Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed (BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater1577 viewsca 560-546 BC. AV 1/24 Stater (5mm, 0.44g). Heavy standard. Sardeis mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Incuse square punch. VF. Very rare. Amaseia (BC 100-85) AE 171575 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE17 (4.06g). Winged bust of Perseus right / Cornucopiae between pilei. Good VF, black patina. Sesamos (BC 340-300) AE 161572 viewslate 4th cent BC. AE16 (3.20g). Laureate head of Zeus left / ΣΗ-ΣΑ, wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing looped earring and necklace. EF, dark green patina. Pappa-Tiberiupolis (AD 138-161) AE 21 - Antoninus Pius1572 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE21 (4.96g). Laureate head left / ΤΙΒEΡΙEωΝ - ΠΑΠΠΗΝωΝ, Men standing right in long chiton, wearing Phrygian hat, crescent on shoulder, foot on bukranion, holding scepter in right, pine-apple in extended left. Rare. Green patina. Very fine. Righetti Coll. Kelenderis (AD 238-244) AE 30 - Gordian III1571 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE30 (11.60g). Laureate bust of Gordian right / Poseidon holding dolphin and resting on trident. Good fine. Salamis (BC 331-310) AV Stater - Nikokreon1570 viewsNikokreon, ca 331-311/10 BC. AV Stater (8.29g). Persic standard. Draped bust of Aphrodite left, hair rolled above forehead and falling in long wavy strands to front and back of shoulder, wearing beaded necklace, triple-drop earring, and turreted crown, NI behind / Draped bust of Aphrodite left, hair in tight ringlets falling before ear and down back of neck, wearing torque (open end at front of her neck), beaded hoop earring, fillet, and crown decorated with semicircular plates; BA behind. EF. Very rare. Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Drachm1569 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Drachm (4.85g). Forepart of boar to left, truncation dotted; at right, tunny fish / Head of lion to left, mouth open, mane bristling; Κ (retrograde) above; all within incuse square. Good VF. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B231569 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Forepart of a bridled horse to right, wearing necklace of large beads and with ornamented truncation; ΛΕ below / Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress and with neck ornamented with small squares; all in incuse. An extremely rare and attractive hekte, combining dies used in other issues, all from roughly the same time period. Extremely fine. Anthemion coll. USA, acquired privately from Antiqua Inc., ca 2001. This very rare issue combines a wonderful obverse die used for Bodenstedt 20, with the reverse type of the incuse head of Herakles that appeared in issues 17-19 and 21. The present obverse is one of the very few produced at Mytilene that bear the initial letters of the name of the island; Lesbos. Parlais (AD 177-192) AE 23 - Commodus1567 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE23 (5.36g). IMP L AVR COMMODVS, draped bust right / IVL AVG HA COL PARLA, Mên standing right, holding scepter and fir-cone. Nice very fine. (BC 96-63) Ariobarzanes I - Drachm1564 viewsAriobarzanes I, Philoromaios, 96-63 BC. AR Drachm (4.05g, 12h), dated year 2 (95/94 BC). Diadememed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΟΒΑΡZΑΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΥ, Athena standing left, holding Nike, shield and spear, Θ - Ε flanking her, Î’ (date) in exergue. High relief, lightly toned, EF. Ex Bank Leu AG, Auc. 33 (5/1983, Zurich), lot 408. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B27 - EL 1/6 Stater1564 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g, 10mm). Lion left, seal above / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Thebe (BC 350) AE 91564 viewsca 3rd century BC. AE9 (0.91g). Female head right, hair in sakkos / Triskeles, Θ-Η-Î’ in between. VF, black patina. Rare. Apameia (AD 37-41) AE 23 - Caligula1563 viewsCaligula, 37-41 AD. AE23 (6.45g). DRVSVS NERO CAESARES D D, bust of Nero and Drusus / AGRIPPINA DIVA DRVSILLA IVLIA, the Caligula sisters standing facing, Agrippina with cornucopiae, right hand on column, Drusilla with patera and cornucopiae, and Julia with ruder and cornucopiae. Dark green patina, EF. Extremely rare.1 comments Amastris (BC 85-65) AE 201562 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE 20 (6.53g). Gorgoneion sourrounded by aegis / Nike walking right, holding palm. VF. Isaura (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla1561 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (18.15g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, drapery on shoulder, aegis on cuirass / Tetrastyle temple with arched pediment, bust of Hercules on column within. Near EF, green-brown patina. Scarce city. Levante describes the reverse bust as Septimius Severus, but the prominence of Hercules in the city's pantheon makes him the more likely object of a cult temple. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater1561 viewsca 360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Female head facing left, wearing laurel wreath, the hair covered by a saccos; beneath truncation, [seal] / Incuse square. Tip of chin off flan, otherwise EF. Magnesia (BC 465-459) Tetartemorion - Themistokles1559 viewsThemistokles, ca 465-459 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.17g, 12h). Owl standing right, head facing / ΘE monogram within dotted square in incuse square. Good VF, attractive dark toning. Rare. Selge (BC 400-350) Obol1558 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Obol (1.05g). Astragalos; small club at side / Facing owl with out-spread wings. Unpublished in the major collections. Toned, gVF. The astragalos (knuckle bone) and club of Herakles are used as subsidiary symbols on the staters of Selge of the 4th century. The appearance of the frontal owl is otherwise unattested on the coinage of Selge or elsewhere in the region. Chabakta (BC 100-85) AE 201555 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE20 (7.99g). Head of Ares right in crested helmet / ΧΑΒΑΚΤ[ΩΝ], sword in sheath; star over moon and monogram to left. Brown patina, VF. Chios (AD 0-100) AE1553 viewsCivic Issue, ca 1st century AD. AE - 3 Assaria (18.40g). Publius Valerius Primus, archon for the second time. Sphinx seated left, paw resting on prow of galley / Wine amphora set within wreath. VF, dark green patina, surfaces smoothed. Aigeai (AD 37-41) AE 271551 viewsTime of Caligula, 37-41 AD. AE27 (15.05g). dated Year 87 (40/41 AD). Head Alexander the Great right / AIΓAIΩN THC IЄPAC KAI AVTONOMOV MI ZΠ, head of Julius Caesar right. Nice green patina, VF. Pergamon (BC 25) Sestertius - Augustus1550 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. Pergamum mint, struck ca 25 BC. AE34 - Sestertius (25.42g). AVGVSTVS, bare head right / CA within laurel wreath. Struck on an exceptionally large flan and with a very attractive portrait. Brown tone and minor areas of weakness, otherewise EF. Lyrbe (AD 253-260) AE 30 - Valerian I1548 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE30 - 11 Assaria (16.21g, 12h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Apollo Sidetes standing left, holding patera and sceptre. VF, green and earthen patina, some roughness. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B20 - EL 1/48 Stater1547 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.31g, 5mm). Head of ram left, seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Unpublished? Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1031545 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Laureate head of Zeus Meilichios right / Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress; all within linear frame. EF. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Kabeiros1544 viewsca 340 BC. AV Stater (8.47g, 7h). Head of bearded Kabeiros left, wearing laureate pilos / Forepart of Pegasos right. Extremely rare, one of only five known specimens, of which three are in museums. With an obverse of beautiful late classical style, struck in high relief and attractively toned. Reverse struck from the usual worn die, otherwise, extremely fine. From the collections of C. Gillet, Bank Leu & Muenzen und Medaillen (Kunstfreund), 28 May 1974, 218, R. Jameson and Sir H. Weber, who purchased it from Alischan in Constantinople in 1889. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B08 - EL 1/24 Stater1544 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.65g). Head of ram left; seal swimming left below / Incuse square. Exceptionally well-centered for such a small coin. EF. Strangely enough, the minor fractions of this issue are not recorded by Bodenstedt, including Boston 1897 and SNG von Aulock 1798. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Athena1544 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (16mm, 8.42g). Helmeted head of Athena left / Forepart of Pegasus right, Λ below. Extremely rare. Two very minor nicks (one on obverse and one on reverse) and some abrasion on edge, otherwise aEF. Myrina (BC 425-375) Trihemiobol?1543 viewsca 420-380 BC. AR (1.09g). Female head left, hair in sakkos / ΜΥΡΙ/ΝΑΩΝ (retrograde), stag grazing left within incuse square. Only known specimen(?). Nice classical style. Slight porosity. VF. The attribution of this so far unknown issue to the Aeolian Myrina and not to the city of Myrina on Lemnos is due to the fact that from the latter there are only known bronzes from the end of the Hellenistic period. The Aeolian Myrina on the other hand struck silver coins of Alexander types at the end of the 4th c. BC. and had a quite large coinage from the 2nd c. BC. onwards. The style of the head on the obv. makes a date to the end of the classical period plausible, one could compare it with issues of Mytilene (cf. Bodenstedt 90 or 109) or Phocaea (cf. Bodenstedt 94 or 162). The iconography of the rev. is not surprising: the stag is the symbol of Artemis, of whom worship is attested. The goddess is represented on hemidrachms of about 300 BC. (cf. ZfN 3 [1876], pl. VIII, 17). Tenedos (BC 525-470) Obol1541 views6th century BC. AR Obol (0.67g, 8h). Janiform head, female on left, bearded male on right / Double-axe within square incuse. Dark patina, aEF. Very rare. Oinoanda (BC 200) Didrachm - Series 31538 viewsca 200 BC. AR Didrachm (7.63g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right; lotus-tipped sceptre over shoulder, B (partially erased in die) behind / OINOAN/DEwN below in two lines, eagle standing right on winged thunderbolt, wings closed, bunch of grapes and Γ in right field. EF. Keramos (BC 400-300) AE 111528 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.36g). Bull standing right / Dolphin right, KE below. Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina, light scratches. Extremely rare and unrecorded in the standard works. Pergamon (BC 19-18) Cystophorus - Augustus1528 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. Pergamum mint, struck ca 19-18 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.04g, 26mm). IMP IX TR - POV, Bare head right / S-P-R / SIGNIS / RECEPTIS in the opening of triumphal arch surmounted by charioteer in quadriga and inscribed IMP IX TR POT V. on each side-wall, aquila. Rare. Struck on a very broad flan and with an excellent portrait. EF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Bull - EL 1/121528 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12 Stater (1.14g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Bull’s head right / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare. Kaisareia (AD 138-161) AE 18 - Antoninus Pius1527 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE18.5 (5.04g). Laureate head right / Bust of Tyche right, Year ΔΙ (146 AD). Dark patina, good very fine. Kaisareia (AD 41-54) Didrachm - Claudius1525 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AR Didrachm (7.48g, 12h). Laureate head left / DE BRITANNIS in exergue, Claudius, holding reins and scepter, in triumphal quadriga right. Near EF, toned. Rare. The didrachm was introduced during the reign of Claudius. The reverse type portrays a powerful piece of political propaganda; namely, Claudius returning triumphantly from Britain. Astyra (BC 400-395) AE - Tissaphernes1522 viewsTissaphernes, Satrap of Mysia, ca 400-395 BC. AE (0.96g). Helmeted head of Athena right / TIΣΣA, satrap galloping on horse right, wearing Persian outfit, spear in right hand. Dark green patina, EF. Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1522 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.94g). Head of a ram right / Gorgoneion within shallow incuse square. Attractive toning, wide flan. Mylasa (BC 295-280) AE 19 - Eupolemos1521 viewsEupolemos, Strategos, 295-280 BC. AE19 (4.24g). Three overlapping Macedonian shields, the outer two with spearheads in the center / Sword in sheath, ΕΥΠΟ-ΛΕΜΟΥ; labrys to left. EF, glossy brown patina under a light dusting of orangish earthen encrustation. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 271519 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE27 (19.65g, 12h). Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / ΑΜΙΣΟΥ, eagle standing left, head right, wings spread, on thunderbolt; monogram to left. EF, dark green, almost black, patina. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL 1/6 Stater1517 viewsCirca 460-400 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.65g). Warrior, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, kneeling left, checking the straightness of his arrow, bow hung over his left wrist; tunny downward behind / Quadripartite incuse punch. RR! EF. Ex. Hirsch 169 (1991), lot 382. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1011516 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Winged bust of Nike right, two stars above, within linear square. Fine style, attractive types. Choice Very Fine. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - Kabeiros1516 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.38g). Head of bearded Kabeiros left, wearing laureate pilos / Forepart of Pegasos right. VF. Dardanos (BC 400-300) Triobol1516 views4th century BC. AR Triobol (13mm, 2.58g, 12h). Lepton, magistrate. Horseman riding right; trident head below / Cock standing right; EΠI ΛEΠTΩN to right. Good VF, toned, very light porosity. Very rare. Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm1515 viewsafter 189 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.22g, 11h). Janiform male and female heads, the male laureate and facing left, the female diademed and facing right / Double-axe; ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ above, monogram and grape bunch to left, two pilei of the Dioskouroi to right; all within laurel wreath. Good VF, darkly toned. (BC 52-42) Ariobarzanes III - Drachm1514 viewsAriobarzanes III, Eusebes Philoromaios, 52-42 BC. AR Drachm (4.18g). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΟΒΑΡZΑΝΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜ, Athena holding Nike standing left, monogram to right, star and crescent to left. About EF. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B43 - EL 1/6 Stater1514 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Facing head of Satyr, [seal to left] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Scarce, only 9 specimens cited by Bodenstedt for this type. Kaisareia (AD 33-34) Drachm - Tiberius and Drusus1513 viewsTiberius, with Drusus. AR Drachm (3.74g, 11h), struck 33-34 AD. Laureate head of Tiberius right / Bare head of Drusus left. Superb EF, wonderful gold, gray, and iridescent toning. Rare, and with splendid portraits. From the RLS Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XX (3/1988), lot 100. Pergamon (AD 40-60) AE 151508 viewsClaudian era, ca 40-60 AD, under Roman protection, pseudo-autonomous. AE15 (3.82g). ΘΕΑN - ΡωΜΗN, draped bust of Roma right / ΘΕΟΝ CΥΝΚΛΗΤΟΝ, draped diademed bust of Senate right. VF. (BC 333-322) Ariarathes I - Drachm1504 viewsAriarathes I, 333-322 BC. AR Drachm (5.04g). Pontos, Gaziura mint. Baal of Gaziura seated left, holding eagle, grain ear and grape cluster in right hand, scepter in left; in Aramaic 'Baal-Gazur' behind (not visible here) / Griffin attacking a kneeling stag left, 'Ariorath' in Aramaic below. VF, light porosity. Rare. Antandros (BC 400-350) Diobol1504 viewsEarly-mid 4th cent BC. AR Diobol (12mm, 1.32g). Head of Artemis Astyrene right / Goat standing right; grapes above. VF. Scarce. Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 181503 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE18 (5.21g), Heraois, magistrate. Laureate head of Herakles right / Apollo standing left, holding bird and olive branch; ΗΡΑΙΟΥΣ to left, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ to right. gVF. Phokaia (BC 530-500) Diobol1502 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Diobol (1.58g). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Kebren (BC 450) Diobol1502 viewsca 450 BC. AR Diobol (1.30g, 11h). Female head to left, wearing disc earring and necklace, her hair bound with a band / Ram's head to left within square incuse. Rare. Beautifully toned and of lovely archaic style. Good very fine. Ex Hess-Leu 31 (12/1966), 415. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B88 - EL 1/6 Stater1501 viewsca 360-340 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.54g). Head of Hera facing left, wearing a polos adorned with palmettes; behind, seal swimming upwards / Four-part incuse square. It is very unusual to find a head of Hera on an electrum coin. Good VF. The obverse image is borrowed from Argive models (cf. BM Peloponnesus pl. 27, 9). Ionian League (AD 139-161) AE 36 - Marcus Aurelius1501 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE36 - Medallion (41.94g, 12h). Gillespie Type I. Marcus Claudius Fronto, asiarch and high priest of the Thirteen Cities. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche Soterios (Fortuna Redux) standing left. Near EF, blue-black patina with some bare metal showing through, minor smoothing in fields, obverse details slightly strengthened. One of two examples known to Gillespie, and the only one in private hands. Group CEM; ex Gillespie Coll., Münzhandlung Basel 10 (3/1938), lot 438; Münzhandlung Basel 3, (3/1935), lot 1012. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 211500 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE21 (7.33g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head turned right; monogram to left, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below. aEF, dark olive-green patina. Gutknecht coll. Rhodes (BC 88) AE 301499 viewsca 88 BC. AE30 (17.59g, 11h). Radiate head of Helios right / Rose; headdress of Isis to left, thunderbolt to right. VF, attractive dark green patina with earthen highlights, slight roughness on reverse. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. This coinage was struck during Mithradates VI's failed six-month siege of Rhodes in 88 BC. Unable to produce enough silver for military expenditures, the Rhodians resorted to a fiduciary bronze coinage. Leukai (BC 350-300) AE 161492 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE16 (2.65g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Swan standing left, wings open, head right; ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ (magistrate) to left, ΛΕΟ to right. Near EF, glossy black patina. Rare. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B091491 viewsca 504 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Forepart of a winged roaring lion flying left / Incuse head of cock left, small incuse rectangle behind. EF. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B66 - EL 1/6 Stater1490 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of King Midas left; seal behind / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, only five examples cited by Bodenstedt, three of which are in museums. This issue of Phokaia is the only Greek (non-Imperial) coin to bear the portrait of the famous King Midas of Phrygia. Kyzikos (AD 180) AE 401488 viewsAutonomous issues, ca 180s AD. 8 Assaria or Medallion, AE40 (33.17g, 6h). Struck in the time of Commodus. KOΡH CΩTEIRA KYZIKHNΩN, draped bust of Kore right, wearing grain wreath and hair tied in bun / NEΩKOΡΩN - KÎ¥ZIKHNΩN, youthful Dionysos, nude and holding pitcher in his right hand and thyrsos in his left, standing left in chariot drawn by two panthers walking to left; above panthers, Pan standing left, raising his right hand and holding lagobolon with his left; to left, male figure standing left, wearing short chiton, holding staff and basket with fruit balanced on his head. Extremely rare, probably unique. Minor cleaning marks, EF. Ex Numismatica Genevensis V (12/2008), 106 (rev. corr.).1 comments Amisos (AD 117-138) AE 27 - Hadrian1485 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE27 (12.91g, 6h). Laureate head right / Athena advancing right, holding spear and shield. VF, yellow-brown patina, minor roughness. Ex Wagner Coll. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B881484 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Persephone right, wreathed with grain ears / Butting bull left within linear square. VF, some toning on the reverse, well centered. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B84 - EL 1/6 Stater1484 viewsca 360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.55g). Head of beardless youth facing left, wearing Persian headdress (Attis?); behind, seal (the head of which is visible) / Four-part incuse square. A few obverse hairlines, otherwise choice EF. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B13 - EL 1/6 Stater1483 viewsca 500-480 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 10mm). Head of lion with open jaw left, protruding tongue / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. aEF. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1481 viewsca 450-375 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.41g). Zeus Aetophoros kneeling right on tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Unpublished as a hekte. Ex CNG 57 (4/2001), lot 378. (BC 130-112/0) Ariarathes VI - Drachm1479 viewsAriarathes VI Epiphanes, ca 130-112/0 BC. AR Drachm (4.08g, 12h), uncertain mint. Draped bust right, wearing tiara adorned with two (Pontic) stars / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΣ ΘΕΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟ[ΡΟΣ] (APIAPA inverted), Athena seated left, holding laurel wreath in extended right hand, left arm resting on shield set on ground, spear behind; at feet, dog(?) standing left, head right. VF, toned, porous, scuff in field on obverse causing slight wave in flan. Extremely rare, perhaps the third known. (BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 171479 viewsPylaimenes, ca 130 BC. AE17 (3.80g). Facing bull head / [ΒΑ]ΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ [Ε]ΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, winged kerykeion. Nearly extremely fine. Samos (BC 600-570) EL Hekte1479 viewsca 600-570 BC. EL Hekte (2.84g). Facing panther's head against a background of heavy filling ornament / Square incuse punch with irregular markings. Good VF. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 141475 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE14 (2.50g). Head of Perseus right, wearing a winged Phrygian helmet / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, winged harpa; monogram to right. EF, glossy black patina under earthen encrustation Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 201475 viewsca 125-100 BC. AE20 (7.53g). Helmeted head of Ares right / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, sword in sheath. VF. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 251474 viewsca 85-65 BC, time of Mithradates VI. AE25 (11.45g). Head of Perseus right, wearing Persian tiara / Pegasos grazing left on ground line, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ and two monograms below. Dark green patina, good VF. Gutknecht coll. Abydos (AD 222-235) AE 33 - Severus Alexander1474 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE33 - Medallion (23.00g, 7h). IMP C IMVIP SEV ALEXANDRO AVC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ABΥΔH-NΩ-N, Nude Leander accompanied by Eros with torch, swimming right, crossing the Hellespont (Dardanelles), bust of Hero on top of light tower of Sestos facing left, holding oil lamp in her outstretched right hand to bring light in to the darkness of the night over the Hellespont. Very Fine. Hero and Leander were one of the most famous lovers in ancient mythology. Hero was a priestess of Aphrodite who lived in the city of Sestos (on the Dardanelles). Leander was a young man from Abydos who lived on the opposite Asian side of the strait. Leander fell in love with Hero, but his parents were against a marriage. He would swim every night across the Hellespont to be with her secretly. Hero always would light a lamp at the top of her tower to guide her lover his way. However, one stormy night the waves tossed Leander in the sea and the breezes blew out Hero's light. Leander lost his way and drowned. When Hero saw his dead body, she threw herself over the edge of the tower to her death to be with him. Cyprus Uncertain (AD 198-217) Tetradrachm - Caracalla1471 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AR Tetradrachm (16.11g, 12h). Laureate head right / DHMRC EX VPATOC TO D, eagle standing facing on grain ear, head left, wreath in beak. Good VF. (BC 163-130) Ariarathes V - Drachm1467 viewsAriarathes V Eusebes Philopator, 163-130 BC. AR Drachm (4.16g, 12h). Year 29 (134/33 BC). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear, and shield; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ, ΘΚ (date) in exergue. Lightly toned, EF. Ex Bank Leu AG, Auc 16 (10/1984), lot 282. Pedasa (BC 4th cent) AE 121467 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE12 (1.56g, 12h). Head of Athena right wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with palmette / ΠΗΔΑ−ΣΕΩ[Ν], owl standing right, head facing. VF, dark green patina. Extremely rare, apparently the second known coin of this city. The city of Pedasa near Miletos was not known to have issued coins until von Aulock published a single small bronze coin in 1975. This piece, of the same legend and designs, appears now to be the second known coin of this city. Von Aulock proposed a date during the autonomous interval between 196 BC, when Pedasa was declared a free city, and 175 BC, when Pedasa joined in union with Miletos. However, the fabric, style, and letter forms all point to a more likely date in the early 4th century BC. Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater1466 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.70g). Eagle’s head left, tunny’s head left below / Irregular bipartite incuse punch. An apparently unrecorded type. Good very fine. Astyra (BC 400-395) AE 11 - Tissaphernes1465 viewsTissaphernes, ca 400-395 BC. AE11 - Chalkous (1.83g). Bare head right; TIΣΣ[A] below neck / Cult statue of Artemis Astyra, ΑΣΤΥΡΗ to left, club to right. Near EF, dark brown patina. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) EL Stater1463 viewsAsia Minor, uncertain mint possibly in Ionia, ca 500-­480 BC. EL Stater (13.99g). Lactating lioness crouching left, head facing / Two rectangular incuses divided by a narrow band. Of the highest rarity, among the finest of only five specimens known. Struck on a full flan and extremely fine. Ex NFA 25 (1990), 62 and Sotheby's Zurich (10/1993), 50. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/121462 viewsca 575-525 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.30g). Phokaian standard. Head of lion facing right / Incuse square divided in four quarters. Exceptional head of lion struck in high relief. Mint State. Nikomedeia (AD 41-54) AE 37 – Claudius1457 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE37 (10.59g, 8h). C. Cadius Rufus, proconsul and patron. Struck circa 43-48 AD. Laureate head left / EΠI ΓAIOY KAΔIOY POYΦOY ANΘYΠATOY ΠATPONOΣ, veiled and draped bust of Demeter right, wearing grain ear wreath(?); [poppy] before, monograms in left and [right] fields. VF, green and red patina, soft strike on reverse. Struck on an oversized flan. Rare. Ex Drewry Coll.; ex Freeman & Sear 7 (2/2002), lot 245. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - AE 211457 viewsPolemo II, 38-64 AD. AE21 (6.56g). Uncertain mint in Armenia, ca 60-64 AD. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓ Îœ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝΟΣ (ΟΣ in ligature), diademed, naked portrait bust of Polemo right within dotted border / ΙΟΥΛΙΑΣ ΜΑΜΜΑΙΑΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ, diademed, draped portrait bust of Mammaea right within dotted border. About VF. Extremely rare, perhaps the third specimen known. Originally appointed king of Pontus by Caligula in 38 AD, Polemo made a career dependent on Roman politics. When he was deprived of his (nominal) rule of Bosporus in favor of a certain Mithradates in 41, Claudius gave him the district of the Cilician city Olba instead. In 64, Polemo got at least a part of Armenia as a reward for assisting Corbulo's campaigns. However, just four years later Nero annexed the kingdom of Pontus, and so Polemo's rule was confined to the city of Olba. The king's consort appearing on this coin was Polemo's second wife. His first marriage was to Berenike, sister of Agrippa II and later consort of Titus. His second wife, Mammaea, given the identity of the names, seems likely to have originated from the same region in Syria as the later Roman empress. Ionia Uncertain (BC 520-470) Triobol?1454 viewsca 520-470 BC. AR Triobol? (10mm, 2.13g). Forepart of horse right / Quadripartite incuse punch. Fine, porous. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater1453 viewsca 450 BC. EL Stater (19mm, 16.09g). Helios kneeling right within biga, tunny fish below / Quadripartite incuse square with slightly granulated fields. EF. Rare. Kios (BC 350-300) AV Stater - Proxenos1452 viewsca 350-300 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.53g, 1h). Proxenos, magistrate. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Prow of galley left, decorated with star; above, club right; to left, eagle standing left; ΠPOΞENOΣ below. VF. Well centered. Very rare. Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Tetradrachm1451 views4th cent BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.26g). Wreathed head of Kore Soteira left, hair in sphendone covered with veil, two grain ears in hair / K-Y/Z-I, Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding patera in right hand and kithara in left, monograms in fields to left and right. EF. Very rare. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/24 Stater1447 views5th-4th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.69g). Zeus Aëtophoros kneeling right on tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare as a 1/24 stater. Ex CNG XXVII (9/1993), lot 555. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL Stater1447 viewsca 400 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 16.02g). Diademed head of Aphrodite left with flower on forehead; below, tunny fish left / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/6 Stater1446 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.31g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Good VF. Extremely rare, one of only eight known hektes of Phanes. This hekte shares its reverse punch with a Phanes stater (Tkalec [2000], lot 114) and two trites (CNG 66, lot 446, and Tkalec [2001], lot 116). Myrina (AD 20) AE 18 - Ti Claudius Drusus (?), son of Claudius I and Urguanilla1446 viewsTi Claudius Drusus (?), son of Claudius I and Urguanilla, ca 20 AD. AE18 (3.77g). TI KΛAVΔIOC ΔPOYCOC, bare head right / MYPINAIΩN, laureate draped bust of Apollo right. Extremely rare; only two more known, one in Ashmolean, one in Bibliotheque Nationale. Minor roughness, reverse off center, about very fine. This is the only issue carrying these names in existence. Excluding Claudius Drusus, the father of Claudius I (his praenomen was Decimus not Tiberius), and Claudius the emperor (he actually had this name, but only until 4 AD), the only remaining Claudius Drusus left is the son of Claudius I and Urguanilla. He was to marry the daughter of Sejanes, but died young in about 20 AD. This and possibly an issue from Clazomenae (RPC I, 2500 ΔPOYCOC HPWC) would be only ones known for this person. The Apollo reverse was tradional at Myrina, coins from this mint are extremely rare for the Julian-Claudian period (totally 3 cited in RPC from 2 issues). Temnos (BC 350) AE 101445 views4th cent BC. AE10 (0.95g). Bearded laureate head of Dionysos left / Bunch of grapes with leaves, T-A. Rare. Dark green patina, EF. Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm1443 viewsca 375-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.28g, 12h). Hermophantos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left; to left, amphora surmounted by grape-bunch / Quadripartite incuse square, ΕΡΜΟΦΑΝΤΟΣ across horizontal band; horizontal striations within each quarter. Good VF, toned, excellent metal quality. Very rare, only one specimen recorded by Baldwin, and only two in the Pixodarus Hoard. Ex NFA XVI (12/1985), lot 215; Leu 33 (5/1983), lot 386; Pixodarus Hoard (CH 9, 421). Pergamon (BC 27-26) Tetradrachm - Augustus1442 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.66g), Pergamum mint, struck ca 27-26 BC. Bare head right; lituus at base of head / Capricorn right, head to left, bearing cornucopiae; all within laurel wreath. VF, toned, light scratches in obverse field. Rare. Elaia (BC 460-400) Hemiobol1441 viewsca 5th cent BC. AR Hemiobol (7-9mm, 0.43g, 11h). Head of Athena left, wearing crested helmet / ΕΛΑΙ (E retro), olive wreath around; all within incuse square. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1441 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.68g). Boar standing left on tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. (BC 524-480) Uncertain Dynast - Stater1440 viewsca 524-480 BC. AR Stater (9.03g, 18mm). Head of lion right / Incuse punch divided in diagonal lines. Toned and a test-cut, otherwise good VF. Kios (BC 350-300) AV Stater - Proxenos1440 viewsca 350-300 BC. AV Stater (8.60g, 12h). Proxenos, magistrate. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Prow of galley left, decorated with star; above, club right; to left, eagle standing left; ΠPOΞENO[Σ] below. Good VF, some die rust, obverse a little off center. Extremely rare. This magistrate is only known on two examples of Kios staters, both in museums (Paris and Berlin). Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1437 views5th-4th centuries BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.67g). Herakles and his brother, Iphikles, both nude, kneeling on tunny, fighting Hera’s serpents / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare in this denomination. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 96 (6/1999), lot 158. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B751435 viewsca 380-350 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of Artemis-Cybele facing right, wearing mural crown adorned by plain palmettes and earring / Head of beardless youth facing right, wearing petasos (Hermes?); in thin square frame, all within incuse square. Exceptionally beautiful reverse. EF. 14853 coins on 149 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 - 149