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19 mm, 3.27 gareich
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18.5 mm, 4.59 gareich
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Drachm from Ionia, Magnesia. AR18mm
Left field: Δ within wreath. Beneath throne: Ε
319-305 BC, Price 1983.
( Thanks Rover1.3 for the ID!)
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Ionia, Samos. Didrachm; Ionia, Samos; Magistrate Asklepiades, 310-300 BC, Didrachm, 6.22g. Barron-p. 214, 2b (this coin). Obv: Facing lion's scalp. Rx: Forepart of ox r. with dotted truncation, SA and olive branch below, [A]SK?H?IA?[HS] above. Ex M & M List 169, 1957, no. 18; this coin listed in Barron's monograph on Samos (1966).
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7 GallienusGallienus
Æ27 of Smyrna, Ionia

O: AVT K Π ΛIK_[IN] ΓAΛΛIHNOC, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right

R: CMYPNAIΩN Γ N_EΩKOPΩN[..] IΠ[ΠIKOV] ΦIΛH_TOV, the Amazon Smyrna, turreted and cuirassed, standing left, holding bipennis and pelta right.

SNG Copenhagen 1410var

Thanks to FORVM member Andreas Reich and www258pair.com for help IDing this coin.
Sosius
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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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Baktrian Kingdom, Diodotos I, ca. 255/250-240 BC, AR Tetradrachm Diademed head of Diodotos I right.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY Zeus advancing left hurling thunderbolt, eagle at feet, ΙΔΤ (Iota, Delta, Sampi) monogram in inner left field.

Holt A6.4 (this coin); Kritt A6 (plate 2 A6 this coin); CSE 1294 (this coin); SNG Lockett 3109 (this coin ID: SNGuk_0300_3109); Pozzi 2945 (this coin); ESM 717α (this coin); SNG ANS 77; SC 631.a; Bopearachchi 2E; Mitchiner 64d; Qunduz 6; HGC 9, 243.
Mint "A" - Ai Khanoum

(26 mm, 15.73 g, 6h).
Herakles Numismatics; ex- Houghton Collection (CSE 1294); ex- Lockett Collection (SNGLockett 3109); ex- Pozzi Collection: Naville Sale I (1921) 2945 (sold for CHF 35).

This coin has a very distinguished provenance and has been published as plate coin in four reference works.

The emission with the ΙΔΤ (Iota, Delta Sampi) mint control mark is the most abundant of the Diodotid issues, representing about 13% of known Diodotid precious metal coins. The same control carries over into the early coinage of Euthydemos, although eventually displaced by the PK control monogram after 208/6 BC when Antiochos III captured Ai Khanoum while Euthydemos remained besieged at Baktra, after which it appears that Baktra/Balkh assumed the role of primary royal mint in Baktria. In is notable that the Archaic Greek letter Sampi forms the bottom of the ΙΔΤ monogram. It is an Archaic Greek form of a double Sigma that persisted in Greek dialects of Asia Minor. Many Greek settlers from Asia Minor migrated to Baktria, including the illustrious ruler Euthydemos from Magnesia in either Lydia, or Ionia. The archaic Greek Sampi possibly traveled to Baktria with the earliest Greek settlers from Asia Minor.
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IONIA, CHIOSCa 400-380 BC
AR Drachm 13 mm, 3.63 g
O: Sphinx seated left; amphora surmounted by grapes to left
R: Quadripartite granulated incuse square
Chios; BMC 17-8
ex Roma Numismatics auction
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MacedonCoins of the ancient Greek cities and Kings of Macedon, Paionia, and some celtic imitations thereof. Includes the Hellenistic kings of Macedon and Roman successors. Principal mints: Akanthos, Amphipolis and Pella. 1 commentsAnaximander
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Δ in circular punchIONIA. Smyrna. Civic. Æ 20. Time of Gordian to Valerian. Obv: .IEPACVNKΛHTOC. Laureate and draped bust of the Roman Senate right, countermark on bust. Rev: CMVPΓNE-ΩKOPΩN. Figure of Tyche holding rudder and cornucopia, inside tetrastyle temple. Ref: Ex. Lindgren II:556; BMC 233. Axis: 180°. Weight: 4.95 g. CM: Δ in circular punch, 5.5 mm. Howgego 791 (34 pcs). Note: The countermark was probably not applied before the time of the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus. Collection Automan.Automan
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IONIA, Ephesos. 1st-2nd century AD
ƠTessera (18mm, 2.74 g)
KHPIΛIC ωΔE ΠPOC ΠAΛVPIN
Bee
CKωΠI, recumbent stag; E to left, Φ to right
BMC 186; SNG Copenhagen 355


Head interprets the legend ΠAΛYPIN as related to υρoν, beehive, and ύppις, basket and conflated with πaλιν, bring back. From this, he suggests that the token would have been placed in a jar and shaken to produce a ringing sound, while the magical words were spoken. Thus, the piece would be a magical token, related to the folk tradition of ringing the bees into their hives. Such an explanation is perhaps overly fanciful.
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IONIA, Ephesos. 1st-2nd century AD.
ƠTessera in contemporary AR mount (23mm, 6.25, 1 h)
KHPIΛIC ωΔE ΠPOC ΠAΛVPIN
Bee
CKωΠI, recumbent stag; E to left, Φ to right
BMC 186; SNG Copenhagen 355
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (16mm, 3.49 g)
Eagle standing right with wings spread, head left
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Gülbay & Kireç 71
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (15mm, 6.51 g)
Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon
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Gülbay & Kireç 195, 197-200
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (15mm, 4.51 g)
Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond
Blank
Gülbay & Kireç 11-2 var. (Victory left; no border)
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IONIA, Ephesos. Alexander.
PB Tessera (17mm, 3.95 g, 4h)
Artemis kneeling right, bathing, within grotto surmounted by half-length figure of Aktaion, wearing antlers and raising arms
Hippocampus right, AΛЄ Ξ around
Gülbay & Kireç –; Gorny & Mosch 212 (5 March 2013), lot 3333 (same dies); Vossen 35 (this coin)

Ex Tom Vossen Collection, 35
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IONIA, Ephesos.
PB Tessera (15mm, 1.58 g)
Aesculapius standing left, leaning on staff entwined with snakes
Blank
Gülbay & Kireç 3 (same dies) corr. (Aesculapius, not Eirene)
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IONIA, Ephesos. Claudius Attalus.
Early 3rd century AD
PB Tessera (17mm, 2.57 g)
Figure standing right, playing auloi
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Gülbay & Kireç 133; Leu Web Auction 16 (22 May 2021), lot 3170

Ex Naumann 52 (3 April 2017), lot 306

The individual named on this tessera can be identified as Tiberius Claudius Attalus Melior. He is attested on two early third century Ephesian inscriptions, on one as high priest, on the other as prytanes, grammateus of the demos and asiarch.
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IONIA, Ephesos.
PB Tessera (15mm, 4.22 g)
Bird cage; PY to upper left
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Gülbay & Kireç -

Ex Tom Vossen Collection
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera
Boar running right; [...]YX above, V below
Δ
Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (15mm, 2.54 g)
BOY/Λ/ ΘЄO within wreath
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Gülbay & Kireç -

Apparently issued by the Boule, a local council in charge of civic matters. Theo is either the name of a magistrate or an epithet of the Boule.
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (15mm, 3.63 g)
Bull standing right
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Gülbay & Kireç 90
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IONIA, Ephesos. Marchos, grammateus of the Boule.
PB Tessera (18mm, 8.88 g)
MAR ΓP BOV, composite head of Silenos facing right and young horned Pan facing left; c/m: bird (stork?) standing right
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Gülbay & Kireç –; Vossen 42 (this coin)

Ex Tom Vossen Collection, 42; Münzzentrum Rheinland 161 (11 January 2012), lot 315; Münzzentrum Rheinland 159 (4 May 2011), lot 357
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (14mm, 1.51 g)
Bull standing right; star above
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Gülbay & Kireç 91
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (20mm, 3.30 g)
The Charites (the Three Graces) standing, the left and right facing, the middle with back to view
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Gülbay & Kireç 53 var. (reverse type)

Ex Mark Staal Three Graces Collection; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 232, lot 515 (part of). Found near Ephesus.
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (18mm, 4.03 g)
The Charites (the Three Graces) standing, the left and right facing, the middle with back to view
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Gülbay & Kireç 53 var. (reverse type)

Ex Mark Staal Three Graces Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 300), lot 432 (part of)
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (15mm, 2.16 g)
Crab
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Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (15mm, 2.66 g)
Deeply punched cross shape with two additional annular punches
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Gülbay & Kireç 153 (lacking the two annular punches)
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (17mm, 2.98 g, 7 h)
Diana Ephesia, uncertain legend around
Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond
Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (16mm, 2.83 g)
Dog's head right
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Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA, Ephesos. A. Aurelius Marcellienus Phil. 2nd-3rd centuries AD.
PB Tessera (14mm, 2.28 g)
∙ A ∙ AYP ∙ MAPKЄΛΛIЄNOY ΦIΛ
Eagle standing right on rock, raising one leg, with shrimp in mouth
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Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera
Eagle standing right with wings spread, head left, holding wreath in beak; uncertain legend around
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Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera
Eagle standing right with wings spread, head left, holding wreath in beak; uncertain legend around
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Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA, Ephesos. Faustos Philosebastos. Agoranomos, 2nd-3rd centuries AD.
PB Tessera (17mm, 5.02 g)
[…Φ]AVCTOV ΦIΛOCЄB/ AΓOPANOM OV
Head of elephant right
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Gülbay & Kireç -

Ex Tom Vossen Collection
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (15mm, 1.76 g)
Two fish swimming in opposite directions
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Gülbay & Kireç 125, 127-9
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (20mm, 7.10 g)
Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; Λ O flanking
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Cf. Gülbay & Kireç 45 (for obv.)
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (16mm, 4.16 g)
Bearded male head right (satyr?)
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Gülbay & Kireç –
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IONIA, Ephesos. Din-. Grammateus of the Boule, 1st-3rd century AD
PB Tessera (17mm, 3.53 g)
ΓPAM ∙ BO ∙ Є ∙ ΔIN[...]
Hermes standing left, holding bag and caduceus
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Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA, Ephesos. Muod-. Grammateus of the Boule, 1st-3rd century AD
PB Tessera (15mm, 3.18 g)
MYOΔ Γ B
Hippocamp swimming right, holding rudder in tail
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Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (17mm, 4.42 g)
Horse advancing left, holding palm frond in mouth; NЄI above
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Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA, Ephesos.
PB Tessera (21mm, 6.53 g) Dated SE 469 (AD 157/8?)
Rider on horseback right, holding whip; YΞΘ below
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Gülbay & Kireç –; Vossen 57 (this coin)

Ex Tom Vossen Collection, 57; Münzzentrum Rheinland 150 (7 January 2009), lot 263; Münzzentrum Rheinland 134 (30 August 2006), lot 404
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (19mm, 3.00 g)
Horse leaping right; palm frond above
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Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (16mm, 3.46 g)
Hygeia, standing right, holding serpent, and Aesculapeius, standing left, resting serpent-entwined staff on ground
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Gülbay & Kireç –
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (17mm, 4.37 g)
Lion standing right with paw on column; cornucopia over shoulder; ЄP to left
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Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (18mm, 3.99 g)
Lion advancing right
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Cf. Gülbay & Kireç 92 (lion in different stance) corr. (not a seahorse)
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (17mm, 3.13 g)
Bearded male head right (Herakles?)
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Gülbay & Kireç – (but cf. 213-4, for other bearded males)
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (12mm, 1.43 g)
Comedy and tragedy masks; AΞI below
The Charites (the Three Graces) standing, the left and right facing, the middle with back to view
Cf. Gülbay & Kireç 140-2/53 (for obv./rev.)
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (12mm, 2.97 g)
Facing head of Medusa
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Gülbay & Kireç 191-2
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (18mm, 7.48 g, 7 h)
Mercury standing left, holding bag and caduceus; altar to left
Bull standing right; star above
Gülbay & Kireç 16/89 (for obv/rev., same dies)
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera
[…]ΔPOY · ACOK(?); monogram consisting of letters AΔΦPY
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Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (15mm, 3.31 g)
Hermit crab right; wheat ear below
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Gülbay & Kireç 40 var. (figure on reverse - same obverse die)
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (17mm, 3.95 g)
Murex shell, flanked by dolphin swimming upwards and eel
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Gülbay & Kireç –
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (16mm, 4.22 g, 2 h)
Hermit crab right; wheat ear below
Lion advancing right
Gülbay & Kireç 40 var. (figure on reverse – same obverse die)

My special thanks to BCD for withholding his bid and allowing me to acquire this piece.
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (14mm, 2.31 g, 10 h)
Hermit crab right; wheat ear below
Facing head of Medusa
Cf. Gülbay & Kireç 40/191-2 (for obv./rev.)

Ex Pecunem 10 (1 December 2013), lot 848
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (16mm, 2.8 g)
Victory advancing right, holding wreath, palm frond over shoulder; VM-NΩ flanking
Gülbay & Kireç 11-2 (same dies)
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IONIA, Ephesos.
PB Tessera (20mm, 5.41 g)
Oleiculture scene: male figure standing right, holding stick and knocking olives from tree to right; star and crescent between; behind, stag(?) standing left; [...]POV above
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Gülbay & Kireç –

Scenes of the olive harvest are entirely unknown on coinage, but some mosaics and Greek vases illustrate the practice. See in particular an Attic black figure neck amphora in the British Museum (ABV, 273, 116) depicting two men using sticks to knock olives from a tree.
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (12mm, 1.43 g)
Pan standing left, holding lagobolon in left hand, raising right; palm frond to right, leaf to left
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The lagobolon was a curved stick used for striking hares.
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (15mm, 1.31 g)
Prawn right, surrounded by scallop, tunny, shark, and dolphin; X over Δ to right Retrograde P within wreath
Gülbay & Kireç -

Ex Tom Vossen Collection; Münzzentrum 150 (7 Jan 2009), lot 258
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (14mm, 3.94 g)
Cockle or scallop shell
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Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (21mm,5.66 g)
Squid
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Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA,Ephesos
PB Tessera (16mm, 2.34 g)
Stag standing right
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Gülbay & Kireç 98 corr. (stag, not crab)
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (19mm, 4.90 g)
Togate figure standing left, sacrificing at altar before tholos containing cult statue
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Gülbay & Kireç -; Hirsch 279, lot 4922

The engraver of this die betrays no small skill in his execution of the obverse type; the circular shrine is shown in perspective, with the columns arranged so as to suggest distance while still leaving room for the statue to be visible. I was surprised to find that another specimen of this type from different, though equally elegant dies had recently sold in a Hirsch auction, there misidentified as a “bleiplombe,” or lead seal.
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera
The Charites (the Three Graces) standing, the left and right facing, the middle with back to view; uncertain legend around
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Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (15mm, 1.74 g)
TYXH THC ΠOΛEAC (Tyche of the City)
Tyche Poleas standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
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Gülbay & Kireç -
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IONIA, Ephesos. Lauphilos, boularches damosie
PB Tessera (21mm, 5.16 g)
ΛAOVΦIΛ•-•BOVΛAP Δ[A]
Dikaiosyne standing left holding cornucopia and scales
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Gülbay & Kireç –

Ex Tom Vossen Collection; Münzzentrum 161 (11 January 2012), lot 316; Münzzentrum 159 (4 May 2011), lot 359
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (16mm, 3.97 g)
Woman standing facing holding basket on head; MH-NO flanking
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Gülbay & Kireç 48-50
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (14mm, 2.28 g)
Female head right
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Gülbay & Kireç - (but cf. 183 and 184 for other female portraits)
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(0161) MARCUS AURELIUS 161 - 180 AD
AE 22 mm, 5.57 g
Marcus Aurelius
O: Laureate, cuirassed and draped bust right.
R: Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia.
Ionia, Ephesus
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(0241) TRANQUILLINA(wife of Gordian III)
241 - 244 AD
AE Diassarion 22 mm 4.69 g
O: FOURI TRANKUILLEINA C, draped bust right
R: CMURNAIWN G NEWKORWN, Herakles, naked, standing left, holding kantharos, club, and lion-skin over arm
Ionia, Smyrna
SNG Cop 1401-1403; BMC 447-450.
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(06) NERO54 - 68 AD
Æ 21.5 mm; 5.94 g
O: Bare head left
R: Apollo Kitharoidos standing right, holding lyre.
IONIA, Miletos; RPC I 2714.
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-Ionia, Ephesus. Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ 27mm.Laureate head right / River-god Marnas reclining left, holding reed and resting arm on overturned urn from which water flows.
RPC 1074
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001r. AhenobarbusCn. Domitius L. f. Ahenobarbus AR Denarius. Uncertain mint along the Adriatic or Ionian Sea, 41-40 BC. Bare head right, wearing short beard; AHENOBAR before / Prow right surmounted by a military trophy; CN•DOMITIVS•IMP below. Crawford 519/2; CRI 339; BMCRR East 94-97; RSC Domitia 21. 3.64g, 19mm, 6h. Flan flaw on obverse. The bust on obverse likely is an ancestor of Ahenobarbus. Roma Numismatics Auction 75 Lot 566.

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001r. AhenobarbusCn. Domitius L. f. Ahenobarbus was an opponent of Julius Caesar, but was pardoned by him. Successful naval commander for Brutus, and then he continued naval operations akin to piracy after Brutus fell. He then reconciled with Marc Antony. He was named consul in 32 BC. He broke with Antony over Cleopatra and defected to Octavian shortly before the battle of Actium in 31 BC. He died about the same time as the battle in which he did not participate. He was the nephew of Cato and the grandfather of Nero.

Coin: AR Denarius. Uncertain mint along the Adriatic or Ionian Sea, 41-40 BC. Bare head right, wearing short beard; AHENOBAR before / Prow right surmounted by a military trophy; CN•DOMITIVS•IMP below. Crawford 519/2; CRI 339; BMCRR East 94-97; RSC Domitia 21. 3.64g, 19mm, 6h. Flan flaw on obverse. The bust on obverse likely is an ancestor of Ahenobarbus. Roma Numismatics Auction 75 Lot 566.
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001w. TriumvirsSecond Triumvirate, Marc Antony, Octavian and Lepidus
AE16 of Ephesus, Ionia, 39 BC.
15.8mm, 4.54 g.
Obv: Triple jugate heads right
Rev: EΦE, cult image of Artemis Ephesia facing, with supports.
RPC I 2569; BMC 191; SNG Cop 357.

A FORUM coin.
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005b. BritannicusBritannicus (son of Claudius) AE17. Ionia, Smyrna

Britannicus (41 - 55 A.D.) was the son of the Roman emperor Claudius and his third wife Messalina. His original name was "Germanicus" but was changed in honor of his father's conquest of Britain in 43 AD.

Nobody is sure why Claudius made Nero his successor and not Britannicus, although the fact that Britannicus may have been Caligula's son is a factor. Britannicus was killed by (partisans of) his step-brother (and brother-in-law) Nero so that Nero could become emperor of Rome.

His sister Octavia is the heroine of the play written at some time after the death of Nero. It's title is titled her name, but its central message is the wrong done to the Claudian house because of the wrong done to its last male member and its last hope.

Britannicus. Before 54 AD. AE 17mm (4.31 g), Minted at Ionia, Smyrna. Bare head right 'ZMYP' below bust / Nike flying right. cf S(GIC) 516. Scarce. Some dirt and patina chipping.

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005c3. Claudius & Agrippina JuniorClaudius and Agrippina Junior
Ephesos,Ionia
AE19 Assarion
20.8mm, 6.57 g.
Obv: Jugate busts of Claudius and Agrippina right
Rev: EΦE KOYΣI-NIOΣ TO Δ to left and right of stag standing right.
RPC 2624; SNG Cop 373-374; BMC 205-206; Weber 5872.

A FORUM coin.
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006a10. Nero (?) or Britannicus (?)Smyrna, Ionia. AE17. 3.84 g. ΖΜΥ(Ρ), Bust right. ΕΠΙ ΦΙΛΙΣΤΟΥ ΕΙΚΑΔΙΟΣ; Nike, right, with trophy over shoulder. RPC 2476 identifies this as Nero (?). Klose XXXI identifies this as Britannicus.lawrence c
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006c. Statilia Messalina IONIA, Ephesus. Nero, with Statilia Messalina. AD 54-68. Æ . Struck AD 66. Laureate head of Nero right / Draped bust of Messalina right. RPC 2631; SNG von Aulock 7864. Very rare.
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0082 Ionia, Priene - AE 17150-125 BC
helmeted head of Athena right
facing owl standing on amphora over palm branch within wreath
ΠPIH on left
ΔIONY / ΣIOY to right
BMC 50
6,0g 17,5mm
J. B.
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012p Claudius I. (41-54 A.D.), Ionia, Ephesos, RPC I 2624, AE-18, Stag standing right, KOYΣI/NIOΣ, O/T/Δ//EΦE, #1012p Claudius I. (41-54 A.D.), Ionia, Ephesos, RPC I 2624, AE-18, Stag standing right, KOYΣI/NIOΣ, O/T/Δ//EΦE, #1
avers: No legends, Jugate busts of Claudius and Agrippina (the Younger) right.
reverse: Stag standing right, KOYΣI/NIOΣ (Causinius, magistrate) in two lines above, o/T monogram left, ∆ right, EΦE below.
exergue: O/T/Δ//EΦE, diameter: 18,0-19,0mm, weight: 4,38g, axis: 0h,
mint: City: Ephesus, Region: Ionia, Province: Asia, Conventus of Ephesus,
date: 41-54 A.D.,
ref: RPC I 2624, SNG Cop 373-374, BMC 205-206, Weber 5872,
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013b1. DomitiaAE21 of Ephesos, Ionia. AD 82-96. Magistrate Caesennius Paetus. Alliance issue with Smyrna. 4.21 g. Obv: ΔOMITIA CEBACTH, draped bust right. Rev: OMONOIA ANΘY KAICEN ΠAITOY around, EΦE-ZMYΡ downwards in right and left fields, cult image of Artemis Ephesia standing facing, with supports. RPC 1091; SNG Cop 544; SNG Munich 290-291; SNG von Aulock 1938; BMC 414.lawrence c
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013c. Vespasian JuniorAE17mm, 2.37 g. Smyrna, Ionia. Struck 94-95. Obv: OYHCPACIANOC NEOTEROC bare-head of Vespasian II right. Rev: SMYRNAION, Nike advancing right, holding palm branch. BMC 316; RPC II 1028; Vagi 1164; Klose XLII, 5.

NOTE: Relative of Domitian, and adopted by him. His father accused of treason and executed. Vespasian Junior's fate is not known; only provincial coins were minted for him.
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013c. Vespasian JuniorRelative of Domitian, and adopted by him. His father accused of treason and executed. Vespasian Junior's fate is not known; only provincial coins were minted for him.

Coin: AE17mm, 2.37 g. Smyrna, Ionia. Struck 94-95. Obv: OYHCPACIANOC NEOTEROC bare-head of Vespasian II right. Rev: SMYRNAION, Nike advancing right, holding palm branch. BMC 316; RPC II 1028; Vagi 1164; Klose XLII, 5.
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014p Nero (54-68 A.D.), Ionia, Smyrna, Asia (conventus of Smyrna), RPC I 2486, AE-17, Poppaea as Nike, advancing left, #1014p Nero (54-68 A.D.), Ionia, Smyrna, Asia (conventus of Smyrna), RPC I 2486, AE-17, Poppaea as Nike, advancing left, #1
avers: NEΡΩNA CEBACTON, Laureate head right.
reverse: NEIKHN ΠOΠΠAIA ZMYΡ, Poppaea as Nike, advancing left, holding wreath and cornucopia.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter:17,5mm, weight: 4,10g, axis: h,
mint: City: Smyrna, Region: Ionia, Province: Asia (conventus of Smyrna),
date: Issue: c. 62-65 A.D.,
ref: RPC I 2486, Klose XXXIV B, 18–31,
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019a02. Marcus AureliusIONIA. Ephesos. Obv: Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝOϹ. Laureate, cuirassed and draped bust right. Rev: ƐΦƐϹΙΩΝ Β ΝƐ. Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. 22 mm, 7.5 g. RPC 11484.lawrence c
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030f. Annia FaustinaGreat-granddaughter of Marcus Aurelius and third wife of Elagabalus who was coerced into marrying her. She reportedly was considerably older than him. He divorced her at the end of that year and returned to Aquilia Severa.

Coin: Æ 20mm, 4.15 g. Ephesus, Ionia. Obv: ΦAVCTЄINA CЄB, bare-headed and draped bust to right. Rev: ЄΦЄCIΩN, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm. RPC VI Online 4941 (temporary); SNG München 188; Karwiese 710. Provenance: Acquired from Dorotheum; Ex Grohs-Fligely collection 1875-1962, with collector's ticket. Roma Numismatics Auc 82, Lot 947
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030f01. Annia FaustinaThird wife of Elagabalus. Æ 20mm, 4.15 g. Ephesus, Ionia.
Obv: ΦAVCTЄINA CЄB, bare-headed and draped bust to right. Rev: ЄΦЄCIΩN, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm. RPC VI Online 4941 (temporary); SNG München 188; Karwiese 710. Provenance: Acquired from Dorotheum; Ex Grohs-Fligely collection 1875-1962, with collector's ticket. Roma Numismatics Auc 82, Lot 947
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032a07. Maximinus ThraxAE of Magnesia ad Maeandrum, Ionia. 22mm, 3.54 g.
Obv: Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, r. Reverse: ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ; eagle facing on altar, looking l., holding wreath in beak and spreading wings.
RPC VI №: 5191 (temporary)
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037p Marcus Aurelius (161-180 A.D.), Ionia, Ephesos, RPC IV.2. 1131, AE-21, Tyche standing left, #1037p Marcus Aurelius (161-180 A.D.), Ionia, Ephesos, RPC IV.2. 1131, AE-21, Tyche standing left, #1
avers: M A ANTΩNEINOC K, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
reverse: EΦECIΩN B NEΩ, Tyche standing left, holding rudder & cornucopiae.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 21,5mm, weight: 5,46g, axis: 5h,
mint: City: Ephesus, Region: Ionia, Province: Asia, Conventus of Ephesus,
date: 161-180 A.D.,
ref: RPC IV.2. 1131, BMC 243, SNG Cop 400, but the different bust!
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