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.
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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.
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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 (longer ethnic, unlisted dies); CNG E-530, lot 233; otherwise, unpublished.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.
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CARIA, Kaunos. Circa 490-470 BC. AR Stater (17mm, 11.83 g, 8h). Winged female figure in kneeling-running stance right, head left / Crude rectangular object (baetyl?) within incuse square. Konuk Period 1, 10 (O9/R7); HN Online 217; SNG Keckman 810 (same dies); Asyut 684 (same dies). Lightly toned, a little off center on obverse. VF. From the D.K. Collection.
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ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 340-316 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 6.72 g, 12h). Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; grape bunch and E to left; all within incuse square. Ashton 98; HGC 6, 1433. In NGC encapsulation 6323539-011, graded Ch VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5.
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LYCIA, Phaselis. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Stater (17.5mm, 11.21 g). Prow of galley left, terminating in a boar's forepart / Incuse square divided by two bands, with Λ-shaped feature in one section. Heipp-Tamer Series 3, Em. 1b, 35 (V23/R30); SNG Copenhagen –; Asyut 738. Lightly toned, struck with worn dies. VF.
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LYCIA, Phaselis. Circa 218/7-186/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 16.14 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 10 (209/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, I (date) above Φ; O below throne. Heipp-Tamer 218 (V18/R58); Price 2848; DCA 315. Lightly toned, polished surfaces, slight doubling on obverse, area of weak strike on reverse. Good VF. From the D.K. Collection.
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PAMPHYLIA, Perge. Circa 221/0-189/8 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 17.01 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 22 (200/199 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; KB (date) in left field. Colin Series 0, Em. 22, dies 1/– (unlisted rev. die); Price 2936; DCA 314. Lightly toned, minor double strike. VF. From the D.K. Collection.
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PAMPHYLIA, Side. Circa 205-100 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.69 g, 12h). Ar–, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; pomegranate, winged thunderbolt, and monogram in left field. Seyrig, Side 4; SNG BN –; SNG von Aulock 4779. Toned, light deposits, slightly weak strike on reverse. VF.
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PAMPHYLIA, Side. Circa 205-100 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.63 g, 12h). Dem–, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right; c/m: ΣAP and bow-in-bowcase within incuse circle / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; pomegranate to left, ΔH-M across field. Seyrig, Side 10; SNG BN 684. Lightly toned. Coin and countermark: VF. Bow-in-bowcase counterstamps on Alexander-type and Side tetradrachms, with different legends, have been attributed to cities within the the Kingdom of Pergamon (Pergamon, Ephesos, Tralles, Sardes, Synnada, Apameia, Laodikeia, Stratonikeia, Adramytion, and Sale). Price has linked these counterstamps to the introduction of the cistophoric coinage in the 180s BC. The application of these counterstamps permitted the circulation of Attic weight coins in the years following the reform. See R. Bauslaugh, "Cistophoric Countermarks and the Monetary System of Eumenes II" in NC 1990.
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PAMPHYLIA, Side. Circa 205-100 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.75 g, 12h). Dio(d)–, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right; c/m: ΣAP and bow-in-bowcase within incuse circle / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; pomegranate and ΔIO to left. Seyrig, Side 14; SNG BN 689. Toned, double struck on obverse. Coin: VF; countermark: Good VF. Bow-in-bowcase counterstamps on Alexander-type and Side tetradrachms, with different legends, have been attributed to cities within the the Kingdom of Pergamon (Pergamon, Ephesos, Tralles, Sardes, Synnada, Apameia, Laodikeia, Stratonikeia, Adramytion, and Sale). Price has linked these counterstamps to the introduction of the cistophoric coinage in the 180s BC. The application of these counterstamps permitted the circulation of Attic weight coins in the years following the reform. See R. Bauslaugh, "Cistophoric Countermarks and the Monetary System of Eumenes II" in NC 1990.
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PISIDIA, Selge. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 1.05 g, 7h). Facing gorgoneion / Helmeted head of Athena right; to right, bee above astragalos. SNG BN 1929 var. (no bee). Granular surfaces, small mark on obverse. Good VF. Very rare with bee.
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PISIDIA, Selge. Circa 250-190 BC. AR Obol (10.5mm, 0.71 g, 12h). Facing gorgoneion / Helmeted head of Athena right; vertical spear to left. SNG BN 1948–50. Toned, slightly off center on obverse. VF.
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CILICIA, Anazarbos. Philopator I. King of Upper (Eastern) Cilicia, circa 30-28/7 BC. Æ (14.5mm, 1.79 g, 12h). Bull butting right, head facing; EΛ in exergue / Aphlaston. Wright, New –; Zeigler –; SNG BN –; RPC I Suppl. 3, 3872B var. (no letters in exergue on obv.); CNG E-458, lot 152 corr. (letters not noted). Earthen green patina. VF. Rare.
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