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Home > Lydia Most viewed - Lydia Thyateira (AD 193-235) AE 13617 viewsSeveran period, 3rd cent AD. AE13 (1.28g). Head of bearded Herakles right / ΘΥΑΤЄΙΡ/ΗΝΩΝ, lion walking right. Dark green patina, aEF. Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 200-0) AE 18615 views2nd-1st century BC. AE18 (3.60g). Diademed head of youthful Herakles right / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ - ΣΙΠΥΛOY, tripod, monogram in upper left field.1 comments Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 54-68) AE 20 - Nero & Poppaea615 viewsNero and Poppaea, 54-68 AD. AE20 (4.53.g) ca. 62 AD. ΝЄΡΩΝΑ ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑΝ CЄΒΑCΤΟΥC, jugate heads of Nero and Poppaia right / ΘЄΑΝ ΡΟΜΗΝ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΑΠΟ CΙΠΥΛΟΥ, turreted head Roma right, monogram before. Dark green patina. GVF. Thyateira (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero and Poppaea612 viewsNero and Poppaea, 54-68 AD. AE19 (3.58g). Struck circa 62 AD. Laureate head of Nero right / ΠOΠΠAIAN CEBACTHN ΘYATIPHNOI, draped bust of Poppaea right. Near VF, black patina. Tralleis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 24612 viewsTime of Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE22 (7.86g, 12h). Nicomedes, magistrate. KAIΣAPEΩN, radiate head of Helios right / NIKO below horses, MHΔHΣ in exergue, Nike, holding reins in left hand and palm in right, driving biga right. Good VF, black-green patina with lighter green overtones. Extremely rare. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Hirsch 195 (5/1997), lot 387. Silandos (AD 81-96) AE 17 - Domitia611 viewsDomitia, 81-96 AD. AE 17 (2.50g). Draped bust of Domitia right, ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΑ / God Men standing left, holding pine-cone and staff, CΙΛΑΝΔΕΩΝ. Good very fine. Mostene (AD 177-192) AE - Commodus610 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE - Medallion (30,61g), magistrate N. Maternus. Bust right / Helios with torch in quadriga, beside Hermes. Black patina, EF. Very rare. Tralleis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 20 - Vedius Pollio610 viewsTime of Augustus. 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (5.83g, 12h). Vedius Pollio, legate of Asia; Menandros, son of Parrhasios, magistrate. OVHΔIOΣ KAIΣAPEΩN, bare head of Vedius Pollio right / MENANΔPOΣ PAPPAΣIOV, laureate head of Zeus right. Good VF, black-green patina with olive overtones. Ex Patrick Villemur Collection. Ex Auctiones 13 (23 June 1983), lot 316. Blaundos (AD 50-54) AE 16 - Nero609 viewsNero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. AE16 (5.69g, 7h). Ti. Klau. Kalligenes, magistrate. Struck circa AD 55. Draped bust right / Apollo standing right, holding plectrum and lyre. VF, brown patina with earthen encrustation, a few scratches. Wagner Coll. Kilbianoi-Nikaia (BC 20-AD 4) AE 18 - Caius & Lucius608 viewsCaius & Lucius, Caesars, 20 BC-4 AD and 17 BC-2 AD. AE18 (3.92g, 12h). Aratus, grammateus. ΓAIOΣ up left field, ΛEVKIOΣ down right, jugate bare heads right of Caius and Lucius Caesars / APATOS / ΓRAMMATEVΣ down right field, KIΛBIANΩN / NEIKAIAS down left, draped Demos standing left, extending right hand. VF, black-brown patina. Ex Villemur Coll. (BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/12 Stater607 viewsKroisos, ca 560-546 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (7mm, 0.87g). Confronted foreparts of lion right, with extended right foreleg, and bull left / Rough incuse square. Apollonis (AD 160-169) AE 18605 viewsBronze of Hermokrates, Strategos, 160-169 AD. AE18 (3.81g). ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ-ΙΔΕΩΝ, draped bust of turreted Tyche right / ΕΠΙ CΤΡ ΕΡΜΟΚΡΑΤΟΥC, Modius filled with ears and popy heads. Light green patina, gVF. Sardeis (AD 105-117) AE 22 - Plotina604 viewsPlotina, wife of Trajan, Augusta, ca 105-117 AD. AE22 (4.21g, 12h). Draped bust right / Pelops on horseback right, holding whip. VF, black-green patina. Thyateira (AD 80-100) AE 16604 viewsLate 1st century (?) AD. AE16 (2.82g, 12h). (ΘЄA)N PΩMHN, Turreted head of Roma right / ΘYAT(ЄI)PHNΩN, lyre. VF, Dark patina. Tricarico coll.1 comments Saitta (AD 254-268) AE 27 - Salonina603 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE27 (9.26g). Diademed and draped bust right / EΠI IOVΛ PHΓ ACIAPXA, CAITTHN/ΩN in exergue, statue of Aphrodite within tetrastyle temple. Near VF, dark brown patina, light roughness. Philadelphia (AD 37-41) AE 18 - Caligula602 viewsCaligula, 37-41 AD, and Artemon Hermogenous. AE18 (4.14g). Laureate head right, ΓΑΙΟC KAICAP ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙKOC / Panther right, head turned back and holding thyrsus, APTEMWN EPMOΓENOYC NEOKAICAPEWN. About very fine. Sardeis (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla602 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (9.89g, 6h). An(nius?) Rufus, archon. Radiate head right / Hercules advancing right, leading the Cretan Bull by the horns holding upraised club; EΠI POV ΦOV in legend. VF, brown surfaces. Sardeis (AD 198-217) AE 35 - Caracalla598 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE35 (20.45g). AVT KAI M AVP - CE ANTΩΝΕΙΝΟ - C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI Γ KΛ MI - ΘPOV APX A around, [C]APΔIANΩN B NEΩKOPΩN in exergue, Caracalla, laureate and in military dress, standing left, holding spear under left arm, and raising wreath in right hand above cult statue of Kore, extended toward him by city-goddess with her right hand; city-goddess stands right, towered and veiled, and holds transverse scepter in left hand. Apparently the second known specimen. Smooth green patina, VF. The type appears to commemorate some honor granted to the cult of Kore at Smyrna by Caracalla during his sole reign. No coins of Smyrna naming the archon Mithros were known to Head in BMC Lydia, p. civ, but there are two coins of Julia Domna naming this magistrate in SNG von Aulock, 3156 and 8256. Maionia (AD 193-211) AE 19598 viewsTime of Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE19 (4.35g, 6h). Damas, magistrate. Bearded head of Hercules left / Omphale advancing right, wearing Hercules’ lion skin and carrying his club. VF, earthen green patina. Group CEM. In expiation for his murder of Iphitos at Tiryns, Hercules was compelled by the Delphic oracle to serve Omphale, Queen of Lydia, for one year. During this time, he performed a number of labors, similar to those which he undertook while serving Eurystheus, including the capture of the Kerkopes, the killing of the Syleus, and the conquest of the city of the Itones. At the same time, he was forced to wear women’s clothing and spin wool and, according to the poet Ovid (Fasti 2.305), Omphale even wore Hercules’ lion skin and carried his club while ordering him about. However, these actions seemed to have little ill-effect on the hero; after his year’s service was completed, Hercules married Omphale.1 comments Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 16 - Nero598 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE16 (3.2g). Mindios, magistrate. NEPΩΝ CΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, laureate head right / ΕΠΙ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ CTRA TO B, laureate head of Herakles right. VF. Silandos (AD 177-192) AE 40 - Commodus597 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE44 - Medallion (45.10g, 6h). Tatianus, archierus and archon. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Commodus, holding sceptre, driving biga left; above, Nike, flying right, crowning him with wreath; Ε[ΠΙ] ΑPXΙΕ[ΠΕ]ΩC in legend, ΤΑΤΙΑΝΟV / [C]ΙΛΑΝΔΕΩΝ / Κ ΑPX in three lines in exergue. VF, black, olive and brick-red patina. Extremely rare. Sardeis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 20 - Augustus596 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (5.27g, 12h). Homonoia with Pergamum. Mousaios, magistrate. Bare head right / Tyche of Sardis standing right and Demos of Pergamum standing left, clasping hands; each holds scepter. Good VF, black-green patina with traces of lighter green and red on reverse. Very rare. Ex Prideaux Coll. Tralleis (AD 198-217) AE 36 - Caracalla593 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE36 (26.48g, 6h). Po. Cl. Pankratides, grammateus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Pair of hexastyle temple façades facing; in left one, emperor standing left, holding globe and scepter; in right, Zeus Nikephorus enthroned left; pellets in pediments. VF, black patina, scratches in right field of obverse. Rare. Ex Wagner Coll. Tmolos-Aureliopolis (AD 177-192) AE 38 - Commodus593 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE38 (29.53g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus holding scepter in chariot drawn left by biga of centaurs. Fine, brown and green rough surfaces, minor deposits. Very rare. Ex. Wagner Coll. According to Euripides (Bacchae 461-464), Mount Tmolus was the birthplace of the god Dionysus. The son of Zeus and Semele (a princess of Thebes), Dionysus was a god of fertility, vegetation and wine. He is often depicted being transported in a car drawn either by panthers, or (as in this case) by centaurs, surrounded by an entourage of satyrs, sileni, maenads, and nymphs. A number of important festivals were held in his honor; most famous were the Lesser or Rural Dionysia (in late December), the Greater or City Dionysia (in late spring), the Anthesteria (in early spring), and the Lenaea (in winter). His characteristic worship was ecstatic, and women, known as maenads, were prominently involved. Votaries, through music, dancing, and drinking, and through eating flesh and blood of sacrificial animals, attempted to merge their identities with the wildness of nature. Philadelphia (AD 37-41) AE 18 - Caligula591 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE18 (5.31g). Kleandros Philokaisar, magistrate. Bare head right / Capricorn left with cornucopiae; monogram before. VF, dark green patina. Bageis (AD 177-192) AE - Commodus591 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE (23.97g). Stephanephoros Apollodoros, magistrate. Laureate draped bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF. Rare. Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 20591 viewsTime of Nero, 54-68 AD. AE20 (5.24g, 12h). Ti. Cl. Mnaseas, strategos(?). Struck circa 65 AD. Draped bust of the Senate right / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and staff. EF, dark grayish-green patina, minor roughness. (BC 560-546) Kroisos - AR 1/24 Stater589 viewsKroisos, ca 560-546 BC. AR 1/24 Stater (5mm, 0.30g). Sardeis mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse square. Sardeis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian588 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.36g, 8h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Demeter advancing right, holding grain ears and reverted torch. Good VF, obverse double struck. Overstruck on an uncertain undertype. Daldis (AD 244-249) AE 38 - Philip I588 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE38 (26.01g, 6h). Flavius Aelius Priscus, magistrate. AVT • K • M • IOVΛ • Φ-IΛIΠΠOC • AVΓ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI ΦΛ AIΛ ΠPЄI-CKO/V APX ΠP/ΩTO B •, ΔAΛΔIA/NΩN in exergue, the Abduction of Persphone: Hades, with billowing chlamys, in quadriga driven right by Eros, carrying away Persephone; fallen flower basket below horses. Good VF, dark brown patina with earthen highlights. Ex Triton IV (12/2000), lot 359. Apollonis (AD 100-200) AE586 viewsImperial times, 2nd century AD. AE (2.51g). ΑΠΟΛΛΩ-ΝΙΔΕ, bust of Apollo right / IEPA CΥΝ-ΚΛΗΤΟC, bust of Synkletos right. VF. Sardeis (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 12585 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AE12 (2.01g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / ΣΑΡΔΙ/ΑΝΩΝ, club right; monogram below. EF, glossy black patina, some minor roughness. Apparently an unrecorded variety. Rare. Domitianopolis Sala (AD 81-83) AE 21 - Domitia Longina585 viewsDomitia Longina, wife of Domitian, Augusta, 81-83 AD. AE21 (4.98g). Diademed and draped bust right / ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΠΟ CAΛHNΩΝ; Cybele seated left, holding patera and drum; lion behind. Fine. Tralleis (AD 253-260) AE 29 - Valerian I585 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE29 (10.80g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / TYXH TP-A-ΛΛIANΩ-NΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopiae. VF, brown patina. Apparently unrecorded without a magistrates name and naming the goddess on the reverse. Tralleis (BC 200-0) AE 14584 views2nd-1st century BC. AE14 (3.17g). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / ΤΡΑΛΛΙ-ΑΝΩΝ, bull walking left on ground line, head facing; monogram to left. Dark green patina, VF. Sardeis (AD 69-79) AE 25 - Vespasian582 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE 25 (11.96g). Laureate head right, AY[TOK] KAIC OYECΠΑCIANΩ / Pluto and Persephone in quadriga right, CAPΔΙ. About very fine. Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 253-268) AE - Gallienus582 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE (6.21g). ΛΙΚΙΝ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ CΤΡΑ Α ΡΦ ΠΟΝΤΩΝΟC / ΜΑΓΝΗΤ/ΩΝ CΙ, crown with inscription ΕΝΜΟΝΙΔΕΑ. Dark green patina, good VF. Akrasos (AD 222-235) AE 21 - Julia Mamaea580 viewsJulia Mamaea, mother of Alexander Severus, 222-235 AD. AE21 (3.74g). IOV MAMAIA, draped bust right / AKPACIΩTΩN, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing. Dark green patina, gVF. Sala (AD 211-217) AE 28 – Caracalla580 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE28 (12.43g, 6h). Val. Moloxos, archon α´. AV K M AV ANTONЄINOC (sic), laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ЄΠI OVAΛ MO ΛOΞ OV APX A CAΛH NΩN •, Hygieia, holding serpent and phiale, standing right, and Asclepius, leaning on serpent-entwined staff, standing left; between, small figure of Telesphorus. Good VF, dark green and red-brown patina. Very rare. On this coin the letter “o” in Caracalla’s official name, Antoninus, is a clearly engraved omicron, rather than the omega more regularly encountered. Under a lens, however, the additional line visible suggests that the celator may have attempted to correct his mistake; as it proceeds over the letter and partially into the field, this line, however, may be part of a serendipitous die break. Tralleis (AD 253-268) AE 22 - Gallienus579 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD, as Caesar under Valerianus I. AE22 (4.41g), struck 253 AD. Draped cuirassed bust right / TRALL-I-ANWN, Tyche in long robe standing facing, head with kalathos to left, holding cornucopiae in left hand, rudder in right. Dark patina, gVF. Philadelphia (BC 100-0) AE 19579 views1st cent BC, under Hermippos, Archiereus. AE19 (6.94g). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind shoulder / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ - ΕΡΜΙΠΠΟΣ / ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ, Apollo in long chiton standing right, holding kithara in left hand, plektron in right. Good style, dark olive-green patina, gVF. Joy coll. Thyateira (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero & Poppaea 579 viewsNero and Poppaea, 54-68 AD. AE19 (4.28g). Struck circa 62 AD. NЄPΩN KΛAVΔIOC KAICAP CЄBA, laureate head of Nero right / ΠOΠΠAIAN CЄBACTHN ΘYATIPHNOI, draped bust of Poppaea right. VF. Tripolis (AD 200-300) AE 16577 views3rd cent AD. AE16 (3.73g, 1h). Bearded head of Hercules left / ΤΡΙΠΟΛ−ΕΙΤΩΝ, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm. Good VF, brown patina. Nysa (AD 161-180) AE 24 - Marcus Aurelius577 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. Magistrate Asiaticus Cornelius. AE24 (7.9g). AY KAI ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EPI GR ACIATIKOY KORN NYCAEWN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and scepter. Almost very fine.1 comments Tralleis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 24 - Augustus576 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE24 (11.37g, 12h). Menandros, son of Parrhasios, magistrate. Bare head of Augustus right / KAIΣAPEΩN, MENANΔPOΣ / PAPPAΣIOV in two lines in exergue, octastyle temple façade; in pediment, eagle standing right; Nikes on acroteria, winged caduceus in right field. VF, olive and black patina. Extremely rare. Ex Wagner Coll.; ex Kovacs FPL 17 (1982), lot 146. Blaundos (BC 200-0) AE 14576 views2nd-1st century BC. AE14 (3.4g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MΛAVNΔΕ-ΩN, quiver and strung bow. gVF. Rare. Nakrasa (AD 100-200) AE 17575 viewsAutonomous, ca 2nd cent AD. AE17 (4.14g). Youthful bust of the Roman Senate right / NAKPA-CITΩN, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right. VF, brown patina, rubbed on high points. Saitta (AD 198-209) AE 40 - Geta, as Caesar574 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE40 (31.05g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ CΟC CΑΡ−ΙΚΛΕΟΥC ΑΠXΟΝ Α, CΑΙΤΤΗ/ΩΝ, Herakles slaying Geryon. Fine, dark green patina, numerous pits, fields smoothed, some details strengthened. Apparently unique. Drewry Coll.; Ex Mabbott Coll. (Schulman, 6/1969), lot 1831; Rhousopoulos Coll. (Hirsch Auktion XIII, 5/1905), lot 4063.1 comments Mastaura (AD 81-96) AE 19 - Domitian573 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD AE19 (4.60g, 12h). AV KAI ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / MACTAVPЄITΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Green patina, VF. Very rare. Tricarico coll.1 comments Maionia (AD 193-211) AE 29 - Julia Domna566 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE29 (13.00g, 6h). Dama-, magistrate. Draped bust right / Demeter, holding torch in each hand, standing left in car drawn by biga of winged serpents. EF, attractive green patina, some very minor roughness. Very rare and better than the illustrated specimens. From Group CEM. Sala (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla564 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (10.18g, 6h). Sulla, Archon. ΑVΚ Îœ ΑVP ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ CΥΛΛΑ ΓΑ ΑPX CΑΛΗΝΩΝ, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF, tan patina. Only known example of this variant of the magistrate's name. Sardeis (AD 238-244) AE 42 - Gordian III564 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE42 - Medallion (28.41g). MHTPOΠOΛIC CAPΔIC ACIAC ΛVΔIAC ЄΛΛAΔOC A, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right / ЄΠI AVP ΠOVΦЄINOV APX A T B CAPΔIANΩN B NЄΩKOPΩN, Zeus seated left within Zodiac, holding Nike on outstretched right hand and long sceptre in left. Near VF, dark brown patina, obverse smoothed, reverse corrosion. Ex Sternberg Auk. XI (11/1981), lot 304. The Kaystrianoi (BC 200-50) AE 18562 views2nd-1st cent. BC. AE18 (5.28g). Veiled, turreted bust of Tyche right / Zeus seated sideways on facing throne, holding eagle and scepter, monogram to left, MI monogram under throne, ΚΑΙΥΣ−ΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ to right. VF. Issued in the name of the inhabitants of the plane of the lower Kayster. Hypaipa (AD 253-268) AE 27 – Salonina562 viewsSalonina, 253-268 AD. AE27 (8.30g). CAΛΩN XPYCOΓONH CЄB; bust wearing stephane; behind shoulders crescent / YΠAIΠANΩN EΠI CTP KOYΔIANOY; cultus-statue of Artemis Anaitis. Rare. Very fine. Maionia (AD 147-176) AE 22 - Faustina II562 viewsFaustina II, 147-176 AD. AE22 (5.22g). ΦAVCTЄINA - NЄA CЄBACT, draped bust of Faustina right / ЄΠI KVЄINT-V APX A MAIONΩN, Demeter standing left holding crops and scepter. Dark green patina. Good very fine.1 comments Hypaipa (AD 66-68) AE 24 - Nero561 viewsNero & Statilia Messalina. 66-68 AD. AE24 (6.49g). Confronted busts of Statilia Messalina and Nero / Cult statue of Artemis. Good Fine, light green patina. Rare. Apollonis (AD 198-209) AE 19 - Geta561 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE19 (3.89g, 1h). Bare-headed and draped bust right / ΑΠΟΛΛΩ-ΝΙΔΕΩΝ, cross-hatched urn containing five grain ears and two poppies. VF, green-black patina. Hypaipa (AD 193-217) AE 27 - Julia Domna560 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE27 (14.53g). Draped bust right / EΠI AYM-OV...MAIC, TP/C in left field, A in right field, VΠAIΠH/NΩN in exergue, hero standing left, holding torch(?0 in right hand, arrowhead in right field. ΠAI-ΠHNΩN, Zeus standing left. VF, dark brown patina, some minor scratches on the reverse. Unpublished? Mostene (AD 54-68) AE 21 - Claudius and Agrippina Junior560 viewsClaudius and Agrippina Junior, 41-54 AD. AE21 (5.00g). Struck circa 50-54 AD. Conjoined busts of Claudius, laureate, and Agrippina, draped, right / [EΠI ΠEΔA]NIOY KAICAPEΩ[N MOCTHNΩN], hero on horseback right. VF, dark green and brown patina. Thyateira (AD 218-222) AE - Elagabalus558 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE Medaillon (46.62g). Titus Claudius Stratonicianus, Magistrate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Text in six lines withuin wreath. Very rare. Light cleaning scratches, minor crusts. About very fine. ex G&M 152 (2006), Nr. 1795. Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 18555 viewsAutonomous Issue, time of Nero, 54-68 AD. AE18 (3.17g). Helmeted bust of the Senate right / Tetrastyle temple. VF, dark green, almost black, patina, traces of an overstriking. Wagner Coll. Hierokaisareia (AD 116-117) AE 22555 viewsImperial Times, ca 116-117 AD. AE22 (9.94g). Ti. Julius Ferox, Proconsul Of Asia. ΙΕΡΟΚΑΙCΑΡΕΙΑ. Head of Tyche right, wearing turreted crown / ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΩ ΦΕΡΟΚΙ, Tyche standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae. Very Fine and Very Rare. Ti. Julius Ferox served as prconsul of Asia in the last year of Trajan's reign. In that post he would have had to deal with Trajan's Persian invasion, revolts in Judaea and the aftermath of the great Antioch earthquake of 115. Earlier he held the suffect consulship in 100, and from 101-104 served as curator alvei Tiberis et reparum et cloac. urbis, the official responsible for the banks and channels of the Tiber. The post was instituted by Augustus because of the frequent inundations of that river. Sardeis (AD 187-211) AE 28 - Julia Domna554 viewsJulia Domna, second wife of Septimus Severus, Empress, 187-211 AD. AE28 (9.60g). Draped bust right / Large agnostic prize urn containing a palm and ornamented with five circles which each contain a pellet resting on tablet inscribed XPYCANΘINA. Nice VF, brown patina. Maionia (AD 161-180) AE 20554 viewsTime of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE20 (4.78g). Strategos Appas III. Bearded head of Heracles left / Omphale advancing right, wearinglion’s skin, and holding club over left shoulder. Good very fine. Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 238-244) AE 23553 viewsunder Roman protection, autonomous, 238-244 AD, under Aur. Theodotos. AE23 (5.73g). ΙEΡΑ CÎ¥-ΝΚΛΗΟC, Draped bust of young Senate right / EΠ Χ Τ ΑΥ ΘEΟ-ΔΟΤΟΥ ΜΑΓ/ΝΗΤΩΝ Χ/ΙΠΥ, frontal view of Tyche shrine, statue of Goddess standing facing inside, wearing long dress, head with kalathos; cornucopiae in left hand, rudder in right. Brown patina with red highlights. good VF. Righetti coll. The Kaystrianoi (BC 200-50) AE 12553 views2nd-1st century BC. AE12 (2.43g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Lyre. VF, green patina. Ex Alighieri Coll. Apollonis (AD 80-120) AE 13552 viewsAutonomous issues, late 1st or early 2nd century AD. AE13 (1.74g, 6h). Draped female bust of Senate right, wearing Flavian-style coiffure / Cithara. Good VF. Philadelphia (AD 161-169) AE 31 - Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus552 viewsMarcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE31 (29.55g, 6h). Lad... Severus, archon (?). AVT K M AVP ANTΩNЄINOC K AVP OVHPOC, confronted busts of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus / Statue of Helios, radiate, advancing right, holding extended torch and whip, within distyle shrine, [ЄΠΙ] ΛΑΔ... CЄΒΗΡΟV [ΑΡΧ(?)] around, [Φ]ΙΛΑΔЄΛ[ΦΕΩΝ] in exergue. gVF. Nysa (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla551 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (8.66g). Laureate head right / Tyche standing left holding rudder and cornucopiae. Good very fine. Sardeis (AD 60-62) AE 17 - Octavia550 viewsOctavia, ca 60-62 AD. AE17 (5.04g). ΘΕΑΝ ΟΚΤΑΟΥΙΑΝ, bust of draped Octavia right (as goddess) with ears of corn in her hair / ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ ΣΤΡΑΤΟ Î’. Demeter or Hekate-Selene, with torch in each hand, wearing long chiton and flying veil, in a car drawn by two winged snakes; crescent in field above; 3 monograms. Under magistrate Mindios. Thyateira (AD 222-235) AE 26 - Alexander Severus548 viewsAlexander Severus, 222-235 AD. AE25.77 (6.57g, 12h). M AVP AΛΕΞΑΝΔPOC P, draped bust right / ΘYATEIPHNΩΝ, Artemis advancing right with bow, drawing arrow out of quiver. Very fine. Unpublished?1 comments Tabala (AD 139-161) AE 23 - Marcus Aurelius548 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE23 (9.01g, 6h). Bare head right / Kybele seated left, holding phiale, resting elbow on drum. Near VF, brown patina. Ex Righetti Coll., 9699.1 comments Saitta (AD 193-197) AE 26 - Claudius Albinus547 viewsClodius Albinus, as Caesar, 193-197 AD. AE26 (10.16g). Bearded head right / Aphrodite, nude and diademed, standing left and covering herself, small winged Eros at left, holding torch, dolphin diving at right. Nice VF, smooth black patina, clear types. Extremely Rare. Clodius Albinus was a tragic figure whose eastern coinages are quite rare, and this particular coin features an important reverse of artistic merit: the scene is a third generation copy of a Praxiteles sculpture, the first nude rendering of the goddess Aphrodite Knidia in the bath supported by a dolphin. This same imagery was subsequently copied for the Villa Medici in Rome, where it is known as "Venus Medici," and it became a popular Renaissance theme, being the subject of some Boticelli paintings. Maionia (AD 147-176) AE 22 - Faustina II547 viewsFaustina II, 147-176 AD. AE22 (6.01g). ΦAVCTЄINA – NЄA CЄBACT, draped bust of Faustina right / MAIONΩN ЄΠI KO VCINIOV APX A, Demeter standing left holding crops and scepter. Very fine.1 comments Bageis (AD 0-100) AE 19547 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck during Roman times. AE19 (2.8g). ΘEON [C]VNK - ΛHTOC, draped and diademed elderly bust of the Roman Senate right / B[AΓ]-HN-ΩN, Athena, draped and wearing Corinthian helmet, seated left on cuirass, holding wreath in right hand and resting with left elbow on shield set on ground, spear behind her(?). Rare, about VF, green patina. Hoeft coll. Mostene (AD 100-200) AE 19547 views2nd century AD. AE19 (9.3g). ΘΕΟΝ ΣΥΝΚΛΗΤΟΝ, laureate head of Senate right / ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΩΝ MOΣΤΗΕΝΩΝ, Hero with double-axe on horse left. VF.1 comments Saitta (AD 238-244) AE 24 - Gordian III547 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE24 (7.36g). Vs.: ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑΥΤ Κ Îœ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left with spear and shield / ЄΠ ΑΤΤΑΛΙΑ-ΝΟΥ CΑΙΤΤΗΝ-ΩΝ, Herakles nearing Kerberos with stone in extended arms, behind, bow, quiver and club. Very rare. Green patina, VF.1 comments Philadelphia (AD 37-41) AE 14 - Caligula547 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE14 (2.37g, 12h). Kleandros, philokaisar. ΓAIOC KAICAP, bare head right; lituus to right / Winged thunderbolt; above, ΦIΛA/ΔЄΛΦЄωN in two lines; KΛЄANΔPOC below. VF, green patina, some reverse roughness. Rare. Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 200-0) AE 21543 views2nd century BC. AE21 (8.39g). Turreted head of Kybele right / Zeus Lydios standing left, holding eagle and scepter; ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ - ΣΙΠΥΛ, monogram to left. Almost VF. Tralleis (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitia543 viewsDomitia, 81-96 AD. AE22 (3.72g). ΔΟΜΙΤΑΙ CЄΒΑCΤΗ, bust right / ЄΠΙ ΚΛ ΜЄΛΙ ΤΩΝΟC ΓΡ ΤΟ Î’ ΤΡΑΛ/Λ−ΙΑ, Tyche standing left, holding cornucopiae and rudder. Dark brown patina. Traces of silvering, very fine. Silandos (AD 164-182) AE 23 – Lucilla541 viewsLucilla, wife of Lucius Verus, Augusta, 164-182 AD. AE23 (5.33g). [ΛOYKIΛΛA] CEBACTH, draped bust right. / [CΙΛΑΝ]ΔΕΩΝ, Cultus-effigy of Kore enthroned closely draped, head surmounted by polos; in field right, a stalk of corn growing. About very fine.1 comments Apollonis (BC 200-100) AE 16541 views2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (3.20g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ΑΠΟΛΛΟ-ΝΙΔΕΩΝ, winged thunderbolt. VF. Philadelphia (AD 105-122) AE 18 - Plotina540 viewsPlotina, wife of Trajan, Augusta, 105-122 AD. AE18 (5.06g). Draped bust right / ΦI/ΛAΔE/ΛΦE/ΩN, legend in four lines within laurel-wreath. VF, attractive green patina, some roughness. Gordos-Iulia (AD 253-268) AE 22 - Gallienus540 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE22 (4.90g). AV K Π Λ Γ AΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠ ΦOIBOV ΓOPΔHNΩN, River-god Phrygios reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae. Unpublished (?). Nice VF.1 comments Apollonis (BC 200-100) AE 15540 views2nd century BC. AE15 (2.33g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ΑΠΟΛΛΟ-ΝΙΔΕΩΝ, thunderbolt. Brown patina, F. Rare. Righetti coll. Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 17-37) AE 18 - Livia540 viewsLivia, after 17 AD. AE18 (2.66g). Draped bust of Senate right / Draped bust of Livia right. Nice Very Fine. Ex Jacquier 35, lot 307. Sardeis (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Severus Alexander539 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE25 (5.61g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / EΠI NEIKOMAX CAPΔIANΩN [...] PAΦIH, temple of Aphrodite of Paphos consisting of a central portico flanked by two tall towers with a semicircular enclosure paved with tiles; sacred stone between two towers with crescent and star above; two columns surmounted by doves on either side, two torches on outside. Near VF, rough green patina. Apparently unrecorded.1 comments Magnesia ad Sipylos (BC 200-0) AE 15539 views2nd-1st century BC. AE15 (2.81g). Diademed head of youthful Herakles right / ΜΑΓΝΗ/ ΣΙΠ, tripod; monogram to left. Very fine. Mostene (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus538 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE28 (10,84 g), Aur. Zeuxis Plutiades, magistrate. Draped, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ CΤΡ ΑΥΡ Z(retrograde) /ΕΥΞ-ΙΔΟΧ ΠΛΟΥΤΙ/Α-ΔΟ/Υ / ΜΟCΤΗΝ, rider on horse right, being led by naked Hermes, cypress tree in background. Dark brown patina, VF. Rare. Thyateira (AD 193-235) AE 15538 viewsSeveran Period, 3rd cent AD. AE15 (1.55g). Head of bearded Herakles right / ΘYATEIPHNΩN, lion right. Near very fine.1 comments Sardeis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian536 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.62g), Sardis mint. Bare head right / Veiled figure of Ceres standing right, holding transverse sceptre; no star to right. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain type. Nysa (AD 244-249) AE 35 - Philip I536 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE35 (14.08g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / AVP TATIANOV ANTIOXOV ΓΠ, NVCAEΩN, Athena standing left, holding shield set on ground and spear. Fine, black surfaces, a little rough. Rare and apparently unrecorded. Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 20 - Nero536 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE20 (4.90g). Mindios, Strategos, ca 60 AD. ΝEPΩN - KAIΣAP; laureate head right / ΣAPΔIANΩN - ΕΠI MINΔIOY / ΣTPA TO B (titulatur in monogram form); Dionysos standing left, with cantharus and long thyrsus, at feet panther. VF. Rare. Philadelphia (AD 249-251) AE 28 - Herennia Etruscilla535 viewsHerennia Etruscilla, wife of Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE28 (10.61g). Diademed and draped bust on crescent right / EΠΙ IOVA APICTON IOVΛIANOV ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ/ EΛΦE-Ω; in ex. NEΩKOPΩ-N, naked Aphrodite with two column within arch. Obverse porosity, very fine.1 comments Maionia (AD 117-138) AE 16534 viewsunder Roman rule, time of Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE16 (2.77g). Laureate bust beardless Herakles right, lion skin tied around shoulders / ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ between gorytos (bow case) with bow and club, bee above. Dark green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll. Sardeis (BC 188-133) AE 22534 viewsca 188-133 BC. AE22 - Tetrachalkon (8.46g). Draped bust Artemis right; behind her, quiver and bow / HPAIOΣ/ IΠΠIOY/ NEΩT, Pallas Athena standing facing holding Nike with wreath and spear and shield. Attractive very fine. Apollonis (BC 200-0) AE 15532 viewsLate 2nd-1st century BC. AE15 (3.4g). Macedonian shield ornamented with five stars / AΠOΛΛΩ-NIΔEΩN, club. VF. Nysa (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla530 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (6.62g). AVT [KM] - AVP [CE] ANTΩNINOC, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / NYCA-EΩN, Kore/Persephone, clad in long chiton and peplos, head dropped, standing left, holding in right hand long knotted staff (scepter?), with lowered left hand holding garment at her hip. Very rare, probably unpublished. VF, green patina. Hoeft coll. Briula (AD 81-96) AE 24 - Domitian529 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE24 (7.03 g 12 h). ΔOMITIANOC KAIΣAP CEBAC, Laureate head right / BPIOYΛEITΩN OΛIMΠIOC, Zeus Olympios seated, left, with patera and sceptre. VF, green patina. Extremely rare, possibly unique: it could be the very coin cited in RPC from Imhoof-Blumer. Tricarico coll. Daldis (AD 138-192) AE 14529 viewsTime of the Antonines, AD 138-192. AE13.5 (1.85g, 6h). Head of Silenus right, wearing ivy wreath / ΔΑΛΔΙΑΝΩΝ, bunch of grapes. EF, dark green patina. An impressive portrait of Silenus. Very rare. 1341 coins on 14 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14