Phil Anthos Posted October 29, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 29, 2023 Stratonikeia, Caria circa 100 BC O: Lareate head of Hekate right, wearing crescent moon crown. R: Nike advancing right. Stratonikeia was located in SW Asia Minor, about 11km from Lagina, the largest known sanctuary of the goddess Hekate, "whom Zeus honored above all others" (Hesiod). It is likely that the cult of Hekate originated in this area a millennium or more before Her introduction into Greek religion at the conclusion of the Titanomachy, the legendary battle between the Titans and Olympians. During an annual ritual the Priestess would lead a procession from the polis to Lagina where she would open the sanctuary with a sacred key. This key would eventually become one of the attributes depicted on later images of Hekate. ~ Peter 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted October 29, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 29, 2023 Soloi, Cilicia An important coastal city, Soloi may have originally been a Rhodian colony. Soloi thrived throughout the Hellenistic period, but was finally destroyed by Tigranes of Armenia during the 1st century BC. ~ Peter 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted October 29, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 29, 2023 First coin minted by the Western Greeks. Sybaris LUCANIA, Sybaris. Circa 540-530 BC. AR Nomos (28mm, 7.77 g, 12h). Bull standing left, head right; VM above / Incuse of obverse, but reversed and no ethnic. Spagnoli group A1, HNItaly 1729. SNG ANS 825. 9 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted October 29, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 29, 2023 (edited) Not in the same ballpark as Brennos' beauty, but it still begins with S... Sybaris, Lucania 550-510 BC AR Obol (10mm, 0.44g) O: Bull (Ox?) standing left, head turned back to right; VM in exergue. R: Large MV monogram; four pellets around. SNG ANS 853; HN Italy 1739; Hands Type I, IV ex Tom Vossen This coin dates from the original Greek colony in MagnaGraecia, Sybaris I, before its destruction by the Krotones in 511-510 BC. The MV monogram on the reverse actually reads 'SY' for Sybaris, and I believe the VM in exergue on the obverse is 'MV' retrograde. The bull device seen on all early types from Sybaris, and later on the coins of her colonies at Poseidonia and Thurii, may in fact be a white ox here at the mother city. ~ Peter Edited October 29, 2023 by Phil Anthos 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di Nomos Posted October 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 30, 2023 Sicily, Syracuse. Tetradrachm c. 500 - 490 BC. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broucheion Posted October 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 30, 2023 (edited) Hi All, Salamis in Cyprus. PTOLEMY VI & PTOLEMY VIII (JOINT REIGN: 170/169-164 BCE) CYPRUS, SALAMIS, Year 5 (166/165 BCE) Ar Stater (Tetradrachm) Size: 25 mm Weight: 14.14 g Die Axis: 12:30 Broucheion Collection: P-2007-01-23.001 Obv: Ptolemy I head facing right, wearing diadem and scaly aegis tied by snakes. Dotted border not visible. Rev: Eagle facing left, wings closed, on thunderbolt. Legend left field: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ and owl standing facing left; right field: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, LE above ΣΑ mint mark. Dotted border. Refs: CPE-II 1146 temp Provenance: NAC 29, 11 May 2005, lot 238 (listed as "Ptolemy IV Philopator, 221-205 No 238.") see https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=222012 [confirmed 30 Oct 2023]. Weight recorded there as 14.12 g; Freeman & Sear FPL 12, Winter 2007, lot 111 (THIS). Note: Obverse die not in Mørkholm & Kromann (1984). For latest die study see EA Carlen & CC Lorber: "Silver Coinage from the Co-regency of Ptolemy VI and VIII" (INR vol 13, 2018) where this coin is pl 5, #6. - Broucheion Edited October 30, 2023 by Broucheion 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted October 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 30, 2023 Samos, Ionia 400-365 BC AR Obol (8mm, 0.54g) O: Lion scalp facing. R: Forepart of bull right. SNG Klein 492; Sear 4650 ex Andre Cichos ~ Peter 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted October 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 30, 2023 (edited) Seleucid Kingdom Antiochos IV, Antiochos VI ~ Peter Edited October 30, 2023 by Phil Anthos 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted October 31, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 31, 2023 Sigma Cilicia, Syedra. Marcus Aurelius AE18. Obv: AY K M AY ANTΩNIN, laureate head right. Rev: CYEΔΡEΩN, Artemis standing facing, looking right, holding bow and pomegranate. Lydia, Sala. Pseudo-autonomous AE19. Magistrate Moloxos Time of Septimius Severus. Sala, Lydia, pseudo-autonomous issue, ca. 193-211 AD. 2.8g , AE19. Obv: CA LHNWN, helmeted bust of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis. Rev: EPIMOLO XOY, Kybele seated left, turreted, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum. Magistrate Val. Moloxos (Archon). Lydia, Sardis. Pseudo-autonomous. Time of Trajan (98-117). Obv: СΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ. Draped bust of Dionysus right, wearing ivy wreath. Rev: СΤΡ ΛΟ ΙΟ ΛΙΒΩΝΙΑΝΟΥ. Filleted thyrsus; bee to right. Ae. 2.3g 15.4mm Libonianus, strategos. Pamphylia, Side. Salonina AE32. 10 Assaria. Obv: KOΡNHΛIA CAΛΩNINA CEB, diademed and draped bust right, value mark I before head. Rev: CIΔHTΩN NEΩKOΡΩN, Apollo standing left, wearing short chiton, holding patera and sceptre or staff. SNG von Aulock 4861 Phoenicia, Sidon. AE16 time of Vespasian. AD 69-79. Dated CY 188 (AD 77/8). Obv: Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; before, star within crescent. Rev: SIDWNWN QEAS Q, Galley left, HPR (date) above. RPC II 2055. Phrygia, Sebaste. AE15, Pseudo-autonomous issue. ca AD 258-276. Obv: Laureate head of youthful Herakles right, lionskin knotted around his neck. Rev: CEBACTH-NΩN, club and bowcase. RPC III, 2603 Phrygia, Stectorium. Time of Marcus Aurelius Æ24. Obv: ΔΗΜΟϹ ϹΤƐΚΤΟΡΗΝΩΝ, diademed head of the Demos (bearded) with traces of drapery, r. Rev: ƐΠΙ ΦΛ ΛΙΚΙΝΝΙΑΝΟV, Tyche standing, l., wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. Magistrate Fl. Likinnianos (without title) RPC IV.2, 2981 (temporary) Phrygia, Synnada. Nero AE18 Obv: NEΡΩN KAIΣAΡ ΣEBAΣTOΣ, bare head right. Rev: TI K ΠICΩN ΦIΛOK CYNNAΔEΩN, Zeus seated left on stool, holding Nike and sceptre. Magistrate Ti K Pison philokaisar. RPC 3190 Pisidia, Selge. Lucius Verus AE19 Obv: KAI BHROS / Barehead bust of Lucius Verus. Rev: SELGE WN / Winged thunderbolt and bow decorated w. animal heads. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 31, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 31, 2023 and on to the next letter, Τ (Tau) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted October 31, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2023 Tarentum, Nomos, 340-325, by the moneyer Kal[–], youth on horseback left, holding shield and preparing to cast javelin, rev. dolphin-rider right, inspecting helmet, ταρασ behind, καλ below, 7.69g/3h SICILY. Tauromenion. Drachm (Circa 305-295 BC) Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right; star to left. Rev: TAYPOME / NITAN. Tripod. S Weight: 3.12 g. Diameter: 17 mm. 7 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted October 31, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 31, 2023 Taras bronze Taras, Calabria 281-209 BC Æ13 (13.5mm, 1.64g), O: Kantharos; eight-rayed star on each side. R: Kantharos; TA to left, filleted bucranium to right. D'Andrea 1722; Vlasto 1821-23; Hands Type IV; McClean 796; Cote 427; HN Italy 1086; SNG Cop 1601; Sear 609 Scarce From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection. ex Naville Numismatics “Receive the god into your kingdom, pour libations, cover your head with ivy, join the dance!” ~ Euripides (The Bacchae) ~ Peter 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted October 31, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 31, 2023 T is for Tarentum. Tarentum, Calabria. AR Nomos (didrachm), ca. 302-280 BCE. Magistrates Sa.., Arethon and Cas-. Obv. Youth on horseback right, crowning horse with wreath; magistrates' names: ΣA to left and AΡE/ΘΩN in two lines below/ Rev. TAΡAΣ, Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding tripod, CAΣ below. Vlasto 666 [Ravel, O.E., Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M.P. Vlasto (London, 1947, reprinted 1977)]; HN Italy 957 [Rutter, N.K., ed., Historia Numorum Italy (London, 2001)]; SNG ANS 1046 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society, Part 1: Etruria - Calabria (New York 1969)]. 23 mm., 7.86 g. Purchased from Eukratides Ancient Numismatics (Brad Bowlin), Jan. 18, 2020. Tarentum, Calabria. AR Nomos, ca. 272-240 BCE. Magistrates Sy… and Lykinos. Obv. Nude youth on horse advancing to left, crowning horse with wreath held in right hand, holding reins in left hand; to right, ΣΥ; below horse, ΛΥΚΙ/ΝΟΣ in two lines / Rev. Phalanthos [or “Taras”; but see https://coinsweekly.com/and-this-is-where-aristotle-was-wrong/] astride dolphin to left, his back half-turned to viewer, brandishing trident held in right hand, chlamys draped over left arm; ΤΑ-ΡΑΣ beneath dolphin; in right field, owl standing to left, head facing.. Vlasto 836-841 [all same type] at p. 95 & Pl. XXVII ; HN Italy 1025 . 19.5 mm., 6.47 g, 12 h. (“Reduced standard” compared to larger size of earlier coins, beginning after arrival of Pyrrhus in Italy ca. 280 BCE.) Purchased at Nomos Obolos Auction 22, 6 March 2022, Lot 39. 8 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted October 31, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 31, 2023 Tarsos, Cilicia Autonomous issue 164-27 BC AE21 (21mm, 7.39g) O: Turreted, veiled, draped bust of Tyche right, within dotted border. R: Pyre of Sandon in the form of a pyramidal structure, containing figure of Sandon standing on a horned and winged lion, surmounting garlanded square basis; eagle perched on apex, M and H monograms to left, TAPΣEΩN to right. Sear 5672 From the David Cannon Collection. ex Beast Coins ~ Peter 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted November 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 1, 2023 Tau Achaea. Arcadia, Tegea. Caracalla Æ22 Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right. Rev: TEGE ATΩN, Pan standing left, on goat legs, holding syrinx and lagobolon. Aeolis, Temnos. Pseudo-autonomous Ae25. Senate/Nemeses Obv: IERACY NKLHTOC; Bust of youthful Senate r. Rev: THM NE ITWN; Two Nemeses standing facing each other, drawing fold of drapery from breasts. 200-250 AD. 25mm, 6.5g. Caria, Trapezopolis. Vespasian Ae22 Obv: ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ / laureate head of Vespasian, r. Rev: ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΟΡΟΝΤΗΣ /Cybele standing facing, between two lions. Magistrate Ti Klaudios Orontes. RPC II, 1235 Ionia, Teos. Augustus AE16 Obv: ΣEBAΣTOΣ KTIΣTHΣ, bare head right. Rev: THIΩN, Dionysos, wearing long robe, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. RPC 2512 Lydia, Tripolis. AE15. Semi-autonomous. AD 14-37. Obv: TΡIΠOΛEITΩN, laureate head of Apollo right, with lyre. Rev: MENANΔΡOΣ ΦIΛO KAIΣAΡ TO Δ, four lines within wreath, Maeander pattern below. Magistrate Menandros. Pisidia, Timbriada. Caracalla Æ24. Obv: AY K M AY ANTΩNEINOC, Laureate, draped and cuirased bust right, T countermark in field. Rev: TIMBΡIAΔEΩN, Mên standing left holding patera, humped bull behind. 198-217 AD. Pisidia, Tityassus. Antoninus Pius Æ20 Obv: AV KAI ANTΩNEINOC. Laureate head right. Rev: TITVACCOC. Zeus seated left with eagle and sceptre. RPC IV 8062. Sarmatia, Tyra. Julia Domna AE24. Cybele Obv: TVPA NWN. Bust of Domna r., draped. Rev: IOVLADO MNA CE. Kybele seated r., wearing mural crown; in her r., patera; beneath l. elbow, tympanon; behind, delta. BMC 2 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted November 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 1, 2023 Thessaly, Trikka. Ca. 440-420 B.C. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.71g, 2h). Obv: Youth restraining forepart of a bull right. Rev: TIP-K-KA-I (retrograde) around forepart of a horse right. Ref: HGC 4, 311; SNG Copenhagen 262 var. (legend position); BCD Thessaly II 775.4 var (legend position). Ex Heritage Auction 425 (Jan 8, 2007), Lot 50058. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di Nomos Posted November 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 1, 2023 The Cycladic Islands, Tenos. Tetradrachm, 200 - 188 BC. Apollo Karneios on the obverse and Poseidon on the reverse. 6 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted November 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 1, 2023 Abdera, Thrace 352-323 BC AE Dichalkon (14.5mm, 4.19g) O: Griffin lying right on club; [star] above, MENAN (magistrate) below. R: Laureate head of Apollo right within linear square; AB∆-HPI-TE-[ΩN] around. SNG Cop 374; AMNG II 221; BMC Thrace 75; 83v (MEN) ex Forvm Ancient Coins “Beware of the sharp-beaked hounds of Zeus that do not bark, the Grypes (Griffins) who dwell about the flood of Plouton's stream that flows with gold. Do not approach them.” ~ Aeschylus (Prometheus Bound) ~ Peter 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted November 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 1, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Phil Anthos said: Abdera, Thrace Thrace is with a theta 😉 -> Θρᾴκη Terina BRUTTIUM. Terina. Circa 400-356 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 20 mm, 7.38 g). TEPINAION Head of the nymph Terina to right, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace. Rev. Nike seated left on cippus, wearing kiton and himation, holding flapping bird on her outstretched right hand and placing her left on cippus. Holloway-Jenkins 84; Regling 80; HN Italy 2629. Edited November 1, 2023 by Brennos 6 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapphnwn Posted November 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 1, 2023 Teos Ar Stater 478-449 BC obv Winged Griffin seated right raising fore paw Rv quadpartite incuse square Balcer- 11.99 grms 23 mm Photo by W. Hansen 5 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted November 2, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 2, 2023 Onto Greek letter Υ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted November 2, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 2, 2023 Upsilon. Uncertain mint. Augustus Æ16. Hercules/Mercury. Obv: T VOMANIVS IIVIR QVINQ, head of Hercules, r.; club behind neck. Rev: M MEMMIV FLAM QVINQ ITER, bust of Mercury, r., with caduceus. Magistrates T. Vomanius (duovir quinquennalis for the second time); M. Memmius Flam(—) (duovir quinquennalis for the second time). RPC I, 5414 Uncertain mint. Augustus Æ20. 26 BC. Obv: IMP CAESAR DIVI F AVGVSTVS COS VIII / bare head of Augustus, r. Rev: T VOMAN M MEMM FLAM QVINQ ITER / two goddesses with kalathos seated facing, holding patera(?). RPC I, 5413 Magistrates: Marcus Memmius Flaminius (duovir quinquennalis for the second time) ; Titus Vomanius (duovir quinquennalis for the second time). 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted November 3, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2023 As we struggle with Y, and reflect on the ups and downs of the alphabet, I hope it's not wholly inappropriate to post this. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted November 4, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 OK, now onto Φ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted November 4, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 4, 2023 Phocaea. Electrum hecte (2.58g), ca. 500 BC. from the Erythrae hoard (IGCH 1184). Nymph/incuse punch 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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