Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Amisos (BC 4th cent) Siglos/Drachm1326 viewsearly 4th century BC. AR Siglos or Drachm (5.53g). Head of Tyche left, wearing turreted stephane / Owl standing facing on shield, sword in sheath to right, AΦ-PO/ ΠΕΙΡΑ (magistrate) around and below. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B66 - EL 1/6 Stater1326 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. Parion (BC 165-160) Tetradrachm1325 viewsca 165-160 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.61g, 40mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΩΣ - ΑΚΤΑΙΟΥ, Apollo Actaeus standing left, holding laurel branch in right hand and resting left on grounded bow; ΔΙ ligate over altar to left, monogram to right, ΠΑΡΙΑΝΩΝ in exergue. Very broad flan, aEF. Extremely rare, only few specimens known. The only Parion Hellenistic tetradrachms known, until recently, was the extremely rare issue showing veiled head of Demeter on obv. and Apollo Actaeus on rev. holding a phiale above a lighted alter, his left hand resting on a lyre placed on the omphalos, SNG Lewis 829, SNG France 1401 (both broken); L. Robert, Monnaies antiques en Troade, Paris, 1966, p. 43, f. This new and until very recently unrecorded issue was published by A.R. Meadows, NC 1998, pp 42-46. He compares both issues to the coinage of Alexandria Troas and determined that the tetradrachm Apollo/Apollo should be dated at around 165-143 and the tetradrachm Demeter / Apollo at a later date. Pergamon (AD 193-211) AE 44 - Septimius Severus & Julia Domna1324 viewsSeptimius Severus and Julia Domna, 193-211 AD. AE44 - Medallion (44.16g). AVT KAI Λ CEΠ CEOVHPOC ΠEP around, IOV ΔOMNA CEBACTH below, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus facing draped bust of Julia Domna, laureate head of Caracalla in small round countermark between them / EΠI CTPA KΛAVΔIANOV TEPΠANΔP-OV around, ΠEPΓAMHNΩN / B NEOKOPΩN in exergue, Ariadne, sleeping in cave, is discovered by attendants of Dionysus; she reclines left, head facing, drapery around legs and behind back, right arm resting on head, left arm at side; she is surrounded by a row of rocks, apparently indicating a cave; above, the upper bodies of a Maenad holding thyrsus and wreath and a satyr extending left hand and holding pedum in right. Black Patina. Rare and a charming mythological representation. About extremely fine. Ariadne, daughter of King Minos of Crete, fell in love with Theseus and gave him the thread which guided him out of the Labyrinth after he killed the Minotaur. She then fled with Theseus, but he left her on Naxos, where Dionysus came upon her sleeping and married her. Knidos (BC 210-185) Didrachm1322 viewsca 210-185 BC. AR Octobol (5.19g). Head of Helios 3/4 to right / Forepart of a roaring lion right, star to left, ΛΥΣΙΠΠΟΥ (magistrate) below. EF, small chip on edge. Rare. Sinope (AD 37-41) AE 17 - Caligula1319 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE17 (4.00g, 6h). Bare head right / Two colonists plowing right. Near VF, rough brown surfaces. Rare. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 211318 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE21 (8.27g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head turned right; monogram to left, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below. EF, glossy dark brown patina. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - maenad1317 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.38g, 3h). Head of a Maenad left, hair flying, wearing ivy wreath, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos right in shallow incuse. Good VF, a few minor marks. Amaseia (BC 85-65) AE1317 viewsca 85-65 BC, time of Mithradates VI. AE (19.45g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΜΑΣΣΕΙΑΣ, eagle standing on thunderbolt. Dark brown patina, VF/F. Ex Aufhauser 2 (1985), lot 55. Herakleia Pontika (BC 350) Tridrachm1315 viewsUnder tyrant Satyros, 353-347 BC. AR Tridrachm (11.77g, 1h), struck ca 350 BC. Head of youthful Herakles wearing lion's skin headdress to left; club below / Head of Hera to left, wearing turreted stephane and pendant earring, crescent below chin, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ to right. Very rare. Attractive grey patina. Slightly rough surfaces, otherwise aEF. Ex Star coll.; ex Leu 48 (5/1989), 211; ex Leu 2 (4/1972), 221.1 comments Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater1315 views5th century BC. EL Stater (16.08g). Head of Attis right, wearing Phrygian cap; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse punch. Choice EF. Rare, and among the finest. Ex New York Sale IV (1/2002), lot 191. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B80 - EL 1/6 Stater1312 viewsca 450-430 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Head of Herakles facing left, wearing lion-skin headdress; beneath truncation, [seal swimming left] / Four-part incuse square. Obverse struck in high relief. Good VF. Klazomenai (BC 500-494) EL Stater1311 viewsca 500-494 BC. EL Stater (14.01g, 19mm). Forepart of winged boar right; rose above / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare issue, this variety with rose unpublished. Milesian standard. This coin appears to belong to a diverse series of electrum staters struck on the Milesian standard that Kraay (ACGC p. 30), and others, have tentatively attributed to the period of the Ionian Revolt. Although none have ethnics, the obverses of many of the coins are of types common to various cities involved in the revolt. Kraay notes the significant problem with the theory is that none of these coins feature a type attributable to Miletos, the city that led the revolt, but he proposed that it was possible the entire series was struck there as a centralized mint. Thus the types could either represent the cities that contributed resources to the revolt or successive Milesian officials who oversaw the coinage production. If the obverse type does represent the city, this issue would most likely belong to Klazomenai, all of whose contemporary coinage featured a winged-boar forepart. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B751308 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. Sinope (BC 100-85) AE1307 viewsca 120-80 BC. AE (9.58g). Head of Zeus right / Eagle on thunderbolt, monogram to left, ΣΙΝΩΠΗΣ below. Black patina, EF. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B131307 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.55g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cow right; incuse rectangular punch behind. EF, light scuff on reverse. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL Stater1307 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. Marion (BC 330-312) AV Obol - Stasoikos II1306 viewsStasoikos II, King of Marion, 330-312 BC. AV 1/12th Stater (0.85g). Head of Zeus left / head of Aphrodite right. Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater1305 viewsPhanes. Circa 625-600 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.28g). Head of stag right / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Near VF. Very rare, fewer than a dozen known. Mytilene (AD 5) AE 17 - Theophanes & Archedamis1305 viewsTime of Augustus, circa 5 AD. Theophanes, with Archedamis, died 44-36 BC. AE17 (5.91g, 12h). ΘЄOC ΘЄOΦANHC, bare head of Theophanes right / ΘЄA APXЄΔAMIC, draped and veiled bust of Archedamis right. Fine, rough orichalchum surfaces, flan flaw on obverse. Rare. According to Plutarch (Vit. Pomp. 42), the historian and politician Theophanes of Mytilene was a friend and political ally of Pompey. Such was the influence of Theophanes that he was able to secure in 62 BC the independence of Mytilene from the triumvir. Following his death, sometime between 44 and 36 BC, Theophanes, along with Archedamis (presumably his wife), were accorded divine honors in recognition for their benefaction. The date of this coinage is uncertain, but it was probably issued circa 5 AD when M. Pompeius Theophanes, a descendent of the earlier Theophanes and a friend of Tiberius was procurator of Asia, but certainly the coins predate 33 AD, when Tiberius ordered the execution of Theophanes’ remaining descendents, and forbade any public reference to the now-outlawed family (Tac. Ann. 6.18). Temnos (BC 350) AE 101304 views4th cent BC. AE10 (0.95g). Bearded laureate head of Dionysos left / Bunch of grapes with leaves, T-A. Rare. Dark green patina, EF. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1301 viewsca 420-350 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.70g). Cerberus standing left, tunny fish below / "Windmill-sail" incuse. VF. Kebren (BC 412-399) AE1300 viewsUncertain Hyparch or Satrap, ca 4th cent BC. AE (0.78g), struck in Kebren. Head of satrap left, wearing Persian kyrbasia / KE monogram. Dark green patina, EF. Very rare. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1051300 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, within linear square. Good VF, tiny flan flaw on cheek, light graze on helmet. Well centered for issue. Ephesos (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius and Agrippina Junior1299 viewsClaudius, with Agrippina Junior, 41-54 AD. AE20 (6.49g). Kousinios, episcopus for the fourth time, struck 49-54 AD. Laureate head of Claudius and draped bust of Agrippina right, conjoined / Stag standing right; KOYΣI/NIOΣ TO Δ across field. Good very fine. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL 1/12 Stater1299 viewsca 600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.19g). Milesian standard. One line crossing three others / Incuse square with irregular surface. EF. Kios (BC 330-300) AE 111298 viewsca 325-300 BC. AE11 (1.28g). Head of Mithras right, wearing a laureate tiara / Kantharos with two grape vines, K-I-A around, within wreath of grain. EF, black patina, some roughness on the reverse. Rare. Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm1296 views180-80 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.67g). 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, figure with cornucopiae to right; all within laurel wreath. aEF, minor bruises, attractively toned. Kebren (BC 450) Diobol1296 viewsca 450 BC. AR Diobol (1.30g). Archaic head of Apollo left / Ram's head left within incuse square. Rare. Slight granularity. Near Extremely Fine. Elaia (AD 100-200) AE 141293 viewsTime of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, 2nd cent AD. AE14 (1.76g). Bust of Athena right, aegis / ΕΛΑΙ-ΤΩΝ, kalathos with poppy caps. Dark golden toning, EF. (BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE1293 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE (5.41g). Head of Dionysos right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Kentaur Chiron trotting right, monogram to right. Dark green patina, VF. Gergis (BC 480-450) Obol1293 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (0.57g, 8mm, 5h). Forepart of sphinx right / Facing lion head within pellet square; all in incuse square. Cf. Klein 813, otherwise unpublished. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Well centered, fine archaic style.1 comments Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B091292 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Forepart of a winged lion left / Incuse head of cock left. EF, lightly toned. Very nice. Masikytes (BC 27-20) Drachm - Augustus1290 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AR Drachm (4.02g, 12h). Series 6, struck ca 27-20 BC. Bare head right, Λ−Υ / Cithara; aphlaston to left, MA to right. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare. Prideaux Coll. of Augustus; ex Münzen und Medaillen 81 (9/1995), lot 186. Chabakta (BC 100-85) AE 241289 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE24 (11.58g). Head of Perseus right, wearing Phrygian helmet / Pegasos standing left, drinking, ΧΑΒΑΚΤΩΝ in exergue, monogram below. EF, dark green patina, some light roughness. (BC 116-101) Ariarathes VII - Tetradrachm1289 viewsAriarathes VII, 116-101 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.44g), Eusebeia-Tyana mint. Diademed head of Antiochos VII of Syria right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΟΣ, Athena standing left, holding Nike in right hand, shield and spear in left; monograms in outer left field, O-Λ across field; all within wreath. EF. Unique. Kyme (BC 400-350) Obol1288 views4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.60g, 9mm). Head of goat right / 8-petalled floral pattern, [K]-Y. VF. Very rare. Ex Hauck & Aufhauser Auc. 18 (Munchen, 2004), lot 167.1 comments Methymna (AD 198-209) AE 20 - Geta1288 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE20 (4.76g, 8h). Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Helmeted and draped bust of Athena right, wearing aegis. Near VF, dark green patina. Komana (BC 85-65) AE 221287 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (6.65g). Gorgoneion surrounded by aegis / ΚΟΜΑ-ΝΩΝ, Nik carrying palm leaf over shoulder; two monograms to right. Olive green patina, some porosity on rev., VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/121287 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. Tarsos (BC 5th cent) Obol1286 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.8g, 8mm). Forepart of griffin (or winged goat?) left / Monoskeles within dotted incuse square. VF. Kyme (BC 480-450) Hemiobol1284 views5th cent BC. AR Hemiobol (0.53g). Head of eagle left, K-Y to left / Rough incuse square. Good very fine. Lampsakos (BC 200-150) AR Tetradrachm1283 viewsca 200-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.63g, 12h). Promethion, magistrate. Wreathed head of Priapos right / ΛΑΜΨΑ−[Κ]ΗΝΩΝ, Apollo Citharoedus standing right, holding plectrum in right hand, lyre in left arm; monogram to inner left, cult statue of Demeter holding two torches to inner right, ΠΡΟΜΗΘΙΩΝΟΣ [Τ]ΟΥ ΛΑΜΠΩΝΟΣ below. Good VF, toned, a few obverse die breaks, overstruck but undertype not readily identifiable. Rare. Koinon of Galatia (AD 68-69) AE - Tavion?1282 viewsAutonomous, ca 68-69 AD. AE (7.40g), struck in Tavion? ΚΟΙΝΟΝ-ΓΑΛΑΤΩΝ, draped bust of Men left, wearing laureate Phrygian cap / CΕ-ΒΑC-ΤΩΝ, six-column temple, point in center. EF. Rare. Ex F. Sternberg Auc. 11 (Zurich, 1981), lot 374; ex Muenz Zentrum Auc. 47 (Koln, 1982), lot 190. (BC 116-101) Ariarathes VII - Tetradrachm1281 viewsAriarathes VII Philometoros, 116-101 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.58g), struck ca 116 BC in Eusebeia Tyana. Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding spear in left hand, which rests on round shield adorned with gorgoneion; on her right hand, Nike crowns the epithet Philometor with wreath; O - Λ; all within olive wreath. Extremely rare. Extremely fine. Elaiousa-Sebaste (BC 100-0) AE 211280 views1st century BC. AE21 (6.32g). Diademed head of Zeus right; ΑΠ to left / Nike walking left, holding wreath in right hand; ΕΛΑ-ΙΟΥΣΙΩΝ, monogram and ΤΑ-ΘΕ to left. EF, glossy dark green patina, boldly struck. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B991280 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Head of Kabeiros right, wearing wreathed cap, two stars flanking / Head of Persephone right in linear square. EF, a few tiny die breaks on reverse. Smyrna (AD 41-54) AE 19 - Britannicus?1279 viewsBritannicus, son of Claudius and Messalina, 41-54 AD. Philistos and Eikadios, magistrates. AE19 (3.88g), struck ca 50-54 AD. ZMU, Youthful, draped bust of Britannicus right / EPI FILISTOU - EIKADI/OS, Nike flying right, holding palm over left shoulder. Rare. Dark, olive patina, partially rough surface on obv. EF.1 comments Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1041278 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 9h, 12mm). Head of young man with horn of Ammon right / Eagle standing right, head reverted, in linear square. aEF. Pharnakeia (BC 85-65) AE 201278 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE20 (7.37g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΦΑΡΝΑΚΕΙ[ΑΣE], eagle on thunderbolt; [star] and monogram in left field. Brown patina, EF. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 79 (Basel 1994), Nr. 300. (BC 63-52) Ariobarzanes II - Drachm1278 viewsAriobarzanes II Philopator, 63-52 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.80g, 12h). Mint A (Eusebeia-Mazaka). Dated RY 8 (55 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΟΒΑΡZΑΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΥ, Athena Nikephoros standing left; H (date) in exergue. Good VF, iridescent toning. Rare in this condition. Coins of Ariobarzanes II are rare in the Cappadocian series, and are typically found poorly struck or struck on poor metal. The engraving also usually appears to have been done in haste, perhaps reflecting his issues were struck in a time of expediency. His father’s coinage (Ariobarzanes I) was plentiful, and are the most common Cappadocian coins found today. It is possible that so much was in circulation during his son’s reign that Ariobarzanes II’s issues were relatively small. (BC 228-183) Prusias I - Tetradrachm1277 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.99g, 12h). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Zeus standing left, holding wreath in right hand, lotus tipped sceptre in left; thunderbolt above two monograms to inner left. Good VF, light scratches. (BC 440-425) Kheriga - Stater1276 viewsKheriga, Dynast, ca 440-425 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 8.25g, 3h). Two cocks facing one another within round shield / "kheriga" in Lycian script around, owl standing left, head facing; all within dotted incuse square. VF. Possibly unique.1 comments Birytis (BC 350-300) Obol1275 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Obol (0.46g, 11h). Head of Herakles facing slightly right; club over shoulder / Head of Kabeiros left, wearing wreathed conical hat; two stars, pellet behind. VF, toned. Rare. Herman Coll. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1275 views5th-4th centuries BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.64g). Bull, with filleted horns, standing right, head left, on tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare, the second or third known. Ex CNG 57 (3/2001), lot 379. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 311273 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE31 (19.59g). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / Eagle standing on thunderbolt; monogram to left, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below. Good style, thin dark-green patina, slight weakness on reverse. EF/gVF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1041273 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 9h). Head of Apollo Karneios right, with horn of Ammon / Eagle standing right, head reverted, within linear square. Good VF. Rose on Kilikia, Soloi1271 viewsCilicia, Soloi, 3rd-2nd cent BC. AE23 (7.78). Rose countermark on obv. Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane, bow and quiver / Athena advancing right, brandishing thunderbolt and shield, monograms behind. VF. Kaisareia (AD 54-68) Didrachm - Nero & Agrippina II1271 viewsNero, with Agrippina Junior, 54-68 AD. AR Didrachm (7.41g, 20mm, 12h). Struck 54-56 AD. Laureate head of Nero right / Veiled bust of Agrippina right, wearing stephane. Good VF. Rare and with a lovely portrait of Agrippina. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater1270 viewsca 460-400 BC. EL Stater (16.05g). Naked Helios kneeling on right knee and holding foreparts of two horses by bridles that are prancing left and right at his sides; tunny right below / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare and a very interesting representation. Exceptionally well centred on a full flan and about extremely fine. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater1269 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.65g). Harpy standing left, holding tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, banker's mark and a couple light scuffs on obverse. Rare. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B90 - EL 1/6 Stater1269 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of nymph left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111- EL 1/6 Stater1267 viewsca 350-330 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.54g). Head of Athena facing left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a serpent on the bowl, and necklace; beneath truncation, seal / Four-part incuse square. Good VF. Ilion (BC 301-281) AE 91266 viewsca 301-281 BC. AE9 (0.83g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with a wreath / Hydria, ΙΛ-Ι. Near EF, glossy dark green, almost black, patina. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B961266 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of serpent right within linear square. Near EF. Pergamon (BC 450-400) Triobol1266 viewsca 450 BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.43g, 9h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bearded head of satrap right within incuse square. Near VF, toned, granular surfaces. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B821265 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g, 5h). Female head (Leda?) right / Swan standing right, head left, wing raised, within linear square in incuse square. Near EF, some die wear on reverse. Extremely rare, the third, and finest, known. Ex Tkalec (4/2007), lot 71. Ophryneion (BC 350-300) AE 121264 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE12 (1.96g). Bearded head of Hektor 3/4 to right, wearing triple crested helmet / The infant Dionysos kneeling right, holding grape cluster in hand, ΟΦΥ (sic) to left. EF, glossy dark green and black patina. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater 1262 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g, 12h). Crested Corinthian helmet left, ornamented with a floral scroll; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, well centered. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B03 - EL 1/6 Stater1259 viewsca 625/20-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Head of roaring lion left; behind, seal swimming down / Quadripartite incuse punch. EF. Rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) EL Stater1259 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. Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 121258 viewsafter 350 BC. AE12 (1.72g). Laureate head of Zeus, facing slightly right / ΑΔΡΑ-M-Y, eagle standing left on rock; grain ear before. Good VF, black patina. Rare. The city is said to have been named after its founder, Adramys (also Adromos, Adromon or Adromus), notable for being a brother of king Kroisos of Lydia. Pergamon (BC 133-27) AE 191258 viewsca 133-27 BC. AE19 (4.13g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, owl standing facing on palm frond. Good VF, dark green patina. Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL Hekte1257 viewsLate 6th-mid 5th century BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare early issue of Erythrai. Pergamon (BC 200-133) AE 211257 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE21 (8.55g). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, ΧΟΡΕΙΟΥ below / Nike in long chiton walking right, holding palm branch with one hand, crowing ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ with wreath in other hand. Dark olive-green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 - EL 1/6 Stater1257 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54g). Helmeted head of Athena left wearing crested Corinthian helmet, serpent on helmet; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. (AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY141257 viewsPolemo II, with Agrippina Junior(?), 38-64 AD. AR Drachm (3.59g, 1h). Dated RY 14 (51/2 AD). Diademed head of Polemo right / Diademed and draped bust of Agrippina Junior right; IΔ (date) to right. VF, toned, minor hairline flan crack, scratch under tone on reverse. Very rare. Burnett in RPC I identified the female on these drachms as Antonia Tryphonaea, mother of Polemo II, based on the portrait’s similarity to silver and bronze issues which also bear her name. These drachms, however, have no such identifying legend and from the known regnal dates, were struck during the period AD 49-54. Stylistically, they fit within the series bearing clearly identifiable portraits of Claudius and Nero, as well as two examples, dated AD 55/6 and AD 56/7, with a portrait which Burnett tentatively identified as that of Britannicus. As Polemo owed his installation as king to Agrippina Junior’s brother, Caligula, it is quite possible that Claudius’ marriage to his benefactor’s sister in AD 49 prompted him to begin striking these coins which continued, as evidenced by the regnal dates, during her period of influence at court. Pergamon (BC 450-400) Triobol1256 views5th century BC. AR Diobol (1.65g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bearded head of satrap right, wearing Persian tiara, ΠΕΡΓA to left, eye to right, within incuse square. Good style, EF/gVF. Very rare. Boione (BC 300) AE 111255 viewsca 300 BC. AE11. Head of female left, wearing earing and necklace / Bull standing right, ΒΟΙΩΝΙΤ above / IΚΟΝ (retrograde) below. Kolophon (BC 525-500) Obol1255 viewslate 6th cent BC. AR Obol (0.85g). Archaic head right (Apollo?) / Irregular incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Very fine. Amisos (BC 118-63) AE 181254 viewsca 118-63 BC. AE18 (4.62g). Panther walking right, holding stag's head in paw / Cista mystica, thyrsos with panther skin, taenia and bells; ΑΜΙ-ΣΟ[Î¥] below. Rare. aXF Thyateira (AD 0-100) AE 141253 viewsUnder Roman rule, 1st century AD. AE14 (3.12g) Head of beardless Herakles right, lion skin on shoulders / ΘΥΑΤ-ΕΙΡΗ/ΝΩΝ, double-axe (labrys). Dark green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.1 comments Phokaia (BC 600-522) B21 - EL 1/6 Stater1252 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of bull left, dotted truncation; seal (fwkh) above the forehead / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, sharp strike and nicely centered. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL Stater1252 views5th-4th century BC. EL Stater (15.99g). Triptolemos in chariot of winged serpents right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, lightly toned. Rare. (BC 36-AD 17) Archelaos - Drachm1252 viewsArchelaos Philopatris Ktistes, 36 BC-17 AD. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.72g, 1h). Dated RY 42 (AD 5/6). Diademed head right; fillet border / Club; M-B (date) across field. Good VF, lightly toned. Harlick Coll., purchased in 2006 from F. Kovacs. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica P (5/2005), lot 1581. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater1250 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.64g). Head of seal left / Incuse punch. Good VF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL Stater1249 viewsca 650-600 BC. EL Stater (14.32g). Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Two rough incuse punches separated by a cleft. VF. Extremely rare, one of seven known staters of this type. The same cleft was also used on the following hemistaters: CNG 70, lot 271; CNG 69, lot 421; and CNG 67, lot 702. The punch on the right was also used on the trite below (lot 940), and the following hemistaters and trites: Triton VIII, lot 434; CNG 70, lots 271 and 272; CNG 69, lots 421-422; and CNG 67, lots 702 and 703. Nysa (BC 200-100) AE 201247 views2nd cent BC. AE20 (6.99g). Head of young Dionysos with ivy wreath and chignon right / ΝΥΣΑ/ΕΩΝ, Hades driving galloping quadriga right, holding Kore-Persephone in right arm. Green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.1 comments Pergamon (AD 60-150) AE 171245 viewsQuasi-autonomous, end 1st-mid 2nd century AD. AE17 (3.40g). ΘEON CVN - KΛHTON, youthful bust of Senate, draped, right / ΘEAN PΩ - MHN, bust of Roma, draped and turreted, right. Very rare, VF. Hoeft coll. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B901243 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 12h). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Satyr's head facing in linear square. EF. Parion (AD 14-37) AE 19 - Drusus1242 viewsDrusus, 14-37 AD. AE19 (6.60g). Bust right / Two priests driving bull right. F. Phaselis (BC 190-167) AE1241 viewsca 190-167 BC. AE (4.65g). Prow of galley right, Nike with wreath flying above / Athena Promachos standing right, holding spear in right hand, shield decorated with aegis in left; Φ-Α, within dotted circle. Green patina, good VF. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B73 - EL 1/6 Stater1241 viewsca 380-360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.52g). Head of Pan facing left, with goat's horns and hind ears; behind, seal / Four-part incuse square. Unusual head of youthful Pan. Good VF. Pergamon (BC 450-400) Obol 1241 viewsEurysthenes, Dynast of Pergamon ca 400 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.65g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bearded head of Eurysthenes right, wearing Persian tiara, ΠΕΡΓ to left, within incuse square. Gargara (BC 400-350) Drachm1241 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Drachm (12mm, 3.05g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull grazing left within incuse square. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Very rare. Boione (BC 300) AE 111240 viewsca 300 BC. AE11. Head of female left, wearing earing and necklace / Bull standing right, ΒΟΙΩΝΙΤ above / IΚΟΝ (retrograde) below. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Didrachm1240 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Didrachm (6.23g). Janiform female and male heads (Hera and Zeus?) / ΤΕΝ-ΕΔ-Ι-ΟΝ, double-axe (pelekys); grapes to left, cicada to right. EF, well centered on a nice flan. Unique and unpublished, and unrecorded denomination. Amisos (BC 120-63) AE 171239 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE17 (4.11g). Panther walking right, holding stag's head in paw / Cista mystica, thyrsos with panther skin, taenia and bells; monogram to left, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below. Rare. Koinon of Lesbos (AD 161-180) AE 38 - Marcus Aurelius1239 viewsMytilene(?) mint. Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE38 - Medallion (26.03g, 6h). K[...]inigrinos/es(?), strategus. AV K MAP AVPH ΛI ANTΩNEINOC A Y, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / EΠI CTPA K[...]INI ΓPINO[Y], KOI ΛECBIΩN in exergue, Athena, with shield at side and holding spear, standing right and Dionysus, holding cantharus and thyrsus, standing left; between them, large draped terminus of Dionysus Phallen standing facing on prow. VF, rough dark green surfaces with areas of earthen encrustation. Extremely rare. Airai (BC 375-350) AE 131238 viewsca 375-350 BC. AE13 (1.80g, 11h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Owl standing right, head facing; astragalos to right. VF, dark green patina with earthen deposits. Extremely rare, the seventh known, and one of only three not in a public collection (Berlin (2), Istanbul, and Oxford). 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