050 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE26 (13.00g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Ithyphallic herm of Priapos, holding thyrsus and cantharus, facing left within distyle temple; eagle in pediment, garlanded altar with uncertain figure below, flanked by amphorae. VF, thick green patina. Wagner Coll. The cult of Priapus, the god of regeneration and fecundity, was centered on Lampsacus, where he supposedly was born of Aphrodite and Dionysus. This apparently unpublished bronze of Septimius Severus presents the most detailed surviving depiction of the temple of Priapus at Lampsakos. Kebren (BC 412-399) AE 101049 viewsca 4th century BC. AE10 (0.94g). Two ram's heads back to back, facing outwards, floral ornament between / KE monogram. Nice VF, gray-black patina. Freedman Coll. Memnon (BC 340-334) Siglos1049 viewsMemnon of Rhodes, Satrap in Ionia, ca 340-334 BC. Ephesos? AR Siglos (5.46g, 3h). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger and bow / Incuse relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos(?). Good VF, trace of encrustation on reverse. Extremely rare. The reverse depicts what Johnston interprets as a relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos (the earliest Greek map and first physical relief map known) - the mountains Tmolos and Messogis between the river valleys of the Caister and Maeander, and three mountain ridges (Madranbaba Dagi, Karincali Dagi, and Akaba Tepesi). Johnston follows Six in suggesting that the coins were probably struck under the Persian general Memnon at Ephesos, circa 336-334 BC, in order to pay his army after he had captured the city, but before his defeat by Alexander at the Battle of Granicus in 334. However, this theory is still debated and doubted by some scholars, most recently by Leo Mildenberg. Gentinos (BC 350-300) AE 131049 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE13 (2.05g). Head of Artemis, hair rolled up / Bee, [Γ]-Ε/Ν, palm tree to left. Dark green patina, EF/gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll., ex Sternberg Auc. XV (Zurich, 1985), lot 120. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1049 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g). Triton left, holding wreath in left hand; tunny left below / Mill sail pattern quadripartite incuse square. Rare. Reddish tone and good very fine. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/12 Stater 1049 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (6mm, 1.18g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Incuse square. Good VF, thin test cut on edge. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B110 - EL 1/6 Stater1049 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.6g, 11mm). Head of Nymph left, hair bound / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B19 - EL 1/6 Stater1049 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.59g). Goat half-kneeling left; above, small seal left / Incuse square punch. gVF. Very rare. Aizanis (BC 200-0) AE 201047 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE20 (8.26g). Helmeted and draped male bust right / Free horse walking right. Nice VF, black patina shadowed by orange. Kyzikos (BC 500-475) EL 1/12 Stater 1047 viewsca 500-475 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12 Stater (1.35g). Griffin's head left, tunny in its mouth / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Possibly unique. Temnos (AD 180-192) AE 28 - Crispina1047 viewsCrispina, wife of Commodus, 180-192 AD. AE28 - 4 Assaria (14.94g, 6h). Draped bust of Crispina to right, her hair tied in a bun at the back of her head/ Apollo standing facing, head turned to left, holding lyre resting on low column with his left hand and uncertain object in his right; at his feet to left, thymiaterion (?). Apparently unpublished. Extremely rare, if not unique. With a good portrait of Crispina and an attractive dark green patina with earthen highlights. Good very fine. Salamis (BC 411-373) AV 1/4 Stater - Evagoras I1047 viewsEvagoras I, King of Salamis, 411-374 BC. AV 1/4 Stater (2.01g). "U­va­ko­ro" in Cypriot characters, youthful head of Herakles wearing lion’s skin headdress, facing three­-quarters left/ "Pa­si­le­wo­se" in Cypriot characters, goat lying right. Apparently only the second specimen known. Good extremely fine. Birytis (BC 350-250) AE 181046 viewsca 4th century BC. AE18 (5.70g). Head of beardless Kabeiros left, wearing pilos, flanked by stars / B-I/P-Y and club, all within laurel wreath. Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina, some scattered roughness. Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 165) Tetradrachm1046 viewsafter 165 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.57g). Head of Athena right, wearing ornately decorated helmet, Pegasos above raised ear flap, five horses on visor, star on ear flap / Club, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ above, two monograms and Nike holding wreath below, all within oak wreath. EF, elegant style, some peripheral weakness as usual. Karia Uncertain (BC 470-420) Drachm1046 viewsca 430 BC. AR Drachm (3.78g, 3h). Gorgoneion with out-stretched tongue, surround by four wings arranged in clockwise direction / Harpy with four wings and stretched claws flying right, 3 pellets to left, all in deep incuse square. Very rare. Light toning, VF. One of the very rare representations of a Harpy on an ancient coin. The dating and assignment to a Carian mint are not completely secure - one finds the Harpy motif on other Carian Incerta from the second half of the 5th century BC (see Troxell, Winged Carians, p. 262, 37-40), but a mint in Lycia could also be conceivable. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Man - EL 1/481046 views7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.28g). Archaic male head right, Θ (?) on cheek / Incuse punch. EF. Unique? Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B871046 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Ivy-wreathed head of youthful Dionysos right / Head of horned Satyr right, within linear frame. EF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B-1046 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 6h, 11mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head (Persephone and Hecate) right, wearing triangular earring, within linear square. VF. The cataloger of this coin thought it to be a “mule” of B100 and B99. However, the reverse is different than B99 with the female wearing triangular earrings. There are no die matches for the obverse and the reverse is a new type. Noting a new emission is important, as it adds two extra years to the period of emissions of hecte from Mytilene. If the emissions did cease with Alexander, then each coin unknown to Bodenstedt supports the view that hecte were issued earlier than he suggests. It appears this is the eighth new emission unknown to Bodenstedt. Tisna (BC 350-300) AE 111045 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE11 (1.34g). Young male head left, hair short / Sword in sheath; ΤΙΣΝΑ-ΙΟΝ. EF. Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 111045 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.36g, 6h). Horned facing female head, turned slightly right, wearing necklace / ΛΑ, bull's head right. Near EF, black patina. Rare. (BC 340-334) Pixodaros - Didrachm1045 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 340-334 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 6.98g). Laureate head of Apollo, facing slightly right / ΠΙΞΟΔΑΡΟΥ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double axe (labrys) and lotus-tipped sceptre. EF, toned. Lampsakos (BC 45) AE 23 - Julius Caesar1045 viewsJulius Caesar, ca 45 BC. AE23 (9.76g). Laureate head of Caesar right / Priest plowing right with two oxen. Near VF, green patina. Mytilene (BC 440-400) Obol1044 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (0.61g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Calf's head right, M-YTI, within shallow incuse square. Near VF. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 251044 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE26 (20.90g). Male head left (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk) / 8-rayed star; bow to left, monogram to right. aEF. Abydos (BC 470-440) Obol1043 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.80g, 11mm). Eagle left, ABY to left, cup to right / Gorgon head facing within incuse square. Very fine. Mytilene (BC 400-350) Diobol1043 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Diobol (1.28g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head right, MYT. Toned VF. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B69 - EL 1/6 Stater1043 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of bearded male left, wearing Pilos (Hephaistos or Kabeiros) / Quatripartite incuse square. aEF. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater1043 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (15.87g). Youthful male figure, holding Corinthian helmet and sword, kneeling left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned. Well centered strike. Very rare and choice for issue. Mallos (BC 425-385) Obol1043 viewsca 440-390 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.71 g, 10h). Turtle / Head of female(?) facing; M-AP flanking neck; all within incuse square. EF, toned, light porosity, small die flaw on reverse. Extremely rare. Eusebeia (BC 36-AD 17) AE 181043 viewsafter 36 BC. AE18 (5.4g). Turreted head of Tyche right / ΕΥΣΕ-ΒΕΙΑΣ, cornucopiae, winged kerykeion to left. VF. Rare. Myriandros (BC 337-333) Hemiobol1042 viewsca 337-333 BC? AR Hemiobol (0.36g). Bearded head of male left, wearing pointed cap (Artaxerxes III Ochos?) / Beardless head of male left, wearing pointed cap (Dareios III Kodomannos?). Toned, EF. Extremely rare.1 comments Kolophon (BC 330-280) AE 151042 viewsca 330-280 BC. AE15 (1.89g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bridled horse right; ΕΞΗ (magistrate) above, ΚΟ below. Smooth green patina, EF. Scarce variant. Gutknecht coll. Apameia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 15 - Appius Claudius Pulcher1042 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE15 - Chalkous (3.00g, 12h). Appius Claudius Pulcher, proconsul; C. Cassius C.f., duovir. Struck 27 BC. AP PΠVL[CHER] PRO • COS, bare head of Appius Claudius Pulcher right / C CASSIVS • C F • II • VIR• [F C AVG DI F S C C] R •, she-wolf standing right, suckling twins. VF, brown patina, some green encrustation. Extremely rare. Ex Villemur Coll. Sigeion (BC 350) AE 201042 viewsca 355-334 BC. AE20 (8.37g, 4h). Head of Athena, wearing triple crested helmet and necklace, facing slightly right / Double-bodied owl standing facing; crescent to right, ΣΙΓΕ below. VF, black patina with some spots of green, a few small breaks in the patina, earthen highlights. Kition (BC 425-400) Stater - Baalmelek II1041 viewsBaalmelek II, King of Kition, ca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.68g). Herakles advancing right, wearing full lion skin on shoulders, club in right hand, bow in left, ankh symbol to right, within dotted circlular border / Lion attacking deer, 'BLMLK' in Cypriot above, within dotted square border. Rare. EF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B901041 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 10mm, 6h). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Facing head of satyr within linear square. VF/aEF. Ex Aufhauser Auktion 13 (10/1997), lot 111. Uncertain Satrap (BC 350-341) Tetradrachm1041 viewsAchaemenid Period, circa 350-334 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.07g, 12h), struck ca 341-334 BC in Caria? Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Satrap on horseback right, thrusting spear; to left, bearded male head right. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Unpublished variety of an extremely rare type with symbol on reverse. Ex Gorny & Mosch 117 (10/2002), lot 335 (where it realized EUR 4200). Phokaia (BC 521-478) B49? - EL 1/6 Stater1041 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.60g). Protome of bridled horse left; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, light scratches. The two dies illustrated for issue 49 show a horsehead only, with no legs visible, and the seal below the horse rather than behind it. Sinope (AD 198-209) AE 27 – Geta1041 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE27 (15.08g), dated CY 252 (207/8 AD). P SEPTI GETAS C, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / CIF SINOP AN N CCLII, Geta on horseback right, holding spear pointed at bound captive seated on ground below. VF, brown surfaces, a little rough. Apparently unpublished. Wagner Coll. This coin proves that Geta joined his father and elder brother in the rather prolific coinage issues of Sinope’s civic years 252 and 253. The reverse type is something of a mystery. The bound captive is wearing a crested Phrygian style helmet and must represent an eastern foe. Yet Severus’ Persian campaigns had wrapped up around AD 199, and the last coinage issues commemorating the wars appeared around 202-203. There followed several years of relative peace, only broken in 208 by the plans to expand the conquest of Britain. There seems to be no event that can be tied to this militant type. Pergamon (AD 60-150) AE 191041 viewsQuasi-autonomous, late 1st-mid 2nd cent AD. AE19 (2.72g). ΘEON CVN - KΛHTON, draped bust of Senate right / ΘEAN - [PΩMHN], head of Roma right, wearing mural crown; monogram in right field. VF. Hoeft coll. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1011041 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Half-length bust of Nike right with wings spread; two stars above; all within linear square. Good VF, well centered, obverse die a bit rusty. Attractive reverse type. Neandreia (BC 400) Obol1040 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.51g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Ram standing right, NEA-N. Good VF, typical light porosity. Rare. Miletos (BC 480-450) Hemidrachm1040 views5th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.07g). Lion crouching right / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Good VF for type, toned, minor porosity. Very rare. Methymna (BC 330-280) Tetrobol - Koinon of Lesbos1040 viewsKoinon of Lesbos, ca 330-280 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.64g), minted in Methymna. Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / Thunderbolt, ΑΙΟΛΕ above, bunch of grapes below. Light toning, VF. Very rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/3 Stater1040 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.77g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. Good VF. Extremely rare. Struck from the same punches as the hemistater offered above (lot 271), and the hemistaters in CNG 69, lot 421, and CNG 67, lot 702. Elaia (BC 340-300) AE 191040 viewsmid 4th-3rd cent BC. AE19 (6.19g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Grain-seed within olive-wreath. Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina, light cleaning scratches. Lampsakos (BC 45) AE 161040 viewsTime of Julius Caesar, circa 45 BC. AE16 (4.28g). C G I L head of Janus / Q∙ LVCRET L ∙PONT∙ IIVIR [C]OL∙ DED∙ PR∙, prow. Very rare. Good very fine. Julius Caesar was the probably the founder of a colony at Lampsacus for veterans; maybe a twin foundation with Parium. The colony seems to have disappeared after its occupation by Sextus Pompey. Types made during this short period are traditional Republican. M. Turius was probably a legate of one of the Caesarian proconsuls of Asia. Astyra (BC 400-395) AE - Tissaphernes1040 viewsTissaphernes, Satrap of Mysia, ca 400-395 BC. AE (1.03g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / TIΣΣA, satrap galloping on horse right, wearing Persian outfit, spear in right hand. Good VF, black patina. Exceptional for issue. Nagidos (BC 360-333) Stater1039 viewsca 360-333 BC. AR Stater (10.07g). Aphrodite seated left, holding phiale in right hand; Eros flying before crowning her, mouse under throne / Dionysos standing left, holding grape cluster in Rright hand, thyrsos in left; monogram and lion's head in upper left field, ΑΠ in lower left field, ΝΑΓΙΔΙΚΟΝ to right. Attractively toned, good VF, well centered on a nice flan. Kolophon (BC 330-280) AE 131039 viewsca 330-285 BC. AE13 (2.10g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bridled horse right; ΣΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ (magistrate) to left, ΚΟΛ below. EF, black patina. Kyme (BC 165-140) AE 211039 viewsca 250-190 BC. AE21 (8.38g, 12h). Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia and earring / Horse prancing right, one-handled cup below; KY above, A between legs, ΛΑΟΝΙΚΟ[Σ] (magistrate) in exergue. Memnon (BC 350-334) AE 131039 viewsMemnon of Rhodes?, ca 350-334 BC. AE13 (1.54g). Persian King running/kneeling right, holding bow and spear / Dynastic symbol? Fine dark green patina with some red patches, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Ankyra (AD 130) AE 37 - Antinoüs1039 viewsAntinoüs, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE37 (57.17g). ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟC - ΘΕΟC, bare-headed, draped bust right / IOVΛ CATOPNINOC ANKVPA[NOIC], Men standing left, wearing Phrygian cap, crescent behind shoulders, holding anchor and scepter. NFA X (9/1981), lot 341 (this coin). Apparently unique as a medallion; otherwise known only in sestertius size. Several minor pits on obverse and some isolated pitting on reverse. Extremely handsome portrait of Antinous. Obverse with a glossy olive patina. Good very fine/good fine. Alinda (AD 193-211) AE 39 - Septimius Severus and Caracalla1038 viewsSeptimius Severus and Caracalla, 193-211 AD. AE39 (17.03g). ΑVΤ Κ Λ CΕΠ CEVΗΡΟC ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC, laureate, cuirassed bust of Severus right vis-à-vis laureate bust of Caracalla / ΕΠΙ ΑΡ ΚΟΡ ΜΕ-ΝΙΠΠΟV ΑΛΙΝΔΕΩΝ/ΑCΥΛΟ/ΜΕΝ/ΟC ΗΡ/ΑΚΛ/ΝΔΟC/Ε-Ι, Herakles, naked, standing facing, head right, holding club and lionskin in right hand, with his left hand clasping the hand of Sept. Severus, standing facing in military dress, head left, holding spear. Lighted altar between them. Wide flan, brown patina. Apparently unpublished. Kindya (BC 510-490) Tetrobol1037 viewsca 510-490 BC. AR Samian Tetrobol (2.06g). Head of Ketos left / Incuse geometric pattern. Superb EF. Aigeai (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 181037 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE18 (3.45g). Diademed head of Alexander the Great (?) right / ΑΙΓΕ/ΑΙΩΝ, Nike walking left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left; ET and ΔI to right, NEI to left. EF, dark green patina. Ex Frank Sternberg Auktion XIII (11/1983), lot 225. Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm1037 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.59g, 10h). Laureate head of Zeus left / Turreted head of Hera left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; monogram to left, moon above, star and ΚΡΩΜΝΑ to right. Toned EF. Rare variant. Ex J. W. Garrett Collection, Part II, Numismatic Fine Arts - Bank Leu AG, Auktion 16 (10/1984, Zurich), lot 248. Priene (BC 200-100) Drachm1037 viewsca 2nd century BC. AR Drachm (3.93g). Head of Athena right, wearing pendant earring and triple-crested Attic helmet / ΠΡΙΗΝΕΩΝ, lidded amphora, magistrate’s name ΑΝΑΞΙΛΑ[Σ] to right. Extremely rare. Flan crack. Good very fine. Dardanos (BC 470-440) Diobol1037 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Trihemiobol (10mm, 1.38g, 6h). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse helmet. Good VF, toned, some porosity. Extremely rare, perhaps the second known.1 comments Lampsakos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1037 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (2.13g, 10mm). Forepart of Pegasos right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, very low gold content. Extremely rare EL fraction for Lampsakos. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B39 - EL 1/6 Stater1036 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g). Forepart of a winged griffin left, seal (fokh) behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Very rare, only 3 specimens cited by Bodenstedt. Bithynion-Klaudiopolis (69-79 AD) AE 33 - Vespasian1034 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE33 - Medallion (22.75g, 5h). M. Plancius Varus, proconsul. Laureate head right / MAPKOΣ/ ΠΛANKIOΣ/ OVAPOΣ ANΘVΠATOΣ in four lines across field; all within oak wreath. VF, brown surfaces. Rare. Ex Drewry Coll. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 - 149