Catalogue
Ionia, uncertain mint, (c.520-480 B.C.), silver tetartemorion (0.12 grams), obv. rosette pattern, rev. incuse square with five raised dots, (SNG Kayhan 740, SNG von Aulock 1807, SNG Fitzwilliam 4464, Klein 433). Toned, mild surface pitting, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Ionia, Ephesus, (202-c.150 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.09 grams), obv. bee with straight wings dividing E - **F*, dotted border, rev. stag standing to right, palm tree behind, to right magistrate's name **CARMINOS* (Charminos) (cf.S.4387, Kinns Num. Chron. 1999 [p.90], noted in Head Supp.). Toned, many scratches, otherwise good fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $250
Ionia, Ephesus, (c.130-129 B.C.), silver cistophoric tetradrachm, (12.69 gm), year **MD* = 44 = 91-90 B.C., obv. cista mystica with half opened lid, from which a serpent rises to left, the whole in wreath of ivy, rev. two coiled serpents with erect heads between them a bow case with a strap ornamented with an aplustre and strung bow at left, long upright torch to right, fulmen between serpents to left, **MD* (= year 44), above **EFE* to left, (cf.S.4394, Kleiner ANS Museum Notes 18, No. 45, Paris BN 2664, Pinder 35, SNG Cop.-). Toned. very fine/nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
Ionia, Kolophon, (c.460 B.C.), silver tetartemorion, (0.22 gm), obv. head of Apollo facing, rev. TE monogram in incuse square, (S.4343, ACNAC Rosen 567 [This Coin], Weber 5808, Milne [ANSNNM 96], period I, group B, 8). Nearly extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $80
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Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum, (c.mid 4th century B.C.), silver diobol (1.60 gm), obv. armed cavalryman, wearing helmet, holding couched lance in his right hand and with his cloak flowing back from his shoulders, riding horse prancing to right, rev. **MAGN /[A]NAZIMBR[OTOS], bull butting left, above a maeander pattern, (S.4480, cf.BMC 8 [noted as a hemidrachm]). Toned, very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Ionia, Miletos, (c.225-190 B.C.), silver drachm (octobol Sear), (5.00 gm), uncertain magistrate, obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. lion standing right, head left, star above, MI monogram above uncertain monogram (AP?) to right, uncertain name in in exergue. (S.4512, cf. Deppert series III, Period V), SNG Cop.987 var.). Nearly extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $180
SOLD $340
Ionia, Miletus, (c.550-525 B.C.), silver twelfth stater, (0.840 grams), obv. forepart of lion and legs to right or left, head turned back, rev. star ornament within incuse square, (S.3531, 3532, Weber 6039, BMC 14-33, SNG Cop. 951). Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Ionia, Teos, (c.460-420 B.C.) silver tetartemorion (0.26 gm), obv. Griffin's head to right, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (S.-, Balcer 123, SNG Kayhan 602, Rosen 603). Good very fine, lightly toned.
Estimate $60
SOLD $100
Ionia, Islands off, Samos, (c.398-365 B.C.), silver obol (0.60 gm), obv. facing scalp of lion, rev. forepart of a bull to right, **SA* below, (S.4650, Barron [p.213] 1-2, BMC Ionia [p. 357], 79-80). Toned, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Lydia, Sardes, time of King Croesus or later, (c.550-520 B.C.), silver siglos, (5.35 gm), obv. confronting foreparts of lion, facing right, and bull facing left, rev. two incuse punches of unequal size, side by side, (S.3424, BMC 45, Traite pl.10,9, Rosen ACNAC 663, SNG von Aulock 2877-9, I. Carradice, Coinage of the Persian Empire BAR Inter. Ser. 343, [1987], Pl.11, 9). Toned, very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $550
Caria, Uncertain, (Before 440 BC), silver third Siglos, (1.03 gm), obv. confronted foreparts of two bulls, horns crossed, rev. forepart of bull left, within incuse square, (cf.Troxell 'Carians in Miniature' Mildenberg 11A, cf.SNG Finland 911ff, Pozzi 2550 var. (bull butting right, attributed to Samos), Weber 6291 var. (same), Troxell Kagan 1). Lightly toned, mild surface pitting, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Caria, uncertain mint, (early 5th century B.C.), silver hemiobol, (0.49 grams), obv. forepart of lion facing, rev. scorpion, tail within incuse square to right, (S.-, SNG Berry II 1047 [Asia Minor uncertain but probably Caria], SNG Von Aulock 7803, ACNAC Rosen 403, SNG Finland 917 [Caria]); Ionia, Miletus, (c.550-525 B.C.), silver twelfth stater, (1.18 grams), obv. forepart of lion and legs to right, head turned back to left, rev. star ornament within incuse square, (S.3532, BMC 14-33, SNG Cop. 951). First, fine/good fine and very rare, second nearly extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Caria, Mylasa, (c.170-130 B.C.), silver drachm, (2.54 grams), obv. facing head of Helios, eagle moving right superimposed on cheek, rev. rose in bloom, rosebud to right, (S.-, SNG Kayhan 843, Ashton 'The Pseudo-Rodian Drachms of Mylasa', Numismatic Chronicle 1992, 69d). Toned, good very fine or better and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Caria, Myndos, (2nd-1st century B.C.), silver trihemiobol, (1.03 gm), obv. head of young Dionysos to right with ivy wreath, rev. grapes with legend **MUDI QEODO* either side, (cf.S.4918, BMC 14 [p.135]). Lightly toned, good very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Caria, Carian Islands, Rhodes, (c.250-230 B.C. Ashton chronology), silver didrachm, (6.70 gm), obv. radiate head of Helios three-quarter face to right with hair loose, rev. rose, with bud on right, P O below, to left a Term, above **TIMOQEOS*, all within dotted border, (S.5048, Ashton series 4, No.209, BMC 150-2 [p.244], SNG Cop.767-8, SNG Finland 540-1 [similar dies], SNG Fitz. 4790). Bright, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $440
Carian Islands, Rhodes, (167-88 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.16 gm), obv. radiate head of Helios to right, rev. rose, with bud on right, helmet to left, in field P O, above **AGHSIDAMOS*, all within incuse square, (cf.S.5063, Jenkins Group B, No.29, BMC -). Lightly toned, good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Lycia, uncertain, (c.400-350 B.C.), silver obol, (0.63 grams), obv. lion's scalp facing, rev. helmeted head of Athena to right, letters above, (cf.SNG Cop 370 [rev], cf.SNG Von Aulock 4190 [rev] 4193 [rev], cf.BMC Lycia series V pl VIII 9 [rev], cf.Vismara Glaux Vol 3 TAV XXII 206 [obv]). Well centred, nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Lycia, Kragos, (1st century B.C.), silver diobol, (0.93 gm), obv. Artemis head to right, wearing stephane, bow and quiver behind, dotted border, rev. quiver, **L - U / K - P either side, bucranium to left, all within shallow incuse square, (cf.S.5272, cf.SNG Von Aulock 4306). Good very fine, rare variant.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Lycia, Phaselis, (c.500-440 B.C.), silver tetrobol, (3.40 grams), obv. prow of galley in the form of a boar's forepart to right, rev. stern of galley to right in incuse square, (S.5330, SNG Cop -, SNG Von Aulock 4395, Heipp-Tamer No.57, V37 R52, this coin). Attractive old cabinet toning, nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $360
Lycia, Phaselis, (3rd century B.C.), silver stater, (10.11 grams), obv. prow of galley to right, dolphin below, rev. stern of galley, **LIBUS* / **FASH* above, (cf.S.5333, Heipp-Tamer No.113 (this coin), SNG Von Aulock 4416). Lightly toned, very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $450
Lycia, Phaselis, (3rd century B.C.), AE 17, (3.19 grams), obv. prow of galley to right, pearl in cross above, dotted border, rev. Athena standing to right brandishing spear and holding shield, **F* to right, (cf.S.5343, BMC -, Heipp-Tamer No.452). Brown patina, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $110
Lycia, Phaselis, (c. 250-221/0 B.C.), AE 10, (1.31 gm), obv. prow of a galley left, rev. galley stern to right, above **FAS*, (S.5342, Heipp-Tamer B34, cf.BMC 43); Lydia, Maeonia, (2nd-3rd Century A.D.), AE 19 (5.01 gm), obv. MAIO-N**W*N, head of Heracles left, rev. **EPI AIL NEWNO*C, Omphale advancing right, holding club and lion's skin, (cf.S.5024. SNG Cop.221 [magistrate]). Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Pisidia, Antioch, Volusian, (A.D. 251-3), AE 22, (6.89 grams), obv. radiate bust of Volusian draped and cuirassed to right, around IMP C V M P CALVSSIANO AVG, rev. S R in exergue, above legionary eagle between two standards, legend around ANTIO CHIO CL, (cf.S.4381, SNG Von Aulock 4978-9); Constantine I, (A.D. 307-337), commemorative AE issue of A.D. 333-335, Constantinople mint, (2.36 grams), obv. helmeted bust of Roma to left, around, VRBS ROMA, rev. she-wolf standing to left suckling Romulus and Remus, two stars above, in exergue, CONSE (cf.S.16526, RIC 78); Crispus, (317-326) as Caesar, Siscia mint, (3.65 grams), obv. laureate head to right of Crispus, IVL CRIS PVS NOB C around, rev. VOT V in wreath around CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, in exergue **G*SIS, (S.3917, RIC 153 [R1]). Nearly very fine - nearly extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Cilicia, uncertain, (c.4th century B.C.), silver obol, (0.59 grams), obv. facing gorgoneion, rev. head of Athena left, wearing crested helmet, (SNG Levante 248, SNG France 477). Toned, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Cilicia, Kelenderis, (440-400 B.C.), silver obol, (0.86 grams), obv. head of Athena to left in crested helmet, rev. forepart of Pegasos to left within incuse square, (S.5532, BMC 21.53 15, SNG Delepierre 2846-2848). Slight surface pitting, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Cilicia, Nagidos. (c.400-380 B.C.), silver obol (0.79 gm), obv. head of Aphrodite right, hair in sphendone, dotted border, rev. wreathed head of Dionysos right, (S.5583 (legend), SNG France 14). Toned, off centred, good very fine, an artististic example with nice metal, very scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Syria, Kingdom of, Antiochus III (the Great), (223-187 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.90 grams), Series III, Seleucia on Tigris mint, issued from 204 B.C., obv. diademed head of Antiochus III to right, hornlike lock above ear, rev. Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow, on right **BASILEWS*, to left **[A]NTIOCOU*, in exergue monogram, (cf.S.6886, SC 1167.1, Newell ESM 254, AHNS 858, SNG Von Post 576). High relief, lightly toned very fine/good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $440
Syria, Kingdom of, Antiochos VIII, (121-96 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (15.76 grams), Damascus mint, first reign, issued 118-117 B.C., obv. diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right, fillet border, rev. Zeus Uranius with crescent above standing to left, holding star and sceptre, on right **BASILEOS* and **ANTIOCOU* and to left **EPIFANOUS*, to left A/B over **HDR* monogram, in exergue date EqP = 195 = 118-7 B.C., (cf.S.7143, SC 2323.5, SNG Israel I (Spaer) 2656-7, Newell LSM 96). Lightly toned, nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $350
SOLD $600
Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare, Caracalla (A.D. 198-217), silver tetradrachm, (13.20 grams), issued 212-216, obv. laureate and draped bust of Caracalla to right, around A**U*T K M A ANT**W*NEINOC CE, rev. eagle standing facing, head to left, wreath in beak, between legs star, around **D*HMA**P*X E**X UP*ATOC TO **G*, (S.2656, Prieur 1165, Bellinger 63). Lightly toned, extremely fine with an attractive forceful portrait and some mint bloom, scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $850
Phoenicia, Aradus, (early 4th century B.C.), silver stater, (10.60 gm), obv. head of marine deity to right, with laurel wreath, dotted border, rev. galley to waves below, above in Phoenician 'ex Arado' not dated, (cf.S.5971, Betlyon 10 [fourth Aradian Series], BMC 21-23, Pl.I, 15 [square flans]). Square flan, otherwise very good/nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
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