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Mallos was an ancient city near the mouth of the Pyramus River (now the Ceyhan Nehri), on a hill opposite Magarsus, which served as its port. The river has changed course and the site is now inland a few km from the Mediterranean coast on an elevation, a few km from Karatas, Adana Province, Turkey. Imperial coins of Mallos are rare and usually poorly preserved.GS114562. Silver stater, Casabonne Type 4; SNG BnF 380; SNGvA 5708; BMC Lycaonia p. 97, 12; SNG Levante -, gVF, light tone, obv. off center, weakly struck areas, weight 10.728 g, maximum diameter 21.9 mm, die axis 0o, Mallos (near Karatas, Turkey) mint, 440 - 390 B.C.; obverse winged male figure (Kronos?) advancing right in archaic style, upper body facing, head right, wings open, nude to waist, draped around hips and legs, holding solar disk before abdomen in both hands; reverse swan standing left, head left, MAP above (very weak), barley grain (control symbol) lower left, ankh (control symbol) lower right; all in dotted incuse square within shallow incuse square; ex CNG e-auction 539 (31 May 2023), lot 242; SOLD
Klazomenai, Ionia, c. 387 - 360 B.C.
Klazomenai was home to large numbers of swans. The principal god of Klazomenai was Apollo, who flew south each year from his winter home in a chariot drawn by swans. The swan was also a pun on the name Klazomenai - the verb klazo was used to describe the call of the wild birds.SH49953. Silver hemidrachm, SNG Cop 23 var.; BMC Ionia p. 19, 23 ff. var.; SNGvA 1989 var.; SNG Munchen XX 462 ff. var. (all refs various symbols and magistrates), VF/F, porous, weight 1.822 g, maximum diameter 12.9 mm, die axis 180o, Klazomenai (Urla, Turkey) mint, c. 387 - 360 B.C.; obverse Apollo, laureate, facing slightly left; reverse KΛA, swan standing left, pluming its breast, X? left, IA? above; SOLD
Ptolemaic or Roman Egyptian, Glass Swan Inlay Fragment, c. 1st Century B.C. - Early 1st Century A.D.
From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.AA32454. Egyptian glass fragment, cf. Kofler-Tuniger 225 (swans but not identical) and Corning III 1101 (yellow duck but similar work), Superb, 1.6 cm (5/8"), white swan with yellow beak on a purplish-black background; of great rarity!; SOLD
Klazomenai, Ionia, c. 387 - 300 B.C.
The ruins of Klazomenai (or Clazomenae) are in the modern town Urla near Izmir in Izmir Province, Turkey. It was one of the first cities to issue silver coinage. Clazomenae was attacked by the Lydian king Alyattes II in the 6th century. During the 5th century it was for some time subject to the Athenians, but about the middle of the Peloponnesian War, c. 412 B.C. it revolted. After a brief resistance, it again acknowledged the Athenian supremacy, and repelled a Lacedaemonian attack. In 387 B.C. Klazomenai and other cities in Asia were taken over by Persia, but the city continued to issue its own coins. Under the Romans, Clazomenae was included in the province of Asia, and enjoyed an immunity from taxation.GB91724. Bronze AE 10, BMC Ionia p. 23, 46; Lindgren-Kovacs 436; SNG Cop -; SNGvA -; SNG Kayhan -; SNG Munchen -; SNG Tübingen -, VF, weight 0.740 g, maximum diameter 10.2 mm, die axis 180o, Klazomenai (Urla, Turkey) mint, c. 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo left; reverse HPAKΛEIΔHΣ (magistrate) clockwise starting lower left, swan standing left, head turned back right, wings open, control symbol below; very rare; SOLD
Leukai, Ionia, c. 350 - 300 B.C.
Leukai (also Leucae or Leuce) was a small town of ancient Ionia, close to Phocaea. Leukai was, according to Pliny, on an island promontory. From Scylax we learn that it had harbors. According to Diodorus, the Persian admiral Tachos founded the town on an eminence on the sea coast in 352 B.C. Shortly after Tachos died, and the Clazomenians and Cymaeans quarreled over the town until the former took control. Leukai was near the site of the battle between the consul Publius Licinius Crassus Mucianius and the Pergamene rebel Aristonicus in 131 B.C.GB87751. Bronze AE 16, SNG Munchen 584; SNG Cop 584; BMC Ionia p. 157, 3; SNG Tüb -, aVF, nice style, centered, corrosion, closed flan crack, weight 3.186 g, maximum diameter 15.8 mm, die axis 0o, (Uctepeler, Turkey) mint, c. 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo left; reverse swan standing left, wings open, head down, ΛΕO in exergue; rare; SOLD
Leukai, Ionia, c. 350 - 300 B.C.
Leukai (also Leucae or Leuce) was a small town of ancient Ionia, close to Phocaea. Leukai was, according to Pliny, on an island promontory. From Scylax we learn that it had harbors. According to Diodorus, the Persian admiral Tachos founded the town on an eminence on the sea coast in 352 B.C. Shortly after Tachos died, and the Clazomenians and Cymaeans quarreled over the town until the former took control. Leukai was near the site of the battle between the consul Publius Licinius Crassus Mucianius and the Pergamene rebel Aristonicus in 131 B.C.GS81499. Bronze AE 15, BMC Ionia p. 157, 5; SRCV II 4472; SNG Cop -; SNG Munchen -; SNG Tüb -, VF, very nice style!, weight 3.028 g, maximum diameter 15.4 mm, die axis 0o, (Uctepeler, Turkey) mint, c. 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo left; reverse swan standing left, wings open, head turned back right, ethnic ΛΕO below, magistrate's name ΓOPΔIAΣ upward on left; SOLD
Leukai, Ionia, c. 350 - 300 B.C.
Leukai (also Leucae or Leuce) was a small town of ancient Ionia, close to Phocaea. Leukai was, according to Pliny, on an island promontory. From Scylax we learn that it had harbors. According to Diodorus, the Persian admiral Tachos founded the town on an eminence on the sea coast in 352 B.C. Shortly after Tachos died, and the Clazomenians and Cymaeans quarreled over the town until the former took control. Leukai was near the site of the battle between the consul Publius Licinius Crassus Mucianius and the Pergamene rebel Aristonicus in 131 B.C.GB82478. Bronze AE 16, BMC Ionia p. 157, 5 - 6; SGCV II 4472 var. (same); SNG Cop -, SNG Munchen -; SNG Tüb -, VF, weight 3.115 g, maximum diameter 16.3 mm, die axis 180o, (Uctepeler, Turkey) mint, c. 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo left; reverse ΛEO, swan standing left, head turned back right, magistrate's name ...ΔIO... left; SOLD
Kamarina, Sicily, c. 461 - 435 B.C.
Kamarina was suffering a plague. A marsh north of the city was the suspected source. The town oracle advised them not to drain the marsh, but in 405 B.C., the leaders ignored the advice. Once the marsh was dry, there was nothing to stop the Carthaginian army. They marched across the newly drained marsh, razed the city, and killed every last inhabitant.BB76872. Silver litra, cf. Westermark-Jenkins Series 2d (unlisted dies) SNG ANS 1211 ff.; SNG Munchen 394 ff., SNG Cop 160; BMC Sicily p. 33, 3; HGC 2 536, F, uneven strike, weight 0.590 g, maximum diameter 13.2 mm, die axis 315o, Kamarina (near Scoglitti, Sicily, Italy) mint, c. 461 - 435 B.C.; obverse Nike flying left, swan left below, all within olive wreath; reverse KAMAPINAION, Athena standing left, helmeted, wearing aegis, grounded spear vertical in right hand, shield at feet before her leaning on leg, left hand on hip; SOLD
Leukai, Ionia, c. 350 - 300 B.C.
Leukai (also Leucae or Leuce) was a small town of ancient Ionia, close to Phocaea. Leukai was, according to Pliny, on an island promontory. From Scylax we learn that it had harbors. According to Diodorus, the Persian admiral Tachos founded the town on an eminence on the sea coast in 352 B.C. Shortly after Tachos died, and the Clazomenians and Cymaeans quarreled over the town until the former took control. Leukai was near the site of the battle between the consul Publius Licinius Crassus Mucianius and the Pergamene rebel Aristonicus in 131 B.C.GB81376. Bronze AE 17, BMC Ionia p. 157, 5; SGCV II 4472 var. (same); SNG Cop -; SNG Munchen -; SNGvA -; SNG Tüb -; Lindgren -, VF, weight 2.943 g, maximum diameter 14.5 mm, die axis 180o, (Uctepeler, Turkey) mint, c. 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo left; reverse [...?]METPIOΣ, swan standing left, head turned back right; very rare, possibly an unpublished magistrate variety; SOLD
Leukai, Ionia, 350 - 300 B.C.
Leukai (also Leucae or Leuce) was a small town of ancient Ionia, close to Phocaea. Leukai was, according to Pliny, on an island promontory. From Scylax we learn that it had harbors. According to Diodorus, the Persian admiral Tachos founded the town on an eminence on the sea coast in 352 B.C. Shortly after Tachos died, and the Clazomenians and Cymaeans quarreled over the town until the former took control. Leukai was near the site of the battle between the consul Publius Licinius Crassus Mucianius and the Pergamene rebel Aristonicus in 131 B.C.GB81377. Bronze AE 12, SNG Munchen 583; cf. BMC Ionia p. 157, 3 (ΛEO in exergue); SRCV II 4472 (AE 17, magistrate, etc.), aVF, weight 1.075 g, maximum diameter 11.5 mm, die axis 180o, (Uctepeler, Turkey) mint, 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo left; reverse ΛEOKAITΩN, swan standing left, wings open, head not turned back; rare; SOLD
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