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Asia MinorAncient Greek coinage of Asia Minor: Black Sea Area (Bosporos, Kolchis, Pontos, Paphlagonia, & Bithynia), Western Asia Minor (Mysia, Troas, Aiolis, Lesbos, Ionia, Lydia, & Caria), & Central & Southern Asia Minor (Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia, Pisidia, Lycanonia, Cilicia, Galata, Cappadocia).
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Achaemenid Empire, Siglos of Lydia.Asia Minor. Lydia. 546-510 BC. Cyrus-Darios I. AR Half Stater (siglos) of Sardis (5.27gm, 15.7mm), Kroiseid type. Facing foreparts of lion left and bull right. / Two incuse punches, one larger. VF. Bt. Coral Gables 1999. Babelon Traité I #409-411; Berk 22; ACNAC Rosen 663; SNG Ashmolean 762-771; SNG Berry II #1140; SNG Cop 5 (Lydia) #456-457; SNG Kayhan 1024-1026, 1738; SNG von Aulock 2877-2879. Lydia is said to be named for the legendary king Lydos.Anaximander

Achaemenid Empire. Artaxerxes II-III. Siglos of Sardes. Asia Minor. Persia, Achaemenid Empire. c. 375‑340 BC. Artaxerxes II-III. AR Siglos (5.44 gm, 14mm) of Sardes. Running/kneeling king right, wearing kidaris & kandys, holding dagger and bow, quiver at shoulder. / "Map" oblong incuse punch. gVF. Carradice Type IV, Group C (pl. XIV, 46); GRPC Lydia S28; Klein 763; Meadows Administration 326; SNG Kayhan pt.1 #1031ff, pt.2 #1746ff; Sunrise 33-36; BMC Arabia 175-177 (pl.XXVII #19).Anaximander

Achaemenid Empire. Siglos of Lydia. Asia Minor. Persia, Achaemenid Empire. 450-420 BC. Artaxerxes I-Darius II. (5.35 gm, 9.9mm), AR Siglos, Sardis Running/kneeling beardless king right, wearing kidaris & kandys, holding bow & daggar, quiver at shoulder. To right, countermark: head of an eagle right. / Oblong incuse punch. gF. Bt. Centurian Coins 1999. ATEC 1983-1985; Babelon Traite pl.87 #18-19; Carradice 43-49, Type IVa, GRPC Lydia S28; Klein 763; SNG Kayhan #1031-1033, 1746-1748. cf Leu Numismatik Web Auction 15 #873 (similar c/m).Anaximander

Achaemenid Empire. Siglos of Lydia. Asia Minor. Persia, Achaemenid Empire. c. 485-420 BC. Xerxes I-Darius II. AR Siglos (5.51 gm, 9.8mm) of Sardes. Running/kneeling king right, wearing kidaris & kandys, holding transverse spear and bow, quiver at shoulder. / "Map" oblong incuse punch. VF. Bt Mediterranean Coins, 1999. SNG Berry II #1448; Carradice Type IIIb Group B; SNG Aarhus 910; Sear Greek II #4678.Anaximander

Bithynia, Kalchedon. Bull DrachmAsia Minor. Bithynia. 340-320 BC. AR Drachm or Siglos (5.39 gm, 16.7mm) of Kalchedon. Bull standing left on ear of grain, ΚΑΛΧ above. / Stippled quadripartite "mill-sail" incuse. VF. Ponterio 136 #1763. ACNAC Dewing 2139; HGC 7 #517; SNG Black Sea 112ff; SNG Cop 4 (Bosporus-Bithynia) #348; SNG Delepierre 2494; BnF Babelon Waddington 258.1 commentsAnaximander

Caria, Kaunos. Winged Deity and Winged Griffin Hemidrachm.Asia Minor. Caria. 490-470 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.35 gm, 11.8mm, 9h) of Kaunos on Aeginetic standard. Winged female deity Iris in chiton running right, hands outstretched, head to left. / Winged griffin standing right, foreleg raised. VF. Bt. Coral Gables, 2000. SNG Delepierre 2786; SNG Keckman 814-816; SNG Kayhan 798; SNG von Aulock 8039; SNG Cop -; Rosen #621; Troxell Winged Carians (Essays Thompson) 206 #26; Konuk Kaunos in Studies Price #45 var. (O18/ unlisted rev. die). cf. CNG EA287 #200 (same dies).Anaximander

Caria, Kindya. Head & Neck of Ketos. Hekte.Asia Minor. Caria. c. 510-480 BC. AR Hekte (2.13 gm, 11.7mm) of Kindya on Samian standard. Anepigraphic. Head and neck of sea monster, ketos, right. / Lattice frame around spiral stellate pattern, all in incuse square. VF. Ponterio 126 #856. SNG Kayhan 814; Asyut 688; Kagan-Kritt Kindya NC 155 #1 var (head left); SNG Keckman 920 (same); SNG von Aulock 2340 (same). SNG Cop - ; BMC - . One of the monsters slain by Perseus. Plentiful after a hoard entered the market c.1998, now scarce.
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Caria, Kindya. Head & Neck of Ketos. Hekte.Asia Minor. Caria. c. 510-480 BC. AR Hekte (1.99 gm, 12.8mm) of "Kindya" (Halikarnassos). Anepigraphic. Head and neck of sea monster, ketos, left. One of the monsters slain by Perseus. / Stellate pattern within lattice frame, all in incuse. EF. Ponterio 121 #151. Kagan-Kritt NC 155 #2 (same dies); Ashton & Konuk "Ketos Coins of Karia" (unpublished) 32-74; Dewing 2353-4, Rosen 617; Asyut 687; SNG Ashmolean 295–315; SNG Keckman 920; SNG von Aulock 2340; SNG Kayhan 810-812; HN Online 213.Anaximander

Caria, Kindya. Head and Neck of Ketos. Asia Minor. Caria. c. 499‑497 BC. AR Hekte (2.08 gm, 11.8mm) of Halikarnassos. Head and neck of sea monster (ketos), left. One of the monsters slain by Perseus. / Stellate pattern within lattice frame, all in incuse. gVF. CNG EA 540 #143. ex W.Hansen Coll., ex CNG EA 81 (2004) #39. Ashton & Konuk 54 (A43/P47); HN Online 213; SNG Kayhan 811 (same dies).Anaximander

Caria, Knidos. Forepart of Lion & Archaic Head of Aphrodite.Asia Minor. Caria. 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (6.27 gm, 16.9mm, 9h) of Knidos on Aiginetan standard. Anepigraphic. Forepart of lion right, forepaw below. / Archaic head of Aphrodite Euploia right, dotted hair in queue and bound with fillets, wearing pearl necklace; all within incuse square. VF. Bt. Coral Gables, 1999. SNG Cop 5 (Caria) #217, SNG Keckman 137; SNG Delepierre 2703-2708; Cahn Knidos Series V #87-89 (V41-42/R59A); HN Online #610.3. Same dies: CNG 66 #487, CNG 121 #408.Anaximander

Caria, Satraps. Apollo Helios & Helmeted Athena Drachm of Halicarnassus. Asia Minor. Caria, Satraps. 1st C. BC. AR Drachm (4.39 gm, 19.9mm, 12h) of Halicarnassus. Head of Apollo Helios facing slightly right. / Helmeted bust of Athena right, draped w/ aegis. ΜΣΧΙΩΝ - ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑΣΣΕΩΝ. aEF. Bt. Herakles Numismatics, 2007. Ex-Gemini Auction III#195 (9 Jun 2007). SNG Kayhan 762 (same rev. die). Cf SNG Cop 5 (Caria) 367.1 commentsAnaximander

Caria, Satraps. Hekatomnos Zeus Labraundos Tetradrachm.Asia Minor. Caria, Satraps. 395-377 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.11 gm, 25.5mm, 6h) of Hekatomnos on Chian-Rhodian standard. Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys (double axe) and spear. / Lion crouching right, [ΕΚΑΤΟΜΝΩ] above. gVF. Irregular flan. CNG Web Auction, 1999. SNG Kayhan 868-869, 1681 - HNOnline (Mylasa) 642 (specimen #3); SNG von Aulock 2354; ANS MANTIS 1944.100.48419; Babelon Traité 83; Waddington 2693; Konuk Identities 15. cf. CNG 50 #855.1 commentsAnaximander

Caria, Satraps. Hekatomnos. Lion's Head Tetrobol. Asia Minor. Caria, Satraps. 395-377 BC. AR tetrobol (4.18 gm, 15.7mm) of Hekatomnos. Head of roaring lion left., [EKA] above. / Stellate pattern in round incuse. gVF. Konuk Identities #11; HN Online 226; SNG von Aulock 2356; SNG Cop. 5 (Caria) #588-589; SNG Delepierre 2721; SNG Kayhan 863, 1676; SNG Keckman 275; ACNAC Norman Davis 223; McClean III #8516-8517; Babelon de Luynes 2906-2908; HNOnline (Mylasa) 225-226.1 commentsAnaximander

Caria, Satraps. Hidreos. Apollo Helios & Zeus Labraundos Tetradrachm.Asia Minor. Caria, Satraps. 351-344 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.12 gm, 22.4mm, 12h) of Hidrieus on Chian-Rhodian standard. Head of Apollo Helios facing slightly right. / Zeus Labraundos standing. right, holding labrys (double axe) & spear, E by feet. ΙΔΡIEΩΣ to r. EF. Pegasi Numismatics Auction 12 #175. Konuk Identities 28 (same dies); SNG von Aulock 8046; SNG Fitzwilliam VI (Attalus I) #4746; SNG Kayhan 880; SNG Cop Supp. 340; Babelon PA #406, Traité 100 plate XC #8; BMC 1; HNOnline 1399. cf. Triton XXIV #716 (same obv. die).Anaximander

Caria, Satraps. Maussolos. Apollo Helios & Zeus Labraundos Tetradrachm.Asia Minor. Caria, Satraps. 377/6-353/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.18 gm, 25.4mm, 12h) of Maussolos, Halikarnassos mint. Laureate head of Apollo Helios facing slightly right. / Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys (double axe) & spear. MAYΣΣΩΛΛO, small Π below elbow, tiny M between spear and himation. nEF. CNG 76/1 #746. Ex Peus 392 (4 May 2007) #4348. Babelon Traité II 93 (same obv. die, M unremarked) = Babelon Perses #401; Boston MFA 1999; Konuk Identities 21 var (no Π); SNG von Aulock 2360; SNG Munich 3; HNOnline (Halikarnassos) #2212.1 commentsAnaximander

Caria, Satraps. Pixodaros. Apollo Helios & Zeus Labraundos Didrachm.Asia Minor. Caria, Satraps. 340-334 BC. AR Didrachm (7.01 gm, 19.2mm, 12h) of Pixodaros on Chian-Rhodian standard. Laureate head of Apollo, facing slightly right. / Zeus Labraundos standing right. holding labrys (double axe) & spear. ΠΙΞΩΔΑΡΟ[Υ]. EF. Final coinage before Alexander the Great. ex-CNG. SNG Cop 5 (Caria) #596-597; SNG Keckman 280; SNG Kayhan 891-892; SNG von Aulock 2375-2376; ACNAC Davis 225-226; HN Online 241; Konuk Identities #30; Babelon Traité II #111, Perses #414-421. cf CNG 118 #301, Triton XXV #274.Anaximander

Carian Dynasts. Man-headed Winged Bull/Orou Quarter Stater.Asia Minor. Caria, Satraps. c. 450-400 BC. AR Quarter Stater (2.81ᵍᵐ 14.5ᵐᵐ 9ʰ) of local dynast, Mint G. Man-headed winged bull flying right. / Head right, hair long, OF OV (Orou) behind, all inside dotted square incuse. VF/VF. Konuk (2007) Ourou 2.1, reattributes to Caria. CNG Web Auction (12 Nov. 1999). Lycian Dynasts, Uvug: ACNAC Rosen 718; SNG Barry 1166; SNG Cop 6 (Lycia-Pamphylia) #17, Suppl. #430; SNG von Aulock 4118-4119; Vismara II #93 = Falghera Coll. #93; Müseler/Nollé IV #58; Babelon Traité II/2 #313.Anaximander

Carian Islands, Kos. Head of Herakles & Crab Tetradrachm.Asia Minor. Caria. 285-258 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.61 gm, 26.9mm, 12h) of Kos on Reduced Chian standard. Head of Herakles, right, in lionskin headdress. / Crab, bow in bow case below. KΩION above, ΛEΩΔAMAΣ (magistrate Leodamas) below, all within square with dotted border. aEF. Pegasi Numismatics Auction VI #177. SNG Cop. 5 (Caria) #627; SNG Delepierre 2729; SNG Berry 1116; Babelon Waddington 2721 = BnF Gallica btv1b8523212p; HGC 6 #1308. Same dies: Requier 46a (D11/R40); Ingvaldsen XIV 284, 52c; Gorny & Mosch 71 (1995) #343; Hirsch 179 (1993) #461.2 commentsAnaximander

Carian Islands, Rhodes. Plinthophoric Drachm.Asia Minor. Caria. 88-85 BC. AR Drachm (3.36 gm, 16.1mm, 12h) of Rhodes, Plinthophoric series. Radiate head of Apollo Helios right. / P-O flanking rose in bloom, kerykeion (caduceus) to left. ΚΑΛΛΙΞΕΙΝΟΣ (magistrate Kaleizenos). EF. HGC 6 #1461; Jenkins Rhodian Group E #244; SNG Cop 5 (Caria) #819 var ("winged caduceus"); SNG Keckman 684 = HNOnline (Rhodes) 157 (specimen #2); BMC (Rhodus) 267.1 commentsAnaximander

Carian Islands, Rhodes. Radiate Apollo & Rose Didrachm.Asia Minor. Caria. 250-230 BC. AR Didrachm (6.67 gm, 21.3mm, 12h) of Rhodes. Radiate head of Apollo Helios, facing slightly to right. / Rose upright in bloom, P-O flanking stem, bud to right, Phrygian helmet to left, and EΡAΣIKΛHΣ (magistrate Herasikles) above. VF. Bt. CNG Web Shop #712639 (1999). HGC 6 #1439; Ashton Series 4: Coinage of Rhodes #207, Colossus #61, Rhodian plate 5 #G; SNG Keckman 536; BMC Caria p.235 #47; SNG von Aulock 2806. cf. SNG Cop 5 #739 var (Apollo not radiate).Anaximander

Carian Islands, Rhodes. Radiate Apollo & Rose Drachm.Asia Minor. Caria. 205-190 BC. AR Drachm (2.71 gm, 15.4mm, 12h) of Rhodes on Reduced Rhodian standard. Radiate head of Apollo Helios, facing slightly to right. / Rose with one large upright bud in bloom, bowcase l, P-O flanking stem. Magistrate ΓΟΡΓΟΣ (Gorgos) above. EF. Bt. CNG coin store. BMC 164-166, 169; Babelon de Luynes 2726; Dewing 2408; HGC 6 #1453; SNG Keckman 582-584; SNG Cop 5 (Caria) #783; SNG Lewis 991. Ashton Coinage of Rhodes #288; HN Online (Rhodes) 1253. cf Künker 318 #732 (same dies).1 commentsAnaximander

Carian Islands, Rhodes. Radiate Apollo & Rose Hemidrachm.Asia Minor. Caria. 170-150 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.21 gm, 14.2mm, 11h) of Rhodes, Plinthophoric series. Radiate head of Apollo Helios, facing slightly to right. / Rose upright in bloom, P-O flanking, club to left, T to lower left. APTEMΩN (magistrate Artemon) above, all in incuse square. VF. SNG Keckman 654-656; HGC 6 #1462; Jenkins Rhodian Group B #44 var (no T); BMC 294 (Rhodos); HGC 6 #1462; HNOnline (Rhodes) 882; SNG Cop 5 (Caria) #842; SNG Delepierre 2777. cf. Harlan Berk Sale 209 #135 (same dies).Anaximander

Carian Islands, Rhodes. Radiate head of Apollo Helios. Tetradrachm.Asia Minor. Caria. c. 229-205 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.55 gm, 26.8mm, 1h) of Rhodes. Radiate head of Apollo Helios, facing slightly to right. / Rose upright, with bud on right, thunderbolt to left. POΔION above, EYKPATHΣ (Magistrate Eukrates) below. gVF. Bt. Gables Coin c. 1998. HGC 6 #1432; Ashton Coinage of Rhodes #214; HNOnline (Rhodes) #847 (specimen 2) = SNG Cop 5 (Caria) #754 (same dies); SNG Delepierre 2763; SNG Keckman 547-548. cf Künker 318 #730-731.Anaximander

Cilicia, Aphrodite Enthroned & Standing Dionysos Stater of Nagidos.Asia Minor. Cilicia. 374-356 BC. AR Stater (10.70 gm, 23.8mm, 6h) of Nagidos. Aphrodite enthroned left, draped and wearing stephane, feet on stool, holding phiale over wreathed altar; Eros stdg behind, holding palm branch. / Bearded Dionysos standing left, wearing himation, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsos; NAΓIΔEΩ-N. EF. Lederer Nagidos Group VI #25 (same dies); SNG ANS 178-179; SNG France 2 #21 = Babelon Traite II/2 #1517; Casabonne Type 4; BMC 12 (same). SNG Cop - ; SNG Levante - ; cf. Triton XXIV #22 (same) CNG EA480 #261 (same).Anaximander

Cilicia, Athena and Aphrodite Stater of Tarsos.Asia Minor. Cilicia. 370 BC. AR Stater (10.06 gm, 21.0mm, 11h) of Tarsos. Athena seated left on rocks, wearing Corinthian helmet, holding spear, resting on shield; olive tree to right. / Aphrodite (?) in chiton and wearing peplos around legs, kneeling left, tossing astragaloi; lotus plant to right [TEPΣIKON]. gVF. CNG 72 #837. SNG France 2 #237 (same dies) = Babelon Traité II/2 #1375 (plate CXXXVII #4); SNG Levante 64; SNG von Aulock 5915; Casabonne type K1. cf Obolos 18 #345 (same dies).1 commentsAnaximander

Cilicia, Baal/Wolf obol of Tarsos.Asia Minor. Cilicia. 4th C. BC. AR Obol (0.64 gm, 13.4mm, 1h) of Tarsos. Baal seated left, holding corn ears with bunch of grapes & scepter. / Forepart of wolf right, crescent facing down behind, pellet above. VF. Bt. Herakles Numismatics, 2011. SNG France 2 #444 corr. (pellet over crescent not mentioned) = de Luynes 4857; SNG Levante 226 corr. (same); BMC p.176 #87 corr. (same, plate 32 #9). cf. SNG Cop 6 (Lycaonia-Cilicia) #317-318 var. (same); Noble Numismatics 125 #4611 (same dies).Anaximander

Cilicia, Baaltars/Wolf Obol of TarsosAsia Minor. Cilicia. 361-333 BC. AR Obol (0.54 gm, 10.9mm, 9h) of Tarsos. Baaltars seated left holding ear of grain, bunch of grapes, and sceptre. / Forepart of wolf right, crescent facing down, all in square dotted border. gVF. Bt. Herakles Numismatics, 2009. SNG Cop. 6 (Lycaonia-Cilicia) #317; SNG Levante 223; SNG France 2 #449 (same dies); SNG Delepierre 2886-2889; SNG von Aulock 5422; BMC p.176 #86 (plate 32 #8). cf Babelon Traité II/2 #687 (Mazaios, plate 113 #4).Anaximander

Cilicia, Balakros as Satrap. Baal & Athena Stater of Issos.Asia Minor. Cilicia, Satraps. 333-323 BC. AR Stater (10.90 gm, 22.9mm, 4h) Balakros, of Issos. Baaltars seated l., grapes & grain ear before, holding lotus head scepter. I (=Issos) beneath seat, B (=Balakros) behind. / Bust of Athena, facing slightly to left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet. EF. Triton III #592. SNG France 2 #420 (same dies) = Babelon II/2 #720; Casabonne Series 2 (D12/R1); SNG Levante - ; Traité, Tf. CXIII, 13.Anaximander

Cilicia, Satraps. Mazaios. Baal & Lion Attacking Bull Stater.Asia Minor. Cilicia, Satraps. 361-334 BC. AR Stater (11.07 gm, 23.7mm, 8h) Mazaios, of Tarsos. Baaltars seated left, head facing, holding grapes, grain ear, and eagle in right hand, lotus head scepter in left; BLTRZ in Aramaic behind, 𐨪𐨤 to l. / Lion bringing down bull to l. MZDI (=Mazaios) in Aramaic above. EF. Triton III #589. Casabonne Series 2 Group C. SNG Cop 6 (Lycaonia-Cilicia) #313; BMC Greek 52. SNG Levante - ; SNG France - . cf. AJN 53 (1919) part 2, p.13 fig.16; CNG 93 #477 (same dies).Anaximander

Cilicia. Amazon/Grapes Stater of Soloi. Asia Minor. Cilicia. 410-375 B.C. AR stater. (10.67 gm, 19.9mm, 9h) of Soloi. Amazon (Antiope?), wearing pointed headdress, nude to the waist and kneeling l., stringing her bow, with drapery & gorytos (bow-case) at her waist. / Bunch of grapes on vine; ankh to lower right (partially off flan); ΣΟΛΕΩΝ - Θ. EF Davissons Auction 41 #56. "Uncommonly choice example, well centered and well struck." Casabonne Type 3; MFA Boston #2124 (same obv. die); SNG France 2 #135 var. (A-Θ). Jameson III #1608 = Baldwin's Auction 99 #152; SNG Levante - ; SNG von Aulock - .5 commentsAnaximander

Cilicia. Balakros, Satrap. Baal Stater of Tarsos.Asia Minor. Cilicia, Satraps. 333-323 BC. AR Stater (10.79 gm, 22.5mm, 12h) Balakros, of Tarsos. Baal of Tarsos seated left, torso facing, holding lotus-tipped scepter and chlamys at his waist; grain ear to left, B’LTRZ (in Aramaic) to right. / Lion attacking bull above two rows of crenellated walls, the Cilician Gates; club and B above to left & right. VF Test cut on edge, die break on obverse. CNG EA 476 #123. From the BLS Collection. SNG France 2 #365; Babelon Traité II #712; Casabonne Series 1. cf. SNG Cop 6 (Lycaonia-Cilicia) #322 var (bunch of grapes). SNG Levante - .Anaximander

Cilicia. Veiled Woman & Bearded Herakles Obol. Asia Minor. Cilicia, Satraps. 379-374 BC. AR Obol (0.68 gm, 9.7mm, 3h) Pharnabazos, of Nagidos(?) Veiled head of a female, facing, wearing necklace. / Bearded head of Herakles left, wearing lion-skin headdress, tied at neck. VF. Bt. Herakles Numismatics, 2021. SNG Berry #1282; SNG BnF 2 Cilicia (Incertaines) #480 = Babelon Traité II 2 (Nagidos) #601; SNG Levante 220-221; Göktürk (Incerti) #40 (pl.20 #10); Sunrise 105. cf Triton XVIII #107.1 commentsAnaximander

Cilicia. Youth Dismounting Horse Stater of Kelenderis. Asia Minor. Cilicia. 410-375 B.C. AR stater. (10.68 gm, 20.7mm, 6h) of Kelenderis. Nude youth holding whip and reins, dismounting from horse rearing right. Plume on horse's head. / Goat kneeling right, head left; KEΛE-[N] above. EF Davissons Auction 41 #54. "Extremely Fine; lightly iridescent tone; struck from highly artistic dies." SNG Levante 25; Casabonne Type 4; Kraay Celenderis Series IV #24 var.; SNG France 2 #73 var. (no monogram).1 commentsAnaximander

Cilician Satraps, Datames. Arethusa & Bearded Warrior Stater of Tarsos.Asia Minor. Cilicia, Satraps. 379-374 BC. AR Stater (10.76 gm, 23.2mm, 3h) Tarkumuwa (Datames), of Tarsos. Struck 373/2-369/8. Head of Arethusa facing slightly left, with streaming hair, wearing sphendone & necklace. / Bearded male head right with crested Athenian helmet; Aramiac TRDMW (Tarkumuwa = Datames) before. Toned EF. SNG France 2 #259 (same dies); Babelon Traite II/2 #602 (plate CVIII #18); BnF Seyrig R2971 var. (same obverse die); SNG Cop 6 #280 (same rev. die); SNG Levante 79; SNG von Aulock 5937; ACNAC 1 Rosen #244; Casabonne Type 1; Moysey Issue 4. cf. Triton XXV #300.Anaximander

Cilician Satraps, Datames. Baal & Standing Ana Stater of Tarsos.Asia Minor. Cilicia, Satraps. 379-374 BC. AR Stater (10.64 gm, 21.5mm, 12h) Tarkumuwa (Datames), of Tarsos during Satraps' Revolt. Baaltars seated r., facing; holding grapes, grain ear & eagle-tipped sceptre; eagle l. & thymiaterion r. BLTRZ in Aramaic l. / Deity Ana facing r. & pointing to Datames, thymiaterion b/w. Aramaic ANA to l., TRKMW (Tarkumuwa = Datames) in center. VF. CNG 60 #874. Rare with Ana's name on rev. Casabonne Series 3; Moysey issue 5; Pozzi 2852; SNG von Aulock 5948-9; SNG Cop 6 (Lycaonia-Cilicia) #301-302; SNG France 2 #294 corr. (Ana's name not noted); SNG Levante - . Cf Triton XXIV #23 (same dies).Anaximander

Cilician Satraps, Datames. Baal & Standing Ana Stater of Tarsos.Asia Minor. Cilicia, Satraps. 369/8-361/0 BC. AR Stater (10.48 gm, 23.3mm, 11h) Tarkumuwa (Datames), of Tarsos Baaltars seated r. holding eagle-tipped sceptre, grain ear & grapes; thymiterion r. "BLTRZ" in Aramaic l. All within crenellations. / Deity Ana in temple, facing r. & pointing to Datames, thymiaterion between. TRDMW in Aramaic (Tarkumuwa = Datames). gVF Ponterio 132 #2193. SNG France 2 #292 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock 5943 (same); Babelon Traite II/2 #615-618 (plate CIX #9-12); Casabonne Series 3; Moysey Issue 5, Var. 1, dies 26/?; Pozzi 2851; SNG Cop 6 (Lycaonia-Cilicia) #300. cf. SNG Levante 83 var (bull below on rev.).Anaximander

Cilician Satraps, Mazaios. Baal & Lion Attacking Bull Stater of Tarsos.Asia Minor. Cilicia, Satraps. 361-334 BC. AR Stater (10.86 gm, 23.9mm, 10h) Mazaios, of Tarsos. Baaltars seated left, head facing, holding grapes, grain ear, eagle, and lotus head scepter. 𐨤𐨪 (TN IN Aramaic) to l., 𐨞𐨜 (M) under throne. BLTRZ behind. / Lion bringing down bull to left, ydzm (MZDI=Mazaios) in Aramaic above, ankh below. Choice EF. Triton III #590. Casabonne Series 2, Group C; SNG Cop 6 #313; SNG Levante 106 (same dies). cf. SNG Cop 6 #312; SNG France 2 #335. Same dies: CNG 118 #324, Triton XXIV #740, CNG 121 #451.Anaximander

Cilician Satraps, Mazaios. Baal & Lion Attacking Stag Stater.Asia Minor. Cilicia, Satraps. 361-334 BC. AR Stater (10.50 gm, 23.2mm, 12h) Mazaios, of Tarsos. Baaltars seated left, wearing himation from waist; holding grapes & grain ear in right hand, lotus head scepter in left; ankh below throne. BLTRZ in Aramaic behind. / Lion bringing down stag to left. MZDI (=Mazaios) in Aramaic above, Aramaic letter and O below. VF. Pegasi Numismatics Auction 12 #183. Casabonne Series 1, Group. A; SNG Levante 111=SNG von Aulock 5954; SNG France 2 #314-316, 317=BnF Gallica Armand Valton 466.Anaximander

Cilician Satraps, Pharnabazos. Baal & Bearded Warrior Obol of Tarsos.Asia Minor. Cilicia, Satraps. 379-374 BC. AR Obol (0.65 gm, 11.1mm, 4h) Pharnabazos, of Tarsos. Baaltars seated left, holding scepter. / Bust of bearded warrior left, wearing crested Attic helmet. gVF. CNG EA 259 #137. Minor chipping on edge. SNG France 2 #257; SNG Levante 76-77; Casabonne Series 4. SNG Cop - .Anaximander

Cilician Satraps, Pharnabazos. Baal & Bearded Warrior Stater of Tarsos.Asia Minor. Cilicia, Satraps. 380-379 BC. AR Stater (10.66 gm, 23.3mm, 11h) Pharnabazos, of Tarsos. Baaltars seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter. 'BLTRZ' in Aramaic right. / Bust of bearded warrior, left, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with floral scroll. FRNBZW (=Pharnabazos) in Aramaic to left, KLK (=Cilicia) right. EF. Pegasi Numismatics Sale 127 #123. SNG Levante 72; SNG France 2 #251-255; BMC p.165 #21 (pl.29 #5); Casabonne Series 4; Moysey Issue 2 #1-27; SNG von Aulock 5927; SNG Cop Supp. 609. cf. Triton XXV #302, CNG 121 #450.Anaximander

Cilician Satraps, Tribazos. Aphrodite & Bearded Warrior Stater of Mallos.Asia Minor. Cilicia, Satraps. 386-380 BC. AR Stater (9.54 gm, 23.3mm, 12h) Tribazos, of Mallos. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing earring and necklace, hair bound in ampyx and sphendone. / Bearded male head right, wearing Persian satrapal headdress, ΜΑΛΛΩΤΗΣ right. VF. Ponterio 136 #1774. Casabonne Series 2 Group Db; Franke-Hirmer 666; SNG France 2 #391 (same dies) = Babelon Traite II/2 #568 (plate 57 #6); SNG Levante 150 (same dies).Anaximander

Ionia, Bee Drachm of Ephesos.Asia Minor. Ionia. 500-420 BC. AR Drachm (3.35 gm, 12.7mm) of Ephesos on Milesian standard. Bee with curved wings, seen from above, tendrils and four pellets above. / Quadripartite incuse punch, off center. gVF. Earthen encrustations. SNG Cop 5 (Ionia) #208; SNG ANS Berry 1052; ACNAC Rosen 570; SNG Kayhan 119-123, 1233; Karwiese Series VI 2B.Anaximander

Ionia, Cistophoric Tetradrachm of EphesosAsia Minor. Ionia. 140-137 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.73 gm, 29.9mm, 12h) of Attalos II of Pergamon, RY 20, Ephesos. Cysta mistica containing serpent, all within ivy wreath. / Two serpents entwined about bow in case; EΦE to left, K (date) to upper left, bust of Artemis to right, quiver over shoulder. EF. Bt. Barry Murphy, 2002. Same obv. die: SNG von Aulock 7833; SNG Cop (Supplement) #944; Kleiner-Noe Cistophoric Series 33 # 44/? (plate XVI #1). cf. Nomos WA15 #346 (same); CNG 80 #26 (same).Anaximander

Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Horseman & Butting Bull Didrachm.Asia Minor. Ionia. 350-325 BC. AR Didrachm (6.77 gm, 21.6mm, 12h) of Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Armed horseman prancing right, wearing helmet, chlamys and cuirass, holding spear. / Humped bull butting left, ΜΑΓΝ above, ear of barley to right, and magistrate ΔIOΠEIΘHΣ (Diopeithes) below; all within circular maeander pattern. gVF. Pegasi Numismatics Sale 20 #14. Rare. SNG Kayhan 410 var (no grain stalk); SNG von Aulock 2034 var (same); Kinns KME p.137 #4. cf. CNG 97 #185 (same dies).Anaximander

Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Horseman & Butting Bull Hemidrachm.Asia Minor. Ionia. c. 350-325 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.46 gm, 11.9mm, 11h) of Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Armed horseman prancing right, wearing helmet, chlamys and cuirass, holding spear. / Humped bull butting left, ΜΑΓΝ above, ear of grain to right, meander pattern below, ANAΞIMBRO[TOS] (magistrate Anaximbrotos). gVF. CNG 60 #736. SNG Kayhan I #415; Babelon Waddington 1716; Klein, Nomismata 3 #409. Demeester 116; BMC Ionia p.159 #8 var. (differing legend, no meander). SNG Cop 5 (Ionia) #807 var. (grain ear on rev.). Diff. magistrate(?): SNG von Aulock 2035; SNG Lockett 2827; SNG München 587-590.Anaximander

Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Horseman/Bull trihemiobol.Asia Minor. Ionia. c. 350-325 BC. AR Obol or Trihemiobol (0.49 gm, 9.8mm, 12h) of Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Armed horseman prancing right, wearing helmet, chlamys and cuirass, holding spear. / Humped bull butting left, ΜΑΓΝ above and meander pattern beneath. ex: ΔΙΟΠΕΙΘΥ? (Diopethes, magistrate). VF. Kinns KME p.136 #4. cf. SNG Kayhan 1347 (magistrate ΠITΘΙΩN); Imhoof-Blumer KM I p.76 #3 (magistrate ΛΥΚΟΜΗΔΗΣ) = Weber 5998; SNG Cop 5 (Ionia) #820-821 (AE, magistrate ΛΥΚΟΜΗΔΗΣ).Anaximander

Ionia, Miletos. Apollo & Standing Lion Hemidrachm.Asia Minor. Ionia. 225-190 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.41 gm, 16.9mm, 12h) of Miletos. Laureate head of Apollo right with long hair, bow and quiver over shoulder. / Lion standing left, head turned to right, looking back. Star above, IM (civic monogram) and IΣ (retrograde) to left, BIΩN (magistrate) in exergue. nVF. Very rare with Apollo right and lion standing left. Bt. Louis di Lauro, Coral Gables, 2000. Kinns Studies Price Phase III #280 (dies O71/R132) plate 44. Deppert-Lippitz - . cf. SNG Kayhan I #502, #1415 (lion r., AΠ monogram); BMC 16 (Ionia) p.195 #119 (lion r., MOI monogram); SNG von Aulock 2100 (lion r., AΠ monogram).Anaximander

Ionia, Miletos. Lion forepart/incuse obol.Asia Minor. Ionia. c. 480-450 BC. AR Obol (1.17 gm, 9.3mm) of Miletos on Milesian standard, hemi-hekta. Forepart of lion left, head turned right to look back, foreleg below. / Stellate design within incuse square, but for one filled segment. VF. Bt. Guy Clark, 1998. SNG Cop 5 (Ionia) #952-953; SNG Kayhan #468ff, 1368ff; SNG Keckman II #286; McClean III #8207-8209; ZfN 37 (1927) p.62 plate II #95-103. cf. BMC 34.Anaximander

Ionia, Phokaia. Archaic female head hemihekea.Asia Minor. Ionia. c. 521-478 BC. AR Hemihekea (1.29 gm, 9.3mm) of Phokaia. "Smyrna-type" female head left, wearing helmet or sakkos, with earring. / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. CNG EA 555 #133. Lightly toned, granular surfaces. Klein Kleinsilbermünzen 452-453; ACNAC Rosen 596-597; SNG Cop. 7 (Uncertain) #389-394; SNG Kayhan 1 #522–526, SNG Kayhan 2 #1433-1434; SNG Munich 796; SNG von Aulock 1813-1815.Anaximander

Ionia, Samos. Lion Scalp & Ox Drachm.Asia Minor. Ionia. c. 210-185 BC. AR Drachm (2.52 gm, 17.7mm, 12h) of Samos on Plinthophoric stdd. Lion scalp facing within border of dots. / Forepart of ox charging right, grain ear before, ΣΑΜIΩΝ above, krater and ΠΑΓ monogram below. gVF. SNG Kayhan 671; SNG Cop 5 (Ionia) #1713; BMC p.367 #180-183; HGC 6 #1241; McClean III #8420; Barron p.255 #28 (HA310/HP?). cf. Savoca Num. Silver Auction 36 #65 (same dies), 41 #108 (same).Anaximander

Ionia, Samos. Lion Scalp & Ox Drachm.Asia Minor. Ionia. c. 210-185 BC. AR Drachm (2.85 gm, 17.0mm, 12h) of Samos on Plinthophoric standard. Lion scalp facing within border of dots. / Forepart of ox charging right, grain ear before, ΣΑΜIΩΝ above, krater and ΠAΓ monogram below. EF. SNG Kayhan 671; SNG Cop 5 (ionia) #1713; BMC p.367 #180-183; HGC 6 #1241; McClean III #8420; Barron p.225 #34a (HA311/HP330). cf CNG 102 #496 (same dies).Anaximander

Ionia, Teos. Griffin/Incuse Stater.Asia Minor. Ionia. c. 470-449 BC. AR Stater (11.75 gm, 22.4mm) of Teos on Aeginetic standard. Griffin with curved wing standing right, forepaw raised, swan before, stdg on exergual line, leaf and tongue frieze below. / Quadripartite incuse punch with smooth surfaces and indented lines (characteristic of Balcer Group LI-LIV). gVF. Pegasi Numismatics Auction VI #174. Balcer (1968) Period II, Group LII p.41 #101 (A101/P133); Boston MFA 1939 = Warren 1135; Matzke Group Cb1. cf Nomos 6 #92.Anaximander

Ionia, Teos. Griffin/Incuse Stater.Asia Minor. Ionia. c. 478-465 BC. AR Stater (11.85 gm, 24.6mm) of Teos on Aeginetic standard. Griffin with curved wing standing right, forepaw raised, footprint before, standing on pelleted exergual line. T-H-I (retrograde). Solid border. / Quadripartite incuse punch with pebbled surfaces. EF. Ponterio Auction 119 #487 (CICF 2002). Rare. Balcer cites five known examples, with one obverse & three reverse dies. Balcer Teos (SNR 47) Period II, Group XLIII #92 (A92/P124); BnF Gallica, Chandon de Briailles Coll. 574A; Weber III/1 #6203-6204; SNG von Aulock 2257. Teos founded the Thracian city of Abdera, which also used a griffin as its coin type; those of Teos face right while Abdera faced left. 1 commentsAnaximander

Ionia. Head of Herakles in lion skin headdress. Drachm of Erythrae. Asia Minor. Ionia. c. 330-300 B.C. AR Drachm (3.45 gm, 16mm, 6h) of Erythrae. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. / Club of Herakles, owl above EPY (ethnic) to left, ΦANNOΘEMIΣ (magistrate Phannothemis) and bow case to right. VF. Bt. Herakles Numismatics, Richmond Coin Show, 2023. BMC Ionia p. 123, 57-58; Sear Greek II #4424; SNG Cop. 5 (Ionia) #579.Anaximander

Lycian Dynasts, proto-dynastic period. Boar/Triskles stater.Asia Minor. Lycia. c. 520-450 BC. Proto-dynastic period. AR Stater (8.30 gm, 18.9mm) on Babylon standard. Uncertain Dynast. Boar standing left on exergual line. / Triskeles in pelleted incuse square. VF. Bt. Herakles Num. 2007. Unpublished. Vismara II p.132 #69 var. (Group C) plate IX. (direction of triskeles) = Falghera Coll. #69; Müseler II #37 var. (same); SNG Von Aulock 4061 var. (same & boar r.) & 4062 var. (boar r.). cf. SNG Cop. Suppl. 379 (sixth stater).Anaximander

Lycian League, Kragos. Apollo and Kithara Hemidrachm.Asia Minor. Lycian League. After 168 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.68 gm, 15.9mm, 1h) of Kragos. Laureate head of Apollo right, [Λ-Υ] flanking neck. / Kithara (lyre), K-P across field, all within incuse square. VF. Bt. Old Town Coin, 1999. RPC I 3301a; Sear 5267; SNG Cop 6 (Lycia-Pamphylia) #59-60; SNG von Aulock 4297; Troxell Lycian (Cragus) Period 4 Series 1 #84; BMC (Cragus) p.51 #1-2.Anaximander

Lycian League, Masikytes. Hemidrachm.Asia Minor. Lycian League. c. 40-35 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.70 gm, 16.7mm, 12h) of Masikytes. Laureate head of Apollo right. Λ Υ / Kithara (lyre), M-A across fields, serpent coiled around omphalos to left, all within incuse square. EF. CNG EA 447 #118. Ex-Dr. Erik Miller Coll. RPC I #3303c; BMC 4; McClean III #8875; Troxell Lycian Period IV Series 3 #97; SNG Cop - .
In Greek myths, Apollo slayed the great serpent Python so that he could establish his oracular temple at Delphi. An omphalos marked the spot where he slayed Python and is depicted on ancient coins as an omphalos stone with a serpent wound around it. 2 commentsAnaximander

Lycian League, Rhodiapolis. Apollo and Lyre Drachm. Asia Minor. Lycian League. After 168 BC. AR Drachm (2.89 gm, 15.2mm, 1h) of Rhodiapolis. Laureate head of Apollo right, bow and quiver over shoulder. / Kithara (lyre), ΛVKIΩΝ above, P-O across fields, thrysos (staff) to left, all within incuse square. EF. CNG 51 #479. Rare mint. Troxell Lycian #40 ("18 known"); SNG Cop. 6 (Lycia-Pamphylia) #132 (same obv. die); BMC p. 85 #1 (same); Weber 7301 (same).Anaximander

Lydia, Sardis. Senate and Hexastyle Temple.Asia Minor. Lydia. 1st-2nd C. AD. Temp Trajan-Hadrian. Æ (2.96 gm, 17.0mm, 1h) of Sardis. Bare-headed, beardless, and draped young bust of Senate right. ↷ [IⲈΡA CYN]KΛHTOC. / Hexastyle Temple, pellet in pediment. ⤾CAPΔI-A-NΩN. gVF. Bt. Mediterranean Coins, 1999. RPC III #2410; SNG Munich 493; SNG Tubingen 3801; Babelon Waddington 5224 = BnF Gallica 1179; SNG Cop 5 (Smyrna, Ionia) #1235 corr. (Sardis, not Smyrna). BMC - .Anaximander

Mysia, Kyzikos. Archaic Tunny Obol.Asia Minor. Mysia. c. 520-500 BC AR Obol (0.65 gm, 9.3 mm) of Kyzikos. Tunny left. / Quadripartite incuse square. VF CNG EA 481 #95. ex-Leu Numismatik Web Auction 13 #273; Savoca Numismatik 37th Silver Auction #90. Von Fritze II (Nomisma IX) #5 (plate V #5); SNG von Aulock 7328; SNG Tübingen 2210; Klein KM 261. SNG France – .Anaximander

Mysia, Kyzikos. Boar and Lion Hemiobol.Asia Minor. Mysia. 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.33 gm, 7.2mm, 9h) of Kyzikos. Forepart of boar left, dotted truncation, tunny fish behind. / Head of roaring lion left with bristling mane and dotted truncation, K (retrograde) above left. nVF. Bt. Guy Clark, 2009. Von Fritze II Nomisma IX (1914) Gruppe II #15 (plate V #17); SNG France 5 #385. cf Savoca Num. 16 #147 (same dies).Anaximander

Mysia, Kyzikos. Boar and Lion Hemiobol. Asia Minor. Mysia. 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.34 gm, 7.4mm, 5h) of Kyzikos. Forepart of boar left, tunny fish behind. / Head of roaring lion left with dotted truncation, K (retrograde) above. gVF. Bt. Gables Coin, 1998. SNG France 5 #385; Von Fritze II Nomisma IX (1914) Gruppe II #15 (plate V #17); BMC 123.Anaximander

Mysia, Kyzikos. Boar and Lion Trihemiobol.Asia Minor. Mysia. 450-400 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.20 gm, 12.6mm, 3h) of Kyzikos. Forepart of boar left, dotted truncation, tunny fish behind. / Head of roaring lion left with bristling mane and dotted truncation, all in incuse square. VF. Bt. Guy Clark, 2009. SNG Kayhan 54; SNG Cop 4 (Mysia) #45-47; BMC 15.34 #108ff; SNG France 5 #361ff (#364 = SNG Delepierre 2514); Von Fritze II Nomisma IX (1914) p.36 Gruppe II #9 plate V #10-11.Anaximander

Mysia, Parion. Gorgonian and Bull Hemidrachm.Asia Minor. Mysia. 4th C. BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.71 gm, 13.7mm, 12h) of Parion. Facing head of Gorgoneon, tongue protruding, coiled snakes around. / Bull standing left, looking back; ΠA above, PI below. Club below. gVF. Scarce variety. ex-St. James Auctions 38 #25. BMC p.95 #20; SNG Cop 4 (Mysia) #259; SNG France 5 #1362 = Babelon Traité plate 182 #23, #1363 = Waddington #916; Sear Greek II #3920.Anaximander

Mysia, Pergamon. Cistaphoric Tetradrachm.Asia Minor. Mysia. 166-160 BC AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.56 gm, 30.7mm, 12h) of Pergamon. Snake escaping basket (Cista Mystica), all within ivy wreath. / Bow case entwined by two snakes. ΠΕΡΓ mint mark to left, amphora in field to right. gVF. Struck on a broad flan. Bt. Coral Gables, 2000. Kleiner & Noe Series 8 #16-20 (plate III #1-6). SNG France 5 #1701 = Babelon Waddington 6960; SNG Cop 4 (Mysia) #411; SNG von Aulock 7461.Anaximander

Mysia, Pergamon. Cistaphoric Tetradrachm.Asia Minor. Mysia. c.104-98 BC AR Cistaphoric Tetradrachm (12.31 gm, 26.4mm, 12h) of Pergamon. Snake escaping basket (Cista Mystica), all within ivy wreath. / Bow case entwined by two snakes. City ethnic ΠΡΕ to left, Asklepian staff (thyrsos) entwined by snake to right, MH & monogram ΠΡΥ above. VF. Overstrike on uncertain coin. Bt. Gables Coin, 1997. Kleiner Pergamum p.81 #41 (plate 16); Pinder 114; SNG Cop 4 (Mysia) #437 (same obv. die); SNG France 5 #1745, 1746 = SNG Delepierre 2541. cf. Nomos 21 #180 (same dies).Anaximander

Pamphylia, Aspendos. Wrestlers and Slinger Stater.Asia Minor. Pamphylia. 380/75 - 330/25 BC. AR Stater (10.58 gm, 24.8mm, 6h) of Aspendos. Two wrestlers grappling, [ME] between (vestiges of E discernable). No border. / Slinger in throwing stance right. ΕΣΤFEΔΙΙYΕ to left, triskeles to right, all within pelleted incuse square. VF/EF. Bt. Gables Coin, 1998. Arslan & Lightfoot 161 (same dies); Tekin Series 4; SNG von Aulock 4555 var. (obv. border); SNG Cop - ; SNG France - . cf CNG 81 #557 (same dies); CNG EA 318 #251 (border on obv.).Anaximander

Pamphylia, Side. Athena and Apollo Stater.Asia Minor. Pamphylia. 360-333 BC. AR Stater (10.48 gm, 21.4mm, 12h) of Side. Athena Parthenos stdg left, holding wreath-bearing Nike and shield, spear behind; pomegranate to left. PO (in Sidetic) to right. / Garbed Apollo stdg left with laurel staff, holding patera over flaming altar. Sidetic inscription ΙγҬϟϞΥΩγϰ r. VF. Bt. Mediterranean Coins, 1999. SNG Copenhagen 376; SNG von Aulock 4772 (same obv die); Sunrise 84 corr. (Atlan ref.); J.P. Six NC Vol.17 (1897) p.197 #14 (plate IX #7). cf. Atlan Group IX #127-129 (unlisted dies); Triton XVIII #47; Leu Numismatik 6 #238 (same obv. die). SNG France - .2 commentsAnaximander

Pamphylia, Side. Athena and Winged Nike Tetradrachm.Asia Minor. Pamphylia. 205-100 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.69 gm, 29.2mm, 11h) of Side. Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet. / Winged Nike advancing left, holding out wreath; pomegranate in field to left, (ΔI monogram) E (magistrate) below. gVF. Bt. Coral Gables, 2000. SNG Cop 6 (Lycia-Pamphylia) #391; SNG France 3 #671-672 (same obv. dies, Coll. Seyrig); SNG von Aulock 4785; BMC Pamphylia p.148 #34.Anaximander

Pamphylia, Side. Pomegranate and Athena Stater.Asia Minor. Pamphylia. 460-410 BC. AR Stater (10.90 gm, 21.7mm, 3h) of Side. Pomegranate within guilloche border. Head of lion in upper field. / Head of Athena right, in crested Corinthian helmet, all within incuse square. VF. Bt. Andeavor After Coins (John Vander Weit). Atlan 24 (O22/A22); SNG France 3 #626 (same dies) = Babelon Traité II/1 #874 (pl. 24 #4). cf Triton XIV #341.Anaximander

Pamphylia, Side. Pomegranate and Head of Athena Archaic Stater.Asia Minor. Pamphylia. 460-410 BC. AR Stater (10.75 gm, 22.5mm, 10h) of Side. Pomegranate within guilloche border. Head of lion left, above. / Head of Athena right, in crested Corinthian helmet, all within incuse square. VF/ nEF. Atlan 24 (O22/A22); SNG France 3 #626 (same dies) = Babelon Traite II/1 #874 (pl. 24 #4). SNG von Aulock - ; SNG Cop - . The pomegranate is the emblem of Side and a pun on its name in Greek. Anaximander

Pamphylia, Side. Standing Athena & Apollo StaterAsia Minor. Pamphylia. 375-333 BC. AR Stater (10.44 gm, 21.9mm, 12h) of Side. Athena Parthenos stdg left, holding wreath-bearing Nike and shield, spear behind; pomegranate to left. PSI (in Pamphyllian) to right. / Apollo standing left with laurel staff, holding patera over flaming altar. Pamphylian inscription ΙγҬϟϞΥΩ γϰ to right. gVF. Bt. Coral Gables, 2000. Rare w/ this control. SNG France 651. cf. Atlan Group IX #132; SNG von Aulock 4772; SNG Cop 6 (Lycia-Pamphylia) #376v (controls).

Side differed from other Pamphylian cities in that it had its own language, Sidetic, which was written in an indigenous alphabet. This Sidetic script was used on the city's coinage from the late 5th to 3rd century BC and also survived in a few short inscriptions, of which three are Greek-Sidetic bilinguals. Like other native Anatolian languages, Sidetic was gradually ousted by the Greek language in the late Hellenistic time, but the Roman senator and historian Arrian († after 145/6 AD) still knew of its existence in his time. He describes the foundation myth of the Sidetans in his Anabasis of Alexander as follows: 'Alexander now went towards Side, whose inhabitants are Cymeans from Aeolian Cyme; they give this account of themselves, that as soon as they reached that land, the first to leave Cyme, sailing thither to colonize, they forgot their native tongue and talked a foreign language straight away, and that not the Persian of the natives there, but their own idiom, in fact, a new dialect' (Arr. anab. I 26.4). This origin story is obviously a later invention, as we know today that Sidetic was an indigenous Luwian language and related to Carian, Lydian and Pisidian: the very fact that it was still in use in late Classical and early Hellenistic time shows that Side was precisely not a Greek city. However, the foundation myth likely reflects old reminiscences of the overlapping of Greek and indigenous communities in the area, which eventually resulted in the extinction of Sidetic and its replacement with Greek. 1 commentsAnaximander

Paphlagonia, Sinope. Nymph and Sea Eagle Drachm.Asia Minor. Paphlagonia. 330-300 BC. AR Drachm (4.99 gm, 17.5mm, 6h) of Sinope. Head of nymph Sinope left, hair in sphendone, w/ triple pendant earring and necklace. / Sea-eagle flying left, clutching dolphin, AΓPE[ΩΣ] (magistrate Agreos) to right, ΣINΩ below. EF. Ponterio 136 #1761. SNG France 7 #497; SNG BM Black Sea 1481-1482; HGC 7 #399; SNG Cop 4 (Bosporus-Bithynia) 284-285 var. (magistrate); SNG von Aulock 6847–9 var. (same); Babelon Waddington #169, Recueil Général I/I (1925) pp.196-197 #31. cf. CNG 117 #170.Anaximander

Paphlagonia, Sinope. Nymph and Sea Eagle Drachm.Asia Minor. Paphlagonia. c. 325 BC. Ariarathes I of Cappadocia. AR Drachm (5.41 gm, 18.0mm, 10h) of Sinope. Head of nymph Sinope left, hair in sphendone, w/ triple pendant earring and necklace. Aplustre to left, Aramaic 'm to right. / Sea-eagle flying left, clutching dolphin. ARYDRT (in Aramaic) below. EF. Bt. Herakles Numismatics, 2016. ex-Spink USA Auction 325 #120. SNG Cop 4 (Bosporus-Bithynia) #290; SNG France 7 # 464-465; HGC 7 #434; Simonetta 6, Coins p.15; SNG BM Black Sea 1459; Waddington Recueil Général I/I #36 (1925 ed.). (plate XXV #8-9). cf. CNG EA 424 #241.Anaximander

Pergamon Cistaphoric Tetradrachm.Asia Minor. Mysia. Autonomous issue. c. 98-95 B.C. AR cistophoric tetradrachm (12.49 gm, 28.0mm, 12h) of Pergamon. Cista mystica (basket) with a serpent emerging left; all within ivy wreath with fruits. / Two snakes coiled around a bowcase; ΔΙ over ΠΡΥ monogram (prytaneis) above, ΠΕΡΓ monogram (ethnic) to left, staff of Asklepios to right. EF Davissons Auction 40 #61. From an American collection formed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Kleiner Pergamum (ANSMN 23) Gp 2 pl.15 #32 (same dies); SNG Cop 4 (Mysia) #430; SNG France 5 #1734-1735. cf. CNG 100 #1418 (same dies).Anaximander

Phoenicia. 'Abd'ashtart I (Strato I). 1/16th Shekel of Sidon.Asia Minor. Phoenicia. 365-352 BC. 'Abd'ashtart I (Strato I). 1/16th Shekel (0.61 gm, 10.6mm, 4h), Sidon, 352/1 BC. Galley left, oars in water. IIIIII— above (retrograde, civic year 14). / King slaying lion, its paw outstretched, о between (early Phoenician letter ayin). nVF. Bt. Gables Coin 1999. SNG Cop 7 (Phoenicia) #199; Betlyon 26; Elayi & Elayi 1394-1427; Sear Greek II #5940; SNG Kayhan 1757. cf. BMC Palestine p.146 #36ff (Baalshillem II); HGC 10 #245 (9о).Anaximander

Phoenicia. Bee and Stag Drachm of Arados.Asia Minor. Phoenicia. 172/1 BC. AR Drachm (4.15 gm, 17.1mm, 12h) of Arados. Bee, F𐌂 (Civic Year 88) in field to left, MC monogram to right. / Stag standing right. before date palm, APAΔIΩN to right. VF. A rare Arados issue of the plentiful coinage of Ephesos. Bt. Louis di Lauro, Coral Gables 1999. Sold as a coin of Ephesos, unknown magistrate. SNG Berry II #1423; BMC Phoenicia p.20 #147; Duyrat p.74 #2579; DCA 774; HGC 10 #63; SNG Cop 7 (Phoenicia) #30. cf. Sear Greek II #5989var (RY, monogram).2 commentsAnaximander

Pontos, Amisos. Ares and Sword in Scabbard Bronze.Asia Minor. Pontos. 95-90 BC. Time of Mithridates VI. Æ (7.85 gm, 20.0mm, 12h) of Amisos. Head of Ares right in Attic helmet. / Sword in its belted scabbard, AMI-Σ●[Y], star in crescent over 'R△▽K' monogram to left, IB to right. VF. Bt Gables Coin 1998. HGC 7 #241; SNG BM 1 (Black Sea) #1161-1162; SNG Ashmolean IX 97; SNG France 7 #1293; Waddington Recueil Général p.68 #31 (pl.VII #24 var., AP monogram to r.). ANS Mantis - ; SNG Cop - . Anaximander

Teos. Archaic Head of Griffin Tetartemorion.Asia Minor. Ionia. c. 540-478 BC. AR Tetartemorion, 1/4 obol (6.5mm, 0.25 gm) of Teos, Aigenetic standard. Head of griffin right, dotted truncation. / Quadripartite incuse square, rough surfaces. gVF CNG EA 481 (2 Dec. 2020) #105. Ex CNG EA 126 (9 Dec. 2005) #67. Balcer reports 24 specimens, with 8 obv. and 17 rev. dies. Matzke Group Ca3; Balcer Period I, Group XXXIII #73-80. cf. SNG Cop Supp. #339 (Phokaia or Teos); Klein (Teos) 481.Anaximander

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