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Selge (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla150 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 - Diassarion (9.52g, 6h). AYT•K•M•AYP• ANTΩNINOC, radiate head of Caracalla to right / CЄΛΓЄΩN, the sanctuary of Zeus and Herakles: platform with stairway in front holding two dead cypresses in enclosures with two lighted altars before; to left, thunderbolt; to right, club. Apparently unpublished and unique. VF.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 139-161) AE 26 - Marcus Aurelius150 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE26 - Diassarion (8.27g, 7h). Circa 147-161 AD. AYPHΛI KAIC, bare head right / AΠΟΛΛƱNI ΛYKIƱ, Apollo standing front, head to left, holding bow in his left hand and drawing arrow from quiver with his right. Apparently unpublished and unique. Slightly rough, gVF.
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Hadrianopolis (AD 177-192) AE 19 - Commodus150 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE19 (6.20g). Μ ΑVΡ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤ ΚOΜΜOΔOС, laureate bust right, with slight drapery / ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. gVF.
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Themisonion (AD 222-235) AE 30 - Julia Mamaea150 viewsJulia Mamaea, Augusta. 222-235 AD. AE30 (14.06g). IOVΛIA MAMAIA, draped bust right / ΘЄMICΩNЄΩN, Tyche standing holding rudder and cornucopiae. Very rare. VF.
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Hypaipa (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla149 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (12.38g). AV K M AV ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ, facing statue of Artemis Anaïtis; to right, Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. Extremely rare. VF. Plankenhorn coll.
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Lyrbe (AD 238-244) AE 33 - Gordian III149 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE33 (18.58g). AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΛVPBЄITΩN, Asklepios, leaning upon serpent-entwined staff, and Hygieia, feeding serpent held in hands, standing facing one another. aVF.
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Antiocheia (AD 251-253) AE 23 - Volusian149 viewsVolusian, 251-253 AD. AE23 / Dupondius (7.69g, 7h). IMP C VIB AF GAL VOLVSSIA AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ANTIOCHI COL / SR, river god Anthios reclining left, holding cornucopia in his left hand and reed in his right; left elbow resting on inverted vase from which water flows. VF.
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Diokaisareia (AD 244-249) AE 23 - Otacilia Severa149 viewsOtacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE23 (10.7g). ΩTAKIΛ CЄVHΡA NЄYC CЄB, draped bust right / AΔΡI ΔIOKAICAΡЄΩN, M KЄN in ex, the Dioscuri standing facing, head turned towards one another, each holding a horse. Very Rare.
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Nysa (AD 235-238) AE 21 - Maximus149 viewsMaximus, Caesar, 235/6-238 AD. AE21 (4.69g). Γ IOVH MAZIMOC K, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / NVCAЄΩN, Mên standing left, holding pine cone and sceptre. Extremely rare. VF.
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Augusta (AD 138-161) AE 25 - Antoninus Pius149 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE25 (9.59g). Dated CY 133 (152/3 AD). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Bust of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath and with thyrsus over shoulder; cantharus to left, grape bunch to right. Vogl Coll. VF.
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Kolybrassos (AD 161-169) AE 19 - Lucius Verus149 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE19 (5.05g). AV KAI ΛOV OVHPOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right / KOΛVBPACCЄωN, Athena standing left, holding spear and patera. Vogl Coll.; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (12/1988). Very rare. gVF.
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Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 3 - Hemiobol149 viewsca 500-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (5mm, 0.31g). Head of bull left / Incuse square, with pellet in center, in margin, incuse triangle on each side of incuse square.
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Tion (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus149 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 - Tetrassarion (18.36g, 1h). AYT•K•CЄΠT•CЄOYHPOC•AYT, laureate head right; on neck, countermark of H within oval incuse (revalued as an octassarion) / TIANΩN, Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and scepter with his left; to left at feet, eagle standing left, looking up. Very rare. Flan cracks and with some light green deposits, otherwise, very fine.
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Antiocheia (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla149 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 - 'As' (6.82g, 7h). PIVS AVG ANTONINV, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ANTIOCH [F]O[RT]VNA CO, Mên standing to right, left foot on bucranium, holding scepter in his right hand and small Victory in his left; to left, rooster. Good very fine.
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Euromos (BC 200-0) AE 18149 views2nd-1st century BC. AE18 (3.75g). Laureate head of Zeus right / EYPΩ/MEΩN, labrys within wreath. VF.
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Euromos (BC 200-0) AE 15149 views2nd-1st century BC. AE15 (4.03g). Laureate head of Zeus right / EYPΩ/MEΩN, labrys within wreath. nVF.
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Orthosia (BC 100-0) AE 16149 viewslate 1st century AD. AE16 (2.81g). ΟΡΘΟCΙΕΩΝ, wreathed head of Dionysyos right / Panther advancing right, head left, with thyrsus over shoulder. VF.
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Lysias (AD 138-192) AE 18149 viewsTime of the Antonines, 138-192 AD. AE18 (2.90g). ΒΟVΛΗ, veiled, laureate and draped bust of Boule right / ΛVСΙΑΔЄΩΝ, Hekate triformis standing, the outer forms holding torch in each hand. VF.
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Kilbianoi Superiores (AD 98-117) AE 18 - Trajan148 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE18 (3.91g). ΑV ΚΑΙ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄ, laureate head right / ΚΙΛΒΙΑΝΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΩ, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Rare. VF. Ex Lanz 64 (6/1993), lot 457. Plankenhorn coll.
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Nikaia (AD 235-238) AE 24 - Maximus148 viewsMaximus, as Caesar, 235/6-238 AD. AE24 (8.28g, 1h). ΓIOVOVH M[AΞIMOCK], bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right; countermark, laureate head right within incuse oval / NIKAIE[ΩN], Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. gF. Very Rare.
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Mopsos (AD 147-175) AE 28 - Faustina II148 viewsFaustina II, Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE28 (11.71g). Dated CY 231 (163/4 AD). ΦAVCTЄINA CЄBACTH, draped bust right / ΑΔΡΙΑΝωΝ ΜΟΨЄΑΤωΝ / ЄT - AΛC, Apollo standing left, holding branch. Vogl Coll.; ex auction Schulten (3/1990). VF.
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Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 244-249) AE 29 - Philip I148 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE29 - Tetrassarion (9.13g, 7h), Aurelios Kleitianos, strategos for the second time. AYT•K•M•IOY• •ΦIΛΙΠΠOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠ•CTP•AYP•KΛЄITIANOY•B MA-ΓNH-TΩN, Apollo seated left on rock, holding laurel branch in his right hand and leaning left on lyre set on rock. Rare. VF.
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Tarsos (AD 249-251) AE 33 - Trajan Decius148 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE33 - Hexassarion (18.31g, 12h). ΑΥ ΚЄ Γ ΜЄϹ ΚΟΥ ΔЄΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ЄΥ ЄΥ ϹЄΒ / Π – Π, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΩϹ - Α / Μ Κ / Γ - Β, Zebu bull lying before altar; behind, upper part of a male figure standing, head left, and holding spear and shield; to right, Perseus, holding Gorgoneion and harpa with his left hand and patera over altar with his right; to left, Demeter standing right, holding two small torches over altar; high column with cult-statue of Apollo. gVF
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Pessinos (AD 193-217) AE 23 - Julia Domna148 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE23 - Diassarion (7.10g, 7h). IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CЄBA, draped bust right / ΠЄCCINOYNTIΩN, Artemis standing front, head to right, holding bow in her left hand and drawing arrow from quiver with her right. Earthen deposits, VF.
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Uncertain (BC 440-390) Wheel - Hemiobol148 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.3g, 6mm). Eagle standing left / Four-spoked wheel.
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Teos (BC 478-449) Trihemiobol148 viewsca 544-494 BC. AR Trihemiobol (13mm, 1.31g). Griffin seated right, raising forepaw; to right, head of griffin right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Ephesos (AD 222-235) AE 16 - Severus Alexander147 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE16 (2.85g). AΛЄΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΦЄCIΩN, boar advancing right, pierced by spear; star below. Ex Gitbud & Naumann 38 (12/2015), lot 458. VF.
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Nikaia (AD 217-218) AE 28 - Macrinus147 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE28 / Tetrassarion (12.28g, 1h). AYT•K•M•Ο ΠЄ Λ CЄOV HP •MAKPЄINOC AYΓ, laureate and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Nemesis standing front, head to left, holding fold of drapery with her right hand and bridle in her left; at feet to left, wheel. Very rare. Well struck and with a fine dark green patina. Light smoothing and with a minor area of weakness, EF.
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Antiocheia (BC 100-0) AE 17147 views1st century BC. AE17. Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, wings spread; bee to right / ΑΝΤΙΟ/ΧΕ-ΩΝ / ΔIONYΣ/OΣ, six-rayed star. VF. Rare.
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Anazarbos (AD 235-238) AE 33 - Maximinus I147 viewsMaximinus I Thrax, 235-238 AD. AE33 - Hexassarion (21.22g). ΑVΤ Κ Γ ΙΟV ΟVΗ ΜΑΞЄΙΜЄΙΝΟС СЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ANAZAPBOV, tetrastyle temple, with arcuated lintel and containing zodiacal wheel; between left and right columns, facing female figure holding globus overheard. Vogl Coll.; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (1/1991). Very rare. VF.
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Lyrbe (AD 254-268) AE 28 - Salonina147 viewsSalonina, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE28 - 11 Assaria (16.66g). KOPNHΛIA CAΛΩNINA CЄB, draped bust right, wearing stephane; IA (mark of value) to right / ΛVPBЄITΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Vogl Collection; ex auction Vecchi 1, lot 907 (2/1996). Very rare. VF.
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Saitta (AD 193-211) AE 25 - Septimius Severus147 viewsSeptimius Severus 193-211 AD. AE 25 (8.24g). [AΥ KAI Λ Σ - EΠ] ΣEOΥHPO - Σ ΠEP, laureate head right / [EΠI ANΔP]ONEIK - [OΥ APΞ A] ΣAITT, in left and right field HN - ΩN, Men with Phrygian bonnet, in chiton and cloak, standing half left, resting with raised left hand on scepter and holding in extended right hand pine cone. Rare. F, corroded. Hoeft coll.
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Nikomedeia (AD 249-251) AE 22 - Trajan Decius147 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE22 (6.04g). AVT KA TPAIAN ΔEKIOC AV CEB, radiate and draped right / NIKOMEΔEΩN ΔIC NEΩKOPΩN, Athena standing left holding galley and shield. Chocolate brown patina. ex Münz Zentrum Auc. 53 (11/1983), lot 1657, and Auc. 57, lot 1356.
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Bageis (AD 117-138) AE 22 - Hadrian147 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE22 - Assarion (6.35g, 6h). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ, laureate bust right, drapery on his left shoulder / ΒΑΓΗΝΩΝ, Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long scepter with his left. Extremely rare, apparently the third known example. VF.
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Maionia (AD 161-165) AE 24147 viewsImperial Times. AE24 - Diassarion (7.56g, 6h). Queintos II, first archon, ca 161-165 AD. ΖЄVС ΟΛYΜΠΙΟС, diademed head of Zeus to left / [Є]ΠΙ ΚYЄΙΝΤΟY Β ΑΡ Α ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ, Roma, helmeted, seated left on cuirass and shield, holding Victory in her right hand and parazonium with her left. gVF.
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Maionia (AD 209-211) AE 22 - Geta146 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE22 (4.85g). Herakleidos, third archon. Λ CЄ ΓЄTAC KAI, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI HPAKΛЄIΔOV AP TO Γ MAIO / NΩN, Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus. Very rare. gVF. Plankenhorn coll.
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Antiocheia (BC 100-0) AE 13146 viewsca 100-0 BC. AE13 (2.88g). Nikoboulos, magistrate. Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, wings spread, Γ to right / ANTIOXEΩN NIKOBOVΛOV, eight-pointed star. VF.
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Karallia (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus146 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE28 - Octassarion (11.77g). AVT KAI ΠO ΛΙK [...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; H (mark of value) to right / KAPAΛΛΙΩTΩN, Themis-Athena standing left, holding palm frond and dropping pebble into voting urn to left. Vogl Coll.; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (2/1997). Rare. VF.
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Koropissos (AD 235-238) AE 26 - Maximus146 viewsMaximus, Caesar, 235/6-238 AD. AE26 (10.81g). Γ Ι ΟVΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΟΝ ΚЄϹΑΡΑ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΚΟΡΟΠΙϹϹЄωΝ ΤΗϹ ΚΗΤωΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ, Apollo Smintheus standing left, holding branch; mouse and lighted altar to left. Vogl Coll.; ex auction Bankhaus Aufhäuser 11, lot 307 (3/1995). VF.
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Flaviopolis (AD 98-117) AE 18 - Trajan146 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE18 - Hemiassarion (3.20g, 1h). Dated CY 40 (113/4 AD). ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ, laureate head right / ΦΛΑΥΙΟΠΟ[...], draped bust of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis. Very rare, with RPC listing just two examples. VF.
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Alexandreia (AD 235-238) AE 27146 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE27 (8.92g). IMP MAXIMI - MVS PIA, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / A-V, horse grazing right, plant before, tree behind, TROAC below. Very rare. F, some encrustations. Hoeft coll.
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Uncertain (BC 460-400) bull - obol145 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.86g, 10mm). Male head with pointed beard right, wearing necklace / Forepart of bull left within incuse square. VF. Rare.
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Ephesos (AD 253-268) AE 25 - Gallienus145 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE25 (7.52g). AVT ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate and draped bust left, holding shield and spear / EΦECIΩN Δ NEΩKOPΩN, Artemis standing right, holding torch in both hands. gVF.
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Lyrbe (AD 238-244) AE 18 - Gordian III145 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE18 (3.79g). AY K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΛVPBITΩN, female figure standing facing, head right, holding serpent and uncertain object. VF.
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Magnesia (AD 238-244) AE 22 - Gordian III145 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE22 (5.92g). ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, Apollo standing left, holding branch and bow. Very rare. VF.
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Miletopolis (AD 202-205) AE 20 - Plautilla145 viewsPlautilla. Augusta, AD 202-205. AE20 (4.02g). Draped bust right / Helmeted bust of Athena right, wearing aegis. Near VF, green-brown patina. The Mabbott specimen appears to be the only published example, and description as well as grade match. Wagner Coll.
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Miletopolis (AD 161-169) AE 21 - Lucius Verus145 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE21 - Assarion (5.59g, 6h), after 164. ΑY ΚΑΙ Μ ΑY ΒΗΡΟϹ, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟϹ ΚΤΙϹΤΗϹ, the eponymous hero Miletos standing left on prow, looking back, extending right arm and holding spear and shield with left hand. Extremely rare. Minor smoothing, otherwise gF. Ktistes Coll.
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Tion (AD 138-192) AE 22145 viewsTime of the Antonines, 138-192 AD. AE22 (7.87g, 7h). TЄIOC, youthful head of the eponymous hero Teios to right, wearing tainia / TIANΩN, Poseidon, nude, standing right, left foot set on prow, holding dolphin in his right hand and trident with his left. Extremely rare, apparently the second known example. Slightly rough, VF.
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Hadrianopolis (AD 198-217) AE 20 - Caracalla145 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE20 - Hemiassarion (3.74g, 11h). ANTΩ ΠЄIЄ (sic!), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / AΔPIANOΠOΛЄΩC, Tyche standing front, head to left, holding rudder with her right hand and cornucopiae with her left. Apparently unpublished. VF.
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Kyaneai (AD 238-244) AE 31 - Gordian III145 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE31 - Tetrassarion (13.93g, 11h). AYT KAI M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / KYANЄITωN, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder with her right hand and cornucopiae with her left. Apparently unpublished and unique. Very minor green deposit on the obverse, EF.
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Euromos (BC 100-0) AE 17145 views1st century BC. AE17 (3.54g). Facing statue of Zeus, with labrys and spear / ΕVPΩMΕΩN, eagle standing right. nVF. Very rare.
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Euromos (BC 400) Hemiobol145 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.47g, 8mm). Forepart of boar right / Laureate head of Zeus Lepsynos right, ΛEY to left. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 480-420) Hemidrachm144 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.00g, 11mm). Forepart of Chimaira right / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. aVF. Very rare.
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Lyrbe (AD 238-244) AE 24 - Gordian III144 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE24 (9.81g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo standing left, holding branch and bow, with quiver over shoulder. F, green patina. Casey coll.
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Anazarbos (AD 241-244) AE 22 - Tranquillina144 viewsTranquillina, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AE22 - Diassarion (5.37g). Dated CY 262 (243/4 AD). CABЄINIA TPANKVΛΛЄINA, draped bust of Tranquillina right, wearing stephane / ANAZAPBOV MHTPOΠOΛЄ / ЄT - BΞC / Γ B, Nemesis standing left, holding cubit-rule; wheel to right. Vogl Coll.; ex auction Numismatik Lanz 46, lot 777 (1988). VF.
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Philadelphia (AD 244-249) AE 36 - Philip I144 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE36 - Hexassarion (16.67g, 6h), Aurelios Maximos Ioulianos, archon for the first time. AYT•K•M•IOYΛ •ΦΙΛΙΠΠOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ЄΠI AYP MAΞIMOY IOYΛIANOY APX A ΦΛ NЄ/ΩKOPΩN - ΦIΛ/AΔЄ/ΛΦЄ/ΩN, youthful Herakles standing front, head to right, holding, with his left hand, the Nemean lion at one of its hind paws. Extremely rare. First Labor of Herakles. Somewhat smoothed, gVF.
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Thyateira (AD 238-244) AE 43144 viewsTime of Gordian III, 238-244 AD. AE43 - Medallion (29.16g, 7h). Homonoia with Smyrna, T. Fab. Alfenus Apollinarios, strategos. ΙЄΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ, draped bust of the Roman Senate to right / ϹΤΡ Τ ΦΑΒ ΑΛΦΗ ΑΠΟΛΙΝΑΡΙΟΥ // ΘΥΑΤЄΙΡΗΝΩ / K CMYPN, the Tyche of Thyateira, on the left, standing right, holding figure of Apollo Tyrimnacos and scepter, clasping hands with the Amazon Smyrna, on the right, standing left, holding double-axe and the two Nemeses. Very rare. Somewhat smoothed, gVF.
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Sardeis (AD 244-247) AE 23 - Philip II144 viewsPhilip II, as Caesar, 244-247 AD. AE23 (7.3g). M IOVΛ ΦIΛΙΠΠOC, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right / CAPΔIANΩN B NЄΩKOPΩN, Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. VF.
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Kilbianoi-Nikaia (AD 166-177) AE 27 - Commodus143 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE27 (12.67g). [...] KOM[...], bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΚΙΛΒΙΑΝΩΝ ΠЄΡΙ ΝЄΙΚЄΑΝ, Kybele seated left on throne, holding patera and resting elbow upon tympanum. Extremely rare. aVF. Plankenhorn coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-510) Obol143 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Obol (0.94g). Two tunny heads back-to-back; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse square. Possibly unique.
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Mastaura (AD 238-244) AE 21 - Gordian III143 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE21 (5.00g). AYT K ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / MACTAVPЄITΩN, Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus. Very rare. gVF.
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Hadrianopolis (AD 177-192) AE 17 - Commodus143 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE17 (4.74g). Μ ΑVΡ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤ ΚOΜΜOΔOС, laureate bust right, with slight drapery / ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Apollo (or Amazon), holding bipennis, riding horse left. Extremely rare. VF.
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Ephesos (AD 98-117) AE 20 - Trajan143 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE20 - Hemiassarion (3.78g, 7h). AYTO NEPBAC TPAIANOC KECAP, laureate head right / ΑΝΔΡΟΚΛΟС ΚΟΡΗСΟС ΕΦΕ, Androklos, on the right, standing left, clasping hands with the mountain-god Koressos, on the left, standing right. Very rare. Somewhat rough as usual, otherwise, very fine. Ktistes Coll.
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Kolossai (AD 193-211) AE 37 - Septimius Severus143 viewsSeptimius Severus. 193-211 AD. AE37 (23.97g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / NIΓPOC Γ CTЄΦANHΦOPΩN ANЄΘHKЄN KOΛOCCHNΩN, Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. Rare. gF.
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Ephesos (AD 222) AE 23 - Severus Alexander142 viewsSeverus Alexander, as Caesar, 222 AD. AE23 (4.99g, 6h). M AVP AΛEΞANΔPOC KAI, bareheaded and draped bust right / ЄΦЄCIΩN Δ NЄΩKOPΩN, Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia. VF, green patina with patches of reddish brown, some roughness, light smoothing. Rare for Severus Alexander as Caesar.
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Themisonion (AD 244-247) AE 22 - Philip II142 viewsPhilip II, as Caesar, 244-247 AD. AE22 (4.53g, 6h). M IOVΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΘЄMICΩNЄΩN, Demeter standing left, holding grain-ears and sceptre. Extremely Rare, aVF.
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Anazarbos (AD 222-235) AE 22 - Severus Alexander142 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE22 - Diassarion (8.69g). Dated CY 248 (229/30 AD). AVT K CЄOV AΛЄZANΔPOC, laureate head right / ANAS ЄNΔOS / Γ - B / ЄT HMC, winged caduceus. Vogl Coll.. Very rare. gVF.
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Pitane (BC 300-250) AE 12142 viewsca 350-250 BC. AE12 (1.74g). Head of Zeus facing slightly right, wearing horns of Ammon / ΠΙ within wreath.
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Grimenothyrai (AD 98-138) AE 19142 viewsTime of Trajan and Hadrian, 98-117 AD. AE19 - Hemiassarion (4.59g, 6h), Loukios Tullios Per., epimeletes, ca 117/8 AD. ЄΠI Λ T-Y, draped bust of Artemis to right, with bow before and quiver behind / ΓPIMЄNOΘYPЄ, Demeter standing front, head to left, holding grain ears in her right hand and torch with her left. Rare. Very minor flan crack and with light cleaning marks, aEF.
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Kadoi (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitia 142 viewsDomitia, wife of Domitian, 81-96 AD. AE22 (6.25g, 6h). ΔOMITIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / KAΔOHNΩN, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia with support. Good VF, green patina. Tricarico coll.
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Panemoteichos (AD 235-238) AE 19 - Maximinus I141 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE19 (3.94g, 6h). Laureate head right / ΠΑΝЄΜΟΤЄΙΧЄΙΤΩΝ, Tyche Soterios (Fortuna Redux) standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. VF, green patina, cut along obverse. Very rare.
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 39 - Gordian III141 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE39 (26.60g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Radiate figure of Gordian on horseback right, spearing lion below. VF, green-brown patina, roughness on obverse. Ex Triton VII (1/2004), lot 807.
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Nikopolis (AD 161-169) AE 25 - Lucius Verus141 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE25 (10.52g, 11h). ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΟΥΗΡΟС СЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΝЄΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤωΝ, Zeus Nicephorus seated left; ЄΤ ϞΑ (date) in exergue. Near EF, high relief, some roughness. Rare.
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Nikaia (AD 218-222) AE 25 - Elagabalus141 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE25 / Assarion (5.68g, 7h). • M • AVPH • ANTΩNINOC • AVΓ, laureate head of Elagabalus to right / NIKAIEΩN, Asclepius standing facing, his head turned to left, leaning upon serpent-entwined staff. Very rare. Sharp, nicely patinated. Reverse very slightly double struck, otherwise, EF. Ex Obolos 5 (6/2016), 692.
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Antiocheia (BC 100-0) AE 17141 viewsca 36-25 BC. AE17 (5.57g). Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, wings spread / ANTIO/XEΩN - [...]APΔO/[...]ΛOY, eight-rayed star. aVF.
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Ninika-Klaudiopolis (AD 161-180) AE 17 - Marcus Aurelius141 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE17 (3.92g). INI AUR ANTON, laureate head right / NINI, two oxen plowing right. Vogl Col.; ex auction Hauck & Aufhäuser 7, lot 462. VF.
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Seleukeia (AD 222-235) AE 22 - Julia Mamaea141 viewsJulia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235 AD. AE22 (4.78g). IOVΛIA MAMЄA CЄB, draped bust right / СЄΛЄVΚЄΩΝ ΚΑΛVKAΔ, Artemis advancing right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver. Vogl Coll.; ex auction Hauck & Aufhäuser 21, lot 410 (3/2009). Extremely rare. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 425-375) Diobol B2141 views5th-4th century B.C. AR Diobol (9mm, 1.16g, 6h). Forepart of boar right; below, monogram / Head of roaring lion right. Dark find patina, gVF.
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Tarsos (AD 117-138) Tridrachm - Hadrian141 viewsHadrian, 117-138. AR Tridrachm (27mm, 9.59g, 12h). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡ ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹE, laureate head right / ΤΑΡ/ϹΕΩΝ - ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕWϹ, city-goddess, turreted and veiled, seated left, holding palm in her right hand and cornucopiae with her left; to left at feet, river-god Kydnos, crowned with wreath of sedge, swimming left; all within laurel wreath. Sharply struck and clear. Light scratches on the obverse and the reverse somewhat double struck, gEF.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 79-81) AE 22 - Titus141 viewsTitus, 79-81 AD. AE22 (5.97g, 12h). TITON AYTOKPATOPA KAICAPA, laureate head right / ΛΠΟΛΛωNIATωN ΛYKIωN, Apollo standing facing, holding wreath over quiver, left arm on tripod. Near Very Fine, dark brown patina. Extremely rare - perhaps the third known of this type. Tricarico Coll.
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Tarsos (AD 253-268) AE 32 - Gallienus140 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE32 (14.50g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; panther at feet to left. VF, dark green and brown patina, some minor roughness.
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(BC 480-440) Kuprilli - Obol140 viewsKuprilli, ca 470-440 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.56g). Uncertain mint. Head of Zeus right, wearing horn of Ammon / ΚΟΠ, triskeles within pelleted square border; all within incuse square. aVF. Very rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 530-480) Obol140 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.88g, 8mm). Two tunny fish crossed in saltire; pellet (or lotus flower) in each angle / Incuse square punch. Very rare, apparently unpublished.
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Magnesia (AD 222-235) AE 20 - Severus Alexander140 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE20 (4.17g). M AYP AΛЄΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / MAΓNHTΩN, Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia and rudder. VF.
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Anazarbos (AD 251-253) AE 22 - Volusian140 viewsVolusian, 251-253 AD. AE22 - Triassarion (7.02g). Dated CY 271 (252/3 AD). ΑVΤ Κ Γ ΟVΙ ΑΦ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΟVΟΛΟVϹΙΑΝΟϹ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟV ΜΗΤΡΟ / Γ Γ / Α Μ Κ / ЄΤ ΑΟϹ, seven stars above crescent. Vogl Coll.; ex Münzhandlung Athena (11/1990). Very rare. gF.
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Koropissos (AD 138-161) AE 24 - Antoninus Pius140 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE24 (8.65g). ΑVΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΚΑΙСΑΡ ΑΝΤωΝЄΙΝΟС, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΚΟΡΟΠΙССЄωΝ ΚΗΤωΝ ΜΗΤΡOΠA, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Vogl Coll.; ex auction Bankhaus Aufhäuser (2/1992). Rare. VF.
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Koropissos (AD 138-161) AE 17 - Antoninus Pius140 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE17 (3.52g). ΑΝΤωΝЄ, laureate head of Antoninus Pius right / [...]ΠΙСЄωΝ, veiled and draped female bust (Demeter or Boule) right. Vogl Coll.; ex auction Hauck & Aufhäuser 20, lot 318 (10/2007). Rare. VF.
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Hypaipa (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla140 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 - Tetrassarion (14.34g, 6h). AYT K M AYP ANTΩΝЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; to right, countermark of facing cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis within oval incuse / YΠAIΠH-NΩN, statue of Tyche, wearing kalathos and standing front, head to left, holding rudder with her right hand and cornucopiae with her left, within tetrastyle temple. Rare and with an attractive reverse type. VF.
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Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol140 viewsMacedon, Akanthos. ca 480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 7mm). Head of calf right / Quadripartite incuse square. aVF.
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Thyateira (AD 244-249) AE 28 - Otacilia Severa139 viewsOtacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE28 (12.71g). Lo. Archimedes, strategos. MAP ΩTAK CЄVHPA CЄ, draped bust right, wearing stephane / ЄΠ C ΛO APXIMHΔOVC ΘVATЄI / PHNΩN, Apollo standing right, with foot on bucranium, holding serpent; column to right. Very rare. aVF. Plankenhorn coll.
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Nikopolis (AD 161-180) AE 22 - Marcus Aurelius139 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE22 (8.15g, 12h). Dated CY 91 (162/3 AD). Laureate head right / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter. Good Fine, brown surfaces. Very rare.

This issue is often given to Nicopolis-Emmaus in Judaea. RPC Online (temp. no. 6367) assigns the type to Nicopolis ad Lycum and notes that von Aulock acquired his specimen in the vicinity of the ancient town.
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Gordion (BC 300-189) Obol139 viewsca 3rd century-189 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.60g, 1h). Laureate and draped jugate busts of Apollo and Artemis to right, quiver over the shoulder of Artemis / ΓOPΔI-ANΩN, bow and quiver. Extremely rare and of great interest. Very fine.

When Alexander visited Gordion to unravel the famous Gordian Knot in 333 BC, the great ancient Phrygian capital had already lost most of its importance. The city's only known coinage consists of an extremely rare series of obols, which must date to before 189 BC, when the inhabitants fled the Romans under Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (Polyb. 21.37 and Livy 38.18.10-13). Gordion subsequently fell into decay and was only refounded, as a small Roman settlement, in the 1st century AD.
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Kolybrassos (AD 222-235) AE 17 - Severus Alexander139 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE17 (3.22g). AV CЄ AΛЄΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KOΛVBPACCЄΩN, Athena standing left, holding spear and resting hand upon shield. Vogl Coll.; ex auction Bankhaus Aufhäuser 4, lot 387 (10/1987). Extremely rare. VF.
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Apameia (AD 240-260) AE 27139 viewsImperial Times, ca 240-260 AD. AE27 - Tetrassarion (12.72g, 7h). KЄΛAINOC, Heroically nude bust of the hero Kelainos to right, drapery on left shoulder and wearing tainia / AΠAMЄΩN Aphrodite pudica, nude, standing facing, head to right. Extremely rare, possibly the second known example. aVF. Ktistes Coll., ex Jacquier FPL 36, summer 2009, 303.
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Prusa ad Olympum (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Severus Alexander139 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE25 (9.1g). Μ ΑVΡ СЄVΗ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟС, laureate head right / ΠΡΟVСΑEΩΝ, Poseidon, with foot set upon rock, standing right, holding trident and dolphin. VF.
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Augusta (AD 244-249) AE 34 - Philip I138 viewsPhilip I the Arab, 244-249 AD. AE34 (23.14g). Dated CY 225 (244/5 AD). AVT K M IOVΛΙOC ΦΙΛIΠΠOC CЄBAC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AVΓOVCTANΩN ЄT ЄKC, Zeus seated left on stool, holding sceptre and patera. Vogl Coll.; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (1990). F.
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Kolybrassos (AD 161-180) AE 17 - Marcus Aurelius138 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE17 (4.59g). AVT KAIO (sic) ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KOΛVBPACCЄωN, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in arms. Vogl Coll.; ex Jacquier list 8 (1988). Rare. gVF.
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Nikomedeia (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla138 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 - Tetrassarion (15.21g, 1h). ANTΩNЄINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate head right / NIKOMHΔЄΩN ΔIC NЄΩKOP, the hero Astakos advancing right off the prow of a ship, head to left and his left foot placed on rocks, holding spear with his left hand and gesturing for companions to follow with his right. Extremely rare and with a very interesting reverse. Well struck and with a very attractive green patina. Minor smoothing, otherwise, gVF.
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Pednelissos (AD 138-161) AE 19 - Antoninus Pius138 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161. AE19 - Assarion (5.68g, 6h). ΑYΤΟ ΚΑΙСΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟС, laureate head right / ΠЄΔΝΗΛΙССЄ/ИΩ (sic!), Zeus seated left, holding eagle in his right hand and scepter in his left. Very rare/ aVF.
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Kilbianoi-Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 22137 viewsPossibly time of Caracalla, 198-217 AD. AE22 (6.36g). NЄIKЄA, turreted and draped bust of Neikeia right / KIΛBIANΩN, Dionysos standing left, holding filleted thyrsus and pouring cantharus; to left, panther left. Extremely rare. aVF. Ex Essen 79 (3/2000), lot 53. Plankenhorn coll.
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