Group 2 - Dismounting Rider

Staters Obols Hemiobols Bronze coins

Staters

2.1a

2.1b

2.1c

2.1d

Type 2.1
Denomination:	AR Stater

Detail

Obverse:	Helmeted Athena standing left, holding aphlaston-bearing Nike in right hand and resting left on grounded shield with a human face; in right field, inverted spear, in left field, dolphin leaping left; dotted border.
Reverse:	Laureate Apollo standing left, half-draped, holding phiale in right hand and left hand resting on a laurel trunk.
Variants:	a.	rev.: in right and left field, OΛMI / TIKO–N
	b.	rev.: in right and left field, OΛMI / TIK–ON
	c.	rev.: in right and left field, OΛMI / TIK–ON; in upper left field, A
	d.	obv.: in right field, ΔΙ; rev.: in right and left field, OΛMI / TIK–ON; in upper left field, A
References:	a.	Several specimens on the market, e.g. Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 200 (10 October 2011), Lot 1970 (acsearch.info URL)
	b.	Several specimens on the market, e.g. Gemini, LLC, Auction III (9 January 2007), Lot 214 (acsearch.info URL)
	c.	SNG Levante, 32 = Classical Numismatic Group, Triton VII (12 January 2004), Lot 290 (acsearch.info URL)
	d.	SNG France 2, 120; Stack’s Bowers Galleries, January 2016 NYINC Auction (8 January 2016), Lot 30105 (acsearch.info URL)
Credit (see the references above):
	a.	Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung
	b.	Gemini, LLC
	c.	Classical Numismatic Group
	d.	Stack’s Bowers Galleries
Remarks:	(1)	These coins are very similar to some issues of Side in Pamphylia, see Section Holmoi and Side.
	(2)	The dolphin symbol is also found on third staters of Type 1.3 in Group 1.

Obols

2.2a

2.2b

2.2c

2.2d

2.2e

2.2f

2.2g

2.2h

2.2i

2.2j

2.2k

Type 2.2
Denomination:	AR Obol

Detail

Obverse:	Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with palmette; dotted border.
Reverse:	Head of Apollo right, with long hair falling down his neck.
Variants:	a.	rev.: Apollo wearing laurel wreath; in right and left field, OΛMITIKO–N; dotted border
	b.	rev.: Apollo wearing laurel wreath; in right and left field, OΛMITIK–ON (the letter N retrograde); dotted border
	c.	rev.: Apollo wearing laurel wreath and taenia; in right field, OΛMITI; dotted border
	d.	rev.: Apollo wearing laurel wreath and taenia; in right field, OΛMITAN; dotted border
	e.	rev.: Apollo wearing laurel wreath; in right and left field, OΛMITA–N; dotted border
	f.	rev.: Apollo wearing laurel wreath and taenia; in right field, OΛMITON; dotted border
	g.	rev.: Apollo with short hair wearing laurel wreath; in left field, OΛ–MI counterclockwise
	h.	rev.: Apollo wearing taenia; in left field, OΛM; in lower right field, M
	i.	obv.: Athena wearing necklace; in left field, A horizontally (?); rev.: Apollo wearing taenia; in left field, OΛM; in inner left field, bunch of grapes hanging from vine
	j.	rev.: Apollo wearing laurel wreath and taenia; in left field, OΛ[]
	k.	rev.: Apollo wearing taenia; anepigraphic
Connection:	variant 2.2g – variant 2.4a (hemiobol, very similar design)
References:	a.	SNG Levante, 34
	b.	Göktürk 2000, 11; several specimens on the market, e.g. H. D. Rauch GmbH, E-Auction 20 (27 June 2016), Lot 77 (acsearch.info URL)
	c.	SNG France 2, 121; Göktürk 2000, 10; several specimens on the market, e.g. Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII (6 January 2015), Lot 48 (acsearch.info URL)
	d.	SNG Berry 2, 1270–1271; several specimens on the market, e.g. Dr. Reinhard Fischer Auktionen, Auction 143 (22 May 2015), Lot 138 (acsearch.info URL)
	e.	Several specimens on the market, e.g. Leu Numismatik, Auction 6 (23 October 2020), Lot 241 (acsearch.info URL)
	f.	Coll. P. Veselý, HOL-AR-06; Imhoof-Blumer 1902, p. 448, 1
	g.	Several specimens on the market, e.g. Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 370 (9 March 2016), Lot 177 (acsearch.info URL)
	h.	SNG Levante, 33; SNG Berry 2, 1272; several specimens on the market, e.g. Numismatik Naumann, Auction 71 (4 November 2018), Lot 238 (acsearch.info URL)
	i.	Several specimens on the market, e.g. Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 337 (22 October 2014), Lot 104 (acsearch.info URL)
	j.	SNG Berry 2, 1268; Rex Numismatics B.V., E-Rex Duo Auction 12 (20–21 July 2024), Lot 929 (biddr.com URL)
	k.	Several specimens on the market, e.g. Numismatik Naumann, Auction 35 (6 September 2015), Lot 307 (acsearch.info URL)
Credit (see the references above):
	b.	H. D. Rauch GmbH
	c.	The Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Gallica, Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b8532622d
	d.	Dr. Reinhard Fischer Auktionen
	e.	Leu Numismatik
	g.	Classical Numismatic Group
	h.	Numismatik Naumann
	i.	Classical Numismatic Group
	j.	Rex Numismatics B.V.
	k.	Numismatik Naumann
Remark:	All variants except 2.2k bear the city ethnic and can therefore be safely assigned to Holmoi. Although the variant 2.2k is anepigraphic and somewhat similar to the silver trihemiobols minted at Xanthos in Lycia (see Müseler 2016, VII.35–6), we can probably rule out its Lycian origin because the Lycian trihemiobols have a Lycian inscription and a dotted border on the reverse. The dotted border is also on the reverse of Lycian staters (ibid, VII.31–2) and hemiobols (ibid, VII.33–4) of this type.

2.3a

2.3b

Type 2.3
Denomination:	AR Obol

Detail

Obverse:	Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet; dotted border.
Reverse:	Wreathed bearded male head.
Variants:	a.	rev.: male head oriented to left; OΛMITIKON curving along the neck and face
	b.	rev.: male head oriented to right; OΛMIK–O–N curving along the face and neck
References:	a.	SNG Levante, 36; several specimens on the market, e.g. DEMOS Auctions, Auction 2 (5 June 2021), Lot 268 (acsearch.info URL)
	b.	Coll. P. Veselý, HOL-AR-01; Dr. Reinhard Fischer, Auction 143 (May 2015), Lot 137 (acsearch.info URL).
Credit (see the references above):
	a.	DEMOS Auctions
	b.	P. Veselý
Remark:	The head on the reverse probably represents either Zeus, Poseidon or Kronos.

Hemiobols

2.4a

2.4b

Type 2.4
Denomination:	AR Hemiobol

Detail

Obverse:	Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with palmette; dotted border.
Reverse:	Laureate head of Apollo right, with short hair.
Variants:	a.	rev.: in right field, OΛMI
	b.	rev.: in left field, OΛ[…] (the left field is partly off flan on the cited specimen, the inscription probably continues with other letters)
Connection:	variant 2.4a – variant 2.2g (obol, very similar design)
References:	a.	Several specimens on the market, e.g. Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 229 (10 March 2015), Lot 1389 (acsearch.info URL)
	b.	SNG Berry 2, 1269
Credit (see the references above):
	a.	Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung
Remark:	A similar hemiobols were minted at Xanthos in Lycia (Müseler 2016, VII.33, and VII.34 with a diskeles behind Apollo’s head) and sometimes these anepigraphic Lycian coins are assigned to Holmoi (e.g. SNG France 2, 122). However, they differ from the Holmoi coins by the dotted border on the reverse and also by their style, which links them to other Lycian denominations of this type (ibid, VII.31–6).

Bronze coins

2.5a

2.5b

Type 2.5
Denomination:	AE Unit

Detail

Obverse:	Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with palmette; dotted border.
Reverse:	Head of Apollo right, long hair falling down his neck; in left field, OΛ.
Variants:	a.	rev.: Apollo wearing laurel wreath
	b.	rev.: Apollo wearing taenia (?); OΛ written backwards; under Apollo’s chin, an obscure mark
References:	a.	SNG Levante, 35 = SNG von Aulock, 5580 = Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 66 (19 May 2004), Lot 536 (acsearch.info URL); Kölner Münzkabinett Tyll Kroha Nachfolger UG, e-Auction 3 (25 June 2017), Lot 147 (acsearch.info URL)
	b.	Klein 1999, p. 78, no. 656 = Numismatik Naumann, Auction 63 (4 March 2018), Lot 26 (acsearch.info URL)
Credit (see the references above):
	a.	Kölner Münzkabinett Tyll Kroha Nachfolger UG
	b.	Numismatik Naumann

2.6

Type 2.6
Denomination:	AE Half Unit

Detail

Obverse:	Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with palmette; dotted border.
Reverse:	Head of Apollo right, long hair falling down his neck.
References:	SNG von Aulock, 5581

12 July 2021 – 7 April 2025