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Home > Phrygia Most viewed - Phrygia Bruzos (AD 238-244) AE 25 - Gordian III1793 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE25 (7.99g). AVT K M ANT Ω ΓOPΔIANO C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / B POV ZHΩN, Hekate standing facing on globe, head right, holding two torches. VF, green patina. Apameia (BC 100-48) AE 231756 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE23 (7.97g). Bust of Athena right, wearing high-crested Corinthian helmet and an aegis / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, eagle alighting on basis with meander pattern, flanked by caps of the Dioskouroi, star above; magistrates ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ and ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΣ. EF, glossy dark greenish brown patina. Bruzos (AD 235-238) AE 25 - Maximus1710 viewsMaximus, as Caesar, 235-238 AD. AE25 (4.65g, 6h). Bare-headed and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, holding phiale and scepter. VF, dark brown patina, some light roughness. Laodikeia (AD 5) AE 13 - Gaius, Caesar1637 viewsGaius, Caesar, grandson of Augustus, struck ca 5 AD. AE13 (2.33g, 12h). ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, bare head right / Eagle with spread wings between two monograms, ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ below. Rare early Imperial portrait. VF. Bruzos (AD 235-238) AE 29 - Maximinus & Maximus1575 viewsMaximinus and Maximus Caesar, 235-238 AD. AE29 (10.95g). Laureate and draped busts of Maximinus and Maximus confronted / BPOYZ-HNΩN, Athena to left holding spear, sacrificing over burning altar, shield to right. Apparently unpublished. Fine. Hadrianopolis (AD 198-217) AE 21 - Caracalla1569 viewsCaracalla, 198-217. AE21 (5.09g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tyche to left holding rudder and cornucopiae. Nice very fine. Peltai (AD 193-211) AE 22 - Septimius Severus1545 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE22 (5.06g), struck ca 202-205 AD. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. VF, dark brown patina. The same magistrate is recorded on a coin of Plautilla, so he must have served between 202 and 205 AD. Kibyra (AD 217-218) AE 45 - Macrinus and Diadumenianus1544 views217-218 AD. AE45 (61.32g). AVTO KAI M OPeL. eB. MAKPeINOC K M OPEL ANTOWNINOC KAICAP, laureate and curassed bust of Macrinus right and Diadumenianus left / KAICAPEWN KIBVPATWN - GRO, Amazon standing facing, wearing turreted crown, holding double-axe and patera, bowl with sphynx on top at feet to left. Brown patina, EF. Very rare. Bruzos (AD 193-211) AE 25 - Septimius Severus1540 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE25 (7.93g). Caecilius Rufinus magistrate. AVT KAI Λ CЄΠ CЄOVHP OC, laureate head right / KAIK POVΦINO C BPOVZHNΩN / ANЄΘH KЄN, Hygieia standing right, feeding snake from patera. Rare. aVF. Bruzos (AD 197-211) AE 26 - Geta 1536 viewsGeta, 197-211 AD. AE26 (9.08g). ΠЄ CЄΠ ΓЄΤΑC ΚΑ, cuirassed and draped bust right / ΒΡΟΥZΗΝΩΝ, Tyche holding cornucopiae and rudder. Rare. VF. Apameia (BC 49) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1515 viewsC. Fannius, Propraetor, 49 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.16g). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / C. FAN PONT PRO, two serpents on either side of tetrastyle temple with a draped standing figure holding a patera and sceptre; ΜΑΝΤΙΘΕΟΣ ΜΑΝΤΙΘΕΟΥ below, two flutes right. Toned VF. Rare. Kibyra (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Marcellus1192 viewsTime of Nero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (4.66g, 6h). Marcellus, legate(?). MAP KEΛΛOC, bare head of Marcellus right / KIBY PATΩN, eagle standing left on altar, head right. VF, black-green patina with traces of olive encrustation. Very rare. Ex Villemur Coll.; ex Malter XXXIV (12/1986), lot 371; ex Knobloch Coll. (Stack's, 6/1970), lot 376. Other than that his name was Marceullus, the identity of and office held by the individual depicted on this issue is uncertain. Certainly he held office worthy of this coinage, but during this period, no Marcellus is known to have served as a proconsul in Asia, nor is there any other reference to such an individual having served in any other important capacity. The only possibility that seems plausible is that he was a legate dispatched to attend to some important duty in Asia in the mid-1st century AD. Apameia (BC 150-140) Cistophoric Tetradrachm1091 viewsca 150-140 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.73g). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow-case with serpents; ΑΠΑ city monogram to L, elephant head to R. EF. Scarce. Akmoneia (BC 133-48) AE 231057 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE23 (7.62g). Bust of Athena right, wearing high-crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / [Α]ΚΜΟΝΕ[ΩΝ], eagle alighting from thunderbolt, flanked by stars; magistrates ΜΗΝΟΔΟΤΟΣ and ΣΙΛΛΩΝ. Good VF, golden tan patina, just a hint of light porosity. Very rare. ex CNG Triton V (1/2002), lot 500. Dorylaion (BC 3rd-2nd cent) AE 111008 views3rd-2nd century BC. AE11 (1.54g). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΔΟΡΙ(?), owl standing right, head facing, spearhead to right. Good style, dark green patina, VF/gVF. Very rare. Gutknecht coll. The assignment at 'Dorylaion' goes back to Imhoof Blumer. H. von Aulock, Phrygien II, 63 puts the coin without explanation after Hierapolis. Bloesch, Winterthur notes a handwritten note by Imhoof Blumer that remarks of Phrygian Dorieion, which has no known coinage (neither the Winterthurer nor the available piece show a "Y" at the end of the legend, actually also "I" is possible).1 comments Synnada (AD 253-368) AE 32 - Gallienus993 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE32 (17.81g, 6h). AVT' KAI' Π' ΛIK ΓAΛΛHNOC, C-EB across field, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CUN-NA-DE-ωN, venatio scene in the amphitheatre: across the center, lion chasing stag left, below, bestiarius attacking boar with spear; above, Orpheus attacked by a bear(?). Near EF, black patina. Extremely rare, one of approximately five known. Apameia (AD 14-37) AE 14 - Livia985 viewsLivia, mother of Tiberius, 14-37 AD. AE14 (3.95g). Markos Manneios. ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust of Livia / MARKOΣ MANNHIOΣ AΠAMEΩN, club above meander pattern. About very fine. Temenothyrai (AD 253-268) AE 38 - Gallienus982 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE38 / Medallion (18.51g, 6h). Titianus, archiereus. AV • KA • ΠO • ΛIKI • GAΛΛIHNOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis / TITIANOC APXIE–PEVC, THMENOΘV •/PEVCIN • in two lines in exergue, monumental ornate conical cult-image on cart drawn left by yoke of oxen; before, guide standing right, steadying oxen and directing to three figures above, standing right, and two figures behind, each of whom holds a guide rope. EF, green and red patina with earthen overtones. Extremely rare. The pompa, or procession, was a prominent part of the religious festivals and games of the Greco-Roman world. Often opening the associated games or accompanying the sacrifices, monumental images of the deity would be publicly conveyed (Ovid, Trist. 4.2-3, 6). Such was the Roman pompa circensis which preceded the games in the circus and was part of the celebration of a triumph. Likewise, the inception of a new consulship occasioned celebrations which also would have included the display of such images. Some such event must have been the occasion for the pompa depicted on this medallion, though a more specific event is as yet unknown. The archierus mentioned may be the Junius Titianus who was consul with Philip I in AD 245 (Cod. Theod. 6.39.2). Apameia (AD 238-244) AE 39 - Gordian III978 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE39 (27.51g). ΑVΤ Κ Îœ ΑΝ ΓΟPΔΙΑΝΟ−C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΠΑΡ Α-ΑΚΧ-ΙΟC ΠΑΝ, ΑΠΑΜΕΩ/Ν in two lines in exergue, representation of the story of Noah: to right, upper parts to waist, tunicate and stolate respectively, of Noah and his wife, latter also veiled, seen standing left in enclosing square chest (Lat., arca; Gr. kibotos) with raised lid on which perches a raven (?) right, facing left; floating on waves and inscribed with NΩE; to left, standing figures, as above but full-length, of Noah and spouse, gazing upwards, latter outermost, and raising right hands, elbows bent, in salutation to dove flying right above them, grasping olive-branch in claws. VF, dark green-brown patina, surfaces a little rough. Extremely rare. Schonwalter Coll. Laodikeia (BC 200-0) AE 17963 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE17 (3.58g). Bust of Aphrodite right / ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ, Aphrodite standing left, holding dove; rose to left. VF, brown patina. Apameia (BC 100-48) AE 35939 viewsca 133-48 BC. Medallic AE35 (20.74g). Bust of Athena right, wearing high-crested Corinthian helmet and aegis; set within an incuse beaded circle surrounded by a raised circle with two raised borders / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, eagle alighting on basis with meander pattern, flanked by caps of the Dioskouroi, star above; magistrate ΚΩΚΟΥ. Good VF, brown patina with some rub on the high points, several patches of hard red encrustation. Very rare and quite spectacular. For other 'Medallic' issues see BMC Phrygia pl. x, 2-3 and SNG von Aulock 3469. Philomelion (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 22933 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE22 (8.12g). Winged bust of Nike right, draped and with palm branch behind shoulder / Two cornucopiae crossed; between them, thunderbolt surmounted by star and crescent; ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛ[Ε] above, MEN-EMA below. gVF. Rare. Apameia (BC 100-48) AE 21928 viewsca 100-50 BC. AE21 (7.48g). Antiphon and Meneklios, magistrates. Bust of Athena right, wearing high-crested Corinthian helmet / Eagle alighting on basis with meander pattern, flanked by caps of the Dioskori; magistrates ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ and ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΣ. Good VF, brown patina with some green encrustation. Kibyra (AD 147-175) AE 35 - Faustina Jr.919 viewsFaustina Jr., wife of Marcus Aurelius. Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE35 (22.56g, 6h). Homonoia with Hierapolis. Claudius Philocles, magistrate. FAVCTEI NA CEBACTH, draped bust R, hair tied back in chignon / KIBVPATWN K IERAPOLITWN EPI KL FILOKLEOC OMONOIA, female figure, draped and veiled, holding two children, standing R before Zeus, enthroned L, who holds Pegasus in outstretched R hand and sceptre in L. EF, dark brown patina, flan flaws on reverse and edge. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex CNG 63 (5/2003), lot 1015. The identity of the female on rev is uncertain in references; Franke & Nolle describe her as Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis; BMC simple calls her a goddess. Neither describe Pegasus being held by Zeus, and this may be the clue to her identity and the relevance of the scene. Pegasus, born of Medusa and tamed by Bellerophon, later throws off his mortal master and ascends to heaven, where he becomes the horse of Zeus and symbol of immortality, associated with the apotheosis of semi-divine mortals. The veiled female figure may be Faustina herself, presenting to Zeus her twin children, Aelius Aurelius and Aurelius Antoninus, who died shortly after their birth in 149. Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 23905 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE23 (9.06g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΠΑΜΕ, cult statue of Artemis Anaitis facing; magistrates ΜΑΝΤΙΟ and ΔΙΟΔΟ. EF, glossy dark green patina with a hint of blue, light roughness on the reverse. Aizanis (BC 200-0) AE 20904 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE20 (8.26g). Helmeted and draped male bust right / Free horse walking right. Nice VF, black patina shadowed by orange. Apameia (AD 193-211) AE 36 - Septimius Severus899 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE36 (22.99g). Agonotheten Artemas. AVT∙K∙Λ∙CЄΠT - CЄOVHPOC ΠЄP-TI, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / [ЄΠI AΓO]NOΘЄ TO V APTЄMA, in ex. AΠAMЄΩ/N, Noah and his whife standing in enclosing square chest (Latin, arca; Greek, kibotos) with raised lid on which perches a raven (?) right, facing left; floating on waves and inscribed with NΩE; to left, standing figures, as above but full-length, of Noah and spouse, gazing upwards, latter outermost, and raising right hands, elbows bent, in salutation to dove flying right above them, grasping olive-branch in claws. Unpublished (?). Four times holed in antiquity. VF. The coin is a testimony for the mutual recognition and respect between the Jewish community and the city of Apameia Kibotos, which integrated the Jewish myth of Noah's ark into her own traditions: Noah got ashore with his 'Kibotos' ('chest') at Apameia; the Jewish people of Apameia were descendants of Noah. Apameia (BC 160-150) Cistophoric Tetradrachm898 viewsca 160-150 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.81g, 32mm). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Bow-case with serpents; star to the right. Nice very fine. Laodikeia (AD 5) AE 13 - Gaius, Caesar894 viewsGaius, Caesar, grandson of Augustus. AE14 (3.84g). Struck ca 5 AD. Anto Polemon Philopatris, magistrate. Bare head right / Eagle with spread wings between two monograms. VF, dark brown surfaces. Abbaitis (BC 200-0) AE 20878 views2nd-1st century BC. AE20 (8.04g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΜΥΣΩΝ ΑΒΒΑΙΤΩΝ, winged thunderbolt; all within oak wreath. Good VF, dark green patina. Rare. Kotiaeion (AD 68-69) AE 19 - Galba878 viewsGalba, 68-69 AD. AE19 (4.27g). Ti Claudius Aretis, magistrate. GALBAN AVT-OKPAT[OP]-A, laureate head right / E[PI TI KL APET]IDOC AGWNOQETOU DIA BIOU KAOTIAEWN, Zeus(?) standing left, raising right arm. ; Near VF, brown and tan patina, porous. From the David Simpson Collection. Synnada (AD 41-54) AE 18845 viewsTime of Claudius, 41-54 AD. AE18 (2.94g). Artemon, tropheus and high priest. Head of Athena right / Owl on amphora. Rare. VF. Tropheus means a "bread giver." This could be a bronze token used for public gifts of bread. Apameia (BC 100-48) AE 23842 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE23 (8.99g, 2h). Bust of Athena right, wearing high-crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, eagle alighting on basis with meander pattern, flanked by caps of the Dioskouroi, star above; magistrates ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ and ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΣ. Near EF, dark green patina. Otros (AD 193-209) AE 27 - Geta839 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 193-209 AD. AE27 (9.55g). PO CEPT GETAC KAI, bare-headed and cuirassed bust right / ALEXAN-DR-OC AN-EO[...] OTPONW, Otreus embarking on prow of ship to left, right arm raised, head turned back, holding spear in left hand. Good VF, black patina with earthen encrustation around the devices, old scratch on head, adjustment marks on reverse. Simpson Coll.; Ex Brand Coll., pt. 7 (Sotheby's, 10/1984), lot 393; Von Aulock Coll.; Prowe Coll., pt. II (Egger Auktion XLI, 5/1914), lot 1809. Otrus was one of the five cities of the Eucarpic plain and may have been named Otrus after an emigration from Otroea in Bythinia, which according to Strabo (XII, 566) was founded by Otreus, the king of Phrygia of the time of the Trojan War. Hierapolis (AD 14-37) AE - Tiberius838 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE (3.85g). Theotimos Lykotou. ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ - ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, laureate head right / ΙΕΡΑ/ΠΟΛΕΙΤΕΝ - ΘΕΟΤΕΙΜΟΣ / ΛΥΚΩΤΟΥ Apollo Citharoedus im standing right holding kithara. Black green patina. Slightly off centre. Good very fine. Siocharax (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla837 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (12.46g). Bronze of Philiskos Aidouchos. Draped bust of Caracalla right / ΜΟΞΕΑΝΩΝ CΙΟΧΑΡΑΚΕΙΤΩΝ / ΕΠΙ ΦΙΛΙCΚΟ/Î¥ ΑΙΔΟΥ/ΧΟΥ, Kybele holding patera, standing in cart pulled by two panthers. Unique? Laodikeia (BC 134) AE 14832 viewsbefore 133 BC. AE14 (1.98g). Turreted head of Tyche right / ΛΑΟΔΙ-ΚΕΩΝ, lion seated left, forepaw raised. Dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 18832 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE18 (8.58g, 12h). Andron..., son of Alkios, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΠΑΜ[ΕΩ]/ ANΔPON/ AΛKIOY, cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis facing. Good VF, black patina. Ex. Alighieri Coll. Artemis Anaïtis was a fusion of the Persian goddess Anahita and the Greek Artemis. Tacitus (Annals 62) refers to the syncretic deity simply as the “Persian Diana”, who had a temple in Lydia “dedicated in the reign of Cyrus” (presumably Cyrus the Great). Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 18820 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE18 (5.83g). Turreted head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, Marsyas walking right on maeander pattern, playing flute; magistrates ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ and ΒΙΑΝΟΡΟΣ. Good VF, glossy dark green patina. Kotiaeion (AD 222-235) AE 30 - Severus Alexander812 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE30 (15.31g). M. Aur. Quintus Quintianus. Bust left with imperial mantle, holding scepter, raising right hand in greeting / Asklepios standing facing, head toward Hygieia, small Telesphoros between them; in exergue, KOTIAEΩN.1 comments Aizanis (AD 14-37) AE 21 - Tiberius800 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE21 (7.72g). Menander, magistrate. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, bare head right, seen from behind / ΑΙZΑΝITΩ[Ν] / ΕΠΙ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡ[ΟΣ], Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. VF, brown patina. Abbaitis (BC 200-0) AE 21797 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (5.75g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΜΥΣΩΝ ΑΒΒΑΙΤΩΝ, winged thunderbolt, monogram below; all within oak wreath. Fine olive-green patina, gVF/EF. Very rare. Gutknecht coll. Synnada (BC 133) AE 22794 viewsafter 133 BC. AE22 (5.88g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Poppy and grain ear between caps of the Dioscouri; ΜΑΡΣΥΟΥ / ZΗΝΟΦ (magistrates) below. VF, brown patina, smooth surfaces. Hierapolis (AD 218-222) AE 38 - Elagabalus781 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE38 (29.31g). ΑΥ Κ Îœ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝ[ΟC], laureate and cuirassed bust right; before, star / ΙЄΡΑΠΟΛЄ/ΙΤΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟ/ΡΩΝ, rape of Kore-Persephone by Hades. Green patina, obverse unclear countermark, VF. Akmoneia (BC 200-0) AE 17776 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (2.88g). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / ΑΚΜΟΝ[ΕΩΝ] - ΤΙΜΟΘΕ/ΜΗΤΡΟ, Asklepios in himation standing facing, resting on snake staff. Dark green patina, gVF/VF. Rare. Joy coll. Apameia (BC 27-AD 14) AE 21 - Augustus774 viewsAugustus, with Gaius Caesar, 27 BC-14 AD. AE21 (6.29g). X Gaius Masonius Rufus, magistrate. Laureate head right / ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ above, ΓΑΙΟΣ ΜΑΣΩΝ[Ι]/ΟΞ ΡΟΥΦΣ/[Α]ΠΑΜΕ[ΩΝ] in three lines in exergue, Gaius in facing quadriga. VF, brown patina. Rare. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Apameia (AD 69-79) AE 25 - Vespasian774 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE25 (8.72g). Laureate head right / ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΦΡΥΓΙΑΣ ΑΠΑΜΕΙΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΑΡΟΥ, bundle of five grain-ears. Good Fine, brown surfaces. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Ponterio 123 (11/2002), lot 610. Kibyra (BC 166-84) Drachm773 viewsca 166-84 BC. AR Drachm (2.48g). Male head right, wearing crested helmet / Horseman galloping right, holding couched spear and shield; symbol or monogram behind, IC and ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ below. VF. Akmoneia (BC 200-0) AE 21771 views2nd-1st century BC. AE21 (6.2g). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ - ΘΕΟΔΟΤ / ΠΡΟΚΛΕΣ, Asklepios in himation standing facing, resting on snake staff. aEF. Rare. Synnada (BC 133) AE 21762 viewsafter 133 BC. AE21 (7.55g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Poppy and grain ear between caps of the Dioskouroi; [Îœ]ΑΡΣΥΟΥ / [ZΗΝΟΦ] (magistrates) below. Good VF, light roughness, black patina on the obverse, brown surfaces on the reverse. Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 17761 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. Akmoneia (AD 37-41) AE 17 - Caligula760 viewsGaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. AE17 (4.46g, 11h). Krates, magistrate. Bare head right / Artemis advancing right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver; small stag to right. Near VF, dark brown patina, some deposits. Ex Wagner Coll. Ex Alex G. Malloy 6 (3/1976), lot 383. Perhaps a coin of Gaius Caesar, although the portrait appears a bit mature. Laodikeia (AD 211-217) AE 42 - Caracalla755 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE42 - Medallion (49.16g, 6h). L. Aelius Pigres, Asiarch. Struck 214-217 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Λ AIΛ ΠIΓPHC ACIAPX Γ ANЄΘHKЄN, • ΛAOΔIKЄΩN/NЄΩKOPΩN in exergue, emperor standing right on steps of distyle temple, holding wreath in right hand; on either side, pair of togate figures raising hand in acclamation; behind, troops standing, holding shields and spears; all within precinct enclosure, seen from aerial perspective; enclosure entrance composed of six columns; figure of Hygieia, holding serpent, standing in outer intercolumnations; uncertain figures (Pigres and spouse?) standing facing in central intercolumnation. VF, brown surfaces. An attractive architectural type and extremely rare. This medallion commemorates an otherwise unknown address of the emperor Caracalla to the leading citizens of Laodicea during that emperor’s advance across Asia Minor to meet the Persians. This issue appears to have been struck as a personal dedication of the Asiarch, as evidenced by the reverse legend. Ankyra (AD 200-220) AE 23747 viewsPseudo-autonomous, ca 200-220 AD. AE23 (7.30g). ΙΕPΑ-CVΝ ΚΛΗΤΟΝ, bare-headed, draped bust of young Senate right / ΑΝ/ΚΥΡΑ/ΝΩΝ in three lines within laurel wreath. EF. Abbaitis (BC 200-0) AE 19747 views2nd-1st century BC. AE19 (4.76g, 1h). Head of Herakles right wearing lion skin / Lion skin draped over club; monogram to right; all within wreath. Near EF, dark green patina. Ex Popken Coll. Eumeneia (AD 14-29) AE 14 - Livia745 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. Apameia (BC 100-48) AE 22741 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE22 (8.72g, 1h). Andronikos, son of Alkios, magistrate. Helmeted bust of Athena right, wearing aegis / Eagle landing right on maeander pattern; star above, caps of the Dioskouroi flanking, ANΔPONIK[OΣ]/[AΛKIOY] in two lines below. VF, dark green patina. Kotiaeion (AD 253-268) AE 22 - Gallienus737 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE22 (5.85g). Diogenes, son of Dionysius, magistrate. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Cybele riding lion right. VF, dark greenish-brown patina, attractive. Wagner Coll.; Ex Duke of Argyll Coll. Kotiaeion (AD 198-217) AE - Caracalla735 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE (20.11g). Ioulios Kodratos magistrate Draped, cuirassed and lauretate bust right / Kybele in biga drawn by lions left with tympanon. Very rare. Dark green patina, very fine. Dionysopolis (AD 14-37) AE 14 - Tiberius731 viewsTime of Tiberius, 14-37 AD. AE14 (2.76g). ΔΙΟNYΣOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, head of Dionysos right / APIΣΤΟΣ APIΣΤOY, cista with crossed thyrsis. Very fine. Akkilaion (AD 238-244) AE 24 - Gordian III730 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE24 (7.03g). AVT K M ANT Ω ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AKKIΛAЄΩN, Nike standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm. VF, black patina under some light green deposits. Aizanis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 23 - Valerius Messala724 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE23 (9.12g). Potitus Valerius Messala, proconsul. Struck circa 25 BC. POTIT MESSALAS, bare head of Potitus Valerius Messala left / [E]ZEANITΩN, right hand holding scales suspended; monogram to right. Fine, dark green patina with lighter green overtones. Extremely rare. Ex Villemur Coll.; Ex Aufhauser 13 (10/1997), lot 292. Aizanis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian721 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.91g, 7h). Struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Jupiter standing left, holding eagle and scepter. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain cistophorus of Trajan. Abbaitis (BC 200-0) AE 22720 views2nd-1st century BC. AE22 (6.60g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΜΥΣΩΝ ΑΒΒΑΙΤΩΝ, winged thunderbolt, monogram below; all within oak wreath. Dark olive-green patina, gVF/VF. Very rare. Righetti coll. Amorion (BC 200-0) AE 23718 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE23 (7.25g). Laureate head of bearded Zeus right / ΑΜΟΡΙ-ΑΝΩΝ, eagle standing right on thunderbolt; kerykeion over shoulder, monogram to left, ΚΛΕΑΡ to right. Good style, dark green patina, gVF. Rare. Righetti coll. Abbaitis (BC 200-0) AE 16711 views2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (3.98g, 9h). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΜΥΣ-ΩΝ ΑΒΒΑ, labrys (double-axe); monogram to left; all within wreath. VF, green patina. Alighieri Coll. Laodikeia (AD 198-217) AE 45 - Caracalla705 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE45 - Medallion (44.56g, 12h). Aelius Pigretus, magistrate. [AV]T KAI M AVP ANTΩNЄINOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ЄΠI AIΛ ΠIΓP HTOC ACIAP, LAOΔIKЄΩN• NЄΩKOPO•N• in exergue, Caracalla, laureate and togate, in a chariot drawn by four lions left, holding Victory on globe in right hand, sceptre in left. VF, dark green patina, ancient mount removed from obverse, leaving smoothed surfaces and traces of silvering. Ex Drewry Coll.; ex Burstein Coll. - Peus 366 (10/2000), lot 799. Kibyra (BC 166-84) AE 16703 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE16 (2.56g). Facing head of Medusa / Forepart of bull right. Rare, very fine. Apameia (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus693 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 (22.76g). ΑΥΤ Κ Λ CЄΠΤ - CЄΟΥΗΡΟC ΠЄΡ-ΤΙ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ЄPI AGWNOQ-î-T-OU ARTî MA/Γ / APAMЄIΩN, Athena, wearing long chiton and peplos, seated left on rock, shield at her side, helmeted head turned right, playing double aulos and checking her image reflected in the water; she is watched by Marsyas, nude, hidden behind rock in upper left field. Very rare and interesting mythological representation. Dark, olive patina. Athena was believed to have invented the aulos (double pipe). Hera and Aphrodite laughed when Athena played her pipes because her puffed cheeks distorted her face. Suspicious Athena decided to see for herself by observing her reflection in a river as she played. Upon seeing the unflattering result, she discarded the pipes, which were then picked up by Marsyas; Marsyas later challenged Apollo to a contest, matching his pipes with Apollo's lyre. Apollo won and flayed Marsyas as his punishment. Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 22685 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE22 (7.39g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΠΑΜΕ, cult statue of Artemis Anaitis facing; magistrates ΜΕΝΕΚΡ and ΔΙΟΔΟ. Dark olive-green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll. Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 20682 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE20 (7.98g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Cult statute of Artemis Anaitis facing, ΑΠΑ[ΜΕ] to right, KHΦΙΣΟ[Σ] / ΔΙΟΝ to left. VF. Fulvia (BC 41-40) AE 21681 viewsca 41-40 BC. AE21 (8.22g). Head of Fulvia as winged Nike right; 2 counterstamps: monograms / [ΦΟΥΛΟΥΙΑΝΩΝ] - ZΜΕPΤΟPΙΓΟΣ - ΦΙΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ, Athena with spear and shield standing left. Dark green-brown patina, VF/aVF. Rare. Kibyra (BC 166-84) Drachm677 viewsca 166-84 BC. AR Drachm (2.93g). Draped male bust right, wearing crested helmet / Horseman galloping right, holding couched spear and shield; caps of the Dioskouroi behind, OC-AI and ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ below. Good VF, toned, reverse strike a little soft. Hadrianopolis (AD 251-253) AE - Trebonianus Gallus669 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE (24.38g). Klearchos Magistrate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tyche holding cornucopiae and rudder. Oliv green patina. Unpublished variant. Eriza (AD 177-192) AE 30 - Commodus669 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE30 (15.04g). AV Λ AVP KOMOΔOC - KAICAP ANTONЄIN, laureate and draped bust right / ΓPA TI KLA[VΔIOV] – ΠAPΔALA, in ex. EPIZANΩN, Heros riding right, holding double axe. Extremely rare. Holed in antiquity. EF. Akmoneia (AD 54-68) AE - Nero663 viewsNero. AD 54-68. AE (4.60g). Archon L. Servenius Capito. Draped bust right / Zeus seated left holding patera and scepter. Very fine. Fulvia (BC 41-40) AE 17659 viewsEumenea as Fulvia, ca 41-40 BC. AE17 (4.83g). Draped bust of Fulvia as winged Nike right / [Φ]ΟΥΛΟΥΙ - ΑΝΩΝ - ZΜΕPΤΟPΙ, legend in three lines within ivy-wreath. Good VF, glossy black patina. Rare. Freedman Coll. The city name was changed to Fulvia on the occasion of Mark Antony's journey to the east in 41 BC. Fulvia was to die in the next year, hence this was a short-lived coinage. Fulvia (BC 41-40) AE 20 - Fulvia659 viewsFulvia, wife of Mark Antony, ca 41-40 BC. AE20 (7.43g). Zmertorigos, son of Philonidas, magistrate. Head of Fulvia as winged Nike right; 2 countermarks: monograms in circles / Athena advancing left with spear and shield; the ethnic "Fulviana" has been erased. Near VF, dark green patina, light scratches. Apameia (AD 251-253) AE 30 - Trebonianus Gallus659 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE30 (15.52g). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Galley sailing right. Near VF, dark green patina with some cleaning scratches. Perhaps unpublished. Ex Wagner Coll.1 comments Laodikeia (AD 14-37) AE 18651 views14-37 AD. AE18 (4.49g, 12h). Dioskourides, magistrate. ΛΑΟΔΙ-ΚΕΩΝ, laureate and draped bust of Men right, wearing Phrygian cap and torque; all set on crescent / ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΗΣ, eagle facing, head left, wings folded; PK(ligate) O monogram in right field. Good VF, black patina with beige overtones. Aizanis (AD 37-41) AE 15 – Caligula & Agrippina Sn649 viewsCaligula, with Agrippina Senior, 37-41 AD. AE15 (3.49g, 12h). Lollios Klassikos, magistrate. Laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) right; star behind / Draped bust of Agrippina Senior right. VF, green patina. Ex Alighieri Coll. Apameia (AD 117-138) AE 20 - Hadrian644 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE20 (5.44g). Laureate bust right, aegis tied at shoulder / The river god Marsyas reclining left, holding aloft rhyton and double flute, resting on rocky outcrop with amphora from which water flows; five chests placed on the height above. Good VF, brown patina. Kibyra (AD 217-218) AE 32 - Diadumenian638 viewsDiadumenian, Caesar, 217-218 AD. AE32 (16.95g). M OΠЄΛ ANTΩ-NINOC ΔIA K Draped, cuirassed bust r., head bare / KIBV-PATΩN Zeus, nude to waist, seated l. on throne with high back-rest, holding sceptre in his l. hand, thunderbolt in his r. hand, at his feet, eagle with open wings standing l., head turned r. Nice dark brown patina. Light scratches.Good very fine. Ex Rhousopoulos, Th. Prowe and J.-P. Righetti collections; and ex J. Hirsch, Munich 13 (1905), 4111; Brüder Egger, Vienna 46 (1914), 1669 and Münzen und Medaillen GmbH, Weil am Rhein 16 (Stuttgart 2005), 531. Amorion (AD 37-41) AE 21 - Gaius Caligula636 viewsGaius Caligula, 37-41 AD. AE21 (5.73g). Silvaos und Ioustos Vipsanios. Head right / Eagle standing left. Rare. Brown patina, very fine. Hierapolis (AD 54-68) AE 16 – Agrippina II635 viewsAgrippina II, mother of Nero, died 59 AD. AE16 (3.89g). M. Antonios Kalos. Draped bust right / Îœ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣ / ΚΑΛΟΣ - ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙ/ΤΩΝ scepter of Asklepios. Rare. Black green patina. Good very fine. Ankyra (AD 98-117) AE 19 - Plotina633 viewsPlotina, wife of Trajan. 98-117 AD. AE19 (3.65g). Diademed and draped bust right. / ΑΝΚΥΡ-Α-ΝΩΝ, statue of Artemis Ephesia facing flanked by two stags. Very rare. Grey green patina. Light edge damage. Very fine. Hierapolis (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero633 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (5.72g). Bare headed and draped bust right; c/m: radiate bust of Helios(?) right / The Rape of Persephone: Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying Persephone; Eros flying above, overturned cista mystica below horses. Coin good VF, c/m Fine, brown patina with earthen highlights. Extremely rare and possibly unique. Ex Simpson 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. Hierapolis (Auton. AD 200-270) AE 30630 views3rd century AD. AE30 (11.94g, 5h). ΔΕ-MOC, laureate bust of Demos right, slight drapery on left shoulder / IEPAΠOΛEITΩN, NEΩKOP/ΩN in two lines in exergue, river-god Chrysorrhoas reclining left on upturned urn from which water flows, holding two poppies in right hand. EF, beautiful red and green patina. Kotiaeion (AD 41-54) AE 21 - Claudius629 viewsClaudius I, 41-54 AD. AE21 (3.34g). Varus, magistrate, 50-54 AD. Laureate head right / Zeus (?) standing left with extended right. Surfaces a bit rough, good very fine. Hierapolis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 20 - Augustus629 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (7.38g, 12h). Bryon, son of Bryon, magistrate. Bare head right / Apollo standing right, holding plectrum and cithara. VF, black-green patina, areas of light roughness. Very rare. Ex Prideaux Coll. Laodikeia (AD 54-68) AE 20627 viewsTime of Nero, 54-68 AD. AE20 (7.13g), dated 62 AD. ΔHMOΣ LAOΔIKEΩN, laureate bust Demos right / IVOΛIOΣ ANΔPONIKOΣ EVEPΓETHΣ, Zeus standing left, holding eagle in right hand. Nice black patina, aEF. Kibyra (AD 218-222) AE 20 - Julia Soaemias624 viewsJulia Soaemias, Augusta, 218-222 AD. AE20 (3.4g). IOYΛIA COAIMIAC, draped bust right / KAI KIBVPATΩN, Hermes seated on cippus left; holding purse and kerykeion. EF. Akmoneia (AD 54-59) AE 18 - Agrippina Jr.623 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. Fulvia (BC 41-40) AE - as Fulvia621 viewsca 41-40 BC, Eumeneia as Fulvia, under Marcus Antonius. AE (8.22g). Draped bust of Fulvia as Nike right / ΦΟΥΛΟΥΙΑΝΩΝ ZΜΕΡΤΟΡΙΓΟΣ / ΦΙΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ, Athena walking left, holding spear and shield. Black smooth patina, good VF. Rare. Leonnaia (BC 2nd cent) AE 15613 viewsca 2nd century BC. AE15 (4.10g). Turreted head of Tyche right / Lion seated right on amphora, spear(?) diagonally behind. VF, black patina, minor roughness. Very rare city. Aizanis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm – Hadrian610 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.60g, 7h), struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Jupiter standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. VF, traces of porosity. Kibyra (BC 166-84) Drachm608 viewsca 166-84 BC. AR Drachm (2.80g). Draped male bust right, wearing crested helmet / Horseman galloping right, holding couched spear and shield; grape cluster behind, O-PO and ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ below. Good VF, toned, reverse slightly double struck. Ankyra (AD 100-300) AE608 viewsImperial Times, 1st-2nd century AD. AE (2.27g). Poppy in between ears of corn / Serpent encircling anchor. Black green patina. Very fine. Kolossai (AD 117-138) AE 16608 viewsTime of Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE16 (3.07g). ΚΟΛΟCCHNΩN, Radiate head of Helios left / OKT AΠΟΛΛ ΩΝΙ/ OYA ANE (legend in exergue retrograde), River-god recumbent left on rock, holding branch. Interesting. Very fine. Apameia (BC 133-48) AE 20607 viewsca 133-48 BC. AE20 (8.44g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΠΑΜΕΩ, cult statue of Artemis Anaitis facing; magistrate ΑΠΟΛ. Olive-green patina, gVF. Gutknecht coll. 1161 coins on 12 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12