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Ephesos (AD 81-96) AE 33 - Domitian801 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE33 (21.43g, 6h). Homonoia with Smyrna. P. Calvisius Ruso, anthypatos (proconsul). Struck AD AD 92-94. Laureate head right / Nemesises of Ephesus and Smyrna, each raising veil and holding scepter, standing on either side of cult statue of Artemis (Diana) Ephesia. Good VF, dark olive and red-brown surfaces. Tricarico coll.
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Samos (BC 600-570) EL 1/24 Stater801 viewsca 600-570 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.77g). Samian-Euboeic standard. Geometric type. Rough obverse with irregular spiral markings / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Exceptionally clear obverse. Rare.
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Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Hemiobol801 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g). Young male head right, wearing tainia / ΠΟΡ, murex shell within incuse square. Unpublished?2 comments
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Myous (BC 300-200) AE 10801 views3rd-2nd century BC. AE10 (0.9g). Female head right, wearing stephane and necklace (Artemis?) / MY, bow and arrow. VF.2 comments
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Assos (BC 350-300) AE 10800 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.
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Rhodes (BC 188-170) Drachm800 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.
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Parion (BC 350-300) AE800 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE (5.76g). Bull butting right, grapes above / Π-Α/Ρ-Ι, altar of Parion; amphora standing in front. Dark green patina, VF. Ex Knopek Auk. (Koln, 1981), lot 162.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B56800 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Cow's head right in incuse square. VF.
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Alabanda (BC 167/6) Tetradrachm800 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.
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Neandreia (BC 350-300) Drachm800 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.68g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse feeding right, NEAN above. VF. Extremely rare.
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Neandreia (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm800 views4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.78g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse feeding right, NEAN above. VF. Extremely rare.
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Zela (AD 98-117) AE 35 - Trajan800 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE35 (24.15g, 5h). ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟ[C] Κ[ΑΙC]ΑΡ [C]ΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚΟC, cuirassed, draped and laureate bust right / ΘΕΑ ΑΝΑΕ∙ΙΤΙC∙ZΗΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΤΟΥC, persian goddess Anaitis sitting left, crescent on head, holding ears (of wheat?) in right hand, N in exergue. gVF. Unique? Ex Lanz 146 (5/2009), 438; ex Künker 193 (9/2011), 679.
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Xanthos (BC 425-400) Stater - Kherei799 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?
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Pergamon (BC 131) AE 16799 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (3.14g). Laureate head of bearded Asklepios left / Snake coiled around staff, B to left. Good style, EF. Scarce.
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Tenedos (BC 450-387) Drachm799 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Drachm (3.49g). Janiform female and male heads, the male laureate and facing right, the female diademed and facing left / ΤΕ-ΝΕ/ΔΙ-ΩΝ around double-axe; grape bunches to left and right; within shallow incuse. VF.
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Sinope (BC 27-AD 14) AE 14 - Augustus799 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.
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Ophryneion (BC 350-300) AE 11799 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE11 (2.27g, 6h). Helmeted head of Hektor facing slightly right / Infant Dionysos kneeling right, holding grape cluster; ΟΦΡΥ to left. VF, rough green patina. Alighieri Coll.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B43799 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of bearded god right (Priapos), hair bound with only partially visible band / Female head right (the nymph Chione or Dione), hair in sphendone; the whole within incuse square. Extremely rare. aEF.
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Aspendos (BC 330-280) Stater798 viewsca 330-280 BC. AR Stater (10.39g, 25mm). Two wrestlers grappling, ΠΟ between / Slinger right; ΕΣΤFΕΔΙΙYΣ to left, forepart of horse and helmet to right. About extremely fine.
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Smyrna (BC 155-145) Tetradrachm798 viewsca 155-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.89g, 12h). Turreted head of Tyche right / ZΜΥΡ-ΝΑΙΩΝ, monogram below; all within wreath. Superb EF, attractively toned. Well centered on a choice flan.
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Eikonion (BC 100-0) AE 14798 views1st century BC. AE14 (3.28g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Naked Perseus standing left, holding harpa and gorgon's head, ΕΙΚΟΝΙΕΩΝ.
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Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 45 - Caracalla798 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 Μ [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.
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Kebren (BC 412-399) AE 8798 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.
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Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Drachm798 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.12g, 15mm). Head of Kore-Persephone left, wearing wreath of corn ears, hair in sphendone and covered with veil; ΣΩΤΕΙ above / ΚΥ-ZΙ; lion's head left, tunny below, ivy wreath in field to right. Very rare denomination. Slightly off-centre. Good very fine.
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Abbaitis (BC 200-0) AE 19798 views2nd-1st century BC. AE19 (4.76g, 1h). Head of Herakles right wearing lion skin / Lion skin draped over club; monogram to right; all within wreath. Near EF, dark green patina. Ex Popken Coll.
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Myrina (BC 425-375) Obol798 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (0.55g, 9mm). Diademed head of nymph facing / M-Y-P-I, head of goat right. aVF.
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Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 200-0) AE 21798 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (7.3g). Turreted head of Tyche (Kybele) right / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ - ΣΙΠΥΛ, Zeus Lydios standing left, holding eagle and scepter; monogram before. VF.1 comments
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Perge (BC 260-230) Tetradrachm 798 viewsca 260-230 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.1g, 29mm). Wreathed head of Artemis right; quiver over shoulder / ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟΣ - ΠΕΡΓΑΙΑΣ, Artemis standing left, wearing short dress, holding wreath and scepter; to left, forepart of stag standing left, looking up. VF.
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Amastris (AD 176) AE 23 - Faustina II797 viewsFaustina II, ca 176 AD. AE23 (7.47g). Diademed head Faustina right / Victory standing left, holding scepter. Very fine.
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Holmoi (BC 4th cent) Stater797 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Stater (10.11g). Athena standing left, holding Nike in right hand, shield set on ground in left; dolphin to left, reversed spear to right / OLMI-TIK-ON, Apollo standing left, holding phiale in right hand, long branch in left; A in upper left field; countermark: bull standing right, shield above, all within incuse square. Toned, good VF, worn obverse die. Rare.
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Miletos (BC 259-246) Drachm797 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.
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Kotiaeion (AD 198-217) AE - Caracalla797 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.
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Kaisareia (AD 193-211) Drachm - Septimius Severus797 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AR Drachm (3.08g, 17mm, 11h). Dated RY 2 (AD 193/4). Laureate head right / Mount Argaeus surmounted by six-pointed star; ЄT B in exergue. Good VF, minor porosity.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) female/lion - Obol797 viewsca 5th cent. BC. AR Obol (0.61g). Female head (of Archaic style) left, hair in sakkos / Facing head of lion within incuse square. gVF. Unpublished?
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Troas Uncertain (BC 480-420) Tetrobol?797 views5th century BC. AR Tetrobol (12mm, 2.40g, 12h). Janiform heads of bearded Silenos left and nymph(?) right / Head of female left within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, toned, a little porous. Extremely rare.
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Methymna (BC 500-450) Stater796 viewsca 480 BC. AR Stater (8.21g). Boar standing right, head lowered / ΜΑΘVΜΝΑΙ-ΟΣ, helmeted head of Athena righ, dotted square border; all within an incuse square. VF, porous. Rare.
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Aigeai (BC 175-164) AE 21 - Antiochos IV, Epiphanes796 viewsAntiochos IV, Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AE21 (7.21g, 12h). Diademed head right / Bridled horse head left. Good VF, green patina, light deposits, a few scratches.
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Amorion (BC 200-0) AE 23796 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE23 (7.25g). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / ΑΜΟΡΙ-ΑΝΩΝ, eagle standing right on thunderbolt; kerykeion over shoulder, monogram to left, ΚΛΕΑΡ to right. Good style, dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Righetti coll.
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Hieropolis-Kastabala (BC 200-30) AE 23796 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.
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Kos (BC 500-480) 1/2 Stater796 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Hemistater (5.60g). Crab / Rough incuse square. VF, lightly toned, porous. Unpublished denomination for the archaic series of Kos.
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Kaisareia (AD 193-217) AE 24 - Julia Domna796 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE24 (10.00g, 12h), dated RY 14 (206/207 AD). Draped bust right / Legend and date within laurel wreath. VF, reddish-brown patina, reverse a bit off-center.
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Kyzikos (AD 180-192) AE 20796 viewsTime of Commodus, 180-192 AD. AE20 (2.33g). Draped bust of Kore-Soteira right / KVZIKHNΩN, octostyle temple. GVF.1 comments
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Autophradates (BC 380-355) Trihemiobol796 viewsAutophradates, Satrap of Sparda (Lydia and Ionia), circa 380s-350s BC. AR Diobol(?) (10mm, 1.01g, 10h). Head left, wearing satrapal cap / Head of horse left; OATA above, ΠO monogram to lower left. VF, dark find patina. Very rare.

Autophradates distinguished himself in the Great Satraps Revolt (365-360 BC) by supporting Artaxerxes II and imprisoning the satrap of Lydia and Ionia, Artabazos (Dem. Aristoc. 671). In 333 BC, Autophradates, along with his fellow-commander, Pharnabazos, took over the Persian fleet and completed the siege of Mytilene, which had been begun by Memnon. In the Greek revolts which arose in the Aegean and western Asia Minor as a result of Alexander III’s victories, Autophradates tried to return these areas to Persian control (Arr. Anab. 2.1; Arist. Pol. 2.4.10). Little else is known of his subsequent career, although it is possible that he was among those satraps who presented themselves before Alexander at Zadracarta (Arr. Anab. 3.23).
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) 1/24 Stater795 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.
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Magnesia (BC 350-325) Didrachm795 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Didrachm (7.16g). Diopeithes, magistrate. Rider on horseback right, holding lance / Bull butting left, ΔΙΟΠΕΙΘΗ[Σ] (magistrate) below; all within circular maeander pattern. Good VF, well centered.
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Gamerses (400-380) AE 13795 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.
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Savatra (AD 138-161) AE 20 - Antoninus Pius795 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE20 (5.69g). AV KAI AΔP- ANTΩNINO; Laureate; draped and cuirassed bust right / CAOYA-TPЄΩN, Athena standing left with spear and shield, right hand over Thymiaterion (?).Nice very fine.
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Stratonikeia (BC 166) Hemidrachm795 viewsafter 166 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.32g). Leaureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing 3/4 to right, wings open, CT-PA, bee to right, APICTEAC (magistrate) above. gVF. R. Mueller coll.
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(BC 400-385) Erbbina - Stater795 viewsErbbina (Arbinas), Dynast, ca 400-385 BC. AR Stater (8.39g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet / Herakles standing left, lion's skin on his head and shoulders, quiver on back, holding bow and brandishing his club; Lykian legend "Erbbina" retrograde, all in beaded square within incuse square. aEF. Rare. Ex Hunt coll., Sotheby (6/1990), 554; Numismatic Fine Arts 27 (12/1991), 67.
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Kition (BC 430) Stater - Azbaal794 viewsAzbaal, King of Kition, ca 449-425 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.72g). Herakles in fighting stance right / Lion bringing down stag to the right. VF, heavily worn obverse die, light porosity.
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Kyzikos (AD 139-161) AE 23 - Marcus Aurelius794 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE23 (8.01g, 6h). Bare headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Serpent-entwined torch with grain ears and poppies. Good VF, dark green patina with dusty light green and beige overtones. Rare variety.
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Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm794 viewsca 380-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.32g, 11h). Poseidippos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora / Quadripartite incuse square, with striated quarters and thick bands; ΠOΣEIΔIΠΠOY on horizontal band. EF, lightly toned. Well centered on a broad flan of excellent metal. One of the finest known.
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Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Tetradrachm794 viewsca 387/6-340 BC. AR Stater (14.54g). Bull standing left on grain ear, ΚΑΛX above, ΔA monogram to left / Quadripartite incuse square with stippled quadrants. Good VF, toned, small die break in field on obverse. Well centered.
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Uncertain (BC 480-420) Hemidrachm794 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm - Triobol (1.93g, 10mm, 12h). Forepart of Chimaira right / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. VF, porous. Extremely rare.
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Sardeis (AD 60-62) AE 18 - Octavia794 viewsOctavia, Augusta, 54-62 AD. AE18 (5.79g). ca 60-62 AD. ΘΕΑΝ ΟΚΤΑΟΥΙΑΝ, draped bust right / ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ ΣΤΡΑ ΤΟ Β, Demeter with two torches in biga drawn by snakes right. Dark green patina, gVF.
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Thyateira (AD 177-192) AE 45 - Commodus794 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE45 - Medallion (40.76g, 6h). Artemidoros, son of Floros, strategos. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; countermarks: monogram within incuse circle and grape cluster within incuse circle / The Capitoline Triad: Hera on left, holding scepter; Zeus in center, holding patera and scepter; Athena on right, holding grounded shield; small altar between Zeus and Athena. Fine, brown patina. Extremely rare. Frederick Coll. Ex CNG Elec. Auc. 132, lot 114.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater794 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Stater (15.98g). Triton swimming left, holding wreath in left hand; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare and undoubtedly the finest specimen known. Fine style, perfectly struck and centered on a full flan. Good extremely fine.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/6794 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.
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Kaisareia (AD 198-217) Drachm - Julia Domna793 viewsJulia Domna, 198-217 AD. AR Drachm (3.08g, 18mm). IOVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ CEB, draped bust right / MHTPOΠΟ KAICAPI, ET E (=year 5, 197/8 AD). Very fine.
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Kindya (BC 510-490) Tetrobol793 viewsca 510-490 BC. AR Samian Tetrobol (2.15g). Head of Ketos right / Incuse geometric pattern. Near EF, strike a touch soft.
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Miletopolis (BC 200-0) AE 20793 viewsca 3rd-2nd century BC. AE20 (4.81g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Double-bodied owl facing, ΜΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ around. Dark patina, VF. Rare.
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Leukai (BC 350-300) AE 10793 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE14 (2.44g, 5h). Lokros, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Swan standing left with open wings, head right; ΛOKΡ-OΣ below. VF, black patina, light cleaning scratches on both sides.
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Salamis (BC 411-373) Stater - Evagoras I793 viewsEvagoras I, ca 411-374 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.93g, 1h). Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; Euagoro in Cypriot to right / Ram recumbent right; barley grain above, Cypriot a to right, basileus in Cypriot and EY around. Near EF, toned. Ex Tan Coll. (Geminii VII, 1/2011, lot 562); Nomos 2 (5/2010), lot 128; Hess-Divo 307 (6/2007), lot 1296; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 518 (2/1989), lot 18.
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Magnesia (BC 350-320) Hemidrachm792 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[Υ] (magistrate). Nice VF, minor porosity, light obverse scratch.
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Telmessos (BC 81-27) AE792 viewsLycian League, ca 81-27 BC. AE (3.76g). Λ-Υ, head of Artemis right / ΤΕΛ/ΛΥ, stag standing right on ground line, within dotted circle. Dark green patina, VF. Rare.
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Mallos (BC 380-333) Stater792 viewsca 380-333 BC. AR Stater (10.26g, 10h). Athena seated left, holding spear, resting on shield; trunk of olive tree behind / Hermes, holding caduceus, and Aphrodite, arm around Hermes and resting on column, standing left. VF, toned, a few light scratches, light porosity.
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Termessos Minor (BC 100-0) AE 23792 viewsca 1st century BC. AE23 (5.88g). Laureate head of Zeus right, scepter with taenia behind, within dotted circle / Winged thunderbolt, ΤΕΡ-ΜΗΣ/ΣΕ-ΩΝ, within dotted circle. Fine dark patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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(BC 410-380) Ddenevele - Triobol792 viewsDdenevele?, Dynast, ca 410-380 BC. AR Triobol (15mm, 2.52g, 5h). Bearded head right, wearing Persian tiara, within dotted circle / Helmeted head of Athena right, diskeles to left, within dotted incuse circle. VF.
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Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 25-1) AE 23 - Cicero Minor792 viewsM. Tullius Cicero Minor, late 1st cent BC. AE23 (5.55g, 12h). Theodoros, magistrate, struck after 30 BC. Bare head of Cicero Minor right / Right hand holding wreath, grain ears, and vine branch with grape bunch. Near VF, blue-gray patina with traces of black deposits. Extremely rare.
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Gargara (BC 400-350) Drachm792 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.14g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΓΑΡΓ, bull grazing left on ground line. Very rare. Porous. Very fine.
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Kalchedon (BC 340-320) Siglos792 viewsca 340-320 BC. AR Siglos (16mm, 5.32g). Bull standing left on grain ear / Incuse square of mill-sail pattern. Good VF.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater792 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.32g, 9mm). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing geometric designs. Good Fine. Very rare denomination.
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Kaisareia (AD 217-218) AE 36 - Macrinus & Diadumenian792 viewsMacrinus, with Diadumenian as Caesar, 217-218 AD. AE36 (25.92g, 12h). Struck 218 AD. AY K M OΠ CЄOY MA[KPI]NOC M OΠ ΔIAΔOY ANTωNЄ[I], confronted busts of Macrinus right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Diadeumenian left, bareheaded and draped / M[HTP]OΠOΛC (sic) [KAICAPIAC?], Mt. Argaeus surmounted by statue; star and crescent in upper field; at base of mountain, tetrastyle temple between two agonistic urns; in exergue, NEΩΚOPOV/ ЄT B (date) in two lines. Good VF, dark green patina, earthen highlights.
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(BC 380-370) Vedrei - Stater791 viewsVedrei, Dynast, ca 380-370 BC. AR Stater (9.68g). Facing lion's scalp; triskeles below / Triskeles; Lycian letters 'fed' around. Good VF, toned, obverse die flaw. Ex Drewry Coll.
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Ephesos (BC 290-281) Octobol791 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.
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Birytis (BC 350-250) AE 10791 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?
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Miletos (BC 175-85) Tetradrachm791 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.
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(BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 18791 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE18 (5.24g). Laureate head Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, bow and quiver. Olive brown patina, EF. Gutknecht coll.
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Miletos (BC 350-325) AE 15791 viewsca 350-325 BC. AE15 (2.81g). Lion standing left, head turned right; city monogram above / Blooming star, Α-Λ-Κ-Ι-Π-Π-Ι-Δ between rays. Dark green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll.
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Hierapolis (Auton. AD 200-270) AE 30791 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.
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Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) Drachm791 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?
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Parion (BC 27-AD 14) AE 29 – Augustus & Agrippa791 viewsAugustus, with Agrippa, 27 BC-14 AD. AE29 - Dupondius (12.77g, 12h), struck before 12 BC. IMP CAESAR DIVI F C G I P, bare head of Augustus right / M AGRIPPA, bare head of Agrippa right. Rare. Green patina. About extremely fine.
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Kaisareia (AD 81-96) Didrachm - Domitian791 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.03g, 6h). Dated RY 13 (93/4 AD). Laureate head right / Nike advancing right, holding palm branch over shoulder and wreath; ЄTO IΓ (date) across field. Near EF. Group CEM.
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Akkilaion (AD 238-244) AE 24 - Gordian III790 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE24 (7.03g). AVT K M ANT Ω ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AKKIΛAЄΩN, Nike standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm. VF, black patina under some light green deposits.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B38790 viewsca 460-440 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g). Head of Silenos in three-quarter view, looking left / Head of roaring lion facing right in square frame, the whole in incuse square. Good VF.
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Fulvia (BC 41-40) AE 21789 viewsca 41-40 BC. AE21 (8.22g). Head of Fulvia as winged Nike right; 2 counterstamps: monograms / [ΦΟΥΛΟΥΙΑΝΩΝ] - ZΜΕPΤΟPΙΓΟΣ - ΦΙΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ, Athena with spear and shield standing left. Dark green-brown patina, VF/aVF. Rare.
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Sinope (AD 217-218) AE 30 - Diadumenian789 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.
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Ankyra (AD 200-220) AE 23789 viewsPseudo-autonomous, ca 200-220 AD. AE23 (7.30g). ΙΕPΑ-CVΝ ΚΛΗΤΟΝ, bare-headed, draped bust of young Senate right / ΑΝ/ΚΥΡΑ/ΝΩΝ in three lines within laurel wreath. EF.
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Kolophon (BC 450-410) Drachm789 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 5.44g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo right; A behind neck / Kithara within incuse square. VF, toned. Unpublished variety.

The A control is known on drachms from the earlier issue, with the long-haired Apollo, but none are published for this series.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/6789 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.21g). Uncertain standard. Figural type. Forepart of bridled horse left, legs forward in running motion, and mane flowing behind / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, a little porous. Extremely rare with horse forepart.
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Kolophon (BC 389-350) Drachm788 viewsca 389-350 BC. AR Drachm (3.42g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre; ΑΡΙΣΤΕΙΔ[ΗΣ] (magistrate). Toned, good VF, light porosity.
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Thyateira (BC 200-100) AE 19788 views2nd century BC. AE19 (2.71g). Laureate Apollo right; countermark: star / ΘΥΑΤΕΙ-PHNΩN tripod; monogram above. About very fine.
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Alexandreia (AD 180-192) AE 25 - Commodus788 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.
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Thyateira (AD 81-96) AE 15 - Domitia788 viewsDomitia, 81-96 AD. AE15 (2.97g). ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, draped bust right / ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ, tripod. Brown patina. Reverse small die break, good very fine.
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Aspendos (BC 420-400) Stater787 viewsca 410-387 BC. AR Stater (10.61g). Two naked wrestlers, the left contestant trying to unbalance the right by pulling his leg, uncertain geometric mark below / Slinger right, in short chiton, drawing back his sling; triskeles in field to right, ΕΣΤ upwards on right, border of dots in shallow incuse square, countermark: kneeling goat left. About very fine.
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(BC 480-460) Uncertain Dynast - Stater787 viewsAfter 480 BC. AR Stater (9.68g). Limyra mint? Goat standing left, Lycian letter above / Triskeles; Lycian letters 'zem', within dotted incuse square. VF. Vary rare.
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Tarsos (BC 361-334) Stater - Mazaios787 viewsMazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (10.71g, 9h). Baaltars seated left, holding grapes, grain ear, grapes, and scepter; apluster(?) below throne / Lion attacking stag left; Aramaic 'M' to lower right. Good VF, lightly toned. Ex Hess 254 (10/1983), lot 220.
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Kaunos (BC 450-430) Stater787 viewsca 450-430 BC. AR Stater (11.72g). Winged female figure in kneeling/running stance left, head turned right, holding caduceus and wreath / Baetyl(?), granulated patterns resembling birds on either side. Nice VF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B87 - EL 1/6 Stater787 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of satyr left, wearing ivy wreath; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Well struck.
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Myriandros (BC 361-334) Stater - Mazaios787 viewsMazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 10.50g). Baaltars seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter / Lion advancing left on crescent; sixteen-rayed star above. Good VF, minor porosity, well struck and nicely centered.
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