Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Marion (BC 350-250 BC) AE 13896 views4th-3rd century BC. AE13 (2.31g). Head of Aphrodite right / ΜΑΡΙΕΥΣ, winged thunderbolt. Dark green patina, gF/VF. Very rare. Joy coll.; ex Auc. I. Vecchi, Ltd., London 17 (1999), 342. Uncertain Satrap (BC 4th cent) Satrap - Obol895 viewsEvagoras II, King of Salamis, mid 4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.62g, 10mm). Turreted head of Aphrodite left / Head of Satrap (Evagoras?) left, wearing Persian tiara (bashlyk) with flaps tied below chin, star in front. Good VF. Rare. Sigeion (BC 350) AE 20895 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE20 (8.36g). Helmeted bust of Athena facing slightly right / Double-bodied owl standing facing; crescent to right, ΣΙΓΕ below. VF, dark green patina, some roughness. Ephesos (AD 41-50) AE 19 - Statilia Messalina895 viewsStatilia Messalina, wife of Claudius I, 54-68 AD. AE19 (5.45g). Draped bust right / Roma standing right, holding scepter and cult statue of Artemis. Ephesos (BC 375-325) AE 10895 viewsca 375-325 BC. AE10 (1.28g). Female head (Artemis?) left, wearing stephane / Ε-Φ, bee. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Germanikopolis (AD 98-193) AE 29895 views2nd cent AD. AE29 (12.33g). Bearded head of Herakles right, club over shoulder / Apollo(?) standing left, extending arm and holding boule-headed sceptre. VF. Persian Kings (BC 375-336) 1/8 Siglos895 viewsTemp. Artaxerxes II to Darios III, ca 375-336 BC. AR 1/8 Siglos (10mm, 0.70g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running right, holding spear and bow, quiver over shoulder / Patterned incuse punch. Good VF, lightly toned, porous. Kyme (BC 520-470) Tetartemorion895 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.22g). Head of horse right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare. Kebren (BC 480-440) Obol894 viewsca 5th cent BC. AR Obol (0.53g). Forepart of ram right / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, nice VF, minor porosity. Side (BC 200-0) Tetradrachm894 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.74g). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / Nike left, holding wreath; pomegranate to left, ΑΦ below. EF. Alexandreia (AD 256-258) AE 21 - Valerian II894 viewsValerian II, Caesar, 256-258 AD. AE21 (5.50g, 12h). IMP LICI COR VALERIA, bare-headed draped bust right / COL AVG TROA, horse grazing right. VF. Gargara (BC 350) AE894 viewsafter 350 BC. AE (4.22g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse trotting right; ΓΑΡ above, bunch of grapes below. Dark green patina, VF. Alexandreia (AD 250-268) AE 21894 viewsQuasi-autonomous, ca 250-268 AD. AE21 (5.24g). AL-EX TRO, Draped bust of turreted Alexandria right, vexillum with CO/AV / COL AVG O/TROA, Roman wolf feeding twins right. Dark green patina, gVF. Laodikeia (AD 211-217) AE 42 - Caracalla894 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE42 - Medallion (49.16g, 6h). L. Aelius Pigres, Asiarch. Struck 214-217 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Λ AIΛ ΠIΓPHC ACIAPX Γ ANЄΘHKЄN, • ΛAOΔIKЄΩN/NЄΩKOPΩN in exergue, emperor standing right on steps of distyle temple, holding wreath in right hand; on either side, pair of togate figures raising hand in acclamation; behind, troops standing, holding shields and spears; all within precinct enclosure, seen from aerial perspective; enclosure entrance composed of six columns; figure of Hygieia, holding serpent, standing in outer intercolumnations; uncertain figures (Pigres and spouse?) standing facing in central intercolumnation. VF, brown surfaces. An attractive architectural type and extremely rare. This medallion commemorates an otherwise unknown address of the emperor Caracalla to the leading citizens of Laodicea during that emperor’s advance across Asia Minor to meet the Persians. This issue appears to have been struck as a personal dedication of the Asiarch, as evidenced by the reverse legend. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B37894 viewsca 454­-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.50g, 11h). Diademed head of Silenos right / Two ram heads butting each other, palmette between; all in incuse square. Good VF. Well centered. Parion (BC 200-0) AE 20893 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE20 (8.56g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull butting left, ΠΑΡΙ above, monogram and caduceus below. EF, dark brown patina, a few small spots of roughness. Lampsakos (BC 27- AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus893 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (3.43g). CΕΒΑCΤΟΥ − ΛΑΜΨΑΚΗ, laureate head right / ΙΕΡΑ − CΥΝΚΛITΤΟC, daped young bust of Senate right. Rare. Brown-green patina, EF. Amathos (BC 350) 1/12 Stater - Rhoikos893 viewsRhoikos, King of Amathos, ca 350 BC. AR 1/12 Stater - Obol? (0.53g, 12h). Head of lion right / Forepart of lion right, head facing. Good VF, lightly toned, light porosity. Priapos (BC 300-200) AE893 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE (5.59g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Shrimp or cray-fish right, ΠΡΙΑΠΗΝΩΝ above, bee below. Thymbra (BC 350) AE 17893 views4th century BC. AE17 (5.21g). Head of Zeus-Ammon left / Eight pointed star. Near VF, brown surfaces, light porosity. Scarce. Eumeneia (AD 14-29) AE 14 - Livia893 viewsLivia, mother of Tiberius, 14-29 AD. AE14 (3.32g), struck under magistrate Kleon Agapetos. CEB, draped bust of Livia left / KΛEΩN/AΓAΠH / TOC / EVMENE/ΩN in laurel wreath. Very rare, about VF, olive-green patina. Hoeft coll. The obv. shows Livia Drusilla, mother of Tiberius. She had a strong, but not welcomed influence on Tiberius. When she died in 29 AD, he did not come to Rome for her funeral. Methymna (BC 440-400) Drachm893 viewsca 450/40-406/379 BC. AR Drachm (3.14g, 12h). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet / Kantharos; M-A-Θ around; all in pelleted square within shallow incuse square. Good VF, toned, a hint of porosity. Rare and exceptional for type. Teos (BC 530-500) Trihemiobol893 viewsAfter 530 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.39g). Forepart of winged griffin right / Rough incuse square. Good VF. Unpublished in the standard references, possibly unique. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater893 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) Obol893 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. Amastris (BC 85-65) AE32893 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE32 (19.24g). Head of Athena right, wearing helmet decorated with a Pegasos / AMA-TPEΩΣ; Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and head of Medusa; winged body of Medusa at feet. (BC 390-370) Aruvatijesi and Zagaba - Obol892 viewsAruvatijesi and Zagaba, Dynasts, ca 390-360 BC. AR Obol (0.70g) Scalp of lion / Triskeles, ethnic around. aEF Magnesia (BC 459) Hemiobol892 viewsca 459 BC, probably an issue of Archepolis. AR Hemiobol (0.36g). Bearded head of Herakles left / Head of eagle right, MA below, within incuse square. Very fine. Tarsos (AD 98-117) Tetradrachm - Trajan892 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.73g). Dated Cos. V (103-111 AD). Laureate head right / Tyche seated right on rocks, holding palm; river-god swimmin; below, monogram before. Toned VF, obverse scratch. Myrina (BC 425-375) Obol892 views4th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.54g, 9h). Facing female head, hair in band with grain ears at sides / Head of goat right within incuse square. VF, toned, a little porous. Extremely rare. Nesos (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm892 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.75g). Laureate head of Apollo right / NACI, panther walking right, head turned back, palm-tree before, stalk of barley in exergue. gVF. Extremely rare. Zeleia (BC 400-300) AE 11891 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE11 (1.04g). Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane / Monogram within grain-wreath. VF, orange-dark brown patina. Very rare. Freedman coll. Kyme (BC 520-470) Tetartemorion891 viewsca early 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (?) (0.25g). Head of horse left / Incuse square. VF. Rare. Nikomedeia (AD 209-211) AE 30 - Geta891 viewsGeta, as Augustus, 209-211 AD. AE30 (17.75g, 1h). Geta, laureate, head to right, AVT K P SEP | GETAS A[VGOV] (completed from the Paris Geta with statue on column between two temples) / Seven-line legend: [--- / -----] / NIKOMEDE / ON DIS NEO / KORON PRO / TON BITHYNI / AS KE (for kai?) PON / T O V (spaced between loops of bowknot); all in laurel wreath. The illegible top two lines in the wreath might be ΤΩΝ ΑΘΛΩΝ, from the Games. The obverse die is the only obverse for Geta as Augustus, that of the two-temple reverse (Waddington). The legend-in-wreath reverse is evidently unlisted anywhere. Thymbra (BC 350) AE891 viewsca 4th century BC. AE (6.24g). Head of Zeus Ammon left / Star of eight rays, Θ-Î¥ between two, HP monogram below. Dark green patina, VF/EF. Rare. Thymbra (BC 350) AE 17891 views4th century BC. AE17 (5.33g). Bearded and horned head of Zeus Ammon left / Θ-Î¥ between three rays of eight-rayed star. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Aigeai (AD 41-54) AE 19 - Time of Claudius891 viewsTime of Claudius. 41-54 AD. AE19 (5.09g, 12h). Dated Year 90 (43/4 AD). Veiled and turreted head if Tyche right / Bridled head of horse left, P (date) in reverse legend. VF, nice green green patina. Adramytteion (BC 300-200) AE 14891 views3rd century BC. AE14 (2.66g). Head Athena wearing Attic helmet right / ΑΔΡΑΜΥ-ΤΗΝΩΝ, owl facing with spread wings on thunderbolt. Rare. Very fine. Ephesos (BC 390-325) Tetradrachm891 viewsca 390-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.14g, 12h). Orchamenios, magistrate. Class D, circa 370-360 BC. Bee / Forepart of stag right, head left; palm tree to left, OPXAMENIOΣ to right. Good VF, toned, obverse struck off center, die break at edge of obverse, a little porosity. Deyo Coll.; ex Coin Galleries (2/1986), lot 86. Achilleion (BC 400-300) AE 8891 viewsca 4th century BC. AE8 (0.95g, 58h). Crested helmet left / City monogram. VF, dark green patina, light roughness. Extremely rare mint. Uncertain Satrap (BC 4th cent) Satrap - Obol891 views4th century BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.66g, 8h). Head of satrap left, wearing kyrbasia; star before / Turreted and draped bust of Tyche (or Tyche-Aphrodite) left. Good VF, toned, porosity. Kilikia Uncertain (AD 41-54) AE 27 - Claudius890 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE27 (8.88g). Dated year 5 (46 AD). Bare head right / Zeus seated left, holding patera and scepter, date in upper left field. VF, light green-brown patina. Tarsos (BC 400-387) Hemiobol890 views425-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g). Protome of double lions, back to back, thunderbolt? between / Bearded head of Baal (?) left, 'BL' in Aramaic to right. VF.1 comments Klazomenai (AD 100-300) AE 15890 viewsPseudo-autonomous, 2nd-3rd century AD. AE15 (1.50g). Head of Athena right, wearing helmet and aegis / Winged boar running right on ground line, Κ-ΛΑ - ZΟΜ. Dark green patina, VF. Mallos (BC 385-333) Obol890 views385-333 BC. AR Obol (0.82g). Bearded head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin headdress / MA, swan left, head reverted, on kernel of grain. Toned, good VF, minor roughness. Perperene (AD 193-211) AE - Septimus Severus890 viewsSeptimus Severus, 193-211 AD. AE (3.18g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΣΕΒΗΡ, laureate head right / ΠΕΡΠΕΡΗΝΙΩΝ, Asklepios standing, head turned left, holding staff. Dark green patina, VF. Smyrna (BC 200-100) Tetradrachm890 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.54g). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ZMVP, bow-case with serpents; monogram above, head of Tyche to right. VF. Very rare. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian890 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.00g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / Temple of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia: ornate tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered base, pediment decorated with figures; cult statue of Diana within. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Mark Antony and Octavia. Mallos (BC 425-385) Obol890 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (0.73g, 5h). Beardless male, winged, in kneeling-running stance right, holding solar disk with both hands / Swan left, MA-P to left and above. VF, toned. Spithridates (BC 334) AE890 viewsSpithridates, Satrap in Lydia and Ionia, ca 334 BC. AE (1.71g). Head of satrap right, wearing Persian headdress / Protome of horse right; monogram in upper left field, ΣΠΙ below. Dark green patina, EF. Rare. Spithridates fell 344 BC at the Battle of Granikos in the duel against Alexander of Macedonia. (BC 351-344) Hidrieios - Tetradrachm890 viewsHidrieios, Satrap, 351-344 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.14 gm, 12h). Head of Apollo facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath / ΙΔΡΙΕΩΣ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and lotus-tipped sceptre; small I to left. Good VF. Cohen Coll. Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 17890 views133-48 BC. AE17 (4.20g). Bust of Artemis, with bow and quiver on shoulder, wearing mural crown, right / AΠAME[ΩN] / KHΦIΣO - ΣKAV, nude Marsyas, nebris flowing behind [wearing Phrygean bonnet], standing right tip-toed on Meander pattern, playing double-flute. VF. Hoeft coll. Apameia was situated near the springs of the river Marsyas and Meander. Tarsos (AD 14-37) Tetradrachm - Tiberius 890 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AR Tetradrachm (14.81g, 27mm, 12h). Struck circa AD 35. ΣEBAΣTOY TIBEPIOY KAIΣA-POΣ, laureate head right / ΣEBAΣTHΣ IOVΛIAΣ HPAΣ, Livia, as Hera, enthroned right, holding grain ears and poppy in extended right hand; TAP to right, MHTP in exergue. Good VF, light tone. Attractive style. The third known specimen and the only one in private hands. From the Sierra Coll.; Ex Triton V (1/2002), lot 1752. Eikonion (AD 238-244) AE 30 - Gordian III 890 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE30 (29.18g, 6h). IMP CAE M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL A-EL HA-D ICONINS (sic!); in exergue S R, harpa. The emperor on horse galoping right, spear in raised right hand, fallen enemy with Persian cap raising his right hand to right. aEF. Apparently unique and unpublished. When the Persians under Shapur I invaded Mesopotamia in early 243 AD, Gordian III opened the doors of the Temple of Janus for the very last time in Roman history, and sent an enormous army to the east. The Sassanids were driven back over the Euphrates and then defeated in the Battle of Resaena (near Ceylanopinar in south-east Turkey). This unique and remarkable adventus (arrival) issue of Iconium, identifiable by the harpa of Perseus (an emblem of the city of Iconium) below the exergue, refers to the upcoming battle and suggests that Gordian III visited the city. It was likely struck in anticipation of Roman victory, serving as propaganda intended to boost confidence among both soldiers and citizens of threatened cities.1 comments Astyra (BC 400-395) AE 12 - Tissaphernes889 viewsTissaphernes, Satrap of Mysia, ca 400-395 BC. AE12. Bearded head of Satrap right, TIΣΣA below / Cult statue of Artemis Astyrene facing, ΑΣΤΥΡΗ to left, club to right. Dark patina, about EF. Sinope (BC 310-290) Hemidrachm889 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.53g). Female head left wearing turreted crown / Prow of galley left; aplustre and monogram before. Toned, good VF, some light obverse die rust. Scarce issue. Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 13889 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE13 (1.14g). Head of bull right in beaded circle / KY/ZI in a monogram, within oak wreath. Dark green patina, good VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. (BC 340-334) Pixodaros - Trihemiobol889 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 340-334 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.84g). Halikarnassos mint. Head of Apollo facing, chlamys fastened round neck / ΠΙΞΟΔΑΡΟ between eight rays of an ornament star. EF. Rare. Phokaia (BC 521-478) EL 1/6 Stater 889 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Forepart of lion left; above, seal right / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished. Good VF. Unique. Ex Tkalec (5/2006), lot 67. Aigai (BC 400-300) Hemidrachm889 views4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.92g, 14mm). Helmeted head of Athena right / Head of goat right, AIΓΑE to left. Apparently unpublished. Priene (BC 190-170) Drachm889 viewsca 190-170 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.16g, 12h). Anaxilas, magistrate. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet and single-pendant earring / Amphora; ΠPIHNEΩN to left, ANAΞIΛAΣ to right. EF, attractively toned, very faint mark under tone in field on reverse. Extremely rare, the finest of three known. Ex Münzen & Medaillen AG 72 (10/1987), lot 646; Leu 15 (5/1976), lot 302; von Aulock Coll., 7965. Antandros (BC 350-250) AE 11888 viewsca 350 BC. AE11 (1.77g) Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion's head right, ANTAN to right. Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 28888 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE28 (9.99g). Wreathed head of Kore Soteira right, within dotted circle / Tripod, ΚΥZΙ-ΚΗΝΩΝ on either side, monogram to left, long torch below. Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Sosigenes888 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.50g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΣΩΣΙ-ΓΕΝΗΣ (magistrate) above and below. Nice VF. Magnesia (BC 300) Octobol888 viewsca 300 BC. AR Attic Octobol (5.41g). Isagoras, magistrate. Rider with lance on horseback prancing right / Bull butting left; ΙΣΑΓΟΡΑΣ (magistrate), Greek "Z" below; all within circular maeander pattern. Good VF, some light porosity. See Kricheldorf XXXIV (1/1980), lot 113 for another example from this magistrate. Ephesos (BC 500-420) 1/3888 viewsca 546-500 BC. AR Diobol (1.02g). Bee with straight wings, E-Φ, withinf dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Birytis (BC 350-250) AE888 viewsca 300 BC. AE. Bearded head Kabeiros left, wearing pilos / Club, P-I/B-Y around, all within circular wreath. F. Normally, the ethnic is B-I/P-Y. Mint error? Anazarbos (AD 81-96) AE 27 - Domitian888 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE27 (16.29g, 1h). Dated CY 113 (94/5 AD). Laureate head right / Veiled head of Tyche right, wearing mural crown; date before. VF, even dark brown patina, with lighter brown highlights, overall attractive strike. Aizanis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian888 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.91g, 7h). Struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Jupiter standing left, holding eagle and scepter. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain cistophorus of Trajan. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater888 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/24 Stater 888 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twenty-Fourth Stater (5mm, 0.55g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Incuse square. Good VF, Very rare denomination. Knidos (BC 411-405) Tetartemorion888 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.27g, 6mm). Forepart of roaring lion left / Head of Aphrodite (?) left within incuse square. Kyzikos (BC 398-395) Tetradrachm - Pharnabazos888 viewsca 398-396/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.52g). Head of Pharnabazos right, wearing Phrygian cap / Prow of galley left, griffin left on side; two dolphins swimming around; below, tunny left. Tion (AD 130-138) AE 44 - Antinous887 viewsAntinous, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE44 - Medallion (38.64g), struck 130-138 AD. ΑΝΤΙΝΟΩΙ ΗΡΩΙ, Bare-headed and draped bust left / Antinous, as Dionysos, riding on panther right, TIANOI below. VF, dark brown patina with some red on the reverse, light smoothing. Rare. Arykanda (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III887 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE32 (17.45g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Radiate deity wearing Phrygian cap riding right, brandishing club. VF, dark green patina. Rare city. Arycanda only struck coins during the reign of Gordian III, both in his name and in that of his wife, Tranquillina. Of special interest is the fact that this coin shares its obverse die with coins issued for the city of Acalissus. Sardeis (AD 250) AE 41887 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." Seleukeia (AD 1-200) AE 18887 viewsImperial Times, 1st–2nd cent AD. AE18 (3.14g). Bust of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet / Bust of radiate God (Helios?). Very fine. Akmoneia (BC 200-0) AE 17887 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (2.88g). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / ΑΚΜΟΝ[ΕΩΝ] - ΤΙΜΟΘΕ/ΜΗΤΡΟ, Asklepios in himation standing facing, resting on snake staff. Dark green patina, gVF/VF. Rare. Joy coll. Aspendos (BC 465-430) Stater887 viewsca 465-430 BC. AR Stater (10.90g, 1h). Warrior advancing right, holding shield / ΕΣΤ, triskeles; to lower left, head and upper wings of eagle right; all within incuse square. VF, toned. Good metal for issue. Tabai (AD 0-100) AE 23887 viewsImperial Times, 1st cent AD. AE16 (7.21g, 1h). Head Dionysos wearing ivy-wreath right / TABH-NΩN, Poseidon standing facing, head left, holding trident in left and dolphin in right; foot on galley; in right field, dolphin. Almost extremely fine. Ex Lanz, Auc 48 (5/1989), Nr. 339. Ex Karl coll. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY19887 viewsPolemo II, with Nero, 38-64 AD. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.66g, 6h). Dated RY 19 (56/7 AD). Diademed head of Polemo II right / Laureate head of Nero right. VF, minor scratches under tone. Brace coll. Antissa (BC 400-300) Obol887 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.71g, 6h). Youthful male head (apparently a sub-Saharan African) / Club, shown vertically with head below, dividing Α-Ν; all within lozenge-shaped incuse. Apparently unpublished and unknown. A fascinating and intriguing coin, toned and clear as found. VF. Acquired in Munich in the late 1990s or early 2000s as "vermutlich Ainos." There are quite a number of ancient coins that have clear types and easily decipherable legends, yet they still remain uncertain in their attribution. This piece was long thought to be from Ainos, probably because of its lozenge-shaped incuse and the supposed Α - - Ν legend could be paralleled by the early silver diobols of Ainos (May 22 ff.). The fact that those coins clearly have the legend Α-Ι, rather than Α-Ν on the present piece, was explained by viewing the club as being a large Ι: this does seem to be reaching a bit! The possible attribution to Antissa, a town on Lesbos, has more to recommend itself. There are a number of late 4th/3rd century AE coins from Antissa (probably chalkoi - as Waddington 635), which have the same reverse type and legend. In addition, early 5th century billon obols, commonly attributed to Mytilene, bear the head of a young African male on their obverses: yet one, as Traité 2, I, 599 and pl. xv, 9, has a clear Α on the reverse (in a lozenge-shaped incuse), thus suggesting the series was minted in Antissa too. Herakleia Pontika (BC 350) Drachm886 viewsca mid-4th cent BC. AR Drachm (3.89g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Bust of Hera left, wearing decorative stephane, moon to left; ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ to right. Toned, VF. Rare. Aigai (BC 300-200) AE886 views3rd century BC. AE (3.91g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of goat right, ΑΙΓΑ-Ε. Perfectly centered, green patina, VF. Methymna (BC 500-450) Obol886 viewsca 500-460 BC. AR Obol (0.60g). Helmeted head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Turtle in incuse dotted square. Darkly toned, VF. Very rare. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater886 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.61g). Kerberos standing left on tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Very rare. Myrina (BC 425-375) Obol886 views4th century BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.48g, 2h). Facing female head, hair in band with grain ears at sides / Head of goat right within incuse square. VF. (BC 400-385) Erbbina - Stater885 viewsErbbina, Dynast, ca 400-385 BC. AR Stater (8.49g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress; club before, Lycian letters 'erbbena' around, within dotted circle. Good VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die. Neokaisareia (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus885 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (10.49g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΣΕΠ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΟΣ, laureate and draped bust right / ΚΟΙΝ ΠΟΝ ΝΕΟ-ΚΑΙΣ ΜΗΤΡΟ, Tyche seated with cornucopia surrounded by five more City-Goddesses. Very rare. Black patina. Very fine. Gargara (BC 350-300) Obol885 viewsafter 350 BC. AR Obol (0.5g, 7mm). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΓΑΡ, head of ram right. Very rare. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/48 Stater885 viewsca 625-575 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.33g, 4mm). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, only two examples recorded by Bodenstedt, both in museums (Karlsruhe and Istanbul). This issue is possibly from the earliest coinage at Teos; see: M. Matzke, JNG 50, p. 43, "Serie 0" Myrina (BC 425-375) Hemiobol885 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.4g, 8mm). Wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos facing left / MYPI around kantharos, all within incuse square. Extremely fine. Unpublished? Persian Kings (BC 485-420) Siglos884 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. Amisos (BC 125-100) AE 12884 viewsca 125-100 BC. AE12 (1.09g). Head of bearded Herakles right / ΑΜΙ-Σ[ΟΥ], club and quiver; monogram to left. EF, dark green, almost black, patina. Very rare. Rhodes (BC 188-170) Drachm884 viewsca 188-170 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.12g, 12h). Agemachos, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose, bud to right; aphlaston to left, ΑΓΕΜΑΧΟΣ above. EF, darkly toned, spot of encrustation on reverse. Struck from artistic dies. Samos (BC 408-380) Tetradrachm884 viewsca 408/4-385/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.83g, 7h). Marsyas, magistrate. Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; branch behind, MAPΣYAΣ above, SA below nose, bee below. Good VF, attractively toned, well-centered. Extremely rare, one of only two coins known from this magistrate (both from the Pixodarus hoard). Ex Lanz 46 (1998), lot 278; Antiqua FPL IX (undated [2000]), no. 49; Pixodarus Hoard (CH 9, 421). Alabanda (BC 167/6) Tetradrachm884 viewsca 167/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.59g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΕΩΝ, Pegasos springing right, A below. Superb EF, lightly toned. Rare. Lipcer Coll. Sardeis (AD 253-260) AE 46 - Valerian884 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE46 - Medallion (42.0g). Radiate, cuirassed bust right / Demeter in car right drawn by two winged serpents. Extremely Rare and nice. Masikytes (BC 27-20) Drachm - Augustus884 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AR Drachm (3.76g, 12h). Series 6, struck circa 27-20 BC. Bare head right, Λ−Υ / M-A, two citharas; bow between. Good VF, toned. Prideaux Coll. of Augustus. Kyme (AD 250-270) AE 16884 viewsImperial Times. 250-270 AD. AE16 (1.92g). Draped bust of Serapis with kalathos right/ KYMA-IΩN, eagle right. Rare. Dark brown patina. Good very fine. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 - 149