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Amisos, PontosObv: Aegis with facing head of Gorgon in center.
Rev: AMI−ΣOY, Nike advancing right, holding palm frond across shoulders behind, monograms lower right.
Bronze AE 22, Amisos Mint, c. 85 - 65 BC
7.2 grams, 21.1 mm, 0°
GCV 3642, SNG Stancomb 688 ff
Ex: FORVMMatt Inglima
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Apollonia PonticaObv: Gorgoneian head facing with wild hair and protruding tongue.
Rev: Anchor, A to left, crayfish to right.
Silver Drachm, Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, c. 400 - 350 BC
2.7 grams, 15 mm, 0°
GCV 1655Matt Inglima
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Apollonia, IllyriaObv: NIKHN, Cow standing left, looking back at a calf which it suckles.
Rev: AΠOΛ AYTOBOYΛOY, a square containing a double stellate pattern.
Silver Drachm, Apollonia, Illyria, 3rd - 2nd Century BC, after 229
3.1 grams, 17.75 mm
GCV 1878 (var.)Matt Inglima
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Asia Minor, Carian IslandsObv: No legend, radiate head of Helios facing right.
Rev: P - O on either side of a rose with bud to right, magistrate's name: NIKHΦOPO above, all within an incuse square.
Silver Drachm, Rhodos mint, c. 88 - 84 BC
2.3 grams, 16 mm, 0°
GCV 5063 (var.)Matt Inglima
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Asia Minor, PisidiaObv: No legend, Gorgoneion facing with long hair, resembling Apollo or Helios, no tongue protruding.
Rev: Head of Athena facing right, wearing a crested helmet, an astragalos* behind.
Note: An astragalos was a gaming piece made from the knuckle bone of a sheep or a goat. It was used in antiquity for divination and games in a manner similar to dice.
Silver Trihemiobol, Selge mint, 3rd Century BC
0.89 grams, 10.5 mm, 45°
GCV 5478Matt Inglima
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Aspendos, Pamphylia WrestlersObv: Two naked wrestlers grappling, the athlete on the left holds his opponent's wrist with his right hand and his forearm with his left; KI between their legs.
Rev: EΣTΦEΔIIYΣ on left, slinger standing in throwing stance right, wearing a short chiton, discharging sling; clockwise triskeles on right all within a beaded square.
Silver Stater, Aspendos mint, c. 370 - 333 BC
10.74 grams, 23.2 mm, 0°
GCV 5398 (var.), SNG Coppenhagen 226, SNG Von Aulock 4557
Ex: FORVMMatt Inglima
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Athena, Pegasus staterObv: No legend, Pegasos, with pointed wings, flying l., Ï™ (koppa) beneath.
Rev: No legend, head of Athena facing left, wearing a Corinthian helmet, bound with olive-wreath, over a leather cap; behind is a boar facing left.
Silver Stater, Corinth mint, 350 - 306 BC
8.1 grams, 20 mm, 0°
GCV 2629 (var.)Matt Inglima
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CorinthiaObv: Pegasos flying left, koppa below.
Rev: Head of Athena facing left, wearing a Corinthian helmet over a leather cap, Δ below chin, I (unstruck) and Artemis advancing left carrying a torch.
Silver Stater, Corinth mint, 345 - 307 BC
8.4 grams, 20.8 mm, 0°
GCV 2631, Ravel 1076
Ex: FORVMMatt Inglima
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Euboia, HistiaiaObv: No legend, head of nymph Histiaia, wreathed with vine, hair rolled, facing right.
Rev: IΣTIAIEΩN, Nymph Histiaia seated right on the stern of a galley holding a naval standard.
Silver Tetrobol, Histiaia mint, ca. 196 - 146 BC
2 grams, 12.5 mm, 0°
GCV 2496Matt Inglima
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Illyria, Epidamnos-DyrrachiumObv: EXEΦPΩN, cow standing right, looking back at a calf which it suckles, radiate head of Helios facing right above, owl on right, facing.
Rev: ΔYP ZΩΠYPOY, square containing a double stellate pattern.
Plated Drachm, Illegal mint, c. 250 - 200 BC
2.8 grams, 19 mm, 0°
Maier 215, SNG Copenhagen 465Matt Inglima
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Ionia, MiletosObv: Forepart of a lion facing right.
Rev: Star pattern within incuse square.
Silver 1/12th Stater, Late 6th Century BC
1.1 grams, 9.23 mm, 0°
GCV 3532 (var.)Matt Inglima
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Lucania, Metapontum Obv: Bearded head of Leukippos facing right, wearing a Corinthian helmet, lion's head behind.
Rev: Barley ear with seven grains, leaf to left supporting a club, AMI below, META in field to right.
Silver Didrachm, Lucania, Metapontum, 350 - 330 BC
7.9 grams, 18.5 mm, 270°
GCV 415, Johnston B2.1, SNG Munchen 985 Matt Inglima
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Mysia, ParionObv: Gorgoneion head facing with protruding tongue.
Rev: Incuse square containing a cruciform pattern with a pellet in the center.
Silver Tetrobol, Mysia, Parion mint (Thracian imitation?), c. 480 BC
3.4 grams, 12.6 mm
GCV 3917Matt Inglima
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Mysia, Parion, GorgonObv: No legend, Gorgon head facing.
Rev: Î A above a bull standing left looking back; PI and a bunch of grapes between bull's legs.
Silver Hemidrachm, Parion mint, c. 350 - 300 BC
2.17 grams, 13 mm, 90°
GCV 3921Matt Inglima
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Pamphylia, SideObv: Lion's head facing left.
Rev: Head of Athena facing right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet.
Silver Obol, Side mint, c. 4th Century BC
0.78 grams, 12 mm, 45°
GCV 5431 (var.), SNG France 739, SNG von Aulock 4775Matt Inglima
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Phrygia, ApameiaObv: Bust of Athena, facing right, wearing an aegis and a high-crested Corinthian helmet.
Rev: AΠAMEΩN above; An eagle alighting on a meander pattern flanked by the caps of the Dioscuri, three stars in field on either side and above eagle; ANTIΦΩN / MENEKΛEOΣ, in two lines, below.
Magistrates: Antephon and Meneklios
Æ 20, Apameia mint, c. 100 - 50 BC
6.9 grams, 20.4 mm, 15°
GCV 5120, SNG Copenhagen 164 Matt Inglima
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Rhodos, Islands of CariaObv: No legend, radiate three-quarter bust of Helios, facing to the right.
Rev: P and O on either side of a rose, magistrate's name: ΞENΦANTOΣ above, all within a shallow incuse square, star in lower left corner.
Silver Hemidrachm, Rhodos mint, c. 170 - 150 BC
1.28 grams, 11.65 mm, 0°
GCV 5065, Jenkins Plinthophoric Group B, 41
(Very special thanks to rover1.3 for his help with attribution)Matt Inglima
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Roman MacedoniaObv: Head of Dionysos wreathed in ivy and grapes, with a band across his forehead, facing right.
Rev: HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles standing half left, nude but for Nemean lion's skin on left arm, resting right hand on grounded club before him, left hand on hip, MH in monogram inner field.
Silver Tetradrachm, Thasos mint, c. 148 - 80 BC
16.63 grams, 32.1 mm, 0°
GCV 1759, SNG Copenhagen 1040 ff
Ex: FORVMMatt Inglima
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Thasos, ThraceObv: Satyr kneeling left, on left knee, nude but for cloak tied at waist and flying behind, cantharus in right hand, grasshopper control symbol lower left.
Rev: ΘAΣ−IΩN, amphora within incuse square.
Silver Trihemiobol; Thasos mint; c. 411 - 355 B.C.
0.824 grams, 11.4mm, 270°
GCV 1755, BMC Thrace p. 221, 57 var. (control: barley kernel), SNG Cop 1032 var. (same)
Ex: FORVMMatt Inglima
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ThessalyObv: No legend, head of the nymph Larissa facing, slightly to the right.
Rev: ΛAPI, horse standing right, with head lowered to the ground.
Silver Drachm, Larissa mint, c. 405 - 370 BC
6.2 grams, 19.4 mm, 270°
GCV 2124 (var.), BCD Thessaly 246Matt Inglima
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Thrace, Chersonesos Obv: Forepart of lion right, looking back, paws raised.
Rev: No legend, quadripartite incuse square, alternate depressions deeper, one containing a corn-ear (?) and the other E.
Silver Hemidrachm, Chersonesos mint, 400 - 350 BC
2.45 grams, 14.4 mm, 315°
GCV 1602 (var.)Matt Inglima
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Thrace, ChersonesosObv: Forepart of lion right, looking back, paws raised.
Rev: No legend, quadripartite incuse square, alternate depressions deeper, one containing a caduceus, the other a swastika (?).
Silver Hemidrachm, Chersonesos mint, 400 - 350 BC
2.21 grams, 13.8 mm, 0°
GCV 1602 (var.)Matt Inglima
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Thrace, IstrosObv: Two young male heads facing, side by side, one upright the other inverted.
Rev: IΣTPIH, Sea-eagle standing, left, on a dolphin, left, which it attack with its beak.
Silver Drachm, Istros mint, c. 400 - 350 BC
5.5 grams, 16.7 mm, 0°
GCV 1669 (var.)Matt Inglima
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Thrace, KallatisObv: No legend, head of a young Herakles facing right, wearing lion-skin headdress.
Rev: KAΛΛA, between a bow in a case above and a club and corn-ear below.
Silver Tetrobol, Kallatis, Thrace, after 281 BC
2.11 grams, 15.2 mm, 0°
GCV 1660Matt Inglima
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Thrace, MaroneiaObv: No legend, head of a young Dionysos facing right, wreathed in ivy and with a band across forehead.
Rev: MAPΩNITΩN, Dionysos, naked, standing facing, head turned left, holding grape in right hand and two narthex wands in left, monogram in left field.
Æ 18, Maroneia, Thrace, After 138 BC
4.3 grams, 17.68 mm, 180°
GCV 1638Matt Inglima
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Thrace, MesembriaObv: No legend, crested helmet facing.
Rev: META in the four corners of a radiate wheel.
Silver Diobol, Mesembria mint, c. 450 - 350 BC
1.3 grams, 11.38 mm
GCV 1673 (var.)Matt Inglima
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