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| Aigeai, Cilicia, 31 - 30 B.C. |   | Aegeai (various spellings, including Aigeae) means place of goats in Greek and was the name of many cities of antiquity. Aigeai, on the north-western shore of the Gulf of Issos, was the third largest city in Cilicia. It had a very important temple of Asklepios, which was considered a great privilege and which brought many visitors to the city. |
| SH26663. Silver tetradrachm, SNG Levante 1655, Bloesch 111, gVF, weight 14.436 g, maximum diameter 28.8 mm, die axis 0o, Aigeai mint, 31 - 30 B.C.; obverse veiled and turreted head of Tyche right; reverse AIGEAIWN, Athena standing left holding Victory and spear, shield at feet, DI and club in left field, IV below, monogram in lower right field; $1200.00 (€924.00) |
| Philip I, the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Soli-Pompeiopolis, Cilicia |  | Aratos was a native of Soli. His chief pursuits were medicine, grammar, and philosophy. He studied with Menecrates in Ephesus, Philitas in Cos and Praxiphanes in Athens. About 276 he was invited to the court of the Antigonus II Gonatas, whose victory over the Gauls in 277 BC Aratus set to verse. There he wrote his most famous poem, Phaenomena ("Appearances"). He then spent some time at the court of Antiochus I Soter but returned to Pella where he died sometime before 240 B.C.
Comes with an old round coin ticket probably from Seaby 1960's or 1970's that references Milne, Numismatic Chronicle 1940, page 247, 40 (Notes on the Oxford Collection. 6, Phrygia to Galatia - Numismatic Chronicle, 5th ser. Vol. 20 (1940), p. 213-254, pls. XII-XIV). We do not hold NC 1940 and cannot verify the reference. |
| SH58900. Bronze hexassarion, Lindgren I 1605 (same dies); BMC Cilicia -, SNG BnF -, SNG Levante -, SNGvA -, SNG Cop -, SNG Pfälzer -, gF, weight 12.323 g, maximum diameter 32.4 mm, die axis 180o, Soli-Pompeiopolis mint, 245 - 246 A.D.; obverse AUT K IOU FILIPPOC EU CEB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, P - P across field; reverse POMPHIOPOL IAT (year 131) V (6 assaria), bare-headed, draped bust of Aratos right; ex Ancient Numismatic Enterprise; extremely rare; $720.00 (€554.40) |
| Cilicia (Uncertain City, Kelenderis?), 4th Century B.C. |  | |
| SH34910. Silver obol, SNG Levante 253, SNG BnF -, Choice aEF, weight 0.572 g, maximum diameter 9.9 mm, die axis 0o, Kelenderis? mint, obverse head of Athena facing, wearing triple-crested helmet; reverse Pegasos right, uncertain symbol or letter above, within shallow incuse square; rare; $510.00 (€392.70) |
| Commodus and Annius Verus, Caesars, 166 - 170 A.D., Tarsus, Cilicia |  | The brothers Annius Verus and Commodus, sons of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger, were made caesars in 166 A.D. Annius Verus died at age 7 of natural causes in Rome on 10 September 169. His younger brother Commodus became his father?s heir and later successor to his father?s throne. The portraits are obviousl y unrealistic - the caesars were small boys when the coin was struck. |
| SH60168. Bronze AE 18, RPC Online 5035; BMC Cilicia p. 191, 166; SNG BnF 1456; cf. SNG Levante 1018 (no star); SNG Cop -, VF, weight 5.400 g, maximum diameter 17.8 mm, die axis 225o, Tarsos mint, 166 - 170 A.D.; obverse KOPOI CEBACTOY, confronted draped busts Annius Verus (on left) and Commodus, star over crossed club and caduceus between them; reverse TAP-COU, MHTROP in ex, decastyle temple, KOINOC KILIKIAC in architrave, eagle in pediment; rare; $495.00 (€381.15) |
| Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III The Great, 336 - 323 B.C., Lifetime issue |  | Lifetime issue. This coin was issued during the lifetime and rule of Alexander the Great. Most Alexander coins were issued after his death. |
| SH60133. Silver tetradrachm, Price 2993, gF, weight 16.891 g, maximum diameter 24.7 mm, die axis 225o, Cilicia, Tarsos mint, c. 333 - 327 B.C.; obverse Herakles' head right, clad in Nemean lion scalp headdress tied at neck; reverse ALEXANDROU, Zeus enthroned left, legs uncrossed, eagle in right, long scepter vertical in left, A under throne; $340.00 (€261.80) |
| Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III The Great, 336 - 323 B.C., Lifetime issue |  | Lifetime issue. This coin was issued during the lifetime and rule of Alexander the Great. Most Alexander coins were issued after his death. |
| SH60132. Silver tetradrachm, Price 3000, gF, weight 16.787 g, maximum diameter 24.8 mm, die axis 225o, Cilicia, Tarsos mint, c. 333 - 327 B.C.; obverse Herakles' head right, clad in Nemean lion scalp headdress tied at neck; reverse ALEXANDROU, Zeus enthroned left, legs uncrossed, eagle in right, long scepter vertical in left, B under throne; $330.00 (€254.10) |
| Domitian, 13 September 81 - 18 September 96 A.D., Mallos, Cilicia |  | Ziegler (1993) notes 6 coins of Domitian from Mallus. RPC only notes two specimens of this type. Countermarked with branch in oval punch, 3 x 4 mm. Howgego -. |
| RP64575. Bronze AE 23, RPC II 1738 (2 pcs), SNG Levante 1271, Lindgren 1543A, SNG BnF -, BMC Cilicia -, F, weight 7.077 g, maximum diameter 23.4 mm, die axis 0o, Mallos mint, obverse AUTOKRATOR DOMITIANOC, laureate head right; reverse MALLWTWN, IOU / AGA, Tyche seated right, holding stalk of grain; beneath, two river-gods swimming left and right representing the two branches of the Pyramos mouth; ex Forum (2008); very rare; $250.00 (€192.50) |
| Nero, 13 October 54 - 9 June 68 A.D., Mallos, Cilicia |  | Mallos was an ancient city near the mouth of the Pyramus River (now the Ceyhan Nehri), on a hill opposite Magarsus, which served as its port. The river has changed course and the site is now inland a few km from the Mediterranean coast on an elevation, a few km from Karatas, Adana Province, Turkey. Imperial coins of Mallos are rare and usually poorly preserved. |
| SH63445. Bronze AE 24, RPC I 4021; Ziegler Kilikiens 899; SNG Hunterian 2358; Imhoof-Blumer KM p.472, 12; SNG BnF -; SNG Levante -, F, green patina, weight 8.454 g, maximum diameter 24.4 mm, die axis 0o, Mallos mint, obverse NERWN SEBASTOS, laureate head right; reverse MA/LLW/TWN (in right field), Tyche standing left, cornucopia in left, flanked by two river gods, DI / ROU(?) in left field; ex Numismatik Lanz München auction 138, lot 588; rare; $250.00 (€192.50) |
| Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D., Tarsos, Cilicia |  | Agonistic "urns" or "crowns" were awarded to winners at ancient Greek games, similar to our modern sports trophies. They are often called "crowns" because they may have been placed on the head of the victor. The crown on this coin, inscribed Olympia, likely commemorates victory of an athlete from Tarsos at the Olympic Games. |
| SH57161. Bronze AE 37, SNG Pfälzer 1352 (same dies); cf. SNG Levante 1025 var & sup. 261 var, SNG BnF 1477, var (rev arrangement), BMC Cilicia -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, aF, weight 19.213 g, maximum diameter 36.8 mm, die axis 180o, Tarsus mint, obverse AVT KAI L CEP CEVHPOC PER, laureate and cuirassed bust right, P - P across fields; reverse ADRI CEUHRIANH TARCOU MHTROPOLE/WC, Agonistic crown inscribed OLUMPIA, EN KODREIGEC CEUHREIA above, EPINEIKIA O/ROIC KILEIKWN below, G - B across field; huge 37mm ancient Olymipic commemorative!; very rare; $225.00 (€173.25) |
| Elagabalus, 16 May 218 - 11 March 222 A.D., Anazarbus, Cilicia |  | The inscription AMKGB is a boast of this city, Prwth Megisth Kallisth, First, Greatest, and Most Beautiful of the three (adjoining) provinces (Cilicia, Isauria, Lycaonia). |
| RP59566. Bronze trihemiassaria, Ziegler 366a (same rev die), SNG Levante 1431 var (legend arrangement), Lindgren III 781 var (same), BMC Cilicia -, SNG Cop -, gF, weight 6.043 g, maximum diameter 22.80 mm, die axis 180o, Anazarbos mint, obverse AUT K M AU ANTWNEINOC CEB, radiate head right; reverse ANAZAR MHTROP G B AMK, Dionysos standing left, kantharos in right, thyrsos in left, panther at feet left; scarce; $175.00 (€134.75) |
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