Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Most viewed Phokaia (BC 477-388) B53 - EL 1/6 Stater1203 viewsca 450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.51g). Head of a lion (or lioness) facing; to left, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. EF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B911202 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Veiled head of Demeter right / Tripod tied with filet in linear square. Good VF. Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 111202 viewsafter 350 BC. AE11 (1.51g). Laureate, three-quarter facing head of Zeus, slightly right / Eagle standing left on pediment. VF, glossy brown patina under light earthen encrustation. Rare. Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater 1202 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Seal between two fish swimming in different directions; pellet behind / Rough incuse square. Exceptionally rare. VF. This puzzling issue was earlier attributed to both Cyzicus and Macedonia. However, due to weakly struck examples, the seal between the fish has never been recognized before ("an oval object between two pellets" and the like). The weight standard is clearly Phocaean and not Milesian, so unlikely to have been used in Northern Greece. Elaia (BC 400-300) Diobol1202 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (?) (1.01g). Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet / ΕΛΑ in triangular inscription in olive wreath. VF. Very rare. Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Hemidrachm1200 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. Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater1200 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Helmeted head left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Assos (AD 177-192) AE 41 - Commodus1199 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. Mallos (BC 440-390) Obol1198 viewsca 440-390 BC. AR Obol (0.86g, 7mm, 11h). Bearded janiform head / Swan standing left; lotus to left, monogram to right. VF, toned, light porosity. Very rare. Marion (BC 330-312) AV Triobol - Stasoikos1197 viewsStasoikos II, King of Marion, 330-312 BC. AV Triobol (2.02g). Head of Zeus left / Head of Aphrodite right, M[A] behind. VF. Very rare. Attaleia (AD 100-300) AE1196 views2nd-3rd cent AD. AE (2.97g). Bust of Poseidon right / Athena standing left, holding prow of ship in hand. Light green patina, EF. Alexandreia (BC 171­-65) Tetradrachm1196 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. Pergamon (BC 57-55) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1195 viewsC. Septimius T.f., Proconsul, 57-55 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.09g, 12h). Poseidonios, magistrate. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / C. SEPTVMI. T. F. PRO. COS, bow case between two serpents; monogram to left, thyrsos to right, ΠΟCΕΙΔωΝΙΟC below. EF, obverse a little off-center. Rare. Chios (BC 520-480) Didrachm1195 viewsca 480-460 BC. AR Didrachm (7.88g, 19mm). Sphinx seated left with open wings, amphora to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Slight weakness on obv. Good very fine. Trapezos (BC 350-330) 1/4 Drachm1194 views4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.50g). Bearded male head left within circular dotted border / ΤΡΑ, table, T below, all within circular incuse. EF. Ex Jameson Collection No. 2545. The table (τρaπεζα) is the badge of Trapezos. Abydos (BC 320-280) Drachm1193 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 Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian1193 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. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B421192 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. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B341192 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 11mm). Head of Silenos facing slightly right / Incuse archaic head of lion left. EF. Kos (BC 470-450) Triple-Siglos1192 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. Kalchedon (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm1192 viewslate 5th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 2.28g). Male head left / Four-spoked wheel. Toned VF, slight double striking. Rare. Stratonikeia (AD 0-200) AE 241191 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. Abydos (BC 175-70) Tetradrachm1191 viewsca 80-70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.63g, 1h). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at her shoulder, within dotted circle / Eagle standing right with spread wings, bunch of grapes to right; ΑΒΥ-ΔΗ-ΝΩΝ above, ΦΕΡΕΝΙΚΟΥ (magistrate) in exergue, all within laurel wreath. Beautifully toned. Good very fine. From the collections of H.S. von Aulock, R. Jameson, and Consul E. Weber (Hirsch XXI, 11/1908, lot 2534). (BC 182-149) Prusias II - AE 201190 viewsPrusias II, 182-149 BC. AE20 (5.19g, 12h). Head of wreathed Dionysos right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Kentaur Chiron trotting right, lyra in left hand; monogram to right. Green-brown patina, small corrosion spots, aEF/EF. Pergamon (BC 19-18) Tetradrachm - Augustus1189 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.15g). Pergamum mint. Struck circa 19-18 BC. IMP IX TR PO IV, Bare head right / Hexastyle temple set on four-tiered base; COM-ASIAE, ROM ET AVGVST across entablature. EF. Pergamon (BC 200-133) AE 201189 viewsca 200-133 BC. AE20 (8.91g). Laureate head of bearded Asklepios right / ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, snake coiled around omphalos. Green patina, VF. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - maenad1189 viewsca 394-350 BC. AV Stater (8.36g, 17mm, 12h). Head of female left, wearing ivy wreath, single-pendant earring and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos flying right within shallow incuse square. Near EF, test cut on edge. Good style and sharp details. Ex Gorny & Mosch 151 (10/2006), lot 174. Lampsakos (BC 394-330) AV Stater - satyr1189 viewsca 360-340 BC. AV Stater (8.42g). Head of female (!) satyr with pointed ear and flowing hair facing left, wearing ivy wreath, ear pendant and necklace / Forepart of Pegasos right. Highly unusual and extremely beautiful. Less than five recorded specimens. Good EF. Herakleia Pontika (BC 302-281) Didrachm1188 viewsca 302-281 BC. AR Didrachm (9.78g). Head of Herakles right / Dionysos sitting on throne left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑ[Ν] to right. Fine toning, EF. Rare. Sinope (BC 520-480) Drachm1188 viewsca 490-425 BC. AR Drachm (6.07g, 16mm). Head of sea eagle left, dolphin left below / Quadripartite pattern, opposite quadrants incuse and granulated. EF, well centered and exceptional for this issue. Virtually unimprovavble and perhaps the finest known of the type. Aspendos (BC 400-370) Stater1188 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.96g, 6h). Two wrestlers grappling / Slinger in throwing stance right; triskeles to right; three counterstamps around: (1) griffin left in incuse square; (2) bearded head right wearing petasos in incuse circle; (3) boar left in incuse oval. VF, attractive cabinet tone. Ex Clain-Stefanelli Coll. [Demarete Coll.] Adramytteion (BC 350) AE 161187 viewsmid 4th cent BC. AE16 (4.76g) Laureate Head of Zeus right / Forepart of winged horse right, [ΑΔΡΑ] above, grain ear below. good VF. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B91 - EL 1/6 Stater 1187 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Helmeted head of Athena right; small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Adramytteion (AD 98-192) AE 221187 viewsAntonine Period, 98-192 AD. AE22 (4.05g). AΔPAMY THN[ΩN], head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / CTPA TΩN ΠEPI A KAI KAΠIΩNA, Demeter seated left on cippus, grain ear and poppy head in right, scepter cradled in left. Very rare. Nice very fine. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B371187 viewsc. 440-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of aged satyr facing right, wearing a taenia / Two confronted heads of rams, palmette in upper field, the whole in framed incuse square. Obverse struck in high relief. EF/Good VF. Kaisareia (AD 241-244) Drachm - Tranquillina1187 viewsTranquillina, wife of Gordian III, 241-244 AD. AR Drachm (2.18g, 18mm). Dated RY 4 (240/1 AD). CABINIA TPANKVΛΛIN V, draped bust right / MHTPO KAICA BNЄ, ЄT Δ in exergue, Mount Argaeus; pellet to left. Good VF, porosity. Rare. Amathos (BC 350) 1/3 Stater - Rhoikos1185 viewsRhoikos, King of Amathos, ca 350 BC. AR 1/3 Stater - Tetrobol (2.18g). Head of lion right, in dotted circle / Forepart of lion right, head facing. EF. Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) thunderbolt - EL 1/12 Stater1184 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 Erythrai (BC 330-300) Drachm1183 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.61g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / EPY, club and bow case; owl to left, magistrate ΧΑΡΜΗΣ. Attractively toned, near EF. Rare. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XVI (8/1991), lot 162; Numismatic Fine Arts IV (3/1977), lot 288; John Ward Collection - Metropolitan Museum of Art (Sotheby's - Zurich, 4/1973), lot 567. Kyme (BC 400-350) Obol1182 views4th century BC. AR Obol (0.56g). Head of goat right / 8-petalled floral pattern, K-Y. EF. Very rare. Kyme (BC 400-350) Hemiobol1180 viewsca 350 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.33g, 7mm) Forepart of prancing horse right / Rosette. Teos (BC 300) Didrachm1179 viewsca 300 BC. AR Didrachm (5.99g). Griffin seated right / Anakreon seated right, plucking a lyre; magistrate [ΠΡ]ΟΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ. Unpublished types. Nicely toned, good VF, strike a bit uneven on the obverse. Unique. This is the second known example of an Anakreon didrachm, the first being a coin that turned up last year with the magistrate's name Aristonax. The magistrate Prokleides also appears on a drachm that shares its obverse die with an Aristonax drachm (see CNG Auction 55, lot 519). Anakreon (fl. late 6th Century BC) was a lyric poet who was a native of Teos. This issue marks his first appearance on a coin, and in fact this is probably the first appearance of any poet on a coin. Anakreon continued to appear on coins from Teos down through Roman times. Apameia (BC 150-140) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1179 viewsca 150-140 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.73g). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow-case with serpents; ΑΠΑ city monogram to L, elephant head to R. EF. Scarce. Tenedos (BC 188-70) Tetradrachm1179 viewsafter 189 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.62g). 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, two pilei of the Dioskouroi to right; all within laurel wreath. Good VF. Very rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion paw - EL 1/241179 views6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.55g). Lion's paw seen from above / Stellate pattern within incuse square. VF. Very rare. Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/241179 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.63g, 7mm). Phocaic standard. Figural type. Lion seated right / Incuse square punch. EF. Extremely rare, the third, and finest, known. Aigai (AD 41-48) AE 17 - Messalina1178 viewsMessalina, wife of Claudius. Augusta, 41-48 AD. AE17 (3.06g) Draped bust of Messalina right / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. Good VF, dark green patina with earthen encrustation. Rare portrait issue of Messalina in her own name. Kaisareia (AD 69-79) Hemidrachm - Vespasian1178 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AR Hemidrachm (1.77g). Laureate head right, AYTOKP CAP OYECΠΑCIANOC CEBA, Nike advancing right, holding wreath. Very fine. Adramytteion (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Septimius Severus1177 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE31 (23.94g). [A]VT K[...]PT[...] - CЄOVHPOC ΠЄPT, laureate, drapped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI CTP ΛOVK-IO B [...] / AΔPAMYTH/ΩN, emperor riding horse over bound captive. Brown patina, VF. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 - EL 1/6 Stater1176 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Sinope (BC 250) Didrachm1176 viewsafter 250 BC. AR Didrachm (8.16g). Turreted head of Nymph Sinope left; countermark: radiate head of Helios facing, ΣΙΝΟΠΕΩΝ around / [ΣΙ-Ν]Ο/B, Poseidon sitting on throne left, holding dolphin and trident; countermark: laureate head of horned Poseidon left. EF. Ex Lockett Auc. 2149 = SNG v. Aulock 6859. Kebren (BC 520-480) Obol1176 viewsearly 5th cent BC. AR Obol (0.58g). Head of ram right / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Abydos (BC 175-70) Tetradrachm1176 viewsafter 175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.87g). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder, within dotted circle / Eagle standing right with spread wings, bunch of grapes to right; ΑΒΥ-ΔΗ-ΝΩΝ above, ΑΡΤΕΜΩ/ΝΟΣ (magistrate) in exergue, all within laurel wreath. Nicely toned, aEF. Rare. Mallos (AD 14-37) AE 20 - Tiberius(?)1176 viewsTiberius(?), 14-37 AD. AE20 (4.07g, 12h). Laureate head left / Nike advancing right, holding wreath; star above outstretched arm. VF, attractive green patina. One of only two cited in RPC. Ex Frederick Coll.; ex CNG Elec. Auc. 90, lot 226; Levante Coll. There is some disagreement as to which emperor this belongs. SNG Levante assigns it to Tiberius, while the authors of RPC tentatively place it under Caligula. Kyzikos (BC 404-394) Tridrachm1176 viewsca 404-394 BC. AR Tridrachm (11.41g, 21mm, 6h). Herakliskos Drakonopnigon: the Infant Herakles crouching right, strangling a serpent coiled around each arm; Σ-Y-[N] around / Head of lion left; below, tunny left; KY-ZI around; all within shallow incuse circle. Near EF, old collection tone, slightly off center, some marks on the reverse. Extremely rare, only BM example known for this symmachy issue at Kyzikos. MPM coll., acquired in 1928. The British Museum acquired the only known example of this type from a dealer in Rhodes in 1927 (cf. N. Hardwick in QT XXV [1996]), as part of a group of four coins that had been found together. As the present coin was acquired by the consignor’s grandfather in 1928, it is possible that it was part of the same find that contained the BM coin. A comparison of color photographs of the two coins reveals a similar surface appearance that is consistent with coins from a common hoard. Naulochos (BC 350-340) AE 111174 viewsca 350-340 BC. AE11 (1.45g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / NAY, leaping dolphin within circular maeander pattern. Very rare. Slightly rough, very fine. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B53 - EL 1/6 Stater1174 viewsca 450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Head of a lion (or lioness) facing; to left, seal swimming downwards / 'Window' incuse. Choice EF. The obverse image is borrowed from the coinage of the Bruttian city Rhegion. Cyprus Uncertain (BC 450) Stater1173 viewsca 450 BC. AR Stater (10.52g). Cow right suckling calf, eagle flying right, "ankh" in right field topped with owl's head / Bull standing right, plow above, owl's head below. Good VF. Extremely rare; one of only three known coins. Ex Geissener Muenzhandlung 44 (4/1989), lot 463. The examples of this coin are known: this piece, the Paris specimen, and one in a private collection (from Leu 50, lot 216). There is another coin in Paris from the Seyrig Collection which is stuck from the same dies, but in an earlier state, before the dies were recut to add the owl heads. Originally attributed to a Phoenician mint and later an uncertain Cilician mint, M. Amandry has since convincingly argued that the style does not fit the Sidonian origin and directs one to another coin (see Sternberg XVII, 180) possibly from the same obverse die, but with heavier recutting, that has a more Cypriote-appearing reverse. Amisos (BC 30-AD 14) AE1173 viewsTime of Augustus, 30 BC - 14 AD. AE (12.22g). Diademed female head right (Amisos?) / Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm. Good VF, dark green patina. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B861173 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 11mm, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / Head of Hermes right, chlamys around shoulders and petasos behind neck, within linear frame. gEF. 41 examples known to Bodenstedt. Additionally, there appear to be the 58 additional examples that have come to auction – this being the 58th. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Geometric bee - EL 1/31172 viewsca 7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.69g). Milesian standard. Bee / Ornamented quadripartite incuse square. EF. Extremely rare. Ilion (BC 300-200) Tetrobol1171 views3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.87g). Head of Athena right, wearing attic crested helmet / Archaic cult statue of Athena Ilias left, holding spear and distaff, rose to left. Light porosity, VF-EF. Extremely rare. Unpublished? Isinda (BC 100-0) AE 201171 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. Ephesos (AD 0-100) AE 211171 views1st century AD. AE21 - Tesserae (5.87g). Stag kneeling left, head reverted / Bee. VF, dark green patina, mounted in a contemporary silver bezel which has been broken, most likely where a loop had been for suspension. A long series of tesserae, or tokens, was produced at the cult center of Ephesos during the Hellenistic period and later. The legends generally cannot be translated, and are probably for the most part meaningless mystical formulae. Kibyra Minor (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 191170 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE19 (6.18g). Conjoined heads of Dioskouroi right / Nike standing left, crowning trophy and holding taenia; countermark: male head right. Good VF, dark olive patina, lightly worn at high points. Ex von Aulock Collection, 5654. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 3 - EL 1/241170 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24th Stater (6mm, 0.56g). Lion head facing / Incuse punch. Good VF.1 comments Abydos (BC 470-440) Obol1169 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Obol (0.66g). Eagle standing left; ABY to left, kylix to right / Gorgoneion in incuse square. VF. Rare. Lampsakos (BC 390-330) Trihemiobol1169 viewsca 390-330 BC. AR Diobol (1.10g). Janiform female head with circular earring / ΛΑΜ, helmeted head of Athena right. Nice VF. Philadelphia (AD 35-37) AE 16 - Tiberius Gemellus1166 viewsTiberius Gemellus(?), co-heir of Tiberius. AE16 (3.18g), struck ca 35-37 AD. TIBERION [CEBACTON], bare head of Tiberius Gemellus(?) right / N[EO]KEC"PEIC, winged thunderbolt. Dark green patina, gF. Extremely rare. Tiberius Gemellus, born 19 AD, was twin brother to Germanicus Gemellus. They were the sons of Livilla, sister of Germanicus and Claudius, and given to her husband Drusus, son of emperor Tiberius. However, it is probable that they were fathered by Sejanus, the ambitious prefect of Tiberius. During the last years of Tiberius' life, his options for an heir had narrowed to his only 'grandson' Tiberius Gemellus and his grandnephew Caligula. Both men were adopted as co-heirs in 35. However, when Tiberius died in 37, the prefect Macro declared Caligula the new emperor, as the two had prearranged. For appearances, Tiberius Gemellus was hailed princeps iuventutis, but within months was executed for treason. This portrait is especially important because it depicts him not as a child, but as a teen and heir to the throne. All coins from this issue share the same obverse die. Kromna (BC 340-300) Drachm1166 viewsca 340-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.57g, 10h). Laureate head of Zeus left / KPΩMNA, head of Hera left, wearing elaborate stephane, crescent above; monogram below chin, star behind neck. EF, dark iridescent toning. Unpublished variety. Ex Garrett Coll. (Numismatic Fine Arts & Leu, 10/1984), lot 248. Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater1161 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of Hermes left, wearing Petasos; seal to right / Quatripartite incuse square. aEF. Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater1161 viewsca 480-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.71g). Sphinx, with ornamental tendril on her head and with her right forepaw raised, standing left on tunny fish Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely fine. Ex Hirsch 233 (2/2004), 1415. Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL 1/12 Stater1161 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hemihekte (). Head of Attis right, wearing ornamented Phrygian cap, [tunny fish below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely Rare - possibly only the third known specimen. Mallos (BC 425-400) Hemiobol1159 viewsca 400-380 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g). Astragalos / "Ankh" symbol. Very fine.1 comments Kaisareia (AD 98-117) Drachm - Trajan1159 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.36g, 7h), struck 98-99 AD. Laureate head right / Right hands clasped over military standard set on prow. VF, light porosity. Rare. Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm1159 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.99g, 8h). Young male head right, wearing tainia / ΠΟΡΔ, panther standing right within incuse square. VF, porous. Unpublished, apparently unique. While the type is unpublished, cf. BMC Troas, p. 219, 1, for a drachm of Pordosilene with the same obverse type.1 comments Smyrna (AD 14-37) AE 19 - Tiberius1159 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE19 (4.76g, 12h). Hieronymos, magistrate, under the proconsulship of Petronius. Struck 29-35 AD. ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟC CΕΒΑCΤΟC, laureate head right / ZΜΥΡΝΑΙWΝ ΙΕΡWΝΥΜΟC, garlanded flaming altar. VF, brown surfaces, deposits. Group CEM. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B351158 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Helmeted head of Athena right; ΛΕ behind neck / Confronted steer heads within incuse square. Good VF, well centered. Ex CNG 61 (9/2001), lot 665. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater1158 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion's skin; club over shoulder, small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Kyme (BC 350-320) Didrachm1158 viewsca 350-320 BC. AR Didrachm (5.45g, 7h). Eagle with closed wings standing right, head turned to left / […], forepart of horse right. Extremely rare. Considerable traces of corrosion, otherwise very fine. Acquired from Spink´s in April 1970. This is one of the very few known examples of the late 4th century didrachm coinage of Kyme. One example signed by a different magistrate is in the BM and one was sold by NFA in 1976, which may well have been struck from the same dies as the present piece but is so corroded that it is impossible to be sure. (BC 340-334) Pixodaros - AV 1/12 Stater1157 viewsPixodaros, Satrap, 340-334 BC. AV 1/12 Stater - Obol (8mm, 0.67g, 12h). Halikarnassos mint. Laureate head of Apollo left / Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and lotus-tipped scepter, ΠΙΞΟΔΑΡΟΥ to right. Pits and scratches, VF. Rare. Karl Coll. Methymna (BC 520-460) Hemiobol1156 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.21g). Facing head of bearded Silenos / Double incuse punch. VF, extremely rare. Unpublished? (BC 130-112/0) Ariarathes VI - Drachm1156 viewsAriarathes VI Epiphanes Philopator, ca 130-112/0 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.18g, 12h). Mint C (Komana?). Diademed head right, wearing short beard / Athena standing left, holding wreath and palm; monograms to inner left and outer right, I in exergue. VF, lightly toned, a few light marks on obverse. Unpublished with bearded portrait. The standard depiction is of Athena Nikephoros, but here she holds a wreath and palm rather than Nike and spear. The Cappadocian warrior-goddess Enyo-Ma was their local version of Athena, and Mørkholm thought this rendition of Athena may have been more closely based on the standard depiction of this local goddess, whose temple was at Komana. This unusual depiction only occurred on Mørkholm's issues 3 and 4 at mint C, and he was uncertain of the underlying reason for its appearance. Mint C was apparently established during the reign of Ariarathes VI, most likely due to uncertain military necessities. Although the location of the mint at Komana is not certain, issues of this mint have a metrological affinity with those of mint A (Eusebia-Mazaka [Caesarea]), suggesting a location proximate to the latter. Parion (BC 400-300) Hemidrachm1155 viewsca 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.45g). Bull left, looking right; PA above, PI and patera beneath / Gorgoneion facing, surrounded by aegis. VF. Amisos (BC 4th cent) Siglos/Drachm1154 viewsca 435-370 BC. AR Siglos - Drachm (20mm, 5.55g, 3h). Persic standard. Aris-, magistrate. Head of Hera left, wearing stephane, earring, and necklace / Owl standing facing on shield, with wings spread; [grain ear to outer left,] sword in sheath to outer right, AP-IΣ and H-Γ across inner field, ΠEIPA in exergue. EF, toned, light die rust on obverse. Methymna (BC 500-450) Stater1153 viewsca 480 BC. AR Stater (8.51g). ΜΑΘVΜΝΑ[ΙΟΣ], boar standing right, head lowered / ΜΑΘVΜΝΑΙ-ΟΣ, helmeted head of Athena right, dotted square border; all within an incuse square. Good VF. Rare. From the Robert Schonwalter Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Auc. VIII (6/1980), lot 225; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Warren Collection, 1069; Greenwell Collection; Lesbos Hoard 1891 (IGCH 1187). Aigai (AD 222-235) AE 50 - Severus Alexander1152 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE50 - Medallion (49.60g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple; cult statue within, Nike standing on apex. Unpublished. Nice VF, dark green and brown patina with a trace of red, some light smoothing in fields. Unique. Quite impressive and huge. Mallos (BC 385-333) Stater1151 viewsca 385-333 BC. AR Stater (10.65g). Bearded head of Herakles right, lion's skin tied around neck / Head of Persian satrap right, wearing Persian headdress, ΜΑΛ to left. Nice EF, beautifully engraved dies. Ex the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Sotheby's, 11/1972), lot 627; Montagu Collection (Sotheby, 3/1896), lot 657. Soloi (BC 425-400) Stater1150 views425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.68g, 10h). Amazon kneeling left, holding bow, wearing quiver on left hip; facing satyr's head in right field, Λ in circle in exergue / ΣΟΛΕΩΝ, grape cluster on vine; fly to right; all within incuse square. Superb EF, lightly toned. Exceptional and one of the finest known of the type. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B191148 viewsca 477-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Gorgoneion facing / Incuse head of Herakles wearing lion skin right. Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 2 - EL 1/121148 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte (1.17g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Facing lion's head / Incuse punch. Good VF. Thymbra (BC 330-300) AE 161147 views4th century BC. AE16 (2.64g, 3h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Θ-Î¥, torch within wreath. VF, dark green patina, rough areas on obverse, flan crack. Extremely rare, apparently unpublished.1 comments Pontos Uncertain (BC 30-1) AE 191147 viewsLate 1st cent BC. AE19 (8.65g, 12h). Bare male head right / Two figures sacrificing a pig; EETI[A] below. VF, black patina. Phokaia (BC 387-326) Hemidrachm1146 viewsca 387-326 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.12g, 2h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Head of griffin left; ΑΓ monogram below. Good VF, minor porosity. Rare.1 comments Amisos (BC 130-100) AE 311146 viewsca 130-100 BC. AE31 (20.25g). Male head left (Mithradates VI?), wearing Persian leather cap (bashlyk) / 8-rayed star; bow to left, ANT monogram and 2 other monograms below. Broad flan. VF/gVF, dark brown-green patina. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Dia (BC 120-63) AE 201146 viewsca 120-63 BC. AE20 (7.84g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing on thunderbolt left, head right; monogram to left, ΔΙΑΣ below. Glossy black patina, gEF. Rare city. Gutknecht coll. Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater1146 viewsca 390-370 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Head of the Lydian queen Omphale facing left, wearing Herakles' lion-skin, shouldering his club; beneath truncation, seal swimming left / Four-part incuse square. EF. (BC 440-425) Kheriga - 1/3 Stater1145 viewsKheriga (Gergis, son of Harpagos), Dynast, ca 450-410 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (2.85g, 6h), Phellos mint. Diademed head of female left; flower behind / kheriga in Lycian around, owl standing left, head facing; olive sprig to right; all within incuse square. VF, toned, porous. Unpublished variety for this rare dynast. Smyrna (BC 75-50) Drachm1145 viewsca 75-50 BC. AR Drachm (3.89g, 12h). Homereia type. Megakles, magistrate. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Homer seated left, holding scroll; scepter behind, MEΓAKΛ[HΣ] to left. VF, minor porosity, very light cleaning marks, small flan flaw on chin. Very rare denomination, unpublished with this magistrate. The magistrate Megakles is only known for Milne’s period XVII coinage, and the obverse die link to the drachms of Apollonios of this period confirms this placement. While the tetradrachms of Smyrna used local reverse types not found on other denominations, the very rare drachms employ the famous ‘Homereia’ type found on the relatively common bronzes. Strabo specifically mentions this bronze coinage when, discussing the city, he says "there is also a library; and the 'Homereum', a quadrangular portico containing a shrine and wooden statue of Homer; for the Smyrnaeans also lay especial claim to the poet and indeed a bronze coin of theirs is called a Homereum" (Strabo, Geographica XIV, I.37, transl. by H.C. Jones, The Geography of Strabo, VI [Loeb, 1960], pp. 245-247). Phokaia (AD 244-249) AE 40 - Philip I1145 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE40 - Medallion (29.67g, 6h). Cl. Scribonianus, strategus. • A • K • MAP • IOV • • ΦIΛIΠΠOC •, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / • ЄΠ • CT KΛ • CKPЄI/• BωNIA/NOY • above, • ΦωKAIЄωN • in exergue, dog standing right, biting into a captured dolphin left with tail upturned. Good VF, brown patina. Extremely rare, one of two known (the other is in the BM). The enigmatic reverse type of this coin has defied any substantially conclusive explanation. Phocaea’s extant foundation mythology does not include this topos, and the civic badge was the seal, rather than the dolphin. To date, Head’s suggestion (HN, p. 590) seems the only explanatory attempt: the dog is a personification of the local river, the Smardos, rushing down to the sea, personified by the dolphin. Otherwise, the meaning of this scene is unknown. 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