IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 202-150 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.15 g, 12h). Menekrates, magistrate. Bee / Stag standing right; palm tree in background, [M]ENEKPATHΣ to right. Kinns, Attic, p. 88, obv. die 14; A. Cahn 66, lot 307 (same dies). Toned, scratches. VF.
IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 202-150 BC. AR Drachm (19.5mm, 4.16 g, 12h). Metras (II), magistrate. Bee / Stag standing right; palm tree in background, MHTPAΣ to right. Kinns, Attic, p. 88, obv. die 20; G. Hirsch 167, lot 424 (same obv. die). Toned, slightly off center, minor flan flaws, die wear on obverse. Good VF.
IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 180-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 12.67 g, 1h). Cistophoric standard. Dated CY 57 (78/7 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; above, Priapos facing; to left, NZ (date) above EΦE, torch to right. Kleiner, Dated 58; DCA 325; SNG Copenhagen 331. Lightly toned, scrape at edge on obverse. Good VF. Rare date, none in CoinArchives.
IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Themistokles. Circa 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (7.5mm, 0.29 g, 5h). Head of Hephaistos right, wearing laureate pileos / ΘE monogram in dotted square within incuse square. Nollé & Wenninger Th5a var. (legend also on obv.); Triton XIII, lot 184. Porous. VF. Rare.
IONIA, Miletos. Late 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Diobol (8.5mm, 1.22 g). Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Stellate design within incuse square with one side contoured in the shape of an M. SNG Kayhan 1381. A hint of porosity, a few tiny marks on reverse. Good VF.
IONIA, Miletos. Late 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.20 g). Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Stellate design within incuse square with one side contoured in the shape of an M. SNG Kayhan 1381. VF.
IONIA, Smyrna. Circa 105-95 BC. Æ (17mm, 8.35 g, 12h). Menophilos, son of Krabaus(?), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Homer seated left, resting chin on hand and holding scepter; MHNOΦIΛOΣ/KPABAYΣ in two lines to left. Milne, Autonomous 294; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 105. Earthen green patina, cleaning scratches. Near VF. Well centered.
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. Pale EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.22 g). Uncertain standard. Forepart of bridled horse left, legs forward in running motion, and mane flowing behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Weidauer –; Traité –; SNG Kayhan –; SNG von Aulock –; Rosen –; Elektron 1 corr. (forepart, not head); Triton XI, 252; CNG E-532, lot 188; CNG E-470, lot 110; CNG E-462, lot 119; CNG E-421, lot 170–1. Lightly toned, granular surfaces, flan flaws. Near VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13.5mm, 4.74 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right; sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVI, 89; Kurth G26; SNG Ashmolean 749–51. Minor edge split, slightly off center. Good VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13.5mm, 4.68 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right; sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVI, 89; Kurth G26; SNG Ashmolean 749–51. Lightly toned, some minor scratches, banker's mark on edge. VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13.5mm, 4.69 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right; sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVI, 89; Kurth G26; SNG Ashmolean 749–51. Light scuffs and scratches, numerous bankers' and counter- marks. VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.44 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 20; Kurth S1; Traité I 407–8; SNG Ashmolean 760. Toned, typical granular surfaces. VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.44 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 20; Kurth S1; Traité I 407–8; SNG Ashmolean 760. Toned, typical granular surfaces. Near VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 1.72 g, 12h). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 25; Kurth S6–7; SNG Ashmolean 773 (Persian period). Toned, some light granularity. VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Third Stater (14mm, 3.46 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 24; Kurth S5; SNG Ashmolean 772 (Persian period). Toned, typical granular surfaces, a few edge splits. VF.
CARIA, Halikarnassos. Circa 499-497 BC. AR Hekte (11.5mm, 1.74 g). Milesian standard. Head of ketos right / Incuse square with geometric pattern. Ashton & Konuk 1–31 var. (unlisted dies); HN Online 214. Lightly toned, a hint of porosity, a little off center, light scratches. VF.
CARIA, Iasos. Circa 250-190 BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 5.34 g, 12h). Persic standard. Leon, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Boy holding on to dolphin swimming right; ΛEΩN below. Ashton, Pre-Imperial 9 var. (longer ethnic, unlisted dies); CNG E-530, lot 233; otherwise, unpublished. Lightly toned, lamination and flan flaw on obverse, minor die wear on reverse. VF.