Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Methymna (BC 500-450) Obol829 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. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) sphinx/panther - Hemiobol829 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g, 6mm, 6h). Forepart of sphinx seated right / Facing lion head. VF, find patina. Very rare. Magnesia (BC 465-450) Hemitetartemorion829 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 Unpublished, but cf.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. Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Sosigenes828 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. Chios (BC 412-334) Drachm828 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.57g). Ippias, magistrate. Sphinx sitting left, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square, [Ι]ΠΠΙΑΣ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Attractive dark toning, VF. Tarsos (BC 361-334) Stater - Mazaios828 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. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B93828 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. Temnos (BC 300-250) AE828 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE (4.47g). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Grape bunch in wreath. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Mueller coll. Laodikeia (AD 211-217) AE 42 - Caracalla828 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 377-326) EL Hekte - B90828 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 12h, 9mm). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Facing large bald head of satyr with small ‘ears’ and close cropped beard and moustache, all within linear square. Good VF. Carr coll. There are seven general reverse varieties/types for Bodenstedt 90. This is the first known from an auction of what we can call "type 7."1 comments Phokaia (BC 387-326) Hemidrachm827 viewsca 387-326 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.11g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena left; seal below / Head of griffin left; monogram below. VF, minor porosity. Rare. (BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 18827 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE18 (4.86g). Laureate head Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, kithara. Olive-green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll. Chios (BC 250-150) AE 18827 views3rd-2nd cent BC. AE18 (3.77g). Sphinx seated left / Amphora, ΧΙΟΣ to left, ΧΙΠΩΝ (magistrate) to right. Light brass toning, porous, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Orontes (BC 357-352) Tetrobol826 viewsOrontes, Satrap of Mysia, ca 357-352 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.64g, 12h), struck at Kisthene. Nude hoplite crouching left behind shield, spear at ready / Forepart of winged boar right, OPO-NT-A around. Good VF, lightly toned. Choice flan. Very rare Mallos (BC 385-333) Obol826 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. Aigai (BC 200-0) AE 12826 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE12 (2.54g, 11h) Bust of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Forepart of goat right, ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ below, monograms above and to right. VF, dark green-brown patina. Ephesos (AD 198-217) AE 36 - Caracalla826 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE36. Bust of Caracalla right / Temple of Artemis. Very rare. VF. Ex Duke of Argyll collection. Cyprus Uncertain (BC 515-485) Stater826 viewsca 515-485 BC. AR Stater (10.70g). Head of roaring lion right / Bull's head right, in field Cypriot syllabics Ba and Phi; within dotted circle. Very rare. Toned, VF. (BC 333-322) Ariarathes I - AE 13826 viewsAriarathes I, 333-322 BC. AE13 (1.70g). Ariarathes standing right, shooting bow / Ibex standing right, Aramaic legend L'RYYN to left. Very rare. Very fine. Gargara (BC 350-300) Obol826 viewsafter 350 BC. AR Obol (0.5g, 7mm). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΓΑΡ, head of ram right. Very rare. (BC 8-AD 23) Pythodoris - Drachm826 viewsPythodoris, 8 BC-22/23 AD. AR Drachm (3,56g, 19mm). Uncertain mint. Dated CY 60 (unknown era). Laureate head of Augustus right / BAΣIΛIΣΣA ΠYΘOΔΩPIΣ ETOYΣ Ξ, Capricorn right. Minor scratches on obverse, minor corrosion. Very rare. VF. Troas Uncertain (BC 480-420) Trihemiobol(?)826 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. Birytis (BC 350-250) AE825 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? (BC 450-420) Teththiveibi - Stater825 viewsTeththiveibi, Dynast, ca 450-420 BC. AR Stater (8.54g, 18mm). Forepart of boar left / Tetraskeles; Lycian letters 'tetthiweibi', within incuse square. Toned, EF. Very rare. Ex Glendining's sale (1961), Lockett part IV, lot 2466; NAC 4 (1991), lot 154 and 7 ( 1994), lot 250. From the von Aulock collection. Pergamon (AD 14-37) AE 19 - Tiberius & Livia825 viewsTiberius & Livia, 14-37 AD. AE19 (4.96g). CЄBACTOI ЄΠI ΠЄTPΩNIOY TO, busts of Tiberius & Livia confronted / ΘЄΩN CЄACTON OI ΠЄΓAMΩN, tetrastyle temple with statue of Augustus. About very fine. Eikonion (AD 238-244) AE 30 - Gordian III 825 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 (BC 370) Perikle - 1/6 Stater825 viewsPerikles, ca 380-360 BC. AR Sixth Stater (10mm, 1.18g, 9h). Wedrei mint. Lion right, biting into the hindquarter of a bull crouching left / Head of Athena facing slightly left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet adorned with sphinx on each side; triskeles to left. EF, toned, minor die break on reverse. Many late Lycian dynastic coins bear legends on both sides that had long been assumed to be the names of two dynasts, who ostensibly issued joint coinages. However, more recent evidence has proved that names such as Wedrei, Zagaba, and Zemuri are actually names of cities, which are probably the mints of the respective issues they appear on (cf. A.G. Keen, Dynastic Lycia: A Political History of the Lycians & Their Relations with Foreign Powers, c. 545-362 BC [Leiden: Brill, 1998], pp. 109 and 154–5). Apameia (BC 100-48) AE 22825 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE22 (8.72g, 1h). Andronikos, son of Alkios, magistrate. Helmeted bust of Athena right, wearing aegis / Eagle landing right on maeander pattern; star above, caps of the Dioskouroi flanking, ANΔPONIK[OΣ]/[AΛKIOY] in two lines below. VF, dark green patina. Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 28824 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. Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol - Archepolis824 viewsArchepolis, son of Themistokles. ca 459 BC. AR Obol (0.86g). Diademed head of Archepolis right / AP-X, eagle flying left diagonally, all within incuse square. Unpublished and apparently unique. Thymbra (BC 350) AE 17824 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. Lampsakos (BC 500-450) AR Diobol824 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Diobol(?) (1.28g). Forepart of Pegasos left, displaying both wings / Quadripartite incuse square of swastika pattern. VF, toned, porous, traces of find patina. Rare type with both wings. Aspendos (BC 480) Tetartemorion824 viewsca 480 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.21g, 5mm). Triskeles, pellets in fields / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare. Klazomenai (AD 100-300) AE 15823 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. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian823 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. Pyrrha (BC 4th cent) AE 10823 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.37g). Head of Nymph Pyrrha left, wearing sphendone / ΠΥΡ, goat standing left, poppy? to left. Very rare. Good style, dark green patina, aEF. Joy coll. Abydos (AD 14-37) AE 13 - Tiberius823 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE13 (1.43g). CЄ BA, laureate head right / ABY, eagle standing right on thunderbolt. VF. Arykanda (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III822 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 (BC 133) AE 18822 viewsafter 133 BC. AE18 (6.49g). Laureate head of Herakles right / naked Apollo standing left, holding bird in right hand, olive branch in left; monogram to left, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ to right. Dark green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll. Tyana (AD 54-68) AE 27 – Nero822 viewsNero. 54-68 AD. AE27 (18.10g). NEPWN KAICAP; laureate head right / TVANEWN ET IB; Tyche seated right, river god, below. Rare. Minor roughness, very fine. Thymbra (BC 350) AE 17822 views4th century BC. AE17 (5.21g). Head of Zeus-Ammon left / Eight pointed star. Near VF, brown surfaces, light porosity. Scarce. Myra (BC 100-0) AE 19822 views1st century BC. AE19mm (3.70g, 6h). Veiled and draped facing bust of Artemis-Eleuthera wearing single-pendant earrings, and necklace; [M]-Y flanking / Nike advancing right, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling palm frond in left arm. VF, attractive green patina. Well centered and struck. Extremely rare. Ex Lanz 97 (5/2000), lot 329. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY15822 viewsPolemo II, 38/9-64/5 AD, with Claudius. AR Drachm (3.17g). Dated 52/3 AD. BACIΛΕωC ΠΟΛΕΜωΝΟC, diademed head of Polemo II right / Laureate head of Claudius right, ETOYC behind, IE before. Some minor porosity, aEF. (BC 169-150) Mithradates IV - Tetradrachm822 viewsMithradates IV, ca 170/169-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.99g), struck ca 169-150 BC. Diademed and draped busts of Mithradates IV and Laodice right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] / ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ - ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ / ΛΑΟΔΙΚΗΣ / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ, Zeus, with thunder­bolt, and Hera standing facing side by side, both holding scepter. Extremely rare. An issue of great fascination with two pleasant Hellenistic portraits, surface somewhat porous, otherwise gVF. Ex NAC sale 2 (1990), lot 173. From the Jameson and Salvesen collections. Mithradates IV Philopator succeeded his brother, Pharnakes I, as king of Pontus and took great pains to undo the damage to the Pontic kingdom caused by Pharnakes’s conflicts with the neighboring Bithynian and Attalid kingdoms. He supported Attalos II against Prousias II of Bithynia in 154 BC, which also made him a friend of Rome. The friendly relationship that he established with the Romans remained firm until it was shattered irreparably by Mithradates VI Eupator and the Asiatic Vespers of 89/8 BC. Although little else is known about the reign of Mithradates IV, his coins reveal much about the king’s desire to present himself as a Hellenistic monarch equal to the Antigonid, Seleucid, and Ptolemaic kings who could trace their bloodlines back to the generals of Alexander the Great. Despite his Iranian ancestry and possession of a backwater kingdom on the Black Sea, this tetradrachm firmly places him in the tradition of Hellenistic royal superpowers. He wears the diadem, the universal symbol of Hellenistic kingship, and is jugate with the head of his wife, Laodice, who also happened to be his sister. The royal jugate portrait was first pioneered by Ptolemy II Philadelphos for gold coins celebrating the deification of his father and mother as well as of himself and his own sister-wife, Arsinoe II. While marriage between brother and sister had a long tradition among the pharaohs and therefore Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II could be seen as continuing the native Egyptian custom, it was not acceptable in mainstream Greek culture. In an attempt to make his brother-sister marriage more palatable to Greeks, the apologists of Ptolemy II appealed to his divinity, pointing out that Zeus and Hera were also brother and sister. The reverse type of this tetradrachm also seems to make the same argument, depicting the full-length figures of Zeus and Hera as a parallel for the portraits of the king and Laodice on the obverse. The type was presumably aimed at a Greek audience (outside of Pontus?) since brother-sister marriages were not unknown among ancient Iranian elites and would not have required any special explanation - and certainly not one appealing to Greek gods - to the native Iranian population of Pontus. In addition to the aspiration to royal greatness in the footsteps of the Ptolemaic kings expressed by this coin, the treatment of the portraits is remarkable. Unlike the frequent tendency towards idealization in Hellenistic royal coin portraits, the portraits of Mithradates VI and Laodice approach a style that seems to underline the non-Greek ethnicity of the Pontic king and queen. The un-Greek character of the royal portraits are at odds with the other features of the coin that virtually scream Greek royal culture following the Ptolemaic model. As such, this coin brilliantly encapsulates the spirit of the Hellenistic Age, in which many non-Greeks sought to elevate themselves through the adoption of Greek cultural elements. Priene (BC 150-125) AE 22821 viewsca 150-125 BC. AE22 (6.66g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right on amphora, star and ivy leaf above, ΑΧΙΛΛΕΙΔΗΣ (magistrate) below. Good VF, nice earthen over green patina. Bergman Coll. Perge (AD 79-81) AE 20 - Titus821 viewsTitus, 79-81 AD. AE20 (5.20g, 19.69mm). TITOC KAICAP, laureate head of Titus right / APTEMIΔΟC ΠΕPΓΑIAC; Artemis with bow and torch right. Very fine. Germanikopolis (AD 193-217) AE 30 - Julia Domna821 viewsJulia Domna, 193-217 AD. AE30 (12.39g), 209-210. Draped bust right / ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΓEΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΠΟΛ / EΤ CCΓ (= year 215) / Emperor (?) in military uniform and spear galloping right. Decentered, very fine. Elaiousa-Sebaste (BC 40) Tetradrachm821 viewsca 40 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.39g). Veiled, turreted head of Tyche right, wearing pendant earring / EΛΑIΟΥΣΙΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KAI AÎ¥TONOMOÎ¥, goddess standing left, holding tiller, ΔΙΟΚ monogram above aphlaston in outer left field, IΞI in inner left field, wreath border. Extremely rare. Very fine/extremely fine. Prieur counts only seven known tetradrachms of Elaeusa. He refers to just a single issue of these coins, but the variant controls on SNG Paris 1152 seem to point to a second. Mytilene (AD 253-260) AE 32 - Valerian I821 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE32 (25.28g). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow, facing Tyche seated left, holding patera and term. VF, dark grayish-green patina. Antandros (AD 138-161) AE 22 - Antoninus Pius821 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE22 (6.62g, 6h). AVT AI AΔPIA ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right / ACTVPHN ANTANΔPI, cult statue of Artemis Astyrene facing. Good VF, dark green patina. Rare. Ex. Wagner Coll. Tenedos (BC 500-470) Obol821 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.78g). Janiform head, female on left, bearded male on right / Double-axe within dotted border inside square incuse. VF. Very rare. Pedasa (BC 4th cent) AE 11821 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.65g, 10-11mm). Head of Athena right wearing crested Attic helmet / ΠΗΔΑ−ΣΕΩΝ, owl standing right, head facing. Extremely rare, apparently the third known coin of this city in any metal. Nice VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/24 Stater 821 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. Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 26820 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE26 (8.44g). Ram's head right, eagle standing R below / Laureate head of Apollo right, K-E. VF, dark green, almost black, patina, some scattered roughness. Teuthrania (BC 400) AE 11 - Prokles820 viewsca 399 BC, rule of Prokles I (Gongylos), dynast. AE11 (0.97g) Laureate head of Apollo left / Beardless head of young male right, wearing Persian tiara (headdress - also known as kyrbasia or bashlyk), ΤΕΥ to left. Black patina, VF. Very rare. Prokles was the brother of Eurysthenes, who ruled Pergamon around the same time. Astyra (BC 400-395) AE 12 - Tissaphernes820 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. Mallos (BC 375-360) Stater820 viewsca 375-360 BC. AR Stater (10.59g). Head of Kronos right / Demeter with torch and ear of grain walking right, ΜΑΛ to right. Toned, VF/EF. Tion (AD 130-138) AE 44 - Antinous820 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. (BC 460-440) Uncertain Dynast - Stater820 viewsUncertain Dynast (Kuprilli?), ca 460-440 BC. AR Stater (9.08g), Xanthos mint? Lion with bull's leg in mouth left on ground line / Triskeles in dotted square and deep incuse. VF. Very rare. (BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Tetradrachm820 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.92g, 9h), struck in Mylasa. Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding double-axe over shoulder / Lion standing right on ground line, about to jump, EKATOM[NΩ] above. aEF/VF. Karl Coll.; Ex Giessener Münzhandlung, Auk. 62 (4/1993), lot 280. Kaisareia (AD 217-218) AE 18 - Macrinus820 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE18 (4.91g), dated RY 2 (218 AD). Laureate head right / Distyle temple containing agalma of Mt. Argaeus; [ET B] (date) in exergue. Near VF, green patina. Derbe (AD 147-175) AE 20 - Faustina II820 viewsFaustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius, Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE20 (12h). Bust of Faustina II / Tyche. Very rare. Tisna (BC 350-300) AE 11820 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE11 (1.35g). Youthful head of river-god Tisnaios right / Sword in sheath, ΤΙΣ-ΝΑΙΟΣ. Dark green patina, gVF. Very rare. Neandreia (BC 450-390) Hemiobol820 views5th-4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.29g). Young male head right / NE-AN, jug, within shallow circular incuse. Toned, VF. Very rare. Kyzikos (BC 170-150) Didrachm820 viewsca 170-150 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 7.12g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Head of Kore Soteira right, wearing oak wreath / Thunderbolt; KY-ZI above and below; all within oak wreath; monogram above and below. Superb EF, attractively toned. Well struck from fresh dies. Very rare. Liles Coll. Nikaia (AD 41-54) AE 22 - Claudius819 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE22 (5.24g), struck ca 50 AD. Pasidienus Firmus, Proconsul. Bare head right / Legend and monogram. Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina. Rare, only 7 specimens recorded by RPC. Amisos (AD 117-138) Drachm - Hadrian819 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Drachm (2.56g, 19mm, 7h). Dated CY 163 (AD 131/2). Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / Athena standing left, holding Nike and shield set on ground. VF, toned, some light porosity. Salamis (BC 485-450) Stater819 viewsafter 485/480 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 11.20g). Ram lying left / Ankh symbol, Cypriot letter 'pa' inside, letters 'se le ...?? ??' around, within incuse square. Very Rare. Akmoneia (BC 200-0) AE 21819 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (6.2g). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ - ΘΕΟΔΟΤ / ΠΡΟΚΛΕΣ, Asklepios in himation standing facing, resting on snake staff. aEF. Rare. Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm819 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.90g, 13mm). Horse prancing right / KE-B-P-H within quarters of quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Near EF, double struck on obverse. Extremely rare. Kios (BC 350-300) Drachm - Nikas818 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. Marion (BC 330-312) AE - Stasoikos II818 viewsStasoikos II, King of Marion, 330-312 BC. AE (7.24g). Shield / Head of lion left. Fine. Extremely rare. Amastris (BC 85-65) AE32818 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. Kaisareia (AD 69-79) Didrachm - Vespasian818 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Didrachm (21mm, 6.32g, 12h). Struck 77-78 AD. Laureate head right / Nike flying right on base line, holding palm branch over shoulder and wreath. VF, toned. Group CEM. Kyzikos (BC 398-395) Tetradrachm - Pharnabazos818 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. Magnesia (BC 459) Hemiobol817 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. Antandros (BC 400-350) Diobol817 viewsearly-mid 4th century BC. AR Diobol (1.30g). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / Goat standing right, grapes above, in shallow incuse. Heavily toned VF. Ex Italo Vecchi 14 (2/1999), lot 550. Samos (BC 270-240) Oktobol817 viewsca 270-240 BC. AR Oktobol (4.72g, 12h). Lion's mask facing within dotted circle / Forepart of bull right; krater behind; trident head below; olive branch to right, ΣΑΜΙΩΝ above. Beautifully toned, a splendid example. Good extremely fine. From the collections of O.H. Knoepke, Glendining's (12/1986), lot 293 and R.C. Lockett, IV, Glendining (2/1966), lot 2352, ex Naville IV (6/1922), lot 876. Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 18817 views190-85 BC. AE18 (3.31g). Head of Priapos right / Kantharos. (BC 377-353) Maussollos - Tetradrachm817 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. Nikaia (AD 161-180) AE - Marcus Aurelius 817 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE (17.23g) AVT KAI M AVP ANTONIN TI CEI, laureate, draped bust right/ NEIK AIA Turreted bust of Nikaia right. Brown patina. EF. Ophryneion (BC 350-300) AE817 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE (0.97g). Laureate head of Zeus right; circular countermark / Warrior advancing left, wearing Phrygian helmet, holding shield and spear (Hektor?); ΟΦΡΥ to right. VF, dark green patina. Very rare. Abydos (BC 385-335) Drachm817 viewsca 385-335 BC. AR Drachm (2.57g, 9h). Hyllippos, magistrate. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / ABY, eagle standing right; [Î¥]ΛΛΙΠΠΟΣ to left, bee to right. EF, toned. An excellent example. Ex Brand Coll. (Sotheby’s, 2/1984), lot 187. Myrina (BC 165) Drachm816 viewsAfter 165 BC. AR Drachm (3.97g). Laureate head of Apollo right, three loose braids / Apollo Grynios standing right, holding branch and phiale; omphalos and amphora at feet; ΜΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ and monogram to left. Very rare. EF/VF. Magnesia (BC 350-325) Didrachm816 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Didrachm (7.13g, 12h). Diopeithes, magistrate. Rider on horseback right, holding lance / Bull butting left, ΔΙΟΠΕΙΘΗ[Σ] (magistrate) below; all within circular maeander pattern. EF. Ex Giessener Muenzhandlung 73 (10/1995), 157. Erythrai (BC 480-420) Drachm816 viewsca 5th cent BC. AR Drachm (4.48g). Naked youth (Hero Erythros?) walking left, restraining cantering horse, corn grain above / Floral pattern with 16 petals, Ε-Ρ-Î¥-Θ around, within incuse square. EF. Aigai (BC 300-200) AE816 views3rd century BC. AE (3.91g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of goat right, ΑΙΓΑ-Ε. Perfectly centered, green patina, VF. Sphinx on Pamphylia, Perge816 viewsca 3rd cent BC. AE18 (3.96g). Statue of Artemis of Perga within distyle temple; countermark: sphinx seated right / Bow and quiver. Good Fine, glossy brown patina, bold countermark. Anazarbos (AD 41-54) AE 32 - Claudius816 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE32 (23.28g). ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟC ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟC ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, laureate head right / ΚΑΙCΑΡΕωΝ ΤωΝ ΠΡΟC [Τω ΑΝΑZΑ ΡΒω], Roma holding Nike and spear; altar to left, trophy to right; ΕΤΟΥC / ZΞ in left field. Dark green patina, very fine. Tripolis (AD 198-209) AE 24 - Geta816 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE24 (8.97g). Λ CЄΠ ΓЄΤΑC ΚΑΙC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΤΡΙΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Tyche with rudder and cornucopiae. Nice dark green patina, EF. Uncertain (BC 200-100) Drachm?816 views2nd century BC. AR Drachm(?) (2.04g, 14mm, 12h). Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Eagle, with spread wings, standing right on thunderbolt; T to right. VF, find patina, some porosity. The types on this issue are fairly common in the regions of southwest Asia Minor, Caria, Phrygia, and Lycia. The combination of these two types on a single issue, however, is unknown. At the same time, only one city, Kibyra in Phrygia, used both of these types on its coinage (cf. SNG von Aulock 3719 and 3720). Attribution to that city, though, is doubtful as all of its known issues bear the city ethnic. Kaisareia (AD 81-96) Didrachm - Domitian816 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AR Didrachm (22mm, 6.92g, 6h). Dated RY 13 (93/4 AD). AYT KAI ΔOMITIANOC CЄBACTOC ΓЄPM, laureate head right / No legend, emperor in quadriga right, holding laurel branch in right hand, scepter in left hand. VF, trace of porosity. Tricarico coll.; ex Drewry coll. Phygela (BC 400-350) Hemiobol815 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g). Head of Artemis Munychia 3/4 to left / Bull butting left, Φ[Î¥] above, palm in background. aVF. Very rare. Hypaipa (AD 50-59) AE 14 - Agrippina Jr.815 viewsAgrippina Jr., mother of Nero, Augusta, 50-59 AD. AE14 (2.33g). Draped bust of Agrippina right / Cult statue of Artemis. VF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare; only two specimens cited by RPC. Miletopolis (BC 200-0) AE 21815 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE21. Head of Athena left / Two owls facing. EF. Myous (BC 400-380) AE815 viewsca 400-380 BC. AE (0.78g). Laureate head of Apollo right within wreath / MY-H, bird standing right, within maeander pattern. Green patina, EF. Ex Aufhäuser 12 (München 1996), 202. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm815 viewsPolemo II, with Tryphanae, ca 38-64 AD. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.33g, 12h). Struck ca 50s AD. Diademed bust of Polemo right / BACI/ΛICCHC/ TPYΦAI/NHC in four lines; all within diadem with ties at bottom. Good Fine, toned, several cuts on edge. Rare. Lampsakos (BC 440-390) Trihemiobol815 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.43g, 3h). Janiform female head / Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Good VF, darkly toned, light porosity. Antissa (BC 400-300) Obol815 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. Kyzikos (BC 460-440) Tetartemorion814 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.25g). Forepart of boar left / Two tunnies swimming in opposite directions, bigger one to right, smaller to left. (the rev is upside down) 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 - 149