IONIA, Miletos. Circa 340-325 BC. AR Hemidrachm (11.5mm, 1.62 g, 12h). Diopompos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion standing left, head right; star above, [MI (civic) monogram to left], [ΔI]OΠOMΠ[OΣ] in exergue. Deppert 237–45; Marcellesi 4; cf. SNG Copenhagen 960 (drachm). VF, toned, light porosity.From the W. H. Guertin Collection.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. AR Hemihekte (8.5mm, 1.33 g). Female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Kayhan 522; SNG Copenhagen (Cyprus, etc.) 389–94. VF, some porosity.
IONIA, Teos. Circa 500-450 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.27 g). Head of griffin right / Quadripartite incuse square. Matzke Group Ca3; Balcer Group XXXIII; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 339. VF, toned, light porosity.From the MM Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 336 (8 October 2014), lot 94.
ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 435-425 BC. AR Stater – Didrachm (16mm, 7.77 g). Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora; all set on circular convex field / Quadripartite incuse square. Mavrogordato 26a; HGC 6, 1124. VF, toned.From the MM Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 314 (6 November 2013), lot 143; Robert & Julius Diez Collection (Lanz 151, 30 June 2011 ), lot 157; J. Hirsch XIV (27 November 1905), lot 528.
LYDIA, Sardes. Circa 133 BC-AD 14. Æ (16.5mm, 5.57 g, 1h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Horned panther standing left, head facing, holding spear it breaks in jaws; Ω(?) to left, monogram below. Johnston, Greek 235 var. (control mark to left on rev.); SNG Copenhagen 466–8 var. (same). Near VF, brown patina.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Ken Downie, 28 March 1987.
KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.75 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.From the MM Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 477.
KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Twelfth Stater (7.4mm, 0.81 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse square. Berk 26–7; Traité I 413; SNG Kayhan 1020-1; SNG von Aulock 8213; SNG Copenhagen –; Boston MFA 2072. VF, toned, granular surfaces.From the MM Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 365 (16 December 2015), lot 172.
KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Cyrus – Darios I. Circa 550/39-520 BC. AR Siglos (15mm, 5.07 g). Kroiseid type. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 22; Traité I 409–11 SNG Kayhan 1025; SNG Ashmolean 762–71; SNG von Aulock 2877-9. VF, find patina, some granularity.From the MM Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 216 (15 October 2013), lot 2773.
KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Cyrus – Darios I. Circa 550/39-520 BC. AR Forty-eighth Stater (5mm, 0.22 g). Sardes mint. Head of lion right / Incuse square. CNG 103, lot 300; CNG E-355, lot 125; CNG E-269, lot 136; Hauck & Aufhäuser 14, lot 80; otherwise unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned. Rare.The lion on this piece has a style that is identical to that found on the ubiquitous Kroiseids struck under the Persians. Rather than being a novel fraction begun under the Persians, there may actually be a prototype that was struck under Kroisos. A small quantity of coins appeared on the market that are of the same type and weight as the present coin, but the style of the lion on these coins are identical to the lifetime issues of Kroisos: cf. CNG E-355, lot 125; CNG E-269, lot 136; and Hauck & Aufhäuser 14, lot 80. Although those coins were not attributed to Kroisos in their sales, the appearance of this overtly Persian style piece makes it highly likely that these constitute a previously unknown forty-eighth stater denomination for each series of Kroiseids.
CARIA, Aphrodesias. 1st century BC. Æ Unit (12mm, 1.62 g, 12h). Mal–, magistrate. Labrys / Cuirass on stand; M/A-Λ around; all within shallow incuse square. MacDonald, Coinage, Type 30, unlisted dies; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Ashmolean 21. VF, dark green patina, small flaw in field on obverse.From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
CARIA, Bargylia. 2nd-1st centuries BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 2.41 g, 11h). Veiled head of Artemis Kindyas right / Stag standing right; star below. SNG Copenhagen –; SNG von Aulock 8074. VF, toned, struck with worn dies.From the W. H. Guertin Collection.
CARIA, Idyma. Late 5th-early 4th centuries BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.48 g, 6h). Head of Pan facing / Fig leaf within incuse square. Hecatomnus 1 (A1/P1); SNG Copenhagen 419 (same dies); SNG Keckman 60 (same dies). Fine, toned, porous.From the W. H. Guertin Collection.
CARIA, Kaunos. Circa 490-470 BC. AR Stater (16mm, 12.01 g, 5h). Winged female figure in kneeling-running stance left, head right / Baetyl(?) within incuse square. Konuk Period 1, 1–2 var. (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen –; SNG von Aulock 2345. Fine, typical crude strike, some granularity to surface.From the W. H. Guertin Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 718829 (January 2000).
CARIA, Kaunos. Circa 490-470 BC. AR Stater (17.5mm, 11.74 g, 9h). Winged female figure in kneeling-running stance right, head left / Baetyl(?) within incuse square. Konuk Period 1, 4–15 var. (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen –; SNG von Aulock 2344. Fine, typical crude strike.From the W. H. Guertin Collection.
CARIA, Kindya. Circa 510-480 BC. AR Tetrobol (11mm, 2.09 g). Head of ketos left / Incuse geometric pattern. Kagan & Kritt 1; SNG Ashmolean 295–315 (uncertain mint); SNG von Aulock 2340 (uncertain mint); SNG Keckman 920 (uncertain mint); SNG Kayhan 810. Near EF, toned. Good metal for isuse.From the MM Collection. Ex Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky Collection (Gemini VII, 9 January 2011), lot 522.
CARIA, Knidos. Circa 404-395 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.70 g, 6h). Forepart of lion right / Head of Aphrodite right; K-NI to left and below chin; all within incuse square. Unpublished, but for the contemporary drachms and obols, cf. Cahn n. 500; Ashton, Late, p. 87 and n. 20; and SNG Ashmolean 97–8. Fine, toned. Extremely rare as a hemidrachm, none in the standard references.From the W. H. Guertin Collection.
ISLANDS off CARIA, Kos. Circa 370/60-345 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 2.98 g, 1h). Lykon, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Crab; club and ΛYKΩN below; all in pelleted square within shallow incuse square. Stefanaki Series V, Issue 11, 408 (same dies); HGC 6, 1312. Fine, toned, rough surfaces.From the W. H. Guertin Collection.
ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Early 1st century AD. Æ (18mm, 3.11 g, 9h). Radiate head of Helios right / Rose seen from above; palm frond below. Ashton, Early 96 (same dies); HGC 6, 1470; RPC I 2747. VF, earthen green patina.From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Gorny & Mosch 169 (12 October 2008), lot 818; G. Hirsch 204 (5 May 1999), lot 421.
PHRYGIA, Laodikeia. Circa 133/88-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.83 g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Kratippos, magistrate. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; KPATIΠ/ΠOY above, ΛAO to left, filleted kerykeion to right. SNG von Aulock 3801; SNG Copenhagen –; HGC 7, 724. VF, toned, short flan cracks.From the W. H. Guertin Collection.