Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Alexandreia (BC 301-281) AE 141317 viewsca 301-281 BC. AE14 (1.89g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Apollo Smintheos standing right, wearing long garb, holding bow with both hands, case on back; ΑΛΕΞ to left, mouse at feet to right. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Tarsos (BC 425-400) Stater1316 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 Perge (BC 220-189) AE 151315 views220-189 BC. AE15 (1.80g). Sphinx with polos seated right / ИANAΨAΣ/ ΠΡEIIAΣ, Artemis standing left, holding scepter. Good very fine. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater 1313 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. Tavion (AD 198-217) AE 17 - Caracalla1312 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE17 (2.21g). Draped cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / [ΤΑΟΥ]ΙΑΝ-ΩΝ, forepart of bull right. Dark green patina, aEF. Very rare. Aigai (AD 41-48) AE 17 - Messalina1311 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. Uncertain (BC 530-480) Trihemiobol1311 viewsca 530-500 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.18g). Tunny fish right / Irregular incuse. Ex Rosen Coll.1 comments Mallos (BC 425-385) Obol1311 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Obol (0.96g). Head of bull left / Forepart of man-headed bull left. Good VF, minor porosity. (BC 230-220) Ariarathes III - AE1311 viewsAriarathes III, ca 230-220 BC. AE (6.74g), Kybistra mint. Head right, wearing bashlyk / ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘ - ΔΣ - [KYBISTRΑ?], galloping rider right, palm to right. Thick green patina, EF. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater 1311 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). Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B981311 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Laureate head of Poseidon right / Trident decorated with volutes in linear square. Very rare. Extremely fine. (BC 197-160) Eumenes II - Tetradrachm1310 viewsEumenes II, 197-160 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.75g, 32mm), struck ca 169-160 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena seated left on throne with lion's leg, wearing long, sleeveless chiton and crested Corinthian helmet, holding spear in left hand, crowning king's name with raised right hand, left elbow resting on large, round shield with gorgoneion; in outer left field, stylis, A in center, bow to right. EF. Rare. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen AG, Basel Fixed Price List 415 (1979), lot 2. Adana (AD 0-100) AE 221310 views1st century AD. AE22 (5.40g). Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right / ΑΔΑ-ΝΕΩΝ, horse standing left on ground line, right leg raised; ΔΙ and ΞΕ in field to left. Brown patina, VF. Righetti coll. Gaziura (BC 100-85) AE 221309 viewsca 100-85 BC. AE22 (8.04g, 12h). Helmeted head of Ares right / ΓΑZΙ-ΟΥΡΩΝ, sword in sheath. VF, dark brown patina, minor roughness. Righetti Coll., 10354; ex Münzen und Medaillen 13 (10/2003), lot 254. Thyateira (AD 55-60) AE 16 - Nero1308 viewsFirst Issue, 55-60 AD. AE16 (3.55g) Draped bust right, lightly bearded / ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗ-ΝΩΝ, double-axe. (BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 231307 viewsPylaimenes, ca 130 BC. AE23 (5.58g). Pylaimenes as Herakles right, club over shoulder, lion's skin around neck / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. Superb EF, glossy dark brown patina, exceptional! (BC 130-116) Ariarathes VI - Obol1306 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. Neandreia (BC 400) Obol1306 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. Pergamon (BC 19/18) Tetradrachm - Augustus1305 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.63g). Pergamum mint. Struck circa 19-18 BC. Bare head right / Hexastyle temple set on four-tiered base; ROM ET AVGVST across entablature. VF, toned, light scratches on obverse. (BC 96-63) Ariobarzanes I - Drachm1305 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. Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 121304 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. (BC 52-42) Ariobarzanes III - Drachm1304 viewsAriobarzanes III Eusebes Philoromaios, 52-42 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.80g). Dated RY 9 (43 BC). Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; star in crescent to inner left, monogram to inner right, Θ (date) in exergue. VF. Kaisareia (AD 54-68) Didrachm - Nero & Agrippina II1303 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. Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL Hekte1300 viewsLate 6th to mid-5th cent BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Archaic head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Incuse square with irregular surfaces. Good VF. Rare early issue of Erythrai, with plain incuse punch. Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 281300 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE28 (22.84g). Male head left (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk); countermarks: helmet, thunderblot, gorgon facing / 8-rayed star. VF, dark green patina. Rare. Gutknecht coll. (BC 220-130) Ariarathes IV or V - AE 171300 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. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - female1300 viewsCirca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.39g, 11h). Head of female left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos flying right within shallow incuse square. Good VF, underlying luster. Struck from artistic dies. Extremely rare, one of only three known, the other two in museum collections (the BN and BM). Both the BN and BM specimens are struck from the same die pair. The present coin adds a new reverse die to the corpus. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater1300 viewsca 440-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 10mm). Head of Athena left, crested Attic helmet adorned with laurel branch / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Unpublished and possibly unique. Unrecorded by Bodenstedt. The helmeted head of Athena was a popular coin type in Phokaian coinage in electrum, silver and bronze. This novum has a distinctive laurel wreathed helmet, the crest of which has a split segment exactly as seen on the silver staters and distaters of Thurium, dated to c. 440-400, cf. ACGC 728-730 and HN Italy 1757-1775. Tenedos (BC 450-387) Drachm1298 viewsca 450-387 BC. AR Drachm (3.40g). Janiform female and male heads (Hera and Zeus?) / ΤΕΝ-ΕΔ-Ι-ΟΝ, double-axe; grapes to left, cicada to right. Toned, good VF, light surface crystallization. Ex Thomas B. Lesure Collection. Rhodes (BC 408-404) Tetradrachm1298 viewsca 408/7-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.55g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / ΡΟΔΙΟΝ, rose; pecten to lower left. VF, heavy find patina. Rare. Kolophon (BC 389-350) Drachm1297 viewsca 389-350 BC. AR Drachm (3.66g). Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre of five strings, ΚΟΛOΦΩ to left, ΙΗΝΗΣ (magistrate) to right. Rare. Attractively toned and of beautiful style. EF. Ex Muenzen und Medaillen 79 (2/1994), lot 331, and from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sotheby & Co., Zurich (4/1973), lot 559, and J. Ward, 667. Pergamon (BC 57-56) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1297 viewsC. Fabius M.f. Hadrianus, Proconsul, 57-56 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.41g, 12h). Demeas, magistrate. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / C. FABI. M. F. PRO. COS, bow case between two serpents; monogram to left, thyrsos to right, ΔΗΜΕΑC below. Good VF, attractively toned, choice flan. Rare. Paphos (BC 51-30) AE - Cleopatra VII1297 viewsCleopatra VII Philopator, 51-30 BC. AE Dichalkon - 1/8 Unit (1.99g, 12h). Paphos mint. Diademed and draped idealized bust right / Double cornucopiae. VF, dark green patina. Mallos (BC 440-390) Obol1297 viewsca 440-390 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.79g, 11h). Bearded janiform head / Head (of Bellerophon?) left, wearing cap; MAP before; all in dotted square within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned, granular surfaces. Extremely rare, and probably the finest known. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B991295 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 6h). Head of Kabeiros right, wearing wreathed cap, two stars flanking / Head of Persephone right in linear square. Good VF, toned. Sardeis (AD 98-180) AE 221295 views2nd-3rd century AD. AE22 - Diassarion (5.22g, 6h). Bearded head of Herakles left / CARDI - ANWN, Omphale standing right with lion's skin over shoulders, holding club in left hand and drapery with right. A splendid piece, with a fine, glossy, dark green patina. Struck in high relief and especially attractive. Good extremely fine. From a Swiss private collection. Omphale, a mythical queen of Lydia, received Herakles to do her bidding for a year in punishment for his murder of Iphytos. He even had to help her with her spinning, and she, as we see here, wore his lion’s skin and wielded his club. Struck by his charm she later freed and married him, and their children were the ancestors of the later Heraklid dynasty of Sardeis. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B911294 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Veiled head of Demeter right / Tripod tied with filet in linear square. Good VF. Pergamon (AD 60-150) AE 151294 viewsQuasi-autonomous, end 1st-mid 2nd century AD. AE15 (3.1g). ΘEON CVNKΛHTOC, bust of the Senate right / ΘEAN PΩ - MHN, turreted bust of Roma right; monogram before. gVF. Paphos (BC 310-306) AE 20 - Ptolemy I1292 viewsPtolemy I, 323-283 BC. AE20 - Hemiobol (8.70g). Paphos mint, struck 310-306 BC. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing ornamented stephane and earring / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina, surfaces evenly grainy. (BC 386-377) Hekatomnos - 1/3 Stater1292 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, 392-377 BC. AR 1/3 Stater - Drachm (4.14g), struck in Miletos after 386 BC. Forepart of roaring lion left, EKA above / Stellate pattern in incuse square. Toned EF. Olbasa (AD 251-253) AE 33 - Trebonianus Gallus1291 viewsTrebonianus Gallus. 251-253 AD. AE33 (24.94g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / The god Men on horseback right. Good VF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare, much nicer than the sole specimen recorded by von Aulock. (BC 282-263) Philetairos I - Tetradrachm1291 viewsPhiletairos I, 282-263 BC, struck ca 263 BC (possibly lifetime or by successor nephew Eumenes I). AR Tetradrachm (17.02g). Pergamon mint. Head of Philetairos right, wearing taenia / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, resting right hand on shield and left elbow on sphinx, ivy leaf in inner left field, A on throne, bow in right field. Good VF. There is speculation from hoard evidence that these coins were issued in the late part of Philetairos' reign - the taenia on the head is of interest in this regard. Persian Kings (BC 520-510) 1/12 Siglos1291 viewsTime of Darios I, ca 520/15-500/490 BC. AR 1/12 Siglos (0.86g, 9mm). Kroiseid type. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse punch. Very fine. Pergamon (BC 310-282) Diobol1291 viewsca 310-250 BC. AR Diobol (1.36g, 11h). Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Palladion facing, [ΠΕ]ΡΓΑΜ to left. Toned, VF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B901290 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Facing head of satyr in linear square. Good VF. (BC 96-63) Ariobarzanes I - Drachm1290 viewsAriobarzanes I Philoromaios, ca 96-63 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.09g), dated RY 2 (94/3 BC). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting hand on shield set on ground, spear leaning against arm; T-Λ across field, B (date) in exergue. VF, iridescent toning, light scratch. Strickhausen Coll. Kalchedon (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm1290 viewslate 5th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 2.28g). Male head left / Four-spoked wheel. Toned VF, slight double striking. Rare. Kos (BC 470-450) Triple-Siglos1289 viewsca 470-450 BC. AR Triple Siglos (Persic) (16.43g). ΚΩΙΟΝ, nude athlete (diskobolos) standing right on his right leg, left leg crossing behind it, upper part of body bent to right, head turned left, both arms raised over his head, throwing large diskos with his right hand; tripod on ground line to left / Crab in dotted incuse square. Very rare. Bold representation of an athlete cought in action. Toned, gVF/EF. Ex W. H. Waddington coll. and ex duplicates of the Cabinet des Medailles de la Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. Skepsis (BC 440-400) Obol1288 viewsca 450 BC. AR Obol (0.65g). Homonoia with Neandreia. Forepart of horse right, SKH around / Grape cluster, N to left, all within concentric incuse, dotted, and linear squares. Good VF, light porosity. Rare, unpublished? Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Tetradrachm1288 viewsca 390-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.16g). Head of Kore Soteira left, hair in sphendone covered with a veil, two grain ears in hair / Head of lion left, mouth open with tongue protruding, tunny fish below; stag's head behind. Lightly toned, near EF, surfaces slightly grainy, well centered and quite attractive. Apparently unrecorded with this symbol. Kyme (BC 165-140) AE 201288 viewsca 160-140 BC. AE20 (10.72g). Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing diadem and chignon / Horse prancing right; ΚΥΜΑΙ-ΩΝ above, one-handled vase in front, ΠΥΘΑΣ (magistrate) in exergue. Olive-green patina, thick flan, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Eleutheria (BC 4th cent) AE 101288 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE10 (1.09g, 12h). Facing head of Athena, wearing triple-crested helmet / ELEY, lion walking right, head reverted. Good VF, glossy dark green patina. David Herman Coll. The town of Eleutherion is only known from a short passage in the 6th century geographical works of Stephanus Byzantinus, and this small coin. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater1287 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Helmeted head left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Ephesos (BC 390-325) Tetradrachm1287 viewsca 390-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.27g, 12h), struck ca 360-350 BC. Kallidamas, magistrate. Bee with straight wings / Forepart of stag right; palm tree to left, ΚΑΛΛΙΔΑΜΑΣ to right. VF, toned. Well struck. Rare magistrate. Sullivan Coll. Kaisareia (AD 101/102) AE 181285 viewsunder Roman rule, time of Trajan, dated 100/101 AD. AE18 (3.17g). Turreted head of Tyche right / Pyramid or baitylos; in field, date ET - Δ (=year 4 of Trajan). Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 var - EL 1/6 Stater1285 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.53g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with seal / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished with seal on helmet. Good VF, light mark on cheek. Apparently unique. Kyme (BC 165-140) AE 201284 viewsca 250-190 BC. AE20 (8.91g). Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia and earring / [Κ]ΥΜΑΙ−ΩΝ, horse prancing right, one-handled cup below; magistrate ΠΥΘΑΣ. Near EF, dark brown patina with some red encrustation. Soloi (BC 425-400) Stater1284 views425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.69g). Amazon kneeling left, holding bow, wearing quiver on hip; facing satyr's head in right field / ΣΟΛΕΩΝ, grape cluster on vine; fly to right; all within dotted incuse square. Attractively toned, good VF, nice flan. Ex von Aulock Coll. Eikonion (AD 81-96) AE - Domitian1284 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE (3.54g). ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ Κ[...], laureate head right / [KΛ]AVΔЄIKONIЄΩN, Nike holding branch and wreath. Dark green patina. Extremely fine. Chios (BC 520-480) Didrachm1283 viewsca 490-435 BC. AR Didrachm (7.86g). Sphinx seated left; amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, attractively toned. Nice archaic style. Morcom Coll. Thyateira (AD 55-60) AE 15 - Nero1283 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE15 (2.3g). NEPΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟC KAICAP CEBA, head right / ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗ-ΝΩΝ, labrys (double-axe). gVF. Kyzikos (BC 170-150) Didrachm1282 viewsca 170-150 BC. AR Didrachm (7.08g, 12h). Head of Kore right, wearing oak wreath / KY-ZI, thunderbolt within laurel wreath; monogram above and below. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B131282 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 3h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cow right; incuse rectangular punch behind. Good VF. Abydos (AD 198-217) AE 18 - Caracalla1281 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE18 (3.58g, 12h). AV K M AVP ANTΩNЄI/NOC, laureate and draped bust right / A BVΔHNΩ N, pair of bull heads, back to back. Near EF, green patina. Group CEM. Teos (BC 530-500) Trihemiobol1281 viewsca 510-475 BC. AR Diobol (1.85g). Forepart of griffin right / Rough incuse square. EF, toned. Good metal. Extremely rare denomination. CPA coll.; ex Peus 376 (10/2003), lot 376. Alexandreia (BC 171­-65) Tetradrachm1280 viewsca 171 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.94g, 34mm). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ ZΜΙΘΕΩΣ, Apollo Smintheus standing right, quiver over shoulder, holding bow and arrow in left hand, patera in right; two monograms to left, PΛ (130) to right, ΑΛΕΞΑΝ in exergue. gVF. Extremely rare, apparently unique, unpublished year. The dating of the coins of Alexandria Troas starts from the foundation of the city (300 BC), shown on the reverse of the coins. The first known issue to date was 164 BC (137 year after foundation). This coin records a date of 130 years after the city foundation, seven years prior to the first known issue. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B381279 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 10h). Head of Selinos facing slightly left / Head of roaring lion right. VF. Struck with fresh dies. Very rare, only four specimens listed by Bodenstedt. Stratonikeia (AD 0-200) AE 241279 views1st-2nd cent AD. AE24 (7.15g). CTRATONI-KEWN, Zeus Panamaros, radiate with sceptre over shoulder, on horseback right / YHFICAMENOU FLAUBIOU DIOMH DOUC, Hekate, with veil billowing overhead, seated side-saddle on a lion, radiate with a dog's tail, running left. EF, attractive olive green patina with a dusting of light earthen encrustation, unusually well struck for this issue. (BC 94-74) Nikomedes IV - Tetradrachm1279 viewsNikomedes IV, ca 94-74 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.37g, 12h), dated BE 208 (90/89 BC). Diademed head of Nikomedes right / Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; eagle on thunderbolt above monogram and HΣ (date) to left. Good VF, Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/3 Stater1279 viewsBefore 575 BC. EL Trite (4.66g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing cross and geometric design. Good VF. Rare denomination. (BC 280-230) Ariaramnes I - AE 141278 viewsAriaramnes I, ca 280-230 BC. AE14 (4.24g), possibly Eusebeia or Tyana mint. King's head right, wearing bashlyk / Horse grazing right; monograms above and below. Dark green patina. Extremely rare; possibly one of five specimens known. Good VF. Ariaramnes ruled independently after acknowledgement by Eumenes of Pergamon and Seleukids. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - female1278 viewsca 400-370 BC. AV Stater (8.41g). Female head left, wearing sphendone in hair, wreath of lotus blossoms and ear pendant / Forepart of Pegasos right. EF. (BC 220-163) Ariarathes IV - Drachm1277 viewsAriarathes IV, 220-163 BC. AR Drachm (4.18g, 11h). Dated Year 33 (188/87 BC). Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike, shield and spear; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ, ΓΛ (date) in exergue. EF. Ex Lanz Auc. 102 (5/2001), lot 285 (Ariarathes V; sold DM 425 ($190) + comm). Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 171277 viewsmid 4th century BC. AE17 (4.38g). Laureate Head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right, ΑΔΡΑ above, grain ear below. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B58 - EL 1/6 Stater1277 viewsca 480-440 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.57g). Forepart of a cow running left; above, [seal] / Four-part incuse square. Good VF. Tlos (BC 400-380) Hemiobol1276 viewsUncertain Dynast, ca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.25g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Panther sitting right, head facing, left paw raised; withing dotted circle incuse. Toned, EF. Unpublished? Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 261276 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE26 (20.90g). Male head left (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk) / 8-rayed star; bow to left, ANT monogram and Λ below. aEF, fine dark green patina. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1051276 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g, 12h). Head of Athena to right, wearing Attic helmet with crest / Owl standing to right, head turned to face the viewer; all within linear square. Rare. Nearly extremely fine. Bodenstedt believed this was the last issue of Mytilene, struck in the early 320s. The types are clearly those of Athens, though Athena’s helmet lacks the olive leaves and other decoration that appear on Athenian issues. Curiously enough, this issue is usually found struck rather shoddily, often from rusty dies. The present coin is one of the nicest known. Pergamon (AD 40-60) AE 17 1274 viewsClaudian era, ca 40-60 AD, under Roman protection, pseudo-autonomous. AE17 (4.25g). ΘΕΑN - ΡωΜΗN, draped bust of Roma right / ΘΕOΝ CΥΝΚΛΗΤΟΝ, draped diademed bust of Senate right. Good VF. (BC 130) Pylaimenes - AE 221274 viewsPylaimenes, ca 130 BC. AE22 (5.87g). Bust of Pylaimenes as Herakles right, club over shoulder, lion's skin around neck / [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. EF, dark green patina. Gutknecht coll. (BC 480) Amartite - Stater1274 viewsAmartite, Dynast, ca 480 BC. AR Stater (10.63g, 3h). Crab / "AMIARTITA" in Lycian, crab; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned, die break in obverse field. Extremely rare, the second known. Falghera noted that this issue belongs to a group that bridges the anepigraphic and epigraphic period, which would place it circa 480 BC. Additionally, the name "EME" on Falghera 57, which shares the same obverse die as both Amartite coins, may actually be a contracted form of the name of this same dynast. Side (AD 14-37) AE 16 - Tiberius1274 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE16 (3.06g). TIBE[PIOY], laureate head right / CIΔ-HT, Athena advancing left holding pomegranate and shield. VF. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B341273 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 11mm). Head of Silenos facing slightly right / Incuse archaic head of lion left. EF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B881273 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Persephone with disc earring and wreath of grain right / Bull butting to left in linear square. Almost extremely fine. Abydos (BC 320-280) Drachm1272 viewsca 320-280 BC. AR Drachm (2.37g). Kephalos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left; club in wreath to left, ABY above; ΚΕΦΑΛΟΥ to right above. VF-EF.1 comments Sinope (BC 85-65) AE 221272 viewsca 85-65 BC. AE22 (7.58g). Gorgoneion surrounded by aegis / Nike walking right. Good VF, dark brown patina. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion paw - EL 1/241272 views6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.55g). Lion's paw seen from above / Stellate pattern within incuse square. VF. Very rare. Elaia (BC 340-300) AE 101271 viewsAfter 340 BC. AE10 (1.27g) Head of Athena left in Corinthian helmet / grain-seed within olive-wreath. Good VF, black patina. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B421271 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.80g). Forepart of goat right, head reverted / Owl standing facing with open wings within incuse square. Rare. Good very fine. Kaisareia (AD 54-68) Didrachm - Nero and Divus Claudius1271 viewsNero and Divus Claudius, 54-68 AD. AR Didrachm (7.31g, 20mm), struck 63-65 AD. Laureate head of Nero right / Laureate head of Claudius right. Minor obverse flan flaw, good very fine. Germe (AD 198-211) AE 45 - Septimius Severus1271 viewsSeptimius Severus, with Caracalla, 198-211 AD. AE45 - Medallion (78.23g, 6h). Glycon, second strategus. Struck 202-205 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right, seen from behind, and laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla left, seen from behind, vis-à-vis / ΕΠΙ CΤΡΑ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟC Î’, Herakles seated left on lion’s skin draped over rock, holding club set on ground and cantharus; to left, Apollo, standing right, holding plectrum and lyre, and Artemis drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; to right, Tyche standing left, crowning Herakles and holding cornucopiae; ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ in exergue. Good VF, even green-black patina. Extremely rare, one of five known (the fourth in the BN). Ex Drewry Coll. (Triton VIII, 1/2005), lot 765. Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater 1271 views5th-4th century BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.71g). Figure, wearing armor and holding transverse scepter, standing left [on tunny?], in pose of acclamation / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished. VF, lightly toned, some die rust on obverse. Unique. Phokaia (BC 530-500) Obol1271 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.78g). Head of griffin left / Incuse punch. Good VF, toned and slightly granular surfaces. Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Hemidrachm1270 viewsca mid 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.84g, 12mm, 5h). KAΛ, forepart of bull left on grain ear, ΔA monogram before / three grain ears. Toned, good VF. Rare denomination. Assos (AD 177-192) AE 41 - Commodus1269 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE41 - Medallion (42.77g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust R, viewed from the back / [...] KLA[...]-OLAD-A around, ASSIWN in exergue, Commodus in triumphal quadriga left, holding branch, preceeded by Roma or Victory; trophy and two captives on platform behind. Probably the third known specimen. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 131 (4/2003), lot 531. Kraft, pl. 88, 14a-b notes that the obverse die used to strike this coin was also used to strike medallions for Pergamum and Mytilene, and that the Mytilene medallion uses the same reverse type as on this coin. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) thunderbolt - EL 1/12 Stater1269 viewsca 600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.13g). Milesian standard. Uncertain structure: Two broad parallel strings crossing four tresses / Incuse square with irregular surface. Missing in major references; possibly unpublished. EF.1 comments Adramytteion (AD 177-192) AE 32 - Commodus1269 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE32 - Medallion (28.05g, 6h). Aelius Reginus, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Commodus right on horseback, raising hand; to right, soldier, holding shield and vexillum, standing left. Near EF, black-green patina, slight double strike on reverse. Extremely rare. Isinda (BC 100-0) AE 201267 viewsca 1st century BC. AE20 (7.23g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Horseman right; C to left, ΙΣΙΝ and coiled snake below. VF, brown patina, some tan high points. Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian1267 viewsHadrian. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.43g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Laureate head right / COM BIT, octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze, pellet in pediment. VF. Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 161266 viewsmid 4th cent BC. AE16 (4.76g) Laureate Head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right, [ΑΔΡΑ] above, grain ear below. good VF. 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