Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Alexandreia (BC 164-27) AE 20839 viewsca 164-27 BC. AE20 (6.84g). Head of Alexander the Great, as Herakles, right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; two monograms to left. Near EF, hard dark green patina. Exceptional. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater839 viewsca 550-475 BC. EL Hekte (2.72g). Griffin standing left on tunny, looking backward / Quadripartite incuse square. Good very fine. Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater838 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.11g). Lion's head left / Punch with four pellets connected to central pellet. VF. Atarneos (BC 350-300) AE838 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE (4.30g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right; coiled serpent above, bunch of grapes to right, ATAP below. Black patina, EF. Very rare. (BC 130-112/0) Ariarathes VI Epiphanes - Drachm838 viewsAriarathes VI Epiphanes, 130-112/0 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.19g, 12h). Mint C (Comana?). Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; monogram to outer left, IΓ in exergue. Good VF, scratches on obverse. Mylasa (BC 295-280) AE 18 - Eupolemos838 viewsEupolemos, Strategos, 295-280 BC. AE18 (3.93g). Three overlapping Macedonian shields, the outer two with spearheads in the center / Sword in sheath, ΕΥΠΟ-ΛΕΜΟΥ; labrys to left. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht Coll. Ephesos (AD 54-68) AE 22 - Nero & Poppaea838 viewsNero, with Poppaea, 54-68 AD. AE22 (8.79g, 12h). Marcus Acilius Aviola, proconsul. Aechmocles, magistrate. Struck 65 AD. NEPΩN above, Π[OΠΠAIA] below, E-Φ across field, diademed and draped bust of Poppaea right, vis-à-vis laureate head of Nero left / [AOYIOΛ]A ANΘYΠATΩ AIXM[OKΛHΣ], PΩ-MA across field, turreted and draped bust of Roma right; [bee] below. Near EF, green patina, chipping on edge, minor roughness and scratches. From Group CEM. Ex Sternberg XXI (11/1988), lot 363; Münzen & Medaillen 41 (6/1970), lot 380. Parion (BC 400-300) Hemidrachm837 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.29g, 3h, 14mm). Gorgoneion with protruding tongue facing, surrounded by aegis / Bull standing left, head turned to right, leaf? below, ΠΑ / ΡΙ. gVF. Side (BC 445-425) Stater837 viewsca 445-425 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.84g). Pomegranate / Helmeted head of Athena right, within incuse square. VF, lightly toned, some obverse roughness. Priene (BC 350-340) AE 9837 views4th-3rd cent BC. AE9 (0.66g). Head of Athena right, wearing Korinthian helmet / Π-Ρ, ear of corn, within circular maeander pattern. Rare. Nikomedeia (AD 130) AE 38 - Antinoüs837 viewsAntinoüs, favorite of Hadrian. died 130 AD. AE39 (37.91g). HPΩC ANTINOOC, bare head right / H MHTPOΠOΛIC NIKOMEΔEIA, bull standing right; crescent moon on flank. VF, brown patina with touches of red, slightly porous surfaces. Ex Triton IV (12/2000), lot 358; Münzen und Medaillen 52 6/1975), lot 643; Von Aulock Collection, 7102. Eresos (BC 300-200) AE 9837 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE9 (0.68g). Head Hermes wearing petasos right / EPEΣI, corn ear, ivy leaf to left. Very rare. Nice very fine. Aigai (AD 69-79) AE 17 - Titus & Domitian837 viewsTitus & Domitian, as Caesars, 69-79 AD and 69-81 AD. AE17 (2.97g, 6h). Apollonios, victor of the Nemean games. Laureate head of Titus right and draped bust of Domitian left, vis-à-vis / Apollo standing right, holding taenia and laurel branch. VF, black patina, minor roughness. Rare. Halikarnassos (BC 500-480) Obol837 views5th century BC. AR Diobol (9mm, 1.13g, 12h). Forepart of Pegasos right / Forepart of a goat right, 3 pellets around, within incuse square. EF. Very rare. Karl coll. Antandros (BC 440-400) Obol836 viewsca 440-400 BC. AR Obol (0.58g). Head of Artemis Astyrene right, band in hair / ANTA-N, goat standing right within incuse square. Toned, near EF, typical light porosity. Rare denomination. Kyme (BC 400-350) Hemiobol836 views4th cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g). Forepart horse right / Floral pattern, ΑΙΟΛΟΣ. Rare, good fine. Unpublished variant with ethnic? Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 165) Tetradrachm836 viewsca 165-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 17.02g, 9h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos above the foreparts of five galloping horses / ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ, club; below, two monograms flanking an owl standing right; all within oak wreath. Near EF, attractive dark iridescent toning. (BC 160-139) Attalos II - Tetradrachm836 viewsAttalos II (Philadelphos), 160-139 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.50g), after 150 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena sitting left on throne; AP and stylus to left, bow to right. aEF. Kaunos (BC 450-430) Stater836 viewsca 450-430 BC. AR Stater (11.68g, 7h). Iris running left, her head turned back, holding kerykeion (caduceus) in right hand and wreath in left / Triangular baetyl with handle on either side of the apex; to left and right, granulated patterns in the form of stylized birds; all within incuse square. Attractively toned, perfectly centered and of splendid classical style, an exceptional coin of great beauty. EF. Salamis (BC 530-515) Stater - Euelthon836 viewsEuelthon, King of Salamis, ca 530-515 BC. AR Stater (10.97g). Ram kneeling left / Blank. Toned, VF. Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 18836 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE18 (8.58g, 12h). Andron..., son of Alkios, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΠΑΜ[ΕΩ]/ ANΔPON/ AΛKIOY, cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis facing. Good VF, black patina. Ex. Alighieri Coll. Artemis Anaïtis was a fusion of the Persian goddess Anahita and the Greek Artemis. Tacitus (Annals 62) refers to the syncretic deity simply as the “Persian Diana”, who had a temple in Lydia “dedicated in the reign of Cyrus” (presumably Cyrus the Great). Phokaia (BC 600-560) EL 1/6 Stater - B -836 viewsca 600-560 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 10mm). Head of female left with a narrow hair band, long flowing hair, and an annular earing; behind, seal swimming downwards / Irregular incuse square. EF. Carr coll. Unknown to Bodenstedt, this is the 5th example to appear at auction. Same dies as Numismatica Ars Classica 92 part 1, 23 May 2016, Lot 216 and ‘Prospero’, The new York Sale XXVI, 4 January 2012, Lot 520. Others known are: Nomos 15, 22 October 2017, Lot 153; CNG 108, 16 May 2018, Lot 196. Issos (BC 388-380) Stater - Tiribazos835 views386-380 BC, struck under the satrap Tiribazos. AR Stater (10.42g, 8h). Baal standing left, holding eagle in his right hand and scepter in left; 'BLTRZ' in Aramaic to right, [Ι]ΣΣΙΚΟΝ in Greek to left / Ahura Mazda facing, head turned to right, lower body replaced by a winged sun-disc, wearing crown and holding a wreath in right hand and a lotus in left. Very rare. Toned, VF. From the collection of H.S. von Aulock. Mylasa (BC 520-490) Stater835 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. Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 10835 views4th cent BC. AE10 (1.12g, 12h). Head of ram right / Laureate head of Apollo right. Dark brown patina, aEF. (BC 380-370) Trbbenimi - 1/3 Stater835 viewsTrbbenimi, Dynast, ca 380-370 BC. AR Tetrobol (3.17g), Limyra mint. Triskeles, Lycian letters 'zemu' (Limyra) / Triskeles, Lycian letters 'trbbenimi.' Toned, EF. Rare. Aigai (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius835 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE20 (5.31g), ca 43-48 AD. TI KΛAYΔIOC KAICAP CEBACTOC, laureate head right / AIΓEΩN, εΠI AΠOΛΛOΔΩPOY ΠΟ YIOY XAΛεEOY TO B, Apollo standing right, holding taenia and laurel branch. Nice very fine. Myrina (BC 300) Hemidrachm834 viewsca 300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.85g, 6h, 14mm). Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet on which griffon prancing right / Facing bust of Artemis, quiver on the back, wearing earrings and necklace, M-Y. Rare. Nice style. Toned, almost EF. Sinope (AD 138-161) AE - Antoninus Pius834 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE (9.94g), struck ca 159 AD. Head right / Head of bull on human leg before burning altar (Cult statue of Serapis?). Red-brown patina, VF. Very rare. Abydos (BC 411-387) Drachm834 viewsafter 380 BC. AR Drachm (3.44g). Protagoras, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left; 4-spoked wheel to left, ABY above; ΠΡΩΤΑΓΟΡ[ΑΣ] above to right. Toned, EF. Rare. Ex Auktion Hess-Leu 45 (1970), lot 249. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater834 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Hermes left, wearing Petasos; small seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Well centered. Laodikeia (BC 134) AE 14834 viewsbefore 133 BC. AE14 (1.98g). Turreted head of Tyche right / ΛΑΟΔΙ-ΚΕΩΝ, lion seated left, forepaw raised. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Telos (BC 350) AE 11834 viewsca 350 BC. AE11 (1.53g). Athena in Attic helmet right. / T - [H] / Λ- [I], crab, in ex. fish (?). Very rare. EF. Ex. Hauck & Aufhäuser, Auction 13 (10/1997), lot 192. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL Stater834 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Stater (16.01g, 21mm). Head of tunny right, holding Garfish (a type of needlefish) in its mouth; to left, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well centered. Unpublished denomination for a very rare issue. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B16 - EL 1/6 Stater833 viewsca 625-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Head of man-headed bull left, seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Kyzikos (BC 300-200) AE 25833 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE25 (12.48g). Prow right / KY/ZI and monogram within wreath. Near VF, patina stripped. Very Rare! The type is completely missing from the published collections in Copenhagen, Paris and the British Museum. Only one low grade specimen illustrated in von Aulock and another double struck specimen in von Fritze. Herakleia Pontika (BC 420-390) Diobol833 viewsLate 5th cent BC. AR Diobol (14mm, 1.72g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion’s skin headdress / Quartered linear square, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ around, within larger incuse square. Good VF, toned, a little granular. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater833 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.68g). Lion at bay left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, a couple light marks. Gargara (BC 350) AE 13832 views4th century BC. AE13 (2.34g, 2h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse galloping right, ΓΑΡ above, club below. Good VF. Freeman coll. Herakleia Pontika (BC 345-337) Didrachm832 viewsca 345-337 BC, time of Tyrants Timotheos and Dionysios. AR Didrachm (9.30g). Head of Dionysos left / Naked Herakles with lion skin and club; trophy. VF. Rare. Parion (AD 41-54) AE 16 - Claudius832 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE16 (4.79g). Laureate head left; c/m: capricorn left / Emperor, as founder, plowing right. Fine, brown patina. From the Ian Roper Collection. Tralleis (BC 166-85) Cistophoric Drachm832 viewsca 166-85 BC. AR Cistophoric Drachm (2.98g, 11h), struck ca 166-160 BC. Lion's skin draped over club; all within ivy wreath / Grape bunch with leaves; ivy wreath to lower right. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Rare denomination. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater 832 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.73g). Eagle standing right on tunny right; above, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater832 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.71g). Sphinx, raising right forepaw, standing left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Ex Hirsch 233 (2/2004), lot 1415. Bithynia Uncertain (AD 117-138) AE 22 - Hadrian831 viewsKoinon of Bithynia, Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE23 (6.50g, 7h). Laureate head right / Octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, annulet in pediment. Good VF, even brown patina, with orichalcum highlights. Adana (BC 200-0) AE 16831 views2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (3.57g) Veiled head Demeter right, wearing stephane / ΑΔΑΝΕΩΝ, horse springing left; monogram to left. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Temnos (AD 79-91) AE 16 - Julia Titi831 viewsJulia Titi, 79-91 AD. AE16 (2.18g). Draped bust right / ΕΠΙ ΑΓΝΟΥ ΤΗΜΝΙΤ, Athena standing left, holding palladium and scepter, shield resting on ground. Near VF, dark green patina, small flan crack. Drewry Coll.; Ex CNG 51 (9/1999), lot 875; Burstein Coll. Herakleia Pontika (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III831 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (25.31g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Hercules standing left, destroying Lernaean Hydra; quiver and bow to right. Good VF, green patina with pale brick-red overtones, minor smoothing. Rare. Ex Cain Coll. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater831 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.58g). Head of tunny right, holding eel in its mouth / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, unpublished as a hekte. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B43 - EL 1/6 Stater831 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (9mm, 2.55g). Facing head of Silenos / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Near EF, toned. Very rare, only 9 examples noted by Bodenstedt, 5 of which are in museums (Cambridge, London, Berlin, Karlsruhe [2]). Pergamon (BC 310-282) AE 17830 viewsca 300 BC. AE17. Helmeted head of Athena right / Confronted bull’s heads, winged thunderbolt above, ΠΕΡΓA below. Beautiful green patina. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B06? - EL 1/96 Stater829 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/96 Stater (0.17g, 5mm). Helmeted head of warrior left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Knidos (AD 198-217) AE 33 - Caracalla829 viewsCaracalla and Plautilla, 196-217 AD. AE33 (16.07g). ANTWNINOC (running clockwise) - PLAVTILLA (counterclockwise), confronted busts of Caracalla, on left, and Plautilla, on right; countermark: laureate bust of Caracalla right / Aphrodite standing right, holding veil. Fine, green patina. Roper Coll.1 comments Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-194) AE 22 - Pescennius Niger829 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AE22 (6.35g). Laureate head right / ΚΑΙCΑΡΕΙΑC ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗC, coiled serpent left. Near VF, brown patina, rough surfaces. Very rare. Drewry Coll.; Ex Mabbott Coll. (Schulman, 6/1969), lot 1091. Tyana (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla829 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (14.04g), dated RY 16 (213 AD). Laureate head right / Victory seated right on rocks, holding large shield inscribed VIC/AVG in two lines. VF, green and brown patina, some light roughness. Wagner Coll. Autokane (BC 400-300) AE 15829 views4th-3rd century BC. AE15 (2.92g, 1h). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / AYTOKA, helmeted head of Athena right. Dark green patina, VF. Extremely rare. Alighieri coll. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B81829 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 12h). Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Head of youth (Pan?) right, wearing tainia, within linear square in incuse square. Near EF. Well centered strike, elegant style. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/6829 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g, 11mm). Forepart of Pegasos right / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Apparently unpublished. Skamandreia (BC 350-300) AE 19828 viewsca. 350-300 BC. AE19 (7.73g) Head of mountain-nymph Ide right, countermark / Fir tree; ΣΚ-Α, boar's head to right. Magnesia (BC 465-459) Hemiobol - Themistokles828 viewsThemistokles (died 459 BC), Satrap of Magnesia, ca 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.32g). Bearded head of Themistokles right / ΘΕ monogram in dotted square, within incuse square. VF. Adramytteion (BC 350) AE828 viewsafter 350 BC. AE (1.21g). Diademed head of young male (Apollo?) right / Owl standing right, head facing, ΑΔΡΑ to right. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. Sinope (BC 410-375) Trihemiobol828 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.49g). Head of Nymph Sinope facing slightly left / ΣΙ-Ν[Ω], sea eagle standing facing, wings spread, head turned left. EF. (BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - Stater828 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 9.08g). Forepart of boar left / Incuse punch, diagonally divided. Good VF. Trapezos (AD 222-227) AE 29 - Orbiana828 viewsOrbiana, wife of Severus Alexander, 222-227 AD. AE29 (14.28g). OPB CAΛOY OPIANH AYT, diademed and draped bust right / TPAΠEZOYNTIWN, Zeus Serapis standing left hooding scepter, extended right. Unpublished (?). Rare. Good very fine. Kalymna (BC 3rd cent) Didrachm827 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AR Didrachm (6.46g). Male head RIGHT, wearing crested Athenian helmet / Lyre, [Κ]ΑΛΥΜΝΙΟΝ below, within dotted square. Attractively toned, nice VF. Scarce. Elaia (BC 200-0) AE 16827 views2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (3.60g, 12h). Head of Demeter right, grain wreath in hair / Long torch, ΕΛ-ΑΙ/Τ-ΩΝ, within grain wreath. Reddish-brown patina, VF. Ex Righetti coll., 6126. (BC 380-360) Perikle - Stater827 viewsPerikles, Dynast, ca 380-360 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 9.82g), struck ca 380-375 BC. Laureate head of Perikles facing slightly left / Warrior, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, fighting to right with shield and sword; Lycian triskeles to lower right; all within incuse square. VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die, minor porosity. Miletos (BC 39-17) AE 18827 views1st century BC. AE18 (3.19g, 11h). Statue of Apollo of Didyma / Lion recumbant right, head left; star above, [M]IΛHCIΩ[N] in exergue. Near EF, dark green-brown patina. Ex Gorny & Mosch 152 (10/2006), lot 1405. Iolla (BC 4th cent) AE 12827 viewsca 350 BC. AE12 (2.0g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right; ΙΟΛΛΑ above, grain-ear below. gVF. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - maenad827 viewsca 350-330 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.43g). Ivy-wreathed head of Maenad left, wearing ivy wreath, single-pendant earring and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos right within shallow incuse square. Very rare. aEF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 520-480) Hemiobol826 viewslate 6th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.43g). Scorpion (?) / Rough incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Extremely rare. gVF. Lampsakos (AD 198-217) AE 15 - Caracalla826 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE15 (2.18g). Draped, laureate bust right / Λ-ΑΜΨΑ-ΚΗΝΩΝ, naked Eros riding dolphin right, holding wreath in right hand. Thick, dark green patina. Good VF. (BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 27826 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE27 (9.88g). Head Apollo left / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Athena-Nike with shield crowning king's name. Beautiful patina, scratches in reverse field, good very fine. Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 18826 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE18 (5.83g). Turreted head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, Marsyas walking right on maeander pattern, playing flute; magistrates ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ and ΒΙΑΝΟΡΟΣ. Good VF, glossy dark green patina. Pergamon (AD 138-161) AE - Antoninus Pius826 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE (7.67g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ, laureate head right / ΕΠΙ ΣΤΡ ΚΥΑΡΤΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑ / ΤΟ Β, Asklepios sitting on throne left, holding scepter in left hand, patera in right, snake at feet. Brown patina, VF. Rare. (BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 27826 viewsPrusias I Cholos, 228-183 BC. AE27mm (14.56g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Athena Nike standing left; monogram to inner left. Good VF, dark green-black patina, light adjustment marks. Heavy specimen. (BC 220-163) Ariarathes IV - AE 17826 viewsAriarathes IV, 220-163 AD. AE17 (4.83g). Eusebeia Tyana. Bust right, wearing Tiara / [Î’]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] / ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟ[Î¥], Athena seated to left with spear and shield. Very rare. Flat areas, very fine. Prokonnesos (BC 411-387) Hemidrachm826 viewsca 411-387 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.54g, 12h), Female head (Kore Soteira?) left, hair in sphendone, wearing loop earring and pearl necklace / ΠΡΟ-ΚΟΝ, amphora. Rare. EF, toned, tiny bump in field on obverse. Exceptional for type. Uncertain (BC 480-420) Obol826 views5th century BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.68g). Elements of Chimaera: foreparts of lion, stag, and dragon(?), joined together at center and radiating outward / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. Unpublished. VF, toned, some porosity. Possibly unique. This coin appears to be the obol denomination for a series featuring the Chimaera on the obverse and a gorgoneion in incuse on the reverse, for which drachms and hemidrachms are known. Nysa (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian825 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.12g, 12h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Hades dragging away protesting Persephone in quadriga right; overturned basket of flowers below; above, Eros flying right, holding wedding torch. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Unique variety with Eros. This unique example depicts a winged figure holding the wedding torch, or taeda, above the horses. This is Hymenaeus, one of the erotes and the personification of the Hymenaea, or wedding song sung outside the bridal chamber. Metcalf's attribution to this mint is based on the regional association of this reverse type. Maionia (AD 193-211) AE 36 - Septimius Severus825 viewsSeptimius Severus, AD 193-211. AE36 - Medallion (25.13g, 12h). AY KAI Λ CЄΠ CЄΟ ΥΗΡΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ, Dionysus, holding thyrsus and reins, in chariot drawn by two panthers and guided by Eros; above, maenad left playing tambourine; in exergue, ЄΠΙ ∆ΑΜΑΒ CΑΒЄ INIANOY APX ATOB. The theme of the Dionysiac procession represents the struggle of the young god, son of Zeus and Semele, to gain his place among the gods of the Greek pantheon. In literature his progression, accompanied by satyrs and maenads, is hailed from Greece to the shores of India, i.e. the entire known world, as he brings ectasy and the knowledge of wine to all peoples. Skepsis (BC 350-300) AE825 viewsca 4th-3rd cent BC. AE (8.25g). Forepart of Pegasos right / Fir-tree, Σ-Κ, in linear square; H outside to right. Dark green patina, good VF. Rare variant. Ex Niggeler Coll. Parion (AD 68-69) AE 22 - Galba825 viewsGalba, 68-69 AD. AE22 (8.61g). GALBA CAESAR, bare head right / AVGVSTVS DD, capricorn right, cornucopiae over shoulder. Good VF, green patina. Very rare emperor in the Greek Imperial series; finest of three known specimens. Although commonly given the title CAESAR on his Imperial issues, this is the only instance of its appearance on Galba's rare provincial coins. Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus825 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (15.39g). ΣЄOYHPOΣ P ΣЄ AY KA ΣЄΠ, laureate head right / KAIΣAPЄIAΣ ΓЄPMANIKHΣ, eyes view of omega shaped harbor of Germanika with light tower and column with statue both placed at the entrance of a harbour; distyle temple seen from above to left, calf reclining above. Very rare. Dark brown patina. Very fine. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY15825 viewsPolemo II, with Claudius, 38-64 AD. AR Drachm (3.41g). Dated RY 15 (52/3 AD). ETOYC / IE, laureate head of Claudius right / ΒΑC/ΙΛΕΩC / ΠΟΛΕΜ/ΩΝΟC in four lines within tied diadem. Good VF, toned. Rare. Ephesos (BC 122-121) Tetradrachm824 viewsC. Atinius C.f., Praetor, 122-121 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.55g, 12h). Dated CY 13 (122/1 BC). Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Bow case between two serpents; IG and caduceus above, torch to left. Near VF. Extremely rare, fewer than ten known. The earliest Roman cistophoric tetradrachm. T.R.S. Broughton, in The Magistrates of the Roman Republic 3. Supplement (1986), identified this praetor as C. Atinius Labeo, who is best known for attempting to have the censor (and hero of the Fourth Macedonian War) Q. Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus thrown off the Tarpeian Rock for expelling him from the Senate (see Livy, Per. LIX.10). Sinope (BC 333-322) Drachm - Ariarathes I824 viewsca 365-322 BC, in name of Satrap Ariarathes I of Cappadocia. AR Siglos/Drachm (5.36g). Head of nymph Sinope left, hair in sphendone, aplustre in front, Aramaic letters behind / Eagle on top of dolphin left, Aramaic legend ('Arydrt' - Ariarathes) below. Very rare. VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 3 - EL 1/24824 viewsca 650-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.52g). Facing lion's head / Incuse. VF, toned. Elaia (AD 180-192) AE 24 - Commodus824 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE24 (7.31g). K. Scheinos Magistrate. Laureate head right/ CTR C - CЄI-NOV ЄΛA/ITWN, Amphora (ballot box) on stage in between two torches with snake coiled around. Unique (?). Dark green patina. Flan crack and adjustment marks. Very fine. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B25 - EL 1/6 Stater824 viewsca 625/620-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Lion's head with closed mouth left; above, seal right(?) / Incuse with three irregular fields. aEF. Rare. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater824 viewsca 440-415 BC. EL Stater (15.97g, 20mm). Head of Attis right, wearing Phrygian cap; below truncation, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square (mill-sail). Rare. EF. Sinope (AD 138-161) AE - Antoninus Pius823 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE (12.08g), struck ca 140 AD. CIF A-NN CL-XXXU (= Year 185 of the local era, beginning 45 BC), head right / Two-columned shrine with bow, inside statue of Nemesis left. Unique? Good style, fine green patina, aEF. Ex Schulten & Co. GmbH, Koeln (10/1985), lot 372. Abydos (BC 385-335) Drachm823 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Drachm (2.65g). Lysas, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left; tripod to left, ABY above; ΛΥΣΑΣ above to right. VF/EF. Atarneos (BC 400) Hemiobol823 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (6mm, 0.34g, 6h). Head right, wearing Phrygian or satrapal cap / Hare right; AT below. Cf. CNG E-321, lot 83, otherwise unpublished. VF, toned, light porosity, reverse a little off center. Extremely rare, perhaps the second known. Amaseia (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla822 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (16.34g), 209 AD. Draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / Altar aflame, tree at left. Good VF. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE822 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. Kremna? AE (2.28g). Bust of Hermes R, wearing petasos, caduceus over shoulder / Winged cadueceus, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΜΥΝ-ΤΟΥ. Thick green patina, EF. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 3 - EL 1/24822 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24th Stater (5mm, 0.47g). Lion head facing / Incuse punch. VF. Chios (BC 190-84) AE 18821 viewsca 190-84 BC. AE18 (4.00g). Aspas, magistrate. Sphinx seated right; grapes before / Amphora; grain-ear to left, star to right; ΑΣΠΑΣ, magistrate. Good VF, brown and green patina. Mytilene (BC 450-400) Obol821 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.52g). Female head right / MYTI, head of lion right within incuse square. VF. Very rare. (BC 149-128) Nikomedes II - Tetradrachm820 viewsNikomedes II, 149-128 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.68g). Diademed head of Nikomedes right / Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; eagle on thunderbolt and monogram to left. Good VF, broad flan, a few field nicks. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex CNG 43 (9/1997), lot 492. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 149