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(BC 600-550) Uncertain King - EL 1/12 Stater7554 viewsearly 6th cent BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.16g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch. VF, choice centering and strike.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/2 Stater5888 viewsKroisos, King of Lydia, ca 561-546 BC. AR Siglos (5.36g, 26mm). Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and bull left; pellet over head of lion / Double incuse punch. Choice VF, good metal.
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(BC 545-520) Cyrus/Darios - AV Stater4218 viewsTime of Cyrus to Darios I, Kings of Lydia, ca 545-520 BC. AV Stater (15mm, 8.06g). Light standard, Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Double incuse punch. EF.
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(BC 619-561) Alyattes - EL 1/3 Stater3791 viewsAlyattes, King Of Lydia, ca 619-561 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.74g, 12mm, 4mm thick). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch.
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(BC 545-520) Cyrus/Darios - AV Stater3480 viewsTime of Kroisos to Cambyses, King Of Lydia, ca 560-525 BC. AV Stater (8.03g), light series, Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two square incuse punches of unequal size. EF.
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(BC 650-600) Valvel or Walwet - EL Hekte 2919 viewsca 7th century BC. EL Hekte (2.35g). Head of roaring lion right; Lydian inscription to left / Double incuse punch. Rare. Very fine.
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(BC 610-546) EL 1/3 Stater2826 viewsTime of Alyattes to Kroisos, ca 610-546 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.69g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse square punches. Good VF, toned, a few light marks.
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(BC 560-525) Kroisos - AV Stater2510 viewsTime of Kroisos to Cambyses, King Of Lydia, ca 560-525 BC. AV Stater (8.07g), light series, Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two square incuse punches of unequal size. Good VF.
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Nysa (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian2492 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (36mm, 10.13g). HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS P P., head right / COS - III. Hades with scepter, holding stolen Persephone, protecting from her from the wind with mantle, driving quadriga of halloping horses, basket of flowers below. Fine toning, aEF. Extremely rare, possibly unique. From the von Aulock collection and Bank Leu AG, Auktion 30 (4/1982, Zurich), lot 363.
According to Homer, the abduction of Persephone took place somewhere in the "Nysion pedion." It mattered little that Lydian Nysa was a forth century foundation; a cult of the underworld grew up there. The town had a Plutonium, and in later times a festival called the Theogamia celebrated the abduction itself." (W. E. Metcalf, a. O., p. 50).
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV Stater2478 viewsKroisos, King Of Lydia, ca 561-546 BC. AV Stater (16mm, 8.03g). Sardeis mint, struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. EF, lustrous, some minor marks.
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(BC 610-560) Alyattes - EL 1/12 Stater2359 viewsAlyattes, ca 610-560 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (7mm, 1.12g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, with knob on forehead / Incuse square punch. Countermarks VF, host coin Fine. At least 15 or 16 bankers' marks. Rare as such.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/6 Stater2356 viewsca 560-546 BC. AV Hekte – 1/6 Stater (8mm, 1.32g). Light standard. Sardeis mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. VF. Very rare.
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(BC 545-520) Cyrus/Darios - AR Siglos2333 viewsTime of Cyrus to Darios I, ca 545-520 BC. AR Siglos (15mm, 5.23g). Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two incuse square punches. Near EF, toned. The first coinage of the Persian Empire.
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/3 Stater2294 viewsUncertain King, before 561 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.71g). Head of boar with prominent tusk right / Double incuse punch with rough stellate pattern. Good VF.
The Spier coin proves the obverse die shows two boar heads confronted; the small flan causes the right handed boar to be lacking. Conceivably, there existed a full stater with the complete type present.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR Stater2180 viewsca 560-546 BC. AR Stater – Double Siglos (20mm, 10.39g). Sardeis mint, struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two square punches of unequal size. VF,
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/3 Stater2152 viewsca 560-546 BC. AR 1/3 Stater (13mm, 3.31g). Sardeis mint, struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. VF, toned, typical light porosity.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR Stater2139 viewsca 560-546 BC. AR Stater – Double Siglos (20mm, 10.40 g). Sardeis mint, struck ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two square punches of unequal size. Good VF, find patina.
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Tralleis (BC 189-133) Cistophoric Drachm2101 views189-133 BC. AR Cistophoric Drachm (2.84g, 18mm). Club, draped lion skin; all within vine-wreath / TPAΛ, bunch of grapes upon vine-leaf. Very fine.
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Nysa (BC 200-100) AE 191972 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AE19 (4.64g). Veiled bust of Kore right, wearing wreath of grain / ΝΥΣΑΕΩΝ, slinger standing right, left arm extended, holding sling overhead in right hand; magistrate [..]ROS, monogram upper right. VF, glossy green patina.
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Mostene (AD 177-192) AE 35 - Commodus1948 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE35 (22.48g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / EΠ MCOΛIEPNO-V APC M-OCTHNΩΝ, horseman right holding bipenis over shoulder being led by Hermes standing right, head turned left, holding long caduceus and bridle; Cyprus tree in background between Hermes and horse, small lighted altar under raised leg of horse. VF, brown patina, some roughness. Apparently unpublished. A similar type is recorded for Commodus without Hermes and without the Archon's name, which is apparently not recorded.
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(BC 560-525) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater1903 viewsTime of Kroisos to Cambyses, Kings Of Lydia, ca 560-525 BC. AV 1/24 Stater (0.44g). Kroisid type, heavy series. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Double incuse square punch. Fine. Extremely rare.
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(BC 600-550) Uncertain King - AR Fourre' Hekte1900 viewsBefore 561 BC. AR Hekte (1.03g). Head of roaring lion right / Irregular incuse punch. Unpublished in major references. Probably once coated with electrum foil, similar to the coin mentioned in Franke's Antike Metallurgie und Muenzpragung, page 15. This coin also made from silver/ billon (rather than bronze, as typical for later fourre's).
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(BC 619-561) Alyattes II - EL 1/3 Stater1883 viewslate 7th century BC. EL Trite (4.36g, 10,5mm). Head of roaring lion right; retrograde legend (WALWET) downward on right / Double incuse square punch. Light deposits, obverse scratch, VF.
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(BC 610-546) EL 1/3 Stater1837 viewstemp. Alyattes to Kroisos, ca 610-546 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (14mm, 4.64g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, knob on forehead / Two incuse square punches. Near VF, multiple bankers/countermarks on obverse and on edge.
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Akrasos (AD 222-235) AE 36 - Severus Alexander1763 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE36 (22.98g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing facing, head turned right, leaning on club and holding the apples of the Hesperides. Near VF, dark grayish-green patina. Rare.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/12 Stater1754 viewsKroisos, King Of Lydia, ca 561-546 BC. AV 1/12 Stater (0.6g, 6mm), light series, struck at Sardeis ca 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse square punch. EF. Ex Gorny & Mosch Sale 199, 504.
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/24 Stater1635 viewsUncertain King, before 561 BC. EL 1/24 stater (0.55g). Milesian standard. Boar's head right / Four-part incuse square with roughly stellar pattern. Good VF.
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Hypaipa (AD 198-217) AE 37 - Caracalla1604 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE37 - Medallion (23.88g, 6h). Damas and Lucius, magistrates. AVT M AVP CE ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / EPI AVR DAMA KAI LOUKIOU CTPA VPAIPHN WN, nude Helios, radiate, standing left, holding torch illuminating cult statue of Artemis Anaitis to left. Near EF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare. Drewry Coll.; ex Triton II (12/1998), lot 631; Sternberg XIV (5/1984), lot 382.
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Apollonis (AD 161-180) AE 19 - Faustina II1573 viewsFaustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius, died 175 AD. AE19 (5.12g). ΦA-VCTEINA- CEBACT; draped bust right / AΠOΛΛWNITEΩN; Demeter standing; holding in right hand poppy-heads and corn-ears; left hand resting on long torch. Very fine.
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Sardeis (AD 14-37) AE 17 - Tiberius1544 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE17 (5.28g) Togate figure of Emperor raising kneeling figure of Tyche of Sardis / Livia seated right with scepter and ears of corn.
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(BC 600-550) Alyattes II - EL 1/96 Stater1494 viewsAlyattes II, King Of Lydia, ca 600-550 BC. EL 1/96th Stater (4mm, 0.15g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch. VF, very pale.
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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater1462 viewsca 560-546 BC. AV 1/24 Stater (5mm, 0.44g). Heavy standard. Sardeis mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Incuse square punch. VF. Very rare.
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Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 181427 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE18 (5.21g), Heraois, magistrate. Laureate head of Herakles right / Apollo standing left, holding bird and olive branch; ΗΡΑΙΟΥΣ to left, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ to right. gVF.
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Thyateira (AD 0-100) AE 141253 viewsUnder Roman rule, 1st century AD. AE14 (3.12g) Head of beardless Herakles right, lion skin on shoulders / ΘΥΑΤ-ΕΙΡΗ/ÎΩÎ, double-axe (labrys). Dark green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.
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Nysa (BC 200-100) AE 201247 views2nd cent BC. AE20 (6.99g). Head of young Dionysos with ivy wreath and chignon right / ΝΥΣΑ/ΕΩΝ, Hades driving galloping quadriga right, holding Kore-Persephone in right arm. Green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/48 Stater1221 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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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/24 Stater1205 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.
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Sardeis (AD 98-180) AE 221148 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.
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Thyateira (AD 55-60) AE 16 - Nero1145 viewsFirst Issue, 55-60 AD. AE16 (3.55g) Draped bust right, lightly bearded / ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗ-ÎΩÎ, double-axe.
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Thyateira (AD 55-60) AE 15 - Nero1129 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE15 (2.3g). NEPΩΠΚΛΑΥΔΙΟC KAICAP CEBA, head right / ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗ-ÎΩÎ, labrys (double-axe). gVF.
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Philadelphia (AD 35-37) AE 16 - Tiberius Gemellus1117 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.
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Nysa (BC 134) Tetradrachm1115 viewsafter 134 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.83g), dated year 1 (134/133 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΝΥΣΑ, bow-case with serpents; A (date) to left, MO above, jugate busts (Pluto and Kore?) to right. VF. Apparently unpublished, possibly unique.
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Sardeis (AD 23-26) AE 27 - Germanicus and Drusus1066 viewsGermanicus and Drusus, Caesars, ca 23-26 AD. AE27 (12.14g), restruck ca 28-29 AD by Asinius Pollio, Proconsul. Drusus and Germanicus seated left in curule chairs / Legend in wreath; ΓΑΙΩ ΑΣΙΝΝΙΩ ΠΟΛΛΙΩΝΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΩ around (overstruck on original legend). VF, green patina, slightly rough surfaces.
This interesting coin appears to be an original issue, but in actuality, it is an earlier issue that is restruck with two intricate 'countermarks.' These 'countermarks' were ring-shaped punch restrikings of the legends that surround the obverse and reverse designs. While the obverse 'countermark-legend' is the same as that which appeared on the original striking, the reverse legend, originally ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΚΛΕΩΝΟΣ ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΟΥ, has been totally replaced by a new 'countermark-legend.'
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Maionia (AD 100-270) AE 171047 viewsImperial Times, 2nd-3rd cent AD. AE17 (5.89g, 6h). Bare head of Hercules left / MAIONΩN, Silenus seated right on wicker calathus, holding [cantharus in right hand] and infant Dionysus on left knee with left. EF, blue-black patina. Extremely rare. Ex Cain Coll.
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Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 171040 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (5.52g). Head of young Dionysos right / Panther walking left, head facing, broken spear in mouth; ΣΑΡΔΙ/ΑΝΩΝ above, monograms below and to left. Dark green patina, VF.
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Tralleis (BC 49/48) Tetradrachm1012 viewsC. Fannius, Praetor, 49/8 BC. AR Tetradrachm (12.04g). Cistophoric standard. Charidemos, son of Dionysides, magistrate. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Hexastyle temple, surmounted by statue of Athena, between two serpents and stars; to right, Hekate standing left; magistrate’s name below. Good VF, light porosity. Rare. Ex CNG 66 (5/2004), lot 1014.
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Apollonis (AD 139-161) AE 29 - Marcus Aurelius1008 viewsMarcus Aurelius (as Caesar?), 139-161 AD. AE29 (17.20g), Aeschrion and Hermokrates, magistrates. AV KAI M AVPHΛIOC ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, bare-headed and draped bust right / ΑΠΟΛΩΝΙΔΕΩΝ across field, ΑΠ ΕPΜΟΚPΑΤΟC ΑΙCXPΙΩΝΟC, Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. Good VF, dark brown patina. Unpublished in the major references.
The magistrate Hermokrates is known for Apollonis through several coins of Lucius Verus. The portrait and titles suggest a date late in Aurelius' service as Caesar or immediately after he succeeded Antoninus Pius in 161 AD. The second magistrate, Aeschrion, is known from one other coin, also of Lucius Verus, from Apollonia, which has been identified as Apollonia Salbace in Caria, Mionnet III pg. 332, 173). It is tempting to see them as the same person. But Apollonis in Lydia and Apollonia Salbace are some distance apart, and it is difficult to see the connection. However, there are a number of other Apollonias in Asia Minor, and one of them, Apollonia on the Caicus in Mysia, is only some 20 miles from Apollonis. Perhaps the two close neighbors shared more than a similarity in names, and there was a civic connection.
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Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 141006 views2nd-1st century BC. AE14 (2.44g, 4h). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣΑΡΔΙ−ΑÎΩÎ, around club within wreath; uncertain monogram to right. Good VF, black patina.
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Nysa (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian1001 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.00g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Hades dragging away protesting Persephone in quadriga right; overturned basket of flowers below. VF, small area of flat strike in obverse legend. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Extremely rare. This unique example depicts a winged figure holding the wedding torch, or taeda, above the horses. This is Hymenaeus, one of the erotes and the personification of the Hymenaea, or wedding song sung outside the bridal chamber. Metcalf's attribution to this mint is based on the regional association of this reverse type.
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Aninetos (AD 193-211) AE - Septimus Severus989 viewsSeptimus Severus, 193-211 AD. AE (24.06g). AY-KAI-L-CE- - CEYHPOC-P. Laureate cuirassed bust right / EPI [. . . ]NDP - OY [...]APIWNOC / ANINHCIWN. God Men in phrygian cap riding on horse right, holding double-axe. Dark green patina with light highlights, aEF/VF. Very rare, unpublished.
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Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 200-0) AE 24989 views2nd century BC. AE24 (11.75g). Laureate head of bearded Herakles right / ΜΑΓÎΗΤΩΠ- ΣΙΠΥΛΟΥ, Athena standing left, wearing long chiton and helmet, holding round shield in left hand, Nike with wreath in outstretched right, monogram in field above. Fine olive-green patina, worn obv die, VF/EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 17978 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (3.84g). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Forepart of lion right; ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ above, monogram to left. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Philadelphia (BC 100-0) AE 15945 views1st century BC. AE14.94 (3.77g) Macedonian shield / Thunderbolt; ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩÎ, monogram to right. Good very fine.
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Tralleis (BC 300-200) AE 18939 viewsas Seleukeia, 3rd century BC. AE18 (3.75g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Bull standing left, head facing; ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΠabove, ΠΥΡΡΟΣ in exergue; all within circular maeander pattern. Rare issue. Fine green patina, EF. Gutknecht coll.
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Lydia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) AE 12931 viewsSardeis? 4th century BC. AE12 (1.5 g, 12h). Head of Dionysios left, wearing ivy wreath / Kantharos; F and S (in Lydian) flanking. Good VF, brown patina. Very rare. Ex Gorny & Mosch 203 (3/2012), lot 197 (Naxos).
In previous sales, this issue has been attributed to either Cycladic Naxos or Syros. While both cities struck coins with same types, all of these cities’ bronzes consistently bear the first two letters of their respective ethnic flanking the base of the kantharos. On this issue, these Greek letters have been replaced by two Lydian letters, allowing its correct attribution to a mint in Lydia. Sardeis is a possibility, as it’s spelling in Lydian was Sfard.
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Akrasos (AD 177-192) AE 25 - Commodus921 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE25 (9.0g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟΣ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ CΤΡΑ ΒΑCCOV AKPACIΩΤΩÎ, Athena standing left, holding owl over lighted altar. Good very fine.
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Thyateira (BC 200-100) AE 21901 views2nd cent BC. AE21 (10.56g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΘΥΑΤΕΙ/PHNΩN, Tripod, monogram above; all within laurel wreath. Good VF, dark green patina under earthen encrustation. From the David Freedman Collection.
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Lydia Uncertain (BC 5th cent) Tetartemorion893 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.18g, 9h). Head of ram right; decorative lines below; above, 'FALFAK' in Lydian / Helmeted head of Athena right; to lower right, TK in Lydian. Good VF.
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Philadelphia (AD 37-41) AE 17 - Caligula891 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE17 (4.73g, 12h). Makedon, magistrate. Bare head right / capricorn left, bearing cornucopiae; monogram to left; ΜΑΚΕΔωΝ in exergue. Good VF, olive patina with traces of earthen overtones. Very rare magistrate, only three examples cited in RPC: one in Wintherthur, a second in Vienna, the third in a private collection.
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Thyateira (AD 222-235) AE 48 - Severus Alexander888 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE48 - Medallion (48.55g, 6h). Mar. Pollianus, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Young Hercules standing facing, head right, holding club set on ground and deceased lion. Good VF, dark green patina, minor smoothing in fields. Extremely rare, only the second specimen known.
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Sardeis (AD 100-300) AE 19888 viewsImperial times, 2nd-3rd century AD. AE19 (3.23g). ΣAP - ΔIΣ, Tyche Sardis right, draped and veiled, wearing mural crown / ΣAPΔIANΩN B NEΩKOPΩN, cult statue of Kore standing facing, wearing polos, surmounted by star and crescent; grain-ear to left, poppy to right. Rare variant. VF, black-green patina.
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Philadelphia (BC 100-0) AE 20870 views1st cent BC, under Hermippos, Archiereus. AE20 (6.61g). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind shoulder; H(?) under / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΠ- ΕΡΜΙΠΠΟΣ / ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ, Apollo in long chiton standing right, holding kithara in left hand, plektron in right. Good style, black patina, EF. Gutknecht coll.; ex M&M AG, Basel List 526 (1989), lot 189.
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Apollonis (BC 200-0) AE 19865 views2nd-1st century BC. AE19 (5.96g). Macedonian shield with central star / ΑΠΟΛΛΩ-ÎΙΔΕΩÎ, club in dotted circle. Fine green patina, EF. Very rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Sardeis (AD 41-54) AE 13 - Claudius864 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE13 (3.6g). ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, head left / ΣΑΡΔΙΑÎΩÎ, head of Herakles left. Nice Very Fine.
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Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 17-37) AE 16 - Livia863 viewsLivia, after 17 AD. AE16 (3.91g, 12h). ΘЄON CYNKΛHTON, draped bust of Senate right / CЄBACTHN MAΓNHTЄC AΠO C, draped bust of Livia right. A bit rough, very fine.
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Sardeis (AD 14-37) AE 18 - Tiberius858 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE18 (5.16g, 12h). Julius Kleon and Memnon, magistrates. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑ−ΡΕΩΝ ΣΑ−ΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, Tiberius standing facing left, raising up a kneeling Tyche of Sardis / [ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΙΟΥ]ΛΙΟΣ ΚΛΕΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΜΝΩΝ, Livia as Demeter seated right, holding sceptre and grain ears. Good VF, black patina with earthen encrustation, light scratches.
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Sardeis (BC 133) AE 17858 viewsafter 133 BC. AE17 (4.72g). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Panther walking left, head facing, broken spear in mouth; ΣΑΡΔΙ/ΑΝΩΝ above, monograms below and to left. Fine green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.; ex M&M AG, Basel, List 336 (1972), lot 267.
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Thyateira (AD 81-96) AE851 views1st century AD. AE (4.08g). Bearded head of Herakles right / ΘVATEPHNΩN, labrys. EF.
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Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 20 - Augustus851 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (5.71g). Circa 2 BC. ΜΑΓÎΗΤΕΣ ΑΠΟ ΣΙΠΥΛΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΙ, jugate heads of Augustus and Livia right / ΔΙΟÎΥΣΙΟΣ ΔΙΟÎΥΣΙΟΥ ΚΙΛΑΣ ΙΕΡΕΥΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, confronted heads of Gaius and Lucius. Dark green patina. EF.
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Tripolis (AD 14-37) AE - Tiberius848 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. Bronze of Hieratikos. AE (6.11g). Head right / Rider with double-axe right, ΙΕΡΑΤΙΚΟΣ to left. Dark green patina, VF.
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Tralleis (BC 166-85) Cistophoric Drachm832 viewsca 166-85 BC. AR Cistophoric Drachm (2.98g, 11h), struck ca 166-160 BC. Lion's skin draped over club; all within ivy wreath / Grape bunch with leaves; ivy wreath to lower right. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Rare denomination.
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Nysa (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian825 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.12g, 12h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Hades dragging away protesting Persephone in quadriga right; overturned basket of flowers below; above, Eros flying right, holding wedding torch. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus. Unique variety with Eros. This unique example depicts a winged figure holding the wedding torch, or taeda, above the horses. This is Hymenaeus, one of the erotes and the personification of the Hymenaea, or wedding song sung outside the bridal chamber. Metcalf's attribution to this mint is based on the regional association of this reverse type.
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Maionia (AD 193-211) AE 36 - Septimius Severus825 viewsSeptimius Severus, AD 193-211. AE36 - Medallion (25.13g, 12h). AY KAI Λ CЄΠCЄΟ ΥΗΡΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΜΑΙΟÎΩÎ, Dionysus, holding thyrsus and reins, in chariot drawn by two panthers and guided by Eros; above, maenad left playing tambourine; in exergue, ЄΠΙ ∆ΑΜΑΒ CΑΒЄ INIANOY APX ATOB.
The theme of the Dionysiac procession represents the struggle of the young god, son of Zeus and Semele, to gain his place among the gods of the Greek pantheon. In literature his progression, accompanied by satyrs and maenads, is hailed from Greece to the shores of India, i.e. the entire known world, as he brings ectasy and the knowledge of wine to all peoples.
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Tripolis (AD 253-268) AE 34 - Gallienus818 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE34 (17.84g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Legend in four lines within wreath surrounded by city ethnic. Good VF, brown patina, reverse flan flaw.
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Tralleis (BC 200-100) AE 19817 views2nd cent BC. AE19 (6.46g). Head of laureate Zeus right / ΔΙΟΣ ΤPΑΛ/ΛΙΑΝΩΝ, winged thunderbolt, within laurel wreath. Dark olive-green patina, EF. Very rare, possibly unpublished. Gutknecht coll.
This rare issue is typologically related with a simultaneous issue in Abbaitis/Mysoi in Phrygien, SNG von Aulock 3330.
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Sardeis (AD 98-180) AE 25816 viewsImperial Times, 2nd cent AD. AE25 (7.28g). Head Herakles left / CAPΔIANΩN, Omphale standing right, wearing lion skin and holding club. Black patina. GVF.
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Tralleis (BC 200-100) AE 19815 views2nd cent BC. AE19 (5.62g). Head of laureate Zeus right / ΔΙΟΣ ΤPΑΛ/ΛΙΑΝΩΝ, winged thunderbolt, within laurel wreath. Dark brown patina, EF. Very rare.
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Sardeis (AD 250) AE 41813 viewsMid-3rd cent AD. AE41 - Medallion (25.50g, 12h). Aurelius Rufinus, first archon for the second time. MHTPOΠΟΛIC CAPΔIC ·ACIAC· ΛVΔIAC· EΛΛAΔOC· A·, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right, wearing mural crown / EΠI AVP POV[Φ]EINOV APX T(o) B CAPΔIANΩN B NEΩKOPΩN, ZEVC LVΔIOC across inner fields, Zeus Lydius seated left on high throne, holding Nike in right hand and sceptre in left, surrounded by zodiacal wheel border. Good VF, red and brown patina with green overtones. Very rare.
In Treasures of Ancient Coinage: From the Private Collections of ANS Members, Catharine Lorber catalogued a coin of Maximinus I Thrax from Anchialus in Thrace with a very similar reverse type (see p. 121, no. 110). Lorber summarized the type as "...a symbolic map of the cosmos. Zeus, chief of the gods, is the central figure... Surrounding this scene is a broad band containing the twelve signs of the zodiac. The entire design reflects the common belief of 3rd century Romans that their lives were shaped by higher powers. This schema and variations on it were employed by numerous mints for different emperors from the mid-2nd through the mid-3rd centuries."
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Thyateira (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius & Agrippina Jr.812 viewsClaudius, with Agrippina Junior, 41-54 AD. AE20 (5.06g, 12h). Bare head of Claudius right / Draped bust of Agrippina right. Good VF, black-green patina with traces of light olive.
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Thyateira (BC 200-100) AE 16809 views2nd cent BC. AE16 (4.40g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΘΥΑΤΕΙ/PHN-ΩN, labrys; bow to left. EF, glossy black patina under some pale green earthen encrustation.
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Sardeis (AD 253-260) AE 46 - Valerian802 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE46 - Medallion (42.0g). Radiate, cuirassed bust right / Demeter in car right drawn by two winged serpents. Extremely Rare and nice.
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Tralleis (AD 0-100) AE 12800 viewsImperial Times, ca 1st cent AD. AE12 (1.86g). Menandros, son of Parrhasious, magistrate. KAIΣAPEΩN, humped bull / MENANΔPOΣ, eagle standing right. Very fine.
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Tralleis (BC 128-85) Cistophoric Tetradrachm798 viewsca 128-85 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.61g, 27mm, 12h). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΔΙΟΝ, bow-case with serpents; ΤΡΑΛ to left, kithara to right. Superb EF.
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Nakrasa (AD 161-180) AE - Marcus Aurelius795 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE (30.61g). Menophilos, magistrate. Bust left / Herakles standing facing, head turned right, holding club and lion skin. Multicolor patina, VF. Extremely rare.
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Attaleia (AD 198) AE 17795 viewsCaracalla and Geta, ca 198 AD. AE17 (2.81g). Confronted bare headed busts of Caracalla and Geta / Roman she-wolf with twins. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, brown patina. From the Marc Melcher Collection. Ex CNG 54 (6/2000), lot 1109.
The youthful busts, lack of titulature, and Imperial reverse theme suggest this coin was struck very shortly after the elevations of Caracalla and Geta to Augustus and Caesar respectively in January, 198 AD.
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Nysa (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian792 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.36g, 1h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Hades dragging away protesting Persephone in quadriga right. VF, small area of flat strike in reverse legend. Overstruck on a Hadrianic Diana Ephesia cistophorus. Unique variety without the overturned basket of flowers.
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Tripolis (AD 198-209) AE 24 - Geta785 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE24 (8.97g). Λ CЄΠΓЄΤΑC ΚΑΙC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΤΡΙΠΟΛЄΙΤΩÎ, Tyche with rudder and cornucopiae. Nice dark green patina, EF.
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Hypaipa (AD 50-59) AE 14 - Agrippina Jr.783 viewsAgrippina Jr., mother of Nero, Augusta, 50-59 AD. AE14 (2.33g). Draped bust of Agrippina right / Cult statue of Artemis. VF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare; only two specimens cited by RPC.
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Sardeis (BC 133) AE 18783 viewsafter 133 BC. AE18 (6.49g). Laureate head of Herakles right / naked Apollo standing left, holding bird in right hand, olive branch in left; monogram to left, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ to right. Dark green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.
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Nakrasa (AD 81-96) AE 18 - Domitia772 viewsDomitia, 81-96 AD. AE18 (3.08g). ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, draped bust right / ÎΑΚΡΑΣΕΙ ΤΩÎ, tripod. Very rare. Black patina, very fine.
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Klannuda (BC 200-0) AE 19761 views2nd-1st century BC. AE19 (6.60g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, wings closed, ΚΛΑΠ/ ÎΟΥΔ - ΔΕ/ΩÎ. aVF. Rare.
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Nysa (AD 81-96) AE 18760 viewsTime of Domitian, 81-96 AD. AE18 (5.06g, 6h). Draped bust of Eirene right / Hades in quadriga right, abducting Persephone. VF, black patina with earthen highlights.
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Tralleis (BC 128-85) Cistophoric Tetradrachm759 viewsca 128-85 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.63g, 29mm). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / ΑΡΤΕ, bow-case with serpents; ΤΡΑΛ to left, bust of Athena to right. aEF. Scarce variant.
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Tralleis (BC 128-85) Cistophoric Tetradrachm751 viewsca 166-85 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.61g, 12h). Undated issue, struck circa 155-145 BC. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / TPA, bow case with serpents; filleted tripod to right. EF.
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Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 25-1) AE 23 - Cicero Minor751 viewsM. Tullius Cicero Minor, late 1st cent BC. AE23 (5.55g, 12h). Theodoros, magistrate, struck after 30 BC. Bare head of Cicero Minor right / Right hand holding wreath, grain ears, and vine branch with grape bunch. Near VF, blue-gray patina with traces of black deposits. Extremely rare.
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Kilbianoi-Nikaia (AD 198-217) AE 46 - Caracalla747 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE46 - Medallion (60.40g). Laureate bust of Caracalla right, in cuirass/Emperor, right hand raised and holding globe in left, stg. in quadriga galloping to front. Very Rare.
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Lydia Uncertain (BC 5th cent) Tetartemorion745 views4th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.18g, 6mm). Head of ram right; uncertain legend around / Helmeted head of Athena right within incuse square. EF. Extremely rare.
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Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 200-0) AE 21744 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (7.3g). Turreted head of Tyche (Kybele) right / ΜΑΓÎΗΤΩΠ- ΣΙΠΥΛ, Zeus Lydios standing left, holding eagle and scepter; monogram before. VF.
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Philadelphia (BC 100-0) AE 21743 views1st century BC. AE21 (8.70g). Bust of Artemis right, wearing stephane, bow and quiver at her back / Apollo seated left.
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Thyateira (BC 200-100) AE 19741 views2nd century BC. AE19 (2.71g). Laureate Apollo right; countermark: star / ΘΥΑΤΕΙ-PHNΩN tripod; monogram above. About very fine.
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