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Kalchedon (AD 238-244) AE 26 - Tranquillina 775 viewsTranquillina, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AE26 (8.30g, 12h). Diademed and draped bsut right / Apollo reclining right, resting hand on head, holding lyre, on back of swan flying left. VF, green patina, a few deposits. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Magnesia (BC 350-325) Hemidrachm775 viewsca 350-325 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.61g, 12h). Rhodian standard. Diopeithes, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right / Bull butting left on maeander pattern; grain ear behind, [Δ]IOΠEIΘH[Σ] in exergue. EF, toned. Alighieri Coll.
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Mytilene (AD 253-260) AE 33 - Valerian I775 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE33 (19.23g, 12h). Bal(...) Aristomachus, strategus. Laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield decorated with aegis / Artemis, drawing bow from quiver and holding bow, standing right in biga drawn by stags. Good VF, tan patina. Very rare. From Group CEM. Ex CNG XXX (6/1994), lot 474.
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Side (BC 205-100) Tetradrachm775 viewsrca 205-100 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.75g, 12h). Pa-, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; to left, pomegranate above ΠA monogram. Near EF, toned, hairline flan crack, slight die shift on reverse. Very rare with this magistrate.
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Kyme (BC 350-250) Hemidrachm775 viewsca 350-250 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 1.96g, 3h). Kleandros, magistrate. Eagle standing right, head left / Forepart of horse right; KΛEANΔPOΣ above. Good VF, toned, slightly rough surfaces, a few minor marks. Very rare. Ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 30 (5/2009), lot 1012 (conserved since).
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B34775 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.52g, 3h). Bearded head of Silenos facing slightly right / Incuse head of roaring lion left. EF, toned. Exceptional.
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Prokonnesos (BC 350) AE 10774 viewsca 350 BC. AE10 (1.41g). Head of Aphrodite right, hair in sphendone / Oinochoe, ΠΡΟ−ΚΟΝ on either side.
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Elaia (AD 100-200) AE 14774 viewsTime of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, 2nd cent AD. AE14 (2.86g). Bust of bearded Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ΕΛΑ-ΙΤΩΝ, Telesphoros standing facing. Dark brown patina, EF.
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Sardeis (AD 19) AE 16 - Germanicus774 viewsGermanicus, father of Gaius (Caligula), brother of Claudius, died 19 AD. AE16 (3.34g, 1h). Mnaseas, magistrate. Bare head left / Athena standing left, holding phiale; ΜΝΑ−ΣΕΑΣ down left field. VF, red-brown patina.
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Tarsos (BC 378-372) Stater - Datames774 viewsDatames, Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia. 384-362 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.05g). 'BLTRZ' in Aramaic left, Baaltars seated right, torso facing; holding grain ear and grape-bunch in left hand, eagle-tipped sceptre in right arm; thymiaterion to right; all within crenelated wall / 'TRDMW' in Aramaic right, Ana, nude, facing Datames; both have their right arms raised; between them, thymiaterion; all within square square border within linear border. EF, some surface erosion.
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Phaselis (BC 220-190) AE 19774 viewsca 220-190 BC. AE19 (4.44g). Prow of ship right, ΦΑΣΗ above / Athena Promachos standing right, wearing long chiton and helmet, holding shield in left hand, spear in right hand; Φ-M in fields. Fine green patina, aEF. Unique variant? Gutknecht coll.
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Kos (BC 345-340) Tetradrachm774 viewsca 345-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.11g, 12h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Veiled head of Demeter left, ΚΩΙΟΝ below, ΑΘΑΜΑΣ (magistrate) behind. Toned near EF on a broad flan. An exceptional Classical Greek coin with a pedigree back to its source. Ex CNG XIV (3/1991), lot 169; Leu 45 (5/1988), lot 227; Pixodarus Hoard, 8c.
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Samos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 17 - Augustus(?)774 viewsAugustus(?), 27 BC-14 AD. AE17 (4.82g). Laureate head right / Peacock standing right on caduceus; sceptre behind. VF, brown surfaces. Drewry Coll.; Ex Malter Galleries 79 (6/2001), lot 71.
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Mallos (AD 54-68) AE 24 - Nero774 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE24 (13.17g). CEBACTOC KAICAP, head left; before, lituus / MAΛΛΩTΩN, Tyche standing left, holding branch; below, to left and right two river gods. Extremely rare (only one cited by RPC Suppl.). Very fine.
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Mytilene (BC 350-250) 1/4 Stater774 viewsca 350-250 BC. AR Triobol (2.75g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MY/T-I, lyre. gVF.
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Samos (BC 408-366) Diobol774 viewsca 408-366 BC. AR Diobol (1.09g, 9mm, 12h). Rhodian standard. Facing lion head / Prow right. VF, toned.
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Zela (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla774 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (16.58g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟC, laureate head right / ZΗΛΙΤΩΝ, emperor in quadriga right, in ex. ЄT PMR. Very rare. Dark patina, VF.
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Amastris (BC 85-65) AE 21774 viewsTime of Mithradates VI Eupator, ca 85-65 BC. AE21 (7.51g). Aegis / Nike advancing right, holding palm, monograms flanking. gVF.
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Teuthrania (BC 400) Drachm - Prokles774 viewsca 400-399 BC. AR Drachm (3.25g, 13mm, 5h). Prokles, Satrap of Teuthrania and Halisarna. Head of Apollo left / Head of Prokles right, wearing Persian headdress; tamgha (of Prokles?) below chin. VF, toned, porous. Extremely rare, the third known.

According to Xenophon (Hell. 3.1.6), the cities of Teuthrania and Halisarna were ruled by the brothers Eurysthenes and Prokles as a hereditary territory that had been awarded to their ancestor, the exiled king of Sparta, Demaratos the Lakedaimon, by Xerxes for accompanying the Great King on his Greek expedition (see Hdt. Book 7 for the relationship between the two). The hereditary rule of Teuthrania and Halisarna by the direct descendants of Demaratos, among whom were Eurystenes and Prokles – namesakes of the twin ancestral establishers of the Spartan royal line, suggests that these rulers were not satraps, but local dynasts (for a bibliography of the discussion on the differentiation between satraps and dynasts, see O. Mørkholm, “Pergamene Coins in Copenhagen,” in Studies Mildenberg, p. 182, note 2). Thus, this is one of the earliest depictions of a Greek ruler on a coin.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 440) Diobol773 viewsca 440 BC. AR Diobol (1.29g). Forepart of lion with open mouth right / Laureate head of young male left, Carian inscription (name of Dynast?) to left, letter to right, in incuse square. Very rare, cleaned surface, very fine.
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Sardeis (AD 37-41) AE 21 - Caligula773 viewsCaligula, 37-41 AD. AE21 (6.40g). Laureate head right / Confronted busts of Agrippina I right and bare head of Germanicus left.
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Sinope (BC 330-250) Drachm773 viewsca 330-300 BC. Female head left, wearing ampyx and sphendone, triple pendant earring, and pearl necklace / ΣΙΝΩ, sea eagle with spread wings alighting left on dolphin left, ΑΓΡΕΩ (magistrate) under wing. Beautiful mint state. Displayed at Cincinnati Art Museum, 1994-2008, no. 84; acquired from Baldwin's, 8/1970.
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Salamis (BC 450) Stater - Euanthes772 viewsEuanthes, King of Salamis, ca 450 BC. AR Stater (cut) (9.86g, 11h). Ram recumbent left within dotted circle / Ram's head left, Cypriot script in dotted circle incuse. VF.
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Verbe (AD 235-238) AE - Maximinus I Thrax772 viewsMaximinus I Thrax, 235-238 AD. AE (27.50g). Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right / Dioskouri on horseback; above, crescent in between two stars. Red-brown patina. Very rare. Very fine.
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Tralleis (BC 15) AE 23 - Vedius Pollio772 viewsVedius Pollio, friend of Augustus, died 15 BC. Bronze of Menandros Parrhasios, ca 29-28. AE23 (10.44g). ΠΩΛΛΙΩΝ − ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΩΝ, beardless bust of Vedius Pollio right / ΜΕ ΝΑΝΔΡΟΣ - ΠΑΡΡΑΣ - ΙΟΥ, eight-column temple of Zeus, quadriga facing on top; caduceus in field. Dark patina, gVF. Rare and interesting coin.
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Mallos (BC 380-333) Stater772 viewsca 380-333 BC. AR Stater (10.26g, 10h). Laureate head of Herakles left / Herakles kneeling left on club, wrestling the Nemean lion. Good VF, struck with worn obverse die, die rust on reverse.
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Mallos (AD 69) AE 25 - Otho772 viewsOtho, 69 AD. AE25 (8.37g). KAICAP M CEBACTOC, laureate head right / MAΛWTWN, cult-statue of Athena Magarsis standing facing, holding spear and snakes. Very fine.
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Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE 21772 viewsca 110-100 BC. AE21 (8.29g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ZΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ - ΕΡΜΟΚΛΗΣ / ΠΥΘΕΟΥ (magistrate), Homer seated left, holding roll, scepter behind. Fine green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll.
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Hieropolis-Kastabala (BC 200-30) AE 22772 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE22 (7.50g, 12h). Draped, turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right / Goddess seated left, holding phiale(?); to right, pine tree. VF, dark-green patina with red patches.
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Antiocheia (AD 238-244) AE 33 - Gordian III772 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE33 (23.19g). Laureate bust right. / Emperor seated on platform, attendant behind. Liberitas in front pouring money out of "money shaker", citizen below holding out for money. Very rare. VF. An interesting type of Gordian III visit to the East. It belongs with the other large coins commemorating his visit to the region.
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Akrasos (AD 177-192) AE 18 - Commodus772 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE18 (3.73g, 18mm). AV K Λ AV KOMOΔOC, laureate draped bust right / AKPACIΩTΩN, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia with supports.
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Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 47 - Caracalla772 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE47/36 - Medallion (39.84g). ΑΥΤΚΡΑΤ ΚΗ ΑΡ ΚΟC ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΟΝЄΙΝΟC, laureate, cuirassed bust of Caracalla right / ЄΠΙ CΤΡ Μ ΚΑΙΡЄΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ ΠЄΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩΝ, Caracalla right, sacrificing in front of temple. Hammered edges to left and right, flattened above, obverse countermark, otherwise very fine for detail.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol772 viewsca 459 BC, probably an issue of Archepolis. AR Trihemiobol (?) (0.97g, 5h). Bearded male head right, wearing tainia / Barley grain; M-A flanking; all in dotted square within incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, toned, porous. Possibly unique.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater 772 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.32g). Winged tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Very rare, and exceptional for issue.
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Teuthrania (BC 400) AE 10 - Prokles772 viewsca 400 BC. AE10 (0.92g). Prokles, Satrap of Teuthrania and Halisarna. Head of Apollo left / Head of satrap right, wearing bashlyk, TEY behind, monogram to right. VF.
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Teos (BC 530-500) Hemidrachm771 viewsca 510 BC. AR Hemidrachm (3.50g). Protome of a winged griffin right, forelegs extended with talons outstretched / Irregular incuse square. Extremely rare. Toned, EF.

From the collections of H.S. von Aulock and R. Jameson. This is a most enigmatic coin, possibly even unpublished. While it was attributed to Teos in von Aulock, Jameson pointed out that griffin protomes were not used there (but cf. coin #557); Balcer excluded it from his corpus (without comment). It could have been minted in Phokaia, as Babelon pointed out in his commentary on a very similar drachm (Traite'), especially since griffin protomes were used on later issues at Phokaia.
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Pergamon (BC 130) AE 15771 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE15 (2.90g). Laureate head of bearded Asklepios left / Snake coiled around staff, Γ to right. Green patina, VF. Scarce.
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Kition (BC 388-387) 1/12 Stater - Demonikos771 viewsDemonikos, King of Kition, ca 388-387 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (0.90g, 1h). Athena standing right, holding spear / Herakles standing right, holding club, bow, and lion's skin, within incuse square. VF, lightly toned. Well centered and struck. Unpublished denomination.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 34 – Gallienus & Salonina771 viewsGallienus, with Salonina, 253-268 AD. AE34 - Decassarion (21.09g, 5h). Struck during the 260th or 261st Olympiad (261-268 AD). Diademed and draped bust of Salonina right, and radiate and draped bust of Gallienus left, vis-à-vis; I (mark of value) between / Prize crown with palm fronds set on table; crown inscribed OΛVM/ΠIA; table inscribed AVΓOVCTIA; ЄIC/AΓΩN in two lines below. VF, mottled red-brown patina. Rare. Ex Wagner Coll.

From the inscription on the prize crown, this coin was struck to commemorate a victory achieved by athletes from Perge in a series of games. The question is to what games do the rev. inscriptions refer? The table inscription possibly cites the great Augusteian-Italian-Roman Games, instituted in 2 BC and held every four years (cf. P. Lond. III 1178, ll. 37-83). The prize crown inscription only seems to complicate the issue. Either it is meant to be taken in connection with the table inscription, and thus the whole may refer to the composite games known as the Augusteia Hadriana Olympia, games known elsewhere in Asia Minor, or the inscription may more likely refer specifically to the panhellenic Olympic Games, held at Olympia every four years since 776 BC.
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Tenedos (BC 480-450) Obol771 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (0.58g). Janiform head, female on left, male on right (Hera and Zeus) / Double-axe, T-E, within incuse. Toned, EF. Rare.
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Tarsos (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian 771 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Tetradrachm (12.46g, 27mm, 12h). AVT KAI ΘЄ TPA ΠAP VI ΘЄ NЄP VI TPAI AΔPIANOC CЄ/ Π - Π, laureate and draped bust left / AΔPIA-NΩN TAP-CCЄΩN/ MHTPOΠOΛ/ЄΩC, decastyle temple of the Koinon of Cilicia; wreath within pediment, KOINOC KIΛIKIAC across architrave. EF, toned. Unique. From the Sierra Collection. Ex Triton VII (1/2004), lot 796; Marcel Burstein Coll. (Peus 366, 10/2000), lot 998; Giessener Münzhandlung 64 (10/1993), lot 441. The only architectural reverse type for Tarsus in silver.
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(BC 500-300) Lead weight - hemihekte771 viewsca 500 BC. Hemihekte lead weight (1.31g, 13.3x8.6mm). Head of Silenos facing / Incuse scallop shell. gVF. Carr coll.

This lead piece appears to be a coin weight for an electrum hemihekte of Phocaic standard. The facing head of Silenos types are commonly found on coins from Sicily, Macedonia, Lesbos, Mysia and Ionia. The scallop shell, while a common type for Italy and Sicily, was used as a control symbol across the Greek world. The weight is appropriate for an electrum hemihekte of standard and type struck in Asia Minor. This appears to be the first recorded specimen, but is consistent with those anticipated by Lang and Crosby, “The Athenian Agora - Volume X: Weights, Measures and Tokens” (1964).
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Aspendos (BC 370-330) Stater770 viewsca 370-333 BC. AR Stater (10.90g). Two nude wrestlers grappling, arms locked, LΦ between / Slinger advancing right, about to discharge sling; triskeles to right, ΕΣΤFΕΔΙΙYΣ to left, within dotted square. Good very fine.
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Kolophon (BC 389-350) Diobol770 viewsca 389-350 BC. AR Diobol (0.98g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre of five strings, ΚΟΛOΦΩ to left, [ΠΥ]ΘΟΔΩΡΟ[Σ] (magistrate) to right. Light corrosion, VF.
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(BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE 18770 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AE18 (4.09g). Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΒΑΣΙΛΕ-ΩΣ above, [ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ] in exergue, stag standing right. Near EF, mottled glossy green patina.
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Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol770 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.54g, 8mm). Head of ram left / Incuse square with striations. Good very fine.
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 25 - Gallienus770 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE25 (7.74g). ΠΟΥ ΛΙ ΕΓ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟΣ, cuirassed, draped and radiate bust right / NIKAIEΩN, Dionysos in Elephant-quadriga. Rare. Very fine.
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Ankyra (AD 198-217) AE 29 - Caracalla770 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE29 (14.53g, 1h). Laureate and cuirassed bust left / Octastyle temple facing slightly right, viewed in perspective. VF, dark brown surfaces. Unpublished type. Barros Coll.

Head suggested that the temple is that of Rome and Augustus, site of the so-called Monumentum Ancyranum, the most complete extant example of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti.
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Alexandreia (BC 261-227) AE 15770 viewsca 261-227 BC. AE15 (4.31g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse grazing right; ΑΛΕΞΑ[N] above, palm before, monogram below, grain ear between horse’s hind legs. Good VF, dark green patina.
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Larisa Phrikonis (BC 400-300) AE 9770 views4th century BC. AE9 (1.30g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ-ΩΝ, bull standing right on ground line. Rare.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 400-340) Hemiobol770 viewsca 400-340 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.4g). Head of lion turned left, within linear circular border / Head of bull left, Karian letter or dynastic symbol on shoulder. VF.1 comments
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B19.1770 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 10mm, 12h). Facing head of grimacing Gorgon, tongue protruding (no small row of top teeth) / Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress; truncation with two rows of dots, rectangular punch behind neck; the whole in incuse. EF. Carr coll.

Obverse and reverse die unknown to Bodenstedt and no match with examples that have come to auction thus far. 34 examples known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 60th example offered at electronic auction or sale.
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Zephyrion (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 21769 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE21 (8.67g, 12h). Turreted bust of Tyche right / Tyche seated left, holding scepter; monogram to left, ZΕΦΥΡΙΩΤΩΝ behind and around. VF, black patina. Rare.
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Aspendos (BC 420-400) Drachm769 viewsca 420-400 BC. AR Drachm (5.41g). Hero Mopsos with spear on horse left, within dotted circle / Boar right on ground line, ΕΣΤ below, within dotted circle. VF. Unpublished with Mopsos left.
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Rhodes (BC 88) AE 28769 viewsca 88 BC, Siege of Mithradates VI. AE28 (14.61g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose; helmet to left, thunderbolt to right. VF, dark brown patina. Good strike on a broad flan, much superior most published specimens in the series.

Struck during Mithradates VI's failed 6-month siege of Rhodes in 88 BC. Unable to produce enough silver for military expenditures, the Rhodians resorted to a fiduciary bronze coinage. (See R. Ashton, Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Siege of Mithradates VI, in NumChron 2001.)
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Ilion (AD 238-244) AE - Gordian III769 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE (4.57g). AU KAI M ANT GORDIANOS SEB, draped laureated bust right / ΙΛΙΕ-ΩΝ, Hector riding in chariot right. Dark green patina, VF.
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Miletos (BC 530-500) 1/8 Stater769 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR 1/8 Stater (1.58g). Facing lion's head in dotted square / Incuse square with segmented border, floral pattern in center. Toned, gVF. Rare.
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Tenedos (BC 525-470) Hemidrachm769 viewsca 525-470 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.89g). Janiform head, male on left, female on right (Zeus and Hera) / Double axe, ΤΕ-ΝΕ/ΔΙ-ΟΝ (retrograde); within dotted incuse square. Good VF, lightly porous surfaces.
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Phokaia (BC 350-250) AE 10769 viewsca 4th-3rd cent BC. AE10 (1.03g). Head of Nymph left / Head of griffin left. VF.
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Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 18769 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.
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Prokonnesos (BC 350-250) AE 12769 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE12 (1.58g). Laureate female head right Aphrodite?), wearing sakkos, within linear circle / ΠΡΟ-ΚΟΝ, Oinochoe. Dark olive-green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Mytilene (BC 250-200) AE 18769 viewsca 250-200 BC. AE18 (5.48g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MY/T-I, kithara, monograms on either side. Fine green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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(BC 450-420) Teththiveibi - Stater769 viewsTeththiveibi, Dynast, ca 450-420 BC. AR Stater (8.25g), uncertain mint. Two cocks facing one another on a round shield / Tetraskeles in dotted square. Very rare. Ex Frank Sternberg, Zurich, with their ticket with notation "belonged to "Count Bleucher German Count."
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Hierapolis (Auton. AD 244-249) AE 28769 viewsTime of Philip I, 244 -249 AD. AE28 (9.11g). ΛΑΙΡ-ΒΗΝΟC, draped and radiate bust of Helios Apollo Lairbenos right. ΙEΡΑΠΟΛ-EΙΤ-ΩΝ, Hygieia-Kybele seated left holding patera feeding serpent; Telesphoros in right field. Rare. Good style. Dark olive-green patina. Good very fine.
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Hierapolis (AD 41-54) AE 20 – Claudius769 viewsClaudius I, 41-54 AD. AE20 (5.69g). M. Suillios Antiochos, Grammateus, 50-54. Laureate head right / Μ ΣΥΙΛΛΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΓΡΑ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, God on horseback holding double axe. Dark green patina. Good very fine.
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Larisa (BC 3rd cent) AE 16769 viewsEarly 3rd century BC. AE16 (3.53g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Horseman riding right, holding couched spear; monogram to upper right, ΛA below horse. Fine, rough brown patina. Extremely rare.
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Derbe (AD 161-169) AE 24 - Lucius Verus769 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE24 (11.30g, 12h). Bust left / Herakles standing right, holding club, lion's skin and apple. Very rare.
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Xanthos (BC 167-81) Drachm769 viewsca 100-50 BC. AR Drachm (2.37g). Laureate head of Apollo right / City initials Ξ-Α on either side of kithara, ΛVKIΩΝ above; all within shallow incuse square. EF.
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Ephesos (AD 81-96) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Domitian769 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD, struck 82 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (25mm, 10.16g, 6h). IMP CAES DOMITIANVS, Laureate head right / AVG GERM, Six corn-ears. Good Fine. Scarce. Tricarico coll.; ex Winokur coll.
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(BC 263-241) Eumenes I - Tetradrachm769 viewsEumenes I, 263-241 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.20g, 1h). Struck ca 263-255/50 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / Athena enthroned left, resting elbow on small sphinx, holding shield and transverse spear; ivy leaf to inner left, monogram on throne, bow to outer right. EF, toned, light bag marks.
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Mallos (BC 425-400) Hemiobol768 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.29g). Helmeted head of Athena left / Swan standing right, wings spread, "ankh" symbol in front, within incuse square. Very fine.
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Aizanis (AD 253-268) AE 26768 viewsCivic Issue, time of Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE26 (13.53g). Head of the Senate right / Tyche standing left with rudder and cornucopiae. Nice VF, black patina, mild porosity.
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Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 26768 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE26 (10.02g). Bull butting right on ground line, within dotted circle / KYZI/KHNΩΝ, Flaming torch, two monograms below. Light olive-green patina, gVF. Scarce variant. Gutknecht coll.
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Anemurion (BC 27-AD 98) AE 14 - Imperial Times768 viewsImperial Times, ca 27 BC- 98 AD. AE14 (2.54g, 12h). Apollo standing facing, head left, holding branch and cornucopiae, resting left elbow on column / Stag running left. Good VF, light green patina, chipped at edges.
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Antiocheia (BC 100-0) AE 19768 views1st century BC. AE19 (2.88g, 12h). Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread / ΑΝΤΙΟ/ΧΕ-ΩΝ / [Α]ΡΙΣΤΡΟ[...], six-rayed star. VF. Karl coll.
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Mallos (BC 200-0) AE 17768 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (4.51g). Statue of Athena Megarsis wearing triple-crested helmet and long chiton with fringes of serpents on each side / MAΛΛΩ TΩN; eagle flying right; above, monogram. Very fine.
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Aphrodisias (BC 27-AD 14) AE 15 - Augustus768 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE15 (2.67g, 12h). Laureate head right / ΑΦΡΟΔΙ-CΙ-ΕΩΝ CΩC-ΩΝ, double-axe with taenia. About EF. Karl Coll.; ex Gorny & Mosch 113 (10/2001), lot 5477.
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Aigai (BC 300-200) AE 17 768 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE17 (4.00g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΑΙΓΑE, head of goat right. gVF.
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Pergamon (AD 180-192) AE 34 - Commodus767 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD, Homonoia with Ephesos. AE34 - Medal of Paepius (20.48g). Draped cuirassed bust right; countermarks: wreath (Howgego 480), head of Caracalla (howgego 70) and ? / ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΠΕΡ - ΓΑΜ - ΗΝΩΝ - ΚΑΙ ΕΦΕC - ΕΠΙ CΤΡ ΠΑΙ/ΠΙΟΥ, Asklepios in Himation standing facing, head to right, holding snake-staff in right hand, omphalos at feet and cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing, hands outstretched. Brown patina, F.
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Antiocheia (AD 253-268) AE 32 - Gallienus767 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE32 (17.25g, 6h). Helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding shield and spear / AN[TIOXE]-WN, six-arched bridge with guard rails across the Maeander River; triple-bayed triumphal arch at one end; figure of Maeander River reclining left above guard rail. VF, black-brown patina, minor pitting on obverse. Rare.
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Uncertain (BC 550-520) Obol767 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.71g). Grain ear? / Quadripartite incuse. VF. Very rare and unpublished in the standard works.
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Mytilene (BC 200-0) AE 16767 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE16 (3.08g). Bearded and horned head of Zeus Ammon right / MYTI, herm of bearded Dionysos in himation standing on round basis facing; thyrsos and snake staff to left, monogram to right. Green patina, weak rev, gVF/F. Rare variant. Gutknecht coll.
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Amisos (AD 253-268) AE 21 - Gallienus767 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE21 (9.45g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Ares standing left, holding shield set on ground and spear. VF, dark brown patina.
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Antandros (BC 400-350) Tetrobol?767 viewsafter 400 BC. AR Tetrobol? (2.56g, 12h). Head of Artemis Astyrne right, thin band in hair, earring / Goat standing right, left leg raised, ANT/A/N around, palm or fir tree to right; all within shallow incuse square. Very rare. Lightly toned, VF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion paw - AR 1/48 767 viewsca 6th century BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.27g). Lion's paw / Incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Mueller coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Obol767 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.85g). Forepart of boar left; tunny upward behind / Head of roaring lion left within incuse square. Superb EF, choice flan, bold strike.
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Alabanda (BC 166/5) Tetradrachm766 viewsafter 167 BC. AR Staphanephoric Tetradrachm (16.82g), dated 166 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, hair falling down neck in large curls / ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΕΩΝ, Pegasus flying right, B below (= year 2 of the local era). EF. Very rare.
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Kyzikos (AD 268-270) AE 33 - Claudius II Gothicus766 viewsClaudius II, Gothicus, 268-270 AD. AE33 (23.30g, 5h). Laureate bust right / Preparations for an evening event in the theatre or amphitheatre - slaves are erecting and lighting giant palm-torches, which are held in urn-like containers.

An extremely rare and interesting reverse type, known for Severus Alexander (BMC 264), Faustina II (Berlin) and Caracalla (Mionnet). though not until now for Gothicus.
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Sardeis (AD 71-72) AE766 viewsAutonomous, under Proconsul T. Clodius Eprius Marcellus, ca 71-72 AD. AE (4.15g). EΠΙ ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥ ΦΙΛEΙΝΟΥ CΤΡΑ, bust of Athena with aegis and Corinthian helmet left / EΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΕΛΛΟΥ CΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, frontal view of Doric Temple. gVF.
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Lystra (AD 79-81) AE 18 - Titus766 viewsTitus, 79-81 AD. AE18 (4.30g, 10h). Titus / Athena or Mars? 1 comments
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Myrina (BC 155-145) Tetradrachm766 viewsca 155-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.94 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Laureate head of Apollo right / Apollo Grynios standing right, holding branch and phiale; monogram to left, omphalos and amphora at feet; all within laurel wreath. Good VF, lightly toned, a few light cleaning marks, a couple spots of deposits. Extremely rare issue, only one example recorded by Sacks.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater766 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.60g). Seal left, head raised; Θ below / Incuse punch. Good VF, lightly toned. Unpublished, apparently unique.
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Magnesia (BC 459) Tetartemorion - Archepolis766 viewsArchepolis, son of Themistokles. ca 459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.20g). Diademed head of Archepolis right / AP monogram, eagle flying left diagonally, all within incuse square. Very rare.
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(BC 130-116) Ariarathes VI - Obol766 viewsAriarathes VI, Epiphanes, 130-116 BC. AR Obol (0.73g). Bust right, wearing tiara / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ, ram galloping left, head turned back. VF. Very rare.
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Erythrai (BC 330-300) Tetradrachm766 viewsca 325-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.05g, 3h). Askelpiades and Demados, magistrates. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Club and bow case; to left, owl standing right, head facing. VF, toned, a bit rough. Rare. Alighieri Coll.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B10766 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (10.5mm, 2.57g, 12h). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse head of lion left; rectangular punch behind. EF, toned. Well centered. Very rare. Cooke coll.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater766 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 10mm). Laureate female head (Sappho), hair in sakkos; below, small seal / Quadripartite incuse square. Lightly toned and unusually well centered, gVF. Carr coll.

Bodenstedt notes 36 examples of this emission. Most examples omit the small seal due to the strike not being well centered. The obverse portrait is thought to be that of the female Greek poet Sappho, a native of Lesbos. A similar female portrait is to be found on a rare and unpublished Stater of Lampsakos [see CNG Auc. 100 lot 74].
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Myrina (BC 165) Tetradrachm765 viewsAfter 165 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.22g). 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. EF.
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Skepsis (BC 350-300) AE 9765 viewsca 4th century BC. AE9 (0.74g, 7h). Forepart of Pegasos right / Fir-tree with six branches; all within linear square. Green-brown patina, EF.
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(BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE 21765 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AE21 (11h). Head of bearded Herakles right, club over shoulder / Lion walking right; ΒΑΣΙΛΕ-ΩΣ above, ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ in exergue.
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