Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Methymna (BC 330-240) Triobol854 viewsca 350/330-250/240 BC. AR Triobol (2.82g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Lyre, B to right, all within dotted square border. Nicely toned. Minor scratches, otherwise, extremely fine. Ex Kokoschka Coll. (Lockett IV, Glendining & Co. (2/1961), 2252), and Pozzi Coll. (Naville I (3/1921), 2342. Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Tetradrachm854 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. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY15854 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. Kaisareia (AD 69-79) Didrachm - Vespasian854 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. Methymna (BC 500-450) Stater853 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. Rhodes (BC 125-88) Drachm853 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 2.94g, 12h). Antaios, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose, bud to right; sun to right, ΑΝΤΑΙΟΣ above. Superb EF, slight reverse die shift. Pergamon (BC 200-133) AE 23853 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE23 (9.31g). Bust of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet / Asklepios in himation standing facing, snake-staff in right hand; ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ to right. Dark olive-green patina, VF. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B87 - EL 1/6 Stater853 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. (BC 377-353) Maussollos - Tetradrachm853 viewsMaussollos, Satrap, ca 377/6-353/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.21g, 11h). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / ΜΑΥΣΣΩΛΛΟ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and scepter; small monogram to lower right. Good VF, lightly toned. Apparently unpublished with this monogram. Herman Coll. Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 235-238) AE 23 - Maximus853 viewsMaximus, as Caesar, 235-238 AD. AE23 (7.20g). Γ IOV OVH MAXIMOC, draped bust right / BIΘVNIEΩN, hunting scene with two bulls and lion. Rare. Green patina. VF. Ephesos (AD 81-96) AE 33 - Domitian853 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. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B43853 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. Adana (AD 100-200) AE 17852 viewsTime of Hadrian, or later, ca 2nd century AD. AE17 (3.03g). Head of the hero Adanos right / Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right. VF, dark green, almost black, patina. (BC 380-370) Vedrei - Stater852 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. Kition (BC 430) Stater - Azbaal852 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. Kalchedon (BC 200) AE 25852 viewsIn alliance with Byzantion, ca 200 BC. AE25 (9.98g, 1h). Bust of Zeus right / KALXA - BYZAN, Athena with spear and shield right; countermark. This is one of five types issued in alliance of these two cities. Kyzikos (AD 180-192) AE 20852 viewsTime of Commodus, 180-192 AD. AE20 (2.33g). Draped bust of Kore-Soteira right / KVZIKHNΩN, octostyle temple. GVF.1 comments Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm852 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. Amaseia (AD 81-96) - Domitian852 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE24 (6.45g), dated CY 95 (92/93 AD). AYT ΔOMITIANΩ KAICAP CEBAC ΓEP; laureate head right / AMACCEIAC ETOVC koppa-E; view of the city of Amasia, with fortifications with six towers on two mountain summits; city wall below, temple in center; to left of temple, rock-cut tombs of the Pontic kings. Tripolis (AD 198-209) AE 24 - Geta852 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. Salamis (BC 351-332) AV Stater - Pnytagoras852 viewsPnytagoras, ca 351-332 BC. AV Stater (8.26g, 10h). Persic standard. Draped bust of Aphrodite left, hair rolled above forehead and falling in long wavy strands to front and back of shoulder, wearing beaded necklace, triple-drop earring, and turreted crown, ΠN behind / Draped bust of Aphrodite left, hair in tight ringlets falling before ear and down back of neck, wearing torque (open end at front of her neck), beaded hoop earring, fillet, and crown decorated with semicircular plates; BA behind. VF, underlying luster, a few minor field marks. Very rare. Kaisareia (AD 81-96) Didrachm - Domitian852 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. Elaia (BC 340-300) AE 11851 viewsca 350-320 BC. AE11 (1.48g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / E-Λ, corn grain within olive wreath. Very fine. Pitane (BC 350) AE 17851 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE 17 (4.91g). Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, pellet in center, ΠΙΤΑΝ. EF/VF. Rare. Magnesia (BC 350-325) Didrachm851 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. Antiocheia (BC 200-100) AE 19851 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AE19 (6.30g). Radiate and draped bust of Helios right / Lyre within laurel wreath. (BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 18851 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE18 (5.24g). Laureate head Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, bow and quiver. Olive brown patina, EF. Gutknecht coll. Kyzikos (BC 530-500) Hemiobol851 viewsca 550-530 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42g, 8mm). Head tunny fish right; below, tunny fish right / Quadratum incusum. Rare. Very fine. Neandreia (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm851 views4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.88g, 10h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse grazing right on ground line; NEAN above. VF, rough surfaces. Rare denomination. Salamis (BC 330) Didrachm - Nikokreon851 viewsNikokreon, 331-310 BC. AR Didrachm (6.23g, 2h). Turreted head of Aphrodite right, NK to left / Laureate head of Apollo left, BA behind. Nice style and patina, small cracks, otherwise VF. Very rare. Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 200-0) AE 21851 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 Perge (BC 260-230) Tetradrachm 851 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. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Drachm850 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. Klannuda (BC 200-0) AE 19850 views2nd-1st century BC. AE19 (6.60g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, wings closed, ΚΛΑΝ / ΝΟΥΔ - ΔΕ/ΩΝ. aVF. Rare. Amorion (BC 200-0) AE 23850 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. Kyme (BC 100) AE 16850 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE16 (4.07g). Artemis, with long torch, greeting the Amazon Kyme, who holds transverse sceptre / Two figures (Apollo and Kyme?) in quadriga right. VF, brown patina. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B72850 viewsca 360-340 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Head of Athena facing right, wearing Attic helmet, the side-flap turned up / Lion-scalp facing in thin square frame, all in incuse square. Good VF/VF. Kalchedon (BC 340-320) Siglos850 viewsca 340-320 BC. AR Siglos (16mm, 5.32g). Bull standing left on grain ear / Incuse square of mill-sail pattern. Good VF. Zela (AD 98-117) AE 35 - Trajan850 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. Troas Uncertain (BC 480-420) Tetrobol?850 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. Smyrna (BC 100) Tetradrachm849 viewsca 100 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.68g, 12h). Hermippus, son of Sipylos, magistrate. Turreted head of Tyche right / ZΜΥΡ-ΝΑΙΩΝ, lion right; ΕΡΜΙΠΠΟΣ ΣΙΠΥΛΟΥ below; below; all within wreath. Good VF, toned. Very rare. Amastris (AD 209-211) AE 21 - Geta849 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE21 (7.19g, 1h). AYTKNCE RETAC AYR (Supreme-commander, Caesar, P. Septimius Geta, Emperor) / Pallas standing right, wearing a helmet, chiton, and peplos; in her right hand a spear; in her left, an owl, ΑΜΑCΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ. Scarce. See BMC 13, p. 150, 8 (for obv) and p. 87, 20 (for rev - Ant. Pius), unpublished? Kolophon (BC 450-410) Drachm849 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. Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol848 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR Obol (0.60g). Tunny fish left / Quadripartite incuse square. Nice very fine. Smyrna (BC 155-145) Tetradrachm848 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. Pergamon (BC 27-AD 14) AE 21 - Augustus848 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE 21. Laureate head right / Temple with six columns. aVF. Telmessos (BC 81-27) AE848 viewsLycian League, ca 81-27 BC. AE (3.76g). Λ-Î¥, head of Artemis right / ΤΕΛ/ΛΥ, stag standing right on ground line, within dotted circle. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) Trihemiobol848 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.12g). Head of Athena right / Owl standing facing; ΑΛΙΚΑΡ left, ΔΡΑΚΟ[Ν?] (magistrate) to right. VF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B38848 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. Antiocheia (AD 79-81) AE 20 - Titus848 viewsTitus, 79-81 AD. AE20 (7.32g, 12h). Laureate head right / Founder plowing right with yoke of oxen. VF, dark brown patina. Ex J.S. Wagner Coll. Uncertain (BC 200-100) Drachm?848 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. Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol848 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.23g, 7h). Female double-head, wearing earring / ΛΑΜ, head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet; fly to right. gVF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B46 848 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head right, wearing sakkos / Two herms (?) facing, one male, one female, within linear border; all within shallow incuse square. The male herm with an exaggerated erect phallus. Good VF. Carr coll. Six examples known to Bodenstedt. This appears to be only the second example offered at electronic auction or sale. The dies for this coin are unrecorded in Bodenstedt, but the same as the other example offered at electronic auction (Roma Numismatics 7 (3/2014), lot 611).1 comments Myrina (BC 165) Drachm847 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. Patara (BC 420-370) Drachm847 viewsca 5th century BC. AR 1/2 Stater (3.71g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Lycian letters 'pttah' around triskeles within circular incuse. VF. Very rare and apparently unpublished. Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Drachm847 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. Sagalassos (BC 100-0) AE 14847 viewsAutonomous, 1st cent BC-1st cent AD. AE14 (3.37g). Head Zeus right / Two goats attacking each other. Very fine. Leukai (BC 350-300) AE 10847 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. Kaisareia (AD 117-138) Didrachm - Hadrian847 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Didrachm (6.84g, 21mm, 12h). Struck 128-138 AD. Laureate head right / Mount Argaeus surmounted by statue. VF, attractively toned. Good portrait. From the Sierra Coll.; ex Gorny & Mosch 142 (10/2005), lot 2045. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B17847 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10.8mm). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; small square punch behind. EF, very rare. Amastris (AD 176) AE 23 - Faustina II846 viewsFaustina II, ca 176 AD. AE23 (7.47g). Diademed head Faustina right / Victory standing left, holding scepter. Very fine. Aspendos (BC 330-280) Stater846 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. Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 218-222) AE 29 - Elagabalus846 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE29 (11.31g). Draped bust right / ΒΙΘΥΝΙΕΩΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Nemesis standing facing, wearing long garb, head to left, right hand at chin; wheel at side. Dark brown patina, aVF. Unpublished? Parion (BC 350-300) AE846 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. Rhodes (BC 405/404) Tridrachm846 viewsca 405/404 BC. AR Tridrachm or Disiglos (11.21g). Infant Herakles wrestling with two snakes / P-O, rose. VF. Extremely rare. Ex Lanz Auc. 40 (Muenchen 1987), lot 291. (BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 16846 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE16 (4.71g). Laureate head Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, bow and quiver. Dark green patina, EF. (BC 380-360) Perikle - AE 12846 viewsPerikle, ca 380-360 BC. AE12 (1.88g). Horned head of Pan left / Lycian letters 'Π^-ΡΕ-ΚΛ' around triskeles. VF, patches of minor roughness. Ex Gutknecht coll. (BC 410-380) Ddenevele - Triobol846 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. Parion (AD 54-68) AE 23 - Nero846 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE23 (6.77g, 12h). Laureate head right; star below chin / Capricorn right, head left; cornucopia behind. Near VF, green patina. Tisna (BC 350-300) AE 11845 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-600) Swastika - EL 1/12845 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.36g, 8mm). Milesian standard. Geometric type. Raised clockwise swastika pattern / Incuse square. Good VF, struck from worn obverse die. Very rare denomination. Assos (BC 420-380) Obol845 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Obol (0.5g, 9mm). Female head left / A-T, head of griffin right within dotted border in incuse square. VF. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm845 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. Pitane (BC 350) AE 16844 viewsca 4th century BC. AE16 (3.66g) Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, pellet in center, ΠΙΤΑΝ. VF, brown patina. Rare. Freedman Coll. Aspendos (BC 330-280) Stater844 viewsca 330-280 BC. AR Stater (10.42g, 25mm). Two wrestlers grappling, ΠΟ between / Slinger right; ΕΣΤFΕΔΙΙY to left, forepart of horse and spear-head to right. About extremely fine. Fulvia (BC 41-40) AE 21843 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. Neandreia (BC 350-300) Drachm843 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.68g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse feeding right, NEAN above. VF. Extremely rare. Sardeis (AD 60-62) AE 18 - Octavia843 viewsOctavia, Augusta, 54-62 AD. AE18 (5.79g). ca 60-62 AD. ΘΕΑΝ ΟΚΤΑΟΥΙΑΝ, draped bust right / ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ ΣΤΡΑ ΤΟ Î’, Demeter with two torches in biga drawn by snakes right. Dark green patina, gVF. Alinda (AD 198-217) AE 36 – Caracalla & Plautilla843 viewsCaracalla, with Plautilla, 198-217 AD. AE36 (22.18g, 6h). Marcus Ulpius Uliades, magistrate. Struck circa AD 202/3. AV K M A-NTΩNINOC N(εα) Θ(εα) H(ρα) ΠΛAVTIΛ, confronted busts of Caracalla right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Plautilla left, draped and wearing stephane / Apollo standing facing, head left, holding plectrum and lyre. Good VF, brown patina that is lightly rubbed on the highpoints. Fine style portraits of the young newlyweds. Better than the above referenced specimens and lacking the usual countermark. From Group CEM. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XIV (11/1984), lot 493. Three Carian cities - Alinda, Alabanda, and Stratonicea - commemorated the marriage between Caracalla and Plautilla by issuing coins with dual portraits proclaiming the young empress as “the new goddess Hera.” As Ken Harl notes (Civic Coins and Civic Politics in the Roman East: A.D. 180-275 [Berkeley, CA: University of California Press], p. 41): “By implication, Caracalla was envisioned as a youthful Zeus, so that the imperial marriage became a symbolic reenactment of the celestial one.” Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater843 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 11mm). Laureate head of Zeus left / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. Abbaitis (BC 200-0) AE 19842 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. Thyateira (AD 81-96) AE 15 - Domitia842 viewsDomitia, 81-96 AD. AE15 (2.97g). ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, draped bust right / ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ, tripod. Brown patina. Reverse small die break, good very fine. Kyzikos (BC 530-500) Hemiobol842 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Obol (?) (0.31g). Head of tunny fish left / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare. Good VF. Mueller coll. Salamis (BC 411-373) Stater - Evagoras I842 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. Alexandreia (AD 166-177) AE 23 - Commodus842 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE23 (7.86g). COMMODO CAE AV GER, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL AVG TROAD, Apollo Smintheus on short column standing right holding patera and bow, quiver over shoulder. Green patina, VF. Miletopolis (BC 200-0) AE 21841 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE21. Head of Athena left / Two owls facing. EF. (BC 500-460) Uncertain Dynast - Stater841 viewsca 500-470/60 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 9.25g). Pegasos flying left / Roaring lion's head left, within incuse square. VF, porous. Apparently unpublished. Tavion (AD 50) AE 22841 viewsAutonomous issue, mid-1st cent AD. AE22 (6.85g, 1h). Laureate head of Zeus left / Hexastyle temple façade. Good VF, blue-black patina. Attuda (AD 100-200) AE 21841 viewsImperial Times, 2nd cent AD. AE21 (6.55g, 12h). ΔHMOC - ATTOVDЄ-ΩΝ, head Demos right / ΔIA MЄNIΠ-ΠOY, Zeus Sabazios with double axe riding on horseback to right. Almost extremely fine. Hauck & Aufhäuser, Auc 13 (10/1997), Nr. 186. Ex Karl coll. Apameia (AD 198-217) AE 34 - Caracalla841 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE34 (22.10g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, holding scepter and patera. VF, green-brown patina, some encrustation on reverse. Ex Wagner Coll. (BC 400-385) Erbbina - Stater841 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. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater841 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. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Obol840 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Obol (0.56g). Janiform head, female on left, male on right (Hera and Zeus) / Double-axe, T-E over crossing line; within incuse square. VF, typical porosity. Rare. Kaisareia (AD 198-217) Drachm - Julia Domna840 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. Mallos (BC 350) AE 12840 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE12 (1.11g). Head of Pyramos right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Gorgoneion facing. VF, green patina. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian840 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.85g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Temple of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia: ornate tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered base, pediment decorated with crescent above altar; cult statue of Diana within. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain cistophorus of Mark Antony and Octavia. Parion (AD 253) AE 21 - Aemilian840 viewsAemilian, 253 AD. AE21 (5.12g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / C G H I P, capricorn swimming right, cornucopiae on back; star between forelegs. VF, brown surfaces. Drewry Coll.; Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XX (3/1992), lot 429. Astypalaia (BC 3rd-2nd cent) AE 13840 viewsca 3rd-2nd cent BC. AE13 (2.54g). Head of Perseus right, wearing Phrygian cap / A-C, harpa. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. Joy coll. Amastris (AD 235-260) AE 22840 viewsImperial Times, ca 3rd cent AD. AE22 - 3 Assaria (3.60g). Draped bust of Homer right, wearing taenia; c/m: head of Gordian III right / Hades-Serapis seated left holding scepter; Cerberus seated before. Near VF, brown patina with some green highlights. Abydos (BC 320-200) AE 10840 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE10 (0.87g). Bust of Artemis facing, wearing headdress / ABY, eagle standing right, head left; trident to right. aEF, brown patina. 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