LESBOS, Mytilene. 4th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.65 g, 11h). Kithara / Kithara within incuse square. SNG Arikantürk 755; HGC 6, 1041. Toned, some marks on edge. Good VF. Well centered.
WESTERN ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Diobol(?) (10mm, 1.60 g). Head of ram right / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Cf. CNG E263, lot 98 (obol); otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. Toned, rough surfaces. VF. Very rare.
WESTERN ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.44 g). Head of lion right / Tamgha or monogram within incuse circle. SNG Kayhan 744. Toned, struck with worn dies. Near VF.
WESTERN ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. 4th century BC. AR Obol(?) (8mm, 0.69 g, 7h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Kantharos; Z-P flanking base. Roma E-17, lot 224 var. (rev. in square incuse); otherwise, unpublished in the standard references, but cf. SNG Arikantürk 535 for a this type on obols of Temnos. Lightly toned, some find patina, minor die wear. VF. Very rare. Ex Leu Web Auction 15 (27 February 2021), lot 608.The letters on the reverse are ostensibly an ethnic, as the T-A on the simiarl issue at Temnos, but a Z-P does not fit any known coin-issuing mint (it is not listed in Leschhorn).
IONIA, Ephesos (as Arsinoeia). Circa 290-281 BC. AR Oktobol (18mm, 5.52 g, 4h). Theophil(os), magistrate. Veiled and draped bust of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram above, bee to lower right. Svoronos 879; SNG Kayhan 279 var. (magistrate). Toned, some find patina and pitting. VF. Rare.
IONIA, Erythrai. 5th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (11mm, 1.60 g). Pegasos advancing right; helmet to upper left / Rosette within incuse square. SNG Kayhan 1286 var. (A on obv.); SNG Copenhagen 561. Lightly toned. VF.
IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 350-325 BC. AR Didrachm (19.5mm, 7.00 g, 12h). Rhodian standard. Diopeithes, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horseback right / Bull butting left within circular maeander pattern. SNG von Aulock –; SNG Kayhan 410. Off center on obverse. VF. Rare. From the Mesogeios Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 487 (10 March 2021), lot 171; Freeman & Sear 16 (5 June 2009), lot 151.
IONIA, Miletos. Late 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Eighth Stater (9.5mm, 1.57 g). Facing mask of lion within dotted square / Stellate pattern in linear square with rays around; all within incuse square. SNG Kayhan 455–60. Lightly toned, trace deposits. VF.
IONIA, Miletos. Late 6th-early 5th century BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.07 g). Forepart of lion left, head reverted / Stellate design within incuse square with one side contoured in the shape of an M. SNG Kayhan 1372–3. Toned, granular surfaces, voids and marks on edge. VF.
IONIA, Miletos. Circa 360-350 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.26 g, 12h). Heragoras, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion standing left, head right; star above, MI (civic) monogram to left. D-L Period I, Series I, 6 var. (unlisted dies);cf. SNG Kayhan 491 (hemidrachm). Lightly toned, some porosity and roughness, numerous scratches. Near VF. From the Mesogeios Collection, purchased from Numismatica Varesina.
IONIA, Miletos. Circa 290-250 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.17 g, 12h). 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 Series 29; Price 2151. Lightly toned, flan flaw on reverse. Good VF.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Ninety-sixth Stater (4.5mm, 0.15 g). Head of seal right / Incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 2.1. Good VF. Extremely rare in this denomination, one noted by Bodenstedt, none in CoinArchives.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Ninety-sixth Stater (4.5mm, 0.14 g). Head of seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 2.2. Good VF. Well centered and struck. Rare.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 387-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.53 g). Head of Artemis left, with quiver over shoulder; below, seal small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 99. Minor doubling, hairlines. VF.
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6.5mm, 0.58 g). Phokaic standard. Raised clockwise swastika pattern / Quadripartite incuse square. Weidauer –; cf. Artemision 99 (forty-eighth stater); Traité I 237; Elektron I 44; SNG Kayhan 702 var. (swastika counterclockwise). Trace deposits, tiny scuff on obverse. VF. From the Mesogeios Collection. Ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 10 (7 December 2019), lot 484.
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. Forrée Forty-eighth Stater (5.5mm, 0.25 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Schematic head of lion right / Incuse square. For prototype: cf. Weidauer Group XIX, 124–5. Breaks in plating, exposing core. VF.
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (6mm, 1.46 g). Euboic-Samian standard. Uncertain type (grape bunch?) / Incuse square. A couple small scratches on reverse. Fine.
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (5mm, 0.59 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Uncertain type / Incuse square. Struck with worn obverse die. Fine. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 531 (25 January 2023), lot 208.