WESTERN ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.84 g). Bearded male head left, wearing torc / Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, toned, some porosity. Rare.
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WESTERN ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol or Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.21 g, 8h). Crested helmet left, bowl ornamented with a serpent / Amphora within linear square. Unpublished in the standard references, but see CNG E-334, lot 152; CNG E-288, lots 258 and 259. VF, toned, struck off center on the obverse. Rare.Varieties of this type have appeared at auction in the past, and have been tentatively attributed to Neandria in Troas, where an early fraction featured a helmet on the obverse. While an attribution to a mint in that region is reasonable, Neandria is probably not correct, as its early fractions consistently feature a ram or barley grain on the reverse, which were emblematic of the city. At the same time, the nearby city of Larissa consistently featured an amphora on the reverse of nearly all of its coinage, which would make it a more likely candidate.
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IONIA, Erythrai(?). Circa 550-500 BC. EL Forty-eighth Stater (5mm, 0.26 g). Stellate or floral object / Incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references, but cf. CNG 97, lot 181 (1/24th stater). VF.These stellate/floral issues, published in other denominations (cf. SNG von Aulock 7776 [trite]; Konuk & Lorber fig. 13 [hemihekte]; and SNG Berry 1021 [fourty-eighth stater]), are speculated to be the earliest electrum from Erythrai, based on the similarity of the obverse type to the reverses on the earliest silver of that city (cf. Boston MFA 1837–41).
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IONIA, Herakleia ad Latmon. Circa 140-135 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.59 g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right / Club; below, monograms flanking Nike advancing left; all within oak wreath. Lavva, Silberprägung group II.B; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Lockett 2823. VF, toned, flatly struck in areas.
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IONIA, Kolophon. Circa 530/25-500 BC. AR Forty-Eighth Stater (4.4mm, 0.16 g). Archaic head right / Quadripartite incuse square. Kim & Kroll pp. 84–103; SNG Kayhan 354. Good VF, lightly toned, porous.
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IONIA, Miletos. Circa 295/0-275/0 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.15 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; MI (civic) monogram in left field. Marcellesi 29; Price 2151. Good VF, some porosity.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.52 g). Helmeted head of Athena left; below, [small seal left] / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 91; SNG von Aulock 2131–2; Boston MFA 1914 and 1927–8. Near VF.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.53 g). Helmeted head of Athena left; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 91; SNG von Aulock 2131–2; Boston MFA 1914 and 1927–8. VF.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.53 g). Female head left, hair in sakkos, wearing single-pendant earring; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 92; SNG von Aulock 2128-9; Boston MFA 1919. Near VF, minor die rust on the obverse.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.55 g). Head of female left, hair in ornamented sphendone; below, seal right / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 93; Boston MFA 1921; SNG Copenhagen 1027. Good VF, obverse struck slightly off center.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.53 g). Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos; behind, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 94; SNG von Aulock 2130. VF, minor die rust on the obverse.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 387-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.55 g). Head of Aphrodite left, hair in veil; below, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 98; Boston MFA 1926; SNG von Aulock 7954. Good VF, obverse die rust. Rare, only seven coins recorded by Bodenstedt, six of which are in museums.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 387-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.52 g). Head of female left, wearing sphendone; small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 100; Boston MFA 1912; BMC 62. VF, compact flan, a few scratches.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 387-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.53 g). Head of female left, hair rolled and tied at forehead; small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 106; SNG von Aulock 7953; BMC 58; Boston MFA 1931. VF, struck slighly off center on the obverse, some minor die rust.
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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 387-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11mm, 2.55 g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion's skin; club behind neck; below, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 107; SNG von Aulock 2133; Boston MFA 1917. VF, minor die rust. Well centered.
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IONIA, Priene. Circa 280-275 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 17.07 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, trident head above ΠPI above BI. Regling 33 var. (orientation of control marks); Price 2234B. Near VF, toned. Very rare.From the collection of Will Gordon.
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ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Circa 201 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.70 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, prow left; B below throne. Barron 12 var. (A5/P– [unlisted rev. die]); Price 2448; HGC 6, 1240. VF, lightly toned, some horn silver on reverse. Rare.From collection of Will Gordon.
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13.5mm, 4.69 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVI, 86–9; Traité I 44; SNG Kayhan 1013; SNG von Aulock 2868–9. VF, edge split, scattered marks.
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