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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater 859 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.69g). Tunny downward; to either side, two pellets and head of tunny outward / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, tiny metal flaw on obverse. Very rare.
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Tenedos (BC 400) Obol858 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.53g). Janiform head, female on left, male on right (Zeus and Hera?) / Double-axe, T-E, within incuse square. Toned, good VF. Rare.
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(BC 340-334) Pixodaros - Didrachm858 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.
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Sardeis (BC 133) AE 17858 viewsafter 133 BC. AE17 (4.72g). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Panther walking left, head facing, broken spear in mouth; ΣΑΡΔΙ/ΑΝΩΝ above, monograms below and to left. Fine green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.; ex M&M AG, Basel, List 336 (1972), lot 267.1 comments
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(BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE 19858 viewsAmyntas, 37-25 BC. AE19 (3.77g, 12h). Draped bust of Artemis right; bow and quiver to left / Stag standing right. Good VF, dark green patina.

In 37/6 BC, Antony awarded Galatia, and the title of king, to Amyntas, who continued to rule until hid death in 25 BC. Artemis is portrayed here with the features of Cleopatra VII of Egypt, apparently as a sign of deference to Antony and the Egyptian queen.
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Gergis (BC 350-241) AE 9858 views4th-3rd cent BC. AE9 (0.98g). Laureate bust of Sibyl Herophile facing, decorated with two long ear-pendants and pearl-necklace / Female sphinx sitting right, ΓEP to right (read from bottom to top). Rare. F+/about VF. Hoeft coll.
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Parion (BC 165-143) Tetradrachm858 viewsca 165-143 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 16.95 g 12). Laureate head of Apollo to right / AΠOΛΩNOΣ AKTAIOΥ ΠAΡIANΩN, Apollo, laureate and draped to the waist, holding laurel branch in his right hand and resting his left on bow propped on the ground behind; on the left, ΔI above flaming altar; on the far left, monogram of TEY. Extremely rare, the only known example from this reverse die. gVF. PGB coll., acquired in 1970s.
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Pergamon (BC 200-133) AE 19857 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE19 (6.70g). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, trophy of arms. Dark green patina with some encrustation, aEF.
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Tenedos (BC 525-470) Didrachm857 viewsca 525-470 BC. AR Didrachm (7.79g). Janiform head, male on left, female on right (Zeus and Hera) / Double axe, T-E/N-E, within dotted incuse square. Near VF, porous surfaces, some smoothing on the reverse. Very rare.
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Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian857 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.75g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Laureate head right / COM BIT, S P Q P (sic) across fields, octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM AVG across frieze, shield in pediment, dot between fourth and fifth columns. Good VF. Exceptional.
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Pergamon (AD 193-211) AE 44 - Septimius Severus & Julia Domna857 viewsSeptimius Severus, with Julia Domna, 193-211 AD. AE44 - Medallion (43.73g, 6h). Claudianus Terpander, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus right, seen form behind, and draped bust of Julia left, vis-à-vis; c/m: laureate head of Caracalla right within in incuse oval / Herakles standing right, wrestling the Cerynean Hind; KΛ-AVΔIANOV TEPΠA/NDPOV in legend. VF, blue-black patina, cut on obverse.

As the cut goes through the portrait of Caracalla, this mark is quite probably an example of damnatio memoriae.
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Myrina (BC 300-200) AE 16856 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE16 (4.07g, 6h). Head of Athena, griffin on helmet / Amphora, MY-PI. Brown patina, good VF.
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Parion (BC 400-300) Hemidrachm856 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.63g, 12h). Gorgoneion facing, surrounded by aegis / Bull standing left, head turned back; star below. Attractively toned. Extremely fine. Ex Aufhauser 10 (10/1993), 107.
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Pergamon (AD 193-211) AE 43 - Septimius Severus & Julia Domna856 viewsSeptimius Severus and Julia Domna. AE43 - Medallion (52.68g), Magistrate Klaudianos Terpandros. Busts of Septimius Severus; laureate and draped and Julia Domna, draped, facing each other; in between oblong countermark, laureate bust of Caracalla right / Statue of emperor on base with patera and scepter; below, Victimarius killing sacrificial bull. Very rare. Brown patina, very fine.
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Ilion (BC 188-133) Tetradrachm855 viewsca 188-133 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.98g). Kleonos Ioilos, "magistrate." Head of Athena right, wearing a laureate, crested helmet / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΙΛΙΑΔΟΣ, Athena Ilias standing right, wearing polos and chiton, holding distaff and filleted spear; owl at her feet right, winged caduceus behind; ΚΛΕ−ΩΝΟΣ across field, ΙΩΙΛΟΥ in exergue. Lightly toned VF, light porosity. Very rare.
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Hadrianeia - Septimus Severus855 viewsSeptimus Severus, 193-211 AD. AE (22.62g). AUT KAI L SEPT SEOUHROS P, laureate head R / EP MHNOFANOUS TIMOKRATOUS ARC A / ADRIAN-NEWN, Hermes with money sack and caduceus, ram to L. Dark brown patina, VF.
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Dardanos (BC 350) AE 12855 viewsca 350 BC. AE12 (3.07g). Horseman galloping right, wearing petasos, right hand raised / Cock standing right, facing right; ΔΑΡ to right, monogram? to left.
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(BC 263-241) Eumenes I - Tetradrachm855 viewsEumenes I. 263-241 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.14g, 12h). Laureate and diademed head of Philetairos right / ΦIΛETAIPOY, Athena enthroned left, holding shield with right hand, spear in left arm, left elbow resting on sphinx; ivy leaf above knee, bow to right, A on throne. EF, lightly toned.
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Barata (AD 161-169) AE 23 - Lucius Verus855 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE23 (7.96g). Laureate head right / BAPATEWN KOI ΛYKAONIAC, Marcus Aurelius, holding sceptre, standing right, clasping hands with Lucius Verus standing left; altar between. Near VF, brown patina with earthen highlights. Drewry Coll.; Ex Lindgren Coll.
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 400-350) Drachm855 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.57g, 6h). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Bull butting left; crescent behind. Near EF, attractively toned. Struck from artistic dies. Very rare.
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Tenedos (BC 450-387) Drachm854 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Drachm (3.51g). Janiform female and male heads, the male laureate and facing right, the female diademed and facing left / ΤΕ-ΝΕ/ΔΙ-ΩΝ around double-axe; grape bunch to left, tripod to right; within deep incuse square. Toned, gVF. Ex GM 42 (1988), lot 295.
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Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE 28 - Marcus Aurelius854 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE28 (15.63g). AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / TON KTICTH NIKAIEIC, nude Heracles seen from behind, carrying off the Erymanthian boar; club by his side, star to right. VF, dark green patina, scratches. Rare representation of a Labor of Heracles. Apparently unpublished.

The canonical representation of the fourth labor of Heracles, the capture of the Erymanthean Boar, in sculpture, painting, and coins shows the hero carrying his prize "piggy-back" over his shoulder, sometimes in the act of surprising Eurystheos with it, who hides in a pithos in fright. The present, apparently unpublished piece, has the hero, labeled "The Founder of the Nicaeans," carrying the beast in front of him. There seems to be only one numismatic parallel for this depiction: a medallion of Commodus (Gnecchi 34; Stoll 103), where Heracles is seen in a similar stance, but with the boar on a rock in front of him and the Nemean Lion behind. On this medallion the scene could be interpreted to show Heracles carrying the boar to the rock.
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Kolophon (BC 310-300) AE 854 viewsca 310-300 BC. AE Tetrachalkon (5.78g, 1h). Dimokrates, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Tripod; [Δ]HMOKPATHΣ to left, KOΛΦΩ (sic) to right. Good VF, black patina. Extremely rare issue, only four examples recorded by Kinns for all magistrates. Alighieri Coll.
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Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 15854 views4th century BC. AE15 (3.3g). Laureate head of Apollo right, countermark: tripod / 12-rayed star, pellet in center, Γ-Α-Μ between rays. VF.
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Lampsakos (BC 350-250) Trihemiobol854 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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(AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY20854 viewsPolemo II, with Nero, 54-68 AD. AR Drachm (3.55g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Pontus. Dated RY 20 (57/8 AD). BACILEwC POLEMwNOC, diademed head of Polemo right / ETOYC K, laureate head of Nero right. VF, toned, slight die shift on reverse. Strickhausen coll.
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Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm853 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.54g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Turreted head of Hera left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; NE monogram to left, dolphin below, ΚΡΩΜΝΑ to right. Toned EF. Rare.
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Mytilene (BC 400-350) Diobol853 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Diobol (1.26g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head right, MYT. Toned VF.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater853 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.17g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Extremely rare, only a handful known.
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Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 12852 viewsca 375-340 BC. AE12 (1.71g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet and necklace / Recumbent ram left; ΑΠ-ΟΛΛΩ-[ΝΙΟΣ] (?) (magistrate). Good VF, black patina with a trace of earthen encrustation.
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Memnon (BC 350-334) AE 13852 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.
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Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 10852 views4th-3rd cent BC. AE10 (0.94g). Laureate head of Apollo right within dotted circle / 12-rayed star, Γ−Α−Μ between rays. Dark green patina, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Nikaia (AD 69-79) AE 20 - Vespasian852 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE20 (4.87g). Laureate head right / Panther seated left, with paws resting on cantharus. Good VF, dark brown patina. It was commonly thought in antiquity that panthers were fond of wine and that they could be captured by setting a bowl of it out and waiting until they had drunk to excess.
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Rhodes (BC 400) Tetradrachm851 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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Sesamos (BC 300-250) AE 15851 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE16 (3.80g). Laureate head of Zeus left / ΣΗ-ΣΑ, wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing looped earring and necklace. gVF, green patina, thick flan. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Persian Kings (BC 375-340) Siglos851 viewsUncertain kings. Sardes, ca 420-350 BC. AR Siglos (5.51g). Persian king or hero running right, holding dagger and bow / Oblong incuse, mostly filled. Exquisite style. Extremely fine.
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Oinoia (BC 340-300) Drachm851 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.51g, 6h). Head of Artemis facing slightly right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Bull butting right, OINAI in exergue. VF, lightly toned, a hint of porosity.
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Thyateira (AD 81-96) AE851 views1st century AD. AE (4.08g). Bearded head of Herakles right / ΘVATEPHNΩN, labrys. EF.
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Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 20 - Augustus851 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (5.71g). Circa 2 BC. ΜΑΓΝΗΤΕΣ ΑΠΟ ΣΙΠΥΛΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΙ, jugate heads of Augustus and Livia right / ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ ΚΙΛΑΣ ΙΕΡΕΥΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, confronted heads of Gaius and Lucius. Dark green patina. EF.
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Pitane (BC 400-350) Obol851 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.58g). Female head right with hair piled high / ΠΙΤΑΝA around ram's head right, all within shallow incuse square. Unpublished?
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Chios (BC 431-412) Drachm850 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.68g). Sphinx seated left, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square, granules in quarters. Good VF.
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Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Janiform - Obol850 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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Lamponeia (BC 350) AE 850 viewsca 4th century BC. AE (1.49g). Bearded, wreathed head of Dionysos right / Bull's head (bucranium), bunch of grapes above, ΛΑ-Μ. Rare. Dark green patina, good VF.
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Parion (BC 400-300) Hemidrachm850 views4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.93g, 14mm, 10h). Facing gorgoneion / Bull standing left, head right; above, Nike standing left; tripod below. VF, minor deposits, light cleaning marks. Very rare.
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Lamponeia (BC 400) Obol849 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.58g) Bearded head of Dionysos right / Bull's head (bucranium) facing, Λ-Α-Μ around, all within incuse square.
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(BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 31849 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE31 (14.07g). Helmeted head (Athena?) right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Nike standing left, wearing long Chiton, holding Stylus with left hand, crowing king's name with wreath in right hand; two Pilei of the Dioskuroi, monogram underneath. Green patina, gVF. Rare series. Gutknecht coll., ex Spink (London, 10/1993), lot 219, and Spink 114 (London, 1996), lot 54; purchased from Leu Numismatik, Zurich.
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Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Athena - Hemiobol?849 viewsca 350 BC. AR Hemiobol? (10mm, 0.42g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right within linear circle / Turreted female head (Aphrodite?) left. Toned, aEF. Rare.1 comments
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Synnada (AD 41-54) AE 18849 viewsTime of Claudius, 41-54 AD. AE18 (2.94g). Artemon, tropheus and high priest. Head of Athena right / Owl on amphora. Rare. VF. Tropheus means a "bread giver." This could be a bronze token used for public gifts of bread.
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Naulochos (BC 350-340) AE 11848 viewsca 350-340 BC. AE11 (1.50g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Dolphin leaping right, ΝΑΥ below, within circular maeander pattern. Good VF, dark green patina with some encrustation. Very rare.

Naulochos was the port city of Priene, and had its own limited coinage issue in the mid-4th century BC.
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Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm848 viewsca 412-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.07g). Theoktemon, magistrate. Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch before / Quadripartite incuse square, [Θ]ΕΟΚΤΗΜΩΝ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Good VF, a bit overcleaned. Unrecorded magistrate.
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Tripolis (AD 14-37) AE - Tiberius848 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. Bronze of Hieratikos. AE (6.11g). Head right / Rider with double-axe right, ΙΕΡΑΤΙΚΟΣ to left. Dark green patina, VF.
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Ephesos (BC 300-250) AE 13848 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE13 (2.17g). Ε-Φ, bee / Stag kneeling left, head turned right. Dark green patina, weak strike on obv, VF/gVF. Scarce variant. Gutknecht coll.
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Erythrai (BC 200-133) AE 23848 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE23 (6.70g). Head of bearded Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Bow in case, ΦΙΛΙΣΚΟΣ - ΚΟΝΩΝΟΣ; club-like scepter (lagobolon?), head of Herakles wearing lion skin 3/4 to right, and EP-Y below. Good style, dark olive-green patina, aEF. Gutknecht coll.; ex Sternberg Auc. XII (Zurich, 1982), lot 246.
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Sigeion (BC 350) AE 13848 viewsca 355-334 BC. AE13 (1.49g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right / Owl standing right, head facing; crescent behind. Good VF, dark red-brown patina. Choice for issue. Herman Coll.
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Klazomenai (BC 386-301) Hemidrachm848 viewsca 386-301 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.91g, 12h). Mnesitheos, magistrate. Head of Apollo facing slightly left, wearing laurel wreath / Κ-Λ-ΑZΟ, swan standing left, wings spread; kantharos and ΜΝΗΣΙ-ΘΕΟΣ to left. EF, toned, a hint of roughness. Herman Coll.
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Nikaia (AD 222-234) AE 22 - Severus Alexander847 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-234 AD. AE22 (4.16g, 8h). M AVP CEVH AΛEXANΔPOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Aphrodite-Venus kneeling right, nude but for cloth draped across her lap, flanked by two winged Erotes, each holding a torch, with the one on the left also holding up a mirror, which Aphrodite turns to gaze into. Good VF, smooth olive green patina. Important mythological type.
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Tyana (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus847 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (15.19g, 1h). Dated RY 4 (196/7 AD). Laureate bust right / Brahma bull standing right; date below. Good VF, green patina.
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Kyme (BC 520-470) Tetartemorion847 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Tetartemorion (?) (0.24g). Head of horse left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare. Mueller coll.
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Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles847 viewsThemistokles, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.44g, 8h). Head of Hephaistos right, wearing laureate pilos; Θ-E flanking / ΘE monogram within incuse square. VF, toned, usual light porosity. Very rare.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B90847 viewsca 350 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Dionysos facing right, wearing ivy-wreath / Mask of Silenos facing in thin square frame, all in incuse square. Extremely nice high relief head of Silenos on reverse. EF.
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Kyzikos (BC 410-400) Hemiobol846 viewsca 410-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.33g). Head of Attis left, wearing Phrygian hat / Head of bull right, KY-Z. Very fine.
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Perperene (BC 400-300) AE 9846 viewsca 4th century BC. AE9 (0.67g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bunch of grapes on a vine, ΠΕΡΠΕ to left.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B54846 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Aktaeon right, wearing stag's horn / Gorgoneion facing within linear square. VF. Scarce.
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Mallos (BC 440-390) Stater846 viewsca 440-390 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 9.95g, 7h). Beardless male, winged, in kneeling/running stance left, holding solar disk with both hands; below, forepart of man-headed bull right / Swan standing right within incuse square. Fine, heavy porosity. Rare. Krizan Coll.
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Apameia (BC 100-48) AE 23845 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE23 (8.99g, 2h). Bust of Athena right, wearing high-crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, eagle alighting on basis with meander pattern, flanked by caps of the Dioskouroi, star above; magistrates ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ and ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΣ. Near EF, dark green patina.
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Kyme (BC 165-140) Tetradrachm845 viewsca 165-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.83g). Metrophanes, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia. / Horse standing right; one handled cup below, ΜΗΤΡΟΦΑΝΗΣ in exergue; all within wreath. Good very fine.
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Amisos (AD 136-138) Drachm - Aelius845 viewsAelius, as Caesar, 136-138 AD. AR Drachm (2.57g). Year 182 = 137 AD. Λ ΑΙΛΙΟC ΚΑΙCAP Head bare r. / AMICOV EΛEVΘΕPAC ETOVC PΞΘ Aequitas / Dikaiosyne standing left holding scales and cornucopia. Quite rare: only eleven specimens included in J.H. Nordbo’s corpus, “The Imperial Silver Coinage of Amisus, 131/2-137/8 A.D.”, Studies in Ancient History and Numismatics Presented to Rudi Thomsen, p. 170. Fine.
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Pergamon (AD 198-212) AE 43 - Caracalla845 viewsCaracalla, 198-212 AD. AE43 - Medaillon (43.10g). ΑΥΤΚΡΑ Κ ΜΑΡΚΟΣ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ, laureate bust with gorgoneion on cuirass / ΕΠΙ ΣΤ-Ρ ΙΟΥ-Λ ΑΝΘΙ-ΜΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑ/ΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΤΡΙΣ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩ/Ν, Zeus Nikephoros enthroned to left holding scepter and Nike which is crowning emperor in military uniform to the left. Extremely rare. Dark green patina. Extremely fine.
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Otros (AD 193-209) AE 27 - Geta844 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 193-209 AD. AE27 (9.55g). PO CEPT GETAC KAI, bare-headed and cuirassed bust right / ALEXAN-DR-OC AN-EO[...] OTPONW, Otreus embarking on prow of ship to left, right arm raised, head turned back, holding spear in left hand. Good VF, black patina with earthen encrustation around the devices, old scratch on head, adjustment marks on reverse. Simpson Coll.; Ex Brand Coll., pt. 7 (Sotheby's, 10/1984), lot 393; Von Aulock Coll.; Prowe Coll., pt. II (Egger Auktion XLI, 5/1914), lot 1809.

Otrus was one of the five cities of the Eucarpic plain and may have been named Otrus after an emigration from Otroea in Bythinia, which according to Strabo (XII, 566) was founded by Otreus, the king of Phrygia of the time of the Trojan War.
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Ephesos (BC 280-258) Octobol844 viewsca 280-258 BC. AR Octobol (5.06g). ...lios, magistrate. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind shoulder / Forepart of kneeling stag right, head turned back; Ε - Φ, palm to left, bee in field to right, ΛΙΟΣ (magistrate) to right. Good style, EF. Ex Auktion Hess 257 (Luzern, 1986), lot 122.
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Aigeai (AD 117-138) Tridrachm - Hadrian & Sabina844 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Tridrachm (10.13g). struck 133-134 AD. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙΣ ΤΡΑΙ-ΑΝΟΣ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟ ΣΕΒ Π Π, draped bust left / ΣΑΒΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑ ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ ΠΡ, draped bust right wearing stephane, goat below. Rare, VF.
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Phokaia (BC 530-500) Obol844 viewsLate 6th-5th century BC. AR Obol (0.66g, 8mm). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.
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Aigai (BC 300-200) AE 10843 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE10 (1.25g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of goat right. Nice VF, dark green patina.
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(BC 390-370) Mithrapata - Stater843 viewsMithrapata, Dynast, ca 380-360 BC. AR Stater (9.75g, 7h), Antiphellus mint. Forepart of lion with open jaws right / Bearded head of Mithrapata left; triskeles to right, within incuse square. Attractively toned and with a remarkable portrait. Extremely fine. Ex Bank Leu 13 (4/1975), lot 273, and from the Podalia Hoard of 1957 (IGCH 1262).
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Lapethos (BC 6th-5th cent) Stater843 viewsLate 6th-early 5th cent BC. AR Stater - Double Siglos (10.82g, 6h). Wounded giant kneeling left / Herakles running right, wearing lion skin, holding club, bow, and arrows, within dotted border; all in incuse square. Fine, toned, two test cuts. Extremely rare, apparently the 5th known.

The first two examples of this type were found in the Larnaca Hoard (IGCH 1272), followed by the example found in the Persepolis deposit (IGCH 1789). These three are all in museum collections. The current location of the Rosen coin is uncertain (it was not included in the portion of his collection sold in Muenzen und Medaillen 72).
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Kalchedon (BC 300) AE 26843 viewsIn alliance with Byzantion, ca 300 BC. AE26 (10.14g, 10h). Veiled bust of Demeter right / KALXA-BYZAN, Poseidon seated right. Overstruck on an unknown host coin. This is one of 5 types struck for these two cities in alliance.
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(BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Tetradrachm843 viewsca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 14.51g, 9h). Halikarnassos mint. Zeus Labraundos standing right / Lion at bay right within incuse circle. Good VF, toned, underlying luster, cleaning marks under tone on obverse, die break at top of obverse. Well centered and struck on a broad flan. Rare as such. Ex Elsen 38 (2/1995), lot 108.
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(AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY18843 viewsPolemo II, with Nero, 38-64 AD. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.91g, 6h). Dated RY 18 of Polemo II (55/6 AD). Diademed head of Polemo right / Laureate head of Nero right; ЄTOYC IH (date) in fields. EF.
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Kyme (BC 460-400) Hemiobol843 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.47g). K-Y, head of eagle left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.
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Tarsos (BC 400-387) Hemiobol842 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g). Protome of bridled horse left / Fantastic creature walking left (a winged horned lion), 'BL' in Aramaic to left, within shallow incuse circle. Good VF, some encrustation.1 comments
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Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tritemorion842 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Persic Tritemorion? (1/3 obol) (0.30g). Head of Apollo? right, wearing helmet? / Mark of value or monogram? in incuse square.1 comments
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Geometric - EL 1/12842 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.42g). Euboic standard. Geometric type. Three-sided square with central projection, surrounded by radiate lines / Rough incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare.
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Pergamon (BC 300-250) AE 11842 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE11 (0.92g). Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Helmeted head of Athena right [ΠΕΡΓΑ below]. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Gergis (BC 320-270) AE 12842 viewsca 320-270 BC. AE12 (1.33g). Three-quarter facing head of Sibyl Herophile, turned slightly right, wearing laurel wreath and pendanted necklace / Sphinx seated right, ΓΕΡ to right. Light green patina, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Obol842 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.6g, 7mm). Young male head right, wearing tainia / ΠΟΡΔ, crab within incuse square. aVF. Extremely rare.
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Aigai (BC 400-300) AE 10841 viewsca 4th century BC. AE10 (0.95g). Laureate head of Apollo right, hair short / Head of goat right (no ethnic). Black patina, some corrosion sport on rev, aEF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Hierapolis (AD 14-37) AE - Tiberius841 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE (3.85g). Theotimos Lykotou. ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ - ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, laureate head right / ΙΕΡΑ/ΠΟΛΕΙΤΕΝ - ΘΕΟΤΕΙΜΟΣ / ΛΥΚΩΤΟΥ Apollo Citharoedus im standing right holding kithara. Black green patina. Slightly off centre. Good very fine.
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Sinope (BC 330-320) Drachm840 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Drachm (4.93g). Head of Nymph left / Eagle on dolphin, ΣΙΝΩ below, ΔΙΟ... (magistrate) above. VF
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(BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE 18840 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AE18 (3.73g). Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Stag standing right; ΒΑΣΙΛΕ-ΩΣ above, ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ in exergue. Thick, dark green patina, VF/gVF.
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Rhodes (BC 404-375) Tetradrachm840 viewsca 404-375 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.06g). Head of Helios, framed by flowing hair, facing, slightly right / [Ρ]ΟΔ−ΙΟΝ, large rose with bud to left; small F and ivy leaf to right; within incuse. Lightly toned EF, well centered and in high relief, very minor roughness on chin which does not in any way detract form the overall beauty of the coin. The die-engraver's masterwork, and a beautiful example of Classical Greek art.
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Pergamon (BC 133) AE 16840 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (3.39g). Laureate head of bearded Asklepios right / Snake coiled around staff. Good style, EF. Scarce.
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Siocharax (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla840 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (12.46g). Bronze of Philiskos Aidouchos. Draped bust of Caracalla right / ΜΟΞΕΑΝΩΝ CΙΟΧΑΡΑΚΕΙΤΩΝ / ΕΠΙ ΦΙΛΙCΚΟ/Υ ΑΙΔΟΥ/ΧΟΥ, Kybele holding patera, standing in cart pulled by two panthers. Unique?
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Pordosilene (BC 400) Hemiobol840 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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Anazarbos (BC 15-AD 19) AE 31 - Germanicus840 viewsGermanicus, Caesar, 15 BC-19 AD. AE31 - Diassarion (17.72g, 12h). Dated CY 67 (48/9 AD). Bare head right / Laureate head of Zeus Olybris right before mountain with acropolis; ETOYΣ ZΞ (date) in exergue. Near EF, dark green patina, minor adjustment marks on reverse. A great portrait and highly interesting reverse type. Group CEM.

RPC gives three possible identifications for the figure on the obverse: Claudius, Britannicus, and Germanicus. Britannicus is the most easily dismissable attribution; as RPC notes (p. 595) the nomenclature would be unlikely for such a date. Levante and Ziegler describe the figure as Claudius (the latter with a question mark), but the varying portrait style and the obverse legend “TIBERIOC KΛAΔIOC KAICAP” on a parellel issue of the same year casts serious doubt. Germanicus then seems the most likely.
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Salamis (BC 411-373) AV 1/4 Stater - Evagoras I840 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.
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Komana (AD 193-211) AE 32 - Caracalla839 viewsCaracalla, 197-217 AD. AE32 (13.66g), struck 205/6 AD. Youthful laureate head right / IERO - KAIC - KO-MANE, frontal view of tempel; inside, Nike standing on pedestal, holding wreath and palm; date in exergue ET BOR (= year 162 of local era). Green patina, good VF.
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Taulara (BC 100-85) AE 21839 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE21 (8.08g). Head of Mithradates VI as Ares / ΤΑΥΛΑ-ΡΩΝ, Sword in sheath. VF. Rare. Ex Auktion Muenzhandlung Schulten + Co. GmbH (Koln, 3/1990), lot 145.
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Hyde (AD 161-180) AE - Marcus Aurelius839 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE (8.48g). Cuirassed draped and laureate bust L / Cybele with patera enthroned inbetween two lions. Dark orichalcum patina, extremely rare. Very fine.
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Kios (BC 300-200) AE 23839 views3rd century BC. AE23 (4.41g). Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Club, KIANΩN, bow in case (gorytos). Green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Ankyra (AD 253-260) AE 29 - Valerian I839 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE29 (13.35g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Three prize urns with palms. Near VF.
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