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Most viewed (BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Diobol820 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, ca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Diobol (1.54g, 12h), Mylasa mint. Bearded head of Hekatomnos right / Forepart of bull left, E to left; all within incuse circle. VF, toned, minor porosity. Well struck. Alighieri coll. Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Aristokrates819 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.56g). Laureate head of Apollo right, K[IA] below / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΑΡΙΣΤΟ-ΚΡΑΤΗΣ (magistrate) above and below. Lightly toned, good VF, light porosity. Apparently an unrecorded denomination for this magistrate. Alabanda (BC 197-189) Drachm819 viewsca 197-190/189 BC. AR Drachm (4.26g). Struck as Antiocheia, under Antiochos III of Syria. Laureate head of Apollo right / [ΑΝΤ]ΙΟΧΕΩΝ, Pegasos springing right; ΣΥΜΜΑΧΟΣ (magistrate) below. EF. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6819 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.25g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of lion right / Single divided punch with volute design. Unpublished. Near VF. Tripolis (AD 253-268) AE 34 - Gallienus818 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE34 (17.84g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Legend in four lines within wreath surrounded by city ethnic. Good VF, brown patina, reverse flan flaw. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/4 Stater818 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/4 Stater (3.67g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened "haphazard" striated surface / Cleft and incuse punch. Good VF. Unpublished, possibly unique. The striated type appears to encompass two varieties, one with roughly parallel striations on the obverse, as the previous three lots, or haphazard striations, as here and on the following lot. Ilion (AD 100-200) AE 21818 viewsAutonomous Issue, ca 2nd cent AD. AE21 (3.88g). Helmeted bust of Athena left / Aeneas walking right carrying Anchises, leading Ascanius by the hand. VF, brown and red patina, rough spot on reverse. Ex CNG 51 (9/1999), 873. Founded in the seventh century BC by Aeolians on the site of ancient Troy, Ilion prospered and ultimately developed into a successful Hellenistic and Roman city. It possessed a famous temple of Athena (‘Ilias’) which was visited by King Xerxes of Persia and later by Alexander the Great. The Romans always had a high regard for Ilion because of the legend of Aeneas and the tradition that Rome's founders were of Trojan origin. His son Ascanius became king of Alba Longa, from which the first kings of Rome claimed descent. Ascanius was also known as Iulus, and the Julian gens claimed primacy of place as his direct heirs. Kios (BC 350-300) AV 1/6 Stater - Herodoros818 viewsca 350-300 BC. AV 1/4 Siglos (1.43g, 10mm). Herodoros, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / HPO / ΔΩΡΟΣ, prow left. gVF. Extremely rare denomination. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater817 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Sixth Stater - Hekte (2.38g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. VF. Struck from the same punches as the previous and following lots. Kaunos (BC 410-390) Stater817 viewsca 410-390 BC. AR Stater (12.05g). Winged female figure in kneeling/running stance left, head turned right, holding caduceus and wreath / Baetyl(?), Δ (inverted) - Γ flanking. VF, toned, good detail for issue. Tony Hardy coll. Tralleis (BC 200-100) AE 19817 views2nd cent BC. AE19 (6.46g). Head of laureate Zeus right / ΔΙΟΣ ΤPΑΛ/ΛΙΑΝΩΝ, winged thunderbolt, within laurel wreath. Dark olive-green patina, EF. Very rare, possibly unpublished. Gutknecht coll. This rare issue is typologically related with a simultaneous issue in Abbaitis/Mysoi in Phrygien, SNG von Aulock 3330. Elaia (BC 450-400) Diobol817 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Diobol (1.24g, 12mm). Helmeted head of Athena left / Wreath in incuse square. Lightly toned, granular surfaces, very fine. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B52817 viewsca 400-380 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Head of male youth facing right (Apollo?), wearing knotted taenia with lotus-like ornament above the forehead / Male head with long beard facing right within broad square frame, the whole in incuse square. Pleasant VF. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Nike817 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.43g). Laureate head of Nike left, wing attached to neck / Forepart of winged horse monster right. Somewhat softly struck on obverse. Extremely fine. Pergamon (BC 200-30) AE 19817 views200-133 BC. AE19 (3.73g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / AΘHNAΣ NIKHΦOPOY, owl with closed wings standing facing on thunderbolt. Corrosion, gVF.1 comments Kotiaeion (AD 222-235) AE 30 - Severus Alexander816 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE30 (15.31g). M. Aur. Quintus Quintianus. Bust left with imperial mantle, holding scepter, raising right hand in greeting / Asklepios standing facing, head toward Hygieia, small Telesphoros between them; in exergue, KOTIAEΩN.1 comments Sardeis (AD 98-180) AE 25816 viewsImperial Times, 2nd cent AD. AE25 (7.28g). Head Herakles left / CAPΔIANΩN, Omphale standing right, wearing lion skin and holding club. Black patina. GVF. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater 816 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.34g, 9mm). Lion right, gnawing on leg of prey; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. This is the second of three known that have been offered at auction. This obverse has very close links to other coinage of similar period. Early drachmae of Velia have a similar type. Colin M. Kraay [Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976), p. 263] comments on the connection of the drachmae and this Kyzikos example, noting the rarity of deliberate reproductions of specific coin types across cities. An almost identical type is also found on a hecte emission of Mytilene (Bodenstedt 78 – Coin ID #11257). Komana (AD 193-211) AE 33 - Septimus Severus815 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE33 (13.97g), struck 205/6 AD. Draped cuirassed bust right / IEROKAICA - KOMANEwN, temple; date in field, ET BOR (= year 172 of local era). Rare and interesting architechtural type. Dark, olive green patina. Light porosity on obv. EF. Oinoia (BC 340-300) Drachm815 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.43g, 12h). Head of Artemis facing slightly right / Bull butting right, OINAI in exergue. VF, toned. Very rare. Tralleis (BC 200-100) AE 19815 views2nd cent BC. AE19 (5.62g). Head of laureate Zeus right / ΔΙΟΣ ΤPΑΛ/ΛΙΑΝΩΝ, winged thunderbolt, within laurel wreath. Dark brown patina, EF. Very rare. Methymna (BC 330-240) Triobol815 viewsca 330-280 BC. AR Triobol (2.92g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet with coiled serpent / ΜΑ/Θ-Y, kithara with four strings, dolphin to left; within dotted square. Toned, EF. Ex Ariadne Galleries Inc., New York sale (12/1983), lot 90. Uncertain (BC 27-AD 14) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Augustus815 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.59g, 6h). Unidentified mint C. Restitution issue struck under Hadrian, after 128 AD. Bare head of Augustus right / Hadrian standing left, holding grain ears. VF, toned, graffiti on reverse. Rare. Kaisareia (AD 96-98) Didrachm - Nerva815 viewsNerva, 96-98 AD. AR Didrachm (6.68g). Dated COS IIII (98 AD). Laureate head right / YΠATOY TETAPTOY, mount Argaeus. Toned very fine. Pergamon (AD 218-222) AE 41 - Elagabalus815 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE41 (43.66g). ΑΥ [...]ΑΙ Îœ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙ [...], laureate and cuirassed bust right / around, ΕΠΙ ΣΤΡ ΤΙΒ ΚΛΑ ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΟΣΟΛΟ, within wreath, ΠΕΡΓΑ / ΜΗΝΩΝ / ΠΡΩΤΩΝ / ΤΡΙΣ ΝΕΟ/ΚΟΡΩΝ. Very fine. Dark green patina. Very fine. Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm815 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Drachm (3.34g, 13mm). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. Toned good very fine. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B55815 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 11mm, 1h). Head of Athena wearing crested Corinthian helmet to right / Two confronted female heads, their faces overlapping; all within incuse square. EF. 8 known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 7th additional offered at auction. See Coin ID #11681 for further details. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B91814 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Veiled head of Demeter right / Tripod. aEF. (BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 16814 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE16 (2.19g). Head of Hermes right, wearing Petasos / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, caduceus. Dark green patina, VF/gVF. Very rare type. Gutknecht coll., ex Bank Leu AG, Zurich. Uncertain (AD 14) AE 25 - Augustus814 viewsDivus Augustus, died 14 AD. AE25 (10.20g, 12h). Bare head right / ΘEON AYTOKP A [TOPA], capricorn right, holding globe, bearing cornucopia on back. VF, black-green patina. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Freeman & Sear 3 (12/1996), lot 724 . While Grant in Essays Mattingly posited a mint in Cilicia for this coin’s origin, his hypothesis is far from conclusive. The similarity between this coin and RPC 5448 suggests they are part of the same issue, possibly struck shortly after the accession of Tiberius to the throne and the deification of Augustus, as evidenced by the legend, ΘEON AYTOKP A [TOPA]. Kyzikos (BC 450-430) EL Stater814 viewsca 450-430 BC. EL Stater (16.00g). Orestes kneeling left, holding sword and resting left arm on omphalos; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. Ex New York Sale IV (1/2002), lot 188. Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 165) Tetradrachm813 viewsafter 165 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.45g). Head of Athena right, wearing ornately decorated helmet, Pegasos above raised ear flap, five horses on visor, star on ear flap / Club, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ above, two monograms and Nike holding wreath below, all within oak wreath. Lightly toned, good VF. Laranda (AD 244-249) AE - Philip I813 viewsPhilip I Arab, 244-249 AD. Bust right / Herakles standing left with club and lion skin. Dark green patina, VF/EF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B42813 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 11h). Forepart of goat right, head left / Owl standing facing, wings spread, within incuse square. VF, light obverse die rust, die break on reverse. Rare. Dia (BC 85-65) AE 21813 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE21 (9.14g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right; monogram in left field. Good VF, black-green patina. Ex Drewry Coll.; ex Huston 120 (11/1992), lot 109; Lindgren Coll. Sardeis (AD 250) AE 41813 viewsMid-3rd cent AD. AE41 - Medallion (25.50g, 12h). Aurelius Rufinus, first archon for the second time. MHTPOΠΟΛIC CAPΔIC ·ACIAC· ΛVΔIAC· EΛΛAΔOC· A·, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right, wearing mural crown / EΠI AVP POV[Φ]EINOV APX T(o) B CAPΔIANΩN B NEΩKOPΩN, ZEVC LVΔIOC across inner fields, Zeus Lydius seated left on high throne, holding Nike in right hand and sceptre in left, surrounded by zodiacal wheel border. Good VF, red and brown patina with green overtones. Very rare. In Treasures of Ancient Coinage: From the Private Collections of ANS Members, Catharine Lorber catalogued a coin of Maximinus I Thrax from Anchialus in Thrace with a very similar reverse type (see p. 121, no. 110). Lorber summarized the type as "...a symbolic map of the cosmos. Zeus, chief of the gods, is the central figure... Surrounding this scene is a broad band containing the twelve signs of the zodiac. The entire design reflects the common belief of 3rd century Romans that their lives were shaped by higher powers. This schema and variations on it were employed by numerous mints for different emperors from the mid-2nd through the mid-3rd centuries." Dardanos (AD 198-217) AE - Caracalla813 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE (18.01g). AYT K M AYP - ANTONINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔAPΔANIΩN, youth in military uniform riding right on horseback holding spear over shoulder holding cult statue and poppy in extended right. Dark green patina. Good very fine. Nikomedeia (AD 54-68) AE 27 - Nero813 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE27 (25.10g, 1h), struck ca 65-66 AD. Laureate bust right, aegis at point of bust; c/m: GALBA within incuse rectangle / Nero on horseback prancing right; to right, foot soldier advancing right, looking back, holding vexillum over shoulder and shield; [to left, helmeted foot soldier running right](?). cf. Gorny & Mosch 134 (10/2004), lot 1930. VF, variegated green and brown patina, light smoothing. Extremely rare. This countermark, always carefully placed to obliterate the face of Nero, is found on coins of Moesia (see MacDowell, NC 1960), Perinthus, and Nicomedia. Tenedos (BC 525-470) Hemidrachm812 viewsca 525-470 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.01g, 3h). Archaic janiform head, female on left, male on right (Hera and Zeus?) / Labrys within incuse square. VF, irregular flan. Thyateira (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius & Agrippina Jr.812 viewsClaudius, with Agrippina Junior, 41-54 AD. AE20 (5.06g, 12h). Bare head of Claudius right / Draped bust of Agrippina right. Good VF, black-green patina with traces of light olive. Paphos (BC 400) Stater - Onasioikos811 viewsOnasioikos, King of Paphos, ca 400 BC. AR Stater (10.93g, 6h). Bull standing left; solar symbol and Cypriot letters 'Ba si O na si' above (obscured by die breaks), ankh to left; Cypriot letters 'Ba si le' below / Eagle flying left, Cypriot letters 'Ba and O' between; ankh to left; all within incuse square. Very rare. Beautifully toned. Obverse struck from the usual worn and partially damaged die, otherwise, very fine/extremely fine. Dardanos (BC 450-420) Obol811 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.61g). Cock standing left / Diagonally criss-crossed pattern. Toned VF. Phaselis (BC 100-80) Drachm811 viewsLycian League, ca 100-80 BC. AR Drachm (2.05g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Kithara with four strings; ΦΑΣΗΛΙ above, crown of Isis to left, long, burning torch to right; within shallow incuse square. Nice toning, EF. Traces of overstriking on obv. From the estate of Dr. R. Alexander, Rochester, NY. Germanikopolis (AD 117-138) AE 24 - Hadrian811 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE24 (8.63g, 24mm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Zeus standing left with patera and sceptre; eagle before him. Good VF, black and earthen patina. Rhodes (BC 27) Drachm811 viewsafter 27 BC. AR Drachm (2.97g, 12h). Cistophoric standard. Radiate facing head of Helios / RODIwN, open rose seen from above. EF, beautiful iridescent toning, bump on left cheek. Very rare. Kalchedon (AD 238-244) AE 25 - Tranquillina811 viewsTranquillina, 238-244 AD. AE25 (8.25g). Bust right / Apollo holding lyre reclining on back of swan swimming left. Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian811 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.22g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Laureate and draped bust right / COM BIT, octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze, three standing figures standing front in pediment, each holding a spear. VF, flan flaw on reverse. Unpublished variety with standing figures in pediment. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/6 Stater811 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.38g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. VF. Struck from the same punches as the previous two lots. Abydos (BC 320-200) AE 16811 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE16 (4.02g). Draped bust of laureate Artemis facing / 4-string kithara, A-B-Y/D-H. Dark green patina, gVF. Kyme (BC 165-140) Tetradrachm811 viewsca 165-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.80g). Straton, magistrate. Head of Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia / Horse standing right, raising foreleg; one handled cup below, ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝ in exergue. VF, cleaned. Seleukeia (AD 1-200) AE 18811 viewsImperial Times, 1st–2nd cent AD. AE18 (3.14g). Bust of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet / Bust of radiate God (Helios?). Very fine. Amisos (AD 253) AE 28 - Aemilian811 viewsAemilian, 253 AD. AE28 (11.63g), dated CY 284 (253 AD). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Zeus seated left, holding patera and scepter. VF, brown patina. Very rare. Wagner Coll. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B41 - EL 1/6 Stater810 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Helmeted head of Athena left; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, only seven specimens listed by Bodenstedt. Limyra (BC 167-100) Drachm 810 viewsLycian League, 167-100 BC. AR Drachm (2.92g, 12h, 17mm). Laureate head of Apollo right, bow and bowcase behind / ΛΥ-ΚΙ-ΩΝ / Λ-Ι, 2-string lyre, within incuse square. Lightly toned, aEF. Ex Giessener Muenzhandlung Auk. 82 (4/1997), lot 138. Priene (BC 335-320) AE 16810 viewsca 335-320 BC. AE16 (3.12g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Trident, ΠΡΙΗ above, ΤΑΥΡΙΣΚ (magistrate) below, within circular maeander pattern. Dark green patina, good style, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.; ex Sternberg Auc. VII (Zurich, 1977), lot 118. Uncertain (BC 27-AD 14) AE 18 - Augustus810 viewsAsia Minor, uncertain mint (Pisidia, Comama?). Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE18 (6.16g). IMP CAESAR DIVI [F AVGVSTVS COS VIII], bare head of Caesar / T•VOMAN•M•MEMM•FLAM•QVINQ•ITER, twin goddesses with kalathos seated facing. Very fine. Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Sosandros809 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.58g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, Σ-ΩΣΑΝ-ΔΡΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Good VF. Knidos (BC 530-520) Trihemiobol809 viewsca 530-520 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.74g). Head of roaring lion right / Archaic head of Artemis right, in dotted square border, within incuse square. VF. Ilion (BC 166) Tetradrachm809 viewsca 160 BC. Tetradrachm (16.34g, 12h). Peotokleidos, "magistrate." Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested helmet adorned with olive wreath / Statue of Athena Ilias standing right, wearing a kalathos and holding a lance in her right hand and a distaff in her left; to left, monogram above star; ear of grain to right, owl standing right above, ΠΕΩΤΟΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ in exergue. Very rare. Minor marks and traces of corrosion, otherwise, extremely fine. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 7 (3/1994), lot 236 and 4 (2/1991), lot 138. Savatra (AD 138-161) AE 25 – Antoninus Pius809 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE25 (11.14g) Laureate head right / CΑΟΥΑ ΤΡεΩΝ, Water-god standing with ears of corn, fish at his feet. Sinope (BC 410-375) Hemidrachm809 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.91g). Head of Nymph Sinope left / [Σ]Ι-ΝΩ, sea eagle standing facing, wings spread, head turned left; Π to right. Toned, gVF. Thyateira (BC 200-100) AE 16809 views2nd cent BC. AE16 (4.40g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΘΥΑΤΕΙ/PHN-ΩN, labrys; bow to left. EF, glossy black patina under some pale green earthen encrustation. (BC 101-87) Ariarathes IX - Drachm809 viewsAriarathes IX Eusebes Philopator, ca 100-85 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.05g), dated RY 5 (96/5 BC). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting hand on shield set on ground, spear leaning against arm; monogram in inner left field, E (date) in exergue. VF, lightly toned, light scratches. Strickhausen Coll.; Ex CNG XXVII (9/1993), lot 698; Brauer Coll., Numismatic Fine Arts (10/1988), lot 368. (BC 377-353) Maussollos - Drachm809 viewsMaussollos, Satrap, 377-353 BC. AR Drachm (3.68g). Three-quarter facing head of Apollo wearing laurel wreath, head turned slightly right / ΜΑΥΣΣΩΛΛΟ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double axe (labrys) and lotus-tipped sceptre. Superb EF. Magnesia (BC 210-200) Didrachm809 viewsca 210-200 BC. AR Didrachm (11.08g, 10h). Persic standard. Theodoros, son of Theogenes, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right; monogram below / Bull butting left; grain ear behind, ΘEOΔΩPOΣ/ΘEOΓENO[Y] in exergue; all within circular Maeander pattern. Good VF, a hint of porosity. Unpublished with monogram and this magistrate. The weight and type of this piece clearly place it among the Persic standard didrachms detailed by Kinns, all of which are very rare. What is also significant about this piece is the addition of a monogram on the obverse, and the magistrate, who is unattested for all of the denominations during this period. (BC 133-130) Eumenes III - Cistophoric Tetradrachm809 viewsAristonikos as Eumenes III, 133-130 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (30mm, 11.94g, 11h), dated year 3 (132/131 BC). Mobile mint, struck in Lydia, Apollonis. Cista mystica with open lid, snake crawling out to left, all in ivy wreath / ΒΑ-ΕΥ /Γ/ ΑΠ-ΟΛ, Two snakes around bow case decorated with aphlaston, thunderbolt above; in left field, head of Zeus (?) left, in right, head of Dionysos (?) right. Corroded, VF. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auk. 113 (10/2001), 5250. Priapos (BC 300-200) AE 18809 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE18 (6.46g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Shrimp or cray-fish right, [ΠΡ]ΙΑΠΗΝΩΝ above, muscle shell below. aEF. Rare variant. (BC 370) Vedevie and Perikle - 1/8 Stater808 viewsVedevie and Perikle, Dynasts, ca 370 BC. AR 1/8 Stater (1.24g, 2h). Antiphellus. [FF]E, Lion to right, attacking bull kneeling to left, head lifted / Bust of Athena facing, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet ornamented with a winged siren, and a chlamys tied beneath her chin; triskeles to left. Toned and attractive. Extremely fine. Ex Monnaies et Medailles XXVIII (6/1964), lot 182. Ephesos (AD 69-79) Denarius - Vespasian808 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Denarius (3.12g, 18.20mm). IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS II TRP PP, laureate head right / CONCORDIA- AVG, Cerus seated left, hoding corn-ears and poppy, and cornucopia; [BY]. Almost extremely fine. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater808 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Stater (15.85g). Head of Silenos facing; two tunnies upward to either side / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, the third known. The other two examples, noted by Hurter & Liewald, were in the Von Aulock Coll. (but unpublished) and the Velkov Coll. (Vinchon, (11/1994), lot 61 = CH II, p. 7, 2). Kyzikos (BC 550-510) Obol808 viewsca 550-480 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 1.04g). Head of boar right, holding fish in mouth / Plain square incuse punch. Near VF, some porosity. Very rare. Sinope (BC 520-480) Drachm808 viewsca 490-425 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 6.34g). Head of sea eagle left; dolphin below / Double incuse punch with pellets in center. VF. Lebedos (BC 150) Tetradrachm807 viewsca 150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.79g). Prytanis, magistrate. Laureate and helmeted head of Athena right / Owl facing, standing on club between twin cornucopiae, ΛΕΒΕΔΙΩΝ above, ΠΡΥΤ-ΑΝΙΣ below, all within wreath. EF. Very rare. Persian Kings (BC 485-420) Siglos807 viewsca 475-420 BC. AR Siglos (4.45g). Great Persian King with spear and bow in kneeling-running position right / Incuse with irregular ground. VF. (BC 380-360) Perikle - Stater807 viewsPerikle, Dynast, ca 380-360 BC. AR Stater (9.76g, 12h), struck circa 380-375 BC. Laureate and draped bust 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. Virtually as struck, some light striking weakness on nose and chin. Ex Triton VII (1/2004), lot 287. Pergamon (AD 100-200) AE 807 viewsAntoninian era, 2nd century AD, pseudo-autonomous. AE (1.96g). Bust of helmeted Athena with aegis right / ΠΕΡΓΑ-ΜΗΝΩΝ, coiled snake. Brown patina, EF. Mallos (BC 385-333) Stater - Autophradates(?)807 viewsAutophradates(?), ca 380-333 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 9.83g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin around neck / Head of satrap right, wearing Persian headdress. VF, minor roughness. Winzer's attribution to this satrap is based on the this coin's portrait to others stylistically similar bearing Tirabazos' name. It is also quite possible the satrapal portrait is that of Autophradates, Tiribazos' successor. Knidos (AD 0-100) AE 20807 viewsImperial Times, 1st cent AD. AE20 (5.95g, 6h). TKT EΠIEY ΠEΛEITA, young male head right / KNI – ΔIΩN, burning altar around grape clusters on stalk. Very fine. Ex Karl coll. Pergamon (BC 27-AD 14) AE 19 - Augustus807 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 (3.48g, 12h). A. Furius, gymnasiarch, struck ca 1 BC. Bare head right / Armenian standing facing, holding arrow and spear. VF, green patina with earthen overtones, minor roughness. Ex Wagner Coll. Magnesia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol 807 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol - Attic standard (5mm, 0.21g). Bull butting right / 8-rayed star with central pellet, MA above. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Drachm807 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Drachm (3.57g, 12h). Janiform head of a diademed female and laureate male / ΤΕΝΕ-ΔΙ-ΩΝ, labrys; grape bunch and lyre in fields; all within incuse square. VF, toned. Ex Peus 380 (11/2004), lot 486. Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Trihemiobol807 viewsca 500-490 BC. AR Trihemiobol - 1/4 Drachm (1.23g). Female janiform head / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet, within incuse square. Toned. aEF. Skepsis (BC 30-AD 14) AE806 viewsGaius und Lucius Caesar, 30 BC-14 AD. AE (1.28g) GAI KAISAR, Head of Gaius Caesar right / LEU KAISAR SKH, head of Lucius Caesar right. Rare. Dark green patina, VF. Ialysos (BC 510-480) Stater806 viewsca 510-480 BC. Stater (13.77g, 11h). Forepart of winged boar left / ΙΑΛΥΣΙΟΝ, head of eagle right, floral palmette above, within dotted incuse square. Very rare, of 22 known examples from 5 types, 14 are in museums. Some corrosion, otherwise, VF. From the collection of H.S. von Aulock. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/6806 viewsca 600 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.48g). Phokaian standard. Figural type. Bridled horse's head right / Irregular incuse square. Unpublished. Good VF. Unique. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts X (9/1981), lot 167. There are a variety of published horse's head electrum in various denominations from this general period (eg. Weidauer 141-142), but none have the horse's head facing right. In addition, the style of both the horse and the incuse punch are significantly different from the present coin. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/3 Stater806 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, ca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR 1/3 Stater - Drachm (14mm, 4.22g), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left; [E]KA above / Stellate pattern. Good VF, slightly granular surfaces. (BC 63-46) Pharnakes II - AV Stater806 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). Alexandreia (BC 300) AE 20805 viewsca 300 BC. AE20 (7.88g) Laureate head of Apollo right / horse grazing right, ΑΛΕΞΑΝ-ΔΡΕΩΝ above and below, ΙΣ monogram and corn grain below. Miletos (BC 550-525) Stater805 viewsca mid-6th century BC. AR Stater (11.82g) Forepart of lion left, head turned right / Irregular incuse square. (BC 182-149) Prusias II - Tetradrachm805 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.99g, 11h). Diademed and winged head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Zeus standing left, holding wreath in right hand, lotus tipped sceptre in left; to inner left, monogram above and below eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Superb EF, lightly toned. Exceptional Hellenistic portrait. Ex Leu 83 (5/2003), lot 281; Tkalec (10/1994), lot 94; Leu 2 (4/1972), lot 223. Kos (BC 500-480) Hemiobol805 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.59g). Crab / Rough incuse square. VF, toned, porous. Very rare. Halikarnassos (AD 55) AE 19 - Agrippina Senior805 viewsAgrippina Senior. AE19 (4.03g). Struck under Nero, ca 55 AD. Draped bust right, hair in long plait down back of neck / ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝ−ΑΣΣΕΩΝ, cult statue of Zeus Akraios standing facing. Fine, brown surfaces. Drewry Coll.; Ex Lindgren Coll. Nikomedeia (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus805 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 - Medallion (30.21g). AY KA CEΠ – CEYHPOIC PC, radiate head r. NIKOMH – ΔEΩN, Severus, holding spear, on prancing horse r.; below, fallen enemy and scattered arms. In exergue, ΔIC NEΩKO / PΩN. Extremely rare (missing in all major collections). Dark green patina and extremely fine. Prusa ad Olympum (AD 193) AE 23 - Didius Julianus805 viewsDidius Julianus, 193 AD. AE23 (4.28g). AVT K M ΔIΔIOC-[IOVΛI]ANOC AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right / ΠP-OV / CAEΩN, six-columned temple, mint name in Greek across field and in exergue. Extremely rare. Awkwardly shaped flan. aEF. Prusa was apparently the only provincial mint to strike coins for Julianus and his family, and the Recueil General knew only one specimen for Julianus himself, that in the BM. The elevation of Julianus in Rome caused the revolt of Pescennius Niger in Syria, but obviously there would have been a period of two or three weeks in Bithynia in mid-late April 193, between the announcement of Julianus' elevation and the arrival of news of Niger's revolt. This coin was struck within this very brief time frame. Kaisareia (AD 98-117) Didrachm - Trajan805 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Didrachm (6.45g). AVTOKP KAIC NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAK, draped and laureate bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC, Tyche with cornucopiae and rudder. VF. Kyme (BC 520-470) Tetartemorion805 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.22g). Head of horse right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater805 viewsca 500-­450 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.57g). Winged male mythological creature running/­kneeling left, head right, holding tunny by its tail / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, slightly off center on obverse. Kition (BC 425-400) Stater - Baalmelek II804 viewsBaalmelek II, King of Kition, ca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.97g). Herakles advancing right, wearing full lion skin on shoulders, club in right hand, bow in left, ankh symbol to right, within dotted circlular border / Lion attacking deer, 'BLMLK' in Cypriot above, within dotted square border. Rare. VF. Kyme (BC 190) AE804 viewsAfter 190 BC. AE (4.05g). Bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver to left / Vase with one handle, Z-Ω-I-Λ-Ο-Σ (magistrate). Dark green patina, good VF. Lystra (BC 27-AD 14) AE 26 - Augustus804 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE26 (13.04g). Head left, cornucopiae behind / COL IVL / FEI CEM/ LVSTRA Founder plowing left. Black patina. Very fine/ good very fine. Righetti coll.; ex Auktion Muenzhandlung Schulten + Co. GmbH, Koln (10/19880, 599. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 - 149