Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed (BC 333-322) Ariarathes I - AE 13871 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. Paphos (AD 98-117) AE 24 - Trajan871 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE24 (9.92g). Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / Temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, within which is a conical xoanon flanked by two stars, semicircular courtyard around. Near VF, black and green patina, some light roughness. Alexandre de Barros Coll.; ex CNG El. 72, lot 77. Kaunos (BC 490-470) Trihemiobol871 viewsca 490-470 BC. AR Trihemiobol (11mm, 1.34g). Winged female figure running right, head left / Griffin standing left, right foreleg raised, in incuse square. VF, porous. Derbe (AD 147-175) AE 20 - Faustina II871 viewsFaustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius, Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE20 (12h). Bust of Faustina II / Tyche. Very rare. Larisa (BC 400-300) Obol871 views4th century BC. AR Obol (?) (0.8g, 9mm). Head of Apollo (or Nymph) right, hair in sakkos? / ΛΑΡΙΣ-AION, eagle with spread wings, club below right wing. Rare. Chipped, VF.1 comments Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Hemiobol871 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g). Young male head right, wearing tainia / ΠΟΡ, murex shell within incuse square. Unpublished?2 comments Klazomenai (BC 190-30) AE 17870 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE17 (5.39g). Forepart of winged boar right / ΚΛΑZΟ-ΜΕ-ΝΙΩΝ in divided linear square. Dark brown patina, VF. Scarce variant. Gutknecht coll. Tenedos (BC 500-470) Obol870 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. Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 45 - Caracalla869 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE45 - Medallion (47.49g, 45mm, 6h). M. Caerelius Attalus, strategus. Struck 214-215 AD. ΑVΤ[Ο] ΚPΑΤ Κ [ΜΑP]ΚΟC ΑVP ΑΝΤ[Ω]Ν[ΕΙΝΟC], laureate and cuirassed bust right, cuirass decorated with aegis; c/m: pellet within wreath; all in incuse / ΕΠΙ CΤPΑ Îœ [ΚΑΙΠΕ]Λ ΑΤΤΑΛΟC ΠΕPΓΑΜ[ΗΝΩΝ] ΠΡΟ ΤΩΝ Γ [ΝΕΟΚΟP]ΩΝ, Caracalla standing left, holding sceptre in left hand, raising right hand toward serpent coiled around tree; a small figure of Telesphoros on basis between. Fine, dark brown patina with a few earthen patches. Drewry Coll. Caracalla visited the temple of Pergamene Asclepius as he moved east to confront the Parthians in 214-215 AD. There, he participated in its rites, which included sleeping within the temple precinct and having the dreams incurred thereby interpreted. To commemorate this event, a number of huge medallic bronzes, including this coin, were issued. Oinoanda (BC 200) Didrachm - Series 3869 viewsca 200 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 7.58g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right; B (erased in die) and scepter behind / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt; Γ to left; to right, sword behind shield. EF, dark find patina. Rare. Winokur Coll. This short series of coinage from Oinoanda was apparently struck in three series, each marked with A, B, or Γ. Originally these letters were thought to represent dates on a local era, but Ashton’s study shows this is far from conclusive, regardless that they were struck sequentially. The obverse die used for this coin was originally used for series 2 didrachms, which have a B on the obverse. Kotiaeion (AD 253-268) AE 22 - Gallienus869 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE22 (5.85g). Diogenes, son of Dionysius, magistrate. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Cybele riding lion right. VF, dark greenish-brown patina, attractive. Wagner Coll.; Ex Duke of Argyll Coll. Kaisareia (AD 218-222) AE 28 - Elagabalus869 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE28 (11.67g), struck year 2 (ET B) = 219 AD. AV KM AVPHΛI - ANTΩNINOC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / MHTPOΠ [KAICAPIA], agalma of Mt. Argaios on altar, ET B below. VF, green-brown patina. Hoeft coll.1 comments Antissa (BC 300-200) AE 8869 viewsca 300-167 BC. AE8 (1.01g, 10h). Bull standing right, head reverted / A-N, upright club. Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 21, lot 600b; otherwise unpublished. VF, dark green patina. Extremely rare. Alighieri Coll. Teuthrania (BC 400) AE 11 - Prokles868 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. Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 165) Tetrobol868 viewsafter 165 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.32g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Club, ΗΡΑΚΛΕ-ΩΤΩΝ, within wreath. VF, some cleaning scratches. Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/24 Stater868 viewsca 510-494 BC. AR 1/24 Stater (0.58g). Female head right, hair in sakkos / Quadripartite incuse square, the quarters partially filled. Toned VF. Chios (BC 412-334) Drachm868 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. Eikonion (BC 100-0) AE 14868 views1st century BC. AE14 (3.28g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Naked Perseus standing left, holding harpa and gorgon's head, ΕΙΚΟΝΙΕΩΝ. (BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 19868 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE19 (3.85g). Head of Prusias right, wearing a winged diadem / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ right, ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ left, Herakles standing left, holding club in right hand, lion's skin in left. Dark patina, nice very fine. Tyana (AD 54-68) AE 27 – Nero868 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. Temnos (BC 300-250) AE868 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. (BC 425-400) Kherei - Stater867 viewsKherei, Dynast, ca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (8.47g). Pinara mint. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Head of Kherei right, weaing Persian headdress (bashlyk); Lycian letters 'Kheriga' to right, within dotted incuse circle. Finely toned, EF. Very rare. (BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 18867 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE18 (4.86g). Laureate head Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, kithara. Olive-green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater867 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.35g). Crab; above, head of tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well struck. Aspendos (BC 480) Tetartemorion867 viewsca 480 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.21g, 5mm). Triskeles, pellets in fields / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare. Mallos (BC 425-385) Hemiobol866 viewsca 385-333 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42g). Turtle / Swan right; lotus flower to right. Toned, good VF, light porosity. Rare. Alexandreia (AD 180-192) AE 25 - Commodus866 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE25 (6.44g). Draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / COL - AVG TROAD, naked Apollo Smintheus standing left, bent with right foot on basis, holding branch in right hand, left hand on hip; bird standing left at feet. Brown patina with light green highlights on obv., VF/gVF. Rare. Chios (BC 250-150) AE 18866 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. Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) Drachm866 views2nd-1st century BC. AR Drachm (4.35g). Facing head of Helios / Helmeted bust of Athena right; ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΩΣ (magistrate) to left, ΑΛΙ to right. Finely toned EF. Unpublished variant? Hieropolis-Kastabala (BC 200-30) AE 23866 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE23 (5.74g). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / ΙΕΡΟ/ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ - ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩΙ / ΠΥΡΑΜΩΙ, River-god Pyramos swimming right, holding eagle in right hand. Dark olive-green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll. Sinope (BC 27-AD 14) AE 14 - Augustus866 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE14 (2.61g, 12h), dated CY 22 (25/4 BC). C I F AN • XXII (AN ligate), bare head right / EX • D • D, filleted cornucopia set on globe. Good VF, dark green patina. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Virgil Brand Coll. (Part 7, Sotheby’s, 10/1984), lot 353; Sir Hermann Weber Coll., no. 4835. Patara (BC 410-380) Diobol865 viewsca 450-430 BC. AR Diobol (1.11g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Head of Hermes right, wearing winged petasos; caduceus to right, diskeles to left; all within dotted circle incuse. Superb EF, obverse slightly double struck. Ex Triton IV (12/2000), lot 284. Both Tlos and Patara struck coins with similar designs, this coin though lacks any identifying inscription.1 comments Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B56865 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Cow's head right in incuse square. VF. Perge (AD 79-81) AE 20 - Titus865 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. Antandros (BC 350-250) AE 15865 views4th cent BC. AE15 (3.93g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion's head right, tongue protruding; ANTAN to right, ivy leaf? below. Dark brown-green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Anazarbos (AD 41-54) AE 32 - Claudius865 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. Smyrna (AD 37-41) AE 19 - Caligula864 viewsCaligula, with Drusilla, 37-41 AD. AE19 (3.51g), struck ca 37-38 AD. GAION KAICAR - A GERMANIKON EPI [AOUIOLA]. Laureate head of Caligula right / DROUC[ILLAN ZMURNAIW]N MHN-OFANHC. Drusilla with poppies and scepter sitting left. Dark green patina, aEF. Olba (BC 50-0) AE 24864 viewsend of 1st century BC. AE24 (9.04g, 4h). Throne chair 3/4 to right, EP to left / Winged thunderbolt, NI above, ΟΛΒΕΩΝ below. Rare. Green-brown patina, aEF. Kindya (BC 510-490) Tetrobol864 viewsca 510-480 BC. AR Tetrobol (11mm, 2.00g). Head of ketos left / Incuse geometric pattern. Good VF. Sinope (AD 217-218) AE 30 - Diadumenian864 viewsDiadumenian, as Caesar, 217-218 AD. AE30 (13.50g), dated CY 261 (217 AD). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Serapis standing left, right hand raised, holding sceptre in left. Near VF, brown patina, minor roughness. Magnesia (BC 300-200) Drachm864 viewsca 300-200 BC. AR Drachm (5.60g, 11h). Persic standard. Kydrokles, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right; monogram below / Bull butting left; grain ear behind, KYΔPOKΛHΣ in exergue; all within circular Maeander pattern. EF. Well centered and struck. Very rare. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B99 - EL 1/6 Stater864 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.52g). Head of Artemis left, bow and quiver over shoulder; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Magnesia (BC 350-320) Hemidrachm863 viewsca 350-320 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.51g). Horseman right, holding couched spear / Bull butting left; maeander pattern below, grain ear behind (off flan), ΣΚΥΘΟ[Î¥] (magistrate). Nice VF, minor porosity, light obverse scratch. Samos (BC 270-240) Oktobol863 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. Tyana (AD 161-169) AE 22 - Lucius Verus863 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE22 (8.43g). Laureate bust of Lucius Verus right / ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΠΤΙΕΡΑΣΥΑΥΤ ΕΤ ΘΙ, Tyche seated left, upper part of River God swimming left, below. Gamerses (400-380) AE 13863 viewsGamerses, Satrap of Lydia, early 4th cent BC. AE13 (1.52g). Youthful head with short hair (with a braided strand in back) right (Eunuch Gamerses?), wearing earring and necklace / Zeus standing right, holding sceptre in right hand, eagle in left; star to left, ΓΑΜΕΡΣΟΥ to right. EF, dark green patina. Sigeion (BC 350) AE 16863 viewsca 355-334 BC. AE16 (5.34g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right / Owl standing right, head facing; crescent behind. Good VF, dark green patina. Herman Coll. Pergamon (BC 27-AD 14) AE 18 - Augustus863 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE18 (4.14g), struck during time of Trajan, 98-117 AD. AVTOKPATOPA CEBACTON KAICAPA, laureate head right / CEBACTON ΠEPΓAMHNOI, temple with four columns enclosing statue of Augustus. GVF. Myous (BC 400-380) AE863 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. Klazomenai (BC 386-301) Hemidrachm863 viewsca 380-360 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.86g, 11h). Pytheos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left / Swan standing left, wings spread; ΠYΘEOΣ and monogram above. VF, toned, light cleaning marks. Rare. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B35 863 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.47g, 9mm, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Confronting calf’s heads and ΛΕ above, all within incuse square. Near VF. Carr coll. Ex Naville 9, lot 72 (9/2014). Bodenstedt notes two varieties of the reverse - one with the letters ΛΕ above the confronting calf’s heads and one without. Of the 24 examples noted by Bodenstedt, only 4 are with ΛΕ. The letters ΛΕ denote the coin is from the island of Lesbos. There are 5 different electrum coin emissions of Mytilene that include the letters ΛΕ - B14, B20, B23, B28 and B35. 1 comments Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Athenodoros862 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.51g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, grain ear before, Α-ΘΗΝΟ-ΔΩΡΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Good VF. Pergamon (AD 161-180) AE 33 - Marcus Aurelius862 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE33 (16.96g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑΥΡ[ΗΛΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ]ΟΣ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / [ΕΠΙ ΣΤΡΑΤΚ]ΑΙΣΤΕΑ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ / [ΒΝΕ]ΟΚΩΡΟ[Ν], Marcus Aurelius in military uniform galloping to right spearing Barbarian below horse in lower field to right, B. Very rare. Green patina. Very fine. Skepsis (BC 440-400) Obol861 viewsca 450 BC. AR Obol (0.47g). Forepart of horse right / Tree, N-E (retrograde); all within incuse square. VF, light porosity. Rare.1 comments Pergamon (AD 98-117) AE 17 - Trajan861 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE17 (2.51g). Laureate head right / Z(retrograde)ΕΩC - ΦΙΛΙΟC, head of laureate Zeus Philios right. Black patina, some corrosion, good VF. Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol861 viewsca 288-280 BC. AR Octobol (5.54g). Goneus, magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and [Γ]ΟΝΕΥΣ to left, bee to upper right. VF. Rare. Lysimachos made himself master of Ephesos in 295 and shortly thereafter changed the city's name to Arsinoeia in honor of his wife, the daughter of Ptolemy I. After the death of Lysimachos in 280, Arsinoe married her half brother Ptolemy Ceraunus and finally her full brother Ptolemy II. She became the first Ptolemaic ruler to enter the Egyptian temples as "temple-sharing goddess" and was revered by the later Ptolemies. Methymna (BC 500-450) Diobol861 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Diobol (1.35g). Facing head of Gorgoneion, tongue protruding / Head of Athena? left, wearing Corinthian helmet, within dotted incuse square. Toned, gVF/EF. Miletos (BC 259-246) Drachm861 viewsca 259-246 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 5.33g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion standing left, looking back; monogram before, star above; ΒΙΩΝ (magistrate) in exergue. Good VF, even grey tone. Stylistically, this drachm of Miletos seems to fall into Deppert-Lippitiz's period IV that was issued circa 259-246, but Deppert-Lippitz does not record any coins for this magistrate at this time. There are, however, several issues with the name ΒΙΩΝ throughout the remainder of the 3rd century and early part of the 2nd century BC. Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/18? Stater861 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Diobol (8mm, 0.72g). Female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap / Quadripartite incuse square. Near VF, porous. Kotiaeion (AD 198-217) AE - Caracalla861 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE (20.11g). Ioulios Kodratos magistrate Draped, cuirassed and lauretate bust right / Kybele in biga drawn by lions left with tympanon. Very rare. Dark green patina, very fine. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/6861 viewsca 600­-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.20g). Athena or Artemis standing facing, head left, holding with both hands a long thin object across waist / Irregular incuse punch. Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second specimen known. Extremely fine. Ex Leu 76 (1999), 165. Mylasa (AD 198-209) AE 38 - Geta860 viewsGeta as Caesar, 198 - 209 AD. AE38 (21.40g). Bust right, PO SEPTIMIOS GETAS KAI / Cult statute of Zeus Labraundos with polos, scepter und double-axe in tetrastyle Ionian temple. Green and brown patina, VF. Mytilene (BC 350-250) 1/4 Stater860 viewsca 350-250 BC. AR Triobol (2.76g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MYTI, Kithara within linear square. Toned VF. Kios (BC 330-300) AE 12860 viewsca 330-300 BC. AE12 (1.36g). Head of Mithras right, wearing a laureate tiara / Kantharos with two grape vines, K-I-A around, within wreath of grain. gVF, dark green patina. Gutknecht coll. Sardeis (BC 133) AE 18860 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. Miletos (BC 175-85) Drachm860 viewsca 175-86/5 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.90g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion standing right, looking back at 8-rayed star, MI (city) and EP monograms to right, ΒΙΩΝ (?) (magistrate) in exergue. Pyrrha (BC 4th cent) AE 10860 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. Myra (BC 100-0) AE 19860 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. Kyzikos (BC 400-330) EL 1/12 Stater860 viewsca 450-330 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12 Stater (8mm, 1.35g). Laureate head of Zeus right set on [tunny right] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Unique as a hemihekte; an unpublished denomination of an extremely rare issue. Erythrai (BC 480-420) Drachm859 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. Nakrasa (AD 81-96) AE 18 - Domitia859 viewsDomitia, 81-96 AD. AE18 (3.08g). ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, draped bust right / ΝΑΚΡΑΣΕΙ ΤΩΝ, tripod. Very rare. Black patina, very fine. Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol859 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.48g). Ram's head right / Young male head right, Karian legend. VF. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B16859 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.53g, 6h). Head of ram right; below, cockerel standing left / Incuse head of roaring lion left. Near EF. (BC 301-280) Ariarathes II - AE 13859 viewsAriarathes II, ca 301-280 BC. AE13 (1.9g). Head left, wearing bashlyk / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ, Athena standing left, holding spear and shield. VF. Very rare. Antandros (BC 400-350) Tetrobol?859 viewsLate 5th century BC. AR Tetrobol (2.70g, 14mm). Head of female (Artemis Astyrene?) right / ANTAN, goat standing right; palm tree to right; all within incuse square. gVF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Cock - EL 1/24859 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.62g, 7mm). Bird (cock?) standing left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare. Alabanda (BC 167/6) Tetradrachm858 viewsafter 167 BC. AR Staphanephoric Tetradrachm (16.94g, 34mm), dated 167 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, hair falling down neck in large curls / ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΕΩΝ, Pegasus flying right, A below (= year 1 of the local era). Large flan, slight weakness, EF. Very rare. Birytis (BC 350-250) AE 10858 viewsca 300 BC. AE10 (1.13g, 12h). Head of bearded Kabeiros left, wearing pilos / Club, P-I/B-Y around, within wreath. VF. Normally, the ethnic is B-I-P-Y. Mint error? Sphinx on Pamphylia, Perge858 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. Ophryneion (BC 350-300) AE858 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. Pompeiopolis (AD 54-68) AE 25 - Nero858 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE25 (13.10g, 12h). Dated year 130? (64/5 AD). Bare head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear, and shield; date in field. VF, dark green patina, heavy scratches on reverse. From Group CEM. Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater858 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g, 9mm). Mother seal swimming to left with a young swimming to right below, each with annulet above. / Rough incuse square. Apparently unpublished and unique, a wonderful coin with an incredibly charming obverse. Nearly extremely fine. The name Phokaia is derived from the Greek word Φωκάι, which translates as 'seals' and is still found, as a Greek loanword, in the modern Latinian languages today (fr. 'phoque', it./span./portug. 'foca'). Unsurprisingly, the lovely animals served as a badge on Phokaia's coins, most commonly in the form of a small seal below or behind a larger main type. The earliest coinage of the city, however, still retains the seal as main type: on the present example, we find one of the most charming renderings of animals in all of Archaic Greek coinage, in the form of a mother seal swimming to the left with her young heading to the right below. The fact that mother and child swim in opposite directions gives the scenery an enchanting playfulness that almost certainly derives from personal observation by the artist - perhaps he was watching the animals romping around the small islands in the bay before Phokaia? Assos (BC 350-300) AE 10857 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE10 (1.36g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with olive wreath / Bucranium, ΑΣ-ΣΙ; AP[TA]? above. EF, black patina. Kyme (BC 165-140) Tetradrachm857 viewsca 165-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.72g, 12h). Seuthes, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia / Horse prancing right; one-handled cup below; ΣΕΥΘΗΣ in exergue; all within wreath. Good VF. Although the obverse die of this coin is not recorded by Oakley, both of its dies are very similar to Oakley's dies 62/a. Hierapolis (Auton. AD 200-270) AE 30857 views3rd century AD. AE30 (11.94g, 5h). ΔΕ-MOC, laureate bust of Demos right, slight drapery on left shoulder / IEPAΠOΛEITΩN, NEΩKOP/ΩN in two lines in exergue, river-god Chrysorrhoas reclining left on upturned urn from which water flows, holding two poppies in right hand. EF, beautiful red and green patina. Tenedos (BC 400) AE 8857 viewsafter 400 BC. AE8 (0.45g). Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane / TE, double-axe, uncertain symbol above. VF. Very rare. Joy coll.; ex Lindgren coll. Amastris (AD 138-161) AE 28 - Antoninus Pius857 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE28 (13.41g). Laureate head right / The Dioscouri standing facing each other, each holding spear and and bridle. VF, dark brown patina, smoothed. Rare. Alexandreia (AD 198-217) AE 22 - Caracalla857 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE22 (6.10g). ANTONINV - S PIVS AV, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / GEN CO - L - AUG TRO, Genius standing facing, head left, holding cornucopiae in left hand and statue of Apollo in his outstretched right hand. About VF. Hoeft coll. Bellinger 221 has the same rev. type for Commodus, but does not list it for Caracalla. Curious, since Cohen 801 has the type for Caracalla, citing the Paris collection. This coin is different than Lindgren's and Cohen's. Obv. legend different, ANTONIVS PIVS AV versus M AVREL ANTONINVS. Rev. legend different, GEN COL AVG TRO versus COL AVG TRO CN (GEN?) (per Curtis Clay) Amisos (AD 117-138) Drachm - Hadrian857 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. Xanthos (BC 425-400) Stater - Kherei856 viewsKherei, Dynast, ca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (8.42g). Head of Athena right, owl sitting on top of helmet / Head of Kherei right; Lycian letters 'Arnnahe' to left, 'Kherei" to right, within shallow incuse square. VF. Unpublished? Miletos (BC 175-85) Tetradrachm856 viewsca 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.70g). Krateros and Ouliades, magistrates. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion walking right, head reverted; star above, ΚΡΑΤΕΡΟΣ to right, ΟΥΛΙΑΔΗΣ below. Good VF. Rare type and unrecorded with this combination of magistrate names. Drewry Coll.; Ex Pegasi 113 (5/1999), lot 112. Deppert-Lippitz records both of these magistrates for this issue, but not paired together. ΟΥΛΙΑΔΗΣ is recorded on varieties 760 and 761, while ΚΡΑΤΕΡΟΣ is recorded on variety 763. Paphos (BC 460) Stater - Pnytos I856 viewsPnu..., King of Paphos, ca 460 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 11.08g, 12h). Bull standing left / Head of eagle left, olive sprig to left; within dotted square. Very rare. Toned, gF. Apollonia Salbake (BC 200-100) AE 18856 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE18 (7.12g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΠΟΛΛΟ-ΝΙΑΤΩΝ, Zeus Labraundos on horseback right, maeander pattern below. Good VF, black surfaces. Parion (AD 253) AE 22 - Cornelia Supera856 viewsCornelia Supera, Augusta, 253 AD. AE22 (6.22g, 7h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins. Ex Lanz 102 (5/2001), lot 944. VF, brown patina, minor smoothing. Extremely rare; only the second known example. Akmoneia (AD 37-41) AE 17 - Caligula856 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE17 (4.46g, 11h). Krates, magistrate. Bare head right / Artemis advancing right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver; small stag to right. Near VF, dark brown patina, some deposits. Ex Wagner Coll. Ex Alex G. Malloy 6 (3/1976), lot 383. Perhaps a coin of Gaius Caesar, although the portrait appears a bit mature. Kyzikos (BC 170-150) Didrachm856 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. Mallos (BC 375-360) Obol855 viewsca 375-360 BC. AR Obol (0.62g). Aphrodite seated right, wearing sphendone, holding sceptre / Wreathed head of female left, MA to right. Extremely fine, rare. Ilion (BC 228-190) Hemidrachm855 viewsca 228-190 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.34g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Athena Ilias advancing left; to left, monogram above owl standing left. VF, toned. Very rare. Kolophon (BC 480-450) Hemiobol854 viewsca 480-470 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.43g). Facing laureate head of Apollo Klarios / Mark of value or monogram? in incuse square. Rare. Porous, VF. Phygela (BC 400-350) Hemiobol854 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. 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