Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Aigai (BC 425-330) Hemiobol912 views5th-4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g, 8mm). ΑIΓΑ ... , forepart of goat right, head reverted / Head and neck of bull left. Apparently unpublished. Paphos (BC 400) Stater - Onasioikos911 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. Gergis (BC 350-241) AE911 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE (1.87g). Three-quarter facing head of Sibyl Herophile, turned slightly right, wearing laurel wreath and pendanted necklace / Sphinx seated right, ΓΕΡ to right. Dark brown patina, fine style, EF. Tralleis (BC 200-100) AE 19911 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. Kaisareia (AD 193-217) Drachm - Julia Domna911 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-217 AD. AR Drachm (2.83g, 18mm), dated year 16 (208/9 AD). Draped bust right. / Agalma of Mt. Argaeus with star; date in exergue. Minor obverse scratches in right field, good very fine. Sardeis (AD 98-180) AE 25911 viewsImperial Times, 2nd cent AD. AE25 (7.28g). Head Herakles left / CAPΔIANΩN, Omphale standing right, wearing lion skin and holding club. Black patina. GVF. Kaisareia (AD 98-117) Didrachm - Trajan911 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. Autokane (BC 400-300) AE 15911 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. Kios (BC 350-300) Drachm - Nikas910 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (5.16g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ΝΙΚΑΣ (magistrate) above. Deeply toned, VF. Very rare. (BC 380-360) Perikle - Stater910 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. Germanikopolis (AD 117-138) AE 24 - Hadrian910 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. Zephyrion (BC 1st cent-AD 1st cent) AE 24910 views1st cent BC-1st cent AD. AE24 (10.03g, 1h). Crossed torches within laurel wreath / ZΕΦΥΡΙ/ΩΤΩΝ; two monograms below, within laurel wreath. Good VF, green-brown patina, surface scratches. Rare. Abbaitis (BC 200-0) AE 21910 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (5.75g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΜΥΣΩΝ ΑΒΒΑΙΤΩΝ, winged thunderbolt, monogram below; all within oak wreath. Fine olive-green patina, gVF/EF. Very rare. Gutknecht coll. Ilion (AD 100-200) AE 21910 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. Pergamon (BC 200-30) Diobol910 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Diobol (13mm, 1.50g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Eagle, with wings spread, standing facing on palm; AΘhNA[Σ] / NI-ΠE / NIKHΦOPOY. VF, porous. Extremely rare with this reverse legend. Kebren (BC 480-440) Diobol909 viewsca 5th cent BC. AR Diobol (1.04g). Ram's head right, KEB below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, porosity. Xanthos (BC 425-400) Drachm - Kherei909 viewsKherei, Dynast, ca 425-400 BC. AR Drachm (4.21g). Head of Athena right / Head of Kherei right; Lycian letters 'Arnnahe' to left, 'Kherei" to right, within shallow incuse square. VF/aEF. Rare. Rhodes (BC 229-205) Diobol909 viewsca 230-205 BC. AR Diobol (0.96g). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O on either side of two rosebuds, oil-lamp above.1 comments Nikomedeia (AD 180-192) AE 26 - Commodus909 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE26 (11.97g, 8h). Bust right / Herakles standing right, holding lionskin and attended by fluttering figure of Telephos. Uncertain (BC 27-AD 14) AE 18 - Augustus909 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. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B44 - EL 1/6 Stater909 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.59g). Bearded warrior head (Ares?) facing left, wearing Ionian helmet. Beneath truncation, seal swimming right. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Good VF. (BC 133-130) Eumenes III - Cistophoric Tetradrachm909 viewsAristonikos as Eumenes III, 133-130 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.11g, 12h), dated year 4 (131/130 BC). Mobile mint, struck in Lydia, Apollonis. Cista mystica with open lid, snake crawling out to left, all in ivy wreath / ΒΑ-ΕΥ /Δ/ 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. VF. Very rare. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B96909 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of serpent right within linear square border. Good VF. Xanthos (BC 360) Diobol - Maussollos?908 viewsafter 360 BC. AR Diobol (1.60g). Head of lion right / 8-rayed star; Lycian letters 'ARN' (Arnna = Xanthos) between. VF. Unique? The lion/star motif is usually representative of the Carian Hekatomnid Dynasty. However, the Lycian letters identifying Xanthos is a mystery. The coin may have been struck following the fall of Perikle in the failed Revolt of the Satraps (361 BC), when Lycia lost its independence and Maussolos may have inherited jurisdiction over it. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Geometric - EL 1/12908 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.47g). Euboic standard. Geometric type. Three-sided square with central projection, surrounded by radiate lines / Rough incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare. Struck from the same obverse die as the Boston specimen, and the same die and punch as the others and the following lot. Tralleis (BC 200-100) AE 19908 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. Adramytteion (BC 200-100) AE 18908 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE18 (6.06g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Horseman right, holding labrys; countermark: star with eight rays. VF, dark green patina, partial flat strike. Apparently unpublished. Freedman Coll. Neandreia (BC 450-390) Hemiobol908 views5th-4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g). Helmet decorated with spiral / NE-AN, corn grain. EF. Teos (BC 530-500) Trihemiobol908 viewsca 510-500 BC. AR Trihemiobol - 1/4 Drachm (12mm, 1.65g). Forepart of Griffin right / Quadripartite incuse. VF, porous, toned. Very rare. The first offered by CNG. Uncertain (BC 480-420) Obol908 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. Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol908 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42g, 9mm, 10h). Head of lion left; behind, tunny upward / Forepart of boar left, K (retrograde) on shoulder; to right, tunny upward; all within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, some porosity. Apparently unpublished. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater908 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 9mm). Laureate head of Zeus left, small seal upwards to right / Quadripartite incuse. Toned, gVF. Carr coll. This is unlisted in Bodenstedt, but cf. Em. 76 describes 2 examples of a similar portrait without laurel wreath. Two other examples are known from auctions – Roma III, lot 209 and Roma XI, lot 321, both same dies. Thymbra (BC 350) AE 16907 viewsca 350 BC. AE16 (5.13g) Bearded and horned head of Zeus Ammon left / Θ-Î¥ between three rays of an eight-rayed star, monogram. Lebedos (BC 150) Tetradrachm907 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. Anazarbos (AD 98-117) AE - Trajan and Marciana907 viewsTrajan and Marciana, 98-117 AD. AE (11.78g), struck 113/114 AD. Bust of Trajan right / Bust of Marciana right. Very rare, dark-brown patina, very fine/ extremely fine. (BC 340-334) Pixodaros - AV 1/24 Stater907 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 340-334 BC. AV 1/24 Stater - Hemiobol (6mm, 0.36g, 12h). Halikarnassos mint. Laureate head of Apollo left / Double axe (labrys), Π−Ι. Weak strike and pits on obv, VF. Rare. Karl Coll.; ex Hirsch Auk. 231 (11/2003), lot 365. Nikomedeia (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus907 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. Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus907 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. Myous (BC 300-200) AE 10907 views3rd-2nd century BC. AE10 (0.9g). Female head right, wearing stephane and necklace (Artemis?) / MY, bow and arrow. VF.2 comments Phokaia (BC 387-326) B99 - EL 1/6 Stater906 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Artemis left, bow and quiver over shoulder; [seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Seleukeia (BC 200-0) AE 25906 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE25 (7.33g). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, ΣΑ behind / ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩΙ ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔΝΩΙ, Nike flying left, wearing long chiton, holding wreath in outsretched right hand; ΑΘΗ and monogram in field to left. Dark green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll.; ex Sternberg AG, Zurich, Auc. 25 (1991), lot 161. Antissa (BC 300-200) AE 12906 views3rd century BC. AE12 (1.64g). Bull standing left, head facing; club above / Α-Ν/Τ-ΙΣ, head of Dionysos Phallen right, wearing conical headdress. VF. Extremely rare. Joy coll.; ex Lindgren coll. Tralleis (AD 0-100) AE 12906 viewsImperial Times, ca 1st cent AD. AE12 (1.86g). Menandros, son of Parrhasious, magistrate. KAIΣAPEΩN, humped bull / MENANΔPOΣ, eagle standing right. Very fine. Tenedos (BC 480-450) Obol906 viewsca 550-470 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.64g, 3h). Janiform head, female on left, male on right / Labrys (double-axe) within incuse square. VF, porous. Abydos (BC 385-335) Drachm906 viewsca 387-335 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 2.42g). Hfaistoleos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left; Nike flying left before, HΦAIΣTOΛEΩΣ, and rose behind. Toned VF. Sinope (BC 410-375) Trihemiobol905 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (12mm, 1.52g). Head of Nymph Sinope facing slightly left / ΣΙ-ΝΩ, sea eagle standing facing, wings spread, head turned left. gVF. Apameia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 21 - Augustus905 viewsAugustus, with Gaius Caesar, 27 BC-14 AD. AE21 (6.29g). X Gaius Masonius Rufus, magistrate. Laureate head right / ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ above, ΓΑΙΟΣ ΜΑΣΩΝ[Ι]/ΟΞ ΡΟΥΦΣ/[Α]ΠΑΜΕ[ΩΝ] in three lines in exergue, Gaius in facing quadriga. VF, brown patina. Rare. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Kyme (BC 320-250) AE 17905 viewsca 320-250 BC. AE17 (3.89g). Eagle standing right, ΔAMACOC (magistrate) / K-Y, one-handled vase. Dark green patina, some corrosion on obv, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Prusa ad Olympum (AD 193) AE 23 - Didius Julianus905 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. Kolophon (BC 450-410) Drachm904 viewsca 440-400 BC. AR Drachm (5.36g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Lyre within incuse square, ΚΟΛΦ-Ω-ΝΙΩΝ. Toned VF. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater904 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.56g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Near VF. Rare. Perge (BC 222-189) AE 19904 views220-189 BC. AE19 (4.52g). Sphinx with kalathos seated left / ИANAΨAΣ/ ΠΡEIIAΣ, Artemis standing left, wearing short chiton, holding scepter and wreath. Brown patina, aVF. Rare variant. Gutknecht coll. Maionia (AD 193-211) AE 36 - Septimius Severus904 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. Erythrai (BC 320-280) Drachm903 viewsca 320-280 BC. AR Drachm (3.48g, 18mm). Diopeithes, magistrate. Head of youthful Heracles right, wearing lion's skin / ΕΡΥ, Club and bow in gorytos, ΔΙΟΠΕΙΘΗΣ between, owl in field to left. Toned. Surfaces slightly pitted. Very fine. Abydos (BC 175-70) Tetradrachm903 viewsafter 175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.30g). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder, within dotted circle / Eagle standing right with spread wings, herm with palm branch to right; ΑΒΥ-ΔΗ-ΝΩΝ above, ΑΠΟΛΛΩ/ΩΝΙΔΟΥ (magistrate) in exergue, all within laurel wreath. Minor corrosion, aEF. Rare. (BC 377-353) Maussollos - Tetradrachm903 viewsMaussollos, Satrap, ca 377/6-353/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.25g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / ΜΑΥΣΣΩΛΛΟ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and scepter; retrograde P to left, small A to lower right. Near EF, lightly toned. Unpublished variety. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B93903 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Bust of young Pan right, wearing oak wreath. Obverse double struck, VF/EF. Very rare. Dardanos (AD 198-217) AE - Caracalla903 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. Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Trihemiobol903 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. Dardanos (BC 470-440) Obol903 views6th-5th century BC. AR Obol(?) (9mm, 0.73g, 9h). Cock standing left on back of hen standing left, preparing to mate / Incuse head of lion(?) left. Apparently unpublished. VF, toned. Dia (BC 85-65) AE 20903 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE20 (8.66g, 12h). Struck under Mithradates VI of Pontos. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; monograms flanking. Near EF, dark green patina. Rare in this condition. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30a - EL 1/6 Stater903 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 12mm). Helmeted head left; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Birytis (BC 350-250) AE 11902 viewsca 300 BC. AE11 (1.23g). Head of beardless Kabeiros left, wearing pilos, two stars / Club, B-I/P-Y, within wreath. Near EF, choice patina. Idalion (BC 500-490) Stater/Double Siglos902 viewsca 500-490 BC. AR Stater (Double siglos) (11.05g, 12h). Sphinx seated right, left leg raised / Irregular incuse square. Extrmely rare. Lightly toned, VF. Neonteichos (BC 300-150) AE 18902 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE18 (3.80g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with griffin / Owl standing right on NE monogram. Dark green patina, VF. Skepsis (BC 30-AD 14) AE902 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. Ephesos (AD 177-192) AE 35 - Commodus902 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE35 (23.39g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟC ΚΟΜΟΔΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΦЄCΙΩΝ Î’ ΝЄΟΚ CΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ / ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, cult statues of Artemis Ephesia and Kore. Dark green patina with sand deposits, aEF. Dardanos (BC 450-420) Obol902 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.59g). Cockerel standing left / Striated concave surface. Extremely rare. Lovely iridescent tone and extremely fine. Kition (BC 425-400) Stater - Baalmelek II901 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. Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 198-217) AE 20 - Caracalla901 viewsCaracalla, 197-215 AD. AE20 (3.82g). Draped bust right / ΒΙΘΥΝΙΕΩΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Athena standing facing, wearing long chiton and Aegis, helmeted head turned left, holding spear in left hand, patera in right, shield at side. Brown patina, VF. Ex von Aulock Collection. Tripolis (AD 253-268) AE 34 - Gallienus901 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. Kragos (BC 23-19) AE 24901 viewsLycian League, Kragos-Xanthos, ca 23-19 BC. AE24 (5.00g). Λ-Î¥, diademed head of Apollo right / K-R / Ξ/A-N and lyre; within laurel wreath. Superb EF, dark brown patina. Kos (BC 500-480) 1/2 Stater901 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Hemistater (5.60g). Crab / Rough incuse square. VF, lightly toned, porous. Unpublished denomination for the archaic series of Kos. Aizanis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 23 - Valerius Messala901 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE23 (9.12g). Potitus Valerius Messala, proconsul. Struck circa 25 BC. POTIT MESSALAS, bare head of Potitus Valerius Messala left / [E]ZEANITΩN, right hand holding scales suspended; monogram to right. Fine, dark green patina with lighter green overtones. Extremely rare. Ex Villemur Coll.; Ex Aufhauser 13 (10/1997), lot 292. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B91901 viewsca 350-335 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Veiled head of Demeter facing right, wearing grain-wreath and earring / Tripod with taenia in square frame; the whole in incuse square. EF. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater901 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (9mm, 1.32g). Female head left, with hair bound in sakkos and wearing earring and necklace; [below, tunny left] / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Very rare. Magnesia (BC 465-450) Hemitetartemorion901 viewsca 470-450 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion(?) (5mm, 0.09g, 3h). Bearded male head right, wearing tainia / Barley grain; E-(three bar sigma) flanking; all in dotted square within incuse square. Unpublished, but cf. CNG 73, lot 325 for a similar obol, but with different letters on reverse. Good VF, attractively toned. Exceptional metal and style. Klazomenai (BC 480-400) Drachm901 viewsca 480-400 BC. AR Drachm – Pentobol (3.40g, 12h). Forepart of winged boar right / Gorgoneion within incuse square. Good VF, toned. Very rare. Herman Coll.; ex Künker 94 (9/2004), lot 1082. Tarsos (BC 361-334) Stater - Mazaios900 viewsMazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (10.68g, 1h). Baaltars seated left, holding grapes, grain ear, eagle, and scepter; Aramaic 'D' to left, 'M' below throne / Lion attacking bull left; Aramaic 'L' below. EF, lightly toned. (BC 220-130) Ariarathes IV or V - AE 12900 viewsAriarathes IV or V, 220-130 BC. AE12 (1.94g). Head of Artemis left / ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘ[ΟΥ], Tripod. gVF. Gargara (BC 400-350) Drachm899 viewsca 350 BC. AR Drachm (2.83g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull standing left feeding, ΓΑΡΓ above. Samos (BC 210-185) Drachm899 viewsca 200 BC. AR Tetrobol (3.02g). Facing lion's mask / Forepart of bull right; ΣΑΜΙΩΝ above, crater, monogram and ear of corn below. Toned. Extremely fine. Antiocheia (AD 138-161) AE 22 - Faustina899 viewsFaustina, died 141 AD. AE22. Draped bust right / Two cornucopiae; in between, caduceus. Very fine. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/24899 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.64g, 7mm). Milesian standard. Geometric type. Raised clockwise swastika pattern / Quadripartite square punch. EF. Amathos (BC 400-350) Stater/Didrachm - Zotimos898 viewsZotimos, King of Amathos, ca 400-350 BC. AR Stater/Didrachm (6.32g). Lion reclining right, paw raised, eagle flying right above / Forepart of roaring lion right. Good VF, light scratches in fields. Very rare. Ex John Ward Collection - Metropolitan Museum of Art (Sotheby's Zurich, 4/1973), lot 640. Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 42 - Caracalla898 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE42 Medallion (46.65g). AUT KAI M AUR CEOUHR - ANTWNEINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, (below Gorgoneion); counterstamp: wreath / EPI C - TR - M KAIREL AT - TA - L - O - U - PERGAMHNWN - PRWTWN G NE - WKORWN, three tempels in name of Augustus, Caracalla und Trajan; inside the middle: Asklepios with staff and scepter sitting left. Dark green-brown patina, VF/aEF. Very rare. Smyrna (AD 130) AE 40 - Antinoos898 viewsAntinous, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE40 - Medallion (46.55g, 12h), Polemon, magistrate. ANTINOOC HRΩC, bare head right / ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΑΝΕΘ ΗΚΕ CΜΥPΝΑΙΟC, prow of galley right. VF, dark brown patina, some smoothing on reverse. Ex Dowdy Coll.; ex Sternberg 11 (11/1981), lot 283. Ephesos (AD 198-217) AE 36 - Caracalla898 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE36. Bust of Caracalla right / Temple of Artemis. Very rare. VF. Ex Duke of Argyll collection. Kebren (BC 412-399) AE 8898 viewsZenis?, Satrap in Troas, ca 4th cent BC. AE8 (0.54g), struck in Kebren. Male head left, wearing Persian tiara / KE monogram. VF, slightly porous, black patina. Ephesos (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm898 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.76g, 11h), struck 160-150 BC. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΕΦΕ, bow-case with serpents; cult statue of Artemis Ephesia to right. EF, attractive dark gray tone with yellow hues around the devices. Alexandreia (AD 198-217) AE - Caracalla898 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE (7.94g), struck 210-213 AD. Laureate head right / Temple of Apollo Smintheus in three-quarter perspective; within statue oft he god. Very rare. Brown patina. Very fine. (BC 149-74) Nikomedes II, III or IV - AE 12898 viewsca 149-74 BC. AE12 (1.51g). Star of nine rays, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ between / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ, cornucopiae with ears of corn. Very rare. Very fine. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B39898 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 3h). Male head right / Calf’s head right within a linear square. Rare. With a particularly beautiful head. Extremely fine. Belgian private collection; with Tradart, Geneva. Etenna (BC 300-200) Obol897 views3rd century BC. AR Obol (0.61g, 6h). Facing gorgoneion / Curved knife. VF, toned. Extremely rare, one of only three known, the others in museum collections (Paris and Munich). Aigai (BC 400-300) Hemiobol897 views4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.3g, 6mm). Helmeted head of Athena right / Head of goat right, [...]ΓΑE below. Apparently unpublished. Pergamon (AD 238-244) AE 42 - Gordian III897 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE42 - Medallion (44.02g, 12h). Homonoia with Nicomedia. Julius Logismos, strategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Asklepios standing right, leaning on serpent-entwined staff, facing Demeter, standing left, holding poppy and torch on deck of quinquereme right with gubernator at stern. Near VF, brown surfaces, porous. Rare. Ex Zaar Maritime Coll. Rhodes (BC 350) Tetradrachm896 viewsca 350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.14g). Head of Helios facing 3/4 right / ΡΟΔΙΩΝ, half-blown rose; Δ and bud to left, dolphin swimming downwards to right. Struck in very high relief, superb iridescent tone and EF. Ex Leu sale 42 (1987), lot 308. Myous (BC 400-380) AE 10896 views4th century BC. AE10 (1.34g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MY, bull butting right on ground line within maeander circular border. Joy coll. Troas Uncertain (BC 480-420) Trihemiobol(?)896 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Diobol(?) or Twelfth Stater (1.16g, 9mm, 6h). Head of bull right within dotted linear square border / Gorgoneion facing within incuse square. VF, lightly toned, slightly granular. Extremely rare. This type is unpublished, but similar pieces are known for Abydos and Kebren (and also possibly Gergis; see Triton XVI, lot 437), where the obverse features the civic badge of the city (eagle at Abydos and ram at Kebren) and the reverse has a facing gorgoneion in incuse square. The style of the gorgoneion here is also consistent with these other issues. Salamis (BC 411-374) Tetrobol - Evagoras I895 viewsEvagoras I, King of Salamis, 411-374 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.90g). Herakles seated right on rock, draped with lion skin, holding club and cornucopiae / Goat recumbent right; Cypriot 'PA' and 'A' to right, 'SI LE O' above, 'SE' in exergue. VF, toned, minor porosity. Large flan for issue. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. 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