Ancient Greece

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Type:Aigina. 490-485BC Stater
Obverse:Turtle with arrow counterstamp
Reverse:Square of proto-skew pattern
Reference:S-1857
                              
 
Type:Arabia/Nabataea. 9BC-40AD (Aretas IV) Æ16
Obverse:Jugate busts of Aretas IV and Shugailat
Reverse:Crossed cornucopiae
Reference:Hendin 932
                              
 
Type:Attica/Athens. ca. 125BC Tetradrachm
Obverse:Bust of Athena
Reverse:Owl standing on amphora, eagle on thunderbolt to left
Reference:Thompson 447d
                              
 
Type:Baktria/Apollodotos I. 160-150 BC Drachm
Obverse Legend:ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ
Obverse:Elephant
Reverse Legend:Karosthi legend
Reverse:Humped bull
Reference:S-7591
                              
 
Type:Arkadia/Megalopolis. 219-211BC Æ22
Obverse:Head of Zeus facing right
Reverse:A bull-headed man, likely Achelous
                              
 
Type:Boeotia/Thebes. 395-338 BC Stater
Obverse:Boeotian shield
Reverse:Amphora
Reference:S-2400var
                              
 
Type:Bruttium/Rhegion. 203-289 BC Æ
Obverse:Janiform female head, laureate, wearing polos
Reverse:Asklepios enthroned left holding a serpent staff
Reference:SG-689
                              
 
Type:Caria/Myndos. 2nd-1st century BC Drachm
Obverse:Laureate head of Zeus right
Reverse Legend:(ΜΥ)ΝΔΙΩΝ (Θ)ΕΟΔΩΡ(ΩΣ)
Reverse:Headdress of Isis
Exergue:Thunderbolt
Reference:S-4915
                              
 
Type:Gaul/Messalia. 150 BC
Obverse:Artemis
Reverse:Lion
                              
 
Type:Kingdom of Syria. 138-129BC (Antiochus VII) Tetradrachm
Obverse:Diademed bust of Antiochus VII right
Reverse:Athena standing, head left, holding Nike in one hand, resting the other on a shield, and leaning against a spear
Reference:S-7092var
Antioch mint.
                              
 
Type:Pontus/Kings/Mithradates VI (the Great) ca. 83BC Tetradrachm
Obverse:Mithradates facing right wearing lion skin knotted at the base of the neck
Reverse Legend:ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Reverse:Zeus seated left holding an eagle on an extended arm, ΛΑ below eagle
Exergue:ΟΔΗ
Reference:Price 1193
Odessa mint.
                              
 
Type:Palestine/Askalon. Æ18
Obverse:Tyche
Reverse:War galley
                              
 
Type:Pamphylia/Aspendos. 400-370 BC Stater
Obverse:Two wrestlers grappling, AK in field
Reverse:Slinger
Reference:SNG France 3, 84
                              
 
Type:Megaris/Megara. 3nd-2rd cen BC Æ17
Obverse:Head of Zeus left
Reverse:Eagle on thunderbolt, monograms
Exergue:MEΓ
                              
 
Type:Rhodes/Rhodian Peraia (Rhodes' possessions on the mainland) 2nd century BC Drachm
Obverse:3/4ths face of Helios to right
Reverse Legend:ΕΡΜΙΑΣ
Reverse:Rose with bud on right
Reference:S-5092
                              
 


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