Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Kolophon (BC 100-0) AE 17693 views1st century BC. AE17 (4.76g). Apollas, magistrate. Homer sitting left on chair with high backrest, holding book in left hand, supporting head with right, ΑΠΟΛΛΑΣ to left / Apollo in long garb standing right, holding Kithara in left hand, plektron in right, ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ to left. Dark green patina, VF. Joy coll. Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Posis692 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.47g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, Π-ΟΣΙΣ (magistrate) above. Good VF, light reverse double-strike. Nagidos (BC 400-380) Stater692 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. Phaselis (BC 530-480) Stater692 viewsca 530-480 BC. AR Stater (10.75g). Prow of galley in the form of boar's head right / Incuse punch. Cleaned, VF. Tarsos (BC 425-400) Stater - Syennesis III692 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.64g). Persian Satrap on horseback galloping right / Naked hoplite kneeling right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, holding spear in right hand, large round shield in left; corn ear to left, fly to right, stragalos below, within dotted incuse square. Toned, good VF. Ex KPM 26 (1984), lot 94. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian692 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.03g, 1h). Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Aesculapius standing left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; c/m: IMP (ligate) VES AV(AV ligate) G in incuse. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain cistophorus which bore the IMP VES AVG countermark. The countermark was present on the undertype and was not obliterated by the overstrike. Lebedos (BC 300-100) AE 12692 viewsca 3rd-2nd cent BC. AE12 (1.97g). Head of Athena facing, wearing three-crested Attic helmet / Prow of galley left, ΛΕ above. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. Joy coll. Kyzikos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus692 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (2.32g, 12h). Bare head right / Capricorn left, head right; monogram below. VF, attractive, light green patina, areas of brown encrustation on reverse. Ex Prideaux Coll. of Augustus. Prusa ad Olympum (AD 217-218) AE 26 - Diadumenian692 viewsDiadumenian, 217-217 AD. AE26 (7.03g). M OΠЄΛ ANTΩNINOC ΔIAΔOVMЄNIANOC, bare head right / ΠPOVCAЄΩN, Aias committing hara-kiri with sword. Beautiful glossy dark green patina, almost EF. Smyrna (AD 81-96) AE 14692 viewsTime of Domitian, 81-96 AD. AE14 (2.44g, 3h). Bee / Dolphin swimming right. VF, black patina, minor deposits. Smyrna (BC 280-270) AE 13692 viewsca 260-245 BC. AE13 (2.53g). Difilos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Tripod, crayfish below; ΔΙΦΙΛΟΣ to left, ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ to right. aEF. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 19692 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE19 (5.66g). Rosebud, monogram / Star between two crescents. VF. Ex Pfeiler coll. Myra (BC 167-100) Drachm 692 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. Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) AE 19691 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE19 (6.88g). Bearded head of Poseidon right / Ornamented trident head with dolphins between prongs; ΑΛΙΚΑP to left, ÎœHNΑC (magistrate) to right, star in field to left. Dark green patina, gVF. Neoklaudiopolis (AD 177-192) AE 31 - Commodus691 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE31 (14.63g), dated CY 184 (178/179 AD). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / NEOKΛAYΔIO-ΠOΛEITΩN, Tyche seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia; [P]ΠΔ below. Near VF, green patina with some light earthen highlights. Ex Drewry Coll.; ex Lindgren Coll, 85. (BC 500-460) Uncertain Dynast - Stater 691 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. Aigai (AD 69-79) AE 18 - Titus & Domitian691 viewsTitus & Domitian, as Caesars, 69-79 AD and 69-81 AD. AE18 (4.94g, 12h). Apollonios, son of Nemeonikos, magistrate. Confronted heads of Titus right, laureate, and Domitian left, bareheaded / Isis standing facing, holding sistrum; countermark: X within square incuse. VF, green patina, earthen highlights. Howgego does not record this countermark for Aegae. It comes in two varieties, in a square incuse as on this coin, and in a circular incuse (e.g., CNG e277, lot 118) Methymna (BC 360-330) Obol690 viewsca 360-330 BC. AR Obol (0.50g) Helmeted head of Athena right / Kantharos, Îœ-Θ-Α, within linear incuse circle. Chios (BC 460-450) Drachm690 viewsca 460-450 BC. AR Drachm (3.50g, 15mm). Sphinx seated left, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare. Knidos (BC 300-210) AE 11690 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE11 (1.15g). Head of Aphrodite right / Stern of galley right, astragalos and ΥΛ above, KNI below. Dark green patina, VF/gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Sardeis (BC 133) AE 23690 viewsafter 133 BC. AE23 (6.90g). Turreted, veiled bust of City-goddess right / bearded Zeus Lydios standing frontal in himation, head left; holding scepter in left hand, eagle in outstretched right; monogram to left, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ to right. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Erythrai (BC 480-420) Drachm690 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.58g). Erythros standing left before horse; astragalos below / Rosette in incuse square. VF, toned. Ankyra (AD 98-117) AE 19 - Plotina690 viewsPlotina, wife of Trajan. 98-117 AD. AE19 (3.65g). Diademed and draped bust right. / ΑΝΚΥΡ-Α-ΝΩΝ, statue of Artemis Ephesia facing flanked by two stags. Very rare. Grey green patina. Light edge damage. Very fine. Larisa (BC 400-300) AE 19690 views4th century BC. AE19 (8.61g). Bearded male head right / ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ, amphora, corn grain to right. Brown patina, VF-EF. Extremely rare. Ephesos (AD 81-96) AE 23 - Domitian690 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE23 (9.54g, 12h). Laureate head right / River-god Marnas reclining left, holding reed. Near VF, green patina, light deposits, surfaces a little pitted. Ex Alighieri Coll. Side (AD 235-238) AE 30 - Maximinus I690 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE30 (16.73g, 6h). AV K Γ IO OV-H MAΞIMЄIN-ON, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CIΔTHΩN, port of Side: four ships within the harbor framed on either side by arched portico, which opens at left; ship entering harbor, which opens at left; at bottom of habor, a fisherman in boat right. Good VF, even green patina with beige overtones, a well-centered and struck specimen Very rare and finer than the two published specimens. Rhodes (BC 205-188) Tetradrachm690 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. Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol690 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.40g, 3h). Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upward / Head of roaring lion left; star to upper left; all within incuse square. Near EF, toned, faint porosity. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater690 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hemihekte - Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.35g). Forepart of Pegasos left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Uncertain (BC 425-375) AV690 views4th century BC. AV (17mm, 3.44g, 5h). Forepart of boar right / Forepart of lion right. Near EF, traces of deposits in devices, a couple of minor field marks. Unique. This puzzling coin is clearly in the same series as a small group of silver fractions of identical types and style that have trickled onto the market over the past five years with weights averaging 1.12g. Although the types suggest an origin in Asia Minor (e.g. Kyzikos), anecdotal information suggests an area further east in the region of Baktria. The weight is also mysterious - it does not seem to bear any clear relationship to the weight standards prevalent in the eastern Mediterranean, but is almost exactly three times the weight of the silver fractions, suggesting that the coins may have been intended to circulate locally in a closed exchange area rather than as part of the international financial system. The unusual weight on an apparent local standard supports the suggestion that this issue should be attributed to some region in central Asia remote from western commerce. Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol689 viewsca 500 BC. AR Obol (0.52g). Head of ram left / Incuse with striations. Porous, very fine. Klazomenai (BC 375-340) AE 18689 viewsca 4th century BC. AE18 (4.74g). Three-quarter facing head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested helmet / Forepart of ram right; ΚΛΑΞΟΜΕ/ΝΙΩΝ above, [A]ΠΟΛΩ/ΝΙΔΗΣ (magistrate) below. Erythrai (BC 350-300) AE 12689 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE12 (2.25g). Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / EPY, club and bow in case; horse's foot? below. Dark green patina, VF. Rare variant. Kotiaeion (AD 41-54) AE 21 - Claudius689 viewsClaudius I, 41-54 AD. AE21 (3.34g). Varus, magistrate, 50-54 AD. Laureate head right / Zeus (?) standing left with extended right. Surfaces a bit rough, good very fine. Sinope (BC 27-AD 14) AE 23 - Augustus, Caius & Lucius689 viewsAugustus, with Caius and Lucius Caesars, 27 BC-AD 14. AE23 (6.96g, 12h). Dated CY 36 (11/10 BC). C I [F] AN • XXXVI (AN ligate), bare head of Augustus right / EX [•] D • D, jugate heads of Caius and Lucius Caesars right. VF, green patina with brown overtones. Ex Villemur Coll.; Ex Auctiones 18 (9/1989), lot 923. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) griffin/lion - Obol689 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.57g, 7mm). Head griffin right / Incuse of lion head right. Apparently unpublished and unique. VF.1 comments Oinoanda (BC 200-0) AE689 views2nd-1st century BC. AE (5.07g). Bust of Hermes left, kerykeion behind shoulder / Ares standing facing, holding spear and shield. VF. Very rare. Chios (BC 431-412) Drachm689 views5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.61g). Chian standard. Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora; all on convex circle / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well centered on exceptional metal for issue. Bithynion-Klaudiopolis (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitian689 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. Half Assarion(?) (7.64g, 22mm, 6h). Laureate head right / Serpent entwined around branch. Good VF, beautiful green patina. Extremely rare. Three of the known specimens of this type are in public collections – two in the Ashmolean; the RG specimen in Athens. The fourth cited specimen, which appeared in a 1928 Cahn sale had no weight given, and was not illustrated. Phokaia (BC 521-478) seal - 1/4 Stater689 viewsca 500 BC. AR Drachm (3.93g). Seal swimming right / Quadripartite incuse square (1 field filled in). Attractively toned, nearly extremely fine and rare. Prospero Coll.; purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London US$ 3,500. (BC 450-420) Sppntaza - Stater689 viewsSppntaza, Dynast, late 5th century BC. AR Stater (10.06g). Phellos (?) mint. Head of Aphrodite (?) left, small A on cheek / Lycian legend (‘Sppntaza’), tetraskeles, all within a dotted square within an incuse square. Broad flan, toned, EF. Rare. Prospero coll.; ex G. Durufle Coll., Rollin & Feuardent, Paris (5/1910), 578; ex ‘Kunstfreund’ Coll., Bank Leu AG & Münzen und Medaillen AG, Zurich (5/1974), 167; ex Spink Auction 65, London (10/1988), 75. Alexandreia (BC 171­-65) Tetradrachm689 viewsca 171­-66/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.85g, 11h). Dated CY 173 (ca 128 BC). Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath / Apollo Smintheos standing right, holding phiale in right hand, bow and arrow in left; monogram to inner left, POΓ (date) to inner right; AΠOΛΛONOΣ ZMIΘEΩΣ at sides, AΛEΞANΔPEΩN/AΠOΛΛΩNIΔOY in two lines in exergue. (BC 169-150) Mithradates IV - Tetradrachm689 viewsMithradates IV, ca 170/169–150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.83g), struck in Sinope ca 169 BC. Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ - ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ / ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ, Perseus, naked but for cloak over his shoulders, standing facing and holding gorgoneion and harpa; monogram in lower left field. Extremely rare and among the finest specimens known. An elegant portrait of fine Hellenistic style struck in high relief on a very large flan. Old cabinet tone and aEF. Ex Leu sale 48 (1989), lot 209. From the von Aulock and Salvesen collections. The reverse of this tetradrachm, which may perhaps predate Mithradates IV’s marriage to his sister, Laodike, depicts the hero Perseus. He appears here, not so much because Mithradates IV wanted to recall the myth of the hero, but because of an old Greek folk etymology that made Perseus an ancestor of the Persians. The Persian Great King Xerxes I (486-465 BC) was already aware of this etymology at the time of his invasion of mainland Greece (480 BC) and tried to use it to convince the Argives to capitulate. The link between Perseus and the Persians was deeply entrenched by 2nd century BC and Mithradates IV, who was himself of Iranian descent, used it to associate the Mithradatic dynasty of Pontus with the greatness of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. The irony of using a Greek hero to advertise a connection to an Iranian empire that was frequently in conflict with the states of Greece is palpable. This irony is further compounded by the otherwise conscious Hellenizing of the obverse type and legend: Mithradates IV wears the diadem of a Hellenistic king rather than the tiara of an Iranian ruler, and the reverse legend is entirely Greek in its use of titles like Philopator (”Father-loving”) and Philadelphos (”Brother-loving”). The combination of types and inscriptions on this tetradrachm is wonderfully schizophrenic in the desire to simultaneously tout Mithradates IV as an Iranian scion of the Persian Empire and as a Hellenistic king in emulation of Alexander the Great, the destroyer of that same empire. Phygela (BC 350-300) AE 9688 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE9 (0.64g). Head of Artemis Munychia 3/4 to left / Bull butting right, ΦΥΓ above. Nice VF, bull pushing edge a bit. Nice dark-light green patina. Rhodes (BC 125-88) Drachm688 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (2.54g, 16mm). Radiate head Helios right / Rose with bud to right, P-O, ΦΙΛΟ[...]TPAΣ. Very fine. Spithradates (BC 334) AE 10688 viewsSpithridates, Satrap in Lydia and Ionia, ca 334 BC. AE10 (1.13g, 2h). Head of satrap right, wearing Persian headdress / Protome of horse right; monogram in upper left field. EF, black patina with trace of orange in obverse crevices. Kaisareia (AD 218-222) AE 26 - Elagabalus688 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE26 (11.83g) Radiated, draped and cuirassed bust left / Mount Argaeus on altar, ETR below. Kaisareia Germanika (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus688 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (11.85g). Laureate head right / Zeus standing left, holding scepter. Nice Fine, dark brown patina. Apparently unique and unpublished. Adana (AD 253-260) AE 29 - Valerian I688 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE29 (10.67g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, holding phiale and sceptre. Near VF, green patina, a little rough. Laodikeia (AD 54-68) AE 20688 viewsTime of Nero, 54-68 AD. AE20 (7.13g), dated 62 AD. ΔHMOΣ LAOΔIKEΩN, laureate bust Demos right / IVOΛIOΣ ANΔPONIKOΣ EVEPΓETHΣ, Zeus standing left, holding eagle in right hand. Nice black patina, aEF. Masikytes (AD 98-117) AR Drachm - Trajan688 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Drachm (18.7mm, 3.53g), struck 98-99 AD. AYT KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM, laureate head right / ΔHM EΞ - YΠAT B, two three-stringed lyres side by side, owl above, a foot on each lyre. Nice EF, mint luster, fine bold portrait! Hoeft coll. Masikytes, together with Kragoi, was one of the main regions of the Lycian League. Apollo/Lyre was the type of their coins. Gargara (BC 440-400) Tetrobol688 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Triobol (1.9g, 12mm). Bare male head right / ΓAP, horse running right within incuse square. EF. Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 26 - Salonina687 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE26 (10.84g). Diademed and draped bust right / Valerian and Gallienus clasping hands, female figure (Homonaia, Salonina or priestess?) to right. Attractive very fine. Smyrna (BC 88-85) AE 24687 viewsMithradates VI, 120-63 BC. AE24 (15.11g). Ermogenes and Phrixos, magistrates. Struck ca 88-85 BC. Diademed head of Mithradates right / Nike walking right, holding wreath and palm. VF, green and brown patina, minor roughness. Knidos (BC 300-225) Hemidrachm687 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. Alexandreia (BC 164-27) AE 20687 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. Tralleis (AD 100-200) AE 22687 views2nd cent AD. AE22 (4.84g). Head young Demos right. / Dionysos holding jug and thypros; at his feet, panther. Holed, very fine. Aphrodisias (AD 81-96) AE 27 - Domitian & Domitia687 viewsDomitian, with Domitia, 81-96 AD. AE27 (10.38g, 6h). Confronted busts of Domitian, laureate, and Domitia, draped / Tyche of Aphrodisias seated left, holding cult statue and scepter. Fine, dark green, almost black patina, with traces of green around periphery. Ex Lindgren Coll. ( Kovacs 15, 10/2003), lot 238. Synnada (BC 133) AE 21687 viewsafter 133 BC. AE21 (8.24g). Turreted head of Tyche right / [ΣΥΝΝΑΔΕ] - ΙΕ-ΡΟΚΛΕ (magistrate), Zeus standing left in himation, holding scepter and thunderbolt. Dark green patina, flat strike in areas, VF. Hamaxitos (BC 350-310) AE 18687 views4th century BC. AE18 (5.47g, 8h). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΑΜΑ−ΞΙ on either side of lyre. VF, dusty dark green patina. Alighieri Coll. Kerasos (AD 218-222) AE 31 - Elagabalus687 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE31 (9.88g, 6h). Dated CY 156 (219/20 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche(?) enthroned left, holding phiale. Fine, dark olive patina with traces of gray overtones. Extremely rare. Wagner Coll. Abydos (BC 510-480) Tetartemorion687 views6th-5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.2g). Head of eagle left / Striated pattern square incuse. VF. Tripolis (BC 200-0) AE 13687 viewsTripolis, as Apollonia, 2nd-1st century BC. AE13 (1.67g). Laureate head of Apollo right / AΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ, bee, maeander pattern below. VF. Kebren (BC 400-300) AE 16687 viewsca 350-310 BC. AE16 (3.66g). Laureate head of Apollo right / K - E, head of ram right; below, eagle standing right. gVF. Mallos (AD 250-251) AE 31 - Hostilian686 viewsHostilian, 250-251 AD. AE31 (15.43g). Paphos (BC 450) Tetrobol - Stasandros686 viewsStasandros, King of Paphos, ca 450 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.63g). Bull standing left, in beaded circle / Eagle standing left, olive sprig to right. Very rare denomination. Minor corrosion, VF. Kaunos (BC 430-410) Stater686 viewsca 430-410 BC. AR Stater (11.64g). Winged female figure left / Conical structure, two grape vines (one on either side), Carian letter K (=Kbide) above. Very rare. EF. Samos (BC 404-385) Tetradrachm686 viewsca 404-385 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.72g). Hegesianax, magistrate. Facing lion's scalp / Forepart of bull right; branch behind, ΗΓΗΣΙΑΝΑΞ above, monogram in circle below. Good VF, attractively toned, well-centered. Ex Hess-Leu 49 (4/1971), lot 214; Hermitage Museum Collection (Schlessinger 13, 2/1935), lot 1306. Ilion (AD 198-217) AE - Caracalla686 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE (19.23g). AY KAI M AYP - ANTWNINOC, laureate cuirassed bust right / ΕΚΤΩΡ - ΙΛΙΕΩΝ, Hector standing right, wearing helmet, cuirass and holding shield, right arm drawn back holding torch, Greek ships to right. Green-brown patina, VF. Very rare. Antiocheia (AD 249-251) AE 26 - Trajan Decius686 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. Seleukid anchor on Tarkondimotos686 viewsTarkondimotos, king of Eastern Cilicia, 39-31 BC. Hieropolis-Castabala. AE21. Diademed head right, countermark: Seleukid anchor / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter. VF. Eikonion (BC 100-0) AE 15686 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE15 (3.86g, 6h). Head Zeus laureate right / EIKO, Perseus standing facing, holding lyre and head Medusa. About very fine. Tlos (AD 14-43) AE 17686 viewsunder Roman rule, Julio-Claudian era, 14-43 AD. AE17 (3.68g). Λ-Î¥, laureate head of Apollo right / Τ-Λ, laureate head of Artemis right, hair in chignon. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 3 - Obol686 viewsLate 6th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.56g). Head of cow left / Incuse punch with rhombus and central pellet. VF, some encrustation. Lakanatis (AD 38-72) AE - Antiochos IV686 viewsAntiochos IV, 38-72 AD. AE - Diassarion (16.99g). ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ, diademed head right / ΛΑΚΑΝ-ΑΤΩΝ, scorpion in wreath. Green patina, VF. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) boar/dog - Hemiobol686 views5th cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31g, 7mm, 2h). Forepart of winged boar right / Head and neck of dog (hound) left on leash and collar, within incuse square. Magnesia (BC 459) Trihemiobol - Archepolis686 viewsca 459 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.98g, 8h). Bearded male head right, wearing laurel wreath / Eagle flying right; A (or AP monogram) to upper right (barely visible); all within linear square in incuse square. VF, light porosity. Apparently unique. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater686 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.67g). Head of Amazon (or Perseus) left, wearing winged cap; behind, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, a few marks. Extremely rare in this denomination. Maionia (AD 117-138) AE 17686 viewsTime of Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE17 (3.8g). ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ, laureate bust of Senate right / ΕΠΙ CEIΛΩΠΟC, Zeus standing left. Very fine.1 comments Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tritemorion?685 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Persic Tritemorion? (1/3 obol) (0.42g). Head of Apollo right / Mark of value or monogram? in incuse square. Mylasa (AD 129) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian685 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. Side (BC 100-0) AE 12685 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE12 (1.27g, 12h). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / Pomegranate. Green-brown patina, VF/aEF. Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 13685 viewsca 3rd-2nd century BC. AE13 (2.68g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Forepart of bull left, KYΞ above, trident behind. Fine. Phaselis (BC 250-220) Stater685 viewsca 246-221 BC. AR Stater (10.30g). Magistrate Eukleas. Prow of galley right, decorated with thunderbolt; shrimp(?) below / Stern of galley with aphlaston right, flying bird and ΕΥΚΛΕΑΣ-ΦΑΣΗ above. VF. Ex Auktion Kricheldorf 29 (1975), lot 150. Smyrna (BC 88-85) AE 27685 viewsunder Mithradates VI, Eupator, king of Pontos, 120-63 BC. AE27 (13.32g), struck 88-85 BC. Diademed head of Mithradates right / Nike standing right, wearing long chiron, holding palm branch in left hand, crowing Z(retrograde)ΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ with wreath in right hand, ΕΡΜΟΓΕΝΗΣ / ΦΡΙΞΟΣ (magistrate) to left. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Klazomenai (BC 480-400) Obol685 viewsca 480-400 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.58g). Forepart of a winged boar left / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. VF, toned, light porosity. David Herman Coll. Tyana (AD 98-117) AE 26 - Trajan685 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE26 (13.86g), struck under legate T. Pomponius Bassus 98/99 AD (year 1). AVT NEPOVAC TPAIAN KAICAP ΓEP, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / EΠI BA - CCOV ΠPECBEVT - TVANEΩN, Tyche of Tyana, in long garment and wearing mural-crown, standing left on cippus, holding two grain-ears in extended right hand and resting with left hand on cippus; beneath, river-god Lamus swimming right; in left and right field ET - A (year 1). Rare, F/good F. Hoeft coll. Tyana was situated on a tributary of the river Lamus. Because the river-god sometimes holds a torch it seems to be the river Phoibos (Note of Prof. Nolle in R. Falter, Fluß- und Berggötter in der Antike) Magnesia (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion685 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.17g). Head of Apollo right / Grain of corn, MAΓ above, Maeander pattern below. Good style, gVF. Very rare. Mueller Coll. Prokonnesos (BC 411-387) Hemidrachm685 viewsca 411-387 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.44g, 7h). Head of Aphrodite left, hair in sphendone / Oinochoë within incuse circle. VF, lightly toned, minor obverse die rust. Good metal. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B64685 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm). Laureate head of young Apollo 3⁄4 facing / Head of an Amazon in Thracian leather helmet with cheek guards to right. gVF. Bodenstedt records four examples of this type - one of which is this coin. A further five examples have appeared in auction. Ex Coll. James et Sneja Velkov, Auc. Jean Vinchon, Paris. 24 (11/1994), lot 138. Ex Bank Leu Auc. 7 (5/1973), lot 220. The cataloguer of this coin at auction remarks that the obverse is a stylistic copy of the early tetradrachms of Amphipolis. See Kurt Regling, ZfN 33 (1922), p. 48, Anm. 2 and p. 60. Kaisareia (AD 117-138) Hemidrachm - Hadrian685 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. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater685 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.65g). Male naked and bearded figure riding dolphin left, holding tunny in his outstretched right hand; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare. Of lovely style and extremely fine. Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tetartemorion684 viewsca 420-400 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.31g). Head of Apollo right / Mark of value or monogram? within incuse square. VF, toned. Rare. Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol684 viewsFirst half of 4th cent BC. AR Persic Hemiobol (0.31g, 7mm). Young male head right, Carian inscription / Head of ram right. Good VF. Mostene (AD 49-54) AE - Claudius684 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD, with Agrippina Jr. Pedanius, magistrate, 49-54 AD. AE (5.08g). ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΝ ΚΑΙCΑΡ [ΘΕΑΝ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ], laureate head of Claudius right, draped bust of Agrippina right / ΕΠΙ ΠΕΔΑΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΙCΑΡΕΩΝ / ΜΟCΤΗΝΩΝ, Hero with helmet and double-axe on galloping horse right. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Masikytes (BC 27-20) Hemidrachm684 viewsLycian League, ca 27-20 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.89g). Laureate head of Apollo right, Λ-Î¥ / Lyre; M-A, tripod to right, within incuse square. Superb EF. Ephesos (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian684 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.52g, 6h). Struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / Jupiter (Zeus) Olympius seated left, holding statuette of Diana Ephesia and sceptre. VF, area of minor porosity on reverse. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Aspendos (BC 370-330) AE 22684 viewsca 370-333 BC. AE22 - "Tetradrachm" (9.50g). Two wrestlers grappling / Slinger in throwing stance right; triskeles to right. Apparently unpublished in bronze. Lightly rough, nice very fine. Ex Hirsch Auktion 217 (9/2001), lot 1578. Holmoi (BC 4th cent) Obol684 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. Nysa (AD 147-175) AE 18 - Faustina II684 viewsFaustina Junior, daughter of Antoninus Pius, wife of Marcus Aurelius, Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE18 (4.68g, 12h). ΦAVCT[EI]NA CEBACTH, diademed and draped bust right / NVCA-EΩN, Hades dragging away protesting Persephone in quadriga right. VF, green patina. Ex Marcel Burstein Collection (Peus 366, 10/2000), lot 709. According to the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, 15-18, Persephone was picking flowers with her companions in the Vale of Nysa, when the ground opened up and Hades seized her. 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