Eastern Greece and Beyond

5.05g, 15x13mm

Forepart of a lion right, head of a bull left
Double incuse punch marks
SNG Von Aulock 2877

Crystallized surfaces, banker mark on the edge

Seleucid Kings Antiochos VI Dionysos 144 - 142 BC

Serrated AE21 7.18 grams Antioch on the Orontes Mint
Obverse: Radiate head of Antiochos right wreathed in ivy.
Reverse: Elephant walking left holding torch in trunk cornucopia in right field.
SC 2006

Ionia, Kolophon, 450 - 410 BC, Silver Tetartemorion

Seleukid, Seleukos IV, 187 - 175 BC, AE16

Achaemenid Empire. Circa 375-340 BC. AR Siglos (5.52g, 15mm). Obv.: Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger and bow. Rev.: Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV C (pl. XIV, 46); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 19. Off centre, VF.

Thrace, Byzantion AR10.5 Hemidrachm
 
Obv: Forepart of cow standing left on dolphin, monogram in left field.
 
Rev: Ornamented trident head.
 
SNG BM Black Sea 15.  387 - 340 BC.  1.49g.

Mysia, Pergamon AE22 Zeus / Eagle on thunderbolt
 
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus to right. ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ.
 
Rev: Eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt, head to right. ΠΕΡΓAΜΗΝΩΝ.
 
200-133 BC.  7.87g.

Troas, Birytis AE10.5 Kabeiros w. pileos / Club in wreath
 
Obv: Head of Kabeiros left, wearing pileos
 
Rev: Club within wreath.
 
SNG Copenhagen 249.   350-300 BC.  1.48g.

Ionia, Phokaia. AR9 Diobol. Athena /  incuse
 
Obv: Archaic head of Athena left.
 
Rev: Incuse square.
 
SNG Kayhan 522. 521-478 BC. 1.17g.

Lydia, Achaemenid Kings of Persia. AR14  Siglos
 
Obv:  Persian king w. bow & spear.  test punches.
 
Rev:  Incuse punch. 
 
Circa 485-420 BC.  5.60g.

Thrace, Byzantion AR15 Siglos. Cow / Mill-Sail pattern
 
Obv. Cow standing to left on dolphin, PU, above, foreleg raised.
 
Rev: Quadripartite incuse square of "mill-sail" pattern
 
416-357 B.C.  SNG Cop. 476.  5.24g.

Achaemenid Empire. Time of Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. AR Quarter Siglos 
 
Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding bow and dagger /
 
Rectangular incuse punch.
 
BMC Arabia 143.  1.28g.  420-375 BC.

Lydia, Achaemenid Kings of Persia. AR15.5 Siglos
 
Obv:  Persian king w. bow & spear. 
 
Rev:  Incuse punch. 
 
Circa 485-420 BC.  5.76g.

Lydia, Achaemenid Kings of Persia. AR15 Siglos
 
Obv:  Persian king w. bow & spear. 
 
Rev:  Incuse punch. 
 
Circa 485-420 BC.  5.44g.

Lydia, Achaemenid Kings of Persia. AR15.9 Siglos
 
Obv:  Persian king w. bow & spear.  test punches.
 
Rev:  Incuse punch. 
 
Circa 485-420 BC

Lydia, Achaemenid Kings of Persia. AR14 Siglos
 
Obv:  Persian king w. bow & spear. 
 
Rev:  Incuse punch. 
 
Circa 485-420 BC.  5.16g.

2.40g, 12mm

Forepart of a lion right, head left
Quadripart incuse, two sections sunken. Amphora in one and a pellet and "X" in another.
McClean 4121

5.65g, 14mm

King running right, holding a dagger and bow
Incuse punch
Carradice IV

5.33g, 13mm

King running right, holding a bow and dagger
Incuse punch
Carradice Type IV

1.14g, 10mm

Head of Kabeiros, wearing pilos, right
Triskeles, "B-I/P-Y"
SNg Cop 251

.25g, 7mm

Helmet left
Amphora within a square pellet border within an incuse square.
SNG Kayhan 1137 (Neandria)

Leo VI the Wise. 886-912. AE Follis (6.87g, 26mm). Constantinople mint. Obv.: + LЄOҺЬAS-ILЄVSROM, frontal bust of Leo VI with short beard wearing chlamys and crown with cross, roundel with central pellet on right shoulder, akakia in left hand. Rev.: +LЄOҺ ЄҺΘEOЬA SILEVSR OMЄOҺ in four lines. SB 1729; DOC 8. VF.

Cilicia, Tarsos. Balakros, Satrap of Cilicia 333-323 BC. AR Obol (11 mm, 0.73 gram)

Helmeted head of Athena right
Shield; B to left
SNG Levante 123; SNG France 489a–b; obv. struck off centre, otherwise very fine and nicely toned

Ex Collection Hezemans, purchased 11 November 2003 in Tienen, Belgium, with collector’s card.

Phoenicia. Tyre under Salonina (AD 253-268). AE 27mm, 12.78g. Draped bust of Salonina r., wearing stephane / Cadmus standing l., holding patera and spear; at feet bull reclining r.; in l. field, city gate of Thebes above ΘH/BЄ; murex shell to r.. Rouvier 2566; BMC –.