(Asia Minor)
AEOLIS BITHYNIA KINGS CAPPADOCIA CARIA CILICIA IONIA LESBOS LYCIA LYDIA MYSIA PERGAMON KINGS PAMPHYLIA PAPHLAGONIA KINGS PHRYGIA PISIDIA PONTOS KINGS TROAS ROMAN RULE MAP
AEOLIS
9353. AEOLIS, KYME, 3rd century BC. AE16, Sear 4193. Dr. bust Artemis r., bow and quiver at shoulder/One-handled vase between laurel branches. EF, well centered. Scarce. Choice example much superior in sharpness, centering, and patina to CNG 76, Lot; 692 which went for ~$240 including buyer's fee.
$175.
BITHYNIAN KINGDOMPRUSIAS I, c. 228-185 BC
CHOICE SHARP EXAMPLE! 10225. BITHYNIA, KINGS, PRUSIAS I CHLOROS. Circa 230-182 BC. AE (28mm, 9.72 g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Athena-Nike standing left, holding wreath and shield; monogram to inner left. RG 16; SNG von Aulock 6880. Good VF, dark brown and green patina. A choice sharp example. Scarce. Ex. CNG 242. Lot: 68.
CILICIA
BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE 9391. CILICIA, AIGEAI, AR Tetradrachm, 25 mm, 14.41 g. S_, Cop_, VAulock_. Turreted hd Tyche r/Minerva stg l. Good EF better than photo. An exceptionally rare coin. Until a recent small group was found only 8 were known. Missing from most major collections.
8562. CILICIA, UNCERTAIN MINT, PERHAPS TARSOS, 4th century BC. AR Obol, 0.67 gm. Sear_. Janiform head of Athena/Young male head (Herakles?) l. EF. Of very fine Classical style, especially the noble young male head with curly hair and earring. Very rare. No examples in CNG.
11371. KINGDOM OF CILICIA. TARCONDIMOTUS I. c. 39-31 BC. AE 21, 7.60g. (1h). Anazarbus. Obv: Diademed head of Tarcondimotus I right, anchor countermark on neck. Dotted border. Rx: [B]AΣIΛE[ΩΣ T]APKONΔIMO-TOY [ΦIΛANTΩNIOY] Zeus enthroned left holding Nike and scepter. RPC 3871. Sear, Imperators 835. SNG Aulock 5413. SNG Paris 1913. SNG Levante 1257. Wright, Anatolian Studies 58 (2008), pp. 115-126. Impressive portrait. EF, glossy black patina. Provenance: Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Much better than photo. Created dynast by Pompey in 64 BC, Tarcondimotus I was a friend and informant of Cicero during Cicero's governorship of Cilicia in 51-50 BC. During the Roman Civil Wars, Tarcondimotus switched his loyalty from Caesar to Caesar's murderer Cassius, and eventually from Cassius to Cassius' nemesis, Mark Antony. He died soon after the battle of Actium in 31 BC.
CHOICE EXAMPLE 4962. CILICIA, HIEROPOLIS-KASTABALA, ANTIOCHOS IV EPIPHANES. AE22. Hd. turreted city goddess r. monogram in field to left. Reverse: Artemis? seated left wearing kalathos, holding small scepter; eagle below her seat. SNG Levante 1564. EF. Rare.
10419. CILICIA, KELENDARIS, 430-420 BC. AR Stater, 18.0 mm, 10.55 g, 4:00. Obverse: Seated nude youth holding a whip in the act of dismounting from his horse which gallops left. Reverse: K [E] L [IN]; Ibex kneeling left, behind to the right; above, a branch of ivy. VF. Pz.2810, SNG Paris 53, collection Hirsch 1590. Ex A Bourgey sale. An artistic variant composition with the goat reaching up towards the ivy. Better than photo.
IONIA
EXCEPTIONALLY RARE! 4973. IONIA, ERYTHRAE, AE18. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin. Rev: ERY monogram between bow to left, arrow-head pointing downwards to right, aphlaston above and caduceus at centre right. Imhoof KM p.529, 7; [cf Imhoof Monnaies Grecques, p. 467, nos. 47-48 (without caduceus).], Svoronos p. 182, 27 in JIAN 1903. The Imhoof, KM 7 example is 19mm. No image, unfortunately, nor of those in Monnaies Grecques. Imhoof writes that because of a similar example with a ship's prow, and the repeated us of the aphlaston, he comes to the conclusion that the coins come from a coastal town whose name begins with EN but which is unknown today. He rules out NE (Neonteichos). VF. Very rare.
LESBOS
7924. LESBOS, METHYMNA. AE15, Sear_, Copenhagen_, SNG Van Aulock_ (but see #1742 for a similar rv. on another coin of Methymna). Hd. Athena r./Dion rinding dolphin r. carrying lyre, M(H)Q(U). VF+. Extremely rare, no examples in CNG.
KINGDOM OF PERGAMON
The tetradrachms of the subsequent Pergamene kings all retain the likeness and name of Philetairos, the first king of Pergamon.
VERY FINE STYLE 10480. PERGAMON, KINGS, EUMENES I. 263-241 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.26 g, 12h). Massive brutal diademed head of Philetairos right / Athena seated left, supporting shield and resting elbow on small statuette on sphinx; ivy leaf above knee, bow behind, A on throne. Westermark dies V.VII/R.1b; SNG France 1604 (same obv. die). VF, darkly toned, some roughness.
8574. MYSIA, PERGAMON, 2nd-1st century BC. AE20, Sear 3960. Head Athena r./Trophy of armour. VF. Nice sharp example.
PISIDIA
VERY RARE CITY AND COIN 7204. PISIDIA, KOMAMA, 1st century BC. AE15, see Sear 5451 for a similar coin. Bearded male hd. Zeus? r./Lion bounding l., KO in ex. EF. Choice examples of a very rare coin from a very rare city. Seldom offered.
PONTOS
RARE DOUBLE DENOMINATION 8578. PONTOS, AMISOS, late 2nd-early 1st century BC. AE26, 18.42 g. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / AMI-SOU, eagle standing left, head right, wings spread, on thunderbolt; monogram to left. RG 15; SNG BM Black Sea 1145-6; SNG Stancomb 675; SNG Copenhagen 132. Not the usual and much cheaper AE20 (Sear 3644) but the much rarer larger, thicker type of finer style similar to Sear 3659. VF, chestnut brown patina. See one in Triton X, Lot: 261 that sold for $850 + the 20% buyer's fee.
THE PONTIC KINGDOMMITHRADATES VI, EUPATOR, Mithradates the Great, c. 120-63 BC
TROAS
6538. TROAS, ALEXANDRIA TROAS. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Mid 3rd century AD. Æ (20mm, 4.03 g, 12h). CO TROAD, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right, with vexillum over shoulder / COL AV, horse grazing right; TRO in exergue. Bellinger A486; SNG Copenhagen 108 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die). EF, brown patina. Choice sharp example!
