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Alexandreia (AD 177-192) AE 23 - Commodus176 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE23 - 'As' (5.04g, 12h). IMP CAI M AVR - COMOD AVG, laureate head right / [COL AVG] - TRO / AD, horse grazing right; behind, shepherd standing right, holding pedum and looking down; to left, tree. Rare, F+, brown patina. Hoeft coll.Oct 06, 2019
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Alexandreia (AD 235-238) AE 27101 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE27 (8.92g). IMP MAXIMI - MVS PIA, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / A-V, horse grazing right, plant before, tree behind, TROAC below. Very rare. F, some encrustations. Hoeft coll.Feb 04, 2019
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Alexandreia (AD 200-300) AE 22128 viewsPseudo-autonomous, ca 138-268 AD. AE22 (4.84g). [COL]-ALEX TRO, draped and turreted bust of City-Goddess (Tyche) right, vexillum behind / COL AVG / TROA, horse grazing right, plant before. VF. Hoeft coll.Feb 04, 2019
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Alexandreia (BC 300-200) AE 12163 viewsca 241-228 BC. AE12 - 1/2 Unit (3.10g). Laureate head of Apollo left / AΛEXA, horse grazing left; thunderbolt below. aVF, sand patina. Hoeft coll.Feb 04, 2019
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Sagalassos (AD 253-260) AE 31 - Valerian I120 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE31 - 10 Assaria (17.61g). ΑV Κ ΠΛ - ΟVΑΛЄΡΙΑÎΟC, bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, right; in right field I / CΑΓΑ - Λ - ΑCCЄΩÎ, Hermes, nude, wearing boots, running left, looking right, chlamys waving behind, holding in raised left hand kerykeion and in right hand burning torch. Rare, about very fine, brown patina. Hoeft coll.Dec 11, 2018
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Alexandreia (AD 214-217) AE 24 - Caracalla190 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE24 (8.48g). M AVRE-ANTONINVS-IOV, cuirassed and laureate bust right / COL-ALEXAND-AVG, eagle flying right with bull's head and neck in talons. Nice F. Hoeft coll.
This obv. legend ending in IOV is apparently an unpublished mint error.Nov 01, 2018
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Saitta (AD 193-211) AE 25 - Septimius Severus106 viewsSeptimius Severus 193-211 AD. AE 25 (8.24g). [AΥ KAI Λ Σ - EΠ] ΣEOΥHPO - Σ ΠEP, laureate head right / [EΠI ANΔP]ONEIK - [OΥ APΞ A] ΣAITT, in left and right field HN - ΩN, Men with Phrygian bonnet, in chiton and cloak, standing half left, resting with raised left hand on scepter and holding in extended right hand pine cone. Rare. F, corroded. Hoeft coll. Jun 28, 2018
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Pergamon (BC 104-98) Cistophoric Tetradrachm367 views104-98 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.33g). Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which serpent emerges; wreath composed of ivy and berries / Decorated gorytos (bow case) between two serpents, their tails tied up; on left, city monogram Î EP; above, monogram ATP; on right, serpent-entwined thyrsos. Extremely rare. VF, toned.Feb 11, 2018
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Parion (AD 253) AE 21 - Aemilianus187 viewsAemilianus, 253 AD. AE21 (4.68g). IMP M AEM AEMILIANVS.A, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / CGI - HP, Eros, nude, chlamys over left arm, left hand on hip, right hand extended over small column with head of Hermes (herm). aVF. Hoeft coll.; ex Numismatik Naumann Auction 43 (5/2016), lot 632.
The rev. shows the famous statue of Eros from Parium made by Praxiteles (4th century BC).Feb 10, 2018
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Parion (AD 222-235) AE 20 - Severus Alexander172 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE20 (6.15g). IMP SEV ALE - XANDER AVG, radiate head right / DEO CVPIDIN - I COL IC IL A(?) PA, Eros, nude except chlamys over left shoulder, standing facing, looking right, holding his left hand against hip and extended right hand over small column with head of Hermes (herm). Extremely rare, VF. Hoeft coll.
The reverse shows the famous statue of Eros from Parium made by Praxiteles (4th century BC).Feb 10, 2018
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Smyrna (AD 138-161) AE 35 - Antoninus Pius292 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-261 AD. AE 35 (25.20g). [AV KAI T]I AI.AΔRI - ANTΩNEINOC, laureate bust right /ΘEV[ΔIANOC] CTPA [ANEΘHKE] CMYP - NAIOIC, Hippodameia, in long garment and veiled, standing right, with left hand lifting garment from her breast, with right hand holding right hand of Pelops, who is standing nude frontal, head turned left and resting with raised left hand on scepter; both in slow Biga right; in upper right field ΠEΛO[Ψ]. Hoeft coll.Jul 04, 2015
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Akmoneia (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla391 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE 30 (11.09g). AYT K MA AVP - ANTΩNEINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust seen from behind, with aegis over left shoulder and sword belt over back, right / A - KMONEΩN, horseman with waving chlamys and wearing boots, galloping towards rock on which two female figures stand left, the posterior one pointing with right hand to horseman, the anterior with right hand on breast; beneath, river god (Sindros?) leaning left, right hand on right knee, left arm with long plant resting on rock and overturned vase from which water is flowing; above, eagle flying right. Very rare, about VF, green patina. Hoeft coll.Apr 12, 2015
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Aphrodisias (AD 225-250) AE 23267 viewsPseudo-autonomous, 225-250 AD. AE23 (4.9g). IЄPO[C] - ΔHMOC, laureate head right / [A]ΦPOΔ-Є-I-CIЄΩN, cult-statue of Aphrodite Aphrodisias in ependytes, wearing polos, standing right on plinth; behind, small figure of priestess standing right; before, fountain(?) with conical cover; star and crescent in upper fields. Rare. Good fine. Hoeft coll.Sep 01, 2014
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Nikaia (AD 177-192) AE 17 - Commodus268 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE17 (3.71g). AV.Λ.KOMOΔOC - ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right / ΘHCЄ - A - NIKAIЄIC, unbearded head of Theseus right, clad in lion's skin knotted under chin. Rare, about VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll.Apr 17, 2014
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Nikaia (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Severus Alexander199 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE25 (9.81g). [M AVP CEVH] AΛEZANΔPOC, laureate head right / EV / CEBΩN / EVΓENΩN / NIKAIE / ΩN, legend in 5 lines in laurel wreath. Rare, F+, stripped. Hoeft coll.Jul 17, 2013
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Tyana (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus586 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE 28 (11.41g), dated Year 4 (196/97). AV KAI Λ CEΠ- CEOYHPOC ΠE, laureate head right / TYANEΩN TΠT IE K ACY K A, bull standing right, ET Δ (Year 4) below. Very rare, aVF. Hoeft coll.; ex Hecht coll.; ex Cooper coll. #949; ex Baldwin/London 1979.Mar 14, 2013
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Tyana (AD 138-161) AE 23 - Antoninus Pius417 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE23 (9.22g), dated Year 19 (155/56). A-NTΩNEIN-OC CEBACT-OC, laureate head right / TYANEΩN T - ΠT IEP ACY AYTO, Tyche of Tyana in long garment and wearing mural crown, standing left on throne decorated with gryphon and holding in extended right hand grain-ears and bunch of grapes; below river god Euphrates(?) swimming left. Rare, about VF. Hoeft coll.Mar 14, 2013
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Herakleia Pontika (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus435 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (17.23g). AV - [T.] - K.Λ.CEΠ- CEVHPOC Π, bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, right / HPAKΛHAC - EN ΠON - TΩ, Herakles, nude, lion's skin over left arm, with left hand holding his club over left shoulder, standing right, head left, holding with right hand three-headed Kerberos on rope, who standing right and is looking up to him. Very rare, about VF, dark green patina, some roughness on obv. Hoeft coll.Aug 10, 2012
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Antiocheia (AD 244-249) AE 27 - Philip I342 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE 27 (10.60g). IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS PF AVG PM, bust, draped and cuirassed, radiate, right / CAES ANTI - OCHI COL, in left and right field S - R, Providentia stg. l., with raised left hand resting on long sceptre and holding with left hand rod over globe. F+. Hoeft coll.
Not Philip II! Already corrected by Pink, Antioch or Viminacium?, Num. Chron. 1935, p. 109. PM = PARTHICVS MAXIMVS. Apr 18, 2012
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Alexandreia (BC 301-281) AE 13705 views301-281 BC. AE13 (1.81g). Laureate head of Apollo right / AΛEΞ, Apollo Smintheus advancing right, holding burning torch over left shoulder, and in outstretched right hand bow and arrow; mouse at his feet. Rare. F+. Hoeft coll.Feb 26, 2012
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Sardeis (AD 209-212) AE 26 - Geta293 viewsGeta, 209-212 AD. AE26 (8.97g). ΠO CЄB - ΓЄTAC KAI, laureate head right / CAPΔIANΩN B NЄΩ - K - OPΩN, Pelops in short chiton and chlamys, running right, grasping prancing horse; below grass. Very rare, F-F+, rough olive-green patina. Hoeft coll.Feb 26, 2012
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Saitta (AD 200-300) AE 17290 viewsQuasi-autonomous, early 3rd century AD. AE17 (2.12g). [Π]OΛ - IC, draped bust of City-Goddess (Tyche) right, wearing tripartite mural crown / CAITTH - NΩN, nude Herakles standing right, holding lion's-skin over left arm and resting with right hand on club. Very rare, F+, sand-patina. Hoeft coll.
The female figure on the obv. could well be the personification of the Polis.Feb 26, 2012
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Ankyra (AD 198-217) AE30 - Caracalla359 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (15.72g). ANTΩNINOC - AVΓOVCTO - C, laureate head right / MHTPOΠOΛЄ - ΩC ANKVPAC, nude athlete standing facing, head right, holding with left hand long curved staff and crowning himself with raised right hand with prize-crown; laurel-branch and IЄ/RO/C to left, AΓ/Ω/N to right. Very rare, gVF. Hoeft coll.
Pat Lawrence: The male figure on the rev. could be the personification of Hieros Agon, which would match the Nominativus.Feb 25, 2012
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Aphrodisias (AD 254-268) AE24 - Salonina342 viewsSalonina, 254-268 AD. AE24 (6.32g). IOV KOPN - CAΛONINAC, draped bust right, wearing stephane, on crescent / AΦPOΔIC - I - ЄΩN, Tyche in long garment and mantle, wearing kalathos, standing facing, head left, holding cornucopiae in left arm and in rudder in right hand. F+. Hoeft coll.Feb 25, 2012
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Alexandreia (AD 260-268) AE 24 - Gallienus303 viewsGallienus, sole reign, 260-268 AD. AE24 (11.10g). IMP - LIC GAL, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / TROAS, draped and turreted bust of City-Goddess (Tyche) right; vexillum behind inscribed with AV/CO. About VF, attractive green patina. Hoeft coll.Feb 25, 2012
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Alexandreia (AD 251-253) AE 24 - Volusian279 viewsVolusian, 251-253 AD. AE24 (6.79g). IMP C VIBI AFINI OLVSSIANV, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / COL AVG - TROADE, nude statue of Marsysa, wearing boots, standing left on small base, holding wineskin over left shoulder and raising right hand in greeting. About VF. Hoeft coll.Feb 25, 2012
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Alexandreia (AD 218-222) AE 24 - Elagabalus476 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE24 (8.01g). AV M AV ANT - ONINVS PIV, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right, Gorgoneion on breast plate / COL AVG T / [R]O ALEX, Roman she-wolf right, head turned left, suckling the twins Remus and Romulus. About VF. Hoeft coll.Feb 25, 2012
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Alexandreia (AD 218-222) AE 23 - Elagabalus453 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE23 (7.71g). SE ANTONI - NVS PIVS, cuirassed and laureate bust right / COL ALEXAN / AVG, Roman she-wolf left, head turned right, suckling the twins Remus and Romulus. About VF, almost black patina. Hoeft coll.
Bellinger: This would appear to be next to the earliest issues. SE is an error most likely to have been committed at the beginning of the reign.Feb 25, 2012
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Sardeis (AD 100-300) AE 19888 viewsImperial times, 2nd-3rd century AD. AE19 (3.23g). ΣAP - ΔIΣ, Tyche Sardis right, draped and veiled, wearing mural crown / ΣAPΔIANΩN B NEΩKOPΩN, cult statue of Kore standing facing, wearing polos, surmounted by star and crescent; grain-ear to left, poppy to right. Rare variant. VF, black-green patina.Mar 25, 2011
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Samos (AD 198-209) AE 16 - Geta as Caesar483 viewsGeta as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE16 (3.18g). AV K - AI ΓETAC, head right / CAM-IΩN, river-god Imbrasos reclining left, wearing himation, nude to hips, holding reed in right hand and resting left elbow on cornucopiae and vase from which water flows left. About VF. Hoeft coll.
In the marshes at the mouth of the river Imbrasos, the Ionian colonists under Proklos are said to have found a wooden image of Hera which was caught in a willow brushwood. Therefore, they built an altar beside this tree. From this altar the famous temple of Hera, the Heraion, originated. Imbrasos himself had a daughter Okyrrhoe by the Samian nymph Chesias (a hypostasis of the goddess Artemis). Okyrrhoe later was seduced by Apollo (Aelian, Hist.animal. 15.23).Nov 06, 2010
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Antiocheia (AD 197-198) AE 24 - Julia Domna390 viewsJulia Domna, 197-218 AD. AE24 (6.1g). IVLIA A - VGV[C]T[A], draped bust right / ANT-IOXO-ENI - COL [CAE]S, female Genius of Antiochia standing facing, head turned left; wearing long clothes and kalathos, holding cornucopiae in left arm and branch in outstretched right hand. F+/about VF, earthen patina. Hoeft coll. Nov 06, 2010
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Selge (AD 209-212) AE 16 - Geta315 viewsGeta, 209-212 AD. AE16 (4.13g). AV K - CE ΓETAC, bearded, laureate head right / CEΛ-ΓEΩN, Dionysos standing left, wearing nebris and boots, holding kantharos in right hand and resting left hand on knobby thyrsos decorated with Styrax leaves(!). Very rare, VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll. Unpublished?
Here, the thyrsos is obviously decorated with Styrax! Selge was the center of the Styrax production and so it's an understandable hint to its main product. I think this depiction is unique. Nov 06, 2010
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Eumeneia (AD 100-200) AE 17399 views2nd century AD. AE17 (2.99g). Draped and wreathed bust of Dionysos right; to left, panther standing left, looking up at him / EVME-NEΩN - AXAIΩN, Athena standing left, wearing double chiton and helmet, holding patera in right hand, spear and shield set on ground in left. VF, sand patina. Hoeft coll.Nov 06, 2010
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Sardeis (AD 100-200) AE 22438 views2nd century AD. AE22 (5.81g). CAPΔIA-NΩN, head of Dionysos left, wearing ivy-wreath / CAPΔIANΩN, bearded and nude Silenos sitting right on basket (cista mystica?), holding kantharos in right hand and infant Dionysos, who sits on his left knee and stretches his arms. Very rare, about VF, sand patina. Hoeft coll.; ex Hauck & Aufhäuser.Nov 06, 2010
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Nikaia (AD 193-211) AE 15 - Septimius Severus362 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE15 (1.50g). CEΠTIMI - OC AVΓO, bust, cuirassed, laureate, right / NIKAI-EΩN, snake erecting in two coils to left. About VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll.
There are several small coins with this rev. It is difficult to attribute them correctly.Nov 06, 2010
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Alexandreia (AD 222-235) AE 20 - Severus Alexander408 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE20 - Semis (4.90g). IMP [C M] CEV ALEZANDE, cuirassed, laureate bust right / TROA - COL AV, statue of Apollo Smintheus in Himation standing right on small base, holding bow in left hand and patera right hand; quiver over left shoulder. Rare, about VF, dark green patina.Jan 08, 2010
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Antiocheia (AD 238-244) AE 34 - Gordian III414 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE34 (24.29g). IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / ANTIOCHIA COLONIA CAESARIA, emperor, radiate, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, standing in quadriga galloping left F+/aVF, dark-green patina with light-green highlights.Sep 24, 2009
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Sebastopolis-Herakleiopolis (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus597 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (12.86g), struck 205/6 AD (year 208). AY KAI Λ CEΠTI - CEVHPOC - AYΓ, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / CEBAC - TO - HP - AKΛEO / ET HC, tetrastyle temple with two-stage base and triagonal pediment decorated with wreath with ribbons. VF/about EF, nice brown-green patina. Hoeft coll.Sep 01, 2009
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Miletos (AD 54-68) AE 18 - Nero546 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE18 (2.44g), struck under magistrate Louros. CEBA - CTOC, laureate head right / EΠI ΛO - YPOY, cult statue of nude Apollo Didymeus standing right, holding in left hand his bow and in extended right hand recumbent stag looking back to him. F+/about VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll.Sep 01, 2009
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Hieropolis-Kastabala (AD 150-211) AE 24448 viewspseudo-autonomous, ca 150-211 AD. AE24 (8.71g). IEPOΠOΛI - TΩN, bust of the City-Goddess (Tyche) right, draped and veiled, wearing mural-crown / [TΩN ΠPOΣ TΩ ΠYPAMΩ], bust of Artemis Perasia right, draped and veiled, wearing mural-crown; burning torch before. aVF, dark-green patina. Hoeft coll.
The goddess on the rev. is sometimes called Hekate because of the torch, in error because Hekate never wears a mural crown. This type should not have been struck after Severus, where KAΣTABAΛEΩN is always added.Sep 01, 2009
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Tarsos (AD 240-251) AE 35 - Trajan Decius303 viewsTrajan Decius, 240-251 AD. AE35 (27.29g). AV KAI Γ MEC KVIN.ΔEKIOC TPAIANO, in left and right field Π- Π/ TAPCO - V MHTPOΠOΛEΩC ΓB, in left and right field A/M - K, Perseus, nude except chlamys over left shoulder, standing left, holding harpa in left arm, head of Medusa in left hand and in extended right hand cult-statue of Apollo standing frontal on omphalos and holding in each hand a dog with head up. Rare. F+/aVF, olive-green patina, usual roughness. Hoeft coll.
Perseus was the suggested founder of Tarsos. Apollo here is often called Apollo Lykeios in error.Sep 01, 2009
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Side (BC 200-0) AE 20351 views2nd-1st century BC. AE18 (4.14g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣIΔH - TΩN, Athena, in peplos, wearing Corinthian helmet, advancing left, holding spear and shield with aegis; behind, snake coiling left. VF, nice green patina. Hoeft coll.
May 20, 2009
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Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 17765 views133-48 BC. AE17 (4.20g). Bust of Artemis, with bow and quiver on shoulder, wearing mural crown, right / AΠAME[ΩN] / KHΦIΣO - ΣKAV, nude Marsyas, nebris flowing behind [wearing Phrygean bonnet], standing right tip-toed on Meander pattern, playing double-flute. VF. Hoeft coll.
Apameia was situated near the springs of the river Marsyas and Meander.May 20, 2009
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The Kaystrianoi (BC 200-50) AE 15462 views2nd-1st century BC. AE15 (1.98g). Laureate head of Apollo right / KAYCTP[I]ANΩN, lion-skin draped over club. Very rare, about VF, nice light-green patina. Hoeft coll.
The Kaystrianoi (Caystriani), the people of the plain of the Lower Kayster (HN). The river Kayster, today Karasu, has been celebrated by the ancient poets as the favorite residence of the swans. Ephesos was located on the mouth of the Kayster. The plains were first mentioned by Homer, Ilias 2.461. The coins were struck probably in Hypaipa (HN).May 20, 2009
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Helios on Kilikia, Tarsos537 views1st century BC. AE21 (6.54g). Veiled and turreted bust of City-Goddess (Tyche) right; countermark on her face in the shape of a male radiate head (Helios?) in circular incuse / Pyre of Sandan in pyramidal shape, crowned by an eagle with spread wings standing right on a small round base; within, cult statue of Sandan wearing polos and holding double axe standing right on a winged and horned lion, right hand raised; left and right besides a baetylus; altogether on a round base decorated with garlands; in right field TAP[Σ]EΩN, in left field AP / AP / ΔI / Θ. About VF, slight roughness. Hoeft coll.May 20, 2009
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Seleukeia (BC 200-0) AE 24407 views2nd-1st century BC. AE24 (6.90g). Draped bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and necklace; branch before, ΣA behind / ΣEΛEYKEΩN [TΩN ΠPOΣ T]Ω / KAΛYKAΔNΩ, winged Nike advancing left, wearing long garment, holding wreath in raised right hand; in left field, monogram in two lines: NKI / KAΛ (NK ligate). VF. Hoeft coll.May 20, 2009
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Smyrna (BC 190-50) AE 21547 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (8.83g), struck under magistrates Xarizenos and Trikkas. Head of Apollo, laureate, right / ΣMYPNAIΩN - XAPIZENOΣ / TPIKKAΣ, the poet Homer, wearing himation, standing left, holding scroll in left hand, right hand raised. VF, nice dark-green patina, adjustment marks on rev. Hoeft coll.
Strabo mentioned specifically this issue of bronze coinage from Smyrna: "there is also a library; and the 'Homereum', a quadrangular portico containing a shrine and a wooden statue of Homer; for the Smyrnaeans also lay especial claim to the poet and indeed a bronze coin of theirs is called Homereum. (Strabo, Geographica XIV, I.37, transl. by H.C. Jones, The Geography of Strabo, VI [Loeb, 1960], pp. 245-247)May 20, 2009
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Tiberiopolis (AD 177-192) AE 23396 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck probably in the time of Commodus, 177-192 AD(?). AE23 (4.66g). ΔH - MOC, draped and diademed youthful portrait of Demos right / TI-BEPIOΠ-OΛEITΩN, nude Apollo standing left, leaning with left hand on column and holding branch in right hand. Very rare, about VF, light overall roughness. Hoeft coll.May 19, 2009
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Laodikeia (AD 54-68) AE 20 - Nero565 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE20 (5.61g), struck under magistrate Julius Andronicus Euergetes. NEPΩN Σ[EBAΣT]OΣ ΘEOΣ, bare head right / IOVΛIOΣ / ANDPONIKO[Σ] / EVEPΓETH[Σ]/ ΛA-OΔIK[E]/ΩN, Zeus Laodikeios standing left, holding eagle and staff. Rare, VF, deep black-green patina. Hoeft coll.
May 19, 2009
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Kibyra (AD 218-222) AE 24 - Elagabalus515 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE24 (7.87g). AV KM AV - ANTΩNINOC, draped, radiate bust right / KIBVPATΩN, river-god reclining left, resting with left arm on vase from which water is flowing left, holding reed in right hand; in upper left field, a chest; in left field KAICA/PE/ΩN. Rare, F. Hoeft coll.
The depicted chest is the symbol of Kibyra. Because KIBΩTON (Greek for wooden case or chest) was used in the NT for Noah's Ark, it was suggested that Kibyra was the place where Noah landed after the Flood. Therefore it became a famous site of pilgrimage. May 19, 2009
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Kibyra (AD 81-96) AE 17531 viewsQuasi-autonomous, time of Domitian (81-96 AD). AE17 (2.40g), struck under archiereus Klaud. Biantos. KIBVPA - TΩN, draped and veiled bust of Ino right / EΠI APXI - E KΛAV BI / ANTOC, humbled bull, butting right. Rare, about VF. Hoeft coll.
This coin shows the rare portrait of Ino. We know that because on some coins she is named in the legend. Ino was the daughter of Kadmos and Harmonia. She lent Odysseus her magic girdle (Hom.Od.V, 353).May 19, 2009
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Hierapolis (Auton. AD 100-300) AE 24408 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 2nd century AD. AE24 (7.34g). ΛAIP - BHNOC, draped and radiate bust of Apollo Lairbenos right / IEPAΠOΛEITΩN/NEΩKOPΩ/N, she-wolf standing left, suckling the twins Remus and Romulus; star above. About VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll.
Lairbenos is a pre-Greek name of Apollo from Asia Minor. Some put it to 'labrys' = double axe, others to Hetitian 'labarnas' = master. But more possibly it is a toponymikon or ethnikon. There are several sanctuaries of Lairbenos in Phrygia with numerous votive inscriptions especially in Dionysopolis and Motela.May 19, 2009
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Eumeneia (AD 14-29) AE 14 - Livia749 viewsLivia, mother of Tiberius, 14-29 AD. AE14 (3.32g), struck under magistrate Kleon Agapetos. CEB, draped bust of Livia left / KΛEΩN/AΓAΠH / TOC / EVMENE/ΩN in laurel wreath. Very rare, about VF, olive-green patina. Hoeft coll.
The obv. shows Livia Drusilla, mother of Tiberius. She had a strong, but not welcomed influence on Tiberius. When she died in 29 AD, he did not come to Rome for her funeral.May 19, 2009
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Apameia (AD 200-300) AE 19435 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 3rd century AD. AE19 (3.29g). ΔH-MOC, bearded, draped, laureate(?) bust of Demos right / AΠA-MEΩ-N, nude Marsyas advancing right, nebris flowing behind, playing double flute. VF. Hoeft coll.
Marsyas playing the auloi, the typical double-flute. But actually the auloi was not a simple flute but a tongued instrument so more like an oboe. Both parts often were tuned in the distance of an octave but that could be changed. Here you can clearly see the grip holes. May 19, 2009
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Apameia (AD 100-200) AE 15505 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 2nd century AD. AE15 (2.80g). AΠAM - EIA, draped bust of the City-Tyche right, wearing mural crown / AΠA - MEIΩN, Hekate Triformis, three-figured, with 3 heads and 6 arms, each with double-chiton and wearing kalathos, holding torches. F+. Hoeft coll.May 19, 2009
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Amorion (AD 198-209) AE 28 - Geta376 viewsGeta, 198-209 AD. AE28 (7.86g). ΓETAC AV - ΓOVCTOC, laureate head right / AMOPI - ANΩN, Nemesis, richly draped, standing frontal, head left, wheel beside, holding bridle in left hand and raising with right hand fold of drapery under her chin. Rare, good VF, dark olive-green patina. Hoeft coll.; ex Rhigetti coll.
May 19, 2009
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Ankyra (AD 138-161) AE 33 - Antoninus Pius418 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE33 (15.42g), struck under archon Licinius. AY KAI T AIΛIOC ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right / EΠI ΛIKINIOY APX ANKYPANΩN, Kybele, richly draped, wearing mural crown, standing left on throne, resting left arm on tympanon set on throne, holding patera in outstretched right hand; lion left at her feet. Scarce, nice about VF. Hoeft coll.May 19, 2009
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Akmoneia (AD 54-59) AE 18 - Agrippina Jr.628 viewsAgrippina Jr., Augusta 54-59 AD, mother of Nero. AE18 (3.45g), struck under archiereus Servinius Capito and his wife, archiera Julia Severa, [C]EBACTHN AΓPIΠΠIN[AN], draped bust right; poppy and grain-ears before / EΠI CEPOVHNIOV [KAΠITΩNOC KAI IOVΛIAC CEOVHPAC] AKMONEΩN, Artemis in double chiton advancing right, holding bow in raised left hand and pulling arrow from quiver behind left shoulder with right hand; in front, Nike standing right, holding wreath in raised left hand; behind, stag standing right. VF, green patina.May 19, 2009
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Akmoneia (AD 54-69) AE 16503 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 54-69 AD. AE16 (2.80g), struck under archiereus Servinius Capito and his wife, archiera Julia Severa. ΘEAN POMHN - AKMONEIC, turreted bust of Roma right / CEPOVHNIOV KAΠITΩNOC KAI IOVΛIAC CEOVHPAC, Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm-branch. Good F. Hoeft coll.
This is a rare coin where both spouses are named in the legend. It is said to be typical for archierontes, high priests of Asia.May 19, 2009
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Sardeis (AD 194-217) AE 22 - Julia Domna492 viewsJulia Domna, 194-217 AD. AE22 (5.71g), struck under archon Annius Rufus. IOVΛIA - CEBACTH, draped bust right, hair in broad bun behind / EΠI POVΦOV CAPΔI-A-NΩN B NEΩKOPΩN, Demeter in double-chiton standing facing, head left, holding in extended right hand two grain-ears and in raised left hand burning long torch; at her feet, coiled snake left. Rare, about VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll.May 18, 2009
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Sardeis (AD 81-96) AE 32 - Domitian475 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE32 (15.76g), struck under strategos T.FL.Metrodoros. ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP CEBAC - TOC Γ[E]PMANIKOC, laureate bust right, Aegis on left shoulder / [EΠI T ΦΛ MHTPO]ΔΩPOV CTPA - TO B CAPΔ / [IAΩN] (TO ligate), youthful Dionysos in long garment sitting left on throne, resting with left arm on back of throne and propping his head in left hand; with right hand pouring wine from kantharos into cup which Hephaistos holds to him with his left hand; nude Hephaistos standing right, wearing his typical hat and holding right arm behind his back; his hammer standing in front. Rare, F/about VF. Hoeft coll.
The rev. obviously depicts the scene which precedes directly Hephaistos' return to the Olympos. Dionysos has invited Hephaistos to a meeting to make him drunken with wine.May 18, 2009
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Sardeis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 20 - Augustus384 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (6.84g), struck under magistrate Musaios. Homonoia between Sardeis and Pergamon. CEBACTOV, bare head right / SAPΔIANΩN - KAI ΠEPΓAMHNΩN, bearded Demos in himation standing left, and youthful Demos in short chiton standing right, each holding transverse scepter, clasping hands; MOV/SAI/OS in field between them. Very rare, F+, blue-green patina, somewhat patchy.May 18, 2009
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Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 15623 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 54-68 AD (time of Nero). AE15 (2.59g), struck under the magistrate Ti. Cl. Mnaseas. EΠI TI MNACEOV CAPΔIANΩN, bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin on shoulders / CE-BACTH, winged Nike flying left, holding palm branch in left arm and wreath in extended right hand. About VF. Hoeft coll.
The legend CEBASTH (lat. Augusta) may suggest that Poppaea is depicted here as Nike. There is a similar coin from Smyrna with the legend NEIKH Î OÎ Î AIA SMYR where this connection is explicit (SNG 2486).May 18, 2009
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Saitta (AD 200-220) AE 21 - quasi-autonomous465 viewsQuasi-autonomous, early 3rd century AD. AE21 (5.82g). AZIO - T - THNOC, bust of Men Aziottenos right, wearing Phrygian cap ornamented with stars, crescent behind shoulders / CAITTHNΩN, youthful river-god Hermos leaning left, holding reed in right hand and cornucopiae in left arm; resting left elbow on inverted vase from which water is flowing left; in ex. EPMOC. Rare, good VF (the most beautiful ex. I know). Hoeft coll.
The stars on the cap clearly seen on this specimen are not mentioned in BMC or SNG von Aulock.May 18, 2009
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Nysa (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla491 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (6.62g). AVT [KM] - AVP [CE] ANTΩNINOC, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / NYCA-EΩN, Kore/Persephone, clad in long chiton and peplos, head dropped, standing left, holding in right hand long knotted staff (scepter?), with lowered left hand holding garment at her hip. Very rare, probably unpublished. VF, green patina. Hoeft coll.May 18, 2009
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Nakrasa (AD 100-200) AE 17603 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 100-200 AD. AE17 (1.98g). ΘEON - CVNKΛHTON, laureate head of youthful Senate right / NAKPA - CITΩN, head of Roma right. About VF. Hoeft coll.May 18, 2009
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Maionia (AD 117-138) AE 20459 viewsQuasi-autonomous, time of Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE20 (5.58g), struck under epistrategos Demetrios. MAIO - NΩN, bearded bust of Herakles left / EΠI ΔHMH - TPIOV, Omphale advancing right, holding club over left shoulder and lion skin. Rare, good F. Hoeft coll.May 18, 2009
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Maionia (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus471 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 (22.57g), struck under archon Julianus. AV [KAI] Λ CE - ΠCEVHP[OC ΠE]P - TIN, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / EΠI IO[VΛI]AN - OV [TAAB(??) APXONTOC], Dionysos in long garment, holding thyrsos in left arm, leaning right on biga drawn by two Centaurs and resting with right arm on back; the Centaur in front, looks back and holds a club in right arm and torch in raised left hand, the other Centaur holds torch in right hand; in ex. MAI[ONΩ]N. F+, surfaces with porosity. Hoeft coll.May 18, 2009
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Maionia (AD 161-180) AE 35 - Marcus Aurelius431 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE35 (24.70g), struck under archon Quintus. AVT KAIC - ANTΩNEINOC AVP, laureate bust right / EΠI KVEINTOV B APX A MAIONIΩN, Hades with blowing clothes in galloping quadriga right, head left, holding scepter and reins, clasping struggling Persephone waving arms in distress; her flower basket below horses, flying Eros above. Rare, about VF, two flan cracks. Hoeft coll.; ex Burnstein coll.
Hades fell in love with Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, and asked Zeus for permission to marry her. Zeus feared to offend his eldest brother by a downright refusal, but knew also that Demeter would not forgive him if Persephone were committed to the underworld. Zeus "therefore answered politically that he could neither give nor withhold his consent." This emboldened Hades to abduct Persephone, as she was picking flowers in a meadow, and carry her away in his horse-drawn chariot to the underworld.May 18, 2009
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Magnesia ad Sipylos (AD 180-192) AE 30 - Commodus412 viewsCommodus, 180-192 AD. AE30 (14.18g), struck under strategos Aelius Kodratus(?). AVT KAI MAP - AVPH KOMOΔOC, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / EΠI CTPA A KOΔ - PA / MAΓNHTΩN CIΠVΛO, Kybele in long garment, wearing mural crown, standing left in biga, drawn by two lions with raised right fore-feet, holding reins in right hand and holding in left hand unknown object(?). F+/about VF, brown-olive patina, some overall roughness, holed. Hoeft coll.May 18, 2009
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Hermokapeleia (AD 150-250) AE 18671 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 150-250 AD. AE18 (3.12g). IEPA CVN - KΛHTOC, draped bust of Roman Senate right / ΘEA PΩ EPM - OKAΠH[ΛITΩ], draped and turreted bust of Roma right; under chin, monogram B. VF, blackgreen patina. Hoeft coll.
May 18, 2009
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Germe (AD 198-209) AE 28 - Geta345 viewsGeta, 198-209 AD. AE 28 (12.58g). ΠCEΠTIMIOC - ΓETAC KAIC, draped, cuirassed, and bare-headed bust right / CTP ΓΛVKΩNOC B ΓEPMHNΩN, Apollo Kitharoidos, nude, standing right, legs crossed, holding right hand above head, resting with left hand on kithara, set on column; left behind a tree with snake coiling around. Rare, about VF. Hoeft coll.
Referring to Ehling, all coins from Germe are from Germe in Mysia.May 18, 2009
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Germe (AD 100-130) AE 16463 viewsTime of Antonines, 100-130 AD. AE16 (2.90g). IEPA.CVN - KΛHTO, draped youthful bust of Senate right / ΓEPMA - NΩN, draped and laureate bust of Apollo right, laurel-branch before. Rare, about VF. Hoeft coll.
Referring to Ehling, all coins from Germe are from Germe in Mysia. Whether there was another Germe in Lydia is unclear.May 18, 2009
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Bageis (AD 198-213) AE 21439 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 198-213 AD (time of later Severans). AE21 (4.36g), struck under archon Gaius. ΔHMOC, laureate youthful bust of Demos right, drapery on far shoulder / EΠI ΓAIOV APX A / BAΓHNΩN (HN ligate), river-god Hermos, wearing himation, reclining right, resting with left arm on urn from which water is flowing, holding water plant over right shoulder, in ex. EPMOC. Rare, about VF, dark-green patina, slight roughness. Hoeft coll.; ex Drewry coll.May 18, 2009
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Bageis (AD 0-100) AE 19517 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck during Roman times. AE19 (2.8g). ΘEON [C]VNK - ΛHTOC, draped and diademed elderly bust of the Roman Senate right / B[AΓ]-HN-ΩN, Athena, draped and wearing Corinthian helmet, seated left on cuirass, holding wreath in right hand and resting with left elbow on shield set on ground, spear behind her(?). Rare, about VF, green patina. Hoeft coll.May 18, 2009
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Attaleia (AD 100-200) AE 18 - quasi-autonomous488 viewsQuasi-autonomous, time of the Antonines, 2nd century AD. AE18 (2.82g). Wreathed youthful head of Dionysos right / ATTAΛ-E-ATΩN, nude Pan advancing left, wearing boots, holding bunch of grapes in extended right hand and lagobolon in left hand. VF/about VF, black-brown patina.May 18, 2009
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Teos (AD 100-300) AE 20532 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck 2nd-3rd century AD under magistrate Anak., known from Lebedos. AE20 (4.31g). Bearded bust of Dionysos right; tripod before, entwined by dolphin / EΠI EΓ ANAK THIΩN, the poet Anakreon, wearing himation, standing right, holding with both hands lyra set on his knees. Very rare, VF, olive patina. Hoeft coll.
The rev. is also known from Volusian. Anakreon is one of the most famous lyric poets of ancient Greece besides Archilochos, Sappho and Alkaios.May 16, 2009
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Smyrna (AD 238-244) AE 21 - Gordian III464 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE21 (5.69g). A KM ANT - ΓOPΔIANOC, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right / CMVPNAIΩN.Γ - NEΩKOPΩN, Herakles, nude, standing frontal, head left, holding club and lion-skin in left arm, pouring from kantharos with right hand. Rare, about VF/VF, olive-green patina. Hoeft coll.
Herakles is shown here with attributes of Dionysos! May 16, 2009
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Smyrna (AD 200-220) AE 27476 viewsQuasi-autonomous, early 3rd century AD. AE27 (6.68g), struck under eparchos Pollianus. IEPA CYNKΛHTOC, draped, turreted(?) bust of Senate right / CMYP Γ NE - EΠΠΩΛΛI - ANOV, two draped Nemeseis standing facing each another, the right one holding measuring rod, the left one reins, wheel at feet of the right one; both touching cloth below their chin. Good F. Hoeft coll.
These are the well-known 'Two Nemeseis of Smyrna.' According to the story of Pausanias 7.5.3, where Alexander the Great founded the new Smyrna, one Nemesis represents the old city and the other the new city.May 16, 2009
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Smyrna (AD 100-200) AE 16486 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck 2nd century AD (time of Antonines). AE16 (2.38g). ME-[Λ]-HC, river-god Meles, nude, except himation around hips, leaning left, resting left ellbow on urn from which water flows, holding reed in right hand / CMYPN - AIΩN, Nike, winged and wearing long chiton, advancing right, holding wreath in raised right hand and palm branch over left shoulder. Good F/about VF, dark black-brown patina. Hoeft coll.
Smyrna at the river Meles is one of the cities which claims to be the birthplace of Homer. A myth says that Homer's original name was Melesigenes (= 'coming from the Meles').May 16, 2009
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Samos (AD 138-161) AE 19 - Antoninus Pius383 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE19 (5.33g). [A]NTΩNINOC - KAICAP(?), laureate head right / C[A]MIΩN, cult-statue of the Samian Hera in long garment and wearing polos, standing right, holding in both hands long ribbons. Good F. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009
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Magnesia (AD 244-249) AE 34 - Philip I349 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE34 (15.4g), struck under grammateus Aur. Musaius. AYT KM IOY - ΦIΛIΠΠOC, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right, seen from behind / [EΠI] ΓP AVP MOYCAI - OY MAΓNH / TΩN (in ex.), Dionysos, standing left, holding thyrsos in left hand and pouring wine from kantharos with right hand; grape bunch over his right shoulder; left at his feet, a small Satyr playing with panther, who is leaping left; at his right side, a dancing maenad wearing chiton and beating her tympanon, looking left. Very rare, F, some roughness. Thanks to Curtis Clay for the attribution! Hoeft coll.
The satyr, rarely seen, looks like a goat leaping left!May 16, 2009
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Magnesia (AD 138-161) AE 34 - Antoninus Pius565 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE34 (26.53g), struck under grammateus L. Dioskurides Gratos Metr. [T AI]ΛIOC KAICAP - ANTΩNEINO[C], laureate head right / EΠI ΔIOCKOVPIΔ[OV] ΓP - MAΓ - NHTΩN, Themistokles, nude to hips, sitting left on throne with lion's-feet, left hand at parazonium hanging at his left side, with right hand holding an oval shield inscribed with (?)EM/(?)AN/OC in three lines set on cippus; right behind him a horse standing right, head turned left. Very rare, F+. Hoeft coll.
This coin was very difficult to interpret because of the depiction of the male figure, nude, with parazonium, very tall upper part of the body, but it suggests Themistokles. There is another rare type of him sacrificing before an altar, where he is similarily depicted. Themistokles is the famous hero of Salamis who had to flee from Athens after an ostrakismos. His former enemy, the Persian king Artaxerxes I, accommodated him and made him satrap of Lampsakos and Magnesia ad Maeandrum due to his merits at Salamis.May 16, 2009
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Magnesia (AD 117-138) AE 26 - Hadrian348 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE26 (10.16g). AV KAI TPAI - AΔPIANOC CE, laureate head right / AVΛAEITHC - MAΓNH, Apollo Aulaeites, in long girdled garment, stg. right, holding lyra in left arm and plektron in lowered right hand. F+/about VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009
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Klazomenai (BC 27-AD 14) AE 16 - Augustus653 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE16 (4.39g). KΛAZOM - KTISTHS, laureate head of Augustus right / ΘEA - ΛIBIA, head of Livia right. Rare, about VF. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009
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Ephesos (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus327 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE28 (7.22g). AVT ΠO ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC, bust, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right, seen from behind / EΦECI[ΩN?] D - NEΩKOPΩN, Artemis stg. frontal, head right, wearing a short hunting dress and boots, holding bow in left hand and reaching with right hand quiver over her right shoulder; left beside her, a leaved branched tree, one branch reaching behind her to her left shoulder. About EF, dark-green patina. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009
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Ephesos (AD 253-268) AE 26 - Gallienus277 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE26 (8.22g). AVT K ΠO ΛIKIN ΓAΛΛIHNOC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / EΦECIΩN.Γ NEΩKOPΩN, Leto, in long garment, hurrying right, head turned left; her twins on shoulders - on right shoulder Artemis holding torch, Apollo leaning on left shoulder. Rare, F+ to about VF, olive-green patina. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009
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Ephesos (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus321 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (7.69g). AVT K ΠOΛ ΛIK - ΓAΛΛIHNOC, draped, cuirassed(?) and laureate bust right / Androklos, nude, except chlamys; spear over left shoulder and small round shield in lowered right hand; boar before him, tree behind. Rare, VF. Hoeft coll.
Androklos was the mythological founder of Ephesos.May 16, 2009
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Ephesos (AD 238-244) AE 29 - Gordian III419 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE29 (8.47g). AVT K.M.AN - T.ΓOPΔIANOC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / EΦECIΩN / TVXE / KAI A - ΛEΞ - ANΔ - PEΩN, City goddess (Tyche), wearing high kalathos, leaning left, holding cornucopiae in left arm and cult-statue of Artemis Ephesia in outstretched right hand. Very rare (possibly 2nd known!). VF, blue-green patina. Hoeft coll.
This is a nice spec. of the so-called Homonoia Coinage which was issued in Asia Minor for two joint cities as expression for their entente cordiale. This one was struck in Ephesos joint with Alexandria in Egypt.May 16, 2009
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Ephesos (AD 193-211) AE 17 - Septimius Severus504 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE17 (2.60g). AV KL [CEΠ- C]EVHPOC, draped, laureate bust right / EΦEC-I/ΩN, boar running right, pierced by spear. Rare, unpublished. Good F. Hoeft coll.
The boar belongs to the local founder myth of Ephesos.May 16, 2009
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Ephesos (AD 161-180) AE 19 - Marcus Aurelius724 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE19 (4.43g). KAICAP.OV - VHPOC, draped bust right / EΦE / CIΩN (in ex.), emperor, with waving chlamys behind, stg. right in biga drawn by two stags, holding reins in outstretched hands. VF-. Unpublished, probably unique. Hoeft coll.May 16, 2009
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Ephesos (AD 117-138) AE 28 - Hadrian555 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE28 (18.88g). AΔPIANOC KAI - CAP OLYMΠIOC, bust, laureate, right / APTEMIC EΦECIA, cult statue of the Ephesian Artemis standing facing with outstretched arms; 2 stags at her feet right and left. Rare obv. legend, about VF. Hoeft coll.
Hadrian achieved the title 'Olympios' AD 128/129 after attending the Eleusinic Mysteries.May 16, 2009
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Masikytes (AD 98-117) AR Drachm - Trajan643 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AR Drachm (18.7mm, 3.53g), struck 98-99 AD. AYT KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM, laureate head right / ΔHM EΞ - YΠAT B, two three-stringed lyres side by side, owl above, a foot on each lyre. Nice EF, mint luster, fine bold portrait! Hoeft coll.
Masikytes, together with Kragoi, was one of the main regions of the Lycian League. Apollo/Lyre was the type of their coins.May 07, 2009
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Side (AD 256-258) AE 30 - Valerian II362 viewsValerian II, 256-258 AD, Caesar, son of Gallienus. AE30 (18.04g). ΠOV ΛIK KOP OVAΛEPIANON KAI CEB, draped, cuirassed, bare-headed bust right; beneath, eagle standing right with opened wings and head right; countermark: E in circular incus (Howgego 805) / CIΔHTΩN - NEΩKOPΩN, Athena (Sidetes), helmeted and wearing narrow peplos, stg. facing, head left; holding palmbranch over left shoulder and dropping voting pebble with right hand into amphora with two handles at her left side; to right, branch with a pomegranate. F/about VF, rough obv., rev. with slight strike weakness and distinct circular traces of the ancient smoothing process. Unpublished? Hoeft coll.
The E of the c/m should probably devaluate the coin from 10 units to 5 units. Coins from Side often show pomegranates because 'side' in Pamphylian means 'pomegranate'.May 07, 2009
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Side (AD 244-249) AE 32 - Philip II352 viewsPhilip II, 244-249 AD. AE32 (11.8g), Homonoia between Side and Perge. AV MAPKON IOVΛION ΦIΛIΠΠON KAI - CAP, draped, cuirassed, bare-headed bust right / CIΔH - TΩN, Athena Sidetes, in long double-chiton and with helmet, stg. right, holding spear in left hand and stretching out right hand, and Artemis Pergaia, in long double-chiton and wearing radiate crown, stg. left, holding long torch in left hand, sacrificing with extended right hand incense globules on small girlanded altar with conical heap of ashes, which is standing between the goddesses [stag at her feet]; pomegranate in upper field. Very rare, F+/F. Hoeft coll.May 07, 2009
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Side (AD 98-117) AE 17 - Trajan378 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE17 (4.53g). [..TPAI]ANOC - [...], draped, laureate bust right / CIΔH - TΩN, Nike/Athena, in long clothes, flying left on snake erecting before her, round shield on left shoulder and spear behind right shoulder; holding pomegranate in her outstretched right hand. Very rare, about VF. Hoeft coll.
Pat Lawrence has pointed out that the reverse cites the Nike which is held by Athena Sidetes in her outstretched hand on the tetradrachms of Antiochos VII Euergetes Sidetes who came from Side. The pomegranate was the symbol of Side (which means old-anatolian = pomegranate!), the snake obviously an allusion to Erychthonios.May 07, 2009
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Pogla (AD 198-217) AE 23 - Caracalla296 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE23 (11.89g). A.K.M.AV - ANTΩNINOC, cuirassed, laureate bust right / ΠOΓΛ - EΩN, cult-statue of Artemis Pergeia, crescent and star above, all in aediculum with doomed roof.
Rare, about VF, brown patina. Hoeft coll.May 07, 2009
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 29 - Gallienus443 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE29 (15.27g). AVT KAI ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛIHN - OC CEB, draped, laureate bust right, I before (for 10 Assaria) / APTEMIDO - C - ΠEPΓAIAC, distyle temple, within cult statue of Artemis Pergaia decorated with relief of figures; above: sun left, crescent right, besides two burning torches(?); in pediment A, on architrav ACVΛOV. About VF, some roughness. Hoeft coll.
Artemis Pergeia, a pre-hellenic goddess, called in Pampylian dialect Vanassa Preiia, was one of the most important deities in the eastern Mediterranean. Its cult statue is known only from coins. The statue was hidden in a gold covered shrine. Ca 80 BC it was looted by the notorious Verres, Quaestor of Cilicia. M.T. Cicero included it in his inquiry after Verres' misdeeds in 79 BC (see Cicero 'In C. Verrem'). No remnants of the famous temple have been found. May 07, 2009
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Kremna (AD 270-275) AE 30 - Aurelian450 viewsAurelian, 270-275 AD. AE30 (14.61g). IMP CSL DOM AURELIANO, draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right, seen from behind / APOL - LI - NI COL CREMNE, Apollo Propylaeus, radiate, advancing right, cloak flowing behind, drawing bow with arrow at hip. EF, green patina with gray-green overtones. Hoeft coll.; ex Rosenberg coll.; ex Giessener Münzhandlung 64 (10/1993), lot 757.May 07, 2009
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 198-217) AE 32 517 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).May 07, 2009
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