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Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Trapezos (AD 98-117) AE 20 - Trajan983 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE20. Head right / ΤΡΑΠΕ/ZΟΥΝΤΙ/ΩΝ (in 3 lines), E TN - year 50 (=113-114 AD).
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Trapezos (AD 161-169) AE 24 - Lucius Verus441 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE24 (9.03g, 7h). Bare head right / Draped bust of Mithras right, wearing radiate Phrygian cap. Near VF, brown patina with touches of red, minor surface roughness. Scarce.

Mithras, the central god of the syncretic Hellenistic mystery religion known as Mithraism, was of Persian origin. There, known as Mithra, he served as a mediator between the supreme god Ahura-Mazda and humankind. His attributes were varied, but he soon became associated as a divinity of light and much of the symbolism of the mystery cult that developed around him is cosmologic. The chief participants of the cult were the military, attracted to the masculine aspect of the god and his selfless sacrifice to duty.
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Trapezos (AD 161-169) AE 29 - Lucius Verus922 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE29 (13.17g, 6h), dated CY 108 (161 AD). AVTAKPATΩP OVHPOC CЄBACT, bare head right / TPAΠEZOVTIΩN ЄTOV ЄPV, radiate and draped bust of Mithras right, wearing Phrygian cap, seen from behind; behind, head of horse right. Good VF, green patina. Very rare.

Mithras, the central god of the syncretic Hellenistic mystery religion known as Mithraism, was of Persian origin. There, known as Mithra, he served as a mediator between the supreme god Ahura-Mazda and humankind. His attributes were varied, but he soon became associated as a divinity of light and much of the symbolism of the mystery cult that developed around him is cosmologic. The chief participants of the cult were the military, attracted to the masculine aspect of the god and his selfless sacrifice to duty.
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Trapezos (AD 177-192) AE 29 - Commodus319 viewsCommodus. 177-192 AD. AE29 (13.50g, 6h). Dated CY 12[...] (183-189 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Commodus right / Draped bust of Mithras right, wearing radiate Phrygian cap, and head of horse right; ET PK[...] (date) in legend. VF, green patina, minor roughness.
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Trapezos (AD 198-217) AE 27 - Caracalla619 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE27 (11.05g), struck year 153 = ca 205-208 AD?. AV(?) KA M AV - ANTΩNIN[OC], laureate head right / TPAΠ - ZOVNTIΩN / E PNΓ, Mithras riding on horse right, wearing Phrygean bonnet, burning altar in field to right. F/good F, dark green-brown patina. Hoeft coll.
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Trapezos (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla211 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 - Tetrassarion (16.62g, 1h). Dated CY 139 (202/3 AD). [AYT K] M AYP ANT[ωNЄINOC CЄB], laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / [TPAΠЄZO]YNTIωN ЄTOYC / Θ[Λ]P, draped bust of Mithras to right, wearing radiate Phrygian cap; behind, forepart of horse to right. Extremely rare. Minor old scratch on the obvserse, aVF.
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Trapezos (AD 222-227) AE 29 - Orbiana840 viewsOrbiana, wife of Severus Alexander, 222-227 AD. AE29 (14.28g). OPB CAΛOY OPIANH AYT, diademed and draped bust right / TPAΠEZOYNTIWN, Zeus Serapis standing left hooding scepter, extended right. Unpublished (?). Rare. Good very fine.
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Trapezos (AD 222-235) AE 29 - Severus Alexander242 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE29 (10.73g, 7h). Dated CY 162 (225/6 AD). AYT K CЄOY AΛEΞANΔPO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / TPAΠЄZONTIΩN / ЄT PΞB, Mithras on horseback to right; behind, tree. Even patination. VF.
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Trapezos (AD 222-235) AE 30 - Severus Alexander454 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE30. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Dionysos standing left, holding grapes and thyrsos, panther at his feet (?). Dark patina, gVF. Very rare.
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Trapezos (AD 225-227) AE 29 - Orbiana489 viewsOrbiana, Augusta, 225-227 AD. AE29 (12.37g, 6h). Dated CY 163 (226/7 AD). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Mithras on horseback right; tree to left, lighted altar to right; ЄT PΞΓ (date) in exergue. Good VF, dark green patina. From Group CEM. Ex Sternberg XI (11/1981), lot 242.
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Trapezos (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III430 viewsGordian III Pius, 238-244 AD. AE32 (14.44g), struck 243/244 AD. Draped, laureate bust right / ΤΡΑΠΕ−Z (Z retrograde) ΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ, nude Dionysos standing facing, head left, chlamys over shoulders, holding thyrsos and kantharos; dated ET ΠΡ (= year 180 of the Local era). Reddish-brown patina. VF/F. Righetti Coll.
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Trapezos (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III526 viewsGordian III Pius, 238-244 AD. AE32 (11.73g), struck 243/244 AD. Draped, laureate bust right / ΤΡΑΠΕ−Z (Z retrograde) ΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ, draped, veiled, turreted bust of Tyche right; dated ET ΠΡ (= year 180 of the Local era). Dark brown patina. VF. Righetti Coll.
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Trapezos (AD 244-249) AE 30 - Otacilia Severa519 viewsOtacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE30 (10.24g, 6h). Dated City Year 181 (244/5 AD). Draped bust right / Mithras on horseback right; tree to left, lighted altar and aquila to right; date in exergue. Near VF, red and brown patina, small pits on reverse, a few edge cracks. Very rare.
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Trapezos (AD 244-249) AE 30 - Otacilia Severa624 viewsOtacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE29 (16.91g, 6h). Dated CY 181 (244/5 AD). Draped bust right / Mithras on horseback right; tree to left, lighted altar to right; AΠP (date) in exergue. Good VF, brown patina, areas of weak strike on edge. Very rare.
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Trapezos (AD 247-249) AE 29 - Philip II642 viewsPhilip II, 247-249 AD. AE29 (16.28g, 5h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mithras on horseback right; behind, tree; before, altar and column surmounted by raven. Near VF, brown surfaces, minor encrustation. 1 comments
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Trapezos (AD 247-249) AE 31 - Philip II176 viewsPhilip II, 247-249 AD. AE31 (18.74g, 7h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mithras on horseback right. VF, dark green and brown patina, scrape across Philip’s head, a bit of reverse roughness. Rare.
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Trapezos (BC 350-330) 1/4 Drachm1129 views4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.50g). Bearded male head left within circular dotted border / ΤΡΑ, table, T below, all within circular incuse. EF. Ex Jameson Collection No. 2545.

The table (τρaπεζα) is the badge of Trapezos.
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Trapezos (BC 350-330) Drachm2283 viewsca 350-330 BC. AR Drachm (6.07g, 12h). Bearded head of young male left, in dotted circle / Rectangular table, grape bunches on top, TPA below. Very rare. Toned, VF.
   
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