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Home > Asia Minor General Most viewed - Asia Minor General Uncertain (BC 500) Drachm215 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 Unpublished.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 480-450) Hemiobol 213 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 Unpublished in the standard references.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 500-450) Obol?212 viewsca 6th-5th century BC. AR Obol (?) (6mm, 0.43g). Archaic bare male head right / Incuse punch. aVF. Very rare. Uncertain (BC 440-390) Star - Hemiobol 4210 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.29g). Head of Athena right, wearing corinthian helmet / Star within incuse square. VF. Uncertain (BC 480-460) Obol209 viewsca 475 BC. Hemiobol (0.51g, 8mm). Head of griffin right / Head of roaring lion left within square incuse. gVF. Uncertain (BC 530-480) Drachm208 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 Unpublished and apparently only the second known example.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 490-440) Hemiobol207 views4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.29g, 7mm). Bearded head of Silenos right / Quadripartite incuse square. aVF. Uncertain (BC 450-400) Trihemiobol?205 viewsca 5th-4th century BC. AR Obol (11mm, 1.05g). Forepart of lion left? / Head of lion right, with annulet in open mouth. VF. Very rare. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. Uncertain (BC 450-400) ant - Tetartemorion205 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Tetartemorion (3mm, 0.19g). Head of roaring lion (?) right / Ant within incuse square. Uncertain (BC 430-350) Hemiobol205 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 Unpublished in the standard references.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 460-400) shrimp - Hemiobol204 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.16g). Head of calf (or boar) right / Shrimp right within incuse square. VF. Uncertain (BC 510-470) Drachm204 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 480-450) Hemidrachm201 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.5g, 13mm). Sphinx facing right / Head of goat facing left in incuse square. Uncertain (BC 400-300) Trihemiobol?201 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 (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion199 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 480-440) Stater199 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 480-440) Stater194 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 480-420) Tetartemorion194 views5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.15g, 6mm). Head of Apollo right / Eagle standing facing, head right, wings spread. gVF. Apparently unpublished. Persian Kings (BC 485-420) Daric193 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 350-250) AE 7193 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 480-420) Tetartemorion191 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (5-6mm, 0.2g). Head of Herakles (?) left / Lion forepart right. VF. Uncertain (BC 500) Hemitetartemorion191 viewsAbydos? ca 500-400 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (3mm, 0.12g). Head of bird or eagle right / Quadripartite incuse square. Uncertain (BC 460-400) eagle - Tetartemorion186 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 460-400) grapes - Obol185 viewsa 500-400 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.93g). Head left in circular dotted border / Bunch of grapes. Uncertain (BC 500) Hemidrachm184 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm? (1.93g, 12mm). Lion advancing right / Incuse square with textured cross-hatching. aVF. Very rare. Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 1 - Hemiobol184 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 510-470) Drachm183 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 300-200) Hemiobol183 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 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol181 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 480-450) lion - Obol181 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 440-380) Hemiobol180 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.20g, 7mm). Corinthian helmet right / Amphora within wreath. F. Uncertain (BC 400-300) Obol180 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 480-450) Obol174 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 440-380) Hemiobol173 viewsca 450 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.20g). Corinthian helmet right / Amphora. Uncertain (BC 430-350) Hemiobol171 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 - Tetartemorion171 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 430-350) Hemiobol170 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 520-470) Hemiobol167 viewsThraco-Macedonian region, uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.57g). Calf’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned. Uncertain (BC 480-420) Obol166 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 480-420) Hemidrachm166 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 500-450) cow - Hemistater?162 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 520-470) Hemiobol160 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 450-400) Dynast 2 - Tetartemorion159 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 520-470) Hemiobol158 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 500) Bull 3 - Obol157 viewsca 530-480 BC. AR Obol (6mm, 0.64g). Head of bull left / Incuse square with central pellet and raised diagonal lines. Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol157 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) Hemiobol156 viewsMacedon, Akanthos. ca 480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g, 6mm). Head of calf right / Quadripartite incuse square. aVF. Uncertain (BC 520-470) Hemiobol155 viewsThraco-Macedonian region, uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.51g). Calf’s head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Uncertain (BC 500) Bull 3 - Hemiobol154 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 440-390) Wheel - Hemiobol154 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.3g, 6mm). Eagle standing left / Four-spoked wheel. Uncertain (BC 450-400) Dynast 2 - Tetartemorion153 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 460-400) bull - obol150 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 480-420) Hemidrachm150 views5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.00g, 11mm). Forepart of Chimaira right / Facing gorgoneion within incuse square. aVF. Very rare. Uncertain (BC 425-375) Diobol B2149 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 520-470) Hemiobol145 viewsMacedon, Akanthos. ca 480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 7mm). Head of calf right / Quadripartite incuse square. aVF. Uncertain (BC 480-460) Tetartemorion139 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 450-400) Dynast 2 - Hemiobol138 viewsca 500-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (5mm, 0.48g). Head of ram (or eagle?) right / Uncertain inscription around monogram. VF. Uncertain (BC 500) Bull - Hemiobol138 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 - Hemiobol133 viewsca 500-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.45g). Head of ram right / Large wreath-like symbol, pseudo-legend around, within incuse circle. Uncertain (BC 550-500) Hemiobol127 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.36g, 5-7mm). Head of Bull left / Incuse square. gVF. Rare. Uncertain (BC 460-400) Hemiobol122 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.       461 coins on 5 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5