IONIA, Miletos. Late 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Diobol (9mm, 1.22 g). Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Stellate design within incuse square. SNG Kayhan 476–82. VF.
IONIA, Miletos. Late 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Diobol (9mm, 1.09 g). Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Stellate design within incuse square. SNG Kayhan 476–82. Minor die wear. VF.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Forty-eighth Stater (6mm, 0.40 g). Head of lion left; to right, small seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Bodenstedt Em. 13 (unlisted denomination); cf. BMC 24 (twenty-fourth stater); cf. Boston MFA 1904 (same). Lightly toned, cleaning scratches on reverse. Good VF. Apparently unique as a forty-eighth stater, none in CoinArchives.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. AR Forty-eighth Stater – Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.17 g). Female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Copenhagen (Cyprus, etc.) –; SNG Kayhan –; CNG E-488, lot 223. Lightly toned, some porosity. Near VF. From the Tiny Art Collection.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. AR Ninety-sixth Stater – Hemitetartemorion (4mm, 0.09 g). Female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap / Incuse square. SNG Copenhagen (Cyprus, etc.) –; SNG Kayhan –; Rosen 598; CNG E-286, lot 110. Lightly toned, some roughness. VF. From the Tiny Art Collection.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.51 g). Head of Pan(?) left; to right, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 75. Near VF.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.53 g). Wreathed head of young Dionysos left; [to right, small seal downward] / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 89. A little off center. VF.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.55 g). Helmeted head of Athena left; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 91. Patch of die rust on obverse. Good VF. From the Locksmith Collection.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 387-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.56 g). Laureate female head left, hair in sakkos; below, small inverted seal right / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 102. A touch of die rust. VF.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 387-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.50 g). Laureate female head left, hair in sakkos; below, small inverted seal right / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 102. Light scratches. Near VF. From the Locksmith Collection.
IONIA, Teos. Circa 450-425 BC. AR Stater (25mm, 11.93 g). Griffin seated right, raising forepaw; grape bunch and leaf to lower right / Quadripartite incuse square. Matzke Group Cb1; Balcer Group LIII, 102 (dies A102/P134); Jameson 1517 (same dies). Iridescent tone, hairline flan crack, area of weak strike, scrapes, struck with worn obverse die. VF. From the Kalevala Collection.
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (5mm, 0.58 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Plain globular surface / Incuse square. Weidauer Group I (unlisted denomination); Artemision 2; Elektron I 10–1; Traité I –; SNG Kayhan –. Slight roughness. VF. From the Locksmith Collection.
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7.5mm, 1.18 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Plain globular surface / Incuse square with irregular lines. Cf. CNG 94, lot 561; otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. A few marks on reverse. VF. From the Locksmith Collection.
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Forty-eighth Stater (6mm, 0.34 g). Phokaic standard. Raised clockwise swastika pattern / Quadripartite square punch. Artemision 99; Elektron I 46 var. (swastika counterclockwise); Traité I 238; SNG Kayhan –. Some marks, trace deposits. Good VF. From the Locksmith Collection.
LYDIA, Tralleis. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 12.41 g, 12h). Cistophoric standard. Ptol–, magistrate. Undated issue, circa 133-126 BC. Cista mystica, from which serpent emerges, within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; ΠTOΛ above; TPAΛ to left; to right, Dionysos standing right, holding thyrsos and grape bunch. Kurth S491; SNG von Aulock 3262. Struck with worn obverse die, patch of horn silver on obverse, light scratches on reverse. VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.73 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. Good VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Stater (18.5mm, 10.50 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 20; Kurth S1; Traité I 407–8; SNG Ashmolean 760. Toned, some porosity and granularity. VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Stater (19.5mm, 10.46 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 20; Kurth S1; Traité I 407–8; SNG Ashmolean 760. Toned, deposits, cleaning scratches. Near VF.
KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AR Third Stater (13.5mm, 3.52 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 24; Kurth S5; SNG Ashmolean 772 (Persian period). Lightly toned, typical granular surfaces. VF.