Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm759 viewsafter 189 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 14.97g). Janiform male and female heads, the male laureate and facing left, the female diademed and facing right / Double axe; monogram and grape cluster left, Eros right; all within laurel wreath. VF, porous, rough surfaces. Bargylia (BC 200-0) Hemidrachm758 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.16g). Head of Artemis Kindyas right / ΒΑΡΓΥ-ΛIΗΤΩΝ, stag standing right, rose below. VF/EF. Ex Auktion Peus Nachf. 351 (1997), lot 222. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater758 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.68g). Nude youth kneeling right, hair bound by taenia with frontal projection, holding a tunny fish in his extended left hand / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, lightly toned. Ex Triton VI (1/2003), lot 307. Perperene (BC 400-300) AE 758 views4th century BC. AE (0.80g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΠΕΡ, grape bunch with vines. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. Tmolos (AD 136-138) AE 30 - Hadrian & Aelius758 viewsHadrian, with Aelius Caesar, 136-138 AD. AE30 (16.46g, 1h). AV • AΔPIANOC • CЄ • Λ • AI • KAI-CAP, confronted busts of Hadrian right, laureate and draped, and Aelius left, bareheaded and cuirassed, with slight drapery / TMOΛI-TΩN, Tmolus standing facing, head right, leaning on knotted staff and cradling the infant Dionysus in a fawn skin (nebris) tied around his neck. EF, dark brown patina, lightly rubbed on high points. Methymna (BC 520-460) Hemiobol758 viewsMethymna(?). ca 550/30-450/40 BC. AR Tritartemorion (6mm, 0.24g). Facing head of Silenos / Incuse square. VF, toned. Rare. Gargara (BC 500-475) Obol758 viewsca 475-450 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.65g). Female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap; ΓAP behind neck / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, toned, porous. Very rare. Knidos (BC 411-405) Drachm757 viewsca 405-394 BC. AR Drachm (6.12g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, hair bound with taenia, K-N-I, within incuse square. Lightly toned EF, choice flan, great style. Ex Hess-Leu 49 (4/1971), lot 221. Side (BC 200-0) Tetradrachm757 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.30g). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / Nike left, holding wreath; pomegranate to left, ΚΛΕ−ΥΧ. EF. Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm757 viewsca 412-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.14g, 9h). Skymnos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch to left / Quadripartite incuse square, ΣΚΥΜΝΟΣ across horizontal band; vertical striations within each quarter. Good VF, heavily toned. Ephesos (BC 550-500) Drachm757 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Drachm (3.34g). Bee / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Rare. (BC 377-353) Maussollos - Tetradrachm757 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. Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol757 viewsca 459 BC, probably an issue of Archepolis. AR Trihemiobol (1.06g, 2h). Head of Hephaistos right, wearing diadem, A to left / Head of eagle left; AM below. VF, typical light porosity. Unpublished as a trihemiobol. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B35 757 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 - Poseidonios756 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.54g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΠΟΣΕΙ-ΔΩΝΙΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Good VF. Skepsis (BC 350-300) AE 16756 viewsca 350-310 BC. AE16 (4.65g). Forepart of Pegasos right / Fir-tree in linear square; thunderbolt to left. VF, dark green, almost black, patina. Overstruck with traces of the undertype visible on the reverse. Aigeai (AD 244-249) AE 28 - Philip I, Philip II and Otacilia Severa756 viewsPhilip I, Philip II and Otacilia Severa. 244-249 AD. AE28 (16.11g). Philip, radiate draped and cuirassed right facing Otacilia, diademed and draped left; small laureate head of Philip II between / Hexastyle temple of Asklepios and Telesphoros; eagle on pediment. Fine, brown surfaces, a little rough. Scarce. Kibyra (BC 166-84) Drachm756 viewsca 166-84 BC. AR Drachm (2.93g). Draped male bust right, wearing crested helmet / Horseman galloping right, holding couched spear and shield; caps of the Dioskouroi behind, OC-AI and ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ below. Good VF, toned, reverse strike a little soft. Skepsis (BC 250-210) AE 17756 viewsca 250-210 BC. AE17 (4.24g). Rhyton in form of forepart of flying Pegasos left / Six-branch fir-tree, Σ-Κ, in linear square; thyrsos to left, bukranion to right, H below. Fine green patina, thick flan, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/24 Stater756 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Milesian standard 1/24 Stater (0.62g). Lion head (?) / Incuse punch. VF. Nysa (BC 200-0) AE 756 views2nd-1st century BC. AE. Laureate head of Hades and wreathed head of Kore right / ΝΥΣΑΕΩΝ, young Dionysos in short chiton standing left, holding thyrsos in left hand, kantharos in right hand; in left field, date ETOYΣ / E? (=year 5?). Green patina, gVF. Rare. Ex Hirsch Auk. 178 (Muenchen, 1993), lot 409. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B12 var756 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Head of roaring lion facing left / Incuse head of calf facing left; rectangular punch behind. EF. This is an unrecorded variant of Bodenstedt 12 with the lion facing left instead of right. Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 3 - Tetartemorion755 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.19g, 5mm) Head of eagle right / circular symbol (wreath or diadem?) or monogram within incuse square. Mallos (BC 425-385) Tetartemorion755 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.20g). Swan left / Head of man-headed bull right. Toned, good VF. Rare. Mallos (BC 385-333) Obol755 viewsca 385-333 BC. AR Obol (0.77g). Female head (Aphrodite?) right, wearing sphendome / Head of satrap right, wearing Persian tiara (bashlyk). Good VF. Ex J. Brindley Coll. (= Auktion Baldwin's 34 (London, 2003), lot 343. Miletos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian755 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.67g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Temple of Apollo Didymeus: tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, pellet in pediment; within, statue of Apollo standing facing, holding stag and bow. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B77 - EL 1/6 Stater 755 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of Pan left; [seal to right] / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare. (BC 500-460) Uncertain Dynast - Stater755 viewsca 520-470/60 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 9.33g). Pegasos flying left / Facing lion’s scalp, within incuse square. VF, toned, some striking weakness. Winokur Coll. Assos (BC 300-250) AE 16755 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE16 (3.40g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Griffin seated left, ΑΣΣΙ above, bukranion below. Ionia Uncertain (BC 520-470) Triobol?755 viewsca 510-495 BC. AR Triobol (11mm, 2.23g). Forepart of horse right / Quadripartite incuse punch. VF. Knidos (BC 530-520) Drachm754 viewsca 530-520 BC. AR Drachm (6.25g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Archaic head of Aphrodite right within incuse square. VF, lightly toned, partial flat strike on obverse. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B02754 viewsbefore 522 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Forepart of bull left / Incuse lion's head right. VF/EF. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian754 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.76g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Diana (Artemis) Leucophryne(?) crowned with wreaths by flanking Nikai; eagles at sides. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Extremely rare, only three specimens cited by Metcalf. Cyprus Uncertain (BC 450) Stater754 viewsca 460 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.65g, 11h). Lion springing right on ground line, Cypriot? letter below / Bull walking left, Cypriot? letter below, within dotted incuse square. Toned, aEF. Extremely rare issue formerly attributed to Golgoi. Tlos (BC 490-440) Stater754 viewsUncertain dynast, ca 490/80-440/30 BC. AR Stater (9.36g, 8h). Protodynastic period B. Lion seated left, raising right paw / Forepart of Pegasos right in dotted square within incuse square. Good VF, toned, a couple flan flaws on obverse. Rare. Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol754 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42g). Forepart of boar left with K (retrograde) on shoulder; tunny behind / Head of roaring lion left, facing head of panther (or female lion) above, within incuse square. Gergis (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm754 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.94g, 12mm, 6h). Wreathed head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly right / Griffin seated to right, ΓEPΓIΣIOИ around; all within incuse square. aEF. Extremely Rare; the second and finest known. Hieropolis-Kastabala (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimus Severus753 viewsSeptimus Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (6h). Head of Dionysos right / Septimus Severus standing left, with Nike in right hand, spear in left.1 comments Mopsos (BC 200-0) AE 21753 views2nd Century BC-Imperial Times. AE21 (7.99g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Lighted altar on two feet. VF, brown patina, a little rough. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B54753 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 3h). Head of Aktaeon right, wearing stag's horn / Gorgoneion in linear square within incuse square. Good VF. Herman Coll.; Ex Elsen 71 (9/2002), lot 214. Adana (AD 202-205) AE 42 - Plautilla753 viewsPlautilla, wife of Caracalla. Augusta, 202-205 AD. AE42 - Medallion (40.96g, 6h). Draped bust right; star to left; crescent above star to right; countermark: Nike standing left within incuse circle / Plautilla and Caracalla clasping hands. Uncertain Satrap (BC 350-341) Tetradrachm 753 viewsCaria, Achaemenid Period, ca 350-334 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.21g, 6h). Struck circa 350-341 BC. Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Persian satrap on horseback right, thrusting spear held in his right hand, left hand on rein. Good VF, toned, a few traces of porosity. Both dies engraved in the finest style for the type, displaying unusual detail in the facial features and musculature. Adramytteion (AD 198-217) AE 34 - Caracalla753 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE34 (22.52g). Homonoia with Ephesos. ΑΥΤ[ΟΚΡ Κ]ΑΙ - Îœ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC ΑΥΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠΙ CΤΡ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΥ Î’ ΑΔΑΡΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ Κ ЄΦЄCΙΩΝ / Γ ΝЄΩ/ΚΟΡΩ/Ν / ΟΜΟ/ΝΟΙΑ, Artemis of Ephesos and Zeus of Adramyteion. Green patina, VF. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 19753 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE19 (8.68g). Bow in case; countermark: helmet / 8-rayed star. VF. Pfeiler coll. (BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/3 Stater753 viewsKroisos, ca 560-546 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (14mm, 3.49g). Confronted foreparts of lion right, with extended right foreleg, and bull left / Bipartite incuse squares of unequal size. Salamis (BC 411-373) Stater/Double Siglos - Evagoras I752 viewsEvagoras I, King of Salamis, 411-374/3 BC. AR Stater or Double Siglos (11.10g, 8h). Head of bearded Herakles wearing lion skin headdress right; Cypriot letters, 'Eu fa go ro' to right (mostly off the flan) / 'Ba si le fo se eu' (in combined Cypriot and Greek letters), goat seated right on dotted ground line; barley grain above; kerykeion (caduceus) to right. Very rare. Struck on an irregular flan from a rusty obverse die, otherwise, good extremely fine. Ex Monnaies et Medailles 68 (4/1986), 308. Kyme (BC 165-140) Tetradrachm752 viewsafter 190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.95g, 6h). Head of the Amazon Kyme right wearing taenia / Horse standing right, one handled cup below; ΚΑΛΛΙΑΣ magistrate. Sinope (AD 209-212) AE - Geta752 viewsGeta, 209-212 AD. AE (14.04g), struck 210 AD. Head right / Bust of Serapis right. Dark brown patina, VF. Kremna (AD 249-251) AE 32 - Herennia Etruscilla752 viewsHerennia Etruscilla, wife of Trajan Decius, Augusta, 249-251 AD. AE32 (17.70g, 12h). EREN ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent / COL IVL AVG FEL CREMNA, eagle standing right, wings displayed, supporting three busts of (left to right): Hostilian, Trajan Decius, and Herennius Etruscus. Good VF, green and brown patina, slight encrustation. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Dr. Martin J. Price Collection. Mytilene (BC 250-200) AE 18752 viewsca 250-200 BC. AE18 (4.50g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MY/T-I, kithara, monograms on either side. Dark olive-green patina, aEF. Gutknecht coll. Lampsakos (BC 200-150) Hemidrachm?752 viewsca 2nd century BC. AR Hemidrachm? (1.95g, 14mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΛAM; Pegasos right; below, monogram. Minor edge damage, very fine. Apameia (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus752 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 (22.76g). ΑΥΤ Κ Λ CЄΠΤ - CЄΟΥΗΡΟC ΠЄΡ-ΤΙ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ЄPI AGWNOQ-î-T-OU ARTî MA/Γ / APAMЄIΩN, Athena, wearing long chiton and peplos, seated left on rock, shield at her side, helmeted head turned right, playing double aulos and checking her image reflected in the water; she is watched by Marsyas, nude, hidden behind rock in upper left field. Very rare and interesting mythological representation. Dark, olive patina. Athena was believed to have invented the aulos (double pipe). Hera and Aphrodite laughed when Athena played her pipes because her puffed cheeks distorted her face. Suspicious Athena decided to see for herself by observing her reflection in a river as she played. Upon seeing the unflattering result, she discarded the pipes, which were then picked up by Marsyas; Marsyas later challenged Apollo to a contest, matching his pipes with Apollo's lyre. Apollo won and flayed Marsyas as his punishment. Myous (BC 2nd cent) AE 16752 viewsca 2nd (?) century BC. AE15.6 (2.10g). Head of Asklepios right / Îœ-Î¥/Ω-Ν, serpent-staff within wreath. Unpublished? (BC 400-370) Artumpara - Stater752 viewsArtumpara, Dynast, ca 400-370 BC. AR Stater (7.62g, 9h), Telmessos mint. ΤΛ[...], bearded head of Satrap right, wearing Persian tiara / ΑΡΤΟΧΠΑΡΑ, helmeted head of Athena right. Extremely rare, one of only a very few coins of this Dynast known. Good fine. PGB coll., acquired in early 1970s. Artumpara was a late satrap or dynast of Lycia who was involved in putting down the revolt of Datames; he himself seems to have been defeated by Perikle, who at one point ruled over most of Lycia. Diokaisareia (AD 98-117) AE 24 - Trajan751 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE24 (10.62g). Laureate bust right; titles of Trajan (in Greek) including Germanicus and Dacicus.. / ΔΙΟΚΑ-CΑΡΕΩΝ, thunderbolt. Ephesos (BC 138) Tetradrachm751 viewsca 166-67 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.70g, 1h), dated RY 2 of Attalos III of Pergamon (138/7 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΕΦΕ, bow-case with serpents; to right, B above bust of Artemis Ephesia. EF. Hermokapeleia (AD 0-100) AE 15 751 viewsClaudian era, under the Romans. Anonymous 1st century AD. AE15 (3.81g, 8h). [ΙΕΡΑ CΥΝ] − ΚΛΗΤΟN (?), Draped bust of Senate right / ΕΡΜΟΚΑΠΗ-ΛHΤΩΝ, draped bust of goddess right. VF, green patina. Maionia (AD 54-68) AE 15 - Nero 751 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE15 (2.83g). Menekrates, strategus. Struck circa 65 AD. Laureate head right / Man standing left, holding pine cone and scepter. Good VF, dark green-brown patina, attractive portrait. Pergamon (AD 177-192) AE 42 - Commodus751 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE42 - Medallion (39.13g, 6h). Homonoia with Ephesus. P. Aelius Pius, strategus. Laureate and draped bust right / Pergamus, holding statue of Aesculapius and scepter, standing right, vis-à-vis Androclus, holding statue of Artemis Ephesia and scepter, standing left; lighted and garlanded altar between. Good VF, brown-green patina, some smoothing in fields. From Group CEM. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B45751 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 7h), struck circa 430 BC. Head of nymph (Europa?) three-quarter facing and turned slightly right, wearing taenia / Two boars' heads confronting each other. Very rare. Minor scratches on rev, otherwise aEF. Paphos (BC 450) Obol - Stasandros750 viewsStasandros, King of Paphos, ca 450 BC. AR Obol (0.62g). Bull standing left, winged solar disk (Ahura-Mazda) flying above / Eagle sitting left, ankh and Cypriot letters to left. VF. Olympos (BC 167-81) Drachm750 viewsLykian League, ca 167-81 BC. AR Drachm (2.59g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΟΛΥΜΠΗ, three-string lyre, palm brachn to left, tropaion to right; within incuse square. EF. Ex Aufhauser Auk. 4 (1987), lot 155. (BC 380-370) Trbbenimi - 1/6 Stater750 viewsTrbbenimi, Dynast, ca 380-370 BC. AR 1/6th Stater (1.56g), Limyra mint. Triskeles, Lycian letters 'zemu' (Limyra) / Triskeles, Lycian letters 'trbbe.' VF, porous. Rare denomination. Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 18750 views164 BC and later. AE18 (4.97g, 1h). Athenodoros, magistrate. Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / Sandan on mythical animal right; ΑΘΗ/ΝΟΔ/ΩΡΟ in three lines to left. Good VF, dark green-brown patina. Attractive style. Kolophon (BC 330-280) AE 15750 viewsca 330-280 BC. AE15 (2.05g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of bridled horse right; ΑΝΤΗΝΩΡ (magistrate) to left, ΚΟΛO below. Fine green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Kaisareia (AD 69-79) AE 27 - Vespasian750 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE27 (13.76g, 12h). M. Hirrius Fronto Neratius Pansa, Augustan legate. Dated RY 10 (77-78 AD). AYTOKP KAICAP CЄBAC OYЄCΠACIANOC, laureate head of Vespasian, right / EΠI M NЄPA ΠANCA ΠPЄCBEY / – ЄT I (in exergue), Mt. Argaeus; on summit radiate figure standing left, globe in right hand, scepter in left hand. VF, green patina. Tricarico coll. Sesamos (BC 340-300) Drachm750 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.50g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing earring and necklace; ΣΗΣΑΜΗ to right, anchor above. Toned, aEF. Rare. Ex Rockefeller University (Mirsky coll.). Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B67750 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g, 11mm). Head of Zeus Ammon right / Female head right, wearing stephane, within linear square. VF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B84750 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 11mm). Head of nymph facing right, hair in sphendone / Amphora, two ivy leaves flanking; all within linear square border. VF. Rare. Mallos (BC 425-385) Hemiobol749 viewsca 380-370 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g). Winged male running right, holding solar disc in both hands / Swan standing left, wings spread, M above. Very fine. Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Bakheus749 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.55g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΒΑΚ-ΧΕΥΣ (magistrate) above and below. Good VF. Kolophon (BC 330-285) AE 15749 viewsca 330-285 BC. AE15 (2.21g). Laureate head of Apollo 3/4 to left / Lyre, palm to right, ΕΡΑΣΙΝΙΔΗΣ (magistrate) to left, KO below. Good VF, glossy, dark grayish green patina. Rare. Fulvia (BC 41-40) AE - as Fulvia749 viewsca 41-40 BC, Eumeneia as Fulvia, under Marcus Antonius. AE (8.22g). Draped bust of Fulvia as Nike right / ΦΟΥΛΟΥΙΑΝΩΝ ZΜΕΡΤΟΡΙΓΟΣ / ΦΙΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ, Athena walking left, holding spear and shield. Black smooth patina, good VF. Rare. (BC 480-450) Uncertain Dynast - Stater749 viewsUncertain Dynast, ca 500-460 BC. AR Stater (9.21g). Crab / Crab, uncertain hook-like symbol or letter below, within dotted incuse square. Very porous, VF. Alexandreia (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla749 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (8.15g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo standing right sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar. EF, black patina. Rare and attractive. Marc Melcher Coll. Lampsakos (BC 190-85) AE 20748 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE20 (6.24g). Head of Priapos right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΛΑΜΨΑ − ΚΗΝΩΝ, star to right. VF, high relief obverse, a little rough, especially the reverse, green patina. Neandreia (BC 400) Obol748 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.59g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Ram standing right, NEA-N. Lightly toned EF, typical light porosity. Rare. Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 12748 viewsca 375-340 BC. AE12 (1.71g). Three-quarter facing head of Athena, head turned slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet and necklace / Ram walking right; pellet before, ΒΙΩΝ (magistrate) above. EF, dark green, almost black, patina, just a trace of roughness. Samos (BC 526-522) Drachm748 viewsca 526-522 BC. AR Drachm (3.54g). Winged boar left / Lion's scalp in dotted incuse square. EF. Herakleia Pontika (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla748 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (17.81g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Herakles seated left on rocks covered with lion's skin, resting club on ground in left hand, right hand extended holding cantharus. Near VF, glossy dark green patina, flan bent slightly, some smoothing in fields. Amisos (AD 198-217) AE 33 - Caracalla748 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE33 (22.00g), dated CY 241 (209/210 AD). Laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear pointed forwards and shield decorated with gorgon’s head; countermark - Nike left (?) / AMICOY ELEY-QERAC ETOVC, Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; CMA (date) in exergue. green and brown patina, light roughness. Fine. Apparently unpublished. Drewry Coll. Sinope (BC 480-450) Drachm748 viewsca 425-410 BC. AR Drachm (6.01g). Head of eagle left; [below, dolphin left] / Quadripartite square with two sunken quarters and two quarters in relief; K in one sunken quarter. Good VF, toned. Smyrna (AD 161-180) AE 41 - Marcus Aurelius748 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE 41 - Medallion (51.70g). Homonoia with Laodikeia. AV KAI M AV-PH ANTΩNINOC•, laureate and cuirassed bust left / ATTAΛOC COΦICTHC TAIC ΠATPI / SMVP ΛAO, Zeus of Laodikeia with scepter and eagle in between two Nemesis of Smyrna. Extremely rare, gVF. Magnesia (BC 300-200) Drachm748 viewsca 300-200 BC. AR Drachm (5.61g, 10h). Persic standard. Morimos, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right; monogram below / Bull butting left; grain ear behind, MOPIMOΣ in exergue; all within circular Maeander pattern. Good VF. Well centered. Rare. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B14 - EL 1/6 Stater748 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.63g). Head of boar left; below, small seal left / Incuse square punch. gVF. Rare. Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Demetrios747 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.39g). Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΔΗΜΗ-ΤΡΙΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Nice VF, soft reverse strike. Laranda (BC 324-323) Obol747 viewsca 324-323 BC, time of satrapal campaign of Balacros and Perdiccas against Laranda. AR Obol (0.58g). Jugate diademed and bearded male heads right / Forepart of wolf right; ΛΑΡ[ΑΝ] above, monogram to left, star to right. Well struck, very fine, very rare. Hieropolis-Kastabala (BC 200-30) AE 23747 views2nd-1st century BC. AE23 (8.19g, 12h). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / River-god Pyramos swimming right, holding eagle in right hand. VF, green patina, light smoothing. Methymna (BC 200-30) AE 17747 views2nd-1st century BC. AE17 (3.31g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Korinthian helmet / Îœ-Α/Θ-Y, kantharos. Dark olive-green patina, aEF. Rare. Joy coll. Ilion (AD 254-268) AE 20 - Salonina747 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE20 (5.37g). Diademed and draped bust right / Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena right. Good VF, dark brown patina, very minor roughness. Ilion (AD 177-192) AE 27 - Commodus747 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE27 (8.01g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑΥΡΗ − ΚΟΜΟΔΟΣ, draped bust right / ΙΛΙΕΩΝ, Ganymede and the eagle of Zeus. Green patina, VF. Rare. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater747 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g, 10mm). Prow of galley left terminating in forepart of winged hound or wolf; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare. Carr coll.1 comments Prokonnesos (BC 350) AE 10746 viewsca 350 BC. AE10 (1.41g). Head of Aphrodite right, hair in sphendone / Oinochoe, ΠΡΟ−ΚΟΝ on either side. Termessos (BC 100-30) AE 19746 views1st century BC, time of Amyntas, 71-36 BC. AE19 (5.84g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of horse left; IZ (date) above; TEP below. Very fine. Beautiful dark green patina. Aigai (AD 193-211) AE 32 - Septimius Severus746 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE32 (20.91g). Apollodorus, magistrate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; c/m: laureate head right within small circular punch / Emperor, holding sceptre, in slow quadriga left. Fine, brown patina, a few scratches. Wagner Coll.; Ex Mabbott Coll. (Schulman, 6/1969), 1409; Münzen und Medaillen XIII (6/1954), 886. Ilion (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla746 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (22.60g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hector standing right, holding a rock with which he prepares to wound Teucer, whom he holds by the hair, kneeling left with bow at feet; to right, Ajax running right with head left, brandishing shield and spear. Fine, brown surfaces. Extremely rare, possibly only the second example known and the only one not in a public collection. The son of the Greek king Telamon of Salamis and his Trojan wife Hesione, Teucer was the half-brother of the Greek hero Ajax the Greater, as well as the nephew of King Priam of Troy and cousin of Hector. Siding with the Greeks and hiding behind the giant shield of his half-brother, Teucer used his skills as an archer to defend the Greeks against the Trojans. Enraged by Teucer's success during one of these fights, Hector picked up a huge rock and flung it at Teucer, injuring him so badly that he was forced to withdraw for some time while he recuperated from the concussion. Methymna (BC 330-280) AE 17 - Koinon of Lesbos746 viewsca 4th century BC. AE17 (3.67g). Female head right, wearing stephane, earring, and necklace / ΑΙΟΛΕ, thunderbolt, bunch of grapes below. Good VF, dark green patina. Freedman Coll. Samos (BC 270-240) Tetrobol746 viewsca 270-240 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.33g, 12h). Ptolemaic standard. Head of Hera left, wearing stephanos / Prow right; trident above, ΣΑΜΙΩΝ below. Good VF, toned, a couple peck marks on reverse. Rare. Ex Lestranges Coll. (Egger, 11/1909), lot 409. Olympos (BC 167-81) Drachm746 viewsLykian League, 2nd-1st century BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 2.72g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΛΥΚΙΩΝ, lyra, O - Λ, Isis crown to left; within incuse square. aEF. Lebedos (BC 330-294) Hemidrachm746 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 1.45g, 11h). Marsyas, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena left / ΜΑΡΣΥΑΣ, owl standing right, head facing; Λ[Ε] to right, ship’s prow below. VF, off center. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 - 149