Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Sala (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla562 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (10.18g, 6h). Sulla, Archon. ΑVΚ Îœ ΑVP ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ CΥΛΛΑ ΓΑ ΑPX CΑΛΗΝΩΝ, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF, tan patina. Only known example of this variant of the magistrate's name. Elaiousa-Sebaste (BC 100-0) AE 20562 views1st cent BC. AE20 (7.40g, 12h). Head of Zeus right, wearing taenia; ΣA to left / ΕΛΑΙΟΥΣΣΙΩΝ, Nike advancing left; IΣI above monogram to left. Good VF, dark green patina with earthen highlights, obverse softly struck. Aigai (BC 300-200) AE 16562 views3rd century BC. AE16 (3.71g). Laureate head of Apollo right; Λ in circle behind / Head of goat right. VF, green patina. Stratonikeia (AD 198-217) AE 37 – Caracalla & Plautilla562 viewsCaracalla. 193-211 AD. AE37 (19.81g, 6h). AVP A[NT] - AVPH KAI ΘЄ - CЄ - B NЄ PLAV[TIΛΛAN], radiate, cuirassed and draped bust to right facing draped bust; countermark in centre, head Athena in Attic helmet right; below, square countermark, ΘЄOY / CTPATONЄIKЄΩN ЄΠI - TΩN - ΠЄPT B KΛ [ΔIONVCION], Zeus Panamaros riding on horseback to right holding scepter in left; to the right, burning altar. Very fine. Ex Karl coll. Telmessos (BC 133-61) AE 13562 viewsca 133-61 BC. AE13 (1.34g, 12h). Head of Hermes right / T-Ε, fly within shallow incuse square. VF, green patina, flan a little irregular. Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) griffin/lion - Obol562 viewsca 460-440 BC. AR Obol (0.62g). Head of griffin right / Facing head of lion within incuse square. Toned, VF. Rare. R. Mueller coll. Tarsos (BC 425-400) Stater562 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.66g). Melkart riding hippocamp right; waves below / Marine deity standing left, holding trident and grain ear. Toned VF. Very rare. Ex von Aulock Collection, 5908. Contemporary to these coinage issues, Cilicia was part of the Achaemenid Persian empire, with Tarsos being its most prominent eastern city. According to Colin Kraay's article "The Celenderis Hoard" (NumChron [1962], pp. 1-15) and book, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins, they are among the earliest issues of Tarsos. Based on the marine implications of the obverse types (and reverse of the stater), coupled with the general dating of the issue, it is quite possible that they were made in conjunction with the mobilization of the Phoenician fleet by Tissaphernes at Aspendos in 411-410 BC. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion paw - AR 1/48 562 viewsca 6th century BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.29g). Lion's paw / Incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Mueller coll. Kalchedon (BC 340-320) 1/2 Siglos562 viewsend of 5th century BC. AR Triobol (2.34g). Bull standing left on grain ear, ΚΑΛ above / Mill sail incuse. VF. Teos (BC 465-440) Stater562 viewsca 465-440 BC. AR Stater (11.75g, 22mm). Griffin seated right, raising forepaw; olive leaf to right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, light scratches under tone. Very rare. Ex Gorny & Mosch 147 (3/2006), lot 1473. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B62562 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte. Female head, three quarters facing right / Confronting and overlapping female heads within incuse square. One known to Bodenstedt. A further example has yet to appear at auction. The obverse appears to have a die match with that of B61 and the reverse appears to have a die match with that of B55. The die matches are not conclusive due to the different relative wear of the respective examples. However, the obverse and reverse are firmly related to earlier emissions. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B90 type 6 562 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 10mm). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right/ Facing large head of satyr with small ‘animal ears’, shaggy hair, close cropped beard and moustache, furrowed brow, ivy leaf top right in field, all within linear square. EF. Carr coll. Bodenstedt notes 16 obv. and 25 rev. dies. His reverse die varieties can be simplified to small variations of 3 different head types and 4 “motifs” that occur in the field. The 3 different head types are: small bald head with long tousled beard swept back, smooth forehead, long pointed ears upward; larger head, shaggy hair and close cropped beard and moustache, small ‘animal ears’, furrowed or smooth brow; as previous type but shaggy hair (as in this example). The 4 “motifs” are additions in the field: an ivy leaf, upper right and sometimes lower left corners; grapes, lower left corner (Bodenstedt makes a distinction on basis of a stem being present); 8-armed/beamed star top right corner; and, 8-armed/beamed star top left corner. These 7 simplified reverse varieties/types for Bodenstedt 90 have been described elsewhere on this website (see Coin ID #11346). Second known from auction. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B-562 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 9.5mm, 11h). Head of female right, hair bound in sakkos; Λ¬E flanking neck; all on raised disk / Incuse head of cock right; small square behind neck. gVF. The cataloguer at CNG described this coin as “Unique.” If genuine, this is a fascinating and important coin as its obverse and reverse are of an unknown type and the obverse appears to be a ‘shield-like’. The obverse has a ‘hint’ of an under-type at 5 o’clock. The coin is an ‘enigma’: The reverse is a cock's head facing right. B3, B7 and B9 are comparable portraits but all face left. The reverse type suggests that the coin is pre-455 BC but the obverse has a portrait of a woman which is unknown for the early series. The 'shield-like' attachment on the obverse does not have a precedent in the Mytilene series. Soloi (BC 350-300) Stater561 views350-300 BC. AR Stater (9.78g). Magistrate Mos-. Bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Large grape cluster on vine; ΜΟΣ to left, owl to right, ΣΟΛΕΩΝ below. Toned, good VF, light porosity, old scuff on grape cluster. Tlos (BC 490-440) Stater561 viewsUncertain Dynast, ca 520-480 BC. AR Stater (9.32g). Lion seated right, head facing and left foreleg raised / Forepart of Pegasos with curled wing right, within dotted square incuse. Very rare. VF. Uncertain (BC 490) Drachm561 viewsafter 490 BC. AR Drachm (4.00g). Head of boar right / Irregular incuse punch. VF. Ex Hirsch 33 (Munchen 1913), lot 865. Sardeis (AD 238-244) AE 42 - Gordian III561 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE42 - Medallion (28.41g). MHTPOΠOΛIC CAPΔIC ACIAC ΛVΔIAC ЄΛΛAΔOC A, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right / ЄΠI AVP ΠOVΦЄINOV APX A T B CAPΔIANΩN B NЄΩKOPΩN, Zeus seated left within Zodiac, holding Nike on outstretched right hand and long sceptre in left. Near VF, dark brown patina, obverse smoothed, reverse corrosion. Ex Sternberg Auk. XI (11/1981), lot 304. Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 253-268) AE 41 - Gallienus561 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE41 - Medallion (29.54g, 5h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΑΠΟΛ-ΛΩ-ΝΙ-ΑΤ-ΩΝ ΛV ΘΡ ΚΟ, octastyle temple set on three-tiered base, eagle(?) in pediment; within, Gallienus standing left, holding phiale(?) and sceptre. VF, black-green patina with traces of brick-red. Rare. Drewry Coll.; ex Classical Numismatic Auctions X (3/1990), lot 364; Numismatic Fine Arts VI (2/1979), lot 350. Komama (BC 100-0) AE 15561 views1st cent BC. AE15 (2.90g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Lion standing left, KO in exergue. Fine dark green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll. Tarsos (AD 241-244) AE 28 - Tranquillina561 viewsTranquillina, 241-244 AD. AE28 (10.05g). Diademed and draped bust right / Altar of Sandan on raised platform, figure standing at either side. VF, green patina. Keretapa (AD 180-220) AE 15561 viewsend of 2nd cent, beginning of 3rd cent AD. AE15 (2.20g). Beardless head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Κ∈Ρ∈ΤΑΠ∈/Ω, bow case and lion skin draped over club. Rare. Green patina, VF. Skepsis (BC 350-300) AE 20561 viewsca 400-310 BC. AE20 (7.12g, 7h). Rhyton in form of forepart of flying Pegasos right / Palm tree. Σ-Κ, in linear square, H outside to right; to outer left, head of lion right. Good VF, green patina, light earthen encrustation. Rare symbol. Phokaia (AD 235-268) AE 18 561 viewsImperial Times, ca mid-3rd cent AD. AE18 (2.89g, 6h). Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / Dog standing right, biting dolphin. Near VF, dark brown patina. Ex Alex G. Malloy 23 (10/1987), lot 371. Magnesia (AD 235-238) AE - Maximus561 viewsMaximus Caesar, 235-238 AD. AE (9.65g). Γ. IOV. OVH. - MAXIMOC K. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI ΓP AVP AKTIA - KOVP MAGNH./TΩN. Apollo, nude, standing facing, head turned left, left ellbow resting on tripod, holding laurel branch in his lowered right hand; serpent coiled round legs of tripod. Rare. Dark green patina. Slightly rough surfaces. Good very fine. Ex Münzen und Medaillen, Basel 41 (1970), 385. Kalchedon (AD 98-177) AE 25 - Trajan561 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE25 (7.78g). AV K NEP TPAIANOC KAI CEB ΠA, laureate head of Traian right; countermark. / KAΛXAΔONEΩN, Apollo with lyra on flying swan. Samos (BC 380-365) Tetradrachm561 viewsca 380–365 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.97g). Facing lion’s scalp / ΣΑ, forepart of ox running right, wearing ornate collar, olive branch behind, ΠΥΘΙΩΝ (magistrate or moneyer) above, edges of square die visible. Struck on a slightly short flan. Toned. Extremely fine. Pergamon (AD 238-244) AE 43 – Gordian III561 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE43 (44.19g). Homonoia with Nikomedeia. ΑΥΤ Κ Îœ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠΙ C ΙΟΥΛ ΛΟΓΙC/ΜΟΥ ΠЄΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΝЄΙΚΟΜΗΔЄΩΝ ΟΜΟΝ/ΟΙΑ, Asklepios and Demeter, holding long torch, poppy flower and prow of ship at her feet. Very rare. Somewhat rough, olive green patina, some scratches on obverse, otherwise almost EF. Ex Nomos 2 (2010), 208. Trapezos (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III561 viewsGordian III Pius, 238-244 AD. AE32 (11.73g), struck 243/244 AD. Draped, laureate bust right / ΤΡΑΠΕ−Z (Z retrograde) ΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ, draped, veiled, turreted bust of Tyche right; dated ET ΠΡ (= year 180 of the Local era). Dark brown patina. VF. Righetti Coll. Kos (BC 500-480) Hemiobol561 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Obol(?) (8mm, 0.62g). Crab with eight legs / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, porous. Abydos (BC 500-475) Tetartemorion561 views480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.3g). Eagle standing left, Y (?) to right / Quadripartite incuse square ("wind-mill" type). VF.1 comments Smyrna (BC 155-145) Tetradrachm561 viewsca 155-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.65g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Menekrates, magistrate. Turreted head of Tyche right / Ethnic and magistrate’s monogram within laurel wreath. EF. Krizan Coll.; ex Vecchi 14 (2/1999), lot 596. Knidos (BC 465-449) Drachm560 viewsca 465-449 BC. AR Drachm (6.14g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, hair bound with taenia, within incuse square. Attractively toned, good VF, nice flan. Hydisos (BC 100-0) Drachm560 viewsca 1st century BC. AR Drachm (2.03g). Helmeted male head right in dotted circle / ΥΔΙ-ΣΕΩΝ, winged thunderbolt, within dotted circle. Toned, good VF. Rare. The Kaystrianoi (BC 200-50) AE 18560 views2nd-1st cent. BC. AE18 (5.28g). Veiled, turreted bust of Tyche right / Zeus seated sideways on facing throne, holding eagle and scepter, monogram to left, MI monogram under throne, ΚΑΙΥΣ−ΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ to right. VF. Issued in the name of the inhabitants of the plane of the lower Kayster. Aigeai (AD 253-254) AE 28 - Aemilian560 viewsAemilian. 253-254 AD. AE28 (14.81g). Dated year 299 (253 AD). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Alexander the Great (?) standing left, holding spear and patera; recumbent bull left, city gate with towers above. Near VF, brown patina with some green encrustation around devices. Rare foundation scene. Xanthos (BC 425-400) Obol - Kherei560 viewsKherei, Dynast, ca 425-400 BC. AR Obol (0.66g). Xanthos mint. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Head of Kherei right; Lycian letters 'Arnnahe' to left, 'Kherei" to right, within incuse square. Good VF, light porosity. Kragos (BC 27-23) AE560 viewsLycian League, Kragos-Telmessos, ca 27-23 BC. AE - "Dupondius" (11.29g). Λ-Î¥, diademed head of Apollo right / K-R/Τ-ΕΛ, tripod; within dotted circle. Dark patina, VF. Rare. Tarsos (AD 217-218) BI 24 - Macrinus560 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. BI (24mm, 6.48g, 6h). Laureate head right / Athena seated left, her left elbow on shield set on ground, dropping pebble into vase. Fair, rough, flan cracks. Hydisos (BC 100-0) Drachm560 views1st century BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.17g, 3h). Helmeted head of Ares right / ΥΔΙ-ΣΕΩΝ, winged thunderbolt, within dotted circle.. EF, lightly toned. Rare. Ex Hirsch 195 (5/1997), lot 317. Kos (BC 366-300) AE 9560 views4th cent BC. AE9 (1.06g). Head of bearded Herakles right / Crab, ΚΩΣ below, cicada above. VF. Rare. Joy coll. Tarsos (BC 333-328) Stater - Balakros560 viewsTime of Balakros, ruler of Kilikia for Alexander the Great, 333-328 BC. AR Stater (10.98g, 23mm). BLTRZ, Baal of Tarsos seated left, holding scepter; ear of corn in field left, Σ below seat / Lion attacking a kneeling bull, double wall with eight towers below, club above. Deep cut, obverse test in center, otherwise good very fine. Kyzikos (AD 222-235) AE 30 - Severus Alexander560 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE30 (11.42g) Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Two serpent-entwined torches flanking lighted altar. Antiocheia (AD 138-161) AE 27 - Antoninus Pius560 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE27 (7.81g). ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PPTR P COS IIII, laureate head right /GENIO COLONIAE ANTIOCH, Genius with long scepter in left sacrificing over altar. Rare. Some flatness, good very fine. Poimanenon (AD 196-198) AE 24 - Caracalla560 viewsCaracalla, Caesar, 196-198 AD. AE24 (7.86g, 11h). Draped and cuirassed bust right / Eros standing facing, head right, holding bow and arrows and sacrificing over altar to right. VF, brown patina, minor roughness. Rare. Kidyessos (AD 244-249) AE 35 - Philip I & Philip II560 viewsPhilip I and Philip II, 244-249 AD. AE35 (19.21g, 6h). Aur. Markos, first archon. AVT [K] • M • IOV • • ΦΙΛΙ ΠΠOI • CЄB •, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip I right, seen from behind, and laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip II left, vis-à-vis / ЄПI • AVP • M APKO V • APX • ПPΩ •, TO • B across field, KIΔVHCCЄ/ΩN in two lines in exergue, Hygieia, feeding serpent held in right hand from a phiale held in left, and Asclepius, leaning on serpent-entwined staff, standing vis-à-vis; between them, hooded and cloaked figure of Telesphorus standing facing. VF, blue-black patina with dusty gray overtones. Very rare. Methymna (BC 500-450) Diobol560 viewsca 500/480-460 BC. AR Diobol (1.32g). Gorgoneion / Helmeted head of Athena left in dotted square within incuse square. Rare. Dark toning, light porosity. EF. Methymna (BC 450-400) Silenos - Hemiobol560 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.23g, 10h). Facing head of bearded Silenos / ΜΑ-Θ, hen standing right within dotted incuse square. VF, very rare. Miletos (BC 294-281) AE 15560 viewsca 294-281 BC. AE15 (3.02g). Zeuxileos, magistate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion advancing right, head reverted; star above, ZEΥΞIΛEΩ[Σ] to right. VF, dark green patina. An apparently unpublished type. Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm560 viewsca 380-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.88g, 3h). Poseidippos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora / Quadripartite incuse square with thick dividing lines, ΠΟΣΕΙΔΙΠΠΟΥ across horizontal line; horizontal striations in quarters. Good VF, slight die rust on obverse. Struck on good metal for issue. Very rare. Sinope (BC 330-320) Drachm560 viewsca 410-350 BC. AR Drachm (5.98g). Head of Nymph left, wearing triple pendant earring and pearl necklace, hair in sakkos; aplustre in left field / Eagle on dolphin left, ΣΙΝΩ below, ΣΩΡΙΠΑ (magistrate) in right field. EF. (BC 230-220) Ariarathes III - AE560 viewsAriarathes III, ca 230-220 BC. AE (5.27g), Tyana mint. Bust right, wearing tiara / ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ T-YA, goddess standing facing, holding lotus flower and branch; two sphinxes sitting at her feet facing opposite directions. VF. Very rare. Tarsos (AD 98-117) Tetradrachm - Trajan560 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Tetradrachm (14.93g, 26mm, 6h). Struck 100 AD. AYTO KAIΣ NEP TPAIA-NOΣ ΣEB ΓEPM, laureate head right / ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠAT • Γ, Tyche seated right on rocky outcropping, holding palm in right hand; at feet, half length figure of river-god Kydnos swimming right; (TA)P to right. EF, lightly toned. From Group CEM. Ex Leu 28 (5/1981), lot 426. Tabai (AD 193-217) AE 26 - Julia Domna560 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE26 (9.12g, 6h). Draped bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. EF, dark brown patina. Exceptional condition and with a lovely bust of Domna. From Group CEM. Ex Tkalec (10/1992), lot 309. (BC 301-280) Ariarathes II - AE 12560 viewsAriarathes II(?), ca 301-280 BC. AE12 (2.0g, 12h). Head left, wearing bashlyk / Archer standing right, drawing bow. VF. Extremely rare. Hypaipa (AD 66-68) AE 24 - Nero559 viewsNero & Statilia Messalina. 66-68 AD. AE24 (6.49g). Confronted busts of Statilia Messalina and Nero / Cult statue of Artemis. Good Fine, light green patina. Rare. Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III559 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (18.82g). Radiate and cuirassed bust right, holding spear and shield / TAP-COV M-H-TP-O-P-O, A/M/K/G-B, Gordian on horseback galloping right, thrusting spear at lion below. Very fine. Temnos (AD 253-268) AE 18559 viewsTime of Valerian-Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE18 (2.59g). TEMNOC, Head Tyche with turreted headdress right / THM-NEITΩN, Tyche with cornucopiae and rudder standing left. Very fine. Side (AD 251-253) AE 33 - Trebonian Gallus559 viewsTrebonian Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE33 (12.48g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Price-crown on table. Very fine. Miletopolis (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus559 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 (23.84g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; c/m: NI / Hermes seated left, holding caduceus. Fine, brown patina. From the Ian Roper Collection. Uncertain (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian559 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.42g, 6h). Mint A. Struck after 128 AD. LVCVSTVS HLDPILNVS P P (sic), bare head right / COS III, six grain ears tied in a bundle. VF, minor slip strike on obverse. areas of minor porosity. Unique and unknown to Metcalf. This reverse type, with COS III across the lower field and multiple leaves on the stalks, was previously known from a single specimen in Vienna, which Metcalf assigned to an uncertain Mint A. The bust type and unusual legend, though, are unrecorded for this mint. Isinda (AD 0-100) AE 15559 viewsAutonomous, 1st cent AD. AE15 (2.06g). Laureate head of Artemis right / ΙΣΙΝ within laurel wreath. Dark green patina, aEF. Rare. Righetti coll. Hypaipa (AD 253-268) AE 27 – Salonina559 viewsSalonina, 253-268 AD. AE27 (8.30g). CAΛΩN XPYCOΓONH CЄB; bust wearing stephane; behind shoulders crescent / YΠAIΠANΩN EΠI CTP KOYΔIANOY; cultus-statue of Artemis Anaitis. Rare. Very fine. Myrina (AD 100-200) AE 15559 viewsImperial Times, 2nd cent AD. AE15 (1.77g). Strategos Fokra.... ΦOKPA[...], laureate and draped bust of Apollo right / MY-PINAIΩN, lyra and branch. Very fine. Antiocheia (AD 238-244) AE 34 - Gordian III559 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE34 (25.43g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Pontiff driving yoke of oxen right, plowing pomerium; two signa behind. Good VF, toned orichalcum surfaces, light porosity. Ex Drewry Coll. (CNG 69, 6/2005, lot 1042). Selinos (AD 193-211) AE 33 - Septimius Severus559 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE33 (14.07g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left on low basis, holding thunderbolt and scepter, within tetrastyle temple façade; ΘЄ/OV TPAI[A] in pediment . Good VF, black and olive patina, light overall roughness on reverse. Bold portrait. Ex Empire Coins 8 (12/1987), lot 188. Maionia (AD 147-176) AE 22 - Faustina II559 viewsFaustina II, 147-176 AD. AE22 (5.22g). ΦAVCTЄINA - NЄA CЄBACT, draped bust of Faustina right / ЄΠI KVЄINT-V APX A MAIONΩN, Demeter standing left holding crops and scepter. Dark green patina. Good very fine.1 comments Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 198-217) AE 32 559 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck under Caracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (16.52g). Homonoia between Apollonia and Ilion. AΛEΞANΔPOC KTIC AΠOΛΛΩNIA - T, head of Alexander III the Great as Herakles in lion-skin scalp right / AΠOΛΛΩN - IA.ΛY - IΛ[EΩ]N(sic!), City-goddess of Apollonia, holding cult-statue of Apollo with kithara and plektron, standing right and City-goddess of Ilion, holding cult-statue of Athena with shield and spear, standing left, both in long garment and wearing kalathos, clasping hands over girlanded and burning altar; behind left figure TΩN (for AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN), K beneath ΛV (for ΛVKΩN); in ex. OMONOIA. Very rare, F+. Hoeft coll. Apollonia Mordiaion (today Uluborlu) was located near Apameia Cibotus at the river Hippophoras. Its title AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN ΛVKΩN ΘPAKΩN KOΛΩNΩN suggests that in Imperial times, Lykians and Thracians were settled in Apollonia (HN). (BC 480-450) Uncertain Dynast - Stater559 viewsca 460 BC. AR Stater (9.09g, 20mm). Bearded sea-serpent left within circle of dots / Bearded sea-serpent left within incuse square with a border of dots. Scratch on obverse, minor edge damage on reverse, otherwise VF and very rare archaic style coin. Pergamon (AD 253-260) AE 17 - Valerian II559 viewsValerian II, 253-260 AD. AE17 (3.01g). Bare head right / ΠЄPΓAMHNΩN, Cista mystica with snake. VF. Methymna (BC 200-30) AE 559 views2nd-1st century BC. AE (4.02g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Korinthian helmet / Îœ-Α/Θ-Y, kantharos, small oinochoe to right. Dark olive-brown patina, VF. Rare. Chios (BC 190-84) AE 10559 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE10 (0.84g). Sphinx seated right; in front bunch of grapes / XIOΣ, Amphora. Very fine. Germanikopolis (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla559 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (14.09g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, drapery on far shoulder / Apis bull advancing right, head facing; behind, two signa with bucrania. Unpublished. VF, brown patina, light traces of silvering, some deposits. Extremely rare. Ex Lanz 125 (11/2005), lot 880. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B56559 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.47g, 10h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Cow's head right in incuse square. VF, minor die rust on obverse. Well centered obverse. Alexandreia (AD 180-192) AE 18 - Commodus559 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE18 - Quadrans (2.74g). Head right / COL - AVG TROV, tripod. VF. Very rare. Erythrai (BC 480-420) Drachm559 viewsca 480 BC. AR Drachm (4.69g). Naked youth running beside horse galloping left, holding bridle, crescent and pellet design below groundline / E-P-Y-Θ, floral rosette with twelve petals. Lovely old cabinet tone, very fine and with an excellent pedigree. Halliwell Coll.; ex Pozzi coll., Naville I, Lucerne (4/1921), lot 2443; ex Lockett coll, Glendining’s (2/1961), lot 2296. Lebedos (BC 150) Tetradrachm559 viewsca 190-100 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.08g). Stephanephoric type. Korabos, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, on club between two cornucopias; ΚΩΡΑ-ΒΟΣ below; all within wreath. aEF. Rare. Temnos (BC 300-250) AE 11559 views3rd century BC. AE11 (1.27g, 12h). Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Grape bunch on vine. Good VF, green patina. Kolophon (BC 330-280) AE 15559 viewsca 360-330 BC. AE15 - Chalkous (2.02g, 11h). Dionyso(doros), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of horse right, ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟ to left, KO below. Good VF, dark brown patina. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B27559 viewsca 478­-455 BC. EL Hekte (10.5mm, 2.52g, 5h). Head of ram right; below, cock standing left / Incuse head of bull right. Good VF, lightly toned. Unusual centering, allowing full view of cock. Holmoi (BC 4th cent) Obol558 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.65g). Helmeted head of Athena right, in dotted circle / Laureate head of Apollo Sarpedonios right, [ΟΛ]ΜΙΤΙΚΟ-Ν around, in dotted circle. Toned VF. Rhodiapolis (BC 3rd-2nd cent) AE 16558 viewsca 3rd-2nd cent BC (?). AE16 (3.69g). Head of Apollo right, star to left / Caped and helmeted horseman galloping left, ΡΟ−(Δ)ΙΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ below. aVF. Lamos (BC 200-0) AE 17558 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (3.78g). Winged caduceus between crossed cornucopiae / Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch, left elbow resting on short column. VF, attractive green patina. Rare. Apollonis (AD 198-209) AE 19 - Geta558 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE19 (3.89g, 1h). Bare-headed and draped bust right / ΑΠΟΛΛΩ-ΝΙΔΕΩΝ, cross-hatched urn containing five grain ears and two poppies. VF, green-black patina. Mostene (AD 54-68) AE 21 - Claudius and Agrippina Junior558 viewsClaudius and Agrippina Junior, 41-54 AD. AE21 (5.00g). Struck circa 50-54 AD. Conjoined busts of Claudius, laureate, and Agrippina, draped, right / [EΠI ΠEΔA]NIOY KAICAPEΩ[N MOCTHNΩN], hero on horseback right. VF, dark green and brown patina. Antiocheia (AD 193-211) AE 23 - Septimius Severus558 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE23 (5.33g). Laureate head right / ANT-IOCH G-EN COL CA, Genius standing facing, holding cornucopiae and ears of corn. Very fine. Ephesos (BC 245-202) Obol558 viewsca 245-202 BC. AR Obol (0.49g, 1h). Draped bust of Artemis right; bow and quiver over shoulder / Stag standing right. Unpublished. VF. Apparently unique. Isaura (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Julia Domna558 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE31 (15.54g). Draped bust right / Athena Promachos walking right, aegis draped over extended arm, hurling thunderbolt and holding spear. Scarce. VF. Tarsos (AD 251-253) AE 32 - Trebonianus Gallus558 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE32 (18.32g). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Artemis standing facing, head right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow. VF, mostly brown patina with some spots of green, light adjustment marks. Alexandreia (AD 198-210) AE 23 - Geta558 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-210 AD. AE23/ As (7.07g). IMP CAI PO SE GETAS, cuirassed and laureate bust right / COL AVG TROAD, Herakles with lion skin right. Very rare. Black green patina. Very fine. Birytis (BC 350-300) Obol558 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Obol (0.49g). Head of Herakles facing slightly right; club over shoulder / Head of Kabeiros left, wearing wreathed conical hat; two stars, pellet behind. VF, toned. Rare. R. Mueller coll. Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 20558 views164 BC and later. AE20 (7.70g). 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. Termessos (BC 100-30) AE 19558 views1st century BC, time of Amyntas, 71-36 BC. AE20 (5.50g). Laureate head Zeus right / Galloping horse forepart left, TEP/ Θ. Good very fine. Philomelion (AD 249-251) AE 32 - Trajan558 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE32 (16.81g). AVT K Γ MЄC K TPAIA ΔЄKIOCЄ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / SPQR in circle, ΦIΛOMHΛЄΩN ЄΠ ЄVTVXO B around. VF, dark brown patina, obverse a litte rough. Ex Drewry Coll. Abydos (BC 411-387) Drachm558 views4th century BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.38g, 12h). Amythion, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing right, race torch before; magistrate’s name to left. VF, porous. Iuliopolis (AD 98-117) AE 33 - Trajan558 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE33 (24.99g, 7h). AVT NЄPOVAΣ TPAIANOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEBA ΓEPM, laureate head right / Ares advancing right, holding spear and trophy over shoulder; partly monogrammatic ethnic flanking. Good VF, dark green patina. From Group CEM. For similar Bithynian coins under Domitian, see RPC II 632, 653, and 671, which copy Latin legend “Mars” sestertii struck AD 80-82 at an uncertain mint either in Thrace or Bithynia (for discussion of the mints see: A. Burnett, “Regional coinage in Thrace and Bithynia during the Flavian period,” Travaux Le Rider pp. 95-101; Herbert Cahn, “An Imperial mint in Bithynia,” INJ 8 (1984/5), pp. 14-26). In place of the “S C” across the reverse field, however, one finds civic monograms in two parts for Nicaea (“NKA - ΠΡ” ), Nicomedia (“NKO - ΠΡ”), and Prusias ad Hypium (“ΠΡ - YΠ”). No such Domitianic “sestertii” survive from Juliopolis, but the current coin and the obverse die-linked von Aulock specimen (which interestingly transforms Pax of the sestertii into Homonoia) demonstrate a continued interest in appropriating Imperial types for local coinage in Bithynia. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B78558 viewsca 412 - 378 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 6h, 10mm). Head of Ariadne left, hair in sakkos decorated with three grape bunches / Lion crouching right, breaking spear in jaws, in linear square within incuse square. Good VF. Ex Ponterio. Carr coll. Ten examples are recorded in Bodenstedt and a further six examples have appeared in auction. 1 comments Eikonion (AD 138-161) AE 21 - Antoninus Pius558 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE21 (4.97g, 6h). IM-P C T A H ANTONINVS, laureate head of Antoninus Pius right / COL ICO, Athena standing facing, head left, holding Nike presenting wreath, and spear; shield leaning against spear at her feet; in left field, serpent. Very rare. Sandy-black patina. Very fine. Hans von Aulock knew of seven specimens of this type, all in museum collections. He notes the obverse legend ending ANTONINOC, but this seems unlikely given that the city was a Roman colony since the reign of Hadrian and thus should have been using Latin legends on its coinage. Unfortunately, the single specimen he illustrates is struck off center, the British Museum specimen has incomplete legends, and the rest of the examples he cites are not otherwise published, so the spelling cannot be confirmed. The specimen offered here, though, very clearly spells ANTONINVS, which suggests that Von Aulock's reading is in error. Diokaisareia (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla557 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (21.15g). Laureate bust of Caracalla right, AVTOK KAI M AV ANTΩNEINOC CEB / Athena, riding quadriga, holding thunderbolt and snake-fringed shield, AΔP ΔIOKAICAPEΩN. (See # 406 for same two countermarks.) Attractive very fine. Hierapolis (AD 98-117) AE 29 - Trajan557 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE29 (16.50g). Laureate bust right / ΙΕΡΑΠΟ-ΛΕΙΤΩΝ, statue of Ephesian Artemis, stags on either side. Very rare. Ex Mediterranean Coins. The reverse probably denotes an alliance with Ephesos. Side (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla557 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (20.32g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; countermark: E / Athena standing left, holding Nike on globe and spear; shield at her side. Fine, dark green patina. 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