Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol1340 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.12g). Female double-head, wearing earring / ΛΑΜ-ΨΑ, head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, moon to right. Very rare. VF. Ex. Auc. Aufhauser 5 (1988), lot 82. Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater 1339 viewsca 525 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Head of eagle left with frontal eye and hooked beak; dotted neck truncation; below, seal swimming left / Irregular incuse square. Unpublished, except for Nomos I (2009), 105. Extremely rare, one of perhaps two or three known examples. EF. (BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater1339 viewsKroisos, ca 560-546 BC. AV Twenty-Fourth Stater (5mm, 0.32g). Light standard. Sardes mint. Struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Incuse square punch. VF. Extremely rare denomination for light series. Neandreia (BC 400-300) Triobol1337 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL Stater1335 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. Struck from the same cleft as the following hemistater (lot 271), and the hemistaters in CNG 69, lot 421, and CNG 67, lot 702. Pergamon (AD 50-54) AE 17 - Britannnicus & Nero1333 viewsBritannnicus and Nero, as Caesars, 50-54 AD. AE17 (4.11g). ΒΡΕΤΑΝΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, head Britannnicus Caesar right / ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, head Nero Caesar right Beautiful dark green patina. Very fine. Zeleia (BC 400-300) AE 191331 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. Amisos (BC 118-63) AE 181330 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 141328 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 Gryneion (BC 350-250) AE 171327 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. Skamandreia (BC 350-300) AE 201325 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE20 (8.68g). Head of mountain-nymph Ide right / Fir-tree; ΣΚ-Α, boar's head to right. Nice VF, black patina with some green overlay. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/24 Stater1325 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. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater1324 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. Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Drachm1323 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. Nagidos (BC 400-360) AE 91322 viewsca 360-333 BC. AE9 (0.84g). Bearded head of Pan right / Amphora. Good VF, green patina under earthen encrustation. Parion (AD 14-37) AE 19 - Drusus1321 viewsDrusus, 14-37 AD. AE19 (6.60g). Bust right / Two priests driving bull right. F. Kition (BC 361-312) AV 1/2 Stater - Pumiathon1321 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. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1321 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-530) Crab - EL 1/61320 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 560-530) Man - EL 1/24 Stater1320 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. Antandros (BC 350-250) AE 121318 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. (BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/48 Stater1318 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 (?) Stater (5mm, 0.19g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Animal’s head (bull?) left / Incuse punch. EF. Klazomenai (BC 386-301) Tetradrachm1318 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). (BC 340-334) Pixodaros - AV 1/24 Stater1317 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. Herakleia Pontika (BC 337-305) Didrachm - Dionysios1317 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. Amisos (BC 120-63) AE 171317 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. Mysia Uncertain (BC 300) Hemidrachm1316 viewsCeltic Parium imitation, 3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.45g). Three stripes / Incuse square with divisions and central pellet. Toned, good very fine. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1316 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. Nysa (BC 200-100) AE 201313 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 Kebren (BC 480-440) Obol1312 views5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.50g). Forepart of a ram right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, porous. Elaia (BC 450-400) Hemiobol1312 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. Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 101311 viewsmid 4th cent BC. AE10 (0.89g) Head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΑΔΡΑ above. VF. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater1311 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. Pergamon (BC 310-282) Diobol1311 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. Ionia Uncertain (BC 625-550) Geometric - EL 1/61310 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. Herakleia Pontika (BC 320-280) AE 231309 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. Eusebeia (BC 36-AD 17) AE1309 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. Amisos (BC 85-65) AE 211308 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. Kyme (BC 320-250) AE 171307 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. Amisos (BC 300-100) 1/3 Siglos?1307 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. Pergamon (BC 450-400) Obol 1307 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. (BC 37-25) Amyntas - AE1306 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. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1001305 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. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B371304 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. Pergamon (AD 60-150) AE 171304 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. Dalisandos (AD 161-169) AE 19 - Lucilla1300 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. Astyra (BC 400-395) AE 11 - Tissaphernes1300 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. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1051295 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. Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 101295 viewsafter 350 BC. AE10 (0.94g) Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΑΔΡΑ above. aEF. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater1294 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. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL Stater1293 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. Amisos (BC 120-63) AE 211293 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. Leukai (BC 350) Obol1292 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? Alabanda (BC 197-190) Tetradrachm1292 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. Pergamon (BC 49/48) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1292 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. Gargara (BC 400-350) Drachm1291 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Drachm (3.14g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bull grazing left, ΓΑΡΓ above. aEF. Rare. Pergamon (AD 198-217) AE 43 - Caracalla1291 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. (BC 101-87) Ariarathes IX - Drachm1290 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. Etenna (BC 100-0) AE 191289 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. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1287 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. Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1286 viewsca 460 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.75g). Ram's head left / Facing gorgon within incuse square. VF, porous. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater1286 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. Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/6 Stater1283 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. Klazomenai (BC 480-400) Drachm1282 views5th century BC. AR Drachm (3.31g). Forepart of winged boar right / Gorgoneion facing within incuse square. Good VF. (BC 116-101) Ariarathes VII - Tetradrachm1281 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. Kaisareia (AD 54-68) Drachm - Nero and Agrippina II1280 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. Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 1280 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. Laodikeia Kombusta (AD 69-79) AE 23 - Vespasian1279 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. Kibyra (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Marcellus1279 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. Tarsos (AD 81-96) Tetradrachm - Domitian1279 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. Teuthrania (BC 400) AE 9 - Prokles1279 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. Sigeion (BC 350) AE 181276 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. Lampsakos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1276 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. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B49 - EL 1/6 Stater1276 viewsearly 5th century BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.56g). Head and neck of bridled horse left; [seal in left field] / Quadripartite incuse punch. EF. Aigai (BC 160-150) Tetradrachm1275 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. Abydos (BC 320-280) Drachm1275 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. Magnesia (AD 41-54) AE 18 - Claudius1275 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE18 (4.42g, 12h). Laureate head right / Cult-statue of Artemis Leukophrys. VF, dark-green patina. Ex Villemur Coll. Pimolisa (BC 120-63) AE 321274 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. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B901274 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. Priene (BC 180-44) Drachm1272 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. (BC 220-130) Ariarathes IV or V - AE 171271 viewsAriarathes IV or V, ca 220-130 BC. AE17 (3.31g). Diademed bust of Artemis left, wearing chignon, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ, stag standing left. Fine dark green patina, EF. Very rare. Gutknecht coll.; ex Aufhauser, Munchen, Auc. 9 (1992), lot 211. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion Paw - EL 1/241271 viewsca 6th cent BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.58g). Lion's paw / Incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Kebren (BC 450) Hemidrachm1271 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. Side (AD 254-268) AE 28 - Salonina1270 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. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater 1270 viewsca 410-380 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.65g). Dionysos, wearing himation, reclining left on rock decorated with panther-skin, holding kantharos; tunny fish below / "Windmill-sail" incuse. EF. Chios (BC 520-480) Didrachm1269 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. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater1269 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. Phokaia (BC 530-500) Obol1267 viewsca 6th century BC. AR Obol (0.82g). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Very rare. (BC 130-116) Ariarathes VI - Obol1266 viewsAriarathes VI, Epiphanes, 130-116 BC. AR Obol (0.88g), Mazaka/Eusebeia mint. Bust right, wearing Tiara / Ram left, head turned back; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ. Lighly toned, VF. Very rare. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater 1266 viewsca 460-400 BC. EL Stater (15.82g). Kabeiros, wearing pilos and chlamys, sacrificing ram to left; tunny fish below / "Windmill-sail" incuse. Attractive mythological type. VF. Ex Fortuna Fine Arts FPL (2008, New York), lot 16 (cover coin). Tarsos (BC 425-400) Stater1262 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.35g). Bellerophon riding Pegasos left, spearing Chimera below / The God Nergal, standing left and holding axe, ear of corn to left, small tree to right, 'NRGL-TRZ' = Nergal? Tarsos in Aramaic characters above. Extremely rare and interesting. Attractive dark tone, EF. Ex NAC Sale 10 (1997), lot 253. Nergal was a fearsome Mesopotamian god associated with death; he reigned in the underworld and was the protector of men against pestilence and war. His name survives not only on coinage, but on Akkadian and Elamite inscriptions, and seemingly also in the names of high-ranking Assyrian officials and a Babylonian king of the early 7th cent. BC, Nergal-ushezib. The small tree may be the "sacred tree" that is often the focal point of ceremonies depicted on Neo-Assyrian reliefs and seals.1 comments Abydos (BC 470-450) Obol1262 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. (BC 160-139) Attalos II - Tetradrachm1260 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. Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 121260 views3rd-2nd cent BC. AE12 (1.32g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΔ[ΡΑ-M]-Y, forepart of Pegasos right. Fine olive-green patina, gVF. Scarcer type. Gutknecht coll. Amisos (BC 120-63) AE 191260 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. Neandreia (BC 400) Obol1260 views4th century BC. AR Obol (0.63g, 10h). Laureate head of Apollo right / NEA/N, ram standing right in shallow incuse square. Good VF, minor porosity. Abydos (BC 385-335) Drachm1259 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. Aigai (AD 41-48) AE 17 - Messalina1258 viewsMessalina, wife of Claudius. Augusta, 41-48 AD. AE17 (1.89g) Draped bust of Messalina right / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and scepter. Good VF, dark green patina. Rare portrait issue of Messalina in her own name. Kaisareia (AD 54-68) Didrachm - Nero & Agrippina II1258 viewsNero and Agrippina II, 54-68 AD. AR Didrachm (5.78g), struck 58-60 AD. NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERMANI, laureate head right / AGRIPPINA AVGVSTA MATER AVGVSTI, draped bust of Agrippina right. Rare. Toned, gVF. (BC 96-63) Ariobarzanes I - Drachm1256 viewsAriobarzanes I Philoromaios, 96-63 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.19g, 1h). Dated RY 14 (83/2 BC). Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left, holding spear and round shield, both set on ground; monogram to inner left, EP to inner right; IΔ (date) in exergue. Good VF, toned. 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