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Home > Asia Minor General Most viewed - Asia Minor General Uncertain (BC 460-400) shrimp - Hemiobol167 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.16g). Head of calf (or boar) right / Shrimp right within incuse square. VF. Uncertain (BC 480-450) Hemidrachm166 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.5g, 13mm). Sphinx facing right / Head of goat facing left in incuse square. Uncertain (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion165 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.15g, 6mm). Horse’s head facing right / Head of panther or lion facing right in incuse square. Uncertain (BC 500) Drachm164 views5th century BC. AR Drachm or Hemistater (?) (19mm, 6.36g). Uncertain standard. Chimaera standing right, raising forepaw, on dotted ground line / Rough incuse square. Unpublished. Near EF, toned, granular surfaces, scrape on obverse. Apparently unique. Uncertain (BC 460-400) owl - Tetartemorion163 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.16g, 5mm). Head of Apollo left / Owl standing left, head facing, M to right. Apparently unpublished. Uncertain (BC 510-470) Drachm161 views5th century BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.91g). Facing lion’s head or scalp / Quadripartite incuse square with raised central square and pellet. VF, patch of find patina on obverse. Good metal. Extremely rare, perhaps the second known. Uncertain (BC 200-100) AE 11160 viewsca 200-100 BC. AE11 (1.39g). Laureate and bearded male head (Zeus?) right / Large ΦΙ. Uncertain (BC 480-450) Hemiobol 158 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.45g, 3h). Scorpion / Female head right; Σ to upper right, A(?) to lower right; all within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF. Very rare. The cataloguer notes: “Scorpions are commonly found on the reverses of silver silver fractions from mints in Caria (cf. SNG Kayhan 925–8 and 934–8), but is very unusual as an obverse type. See Rosen 400 = SNG von Aulock 6664 for a similar scorpion on the obverse of a diobol with a dolphin reverse type.” Uncertain (BC 530-480) Drachm157 viewsca 600-560 BC. AR Drachm (3.85g, 15mm). Wolf, standing left on base composed of a horizontal row of pearls between two linear borders, eating bunch of grapes from right paw / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. Unpublished and apparently only the second known example. Ex Molard Coll., Switzerland. Uncertain (BC 400-300) Trihemiobol?155 views4th century BC. AR Obol(?) (10mm, 0.80g, 7h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Tripod, with fillets hanging at sides, within linear square; IPON to outer left. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Extremely rare. Uncertain Satrap (BC 420-380) AE 9155 viewsAchaemenid Period. Uncertain Satrap, 500-400 BC. AE9 (1.68g). Bearded head of satrap right, wearing kyrbasia / BA, persian king in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow, quiver over shoulder; all within incuse square. Uncertain (BC 450-400) ant - Tetartemorion153 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Tetartemorion (3mm, 0.19g). Head of roaring lion (?) right / Ant within incuse square. Uncertain Satrap (BC 400-334) Hemiobol151 views4th century BC. AR Fraction (7mm, 0.26g, 12h). Head right, wearing bashlyk / Head of boar right. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Extremely rare. Uncertain (BC 480-440) Stater151 views5th century BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.77g, 6h). Crenelated city wall with three towers / Forepart of bull advancing right; symbol (monogram or Greek koppa) to lower right; all within incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, toned. Well centered. Uncertain (BC 510-470) Drachm149 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.86g). Facing lion’s head or scalp / Quadripartite incuse square with raised central square and pellet. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned. The style and fabric of this piece are clearly related to the early drachms of Parion in Mysia. Uncertain (BC 480-420) Tetartemorion147 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.15g, 6mm). Head of Apollo right / Eagle standing facing, head right, wings spread. gVF. Apparently unpublished. Uncertain (BC 350-250) AE 7145 viewsTemnos, Aiolis? ca 350-250 BC. AE7 (0.66g). Head of Kabeiros right, wearing conical laureate (?) pilos / TAM, lion crouching left on ground line. Uncertain (BC 430-350) Hemiobol145 views 5th-4th century BC. AR Fraction (7.5mm, 0.41g, 3h). Facing head of panther(?), with paws below; ΔH and M[?] flanking / Head of female right, hair in band, within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, slight granularity, a little off center. Uncertain (BC 500) Hemidrachm144 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm? (1.93g, 12mm). Lion advancing right / Incuse square with textured cross-hatching. aVF. Very rare. Orontes (BC 357-352) AE 9143 viewsPharnabazos, 413-374/3 BC. AE9 (0.84g). Kisthene. Bearded head right, wearing bashlyk / KIΣ, forepart of winged boar right. gVF. Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol142 views5th-4th century BC. AR Fraction (7mm, 0.36g, 2h). Male head left / Grain ear; pseudo-legend(?) to right; all within incuse circle. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, porous, off center. Uncertain (BC 480-440) Stater142 viewsca mid-5th century BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.76g). City walls with three towers / Forepart of bull right; monogram to lower right; all within incuse square. gVF. Extremely rare and new type for a possibly heretofore undiscovered mint, as well as one of the earliest architectural types. Uncertain (BC 480-450) lion - Obol139 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.9g, 11mm). Roaring head of lion left / Head of satyr right within dotted border in incuse square. Stylistically the obverse is clearly linked to the archaic lion / boar issues of Kyzikos. VF. Uncertain (BC 300-200) Hemiobol139 views4th century BC. AR Fraction (6.5mm, 0.29g, 2h). Head of female right / Stag standing right; K to right. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, light porosity. Uncertain (BC 440-390) Star - Hemiobol 4139 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.29g). Head of Athena right, wearing corinthian helmet / Star within incuse square. VF. Uncertain (BC 440-380) Hemiobol138 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.20g, 7mm). Corinthian helmet right / Amphora within wreath. F. Persian Kings (BC 485-420) Daric138 viewsTime of Darios I to Xerxes II, ca 485-420 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.33g). Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left, cross below / Incuse rectagonal punch. Good fine, rare variant. Uncertain (BC 480-450) Obol135 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.85g, 9mm). Archaic head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Archaic female head right within pelleted linear border; all within incuse square. VF. Extremely rare. Uncertain (BC 400-300) Obol135 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.55g, 9mm). Laureate head of Zeus right / Σ-Ε-Λ-Ε (?), female head right within incuse square. aVF. Uncertain (BC 500) Hemitetartemorion134 viewsAbydos? ca 500-400 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (3mm, 0.12g). Head of bird or eagle right / Quadripartite incuse square. Uncertain (BC 460-400) grapes - Obol133 viewsa 500-400 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.93g). Head left in circular dotted border / Bunch of grapes. Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 1 - Hemiobol133 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.34g). Head of roaring lion left / Symbol and eagle right within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF. Uncertain (BC 480-420) Obol132 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.66g, 7mm). Forepart of lion facing right; truncation dotted / Facing gorgon within incuse square. The style of the gorgon is similar to several fractions attributed to Troas, but lion obverse is not indicative of any of these mints. Uncertain (BC 460-400) eagle - Tetartemorion132 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.12g, 6mm). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / Eagle standing right, wings closed, in dotted square border within incuse square. VF. Uncertain (BC 500-450) cow - Hemistater?129 views5th century BC. AR Hemistater (16mm, 5.60g, 1h). Cow standing left, head right; below, calf kneeling right, suckling / Incuse of male head with African features left. VF, toned, porous. Extremely rare, the third known. Uncertain (BC 440-380) Hemiobol125 viewsca 450 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.20g). Corinthian helmet right / Amphora. Uncertain (BC 430-350) Hemiobol125 views5th-4th centuries BC. AR Fraction (5.5mm, 0.18g). Fish left / Uncertain letters (KP in Lydian?) within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, some porosity. Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Tetartemorion124 views5th-4th century BC. AR Fraction (6mm, 0.18g, 7h). Male head left / Grain ear; pseudo-legend(?) to right; all within incuse circle. VF, minor porosity. Unpublished in the standard references. Uncertain (BC 480-420) Hemidrachm124 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (9.5mm, 2.12g, 7h). Chimaira lying right, with its forepart of stag left / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. VF, a little porous. Very rare. This coin appears is part of a series featuring the chimaira on the obverse and a gorgoneion in incuse on the reverse, for which drachms (M. Six, “Monnaies grecques, inédites et incertaines” in NC 1890, p. 235, 15), hemidrachms (C. Greenwell, “On some rare Greek coins” in NC 1897, p. 281, 2 = Boston MFA 2325; M. Six, op. cit., p. 235, 16-16bis), and obols (CNG 91, lot 345 and CNG 85, lot 477) are known. Uncertain (BC 430-350) Hemiobol124 views4th century BC. AR Fraction (7.5mm, 0.37g, 7h). Figure kneeling(?) right, holding uncertain object / Herakles, wearing lion skin, crouching right, drawing bow; uncertain object to right. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned. Uncertain (BC 500-450) Apollo - Tetartemorion122 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion(?) (6mm, 0.17g, 12h). Head of Apollo (?) right / Incuse archaic style head right. Apparently unpublished. Near VF, toned, porous. The head on the reverse is similar to the archaic heads found on the early silver fractions of Kolophon (see Kim & Kroll), but the fact of it being incuse, and the obverse type, which is not likely at Kolophon, makes an assignment to that mint unlikely. Silver fractions of this type, obverse figure in relief, reverse in incuse, are typically found in early issues from the Troad (esp. Dardanos), but the types on this issue are not identified with any of those mints in particular. Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol115 viewsThraco-Macedonian region, uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.57g). Calf’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned. Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 3 - Obol114 viewsca 530-480 BC. AR Obol (6mm, 0.64g). Head of bull left / Incuse square with central pellet and raised diagonal lines. Uncertain (BC 480-420) Hemidrachm113 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.00g, 11mm). Forepart of Chimaira right / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. aVF. Very rare. Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 3 - Hemiobol113 viewsca 500-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (5mm, 0.31g). Head of bull left / Incuse square, with pellet in center, in margin, incuse triangle on each side of incuse square. Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol113 viewsGaul, Massalia. ca 500-475 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.55g), Milesian standard. Head of a calf to right / Rough incuse square. Beautifully toned, gVF. Massalia Coll., formed over the past 25 years. Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol112 views5th-4th century BC. AR Fraction (7mm, 0.44g). Head of lion right / Grain ear; pseudo-legend(?) around; all within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, minor porosity. Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol108 viewsMacedon, Akanthos. ca 480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g, 6mm). Head of calf right / Quadripartite incuse square. aVF. Uncertain (BC 460-400) bull - obol107 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.86g, 10mm). Male head with pointed beard right, wearing necklace / Forepart of bull left within incuse square. VF. Rare. Uncertain (BC 425-375) Diobol B2107 views5th-4th century B.C. AR Diobol (9mm, 1.16g, 6h). Forepart of boar right; below, monogram / Head of roaring lion right. Dark find patina, gVF. Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Tetartemorion107 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion(?) (5.5mm, 0.20g). Head of ram right / Large wreath-like symbol, pseudo-legend around, within incuse circle. VF, granular surfaces. Uncertain (BC 480-460) Tetartemorion106 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (5mm, 0.14g). Head of griffin right / Head and neck of bull left within incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, apparently unpublished. Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol105 viewsThraco-Macedonian region, uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Obol or Hemiobol (7mm, 0.53g). Head of calf right / Rough incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, light porosity. Rare. Belgica Coll.; ex Rauch 76 (10/2005), lot 243. A quantity of these have appeared on the market over the past few years, usually erroneously attributed to Akanthos, a city that never depicted a calf on its coinage. Moreover, the style of the calf, as well as the form of the incuse, is unlike any other coins attributed to that city. Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol105 viewsThraco-Macedonian region, uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.51g). Calf’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Uncertain (BC 440-390) Wheel - Hemiobol103 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.3g, 6mm). Eagle standing left / Four-spoked wheel. Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol99 viewsca 500-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (5mm, 0.48g). Head of ram (or eagle?) right / Uncertain inscription around monogram. VF. Uncertain (BC 500) Bull - Hemiobol93 viewsca 530-480 BC. AR Hemiobol or Tetartemorion (5mm, 0.30g). Head of bull or calf right / Quadripartite incuse square. Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol92 viewsca 500-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.45g). Head of ram right / Large wreath-like symbol, pseudo-legend around, within incuse circle. Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol91 viewsMacedon, Akanthos. ca 480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 7mm). Head of calf right / Quadripartite incuse square. aVF. Uncertain (BC 460-400) Hemiobol87 viewsca 480-430 BC. Uncertain mint, uncertain Lykian Dynast. AR Hemiobol (5mm, 0.23g). Forepart of boar right / Forepart of hound right within incuse square. VF. Uncertain (BC 550-500) Hemiobol85 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.36g, 5-7mm). Head of Bull left / Incuse square. gVF. Rare.       461 coins on 5 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5