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Boione (BC 300) AE 111399 viewsca 300 BC. AE11. Head of female left, wearing earing and necklace / Bull standing right, ΒΟΙΩΝΙΤ above / IΚΟΝ (retrograde) below.
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Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL Stater1398 views5th-4th century BC. EL Stater (15.99g). Triptolemos in chariot of winged serpents right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, lightly toned. Rare.
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Tarsos (BC 5th cent) Obol1398 views5th century BC. AR Obol (0.8g, 8mm). Forepart of griffin (or winged goat?) left / Monoskeles within dotted incuse square. VF.
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Kaisareia (AD 54-68) Didrachm - Nero & Agrippina II1397 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.
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Neandreia (BC 400-300) Triobol1396 views4th century BC. AR Triobol (1.95g, 13mm, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Altar, laurel tree in the background, N-E-[A]-N; all in deep incuse square. Extremely rare. About EF.
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Amisos (BC 118-63) AE 181394 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[Υ] below. Rare. aXF
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 320-280) AE 231394 viewsca 320-280 BC. AE23 (8.93g). Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Bow in case (gorytos), ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ, club. Good style, fine brown-green patina, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-530) Crab - EL 1/61392 viewsca 570-530 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Phokaian standard. Crab / Incuse square with irregular protuberances. Not found in the major references. Very well struck for this issue. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/24 Stater1392 viewsca 625/20-520. EL 1/24 Stater (0.63g). Head of griffin right with open jaws / Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare, well centered, bold and attractive. EF.
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(AD 38-64) Polemo II - Drachm RY141391 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.
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Antandros (BC 350-250) AE 121390 viewsca 4th century BC. AE12 (1.56g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion's head right, tongue protruding; ANTAN to right, grape bunch below. Near EF, dark brown patina.
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(BC 228-183) Prusias I - Tetradrachm1390 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.
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 337-305) Didrachm - Dionysios1390 viewsca 337-305 BC, time of Tyrant Dionysios. AR Didrachm (9.64g). Head of Dionysos left, wreathed in ivy / Naked Herakles left, with lion skin and club, erecting trophy of arms. aVF. Rare.

Dionysios was the unelected overlord of Heraclea Pontica and its surrounds - a tyrant. He managed to keep his domain relatively independent within the Persian Empire. The Macedonian invasion of Asia Minor in 333 BC did not disturb the area and Dionysus remained, even whilst Antigonus Mono. monitored Alexander's lines of communications. After 323 BC, as Ariarathes I of Cappadocia struck North into Sinope and much of the surrounds, still Dionysus prevailed even whilst Perdiccas and Eumenes restored order. He married Amastris the niece of the deceased King Darius III (divorced from Craterus having been wedded at Susa in 324 BC by Alexander) and she bore him 3 sons. He died in 305 BC and she ruled on with her sons. Soon Lysimachos was making advances and they married in 302 BC. VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater1390 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.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 560-530) Man - EL 1/24 Stater1389 viewsca 560-530 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.71g). Phokaian standard. Head of beardless man facing left / Four-part incuse square. Not found in the major references. This is one of the earliest images of a human on a coin. Good VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1389 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.67g). Griffin seated left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Well centered for issue. Rare as a hekte. Ex Leu 91 (5/2004), lot 149.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1001387 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Laureate head of Apollo right, coiled serpent behind / Female head (Artemis?) right, hair in sphendome, within linear square. aEF.
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Pergamon (BC 310-282) Diobol1385 viewsca 310-282 BC. AR Diobol (12mm, 1.36g, 12h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ΠΕΡΓΑ, Athena Promachos standing facing; thunderbolt to right. Good VF, toned. Nice flan.
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(BC 36-AD 17) Archelaos - Drachm1385 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.
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Nagidos (BC 400-360) AE 91384 viewsca 360-333 BC. AE9 (0.84g). Bearded head of Pan right / Amphora. Good VF, green patina under earthen encrustation.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1384 viewsca 500­-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.70g). Tunny left, between two dolphins / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. Perfectly struck and centered on a full flan, good extremely fine. Ex Galerie des Monnaies (1977), 99 and M&M 72 (1987), Rosen, 213.
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Zeleia (BC 400-300) AE 191382 views4th century BC. AE19 (6.30g, 6h). Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane decorated with pellets, earring and necklace / Z-Ε/Λ-Ε, stag standing right. VF, dark green patina, some light pitting. Very rare.
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Lamponeia (BC 400) Obol1382 views4th century BC. AR Obol (0.59g, 12h). Wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right / Λ-Α-Μ, bucranium in incuse square. Good VF. Struck on good metal. Exceptional for issue.
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Astyra (BC 400-395) AE 11 - Tissaphernes1382 viewsTissaphernes, ca 400-395 BC. AE11 - Chalkous (1.98g). Bare head right; TIΣΣA below neck / Cult statue of Artemis Astyra, ΑΣΤΥΡΗ to left, club to right. Near EF, dark brown patina.
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Gryneion (BC 350-250) AE 171381 viewsca 4th-3rd cent BC. AE17 (3.69g) Laureate three-quarter facing head of Apollo / ΓΥΡΝΗΩΝ, mussel shell. Good VF, dark green patina, small flan split.
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Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 101381 viewsmid 4th cent BC. AE10 (0.89g) Head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΑΔΡΑ above. VF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater1381 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Laureate female head left, hair in sakkos; below, inverted seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well centered.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-550) Geometric - EL 1/61380 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (9-10mm, 2.29g). Geometric type. Geometric design consisting of an in-folded square bisected by crossing lines / Incuse punch with "fishbone" pattern of lines and dots. Good VF.
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/48 Stater1379 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 (?) Stater (5mm, 0.19g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Animal’s head (bull?) left / Incuse punch. EF.
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Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 43 - Caracalla1376 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE43 - Medallion (43.91g). M. Caerelius Attalos, magistrate. AVT KPAT K MAPKOC AVP ANTWNEINOC, laureate and cuirassed (with gorgoneion) bust right / ΕΠΙ CΤΡ Μ ΚΑΙΡΕΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, adventus of the emperor into Pergamum: Caracalla on horseback right, receiving acclamation, soldier walking behind, statue of Asclepius on garlanded column before. VF, dark green patina with red highlights, fields smoothed.

In the fall of 214 AD, Caracalla visited the shrine of Asclepius at Pergamum to seek the god's help in curing his various diseases that he had succumbed to while in Germany (probably physiological more so than psychological). Caracalla must have received some respite from his illnesses as he then ordered the reconstruction of the temple of Asclepius as well as the temples of Roma, the deified Augustus, Zeus Philus and the deified Trajan. Of course, these acts would have endeared Caracalla to the Pergamenes who then struck a special series of medallions commemorating this historic visit.
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Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Drachm1376 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Drachm (4.03g, 11h). Young male head (Apollo?) right, wearing taenia / ΠΟΡΔ-ΟΣΙΛ, lyre, within incuse square. VF. Extremely rare.
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Kyme (BC 320-250) AE 171374 viewsca 320-250 BC. AE17 (4.24g). Forepart of horse right, KY above, ZΩΠΥΡΙΩΝ (magistrate) below / One-handled vase, monogram to left. Olive-black patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 211373 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (8.41g). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Cista mystica, panther skin, diadem and thyrsos; monogram to left, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below. Good style. Brown patina, gVF.
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Pergamon (BC 450-400) Obol 1373 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.
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(BC 340-334) Pixodaros - AV 1/24 Stater1372 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 340-334 BC. AV 1/24 Stater - Hemiobol (0.35g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Double axe (labrys), Π−Ι. VF. Very rare. Drewry Coll.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B901371 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Facing satyr's head within linear square. Good VF. Exceptionally well centered and struck.
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Eusebeia (BC 36-AD 17) AE1370 viewsafter 36 BC. AE (3.18g). Turreted head of Tyche right / ΕΥΣΕ−ΒΕΙΑΣ, palm branch between two caps of the Dioskuroi, monogram to right. Dark green patina, VF. Rare.
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Pergamon (AD 60-150) AE 171369 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.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B371368 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g). Diademed head of Silenos right / Two ram head butting each other, no palmette between. VF, well centered. Rare reverse die; the only one without the palmette.
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Laodikeia Kombusta (AD 69-79) AE 23 - Vespasian1365 viewsas Klaudilaodikeia. Vespasian, 69-79 AD. AE23 (8.28g, 12h). Laureate head right / [CEBAC]TH NEIKH KLAYDIOLA[ODIKEwN], Nike standing left. Near EF, black patina under olive brown. Drewry Coll.; ex Coin Galleries 140 (2/2004), lot 262; Waddell I (12/1982), lot 470.
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Alabanda (BC 197-190) Tetradrachm1364 viewsca 197-190/188 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.70g). Struck as Antiocheia, under Antiochos III of Syria. Laureate head of Apollo left / [ΑΝΤ]ΙΟΧΕΩΝ, Pegasos springing right; ΤΙΜΟΚΩΝ (magistrate) below. Good VF. Rare.

Alabanda was situated in northern Caria on the river Marsyas, about 30 km from its confluence with the Maeander. The first coins known for the city are the issues struck in the name of Antiocheia in honour of Antiochus III of Syria, during his attempt to recover Asia Minor in the early 2nd century (cf. Houghton, SC p. 352). After his defeat at the battle of Magnesia in 190 BC, Alabanda reverted to its old name and issued tetradrachms with magistrate names as well as Alexander-type tetradrachms, but it was not until about 167 that the bulk of the 'dated' A-B coins were issued (cf. SNG Helsinki 1-5). For an in-depth analysis into this coinage, see N. Waggoner, 'A new wrinkle in the Hellenistic coinage of Antioch/Alabanda' in Kraay-Morkholm Essays, 1989, pp. 284-290.
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Etenna (BC 100-0) AE 191363 viewsca 1st century BC. AE19 (5.20g). Two men attacking each other with sickles / Nymph/heroine (Etenna) advancing left, being attacked by snake; jug behind, ET-EN. Attractive very fine.
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Abydos (BC 320-200) AE 241363 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE24 (7.96g). Turreted head of Artemis left / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head turned left; ABY to left, kantharos to right. Dark olive-green patina, gVF. Very rare issue. Gutknecht coll.1 comments
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1051363 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.53g, 3h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, within linear square. Good VF, flan a bit small. The final issue of hektes from Mytilene.
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Mysia Uncertain (BC 300) Hemidrachm1361 viewsCeltic Parium imitation, 3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.45g). Three stripes / Incuse square with divisions and central pellet. Toned, good very fine.
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Sigeion (BC 350) AE 181360 viewsca 350 BC. AE18 (6.08g). Helmeted head of Athena facing / Owl standing right; crescent to left, ΣΙΓΕ to right. VF, earthen over glossy green patina.
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Parion (AD 14-37) AE 19 - Drusus1356 viewsDrusus, 14-37 AD. AE19 (6.60g). Bust right / Two priests driving bull right. F.
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Amisos (BC 300-100) 1/3 Siglos?1355 views3rd-2nd century BC. AR Half Siglos - Hemidrachm (1.77g, 11mm, 1h). Uncertain magistrate. Head of Hera right, wearing turreted crown / Owl standing facing, wings spread, on shield; [...]-OY around. EF, toned, double struck on reverse.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater1355 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (11mm, 2.67g). Bearded male head left upon tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Well centered. Rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater1354 viewsca 500-460 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.28g). Crab; tunny right above / Quadripartite incuse punch. VF, a few small scrapes. Very Rare.
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Amisos (BC 120-63) AE 171354 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.
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Klazomenai (BC 386-301) Tetradrachm1354 viewsca 386-301 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.86g, 11h). Theodoros, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left / Swan standing left, preening its wing; [ΘΕΟΔΩΡΟΣ below]. VF, toned, usual porosity and die rust. Very rare.
Herman Coll.; ex Künker 94 (9/2004), lot 1085; Vourla (Urla) hoard (IGCH 1210).
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Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater1354 viewsca 430 BC. EL Stater (16.02g). Poseidon, naked but for cloak over left shoulder, kneeling right, holding dolphin and trident; tunny fish below / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely rare and a very interesting issue. Unusually well-struck and centered on a full flan, aEF. Ex Sotheby’s sale 6/1990, Hunt part II, 462.
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Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1354 viewsca 380 BC. EL Hekte (2.63g). Naked Kabir wearing pileus and chlamys kneeling left over ram, which he is about to stab with knife held in right hand, while holding up the head of the ram with his left; below, tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Of the highest rarity. A very interesting and finely executed representation, light reddish tone and extremely fine. Ex Spink 114 (1996), 57.
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Dalisandos (AD 161-169) AE 19 - Lucilla1352 viewsLucilla, 161-169 AD. AE19 (6.39g). ΛΟΥΚΙΛΛΑ CЄΒΑCΤΗ, draped bust right / ΔΑΛΙCΑΝΔЄΩΝ ΚΟΙΝ ΛΥΚΑ, Athena standing left, holding spear and shield. Extremely rare. Dark green patina, very fine.
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Kition (BC 361-312) AV 1/2 Stater - Pumiathon1352 viewsPumiathon, King of Kition, ca 361-312 BC. AV Hemistater (4.15g). Herakles advancing right, club in right hand, bow in left hand draped with lion's skin; ankh symbol to right / Lion attacking stag, in Cypriot 'mlk pmjtn' above; to right, date IIII− (= Year 14). EF. Very rare. Ex Berry and P.A. Coll.; Münzen und Medaillen AG 586 (1995), 19; Numismatic Fine Arts (1987), 228 and Hess-Divo AG 307 (2007), 1294.
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Side (AD 254-268) AE 28 - Salonina1351 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE28 - 10 Assaria (19.42g). KOPNHLIA CALWNINA CEB, diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent; I (denomination mark) in right field / CIDHTWNANEWKORWN, three galley ships; NAVARX/IC.
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(BC 101-87) Ariarathes IX - Drachm1351 views(4.06g, 12h). Dated Year 4 (98/97 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Athena standing half-left, holding Nike in right hand, shield and spear in left; Δ (date) in exergue. Lightly toned, EF. Ex Sternberg Auc. 17 (5/1986, Zurich), lot 182.
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(BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE1349 viewsAmyntas, 36-25 BC. AE (8.72g). Head of Herakles right, club behind / Lion walking right, head facing; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ in exergue. Green patina, good VF.
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Klazomenai (BC 480-400) Drachm1348 views5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.31g). Forepart of winged boar right / Gorgoneion facing within incuse square. Good VF.
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Priene (BC 180-44) Drachm1348 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Drachm (4.04g). Facing bust of Athena Parthenos, draped and wearing triple-crested helmet / ΠΡIH, Nike advancing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm over left shoulder, AΘHNO/ΠOΛIΣ (magistrate) to right, within maeander border. Unpublished. Good very fine.

Athena was the usual type of Priene's civic coinage, advertising the city's temple of Athena Polias, dedicated by Alexander the Great. The specific types of this drachm - a frontal bust of Athena, paired with a Nike reverse - are new to Priene's silver coinage. The magistrate who signed this issue has a prominent name at Priene: at least two men named Athenopolis are mentioned in inscriptions found at the city, one a victorious wrestler, the other a priest of Dionysos.
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Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 101348 viewsafter 350 BC. AE10 (0.94g) Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΑΔΡΑ above. aEF.
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Elaia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol1347 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.43g, 3h). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet / ΕΛΑΙ around olive wreath, all within incuse square. VF.
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Gargara (BC 400-350) Drachm1346 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Drachm (3.14g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull grazing left, ΓΑΡΓ above. aEF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL Stater1344 viewsca 625-575 BC. EL Stater (16.47g). Head of griffin right, tongue protruding from open jaws, knob on forehead and two tendrils curling over neck / Rough incuse square. Good VF, obverse die slightly worn. The second specimen known, from a different pair of dies.

Attributed to Phokaia based on style, fabric, and metrology, as well as the fact that it uses a griffin head as a coin type on silver trihemiobols of the late 6th century BC.
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(BC 160-139) Attalos II - Tetradrachm1344 viewsAttalos II (Philadelphos), 160-139 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.77g), after 150 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena sitting left on throne; monogram and torch to left, bow to right. Fine toning, partial corrosion, aEF.
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Amisos (BC 120-63) AE 211344 viewsStruck under Mithradates VI, 120-63 BC. AE21 (7.33g). Youthful head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / AMIΣOY, cista mystica, thyrsos behind, with taenia and panther-skin, monogram in left field. About VF, earthen highlights on the devices. Hoeft coll.
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Kaisareia (AD 54-68) Drachm - Nero and Agrippina II1342 viewsNero and Agrippina II, 54-68 AD. AR Drachm (3.09g), struck 58-9 AD. NERO CLAVD DIV[I CLAVD F CAESAR AVG] GERMANI, laureate head of Nero right, countermark in right field / AGRIPPIN[A AVGVSTA] MATER AVGVSTI, draped bust of Agrippina II right, stacked KK behind head. Very rare: RPC lists only fifteen Caesarean drachms of Nero and Agrippina of all varieties, and only one, in BM, of this exact variety, with letters K K and Agrippina's unveiled head right on reverse. The K K probably stands for "Koinon of Cappadocia". The oddly shaped countermark on obverse, showing two objects resembling a minnow and a flounder, is apparently unpublished, since not mentioned in RPC or Howgego's book on countermarks. Fine+/VF.
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Aigai (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm1340 viewsAfter 165 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.69g). Laureate head of Apollo right; quiver and bow at neck / ΑΙΓΑΙΕΩΝ, Zeus standing half-left, holding eagle and sceptre; monogram before; all within oak-wreath. Toned, good VF. Rare.
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Abydos (BC 320-280) Drachm1338 viewsca 320-280 BC. AR Drachm (2.42g, 3h). Anaxikles, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left; kantharos and ABY to left, ΑΝΑΞΙΚΛΗΣ and ivy leaf to right above. Good VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1338 views5th-4th century BC. EL Hekte (2.65g). Silenos crouching right on tunny right, supporting amphora on left leg and with left hand pouring wine into cup he holds in his right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, underlying luster. Extremely rare as a hekte.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 1338 viewsca 500-480 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g, 10mm). Seal swimming left, Θ below / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. Unpublished, and possibly only the second known example. gVF.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B901337 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Facing satyr's head in linear square. Good VF.
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Amisos (BC 120-63) AE 191337 viewsca 85-65 BC, time of Mithradates VI. AE19 (4.37g). Panther walking right, holding stag's head in paw / Cista mystica, thyrsos with panther skin, taenia and bells; monogram to left, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below. Rare. Good dark green patina, EF.
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Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1336 viewsca 460 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.75g). Ram's head left / Facing gorgon within incuse square. VF, porous.
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Kibyra (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Marcellus1335 viewsTime of Nero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (4.66g, 6h). Marcellus, legate(?). MAP KEΛΛOC, bare head of Marcellus right / KIBY PATΩN, eagle standing left on altar, head right. VF, black-green patina with traces of olive encrustation. Very rare. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Malter XXXIV (12/1986), lot 371; ex Knobloch Coll. (Stack's, 6/1970), lot 376.

Other than that his name was Marceullus, the identity of and office held by the individual depicted on this issue is uncertain. Certainly he held office worthy of this coinage, but during this period, no Marcellus is known to have served as a proconsul in Asia, nor is there any other reference to such an individual having served in any other important capacity. The only possibility that seems plausible is that he was a legate dispatched to attend to some important duty in Asia in the mid-1st century AD.
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Leukai (BC 350) Obol1334 viewsca 350 BC. AR Obol (0.84g). Head of the Persian general Tachos (?) left, wearing Persian helmet / Swan standing left with open wings, head right, ΛΕΟ above. VF, porous. Unpublished and unique?
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion Paw - EL 1/241334 viewsca 6th cent BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.58g). Lion's paw / Incuse square. Good VF. Rare.
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Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1334 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Triobol (1.83g). Head of a ram right / Gorgoneion within shallow incuse square. Toned, attractive VF. Rare type, unpublished with ram's head right.
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(BC 116-101) Ariarathes VII - Tetradrachm1332 viewsAriarathes VII Philometoros, 116-101 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.47g), Eusebeia Tyana mint. 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. Toned, EF.
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Abydos (BC 385-335) Drachm1332 viewsca 388-335 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 2.54g, 2h). Efarmostos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Eagle standing left, AB[Y] and ram's head before, [ΕΦ]ΑΡΜΟΣΤΟ[Σ] and poppy behind. Ex Weber Coll.
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Tarsos (AD 81-96) Tetradrachm - Domitian1332 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AR Tetradrachm (13.91g, 26mm, 12h). Laureate head right / Tyche seated right on rocks, holding palm; at feet, river-god Kydnos swimming right; TAP monogram to right. Good VF.
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Pergamon (BC 49/48) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1331 viewsQ. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, as Imperator, ca 49/48 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.30g). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Q. METELLVS PIVS SCIPIO IMPER, serpents entwined around legionary aquila; monogram left. VF, lightly toned. Rare.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B071330 viewsca 509 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cock left, small incuse rectangle behind. Good VF. Ex Leu 77 (5/2000), lot 283; Private Collection, Paris.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B49 - EL 1/6 Stater1330 viewsearly 5th century BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.56g). Head and neck of bridled horse left; [seal in left field] / Quadripartite incuse punch. EF.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater1329 viewsca 500-450. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater. Facing head of Silenos with goat's ears and long beard; tunny fish swimming upwards to left and right / Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare. EF. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen 44 (6/1971), lot 12.

The head of Silenos on this coin very possibly served as the model for a silver issue of the slightly later Lykian dynast Teththiveibi, as BMC 88 and SNG Berry 1164.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B29 - EL 1/6 Stater1328 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Three seals swimming in a circle to L around a central pellet / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely attractive and well struck. Good EF.
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Lampsakos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1328 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.26g). Forepart of Pegasos right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished in standard references.
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Phokaia (BC 530-500) Obol1328 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Obol (0.82g). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Very rare.
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Teuthrania (BC 400) AE 9 - Prokles1328 viewsProkles, Satrap of Teuthrania and Halisarna, ca 400 BC. AE9 (1.0g). Head of Apollo left / [TEY], head of satrap right, wearing kyrbasia; monogram to right. Very rare. gVF.
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Abydos (BC 175-70) Tetradrachm1325 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.51g). Diademed bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, within dotted circle / Eagle standing right, helmeted head of Athena to right; ΑΒΥ-ΔΗ-ΝΩΝ above, ΜΙΛΗΘΙ (magistrate) in exergue, all within laurel wreath. This form of the magistrate's name not recorded in the standard works. Toned VF, light porosity, some smoothing on the reverse.
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Autophradates (BC 380-355) AE 111324 viewsIonia/Lydia, uncertain mint, Autophradates, Persian satrap in Lydia ca 392-388 BC, and in Ionia and Lydia ca 380-355 BC. AE11 (1.25g). Head of bearded Persian Satrap in tiara right / Fish hook-like symbol. Very fine, rare.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B111323 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 4h). Head of ram right; cock below / Incuse head of roaring lion left; incuse rectangular punch behind. Good VF.
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Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 221322 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (8.33g). Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf's scalp / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina.
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Magnesia (AD 41-54) AE 18 - Claudius1321 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE18 (4.42g, 12h). Laureate head right / Cult-statue of Artemis Leukophrys. VF, dark-green patina. Ex Villemur Coll.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B831321 viewsca 340-330 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of beardless man facing right, wearing petasos (Hermes?) / Panther standing right in square frame, the whole in incuse square. About EF.
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Pimolisa (BC 120-63) AE 321320 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE32 (19.53g). Bearded, laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing on thunderbolt left, head right, ΠΙΜΩΛΙΣΩΝ below. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare.
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Amisos (BC 85-65) AE1318 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE. Head of Artemis right / Owl in wreath, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below.
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Chios (BC 520-480) Didrachm1317 viewsca 500-490 BC. AR Didrachm (7.68g). Sphinx seated left; amphora set on ground to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Toned and well centered, a particularly attractive example of good style. Nearly extremely fine. Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 17 (1/1987), lot 46.
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Abydos (BC 470-450) Obol1317 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.75g, 1h). Eagle standing left; ABY to left, T above / Gorgoneion facing, tongue protruding, within incuse square. VF. Rare.
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