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Pitane (BC 400-350) Hemiobol1034 views4th century BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (7mm, 0.43g). Head of Zeus-Ammon right / ΠΙΤΑΝA, pentagram within shallow incuse square. VF, a little porous. Extremely rare, perhaps the second known.

Head cites a specimen in the BM, but that piece remains unpublished - it does not appear in the BMC volume on Mysia (1892), and was not in any of the published acquisitions before Head wrote Historia Nummorum in 1911.
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(BC 63-46) Pharnakes II - AV Stater1034 viewsPharnakes II, ca 63-46 BC. AV Stater (19.5mm, 8.19g, 1h). Pantikapaion mint. Dated Bosporan Era 245 (53/2 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛ-EΩN MEΓAΛOY ΦAPNAKOY, Apollo seated left on lion-footed throne, holding branch in extended right hand, left arm resting on kithara; tripod to left; to right, EMΣ (date) above monogram. EF, slightly weak strike, some die wear. Very rare.

Pharnakes was awarded the Bosporan Kingdom by Pompey, for the betrayal of his father Mithradates VI, King of Pontos. Little is known of his 16-year reign except for its ending. During the Civil War between Pompey and Julius Caesar, Pharnakes tried to recapture his father's former territories in Pontos. He won a victory over Caesar's general, Domitius Calvinus, and ordered Romans in the region castrated or put to the sword. In response, Caesar launched a rapid five day war against Pharnakes in 47 BC, culminating in the battle of Zela. Caesar emerged victorious, prompting him to report back to the Senate with the now famous dictum, "Veni, Vidi, Vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered).
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Rhodes (BC 400) Tetradrachm1033 viewsca 400 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.14g). Head of Helios facing 3/4 right, hair in separate curly locks falling outwards and downwards / ΡΟΔΙΩΝ, half-blown rose; eagle with closed wings to right, within incuse square. Struck in very high relief and unusually well-centered for this issue. A portrait of expressive classical style, lightly toned and good EF.
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Lampsakos (BC 350-250) Hemidrachm1033 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.71g, 7h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Helmeted head of Athena right. VF, light porosity. Very rare, unpublished in the standard references.

The reverse type is commonly found on Lampsakos hemidrachms of the 4th century BC, with a janiform head on the obverse (cf. SNG France 1175-81). The obverse type typically occurs on Lampsakos bronzes dated to the 4th-3rd centuries BC (cf. SNG France 1200-1).
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Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Obol1033 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.72g, 9mm, 3h). Herakles kneeling right, holding club and bow, lion skin tied at neck and draped over arm / Bearded head of Pan left. Good VF, toned.
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL Stater1033 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Stater (16.30g). Head of tunny fish left, jaws closed, backbone protruding from truncation at right. Below, tail of tunny fish / Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished denomination with this type. VF.

The tuna was the sole type on the earliest electrum coinage of Cyzicus, but the relationship between type variety and denomination was inconsistent. In some series a whole tuna indicated a stater and just part of the fish indicated a smaller denomination, but our coin is a stater and shows just the head and the tail of a tuna. In any case all staters of this early period are very rare, and this type seems to be unpublished.
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Skepsis (BC 350-300) AE 121032 viewsca 4th cent. BC. AE12 (1.16g). Forepart of Pegasos left / Fir tree with six branches, Σ-Κ; all within linear square. Green patina, EF.
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Kios (BC 350-300) 1/4 Drachm - Poseidonios1032 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR 1/4 Drachm/Siglos (9mm, 1.25g). Poseidonios, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / Prow of galley right, ΠΟΣΕΙ/ΔΩΝΙΟΣ above and below. VF, toned.
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Herakleia Pontika (AD 98-117) AE 17 - Trajan1032 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE17 (2.74g, 7h). Laureate head right / Club. Good Fine, dark green patina, rough.
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Thyateira (AD 222-235) AE 48 - Severus Alexander1032 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE48 - Medallion (48.55g, 6h). Mar. Pollianus, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Young Hercules standing facing, head right, holding club set on ground and deceased lion. Good VF, dark green patina, minor smoothing in fields. Extremely rare, only the second specimen known.1 comments
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Idalion (BC 470-460) Stater1032 viewsUncertain king, ca 470-460 BC. AR Stater (10.51g, 4h). Sphinx seated left, raising forepaw; Cypriot letters around (most off flan) / Lotus flower; ivy leaf to left, astragalos to right. VF, toned, some corrosion. Very rare. Morcom Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater1031 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.10g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Near VF. Extremely rare, possibly the second known.
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Sinope (BC 480-450) Drachm1031 viewsca 425-410 BC. AR Drachm (6.02g). Head of eagle left; dolphin below / Quadripartite incuse with pellets in two quarters. EF. Ex Hess-Leu 28 (5/1965), lot 217.
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater1031 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (8mm, 1.36g). Head of a tunny right; tunny right below / Irregular incuse. VF, Scarce.
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Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Janiform - Diobol1031 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Diobol (1.41g, 10mm, 12h). Janiform heads, the left bearded / Triple-faced bearded male head. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare as a diobol. Ex Prof. James C. Brindley Coll., Baldwin’s 34 (10/2003), lot 464.
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Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 101030 views4th cent BC. AE10 (0.96g). Head of ram right, K below / Laureate head of Apollo right. Dark green patina, gVF.
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Ephesos (AD 41-54) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Claudius and Agrippina Junior1030 viewsClaudius and Agrippina II, 49-54 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.84g, 6h). Struck circa 50-51 AD. Laureate head of Claudius right / Draped bust of Agrippina right. Fine, light graffiti (VR and Z) in fields.
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Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian1030 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.93g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / DIANA EPHESIA, cult statue of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia; stags at sides. VF.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B861030 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 7h). Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple crested Attic helmet / Head of Hermes right, wearing kausia tied behind his neck, in linear square. Good VF, toned.
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Kos (AD 37-41) AE 24 - Agrippina Senior1030 viewsAgrippina Senior, died 33 AD. AE24 (7.37g, 12h). Veiled head right / Asklepios standing facing, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Good Fine, green-brown patina. Possibly unique. Only this specimen cited in RPC. Ex. Wagner Coll.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/241030 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.6g, 8mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of lion right / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare.
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Leukai (BC 350-300) AE 161029 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE16 (3.57g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Swan standing left with open wings, head right, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ (magistrate) to left. Nice VF, black patina. Rare.
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??? on Pamhylia, Aspendos1029 viewsPamhylia, Aspendos, ca 420-400. AR Stater (10.65g, 29mm). Nude wrestlers, M between / Slinger right, herm to right. Three round countermarks on rev: helmeted head of Athena right, facing radiate head(?), and slightly barbaric head of Athena with crested helmet right (?). Oval flan. Very fine.
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Aphrodisias-Plarasa (BC 100-0) Drachm1029 viewsca 1st cent BC. AR Drachm (3.48g). Magistrate - Hephaistion (son of) Charixenos. Veiled head of Aphrodite right / Eagle standing on thunderbolt. VF. Rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1029 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.61g). Nike advancing left, head right, holding tunny in her extended right hand / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned.
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 420-390) Diobol1029 viewsLate 5th century BC. AR Diobol (13mm, 1.88g, 12h). Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Δ-A-Σ within linear quadripartite square; HP-AK-ΛE-IA around; all within shallow incuse square. EF, toned, a hint of porosity. Extremely rare.
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Lampsakos (BC 350-250) Trihemiobol1029 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Diobol (1.23g, 10mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΛΑΜ, Forepart of Pegasus right; bunch of grapes below. aEF.
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(BC 700-500) EL 1/3 Stater1029 viewsAsia Minor Uncertain, ca 7th-6th century BC. EL 1/3 Stater Ingot (4.9g, 18mm). Plain convex surface / Plain flat surface.
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Birytis (BC 350-250) AE 111028 viewsca 300 BC. AE11 (1.33g) Head of bearded Kabeiros left, wearing pilos / Β-Ι/Ρ-Υ, club, within wreath.
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Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 231028 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE23 (9.06g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΠΑΜΕ, cult statue of Artemis Anaitis facing; magistrates ΜΑΝΤΙΟ and ΔΙΟΔΟ. EF, glossy dark green patina with a hint of blue, light roughness on the reverse.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B63 - EL 1/6 Stater1028 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of young male left, wearing tainia; [small seal behind] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, spot of encrustation in field on obverse. Very rare, only seven specimens recorded by Bodenstedt, all from one obverse die.
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Aspendos (BC 325-280) Stater1028 viewsca 325-280 BC. AR Stater (10.66g, 28mm). Two wrestlers grappling; EI between / Slinger standing right; ΕΣΤFΕΔΙΙY to left, triskeles and club to right. Lightly toned, FDC. Apparently unrecorded in all the major collections. Feirstein coll.
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Mallos (AD 54-68) AE 23 - Nero1028 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE23 (11.51g, 12h). Laureate head right / Tyche seated right, holding branch; below, two river-gods, one swimming left, the other, right. VF, dark green patina with lighter green overtones. Rare. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Amastris (AD 81-96) AE 34 - Domitian1028 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE34 (25.07g, 6h). Laureate head right / Zeus Strategos standing facing, head left, leaning on scepter; at feet to right, eagle standing right, head left, with wings displayed. VF, tan surfaces. Extremely rare. Tricarico coll.; ex Wagner coll.
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Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm1028 viewsca 100-80 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.39g). Janiform head of bearded male (Zeus?) and female wearing stephanos (Hera?) / Double headed axe, TENEΔIΩN above, bunch of grapes and monogram to lower left, statue of Athena Promachos to lower right; all in laurel wreath. Rare. Pleasing medium gray cabinet toning. About Extremely Fine. Stack Coll.; ex Hess-Divo 307 (6/2007), lot 1210.
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Smyrna (BC 288-281) AE1028 viewsAs Eurydikeia. ca 288-281 BC. AE (3.92g). Veiled, diademed head of Eurydike / ΕΥΡΥΔΙΚΕΩΝ, tripod. Dark green patina, VF. Rare.
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??? on Pamhylia, Aspendos1027 viewsPamphylia, Aspendos, ca 420-400 BC. AR Stater (10.67g). Two wrestlers grappling; the one on the left holding his opponent's leg, the one the right holding a belt wrapped around his opponent's waist / [EΣTF E]ΔΙΙVΣ, slinger to right; triskeles in field. Two countermarks (monster? and ???), irregular flan, very fine.
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Tlos (BC 27-AD 14) Drachm - Augustus1027 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AR Drachm (3.45g, 12h). Lycian League issue. Series 6, struck ca 27-20 BC, Tlos and Kragos. Bare head right; Λ-Y across fields / TΛΩ above, KP below, winged caduceus; flanked by two citharas. Superb EF, toned. Ex Bowers and Ruddy FPL (Summer 1981), no. 53.
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Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B681027 viewsca 430-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Female head facing right, wearing hair-net / Beardless head with grotesque features facing left, wearing a modius-like object at forehead, the hair covered by net; thin square frame, all in incuse square. About EF/VF.

Bodenstedt interpreted the male head on the reverse as a Daktylos or Telchine, both from mythical bands of miners and blacksmiths, sometimes described as having a sinister character. (A common feature of mythical blacksmiths - Hephaestus is the exception, but he was physically handicapped instead). The object at the forehead could be something like a miner's lamp, but this is by no means confirmed.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater1026 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.29g). Head of stag right / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Good VF. Very rare, fewer than a dozen known.
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Sinope (BC 120-63) AE 191026 views120-63 BC. AE19 (7.75g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣΙΝΩ-ΠΗΣ, tripod. Green patina, aVF/VF. Rare. Joy coll.
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Persian Kings (BC 505-480) Siglos1026 viewsTime of Darios I to Xerxes I, ca 505-480 BC. AR Siglos (5.23g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Good VF, toned, surfaces a little granular. Well centered.
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Aigai (BC 20-AD 4) AE 16 - Caius & Lucius1025 viewsCaius & Lucius, Caesars, 20 BC-4 AD and 17 BC-2 AD. AE16 (3.50g, 11h). Diphilos Phaita, agonothete. Bare head of Lucius Caesar right / Bare head of Caius Caesar right. VF, black-green patina with traces of light green overtones. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Erythrai (AD 69-79) AE 1025 viewsDomitian and Titus, Caesars, 69-79 AD. AE (8.59g). Laureate head of Titus right vis-a-vis laureate head of Domitian left / EΡΥΘΡAIΩN, nude Herakles standing right, holding spear and club. Green patina, VF. Rare.
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Parion (BC 394-330) Hemidrachm1024 viewsca 394-330 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.35g, 15mm, 12h). Gorgoneion with protruding tongue facing, surrounded by aegis / Bull standing L, head turned to R, wreath below, ΠΑ / ΡΙ. nice EF.
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Pergamon (BC 200-133) AE 191023 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE19 (7.59g). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, trophy of arms. Good style, dark green patina, aEF.
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Aspendos (BC 300-200) Stater1023 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AR Stater (10.45g, 26mm). Two wrestlers grappling, ΠΟ between / Slinger right; ΕCΤFΕΔΙΙYC to left, forepart of horse and kerykeion to right. Lightly toned, EF.
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Mytilene (BC 400-350) Diobol1022 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Diobol (1.26g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head right, MYT. Toned VF.
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Adana (BC 164-27) AE 231022 views164 BC and later. AE23 (9.22g, 12h). Head of Apollo right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; two monograms to left. Good VF, green patina, light cleaning marks. 1 comments
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B091022 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 12h). Forepart of winged lion left / Incuse head of cock left; incuse rectangular punch behind. Good VF, small die break in field on obverse.
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Ilion (BC 300-200) Tetrobol1022 views3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.59g). Head of Athena right, wearing attic crested helmet / Archaic cult statue of Athena Ilias left, holding spear and distaff, rose to left. Light corrosion, VF-EF. Extremely rare.
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Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - satyr1022 viewsafter 380 BC. AV Stater (8.34g, 16mm, 9h). Head of a young satyr with ivy wreath right / front part of Pegasos right within incuse square. VF. Very rare.
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Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Janiform - Obol1021 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Obol (0.86g). Janiform head with male (Zeus?) left and female (Hera?) right within dotted circle / Triple-faced head of bearded male (Silenos?). aEF. Very rare.
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Miletos (BC 520-450) 1/48 Stater1021 viewsca 5th century BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.29g). Lion's head left / Star-like floral pattern.
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Sinope (BC 310-290) Hemidrachm1021 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.40g, 12h). Female head left wearing turreted crown / Prow of galley left; ΣΙΝΩ above, aplustre and monogram to left. Good VF, toned.
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Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian and Sabina1021 viewsHadrian, with Sabina, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.61g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Laureate head of Hadrian right / Draped bust of Sabina right, hair drawn up in elaborate plaiting. VF, toned with areas of purple iridescence. Extremely rare. Only one cistophorus with the busts of Hadrian and Sabina is published (Leo Benz Collection [Lanz 94, 11/1999, lot 531 = Lanz 30 [11/1984], lot 548 [realized 15,000 DM]) and stylistically belongs to Metcalf's Unattributed Mint (Cistophori, pl. 27, 393-404). Our coin, however, was clearly struck at Nicomedia, based on its obverse die link to Metcalf's type B19, no. 43 (obv. die O30). The presence of Sabina's imperial title dates the coin to after 128 AD, the year in which she was made Augusta.
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Seleukeia (BC 200-100) AE 191021 views2nd cent BC. AE19 (4.13g). Laureate head Apollo right, EY to left / Forepart horse right, ΔΙ above; HPA below. Extremely fine.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater1021 viewsca 400-360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Head of Hermes facing left, wearing petasos; behind, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. Good VF.
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Pordosilene (BC 400) Hemiobol1021 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g, 7mm, 8h). Bearded head of Silenos right / Dolphin transversely downward to right in incuse square. VF, darkly toned, some porosity. Very rare.
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Lampsakos (AD 1-100) AE 201021 viewsImperial Times, 1st century AD. AE20 (5.48g, 1h). Bare head of the Demos of Rome right / Tyche seated left, holding phiale. VF, dark green patina. Extremely rare.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B43 - EL 1/6 Stater1021 viewsca 492 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Facing head of Silenos / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.
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Tyana (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus1020 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (13.68g). Dated year 3 (=195/6 AD). AV KA CЄΠ CЄOVHPOC, laureate bust right / TYANЄωN TΠT IЄ K ACV K A, Brahma bull standing right; ЄT Γ in exergue. Unpublished date (?). Good very fine.1 comments
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater1020 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hemihekte (1.30g). Triton left, [holding wreath in left hand], on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well centered strike. Extremely rare as a hemihekte.
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Klazomenai (BC 500-480) Drachm1019 views5th cent BC. AR Drachm (3.41g). Forepart of winged boar flying right / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare. Toned, EF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B35 - EL 1/6 Stater1019 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Bearded head left; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.
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Aigai (BC 400-300) AE 101019 views4th century BC. AE10 (0.94g). Laureate head of Apollo right, hair long / Head of goat right. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Joy coll.
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Nikaia (AD 138-161) AE 41 - Antoninus Pius1019 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE41 - Medallion (54.07g, 7h). AVTO KAI TI AI AΔPI ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CΩTHPI ACKLH ΠIΩ NIKAIEIC, half-length bust of Asclepius left, partially draped; serpent beside right shoulder. Good VF, magnificent apple green patina, slightly worn at high points, but generally smooth and glossy. A huge second century medallic bronze. Ex Drewry Coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1019 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g). Head of Amazon left, wearing feathered headdress; tunny fish behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare in this denomination.
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Kebren (BC 412-399) AE 91019 viewsZenis, Satrap of Dardanos, ca 412-399 BC. AE9 (0.66g), struck at Kebren. Head of a satrap left, wearing Persian tiara / KE monogram. gVF, dark green patina.
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Gryneion (BC 350-250) AE 121018 viewsBefore 306 BC. AE12 (1.51g). Laureate head of Apollo 3/4 facing left / mussel-shell. VF, porous, brown patina. Rare.
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Kelenderis (AD 38-72) AE 19 - Antiochos IV1018 viewsAntiochos IV of Commagene, 38-72 AD. AE19 (4.22g, 12h). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo standing facing, head left, holding branch and resting left elbow on column surmounted by a tripod. VF, green patina, areas of soft strike.
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Adada (BC 100-0) AE 141018 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE14 (2.69g). Bull's head facing; two dolphins flanking, star above / [Α]ΔA, triskeles. Good VF, rare and choice.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B691018 viewsca 380-340 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Female head facing right, hair forming a knot above head, wearing ear-pendant and necklace / Head of Pan facing right within a thin square frame, the whole in incuse square. Exceptionally beautiful female head struck in high relief. EF/VF.
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Elaia (BC 400-300) Drachm1018 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.33g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Corn grain within wreath. Good VF, find patina. Extremely rare denomination. Ex CNG 82 (9/2009), lot 600.
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(BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - 1/2 Stater?1018 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Drachm (4.12g, 14mm). Forepart of winged bull right / Quadripartite incuse square divided diagonally. Good VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare. Ex Leu 65 (5/1996), lot 202.

Leu sale attributed this issue to an uncertain mint in Ionia, noting the similarity of the style to the archaic issues of Klazomenai that feature a winged boar forepart. It is also similar in style to various winged boar foreparts on contemporary issues at Mytilene. While agreeing with these comparisons, the weight of this example and its diagonally divided incuse are more consistent with issues of Lesbos than Ionia. The bull is also a common type used at Mytilene, but relatively rare among issues in Ionia. Finally, in addition to using winged boars, Mytilene used winged lions, so the appearance of a winged bull would not be surprising (especially as all motifs are common in eastern/Persian art). So, while the attribution to Mytilene is conjectural, the preponderance of the evidence weighs greater in its favor than than to a mint in Ionia.
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(AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm1018 viewsPolemo II, with Tryphanae, ca 38-64 AD. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.11g, 2h). Diademed head of Polemo right / Legend in four lines within diadem. Good Fine, toned.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B921017 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.39g). Half length bust of dancing Maenad right / Race torch within linear incuse square. VF, toned, very light porosity.
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Knidos (BC 530-520) Obol1017 viewsca 530-520 BC. AR Obol (1.01g). Head of lion right with jaws open, tongue protruding; small linear rectangular at truncation / Head of Aphrodite right, hair in sakkos and falling down neck in dotted plaits, wearing disc-shaped earring; all within incuse square. Very rare. Almost extremely fine. Ex Prof. S. Pozzi and R. C. Lockett collections; and ex Naville & Cie., Geneva 1 (Lucerne 1921), 2393, and Glendining & Co., London - Lockett coll. XII / Greek IV (1961), 2358.
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Eleutheria (BC 4th cent) AE 101016 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE10 (1.36g). Head of Athena 3/4 to right, wearing helmet with five crests and necklace / Lion walking right, head turned left, [Ε]ΛΕΥ to right. EF, glossy black patina, small rough spot in the center of both sides.
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Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm1016 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.56g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Turreted head of Hera left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; AP monogram before, swastika above, ΚΡΩΜΝΑ behind. Toned EF. Rare.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater1016 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.58g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Rare.
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 420-390) Diobol1016 views420-390 BC. AR Diobol (14mm, 1.86g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion’s skin headdress / Quartered linear square, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ around, within larger incuse square. EF.
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Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 111015 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.14g) Horned facing female head, turned slightly right, wearing necklace / ΛΑ, bull's head right. Near EF, black patina, some light encrustation. Rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 261015 viewsafter 200 BC. AE28 (10.35g). Wreathed head of Kore Soteira right, within dotted circle / Tripod, ΚΥZΙ−ΚΗΝΩΝ on either side, monogram to left, long torch below. EF. Very rare.
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Neokaisareia (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla1014 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (13.17g), dated CY 146 (209/10 AD). Laureate and draped bust right / Tetrastyle temple of Ma / Zeus with wall visible in background, statue standing on cippus within; ET PMR (date) in exergue. VF, olive patina, earthen encrustation. Wagner Coll.1 comments
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Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 161013 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE16 (2.34g). Head of Mithradates VI (?) right / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, winged harpa, monogram to left. Dark green patina, EF/VF.
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Gryneion (BC 350-250) AE 111013 views3rd cent BC. AE11 (1.37g). Laureate head of Apollo right / [ΓΥΡ], mussel shell, club below. Dark brown patina, F/VF. Very rare. Joy coll.
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Alexandreia (BC 164-135) AE 181013 viewsca 164-135 BC. AE18 (5.02g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right; countermark: laureate head right within circular incuse / Α-ΛΕ-ΞΑ-Ν, lyre, monograms around; reverse countermark: head of horse right; all within laurel wreath. VF, green patina.
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Kyzikos (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm1012 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.91g, 0h). Laureate bust of Kore Soteira / ΚΥZΙ - ΚΗΝΩΝ within wreath, monograms above and below. Very rare. Fine style, lightly toned, EF example. Ex Hirsch, Auc. 71 (3/1971, Munchen), lot 183; ex Bank Leu AG, Auc. 2 (4/1972, Zurich), lot 228; ex Bank Leu AG, Auc 33 (5/1983, Zurich), lot 360.
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Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm1012 viewsca 375-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.70g, 10h). Heridanos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch before / Quadripartite incuse square, ΗΡΙΔΑΝΟΣ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Good VF, toned. Very rare. Ex Hess-Leu 45 (5/1970), lot 277; Hess-Leu 31 (1966), lot 499; Henri de Nanteuil Coll., 628; Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Coll. (Naville IV, 6/1922), lot 872; Sir Hermann Weber Coll., 6257; W. Talbot Ready Coll.
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Kotiaeion (AD 68-69) AE 19 - Galba1012 viewsGalba, 68-69 AD. AE19 (4.27g). Ti Claudius Aretis, magistrate. GALBAN AVT-OKPAT[OP]-A, laureate head right / E[PI TI KL APET]IDOC AGWNOQETOU DIA BIOU KAOTIAEWN, Zeus(?) standing left, raising right arm. ; Near VF, brown and tan patina, porous. From the David Simpson Collection.
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Kaisareia Germanika (AD 20) AE 21 - Germanicus1012 viewsGermanicus, ca 20 AD. AE21 (9.13g). Bare head right / View of city gate with statue between four towers; monogram in exergue. VF, green over brown patina. Very Rare.
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Rhodes (BC 188-170) Drachm1012 viewsca 188-170 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 2.96g). Anaxidotos, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / Rose; serpent coiled about omphalos to left; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater1011 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.42g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. VF. Struck from the same punches as the following two lots.
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Laodikeia (AD 5) AE 13 - Gaius, Caesar1011 viewsGaius, Caesar, grandson of Augustus. AE14 (3.84g). Struck ca 5 AD. Anto Polemon Philopatris, magistrate. Bare head right / Eagle with spread wings between two monograms. VF, dark brown surfaces.
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Amisos (AD 117-138) Drachm - Hadrian1010 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Drachm (2.09g) of 131/2 AD. Laureate bust right / Athena standing facing, holding Nike and shield. EF.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater1010 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater or Hemihekte (1.09g). Forepart of stag running right, head reverted / Incuse square with irregular surface. VF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B35 - EL 1/6 1010 viewsca 480 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g, 10mm). Forepart of man-headed bull left, collar with row of pearls; behind, seal swimming upward / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Very Rare. EF. A pleasing example of this type.
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Kyme (AD 200-270) AE 171009 views3rd century AD. AE17 (3.12g) Bust of Amazon Kyme right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae.
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Mylasa (BC 520-490) Stater1009 viewsca 500 BC. AR Stater (9.60g). Forepart of lion right, Carian monogram on shoulder / Two slightly off-set incuse punches. Toned, good VF. Very rare.
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