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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Greek Coins| ▸ |Geographic - All Periods| ▸ |Anatolia| ▸ |Ionia||View Options:   | | | Ionia lies in central Western Anatolia (Asia Minor) on the shores of the Aegean Sea. The region is rather small and mountainous unsuited for agriculture but excellent for seafaring. Greek settlement took place in the 11th to 10th Centuries B.C. despite hostilities with the native Luwians (Indo-European people related to the Hittites and Lycians). After resisting fairly well to the Cimmerian invasion, the Ionians were gradually conquered by the Lycian Kingdom, and later by the Persian Empire. Ionia was freed by Alexander but became a contested prize for the Hellenistic kings, until the last king of Pergamum bequeathed his land to Rome. Ionia offered the world countless philosophers and men of science, and a fabulous school of art. |
Lysimachus, one of Alexander the Great's personal bodyguards, was appointed strategos (general) in Thrace and Chersonesos after Alexander's death. He became one of the diadochi (successors of Alexander) who were initially generals and governors, but who continuously allied and warred with each other and eventually divided the empire. In 309, he founded his capital Lysimachia in a commanding situation on the neck connecting the Chersonesos with the mainland. In 306, he followed the example of Antigonus in taking the title of king, ruling Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia. In 281, he was killed in battle against Seleucus, another successor of Alexander.SH88882. Silver drachm, Thompson 127, Price L27, Müller Alexander L21, HGC 3 1752e (R1), Choice VF, well centered, attractive toning, weight 3.377 g, maximum diameter 17.7 mm, die axis 0o, Ionia, Kolophon (near Degirmendere Fev, Turkey) mint, 299 - 296 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, eagle in right hand, scepter in left hand, right leg drawn back, lion-forepart left over Φ (control symbols) in left field, pentagram (control symbol) under throne, ΛYΛIMAXOY downward on left, BAΣIΛIΩΣ below; SOLD
Miletos, Ionia, c. Late 6th Century B.C.
Before the Persian invasion in the middle of the 6th century B.C., Miletus was the greatest and wealthiest of Greek cities and had a maritime empire with many colonies. After Cyrus of Persia defeated Croesus of Lydia in the middle of the 6th century B.C., Miletus fell under Persian rule.GA95265. Silver 1/12 stater, SNG Kayhan 476; SNGvA 2080; SNG Cop 944; SNG Munchen 707; SNG Keckman 273; BMC Ionia p 185, 22; Klein 424; SGCV II 3532, EF, well centered and struck, dark toning, weight 1.018 g, maximum diameter 10.3 mm, Miletos (near Balat, Turkey) mint, c. late 6th century B.C.; obverse forepart of lion right, head turned back left; reverse ornamental pattern in incuse square; ex Forum (2017); SOLD
Ionia, c. 650 - 600 B.C., Ancient Counterfeit
The world's first counterfeit coin type! Rare and important. One of the earliest known forgeries. As soon as there were coins, there were forgers. This is an ancient counterfeit of the very earliest form of coinage; a type-less (blank) electrum globule, weighed to a specific standard, with a simple square punch mark on one side (two or three punch marks on larger denominations). Nine similar electrum pieces were within the famous "Artemision Find" at Ephesus in 1904.SH76289. 1/24 stater, cf. SNG Kayhan 678 (solid electrum), Weidauer -, Rosen -, SNGvA -, SNG Cop -; this piece is identified as a forgery only due to its low weight, VF, encrustations, weight 0.398 g, maximum diameter 6.1 mm, uncertain Ionian mint, c. 650 - 600 B.C.; obverse plain globular surface; reverse roughly square incuse punch; rare; SOLD
Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, 336 - 323 B.C.
SH05143. Silver drachm, Price 1808, near Mint State, weight 4.41 g, maximum diameter 17.3 mm, die axis 0o, Ionia, Kolophon (near Degirmendere Fev, Turkey) mint, posthumous, c. 310 - c. 301 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated on throne left, feet on footstool, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and scepter, B over TI left and Π under throne; SOLD
Erythrae, Ionia, c. 480 - 400 B.C.
SH08506. Silver trihemiobol, SNG Cop 562, VF, weight 1.790 g, maximum diameter 12.7 mm, die axis 0o, Erythrai (north of Ildiri, Turkey) mint, c. 480 - 400 B.C.; obverse Pegasus right, curved wing, pileus above right, A below; reverse rosette of twelve petals, ΕPYΘ around, all within incuse square; very rare; SOLD
Domitian, 13 September 81 - 18 September 96 A.D., Ephesos, Ionia
Ephesos, on the west coast of Anatolia, was famous for its Temple of Artemis, completed around 550 B.C., one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The usual symbols of this nature-goddess and the city are the torch, stag, and the bee. Coins of Ephesos most frequently depict a bee on the obverse. The high-priest of the temple of Artemis was called the King Bee, while the virgin priestesses were called honey-bees (Melissae). Ephesus was one of the seven churches cited in the Book of Revelation and the Gospel of John may have been written there.RP21842. Bronze AE 25, RPC II 1074, gVF+, nice green patina, weight 10.306 g, maximum diameter 24.9 mm, die axis 0o, Ephesos (near Selcuk, Turkey) mint, obverse ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP CEBACTOC ΓEPMANIKOC, Laureate head right; reverse EΦECIΩN MAPNAC, river-god Marnas reclining left, holding reed, resting arm on urn, from which water flows; minor scratches and corrosion; SOLD
Miletos, Ionia, c. Late 6th Century B.C.
One of the earliest coins struck in silver.SH26073. Silver 1/12 stater, SNG Kayhan 462; SNG Cop 952; BMC Ionia p. 186, 34; SGCV II 3533, gVF, weight 1.179 g, maximum diameter 10.4 mm, Miletos (near Balat, Turkey) mint, c. late 6th century B.C.; obverse forepart of lion left, head turned back right; reverse ornamental pattern in incuse square; SOLD
Ephesos, Ionia, c. 387 - 280 B.C.
GB81799. Bronze AE 17, SNG Cop 245 - 246 var. (magistrate, astragalos); BMC Ionia p. 54, 58 ff. var. (same), VF, weight 3.663 g, maximum diameter 16.9 mm, die axis 0o, Ephesos (near Selcuk, Turkey) mint, obverse E-Φ, bee, border of dots; reverse stag kneeling left, looking right, quiver above, magistrate's [...]APΘΕNI[...] name left; rare; SOLD
Macedonian Kingdom, Philip III Arrhidaeus and Alexander IV, 323 - 317 B.C.
Struck after Alexander the Great's death during the joint reign of Philip III, Alexander's brother, and the infant king Alexander IV, Alexander's son with the Bactrian princess Roxana. The two were made joint kings by Alexander's generals who only intended to use them as pawns. Philip III was imprisoned upon his return to Macedonia, and in 317 B.C. he was executed under orders from Olympias. Alexander IV and his mother Roxana were executed by the boy's regent, Kassander, in 311 B.C. Magnesia also struck nearly identical drachms during this period in the name of Philip. Traditionally coins naming Alexander have been attributed to Alexander III the Great, but the Alexander named on this coin was more likely the infant son of Roxana, Alexander IV.GS40288. Silver drachm, Price 1936, SNG Cop 953, SNG Munchen 547, SNG Saroglos 762, Thompson-Bellinger Magnesia 9, SNG Alpha Bank -, Müller Alexander -, gVF, broad flan, nice style, toned, weight 4.169 g, maximum diameter 18.0 mm, die axis 0o, Magnesia ad Maeandrum (near Tekin, Turkey) mint, struck under Menander or Kleito, c. 323 - 319 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne without back, nude to waist, himation around waist and legs, feet on footstool, right leg drawn back, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, bee with head right on left, spear head pointed upward outer right; SOLD
Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, 336 - 323 B.C.
GS43373. Silver drachm, Price 1752, gVF, weight 4.142 g, maximum diameter 17.8 mm, die axis 180o, Ionia, Kolophon (near Degirmendere Fev, Turkey) mint, posthumous, 323 - 319 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, eagle in right hand, scepter in left hand, spear-head outer right, ear of grain in left field; SOLD
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