Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Skepsis (BC 440-400) Tetrobol633 viewsca 450 BC. AR Triobol (2.08g). Forepart of Pegasos right / Tree; E-N (retrograde); all within dotted incuse square. Toned, nice VF, minor light porosity. Rare. Ex Frank Sternberg Auction (11/1976), lot 76. Tion (AD 220-240) AE 30633 viewsCivic Issue, ca 220-240 AD. AE30 (11.92g). Diademed and draped bust of Tius right; countermark: H surmounted by star within circular incuse / Tyche standing right, holding scepter, facing Zeus standing left, also holding scepter and sacrificing over altar between them. Good Fine, brown patina. Holmoi (BC 4th cent) Obol633 views4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.66g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Wreathed head of Apollo right, ΟΛΜΙΤΑΝ to right. Good VF, toned, areas of slight die rust. Unpublished legend variety. Typically, the ethnic found on the coins of Holmoi, if not trunicated, are in the form ΟΛΜΙΤΙΚΟΝ, ΟΛΜVΤΙΚΟΝ, or ΟΛΜΙΤΟΝ. The form on this coin, ending -AN, is possibly the result of an engraver accustomed to the Aeolic dialect, rather than the standard Attic. Aside from this specimen, there are apparently no recorded coins with this variation of the ethnic. Kaunos (BC 300-250) AE 13633 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE13 (1.63g). Bull butting right on ground line / K-A, sphinx seated right. Dark green patina, corrosion spots on rev, gVF. Gutknecht coll. (BC 390-370) Mithrapata - Stater633 viewsMithrapata, Dynast, ca 390-370 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 9.79g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Mithrapata left; triskeles behind, all within incuse square. VF. Kos (BC 345-340) Tetradrachm633 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. Alabanda (AD 193-211) AE 31 – Julia Domna633 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, died 217 AD. AE31 (18.76g, 12h). IOVΛIA Δ - [OM]NA AUΓ [C], draped bust right / A-ΛABA-NΔEΩ[N], Tyche standing facing holding rudder and cornucopia, head left. Ex Hauck und Aufhäuser, Auc 12 (10/1996), Nr. 614. Ex Karl coll. Lampsakos (AD 249-251) AE 21633 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE21 (4.15g). AVT KOI TPAIAN ΔEK[IOC], draped, laureate bust right / ΛANVAKHN / [Ω]N - EΠI AΠOΛΛ[ΩN?] - ETOV, Priapos standing left, draped from hips, showing Ithyphallos, holding Thyrsos left and Kantharos right. Very rare, F+/-VF. Hoeft coll. ΛAN erroneous for ΛAM, but there are some open questions too: KOI seems to be erroneous for KAI, magistrate AΠOΛΛΩNITOC couldn't be found until now. Priapos was born by Aphrodite in Lampsakos. Therefore Lampsakos was the centre of warshipping of Priapos. Here his depiction was more like Dionysos who was said to be his father. Smyrna (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus633 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (7.04g). Hermokles, circa 15 BC. ΣEBAΣTOΣ ZMYPNAIΩN, bare head right / [ΔIO]NYΣIOΣ KOΛΛYBAΣ; Nike right with wreath and palm branch. VF.1 comments (BC 500-460) Uncertain Dynast - Stater 633 viewsUncertain Dynast (Za...?), ca 460-440 BC. AR Stater (9.53g, 8h). Sphinx sitting right, left foot raised, Χ-Α-Ψ-Γ-Ψ[...] around / Crab within deep incuse square. aEF. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/6633 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Torso of winged figure facing, head right / Incuse square punch. Near VF. Possibly unique. This coin may not belong to the same series as the Weidauer coins, which are not only larger denominations but also exhibit a different style of wings (curved rather than pointed) and incuse punches. Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 81-96) AE 15 - Domitia633 viewsDomitia, Augusta, 81-96 AD. AE15 (3.32g, 12h). Draped bust right / River-god Sipylus reclining left on overturned urn, holding reed and cornucopia. Good VF, dark green patina, some adjustment marks. Rare. Abydos (BC 175-70) Drachm633 viewsca 80-­70 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 3.81g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Iphiades, magistrate. Draped bust of Artemis right, wearing stephanos, bow and quiver over shoulder / Eagle, wings spread, standing right; ABY above, B (date?) to right, IΦIAΔOY below; all within wreath. Mylasa (AD 129) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian632 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.52g), Mylasa mint, struck after 129 AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Zeus Labraundos standing facing, holding double axe (labrys) and spear; fillets hang from wrists to ground as supports. Toned VF, light porosity. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus, Sutherland Group III (g). Ex von Aulock Collection, 6616. Elaia (AD 100-200) AE 15632 viewsTime of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, 2nd cent AD. AE15 (1.73g). Bust of Athena right, aegis / ΕΛΑΙ-ΤΩΝ, kalathos with poppy caps. Dark brown patina, EF. (BC 380-360) Perikle - AE 10632 viewsPerikle, Dynast, 380-360 BC. AE10 (1.29g). Forepart of (male) goat left / Triskeles, Lycian letters (Perikle) around. Attractive very fine. Kamiros (BC 500-480) Trihemiobol632 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.37g). Fig-leaf / Rough incuse punch. Mallos (AD 69) AE 25 - Otho632 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. Abydos (BC 320-200) AE 23632 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE23 (8.15g), small dies. Turreted head of Artemis right, bow and quiver under chin / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head turned left; grain ear before. Overstruck on a larger Abydos of same type, but with aplustre before eagle. Nice VF, glossy dark brown patina. Well centered. Freedman Coll. Akmoneia (AD 54-59) AE 18 - Agrippina Jr.632 viewsAgrippina Jr., Augusta 54-59 AD, mother of Nero. AE18 (3.45g), struck under archiereus Servinius Capito and his wife, archiera Julia Severa, [C]EBACTHN AΓPIΠΠIN[AN], draped bust right; poppy and grain-ears before / EΠI CEPOVHNIOV [KAΠITΩNOC KAI IOVΛIAC CEOVHPAC] AKMONEΩN, Artemis in double chiton advancing right, holding bow in raised left hand and pulling arrow from quiver behind left shoulder with right hand; in front, Nike standing right, holding wreath in raised left hand; behind, stag standing right. VF, green patina. Kebren (BC 480-440) Hemiobol632 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (?) (7mm, 0.33g). Ram’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, some porosity. Alighieri Coll. Sinope (BC 520-480) Drachm 632 viewsca 490-425 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 6.23g). Eagle’s head left; below, dolphin left / Quadripartite incuse square with two opposing quarters filled, the others stippled. VF, toned. (BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - 1/3 Stater632 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (3.12g, 9mm). Protodynastic Group A. Head of boar right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare. See Boston MFA Supp. 206 for a stater with a style identical to this fraction. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/48632 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (5mm, 0.30g). Head of horse left / Incuse square with raised sections in form of a cross. VF. Lee Coll.; said to be ex Rosen Coll. (not included in publication of collection). Knidos (BC 330-250) Drachm631 viewsca 330-250 BC. AR Drachm (3.27g). Head of Aphrodite Euploia right, wearing sakkos, in beaded circle / Forepart of roaring lion right, KNI below, ΕΥΜΕ[ΛΩ] (magistrate) above. Fine toning, good style, good VF. Ariassos (BC 100-0) AE 16631 views1st century BC. AE16 (2.39g). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / Humped bull butting left on ground line, APIA in exergue. Fine light green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.; ex Ariassos Fund 1968 (IGCH 1420). Knidos (BC 300-225) Hemidrachm631 viewsca 300-225 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.28g). Head of Aphrodite right / Three-quarter facing head of a bull, head turned slightly right; magistrate ΑΓΗΣΙΚΛΗΣ. VF, attractively toned. Tarsos (AD 138-161) AE 30 - Antoninus Pius631 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE30 (15.27g). AVT KAI TI AI AΔPIA ANTΩNINOC CЄB/ Π - Π, laureate head right / ΔЄMOC AΔPIA TAPCЄΩN MHTPOΠOΛЄΩC, Demos with wreath seated left, star in left field. Rare. gVF. Kyzikos (AD 100-300) AE 29631 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 2nd-3rd cent AD. AE29 (8.30g). KYZ - IKOC, head of hero Kyzikos, diademed with taenia, right / CTP A / [VP AP]IC / TE[I]ΔOV / KVZIKH / NΩN, in laurel-wreath. Very rare. VF/about VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll. In Münsterberg, Die Beamtennamen auf griechischen Münzen, a strategos is mentioned under Severus Alexander named Avr. Aristaidos. Perhaps he is the same as named in the legend. Kyzikos was the king of the Doliones in Mysia. Persian Kings (BC 505-480) 1/3 Siglos631 viewsTime of Darios, ca 510-486 BC. AR 1/3 Siglos (1.72g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Toned, VF. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6631 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.24g). Two back to back lions' heads, facing downward with open jaws and lolling tongues, a volute decoration between / Single divided punch with volute design. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF. Kyme (BC 460-400) Tetartemorion631 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.2g). Head of goat right / "Mill-sail" incuse square. gVF. Apparently unpublished. Bithynia Uncertain (AD 117-138) AE 34 - Hadrian631 viewsKoinon of Bithynia. Nikomedeia(?) mint. Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE34 (25.94g, 6h). Laureate head right / Octastyle temple façade set on podium of three steps, pellet in field between central columns; in pediment, ornate entablature consisting of metopes, each with central pellet; above, male figure standing facing, holding patera over lighted altar and holding scepter, pellet to left and right; aphlasta as acroteria. VF, dark green and brown patina, some minor cleaning marks. Well centered and struck. Ex Sierra Coll. Myra (BC 167-100) Drachm 631 viewsca 167-100 BC. AR Drachm (2.76g, 16mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / M-Y, kithara, star over helmet (?) to right, all within incuse square. gVF. Kaisareia (AD 69-79) Hemidrachm - Vespasian631 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 1.90g, 12h). AYTOKP KAICAP YOЄCΠACIANOC ΣЄBA, laureate head right / (No Legend), Nike seated on globe right, holding wreath in both hands. VF. Tricarico coll. Skamandreia (BC 350-300) AE631 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE (0.93g). Head of mountain-nymph Ide right / Σ-Κ-Α, bunch of grapes (?) or pine-cone. gVF. Very rare. Mallos (BC 400-385) Obol630 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Obol (0.83g) Swan standing left, wings spread, within circular border of pellets / Astragalos. About very fine. Mopsos (AD 161-180) AE 14 - Autonomous630 viewsAutonomous issue. Time of Marcus Aurelius, ca 161-180 AD. AE14 (2.64g). Dated civic year 230 (162/3 AD). Crab with star (Zodiac sign of Cancer); ET LC (date) below / ADRIA MOYEATWN, lighted altar. EF, black patina. Chios (BC 190-84) AE630 viewsca 190-84 BC. AE (4.13g). Sphinx seated right on ground line, monogram below, club to right / Amphora; stern rudder to left, ΚΑΥΚΑΣ (magistrate) to right. Dark brown patina, EF/aEF. Ex Auktion G, Kastner 8 (Munchen, 1975), lot 68. Phaselis (BC 167-130) Stater630 viewsca 167-130 BC. AR Stater (11.02g). Artemidoros, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Athena walking right on galley, brandishing spear in right hand, shield on left arm; ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟC to left, Φ to right. EF, well centered, light hairlines from prior cleaning, but now starting to retone. Dardanos (BC 420-380) Obol630 viewsca late 5th cent BC. AR Obol (0.50g). Horseman riding left / Cock standing left within incuse square. Fine, porous. Rhodes (BC 275-250) Didrachm630 viewsca 275-250 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 6.65g). Aristobios, magistrate. Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / Rose with bud; wreath to left, ΑΡΙΣΤΟΒΙΟΣ above. VF. David Herman Coll. Phellos (AD 238-244) AE - Gordian III630 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE (20.90g). AUT KAI M AN GORDIANOS SEB, Cuirassed and laureate bust right / ΦΕΛΛΕΙΤωΝ, Elpis(?) holding flower. Brown patina, VF. Rare. Bagis (AD 253-268) AE 36 - Gallienus630 viewsBagis, in alliance with Temenothyrae in Phrygia. Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE36 (26.08g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΚΑΙCΑPΕΩΝ ΒΑΓΗΝΩΝ ΤΗΜΝΟΘVΡ/ΕΩΝ around, ΟΜΟΝVΑ (sic) in exergue, Mên of Bagis standing right, holding sceptre and facing Tyche of Temenothyrae standing left, holding cornucopiae. VF, brown surfaces, porous. Drewry Coll.; Ex Niggeler Coll., pt. 2, Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen (10/1966), lot 624. Nikomedeia (AD 138-161) AE 16 - Antoninus Pius630 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE16 (3.27g). Laureate head right / Star within crescent. Very fine. Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 34 - Caracalla630 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE34 (27.92g). AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNINOC AVΓOV, youthful laureate and cuirassed bust right / CEOVHPIA ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEIA TA MEΓAΛA NIKAIEΩN, ornate prize crown with two palms; IEPOC AΓON in central band. EF, dark green patina, flan crack. A superb, lifelike portrait of the young Caracalla. This unrecorded coin provides a further expansion of the games-related legends of the coins of Nicaea. "ta megala" is otherwise unattested, and in conjunction with the full legend can be read as "Severeia Philadelpheia in respect to the great ceremonies of the Nicaeans," with the central band inscription reading "The Holy Game." In the late 3rd century a complex cycle of at least fifteen games and associated religious festivals is attested for Nicaea, honoring Dionysus the founder, Apollo Pythius, and various emperors from Augustus to Gallienus. Read along with the very young portrait of Caracalla as Augustus, the legend and type can be taken to indicate that Nicaea sponsored a grand series of festivals to celebrate the joint elevation of Caracalla to Augustus and Geta to Caesar in 198 AD. Abydos (BC 460-430) Obol630 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.51g, 10h). Eagle standing left; ABY to left, AΠ monogram above / Facing gorgoneion, tongue protruding, within incuse square. VF. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater630 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.65g). Head of steer left; tunny behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Unpublished denomination, possibly unique. Kibyra (AD 218-222) AE 20 - Julia Soaemias630 viewsJulia Soaemias, Augusta, 218-222 AD. AE20 (3.4g). IOYΛIA COAIMIAC, draped bust right / KAI KIBVPATΩN, Hermes seated on cippus left; holding purse and kerykeion. EF. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B10630 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. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater630 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.64g, 11mm). Female head left on raised disk; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. Apparently unpublished in the standard references with a female head. Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tritemorion?629 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Persic Tritemorion? (1/3 obol) (0.42g). Head of Apollo right / Mark of value or monogram? in incuse square. Zephyrion (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 16629 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE16 (4.76g). Turreted bust of Tyche right / Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear, shield at side; two monograms to left, ZΕΦΥΡΙΩΤΩΝ to right. aVF, dark patina. Perge (BC 170-100) Tetradrachm629 viewsca 170-100 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.48g, 12h). Wreathed head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Artemis standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; to left, I above forepart of stag standing left, head right. VF, toned around devices, a couple scratches, some flatness along edge. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Drachm629 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.70g). Janiform female and male heads (Hera and Zeus?) / ΤΕΝΕ-Δ-Ι-Ω-Ν, double-axe; grapes to left and right below. VF, darkly toned, minor porosity. Germanikopolis (AD 193-217) AE 29 - Julia Domna 629 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE29 (14.40g), dated CY 215 (209/210 AD). Draped bust right / Eagle standing left on cippus; standards flanking. Near VF, dark brown patina, some light roughness. Perhaps unpublished. Ex Wagner Coll. Kaisareia (AD 193-194) Drachm - Pescennius Niger629 viewsPescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AR Denarius - Drachm (2.46g, 18mm, 12h). Caesarea mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPXI EΞ O VΠATOC, modius with grain ears. Fine, toned, porous, chipped at 12 o’clock from an attempted piercing. Very rare and important issue. When Pescennius was proclaimed emperor by his troops in AD 193, he knew his reign as emperor would not be peaceful. He quickly set out to issue huge sums of denarii in his name to pay his troops and to win the loyalty of others. To do this, like so many before him, Pescennius reduced the fineness of his denarii to a point that they were equivalent to the Caesarean drachm. This coin provides a direct link to these events, combining a denarius obverse die and a drachm reverse die. This coin also presents clear evidence that both Antioch and Caesarea struck coins for Pescennius. Tarsos (BC 425-400) 1/3 Stater628 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Drachm (3.48g). Forepart of horned and winged lion left / Two Persian satraps standing facing each other, each holding spear, within shallow incuse square. Good VF. Very rare. Ex Leu Auc. 54 (4/1992), lot 161. Rhodes (BC 125-88) Drachm628 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (2.54g, 16mm). Radiate head Helios right / Rose with bud to right, P-O, ΦΙΛΟ[...]TPAΣ. Very fine. Bow case on Pamphylia, Side628 viewsPamphylia, Side. ca 200-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.18g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; countermark: bow in bowcase with TOP to left / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; pomegranate above DEI (magistrate) to left. Fine, bold countermark. The TOP counterstamp was applied by an unidentified authority. Antiocheia (AD 249-251) AE 26 - Trajan Decius628 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE26 (7.83g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on wreath, head left. Good VF, jade green patina. Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE628 viewsca 190-75 BC. AE (12.58g). Artemidoros, magistrate. Head of Apollo right / Homer sitting left, holding scroll and scepter. Dark brown patina, aEF. Ephesos (AD 98-117) AE 21 - Trajan628 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE21 (4.26g). AVTOKPATΩP KA• TPAIANOC, laureate head right / Stag standing left. VF, green patina with some light earthen highlights. Provides a full reading for the obverse legend, not otherwise attested. Wagner Coll. Silandos (AD 193-235) AE 16628 viewsTime of Elagabal, 218-222 AD. AE16 (2.46g). CIΛAN-ΔOC, turreted bust of Tyche right / CIΛAN-ΔЄΩN, crescent and star. Good very fine. Hypaipa (AD 193-217) AE 23 – Julia Domna628 viewsJulia Domna, 193-217 AD. AE23 (4.94g). OYΛΙΑ CEBACTH, draped bust right / EΠΙCΓΡΠΑΠΙΩΝ OCYΠΑΙΠΩΝ, cultus statue of Artemis Anaitis to front. Kyme (AD 218-222) AE 33 - Elagabalus628 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE33 (22.56g, 12h). T(itus) Fl(avius) Tychicus, strategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Male figure seated on stool right, holding scrolls. VF, green patina with dusty gray-green overtones, spot of hard light-green patina on reverse. Rare. Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 26 - Commodus628 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE26 (9.61g). AV KAI M AVP KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed right / KVZIKHNΩN / NЄOKOPΩN, galley. Dark green patina. VF. Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 15628 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 54-68 AD (time of Nero). AE15 (2.59g), struck under the magistrate Ti. Cl. Mnaseas. EΠI TI MNACEOV CAPΔIANΩN, bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin on shoulders / CE-BACTH, winged Nike flying left, holding palm branch in left arm and wreath in extended right hand. About VF. Hoeft coll. The legend CEBASTH (lat. Augusta) may suggest that Poppaea is depicted here as Nike. There is a similar coin from Smyrna with the legend NEIKH ΠOΠΠAIA SMYR where this connection is explicit (SNG 2486). Mylasa (BC 450-400) Hemiobol628 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.59g). Milesian standard. Facing forepart of lion / Scorpion, tail to left, M below; within incuse square punch. EF. Chios (BC 478-431) Tetrobol628 viewsca 478-412 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.00g, 11mm). Sphinx seated left, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned, VF. Paphos (BC 450) Obol - Stasandros627 viewsStasandros, King of Paphos, ca 450 BC. AR Obol (0.74g). Bull standing left, winged solar disk (Ahura-Mazda) flying above / Eagle sitting left, vase to left. Good F. Knidos (BC 490-465) Drachm627 viewsca 490-465 BC. AR Drachm (6.08g). Forepart of roaring lion left / Archaic head of Aphrodite left within incuse square. Toned, good VF. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen 79 (1994), lot 355; Duplicates from the Hermitage Collection (Schlessinger/Berlin, 2/1934). Kalymna (BC 3rd cent) Didrachm627 viewsca 280-250 BC. AR Didrachm (6.22g). Male head right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Lyre, [Κ]ΑΛΥΜΝΙΟΝ below, in dotted square. Toned, light corrosion on rev. aEF. Scarce. Adana (AD 217-218) AE 32 - Macrinus627 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE32 (18.84g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche seated left on rocks, holding grain ears, river-god Sarus swimming left below. VF, dark green patina with some red, light adjustment marks on both sides. Rhodes (BC 88) AE 28627 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.) Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 26627 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE26 (9.06g). Ram's head right, star below / K-E, laureate head of Apollo right. VF, glossy dark green patina. Unrecorded variety with the star? Fulvia (BC 41-40) AE - as Fulvia627 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 470-440) Uvug - Tetrobol627 viewsUvug, Dynast, ca 470-440 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.83g), uncertain mint. Forepart of winged human-headed bull right / Head of Aphrodite? right, OFOV (='uvug' in Lycian language) to left, within dotted incuse square. Toned, VF. Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 21627 views164 BC and later. AE21 (7.53g, 1h). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / Sandan on mythical animal right, within pyramidal monument surmounted by eagle; two monograms to left. Good VF, dark green patina, light adjustment marks on reverse. Kolossai (AD 117-138) AE 16627 viewsTime of Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE16 (3.07g). ΚΟΛΟCCHNΩN, Radiate head of Helios left / OKT AΠΟΛΛ ΩΝΙ/ OYA ANE (legend in exergue retrograde), River-god recumbent left on rock, holding branch. Interesting. Very fine. Amaseia (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla and Geta627 viewsCaracalla & Geta, 198-217 AD. AE30 (12.85g). Dated, 208 AD. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right / Draped bust of Geta right; ET-CN. Rare. Good fine. Herakleia Pontika (AD 253-268) AE 23 - Gallienus627 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE23 (8.77g). Draped and laureate bust right / ΗΡΑΚΛΗ − ACΝEΩΚΟΡΩ, Price-crown with two palm branches on table. Rare, nice very fine. Aigeai (AD 41-54) AE 30627 viewsTime of Claudius, 41-54 AD. AE30 (22.02g), struck 43/44 AD. Bust of Isis right, cornucopia to right / AIΓAIΩN, Athena Promachos standing left, wearing long chiton and helmet, holding spear in right hand, shield in left hand; AΘA monogram to left. Nice sandy dark green patina, VF. Kaisareia (AD 193-211) AE 25 - Septimius Severus627 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE25 (9.07g). Laureate head right / ЄT – B; three corn-ears tied together. Nice VF. Phaselis (BC 167-130) Stater627 viewsca 167-130 BC. AR Stater (11.32g). Timon, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Athena walking right on galley, brandishing spear in right hand, shield on left arm; ΤΙΜΩΝ to left, Φ to right. EF, well centered. Ex Peus 328 (1990), 229. Thyateira (AD 200-270) AE 18627 views3rd century AD. AE18 (3.7g). BOPEITHNH, bust of Artemis Boreitene left, with quiver over shoulder, seen from behind / ΘΥATEΙPHNΩN, eagle standing facing, head left, with open wings. Good Very Fine. Rhodes (BC 205-188) Tetradrachm627 viewsca 205-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.91g, 12h). Onasandros, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; to left, pileos surmounted by star; ONAΣANΔPOΣ above. EF, minor die rust. Assos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm627 views4th-3rd centuries BC. AR Triobol (12mm, 1.42g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of lion left within incuse square. Near VF, toned, porous. Extremely rare. Kaisareia (AD 117-138) Hemidrachm - Hadrian627 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Hemidrachm (1.88g, 14-15mm, 12h). 121-122 AD. ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CЄΒΑCΤ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΤ Є (year 5) Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm. A.K. coll. Karia Uncertain (BC 500-490) Stater627 viewsca 500-490 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 14.54g). Two dolphins right within linear square border / Two rectangular incuses. VF, toned, light porosity. Extremely rare issue with both dolphins right, only the von Aulock specimen published. This coinage had originally been attributed to Poseidion on Karpathos, but Cahn’s analysis of the issues bearing an inscription, Ï€os, has conclusively shown that this legend is not an ethnic and cannot point to a mint in Poseidion. It is most likely struck from a mint on the coast of Caria or one of the other mints that used this form of double rectangular incuse: Ialysos, Kamiros, or Lindos. Nagidos (BC 400-380) Stater626 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Stater (10.52g). Head of Dionysos right, wearing wreath of ivy / Head of Aphrodite right, hair bound in sphendone. EF, strike a bit soft on the reverse, light porosity, oblong flan. Splendid engraving by a talented artist. Rare. Neokaisareia (AD 222-235) AE 33 - Alexander Severus626 viewsAlexander Severus, 222-235 AD. AE32.93 (18.72g), struck 234-235 AD. AV K M AV CE- AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust R / KOIN ΠΟ NEOKECAPIAC MH, three-dimensional temple; in ex., ET POA (= year 171). Minor cleaning-scratches inbetween reverse columns. Very fine. Gergis (BC 320-270) AE 10626 viewsca 320-270 BC. AE10 (0.70g). Three-quarter facing head of Sibyl Herophile, turned slightly right, wearing laurel wreath and pendanted necklace / Sphinx seated right. Dark green patina, good VF. Adana (BC 164-27) AE 19626 viewsafter 164 BC. AE19 (8.71g, 1h). Veiled head of Demeter right / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; A/Θ to left. Good VF, dark green patina, reverse smoothed. Alexandreia (BC 164-27) AE 20626 viewsca 164-27 BC. AE20 (5.07g, 12h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus standing left, holding wreath; monogram to left; all within wreath. Good VF, dark olive green patina. Rare. Tion (AD 81-96) AE 33 - Domitian626 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE33 (26.00g). Laureate head right / ZΕΥΣ ΣΥΡΓΑΣΤΗΣ ΤΕΙΑΝΩΝ, Zeus Syrgastes standing left, holding patera and sceptre; eagle(?) left at feet. Near VF, tan-brown patina. Extremely rare - according to RPC one of only three known, the other two in museums (British Museum and Staatliche Museen, Berlin). Drewry Coll.; Ex Lindgren Coll. (BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Diobol626 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR Diobol (1.30g). Mylasa mint. Laureate head of bearded man right (Hekatomnos?) / Forepart of bull left, E before. VF. Extremely rare. Obols and Diobols are well-known from the emission of small coins assigned convincingly to the Carian Satrap Hekatomnos. A. Winzer, Antike Portraitmünzen (2005), No. 13, argues that some portray the Satrap himself, while others Zeus Lepsynos. Syedra (AD 14-37) AE 17 - Tiberius626 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE17 (3.27g, 1h). Laureate head right / Tyche standing left, holding phiale and long scepter. Good VF, black-green patina. Lapethos (BC 425) Stater626 viewsca 425 BC. AR Stater (10.67g, 22mm). Type almost obliterated, helmeted head of Athena left /head of Athena right in crested Corinthian helmet; the whole in incuse square; ankh (♀) symbol upper right corner. Extremely rare. Lightly toned, nice very fine. Myrina (BC 200-30) AE 11626 views2nd-1st century BC. AE11 (1.72g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / MY-PI, amphora. VF, dark green patina. Wagner coll. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 - 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 - 149