Ancient Coinage of Uncertain cities of Ionia

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AR HemiobolIonia, Uncertain AR Hemiobol (0.33g). Lion's head left / uncertain animal head right. TextImage
BMC 1Ionia, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Stater. Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Two rough incuse punches separated by a cleft. Cf. Weidauer 5 (trite), Traité I 16. TextImage
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BMC 1cfIonia, Uncertain mint, Electrum Stater. Circa 650-600 BC. Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Two rough incuse punches separated by a cleft. TextImage
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BMC 9Ionia, Uncertain mint Electrum Hekte or Sixth Stater. Circa 650-600 BC. Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. TextImage
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BMC 9cfIonia, Uncertain mint Electrum Trite or Third Stater. ca 650-600 BC. Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. TextImage
BMC 11Ionia, Uncertain mint. Persian satrapal issue, ca 350-334 BC. AE 12mm. Persian hero-king right, in running-kneeling stance, holding bow & transverse spear / Two rectangles, one within the other (a Persian fire altar?). SNGvA 7810. TextImage
BMC 19Ionia, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater. Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Incuse square punch. Cf. Weidauer 9 (1/12 stater); Traité I 14-15, SNG Kayhan 682. TextImage
BMC 68cfIonia, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL 12th Stater (?), uncertain standard. Geometric type. Uncertain design, possibly a wheel of four spokes / Rough incuse square punch. TextImage
Cahn_pp59-63cfIonia, Uncertain AR Obol. ca 500-490 BC. Female head right, in cap / Four-part incuse punch. TextImage
CNG 84, 640Ionia, Uncertain mint. 5th Century BC. AR Hemiobol 7mm, 0.40 gr. Helmeted head right, with short hair, wearing Corinthian helmet / Star of eight long rays in incuse square. Unpublished. CNG 84, Lot: 640.TextImage
EL_12thIonia, uncertain mint. Electrum Twelfth stater. Hemi-Hekte. 650-600 BC. 8 mm. 1.12 g. Geometric design consisting of an irregular square bisected by crossing lines. / Incuse square with dot in centre, bisected by two lines and further divided by four radiate lines forming eight triangular segments. 8 mm. 1.12 g.TextImage
EL_24thIonia, Uncertain Mint. 6th Century BC. EL 1/24th Stater. Head of a roaring lion left / Rough incuse punch. Apparently unpublished. TextImage
EL_24th_StaterIonia(?), uncertain mint. Ca. 5th century B.C. EL 1/24th stater. Milesian standard. TextImage
EL_3rd_StaterIonia, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Third Stater or Trite. Samian-Euboeic standard. Plain type. Flattened plain surface / Tripartite incuse square punch. TextImage
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EL_48thIonia, Uncertain mint. Before 600 BC. EL Milesian 1/48 Stater. Floral pattern / Incuse punch. TextImage
EL_HekteIonia, Uncertain mint Electrum Hekte or Sixth Stater. ca 650-600 BC. Milesian standard. Figural type. Floral design with central pellet / Incuse square punch. TextImage
EL_Hekte_unpubIonia, Uncertain EL Hekte. ca 600 BC. Back-to-back roaring lions' heads, struck so one head is off the flan / Double incuse punch. Unpublished in the standard references. TextImage
EL_Hemihekte_unpubIonia, Uncertain EL Hemihekte. ca 600 BC. Roaring lion's head / Ornamented incuse punch. Unpublished in the standard references. TextImage
EL_HemistaterIonia, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. Electrum Hemistater. Samian-Euboeic standard, plain type. Rough plain surface / bipartite incuse square punch. TextImage
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EL_StaterIonia, Uncertain mint Electrum Stater. ca 650-600 BC. Samian-Euboic standard. Plain type. Rough plain surface / Bipartite incuse square punch. TextImage
Gorny_115-1171Ionia, Uncertain EL Hekte. ca 600 BC. Back-to-back roaring lions’ heads, struck so one head is off the flan / Ornamented double incuse punch. Unpublished in the standard references. TextImage
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JRosen_12Ionia, or Uncertain Western Asia Minor. C.650-600 BC. EL Milesian Trite. Geometric design consisting of an irregular square bisected by crossing lines / Incuse rectangle divided into 12 smaller compartments. TextImage
JRosen_19cfIonia, Uncertain mint Electrum Stater. ca 650-600 BC. Milesian standard. Figural type. Forepart of roaring lion on left & male bust on right vis-ŕ-vis, on a striated field / Two rough incuse square punches separated by a cleft. TextImage
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JRosen_28Ionia, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Sixth Stater or Hekte. Milesian standard. Figural type. Male bust left on a striated field / Two rough incuse square punches. TextImage
JRosen_28cfIonia, Uncertain mint Electrum Hemistater. Circa 650-600 BC. Milesian standard. Figural type. Forepart of roaring lion on left & male bust on right vis-ŕ-vis, on a striated field / Two rough incuse square punches separated by a cleft. TextImage
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Jameson_2295Ionia, Uncertain. Circa 450-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Head of a ram right; lizard below to the right / Forepart of a bull right; within incuse square. Boston MFA 1957. TextImage
Kay 744Ancient Greece, uncertain of early Ionia or Caria, ca. 480-450 BC, silver hemiobol (Milesian standard), 0.35g. Head of roaring lion right / Hook? ("monoskeles" design) in round incuse. Kay 744. TextImage
Klein 365Ionia. Uncertain. 6th century BC. AR Trihemiobol. Female head left / Quadripartite incuse square. TextImage
Klein 362Uncertain mint in Ionia, AR Tetartemorion 5 mm, 0.17 gr. 6th-5th century BC. Laureate head of Artemis right / Quadripartite incuse punch. Klein 362 (this coin).TextImage
Klein 363Uncertain mint in Ionia, AR Tetartemorion 5 mm, 0.14 gr. 6th-5th century BC. Diademed, male head right / Quadripartite incuse punch. Klein 363 (this coin).TextImage
Mueller 2062Uncertain mint in Ionia, EL 1/96th Stater 4 mm, 0.14 gr. Globe or ball within wreath / Irregular quadripartite incuse square, globe or dot in centre. Mueller Collection 2062.TextImage
Petrov 693Ionia, uncertain mint, AR hemiobol, 440-390 BC. 0,28gr. Helmeted head of Athena right / Star of four rays, a dot between each ray, M or P above. Unpublished but a known type. Petrov store 693.TextImage
Rosen 259cfIonia, circa 650-550 BC, early Electrum Hemi-Hekte (1.15 gm; 8 mm). Fig leaf / incuse punch. TextImage
Rosen 280Ionia, Uncertain mint. Circa 7th-6th Century BC. EL 1/24th Phokaic Stater. Irregular linear design / Incuse punch. TextImage
Rosen 283Ionia, Uncertain mint. Circa 7th-6th Century BC. EL 1/24th Phokaic Stater. Irregular linear design / Incuse punch. TextImage
Rosen 314Ionia, uncertain mint. EL Hekte. ca 650-550 BC. 10 mm, 2.54 g. Phokaic standard. Raised clockwise swastika pattern. / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Rosen 314; SNG von Aulock 1777.TextImage
Rosen 324Ionia, Uncertain mint. Circa 7th-6th Century BC. EL 1/24th Phokaic Stater. Irregular linear design / Incuse punch. TextImage
Rosen 353cfIonia, Uncertain mint Electrum 24th Stater. ca 600-550 BC. Milesian standard. Figural type. Winged scarab / Rough incuse square punch. TextImage
Rosen_363Ionia, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Twelfth Stater or Hemihekte. Euboeic standard. Geometric type. Three-sided square with central projection, surrounded by radiate lines / Rough incuse square punch. Boston MFA 1779 = Warren 1708. TextImage
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Rosen 364Ionia, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL 24th Stater. Euboeic standard. Geometric type. Three-sided square with central projection, surrounded by radiate lines / Rough incuse square punch. TextImage
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Rosen 365Uncertain, Ionia, c. 7th-6th century BC, Electrum 1/24th stater, (0.64g) Incuse swastika or mill sail design / Incuse. SNGvA 1778. TextImage
Rosen 370Ionia, Uncertain EL 24th Stater. ca 650-550 BC. Facing lion's head / Incuse. SNG von Aulock 1802. TextImage
Rosen 383Uncertain, Ionia (or perhaps Macedonia) AR Trihemiobol (0.95g). ca 450 BC. Bird standing right, head turned / crude quadripartite incuse square. TextImage
Rosen 404Ionia, Uncertain. Circa 6th Century BC. EL 1/48 Stater. Lion's head facing / Scorpion within incuse square. Weidauer 166. TextImage
Rosen 408Asia Minor. Uncertain. c500 BC. AR Hemiobol. Lion's head right / Bird (quail, bustard, or peacock?) standing right; pellet in upper left & lower right corners. SNG Berry 1046. See Ionia, Kolophon for this type. TextImage
SNG Turkey 342Uncertain mint in Ionia, AR hemiobol, 6mm, 0.37 gr. ca. 500 BC. Archaic head of Apollo left / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Turkey 342 (Kolophon); Rosen 386f.TextImage
SNG vA 1776Ionia, uncertain city. ca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte, (sixth Stater), 11mm, 2.62 g. Phokaic standard. Lion sitting right, tail curled upwards over its back / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG von Aulock 1776; SNG Lockett 2784 = Pozzi 2468 (same dies); Gulbenkian 724.TextImage
SNG vA 1778Ionia, uncertain mint. EL 1/24 Stater. ca 650-550 BC. 5 mm, 0.71 g. Phokaic standard. Raised anticlockwise swastika pattern. / Quadripartite incuse square punch. SNG von Aulock 1778-1779; SNG Kayhan I, 702-703; SNG Keckman 323 and 325.TextImage
SNG vA 1780Western Asia minor, Ionia? Uncertain. Milesian standard. Before 575 BC. Electrum Twelfth Stater. Bridled horse's head left / Rough abstract pattern within incuse square. TextImage
SNG vA 1784Ionia, Uncertain EL 48th Stater. ca 500 BC. Bull's head right / Incuse punch. TextImage
SNGvA_1810Ionia, Incertum. 600-550 BC., AR Tetartemorion, 6mm; ca. 0.35g. Archaic human head left, eye not in profile, mouth slightly smiling, hair in layered, Proto-Corinthian wig style with horizontal waves / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG von Aulock 1810. TextImage
SNGvA_1811Ionia. Uncertain. 6th century BC. AR Hemiobol. Female head right / Quadripartite incuse square. TextImage
SNGvA_1811cfIonia, Uncertain. Circa 6th-5th Century BC. AR Obol (0.78 gm). Head (Apollo?) right / Quadrapartite incuse square. TextImage
SNGvA_1817Ionia AR Obol. 6th century BC. Lion's head facing / scorpion in incuse square. TextImage
SNGvA_1819Asia Minor, Ionia, Uncertain Mint AR Hemiobol. ca 393-377 BC. Male head left / lion's head facing, within incuse square. TextImage
SNG vA 7761Ionia, Uncertain. Circa 680-650 BC. Period of the Artemision Find. EL Trite - Third Stater. Granulated convex globule / Two incuse punches at off-set angles. Cf. Weidauer 7 (Hekte). TextImage
SNGvA_7763Ionia, Uncertain EL 12th Stater or Hemihekte. Before 600 BC. Smooth surfaced globule / Incuse punch. TextImage
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SNG vA 7763cfUncertain Ionian Mint. Circa 7th-6th Century BC. EL Twelfth Stater - Hemihekte. Blank / Incuse square. TextImage
SNG vA 7764 Uncertain, Lydia, EL 1/48th stater, (0.30g) c. 650-561 BC, Lion head left. / Quadripartite incuse punch. SNG VA 7764 TextImage
SNG vA 7765Early Electrum Coinage, 48th Stater. Late seventh-early sixth century BC. Striated surface / Incuse. SNG Kayhan 683, cf Weidauer 9. TextImage
SNG vA 7789 Uncertain, Ionia, EL 1/12 stater, (1.22g) Head of griffin left / Incuse punch. SNG VA 7789. TextImage
SNG vA 7799cfUncertain Ionian Mint. Circa 500 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (Hemihekte) 1.13 g. Bull’s head right / Incuse punch. TextImage
SNGvA_7802 Ionia, Uncertain mint. 6th-5th Century BC. AR Diobol (1.33 gm). Archaic female head left / Quadripartite incuse square. TextImage
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Svoronos 8Ionia, or Uncertain Western Asia Minor, EL Hekte or 6th Stater on Milesian Standard. ca 650-600 BC. Geometric design consisting of an irregular square bisected by crossing lines / Incuse rectangle divided into 12 smaller compartments, the two largest of which contain pellets. Traité 4. TextImage
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Svoronos 8cfIonia, or Uncertain Western Asia Minor, EL Trite or 3rd Stater on Milesian Standard. Circa 650-600 BC. Geometric design consisting of an irregular square bisected by crossing lines / Incuse rectangle divided into 12 smaller compartments, the two largest of which contain pellets. TextImage
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Traite 88cfIonia, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL 24th Stater. Uncertain standard. Figural type. Griffin's head left / Incuse square punch. TextImage
Traite 111cfIonia, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL 24th Stater. Milesian standard. Figural type. Cock's head right / Incuse square punch. TextImage
Traite 235Ionia, uncertain mint. EL 1/12 Stater. ca 650-550 BC. 1.234 g. Phokaic standard. Swastika in relief, four crescents around. / Quadripartite incuse square punch. BMC 48; Traité I, 235; Pozzi 2359 (same dies or this coin).TextImage
Traite 237Ionia, uncertain mint. EL 1/24 Stater. ca 650-550 BC. 7 mm, 0.64 g. Phokaic standard. Raised clockwise swastika pattern. / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Traité I, 237; Elektron I 44.TextImage
Traite 238Ionia, uncertain mint. EL 1/48 Stater. ca 650-550 BC. 6 mm, 0.23 g. Raised quadripartite swastika pattern. / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch divided into sections by raised lines. Weidauer -; Traité I, 238; Elektron I 46.TextImage
Weidauer 4Ionia, Uncertain mint Electrum Hekte or Sixth Stater. Circa 650-600 BC. Samian-Euboeic standard. Plain type. Globular plain surface / Double incuse punch, one with striated faces, the other with rough faces. TextImage
Weidauer_005Ionia, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Third Stater or Trite. Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. Traité I 10, SNG Kayhan 679 var. TextImage
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Weidauer_006Ionia, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Sixth Stater or Hekte. Milesian standard. Striated type. Flattened striated surface / Double incuse punch. Traité I 12, BMC 9, SNG Kayhan 680, Boston MFA 1751; Boston MFA Supp 161, SNG von Aulock 1769. TextImage
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Weidauer 050cfIonia, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL 24th Stater. Milesian standard. Figural type. Ram's head left / Incuse square punch. TextImage
Weidauer 120cfIonia, Early Electrum Coinage, 12th Stater. Late seventh-early sixth century BC. Linear lion head right / Incuse with raised, anchor-shaped projection. TextImage
Weidauer 144Uncertain, Ionia, EL fraction. 600-550 BC, Horse head right / Incuse punch. TextImage
Weidauer 165Ionia, Uncertain (Miletos?) Electrum 1/24th Stater. ca 650-561 BC, Facing lion head / incuse square with five dots. TextImage
Weidauer 175Ionia, Uncertain mint Electrum Hemistater. Circa 600-550 BC. Winged female figure running left, head turned right, holding caduceus in right hand, wreath in left / Irregular rectangular central punch flanked by two square punches. TextImage
TwelfthIonia, Uncertain. ca 6th Century BC. EL Twelfth Stater. Lion's head right; symbol in lower left field / Incuse punch. Apparently unpublished. TextImage
TwelfthEarly Electrum fraction. Uncertain, Ionia, before 550 BC, EL 1/12 stater, (1.10g) Lion's head right / Incuse punch. TextImage
Twelfth Ionian unpublished. 8mm. 1.12 gr. Geometric design consisting of an irregular square bisected by crossing lines / Incuse square with center pellet bisected by two lines and further divided by four radiate lines forming 8 triangular segments. TextImage
See alsoThe Electrum Coinage of Ionia and Lydia - Basic Electrum Types with useful charts to aid identification.
See alsoElectrum Coinage of Northern Ionia with useful charts to aid identification.