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KOLOPHON  

A small bronze of Kolophon,head of Apollo right,backside a horse protomen.

Struck at Kolophon
Date: 320 B.C.-270 B.C.
Weight: 1.01 grm
Size:Ae 12 mm
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TETARTEMORION
One of the smallest coins,from Ephesos,Ionia,a third obol,ca 480 B.C.,silver.
A bee from the top,rev. eagle`s head.
0.15 gram
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KOLOPHON
Small bronze from Kolophon,Ionia.
Perfect patina with earthen spots.Apollo to right.

back of the Kolophon bronze:a Lyra and letters.
EF
1.29 grs
Ae 10mms


IONIA KOLOPHON
Tetartemorion
One of the smallest coins and the only one with the value strucked at the reverse side TE.
Front:Apollo between wine leafs,nicely archaic style with long hair,dark toned silver.
ca 525-490 B.C.
AR, 6.5 mms
0.17 grams.
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CROISOS  

A very rare twelfth Stater from the CROISOS KINGDOM.
Left is the lion and right the bull.
Minted in Sardes,Asia Minor.
Size: 7 mms
Weight:0.82 gr
Date:560-546 B.C.

MARCUS AURELIUS
 
A nice denar of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar.
date:161- 180 A.D.
Culture:roman
Material:silver
Weight: 2.84 grms



A close up look of the face.

EPHESOS

A very rare half Stater,with the bee and E F in front,backside Incusum.

Struck at Ephesos
Date: 350-280 B.C.
Material:Silver
Weight:1.33 grm




BRONZE BEE

A Bee from the top,not well centered,with patina.

reverse of the coin:
A stag looking back,above Hercules club.

Struck at Efesos
Bronze
Weight:2.21 grms
Culture:Ionia
Date:ca 3. Century B.C.


ACHAEMENID SIGLOS

Great king running to the right,with banker`s mark.

Incusum:

Simple Incusum,patina.

Material:Silver
Mint:Sardes
Size:15 mm
Siglos,weight:5.44 grms
Culture:Achaemenid
Date:520-350 B.C.

TEOS


Small Bronze of Teos,frontside is a grape,reverse standing Dyonisos with letters TEOS.
This is the only coin of this issue I found-till now unpublished!Teos coins normally have a griffin.


Material:Bronze
Size: 16 mms
Weight:  4.31 grms
Origin:Teos
Culture:Greek
Date: ca 300 B.C.

GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR

Caesar defied the mos maiorum in 44 B.C.,he put his own portrait on silver denarii issued for circulation in Rome.This offended Roman sensibilities,as such honors were typ. reserved for dead ancestors,not living men.This was one of the long list of things that led Brutus and his conspirators to assassinate Caesar several weeks later.
Well circulated coin with a still a nice portrait of the famous Julius Caesar.
Ob: laureate head right,crescent behind.

Reverse:
L. AEMILIUS BUCA,Venus standing left.
Mint:Rome
Material: Silver
Size: 19 mms
Weight: 3.0 gr
Culture:Roman
Date: Jan-Feb. 44 B.C.


Coins of Pyrrhos short reign come seldom to the market.
Around 280 B.C. King Pyrrhus invaded Sicily from Italy.He was a mastermind of tactics.
Some of his quotes became legendary,after a big battle against Rome,he said:"another
such a victory and we are ruined."
The purpose of Pyrrhos`s invasion is not yet clear,when he left Sicily he said:"What a battlefield we leave to Romans and Carthaginians!".




The obverse is a Heracles in lion skin,with the features of Pyrrhos`face.
Reverse:

Athena Promachos standing right with thunderbolt and bow in hand,below an owl.
Around : SYRA-KOSION.




Material:Bronze AE 22 mms
Weight: 7.84 grms
Mint:Syracuse
Culture:Greek
Date: 278-276
Ruler:King Pyrrhus
  • NERO
Material:Bronze Ae 17
Mint: Asia Minor
Weight: 3.56 grms
Culture:Roman
Reign: 54-68
Ruler:Nero
CAIUS JULIUS CAESAR GERMANICUS CALIGULA
A holed bronze As of Caligula from the Eastern Empire.
The hole was done while Caligula reigned,it is fully sintered and not new.
Another proof for the cult of Caligula,which was worshipped as a God.
A view under my microscope shows a lot of sinter around the hole.
Material: Copper
Seize: 27 mms
Weight: 10.52 grms
Origin:Bulgaria?
Mint:Rome
Ruler:Caligula
date: 37-38 A.D.
 
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