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Pessinos (AD 69-79) AE 21 - Vespasian422 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD, Cn, Pompeius Collega, legatus Augusti pro-praetore, struck 75-78 AD. AE21 (6.95g, 5h). KAIΣAPI ΣEBAΣTΩ OYEΣΠAΣIANΩ, laureate head of Vespasian right; countermark (star on crescent) on the neck / EΠI N ΠOMYΠHIOY KOΛΛHΓA, turreted head of Cybele (?) right. Very fine, green patina. Very rare. Tricarico coll.
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Pessinos (AD 69-79) AE 23 - Vespasian340 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. AE23 (8.25g, 2h). M. Hirrius Fronto Neratius Pansa, legatus Augusti. Struck 77/8-79/80 AD. Laureate head of Vespasian right / Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right. VF, slightly porous brown patina. Very rare - the only coin cited in RPC II, two additional listed in supplement. Group CEM; ex Münz Zentrum 53 (11/1984), lot 1848; Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 4 (12/1985), lot 477.
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Pessinos (AD 147-175) AE 18 - Faustina II253 viewsFaustina II, Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE18 (3.79g). ΦAVCTЄINA NЄA CЄBACTH, draped bust right / ΠЄCCINOVNTIΩN, Harpocrates standing facing, head left, holding cornucopia and raising hand to mouth. aVF. Extremely rare, with RPC citing just one example.
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Pessinos (AD 147-175) AE 20 - Faustina II179 viewsFaustina II. Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE20 (3.98g). ΦAYCTЄINA CЄBACTH, draped bust of Faustina left / ΠЄCCINOYNTIΩN, head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin. Extremely rare. VF.
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Pessinos (AD 161-169) AE - Lucius Verus648 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE (7.89g). A K L OY CE - BACTOC. Head left / PECCINO - YNTIWN, naked Hermes with money pouch and caduceus. Rare. Thick patina, VF.
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Pessinos (AD 161-169) AE 25 - Lucius Verus161 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE25 - Diassarion (8.93g, 7h). A•K•Λ•OY•CЄBACTOC, bare head left / ΠЄCCINOYNTIΩ-N, Hygieia standing front, head to right, feeding snake out of patera. Somewhat smoothed, gVF.
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Pessinos (AD 161-169) AE 31 - Lucius Verus141 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE31 - Pentassarion (19.26g, 7h). A K Λ OY CЄBACTOC, bare head left / ΠЄCCINOYNT/IΩN, Kybele, turreted and holding scepter and tympanum, seated left on a lion. Extremely rare, apparently the second known example. Earthen deposits, gF.
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Pessinos (AD 161-169) AE 32 - Lucius Verus314 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE32 (19.18g). ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΟVΚΙC(sic) ΟVΗΡΟ CΕΒ; bare-headed bust right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum / ΣΕΒ ΤΟ[ΛΙCΤΟΒΟ] ΠΕCCΙÎΟVÎΤΙΩÎ; Serapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, holding long scepter.
Pessinus was the capital of the Tolistobogii, one of the Celtic tribes that had migrated into Asia Minor. Their name occurs on some of the coins of this city.
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Pessinos (AD 161-169) AE 32 - Lucius Verus213 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE32 - Tetrassarion (21.27g, 7h). A•K Λ OY•CЄBACTOC, bare head left / YΠΕP TΩN CЄBACTΩN / ΠЄ-C/CIN-OY, Nike advancing left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond over her left shoulder. Of the highest rarity. gVF.
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Pessinos (AD 161-180) AE 24 - Marcus Aurelius448 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE24 (9.93g). P. Iuventius Celsus, Legate. Struck 161-163 AD. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΕΠΙ ΙΟΥ ΚΕΛCΟY ΠΕCCΙÎΟ-Y, ÎΤ-Ι-ΩΠacross field, Helios standing facing, right hand raised, holding globe in left. VF, black patina with some earthen highlights, some light scratches. P. Iuventius Celsus was Consul in 164 AD.
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Pessinos (AD 161-180) AE 24 - Marcus Aurelius247 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE24 (11.15g). Α Κ Îœ Α ΑÎΤΩÎЄΙÎOС, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠЄССΙÎΟVÎΤΙΩÎ, Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-entwined staff. Very rare. gVF.
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Pessinos (AD 161-180) AE 26 - Marcus Aurelius148 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE26 - Diassarion (9.98g, 8h). ΑΥΤ Κ•Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙOС•ΑÎΤΩÎΕΙÎΟС, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / СΕΒ ΤΟΛΙСΤΟ ΠΕССΙÎOÎ¥, nude Hermes standing facing, head to left, holding purse in his right hand and caduceus in his left. Very rare. gVF.
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Pessinos (AD 161-180) AE 30 - Marcus Aurelius552 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE30 (22.24g, 8h). Bare head left / Demeter standing left, kalathos on head, holding grain-ears and long scepter. VF, tan surfaces. Ex Wagner Coll.; Ex Hecht Coll. (Baldwin’s, 10/1977), lot 25.
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Pessinos (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus459 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (19.44g). Laureate head right / Demeter standing left, holding grain ears and scepter. Near VF, brown patina under some green encrustations, flan crack. Possibly unrecorded, though Barry Murphy had a similar example in his VCoins store from the same obverse die and a different reverse die. Wagner Coll.
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Pessinos (AD 193-211) AE 30 - Septimius Severus497 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE30 (15.77g, 2h). Laureate bust left, slight drapery on far shoulder / Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia. VF, dark brown patina, light roughness, bronze disease. Wagner Coll.
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Pessinos (AD 193-217) AE 23 - Julia Domna110 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE23 - Diassarion (7.10g, 7h). IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CЄBA, draped bust right / ΠЄCCINOYNTIΩN, Artemis standing front, head to right, holding bow in her left hand and drawing arrow from quiver with her right. Earthen deposits, VF.
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Pessinos (AD 193-217) AE 34 - Julia Domna349 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE34 (19.15g, 1h). Diademed and draped bust right, holding flower with both hands / Dionysus, holding cantharus and thyrsus, seated left in quadriga drawn by elephants. Near VF, green and black patina.
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Pessinos (AD 198-217) AE 19 - Caracalla217 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE19 (4.09g). AVT K M AVP ANTΩN AVΓ, bare head right / ΠЄCCINOYNTIΩN, Zeus standing left with patera and sceptre; eagle to left. VF.
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Pessinos (AD 198-217) AE 24 - Caracalla129 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE Diassarion (7.93g, 7h). AYT K N (sic!) AYP ANTΩN AYΓ, laureate head right / ΠЄCCINOYNTΙΩN, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder with her right hand and cornucopiae with her left. Apparently unpublished and unique. gVF.
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Pessinos (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla244 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (11.82g, 1h). AYT K M AYP ANTΩN [...], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΠЄCC-IN-[O]VNT-IωИ, eagle standing right on altar, head left, with wreath in beak; signum to left and right. VF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare. Spradling Coll.
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Pessinos (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla494 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (16.85g, 7h). Laureate head left / Diana standing left, crescent on shoulder, holding torch. VF, flack patina, flan crack. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Pessinos (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla257 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (20.31g). ANTΩNINOC AΥΓOΥC, laureate bust left, seen from behind / ΠЄCCЄ-NO-Υ-NTIΩN, Demeter standing left, holding grain ears and scepter. Dark green patina, gVF.
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Pessinos (AD 198-217) AE 31 - Caracalla315 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE31 (18.44g, 7h). Laureate head right / Zeus seated left, holding patera and scepter. Good VF, black patina. Group CEM.
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Pessinos (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla462 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (16.80g). ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, countermark: head of Severus Alexander (?) / ΠЄCCINO-VNTIΩN, Zeus standing left holding scepter and patera. Very fine.
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Pessinos (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla436 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (19.50g, 12h). Laureate head right / Athena seated left on cuirass, holding phiale and spear; shield at side to right. Good VF, tan surfaces. Ex HLT Coll.
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Pessinos (AD 198-217) AE 33 - Caracalla431 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE33 (19.81g, 8h). Struck 211 AD. Laureate head right / Homonoia standing left, holding phiale and cornucopia. VF, earthen green patina, light overall roughness.
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Pessinos (AD 209-211) AE 23 - Geta134 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE23 (6.6g). AVT K ΠCЄ ΓЄTAC AVΓ, laureate head right / ΠЄCCINOVNTIΩN, Athena standing left, holding owl and sceptre. VF.
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Pessinos (AD 209-211) AE 25 - Geta116 viewsGeta, 209-211. AE25 - Diassarion (7.31g, 1h). ΓЄTAC AYΓOYCT, laureate head right / ΠЄCCINOYNTΙΩN, Nemesis standing front, head to left, holding cubit-rule in her right hand and wheel with her left. gVF.
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Pessinos (AD 209-211) AE 32 - Geta 405 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE32 (20.00g). ΓETAC AVΓOVCTOC; Laureate head right / ΠECCINOVNTIΩN; Athena standing left, holding patera(?) shield and spear. Ex CNG EA 60 (3/2003), lot 69. Apparently unpublished.
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Pessinos (AD 209-211) AE 32 - Geta162 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE32 (16.80g, 12h). AVT K ΠC ΓETAC AVΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠECCINOVNTIΩN, Juno standing left, holding patera and sceptre. EF, well centred. Extremely Rare.
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Pessinos (AD 209-211) AE 33 - Geta141 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE33 (17.38g, 8h). AVT K ΠCEΠΓETAC AVΓO, laureate head right / ΠECCINOVNTIΩN, Athena seated left, feeding serpent from patera and holding sceptre. gVF.
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Pessinos (BC 100-0) AE 272 views1st century BC. AE (4.85g). Turreted head of Kybele right / MHTPOC ΘEWN, lion sitting right. aVF. Rare.
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Pessinos (BC 100-0) AE 18234 viewsca 64-41 BC. AE18 (4.85g, 1h). Draped bust of Mên right, wearing Phrygian cap and set upon crescent / MHTPOΣ ΘEΩN ΠEΣΣINEIAΣ, bull butting left. Fine. Rare.
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Pessinos (BC 100-0) AE 241498 views1st century BC. AE24 (15.69g, 12h). Jugate draped busts right of Attis, wearing Phrygian cap, and Kybele Agditis, wearing turreted crown; crescent to lower right / Lion seated left, right paw placed on tympanon; caps of the Dioskouroi flanking, uncertain object to right. Near VF, brown patina with earthen highlights. Very rare.
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Pessinos (BC 100-0) AE 25274 viewsMid 1st century BC. AE25.5 (18.69g, 12h). Jugate draped busts right of Attis, wearing Phrygian cap, and Kybele Agditis, wearing turreted crown / Lion seated left, right paw placed on tympanon; caps of the Dioskouroi flanking, uncertain object to right. Fine, dark green patina, some earthen encrustation. Very rare.
Pessinos was the capital of the Tolistobogii, a Gallic tribe that had settled in the area. The city was best known for its temple of Kybele, who was known locally as Agditis.
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