Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 69-79) AE 24 - Vespasian270 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE24 (8.84g, 6h). AVTOKPATOPI KAICAP C[...]VECΠACIAN, laureate head right / ΛΠΟΛΛωNIATω-N ΛYKIωN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and scepter. Good Fine, dark brown patina, faint adjustment marks. Extremely rare - perhaps the second known of this type and the third known Flavian coin from Apollonia. Ex Sneh Coll.

Only one example of this type is recorded by von Aulock and RPC - for Titus. That coin may be from the same obverse die as the current lot, although the von Aulock/RPC specimen is in such poor condition it is difficult to verify.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 79-81) AE 22 - Titus87 viewsTitus, 79-81 AD. AE22 (5.97g, 12h). TITON AYTOKPATOPA KAICAPA, laureate head right / ΛΠΟΛΛωNIATωN ΛYKIωN, Apollo standing facing, holding wreath over quiver, left arm on tripod. Near Very Fine, dark brown patina. Extremely rare - perhaps the third known of this type. Tricarico Coll.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 139-161) AE 24 - Marcus Aurelius73 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE24 - Diassarion (10.00g, 12h). Circa 147-161 AD. ΑΥΡΗΛ ΚΑΙ, bare head left / ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑ ΛΥΚΙΩ, Tyche standing front, head to left, holding rudder with her right hand and cornucopiae with her left. Very rare. VF.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 139-161) AE 26 - Marcus Aurelius87 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE26 - Diassarion (8.27g, 7h). Circa 147-161 AD. AYPHΛI KAIC, bare head right / AΠΟΛΛƱNI ΛYKIƱ, Apollo standing front, head to left, holding bow in his left hand and drawing arrow from quiver with his right. Apparently unpublished and unique. Slightly rough, gVF.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 161-180) AE 33 - Marcus Aurelius543 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE33 (26.76g, 7h). Laureate head right / ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤ-ΩΝ ΛVΚΙΩΝ ΘΡΑ ΚΟΛΩΝΩΝ, octastyle temple set on three-tiered base, eagle in pediment; within, Aurelius standing left, holding phiale and sceptre. VF, dark brown patina, orichalcum highlights, light smoothing in obverse field, natural flan pit in reverse. Rare. Ex Drewry Coll.; ex von Aulock Coll., 4991.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 161-180) AE 34 - Marcus Aurelius315 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE34 (22.26g, 7h). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Zeus seated left, holding patera and scepter. Near VF, dark green patina with some deposits, light roughness. Wagner Coll.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 164-182) AE 25 - Lucilla165 viewsLucilla, Augusta, 164-182 AD. AE25 (7.57g). ΛΟVΚΙΛΛΑ CЄBΑСΤΗ, draped bust right / ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΛVΚΙΩΝ, Demeter seated left on throne, holding torch in each hand. Extremely rare. VF.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 166-177) AE 21 - Commodus205 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE21 (5.88g, 1h).. Draped bust right / Asklepios standing facing, head left. Near VF.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 198-217) AE 32 512 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck under Caracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (16.52g). Homonoia between Apollonia and Ilion. AΛEΞANΔPOC KTIC AΠOΛΛΩNIA - T, head of Alexander III the Great as Herakles in lion-skin scalp right / AΠOΛΛΩN - IA.ΛY - IΛ[EΩ]N(sic!), City-goddess of Apollonia, holding cult-statue of Apollo with kithara and plektron, standing right and City-goddess of Ilion, holding cult-statue of Athena with shield and spear, standing left, both in long garment and wearing kalathos, clasping hands over girlanded and burning altar; behind left figure TΩN (for AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN), K beneath ΛV (for ΛVKΩN); in ex. OMONOIA. Very rare, F+. Hoeft coll.

Apollonia Mordiaion (today Uluborlu) was located near Apameia Cibotus at the river Hippophoras. Its title AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN ΛVKΩN ΘPAKΩN KOΛΩNΩN suggests that in Imperial times, Lykians and Thracians were settled in Apollonia (HN).
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 202-205) AE 21 - Plautilla243 viewsPlautilla, Augusta, 202-205 AD. AE21 (5.27g). ΦOVΛ ΠΛA-VTIΛΛA CЄB, draped bust right / AΠOΛΛΩNI-ATΩN ΛΥ, Aphrodite standing right, gazing into mirror. Extremely rare. VF.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 202-205) AE 22 - Plautilla115 viewsPlautilla, Augusta, 202-205 AD. AE22 (5.37g). ΦOVΛ ΠΛAVTIΛΛA CЄB, draped bust right / AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN ΛV, Dionysus standing left, pouring cantharus and holding thyrsus. Extremely rare. aVF.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 211-217) AE 32513 viewsTime of Caracalla, ca 211-217 AD. AE32 (16.55g, 5h). AΛEXANΔPOC KTICT APOΛΛΩNIA T, head of Alexander the Great of Macedon right, wearing lion skin / APOΛΛΩNIATΩN ΛV, Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch in right hand and leaning left forearm on tripod; to left at feet, raven standing left, head right. VF, green, brown, and olive patina, very minor surface roughness.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 244-249) AE 22 - Otacilia Severa216 viewsOtacilia Severa, 244-249 AD. AE22 (10.6g). OTAKЄIΛIA CЄOYHPA CЄB, draped bust right, set on crescent / AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN AV, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopia. VF.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 253-268) AE 34 - Gallienus247 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE34 (19.67g). AVT K Π ΛIK ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ AV / ΘΡΑΚΟ, river god Hippophoras reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting elbow on inverted vase from which water flows. VF.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 253-268) AE 41 - Gallienus493 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE41 - Medallion (29.54g, 5h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΑΠΟΛ-ΛΩ-ΝΙ-ΑΤ-ΩΝ ΛV ΘΡ ΚΟ, octastyle temple set on three-tiered base, eagle(?) in pediment; within, Gallienus standing left, holding phiale(?) and sceptre. VF, black-green patina with traces of brick-red. Rare. Drewry Coll.; ex Classical Numismatic Auctions X (3/1990), lot 364; Numismatic Fine Arts VI (2/1979), lot 350.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 253-268) AE 42 - Gallienus425 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE42 - Medallion (28.04g, 5h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΑΠΟΛ-ΛΩ-ΝΙ-ΑΤ-ΩΝ ΛV ΘΡ ΚΟ, octastyle temple set on three-tiered base, eagle(?) in pediment; within, Gallienus standing left, holding phiale(?) and sceptre. Choice VF, rough brown surfaces with orichalcum highlights. Rare. Drewry Coll., purchased from Spink, 6/1983.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (BC 27-14 AD) AE 17 - Augustus137 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE17 (3.76g). Ioulios Biton, magistrate. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head right / ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΒΙΤΩΝ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΗΣ, goddess seated left on throne, holding uncertain object. Extremely rare. aVF.
     
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