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Ionia a region in western Anatolia, Ephesus the city where this coin was minted.
Ionia, Ephesus, AR Cistophoric Tetradrach, 166-160 BC
Obv: Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a serpent issues to left; all within ivy wreath
Rev: Two coiled serpents with heads erect; between them an ornamental bow-case with strap at right, containing a strung bow. To left, EΦE, head of leopard right
Size: 12.77g 29mm
Ref: Kleiner & Noe: Series 1:1-a p.41

Next up: Another coin from Ephesus

 

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Ephesus Mint


Kingdom of Thrace,
Lysimachos, 305 - 281 B.C.,
Portrait of Alexander the Great
Silver tetradrachm, 14.3g, maximum diameter 28.7mm, die axis 180o
Ephesus(?) mint, c. 294 - 281 B.C.;
Obv: diademed head of Alexander the Great wearing the horn of Ammon
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) ΛYΣIMAXOY (Lysimachos), Athena enthroned left resting arm on shield, transverse spear resting against right side, Athena holds Nike crowning name with wreath, ΣΠE(?) monogram under her hand
extremely rare
Ref: Apparently unpublished; Müller -, Thompson -, SNG Cop -, SNG Tübingen -, Armenak Hoard
Comment: VF, high-relief unusual style portrait, toned, tiny flan crack, light marks. This coin was previously attributed as Thompson 166, but that type has a bee under Athena's arm and a similar, but not identical, monogram in the exergue. We were unable to find another example of this type.
Ex: Roma Numismatics e-auction 5 (23 Feb 2014), lot 353;
Ex: Forum

Next: Lysimachos

 

next: another Lysimachos

 

LYSIMACHUS KING OF THRACIA
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Head of Heracles right wearing lionskin headdress
REVERSE: BASILEWS LUSIMACOU, Zeus seated left, holding eagle on outstretched right hand & sceptre in left, lion forepart & crescent before, pentagram under throne.
Struck at Colophon, Thrace 301-297 BC
4.17g, 18mm
Price L1842

Next: Pentagram

 

After more than 2-1/2 days, I'm going to assume nobody has a pentagram and invoke the 12-hour rule.

Since Bing's coin had Zeus seated on its reverse, I'm going to post this one:


Cleopatra Thea, Queen of Syria, with son Antiochus VIII.
AR tetradrachm; 15.85 gm, 27 mm.
Antioch mint, 125-121 BC.
Obv: Jugate busts, right.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Zeus Nikephoros seated l., holding lotus-tipped scepter; IE outer left, A under throne.
Refs: SNG Spaer 2437; c.f. Sear 7135.
Notes: Ex-Henry Clay Lindgren. Obverse die match to an example sold in Baldwin's, Dmitry Markov and M&M Numismatics New York Sale IX, January 13, 2005.

Next up: a portrait of someone named Antiochus.

 

Next?

 

Antiochus II Theos from Laodikea ad Mare

Next: another coin from Laodikea ad Mare.

 

Antoninus Pius (138-161 A.D.)
Laodicaea ad Mare
Obverse: Portrait of AP right
Reverse: Portrait of Tyche left, with city represented on her head, countermark on Pius' left shoulder, AE 27 14.2 grams





Next: Another countermarked Roman Provincial

 

Here you go ...


Severus Alexander AD 222-235.
Roman provincial Æ 24 mm, 9.19 g.
Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnon.
Obv: AV K M AVP CEOVH AΛEΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: CEΛEVKEΩN KAΛVΚA-ΔNΩ, confronted, draped, and laureate busts of Apollo and Artemis, c/m: o within Δ within triangular incuse.
Ref: Ziegler 474-476; SNG France 2 1009; SNG Levante 761; SNG Levante Suppl. 195; SNG Pfalz 1056-61; Waddington 4468; Lindgren III 898; RPC Online VI 7043. Countermark: Howgego 670.

Next: Apollo and his twin sister Artemis on the same coin.

 

Does Apollo and Diana count on this Roman coin of Claudius II?

Next: another coin with a god and a goddess together

 

Mysia, Pergamon. Alliance with Ephesos. AE34 of Commodus Obv: laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r.
Rev: to l., Asclepius standing, facing, (head, r.), holding serpent-staff; to r., cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports.
34mm and 20.8g.
Howgego 70, Caracalla laureate, and reported on 114 coins from Pergamum.
Howgego 811 meaning revalued to 6 assarii, and reported on
32 coins from Ephesus.

Next: Another God and Goddess together.

 

Athens New Style: Demeter (R) and Dionysos
Athens New Style Tetradrachm 104/3 BC
Obs: Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet
32mm !6.75g Thompson issue 61
Thompson catalogue Obs 802 : Rev h (not in plates)
Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic
Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora
on which month mark Η ? control ΑΠ below
3 magistrates : ANDREAS CHIRANAUTES DEMETRI
RF symbol : Dionysus & Demeter
All within a surrounding olive wreath


Next: A Ptolemaic coin

 

One of the largest coin in my collection.

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy III Euergetes Æ Tetrobol. Alexandria, circa 246-222 BC. 37mm, 46.71g.
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon right
Rev: BAΣ[IΛEΩΣ] ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, head right, filleted cornucopiae over shoulder and E between legs.

Next:Another large AE coin with the size more than 35mm.

 

AE Large


Egypt Ptolemy IV 221-205 BC AE Tet 40mm 7.2mm thick 69.5g Zeus Ammon Eagle

Next: another large ae over 35 mm

 

next: another large bronze Ptolemy

 

Ptolemy lll AE Reduced Drachm
OBS: Head of Zeus Ammon
REV: Eagle facing left on thunderbolt.
Cornocopia with fillets in Left Field
ΧΡ Chrestogram between legs
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ
Sv 964
40mm 73.9gm



NEXT: Ptolemaic Silver or Gold

 

next: another Ptolemy silver coin

 

PTOLEMY II PHILADELPHOS
AR Tetradrachm
OBVERSE: Diademed head of Ptolemy II right, wearing aegis around neck
REVERSE: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ], eagle standing left on thunderbolt, to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram
Tyre 285-260 BC
25 mm., 14.14 grams
Svoronos 644; SNG Copenhagen 482-3
ex. JAZ Numismatics

Next: A large coin (larger than 35mm) other than a Ptolemy

 

Athens New Style Tetradrachm 159/8 BC
Obs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet
16.94gm 36mm Thompson Issue 6
Thompson catalogue : Obs 22 : Rev NEW
Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic
Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora
LF monogram RF monogram Π ω
2 magistrates
RF symbol : Club
All within a surrounding olive wreath

NEXT: A coin with Dioscuri on it