Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


Most viewed - Karia
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Tabai (AD 193-217) AE 26 - Julia Domna560 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE26 (9.12g, 6h). Draped bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. EF, dark brown patina. Exceptional condition and with a lovely bust of Domna. From Group CEM. Ex Tkalec (10/1992), lot 309.
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Tabai (AD 81-96) AE 18 - Domitia556 viewsDomitia, wife of Domitian. Augusta, 82-96 AD. AE18 (5,86g, 12h), ΔOMITIA - CЄBACTH, head right / OPΘΠI - O - [Y IЄ]PΩNOC / [T]ABH / NΩN, Nike advancing right, holding wreath in right and palm branch in left. Very rare. Very fine. Ex Hauck and Aufhäuser, Auc 17 (3/2003), Nr. 267. Ex Karl coll.
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Mylasa (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla555 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (11.78g, 6h). AV [K] MAΠ - AV AN[T] ΩNINOC, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / MVΛA / CEΩN, Zeus stg. facing, head left holding scepter in left and patera in right; at his feet, stag left. Very fine. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auc 122 (3/2003), Nr. 1785. Ex Karl coll.
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Stratonikeia (AD 193-211) AE 38 - Septimius Severus554 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE38 (32.97g, 6h). L CЄP CЄ - BHROC Π[ЄPTINAX], laureate head right; countermark, laureate head of Caracalla right / ЄΠI KΛ [API]CTЄ - OV CTPATONЄIKЄ[Ω - N], Hekate standing facing, head left, holding torch in left and patera in right; at her feet to left, dog with head turned standing left. Very fine. Ex Hirsch Nachf., Auc 202 (11/1998), Nr. 469. Ex Karl coll.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) lion/eagle - Obol554 viewsca mid-5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.65g, 3h). Forepart of a roaring lion right / Eagle flying right within incuse square. VF, toned.
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Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater554 viewsMid 6th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.26g, 12h). Facing lion head, mane as radiate lines around / Scorpion within incuse square. EF, lightly toned. Exceptional quality for type.
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Knidos (BC 210-185) Didrachm554 viewsca 210-185 BC. AR Didrachm (17mm, 5.14g, 11h). Sostratos, magistrate. Head of Helios facing slightly left / Forepart of roaring lion right; thunderbolt behind; below, [Σ]ΩΣΤΡΑΤ[ΟΣ]. EF, toned. Very rare.
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Attuda (AD 253-268) AE 30 - Gallienus553 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE30 (10.59g). ΑΥ Κ ΓΑΛΛΙΕΝΟ C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΑΤΤΟ ΥΔΕΩΝ, Cybele standing facing, panthers at her side. Near VF, brown and green patina. Drewry Coll.; Ex Mabbott Coll., Schulman (6/1969), lot 1940.
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Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) Drachm553 viewsca 150-50 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.78g, 12h). [...]mon, magistrate. Facing head of Helios / Helmeted and draped bust of Athena right; magistrate incomplete. Near EF, lightly toned. Ex CNG Elec. Auc. 141, lot 71; Gorny & Mosch 200 (10/2001), lot 1866.
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Mylasa (BC 520-490) 1/12 Stater552 viewsbefore 500 BC. AR 1/12 Stater (0.82g). Forepart of lion left / Irregular incuse square. VF.
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Rhodes (BC 120-84) AE 28551 viewsca 120-84 BC. AE28 (17.95g). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose; cornucopiae to left, caduceus to right. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Tetartemorion551 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.24g). Ram's head right / Roaring lion's head right. Good VF.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 500-490) Stater551 viewsca 500­-490 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 14.00g). Two dolphins right; pellet between; all within linear square border / Two rectangular incuses. VF, toned, granular surfaces, light scuff on reverse. Extremely rare issue with both dolphins right, only the von Aulock and CNG 96 specimens published.
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Kos (BC 345-330) Didrachm549 viewsca 345-330 BC. AR Didrachm (6.74g). Biton, magistrate. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Veiled female head left; ΒΙΤΩΝ behind. VF, toned, minor corrosion. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions IV (9/1988), lot 108; Ariadne Galleries 4 (12/1983), lot 124.
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Iasos (BC 250-190) AE 24549 views2nd century BC. AE24 (5.76g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Dolphin swimming right, pulling naked Hermias, who holds fin with left hand, ΙΑΣΕΩΝ below. Good style, broad flan, olive-green patina, minimal corrosion on rev, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Knidos (BC 185-30) AE 19549 viewsca 210-185 BC. AE19 (4.85g, 12h). Aristopolis, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / ΚΝΙΔΙΩΝ / ΑΡΙΣΤΟΠΟ / ΛΙΣ, grape bunch on vine between two lines. VF. Karl Coll.
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Antiocheia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 14 - Augustus549 viewsAugustus, 17 BC-14 AD. AE14 (3.2g). CEBACTOC, bare head of Augustus right / ΠΑΙΩΝΟΥ ΣΥΝΑΡΧΙΑ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ, Athena standing left holding spear and shield. VF.
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Knidos (BC 300-210) AE 11549 viewsca 375-340 BC. AE11 (1.59g, 12h). Head of Aphrodite right, hair bound in sphendone / Prow right; spear-point before. VF, dark green patina. Alighieri Coll.
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Knidos (BC 405-394) Drachm548 viewsca 405 BC. AR Drachm (3.72g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right within incuse square. Toned VF, light porosity, small reverse scratch. Rare issue.
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Iasos (BC 250-190) AE 15548 viewsca 250-190 BC. AE15 (3.29g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / The youth Hermias swimming right, arm draped over a dolphin, ΙΑΣΕΩΝ above.
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Aphrodisias (AD 200-300) AE 26548 viewsca 3rd cent AD. AE26 (8.90g). ΙΕΡC - CΥΝΚΛΗΤΟC, head of young Synkletos right / ΑΦΡΟΔ-ΕΙCΙΕΩΝ, prize-urn and palm branch on table, ATT/AΛ/HA between legs. Brown patina.
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Attuda (AD 253-268) AE 20 - Salonina548 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE20 (5.44g). Diademed and draped bust right, resting on a crescent / ATTOYΔEΩN, festooned altar atop which two smaller flaming altars and three pine cones; dagger in exergue. Good Fine, green patina. Drewry Coll.
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Kos (BC 500-480) Hemiobol548 viewsca 500­-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.57g). Crab / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned, a hint of porosity. Very rare.
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Rhodes (BC 125-88) Drachm545 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (17 mm, 2.52g, 1h). Helios radiate head right / Rose with bud to left, rising sun to right, P--O below rose, ΑΝΤΑΙΟΣ (magistrate).
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Rhodes (BC 229-226) AE 18545 viewsca 229-226 BC. AE18 - Tetrachalkon (4.90g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / P-O, rose with bud to right; TE to left. Good VF, choice dark green patina.

Ashton links this and several related coinage issues to the period immediately after the great earthquake that struck Rhodes circa 229-226 BC. The city and port were devastated, and the great bronze Colossus beside the harbor was demolished. Greek states all over the eastern Mediterranean shipped in relief supplies, with Ptolemy III of Egypt being particularly generous. The Zeus head may reflect an Egyptian connection - the Rhodians honoring their benefactors.
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Stratonikeia (AD 193-211) AE 38 - Caracalla & Geta545 viewsCaracalla, 193-211 AD. AE38 (28.43g, 6h). AV K M AV - ANTΩNINOC C[ ... ] ΠO [ ... ], radiate, cuirassed and draped bust of Caracalla to right, facing erased bust of Geta; below, countermark, laureate head of Caracalla right / •ЄΠ•ΠPV ЄΠITVN[CANONTOC Γ] ΦIΛΩNOC – CTPATONIKЄΩN, Hekate with crescent standing facing, head left, holding torch in left and patera in right, sacrificing over altar. Very fine. Ex Karl coll.
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Knidos (AD 100-200) AE 28544 viewsPseudo-autonomous, 2nd cent AD. AE28 (9.17g). Head of Aphrodite right / KNI - ΔIΩN, Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and long scepter. Rare. Black patina, VF.
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Kindya (BC 510-480) Obol544 viewsca 510-480 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.52g). Head of ketos left; horizontal Λ below “beard” / Eight-rayed star within incuse square. VF, minor porosity. Alighieri Coll.
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Knidos (BC 405-394 BC) Drachm543 viewsca 404-395 BC. AR Drachm (3.71 g, 16mm, 6h). Forepart of lion right / Head of Aphrodite right within incuse square. VF, toned. Very rare, Cahn lists nine examples. Ex Niklovitz Coll. (L. Hamburger, 11 June 1930), lot 344.
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Mylasa (BC 6th cent) EL 1/48 Stater543 viewsMid 6th century BC. EL Forty-Eighth Stater (5mm, 0.29g, 7h). Facing lion head / Scorpion within incuse square. Near EF, minor earthen deposits on reverse.
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Stratonikeia (BC 88-30) Reduced Drachm542 viewsca 88-30 BC. AR Reduced Drachm (1.72g). Head of Hekate with rolled hair and crescent on forehead / Nike walking right, holding wreath and palm; grain ear before, ΠΑΜΦΙΛΟC (magistrate) above. VF, porous, small flan crack. Rare.
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Euromos (BC 400) Hemiobol542 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.49g). Forepart of boar right / Bare head of bearded male right, Λ to left. VF, dark toning with earthen undertones.
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Herakleia Salbake (BC 1st cent) AE541 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE (3.48g). Head of Herakles R / Female head R, ΗΡΑΚΛΕ to R. Black patina, EF. Very rare. Ex Peus Auc. 326 (1989), lot 220.
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Syangela (BC 350-320) AE 9541 viewsca 350-320 BC. AE9 (0.82g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / S-Y, spear point within laurel wreath. EF. Very rare. Karl coll.; ex Hauck and Aufhäuser, Auk. 18 (10/2004), 266.
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Lindos (BC 450) Stater540 viewsca 450 BC. AR Cut Stater (14.82g, 8h). Forepart of bridled horse right / Lion's head left within incuse square. VF, toned, light encrustation on obverse, granular surfaces. Apparently unpublished denomination.
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Mylasa (BC 392-376) Hemiobol540 viewsHekatomnos, ca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.52g, 1h). Head of roaring lion left / Forepart of facing lion; E below. Good VF, porous, well centered.
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Herakleia Salbake (AD 3rd cent) AE 24539 views3rd century AD (under Roman protection), semi-autonomous. AE24 (6.17g). ΗΡ-Α ΒΟΥΛΗ, veiled and laureate bust of Boule right / Tyche in long garb, standing left with Kalathos on head, filling horn in hand. Rare. Good style, fine olive-green patina, EF.
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Keramos (BC 200-100) AE 19539 views2nd cent BC. AE19. Archaic head of Apollo (?) with long hair right / ΚΕΡΑΜΙΗ-ΛΕΩΝ, facing head of bull. Good VF, green patina. Rare.
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Aphrodisias (AD 200-250) AE 24539 viewsImperial Times, ca 200-250 AD. AE24 - Assarion (7.55g, 6h). IЄPA CV - NKΛHTOC, diademed bust of Senate right; countermark, B / AΦPOΔЄI-CIЄΩN, Aphrodite standing facing, holding scpter and apple. Very fine. Ex Karl coll.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) lion/panther - Obol538 viewsca 465-440 BC. AR Obol (0.68g, 8mm). Forepart of roaring lion right / Facing head of panther within incuse square. VF.
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Mylasa (BC 170-130) Drachm538 viewsca 175-160 BC. AR Drachm (15 mm, 2.02g, 12h). Helios head facing, eagle standing on right cheek / Rose with buds to right and left, P-A/S-L.
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Stratonikeia (BC 166) Hemidrachm538 viewsafter 166 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.25g). Laureate, bearded head of Zeus right/ C-T, Eagle with spread wings standing right, dolphin in front, ΠΛΙΩΝΙ [...] (magistrate) above, within incuse square. Dark patina, VF.
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Kos (BC 345-330) Didrachm538 viewsca 345-330 BC. AR Didrachm (6.86g). Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Veiled female head left; ΑΓ[Η] behind. VF, toned. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (4/1993), lot 317; Superior Galleries (5/1989), lot 6081; Pixodarus Hoard.
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Tabai (AD 81-96) AE 18 538 viewsTime of Domitian, ca 81-96 AD. AE18 (4.06g, 12h). ΔHMOC TABH-NΩ[N], laureate head of Demos right / ΔIA OP - IЄ, Capricorn right. 12. Very fine. Ex Karl coll.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) lion/panther - Obol536 viewsca 465-440 BC. AR Obol (0.72g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Facing head of panther in incuse square. VF. Ex Hirsch Nachf. 175 (1992), lot 407.
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Rhodes (BC 205-188) Hemidrachm536 viewsca 205-188 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.57g, 13mm). Akesis magistrate. Head of Helios three-quarter facing / AKEΣIΣ; P-O around stalk; bud right, lyre left. Good very fine.
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Tabai (AD 161-180) AE 27 - Faustina II536 viewsFaustina II Junior, wife of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE27 (10,81g, 6h). ΦAVCTЄINA - CEBACTH , daped bust right / TABH-NΩN, Tyche standing facing holding rudder and cornucopia, head left. Almost extremely fine. Ex Karl coll.
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Syangela (BC 300-275) AE 11536 viewsca 300-275 BC. AE11 (1.20g, 6h). Wreathed head of Dionysos left / Kantharos; grape cluster to left. VF, green patina. Rare and choice for issue. Lee Coll.
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Iasos (BC 250-190) AE535 viewsca 250-190 BC. AE (5.45g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Hermias swimming with dolphin right, ΙΑΣΕΩΝ below. Black-green patina, corrosion spots, VF. Rare.
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Rhodes (BC 40-AD 25) Didrachm535 viewsca 40 BC-25 AD. AR Didrachm (20 mm, 4.28g, 12h). Helios radiate head 3/4 right / Full-blown rose from above, corn-ear w/in border of dots, P - O around.
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Antiocheia (AD 1st-2nd cent) AE535 viewsca 1st-2nd cent AD, pseudo-autonomous. AE (3.74g). NAP-BIC, Head of Tyche right, wearing 3-pointed crown / ΑΝΤΙΟ−ΧΕΩΝ, Athena standing left, holding spear and shield. Dark green patina, aEF. Rare.
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Kaunos (BC 350-300) AE 12535 viewsca 350-300 BC. AE12 (1.02g). Forepart of a bull right / Sphinx seated right. VF, attractive green patina.
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Kaunos (BC 300-200) Trihemiobol535 views3rd century BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.96g). Diademed head of Alexander the Great right / K-AY (AY in monogram), double cornucopiae bound with fillet. Toned, gVF. Rare.
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Kamiros (BC 500-480) Obol534 viewsca 500-480 BC. AR Obol (0.68g). Fig-leaf / Rough incuse punch.
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Rhodes (BC 40-AD 25) Didrachm533 viewsca 40 BC-25 AD. AR Didrachm (21mm, 3.82g, 9h). Timostratos, magistrate. Radiate facing head of Helios / Rose in full bloom, ΤΙΜΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ around. EF, toned.
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Trapezopolis (AD 100-200) AE 16533 views2nd century AD. AE16 (2.47g). TPAΠEZOΠOΛITΩN, bust of Athena right / ΔΙAΠ OΛI AΔPACTOY, humped bull advancing right. Very rare mint. VF.
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Sebastopolis (AD 69-79) AE 19 - Vespasian533 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE19 (5.58g, 12h). ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕ-ΒΑΣΤΟC, laureate head right / ΠΑΠΙΑC ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟ[Υ] / CΕΒΑ CΤΟΠΟ / ΛΙΤΩΝ, cult statue of Artemis (?) standing facing. VF. Karl Coll.
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Tabai (AD 98-117) AE 24 - Trajan 533 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE24 (10.38g, 12h). AV KA TPAIN (!) - OC API ΓЄ ΔA, laureate head right / TABHNΩN, Demeter standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos holding scepter, grapes and corn ears. Very rare. Good very fine. Ex Lanz, Auc 80 (5/1997), Nr. 366. Ex Karl coll.
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Kaunos (BC 490-470) Obol533 viewsca 490-470 BC. AR Tritartemorion (0.58g, 7mm). Iris running left / Winged sphinx (?) standing right, paw raised, within dotted incuse square. Very fine.
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Stratonikeia (AD 193-211) AE 37 - Septimius Severus and Julia Domna532 viewsSeptimius Severus and Julia Domna, 193-211 AD. AE37 (23.08g). Vis-a-vis busts of Severus and Domna; countermark: helmeted head of Roma right within circular incuse between, QEOY within rectangular incuse above / Hekate standing half-left, holding patera and torch; at her feet to left, dog standing left looking back at her. Coin VF, countermarks Fine, brown surfaces, light smoothing.
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Knidos (BC 350-320) Tetradrachm532 viewsca 350-330/20 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.01 g, 12h). Chian standard. Timasiphron, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, hair tied at back, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace / KNI, forepart of roaring lion right; ΤΙΜΑΣΙΦΡΩΝ above. Good VF. Very rare, fewer than 30 of this type known. This magistrate is unknown in all denominations for this period.
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Stratonikeia (BC 166) Hemidrachm 532 viewsca 150-120 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.4g, 12mm, 2h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing 3/4 to right, wings open, C-T, serpent on altar in lower right field, APYCΛAC (?) (magistrate) above. VF.
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Harpasa (AD 222-235) AE 36 - Severus Alexander531 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE36 (21.79g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Statue of Athena standing right within hexastyle temple. Near VF, olive green patina, flan crack, a little pitted in spots. Rare. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Stratonikeia (BC 30-AD 20) Reduced Drachm531 viewsLate 1st century BC - early 1st century AD. AR Drachm (16mm, 1.58g, 12h). Phanias, magistrate. Laureate head of Hekate right, crescent above / Nike walking right, holding wreath and palm. VF, lightly toned. One of three known to Meadows for this issue. Lee Coll.; ex Hirsch 209 (5/2000), lot 139.
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Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) AE 16530 viewsca 2nd cent BC. AE16 (3.97g). Head of Poseidon right / Ornate trident head; ΑΛΙΚΑP to left, ΜΕΛΑ (magistrate) to right.
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Mylasa (BC 450-400) Hemiobol530 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.58g). Facing forepart of lion / Scorpion, tail to left. VF, porous.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 500-450) Diobol530 viewsca 500-440 BC. AR Diobol - Milesian Standard (1.93g, 10mm). Bull standing right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 450-400) bull - Tetartemorion529 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.12g, 5mm). Rosette / Head of bull right. Extremely rare (2nd recorded?). Obverse off center, good very fine.
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Kos (BC 166-88) Hemidrachm528 viewsca 166-88 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.72g). Magistrates Nikarch(...) and Asklep(...). Laureate head of Asklepios right / Coiled snake, head right; ΝΙΚΑΡΧ to left, ΑΣΚΛΗΠ to right, ΚΟΣ? below. VF.
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Kos (BC 350-345) Tetradrachm528 viewsca 350-345 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.94g, 5h). Alkimachos, magistrate. Head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin / Crab; ΑΛΚΙΜΑΧΟΣ and club below; all within incuse square with border of dots. VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die. From the John F. Sullivan Collection. Ex Pixodarus Hoard (CH 9, 421).
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Syangela (BC 420-380) Hemidrachm528 viewsEarly 4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (10mm, 2.04g, 7h). Wreathed head of Dionysos left / Inverted grape cluster and kantharos, ΣYA above; all within incuse square. VF, toned, porous. Very rare. Lee Coll.
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Myndos (BC 200-0) Drachm527 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AR Drachm (3.99g). Menedemos, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus right / Headdress of Isis, thunderbolt below, ΜΥΝΔΙΩΝ to left, ΜΕΝΕΔΗΜΟΣ to right, within beaded circle. EF, some horn silver on the reverse.
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Rhodes (BC 188-84) Diobol527 viewsca 188-84 BC. AR Diobol (0.95g, 11h). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, Rose with bud to left; star to right. Superb EF, toned. Choice flan.
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Antiocheia (AD 100-270) AE 19527 viewsca 2nd-3rd century AD. AE19 (3.45g). Diademed bust of Zeus / ANT IOXЄΩN, Eagle standing left. Very fine.
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Rhodes (AD 31-60) AE 19526 viewsca 31-60 AD. AE19 (3.09g). Draped bust of Helios or Nymph Rhodos right, head radiate / ΡΟΔΙΩΝ, Nike in long dress standing left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand. Dark brown patina, gVF. Rare issue. Joy coll.
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Aphrodisias (AD 253-268) AE 26 - Gallienus525 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE26 (8.39g, 6h). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟ ΛI ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right / A-Φ-PO-Δ-I-CI/ ЄΩ-N, emperor with radiate crown on horseback right throwing spear. Very fine. Ex M&M, Auc 1 (9/1997), Nr. 402. Ex Karl coll.
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Halikarnassos (BC 150-50) AE19525 viewsca 150-50 BC. AE19 (4.54g, 11h). Head of Poseidon right, wearing tainia / Trident with dolphins between points; kithara to lower left, APTE (magistrate) to right. Good VF, dark green patina, light earthen deposits. Unpublished in the standard references with kithara. Karl Coll. (Lanz 131 (11/2006), lot 151).
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Rhodes (BC 250-230) Didrachm524 viewsca 250-230 BC. AR Didrachm (6.79g). Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; Athena holding aphlaston to left, TIMOΘΕΟΣ (magistrate) above. Good very fine.
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Myndos (BC 200-0) AE 19524 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE19 (5.87g). Head of beardless Dionysos wearing ivy wreath / ΜΥΝΔΙ - ΕΡΜΙ, owl sitting right on olive branch, head facing. Rare. Dark green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll.
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Attuda (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus524 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (15.37g). ΠΟΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΕΝΟC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Α ΤΤ ΟΥΔ ΕΩΝ, Cybele on panther left, sceptre over shoulder. Near VF, thick green patina. Drewry Coll.
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Kaunos (BC 410-390) Stater524 viewsca 410-390 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 11.80g). Winged female figure in kneeling-running stance left, head right, holding kerykeion and wreath / Baetyl(?) between Δ (upside down) and Γ; all within incuse square. VF, some minor obverse deposits, a little off center.
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Kaunos (BC 300-250) AE 10523 viewsca 300-250 BC. AE10 (1.34g). Bull butting right, radiate circle above / Sphinx seated right, [K]-A/Υ.
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(BC 392-377) Hekatomnos - Hemiobol523 viewsHekatomnos, Satrap, ca 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Tetartemorion (?) (0.25g). Head of young male right / Head of bull left, E behind. VF. Very rare. Mueller coll.
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Rhodes (BC 188-84) Diobol522 viewsca 188-84 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.93g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose with bud to left; caduceus to right. Superb EF, toned.
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Apollonia Salbake (AD 100-300) AE 30522 viewsImperial Times, ca 1st-2nd cent AD. AE30 (18.31g, 6h). Kallippos magistrate. IЄPAC CVNKΛHTOC, bust of Senate right / ΑΠΟΛΛΟ-ΝΙΑΤΩΝ - KAΛ ΛIΠΠOC – CTP, Zeus seated left holding Nike and wreath and scepter. Very fine. Ex Hirsch Nachf., Auc 180 (11/1993), Nr. 288. Ex Karl coll.
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Attuda (AD 193-211) AE 25521 viewsca 193-211 AD, under Roman protection, pseudo-autonomous. AE25 (8.71g). IΕPΑ-ΒΟΥΛΗ, veiled head of Boule right / ΑΤΤΟΥ-ΔΕΩΝ, tree; altar to right. VF.
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Keramos (BC 200-0) AE 14521 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE14 (2.11), plinthophoric. Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / Κ-ΕΡΑΜΙΗ - ΔΙΟΝΥ, eagle standing right, wings closed, within incuse square. Dark green patina, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Syangela (BC 350-320) AE 11521 viewsca 350-320 BC. AE11 (0.86g). Laureate head of Zeus right / [S-Y], corn grain within laurel wreath. Dark green patina, aEF. Very rare. Joy coll.; ex CNG XXXIII (1995), 306.
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Mylasa (BC 170-130) Drachm521 viewsca 170-130 BC. AR Drachm (2.16g, 12h). Rhodian standard. Facing head of Helios; to lower left, eagle standing right / Rose with buds to left and right; Π-E/I-I in two lines flanking rose. EF, lightly toned. D. Herman Coll.
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Iasos (BC 250-190) AE 20521 viewsca 250-190 BC. AE20 (6.61g, 5h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Hermias swimming with dolphin right, ΙΑΣΕΩΝ below. Near EF, dark black/green patina. Exceptional for issue.
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Keramos (BC 200-0) AE520 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE (1.83g), Magistrate Apol. Head of Zeus right / Eagle right, ΚΕΡAΜ above, ΑΠΟΛ below, within incuse square. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare.
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Kos (BC 30) AE 31 - Nikias520 viewsca 30 BC. AE31 (23.56g). [ΝΙΚΙ]ΑΣ, head of Nikias right wearing a slight beard, band in hair / ΚΩΙΩΝ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΠΙΔΗΣ, laureate head of Asklepios right. VF, brown and green patina, minor adjustment marks on both sides. Rare.

The elusive Nikias apparently seized power in Kos in the late Republican period, perhaps taking advantage of turmoil within the Roman Empire. He is usually dated between about 50 BC and the reign of Augustus, but the only evidence for his date is the style of portrait, which seem's to be strongly influenced by the portraiture of Octavian. His coinage, however, has not yet been fully studied, and even the sequence of his mint magistrates has not yet been established.
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Orthosia (BC 200-0) AE 12520 views2nd century BC. AE12 (1.12g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΟΡΘΟΣΙΕIΩΝ Α-Π, ivy leaf. Very rare. EF. Karl Coll.; ex Hauck und Aufhäuser 12 (10/1996), lot 234.
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Kaunos (BC 200-100) AE520 views2nd century BC. AE (2.62g). Diademed head of Alexander the Great right / Κ-ΑΥ/ΣΩ-ΤΑΣ Naked youth standing right, right hand outstretched, holding scepter in left hand, serpent wound at bottom. Rare. Dark green patina, EF.
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Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol520 viewsca 395-377 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.49g, 6h). Ram’s head right / Young male head right; Karian legend. VF. Karl coll.
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Halikarnassos (BC 300-150) Hemidrachm519 viewsca 3rd-2nd cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.92g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΑΛΙΚΑΡ-ΝΑΣΣΕΩΝ, lyre, ΕΡΜ (magistrate) above. aEF. Rare.
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Rhodes (AD 0-100) AE 19518 views1st cent AD. AE19 (3.98g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right within dotted circle / Nike standing left on prow, holding ??, ΡΟΔΙΩΝ to left, within dotted circle.
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Rhodes (AD 54-68) AE 36 - Nero518 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE36 (28.99g, 1h). Radiate head right / RODI/WN, Nike standing left on prow, holding aplustre; rose to left. Near VF, black-green patina.
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Iasos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus518 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (3.48g). Laureate head right / Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and arrow over shoulder. Near VF, brown surfaces. Only two specimens listed in RPC. Drewry Coll.
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Stratonikeia (AD 193-211) AE 37 - Caracalla & Plautilla518 viewsCaracalla, with Plautilla, 202-205 AD. AE36 (23.96 g, 12h). Cl. Dionysius, magistrate. AKPA KAI M AVP AИ • [KAI ΘЄ C-Є]B [NЄ] ΠΛAVTIΛΛAИ, confronted busts of Plautilla right, draped and wearing stephane, and Caracalla left, laureate, draped, and cuirassed; c/m: ΘЄOV within rectangular incuse / [CTPATOИIKЄΩИ Є]ΠI TΩИ ΠЄP B KΛ ΔIOИVCIOИ, Zeus Panamaros, holding scepter in left hand, on horseback right; altar to right. Good VF, dark green and red patina, minor obverse die shift. An interesting obverse legend lauding the divinity of Plautilla.
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