The Alphabet game, for anything Greek

[expat]

It doesn´t have to be just City names when the letter is obscure. Names, objects or anything related to the Greek letter is OK

[AncientOne]

Magistrate Claudius Anaxilaus.

Achaea. Corinthia, Corinth. Nero Æ20. Claudius Anaxilaus and P. Ventidius Fronto

Corinthia, Corinth. Nero. 54-68 AD. Æ 20mm . Ti. Claudius Anaxilaus and P. Ventidius Fronto, Duovirs. Struck 67-68 AD. Laureate head of Nero left / Nero stands facing within tetrastyle temple. BCD Corinth 480. SNG Copenhagen 235-236. RPC I 1208.

[Prieure de Sion]

8 hours ago, AncientOne said:

Laureate head of Nero left

Oh, that’s a nice Nero portrait, like it…

[expat]

Time to move along. It is O time

 

[kirispupis]

ELIS, Olympia. 111th Olympiad
336 BCE
AR Stater 22mm, 11.63 g, 6h
Hera mint. Head of Hera right, wearing ornamented stephanos inscribed [FAΛEI]Ω[N] / Eagle standing left, head right, wings spread, on rock; all within wreath.
Seltman, Temple 341–5 var. (dies FG/–); BCD Olympia 159 (same obv. die); HGC 5, 394.

 

EGYPT, Achaemenid Province. Artaxerxes III Okhos. As Pharaoh of Egypt
343/2-338/7 BCE
AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.07 g, 9h)
Imitating Athens. Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl
Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, “Artaxerxes Pharaoh” in two-line Demotic A script to right.
two test cuts on either side, obv. punch.
Van Alfen Type I, 1–5 = Price, More 147–9; O. Mørkholm, “A Coin of Artaxerxes III” in NC 1974, pl. I, 7–8; cf. Meadows, Administration 329; Mildenberg, Münzwesen 124. 

 

Scythia, Olbia
Cast dolphin
AE 25 mm, 1.50g

 

Troas. Ophrynion
circa 350-300 BCE
Æ 12 mm, 1,73 g
Bearded head of Hector of Troy facing, turned slightly to the right, wearing triple crested helmet /
ΟΦΡΥ, the infant Dionysos kneeling right atop ivy branch, holding grape cluster in right hand.
SNG Copenhagen 456; SNG von Aulock 1559.

 

Boeotia, Orchomenos
Circa 395-364 BCE
AR Hemidrachm 13 mm, 2.49 g
Boeotian shield.
Rev. EPX in wreath of grain.
BCD Boiotia 220. HGC 4, 1239. McClean 5537. SNG Copenhagen 200
ex CNG 2022
Ex CNG 2012
Ex BCD Collection
Ex CNG 2006
Ex Burgan MBS 1983

[Phil Anthos]

Here's my anepigraphic Olbia dolphin...

Olbia, Sarmatia

circa 5th century BC AE unit (23.5mm, 0.84g) Cast bronze dolphin with raised spine and dorsal fin. Sear 1684v ex Forvm Ancient Coins

I once read a theory suggesting these were originally manufactured as votive tokens for the temple of Apollo at Olbia and then evolved into currency, but I have no source.

~ Peter 

[Roman Collector]

Omicron is for Olba.

Faustina II, 147-175 CE.
Roman provincial Æ 23 mm, 9.0 g.
Cilicia, Olba, c. 158-165 CE.
Obv: ΦΑVCΤΙΝΑ CЄΒΑCΤΗ, draped bust of Faustina, right, wearing stephane.
Rev: ΟΛΒЄ-ΩΝ, winged thunderbolt.
Refs: RPC IV.3, 5828 (temporary); BMC 21.125,25; SNG von Aulock 5795; SNG Levante 657.
Notes: Obverse die-match to SNG von Aulock and SNG Levante specimens.

[Di Nomos]

Elis, Olympia. Stater from the 112th Ancient Olympics, 332 BC.

[shanxi]

Olba

Kilikia, Olba
Æ 22
Pseudo-autonomous (Late 1st century BC).
Obv.: Empty throne of Zeus Olbios facing slightly right; EP to left
Rev.: OΛBEΩN. Winged thunderbolt; Z above.
Æ, 7.50g, 22mm
Ref.: RPC I 3723; Ziegler -; SNG BN 839; SNG Levante 645.
Ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (sold 20.1.1987)
Ex Dr. P. Vogl Collection

 

[kapphnwn]

Lokri Opuntii Ar Tetradrachm 370-360 BC Obv Head of Persephone left wreathed  in grain Rv Ajax advancing right holding shield and sword.  Humphris/Delbridge Group 2 9a This coin illustrated 12.26 grms 22 mm Photo by W Hansen

The artistic revolution that began in Sicily can be seen to have some resonance at some of the mints in mainland Greece. This head of Persephone does resemble the Arethusa found on the coins of Syraces.  

[Brennos]

Olynthos

 

MACEDON, Chalkidian League. Circa 359 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.44 g). Olynthos mint. Head of Apollo left, with short hair, wearing laurel wreath / Kithara; tripod above, X-A-ΛKIΔ-EΩN around; all within incuse square. Robinson & Clement Group M

[expat]

And on to letter Π

Have as much fun posting these as I am seeing them.

[shanxi]

Pergamon

Mysia, Pergamon
Cistophoric Tetradrachm
Obv.: Serpent emerging from cista mystica with raised lid, all within ivy wreath with fruits.
Rev.: Bow case between two coiled serpents; to left, monogram of Pergamon; to right, NI
Ag, 29mm, 12.26g
Ref.: SNG France 1709

 

MYSIA. Pergamon.
Cistophor (Circa 166-67 BC).

Obv: Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath.
Rev: Bowcase between two serpents.
Controls: Civic monogram to left, stylis (ship's mast) to right.
AR, 12.56g, 30mm
Ref.: Kleiner & Noe Series 15; SNG Copenhagen 406.

[shanxi]

Perge

PAMPHYLIA. Perge. (3rd century BCE). AR Drachm.
Obv: Laureate head of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder.
Rev: [APT]EMIΔ[OΣ] / ΠEPΓAIAΣ.
Artemis standing left, holding wreath and scepter; to inner right, forepart of stag left, head right.
Colin group 1.3, series 1 (dies V1.1/R1.1); SNG France 332.
AR, 4.02 g, 17.60 mm

 

Pharsalos

Thessaly, Pharsalos
Hemidrachm, ca. 380 BC
Obv.: Head of Athena right
Rev.: Horse’s head to right, Φ-A-P-Σ
Ag, 2.81g, 16.6x14.7mm
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 223

[expat]

PERGAMON (Mysia) AE16.
Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing helmet decorated with 8 pointed star.
Reverse: AΘHNAΣ / NIKHΦOPOY. Owl standing facing on palm frond right, with wings spread. Monograms ΓΑ and ΑΡ either sides of owl in fields.
Leipzig 1102-1103. Pergamon mint, ca. 200-133 BC.  2,9 g - 16 mm

[kirispupis]

Hmmm... I count 15 people in my collection and 28 cities that begin with Π...

Satraps of Karia, Pixodaros AR Didrachm.
Halikarnassos, circa 341/0-336/5 BCE
Laureate head of Apollo facing, turned slightly to right / Zeus Labraundos standing to right, holding double-axe (labrys) over shoulder and lotus-tipped sceptre; ΠIΞΩΔAPOY to right.
HNO 241 (temporary); SNG Copenhagen 596-7; SNG Kayhan 891; SNG Von Aulock 2375-6;
6.53g, 19mm, 1h.

 

Kimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion
Æ 7.23g, 20mm, 11h.
Circa 325-310 BCE
Head of bearded Satyr to right / Π-Α-Ν around forepart of griffin to left; sturgeon to left below
MacDonald 69; SNG BM Black Sea 869-71; SNG Stancomb 542; HGC 7, 113

 

Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos
AR Tetradrachm. Tyre, dated RY 30 = 256/5 BCE
14.01g, 25mm, 12h.
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛEΜΑΙOΥ [BAΣΙΛEΩΣ], eagle standing to left; monogram of Tyre above club to left; Λ (date) above monogram to right; A between legs.
CPE 577; Svoronos 657; SNG Copenhagen 488; DCA 20
Ex collection of R. N. Draskowski;
Ex Ephesus Numismatics, North Carolina, USA

 

Cyclades, Paros
Late 4th-1st centuries BCE
Ae Dichalkon 16mm 3.57g
Obv: Head of female right, wearing stephanos.
Rev: ΠΑΡΙ. Goat standing right.
Tully Group 2.B.1; HGC 6, 670

 

IONIA. Pedasa
Circa 4th century BCE
AE 10 mm, 1.58 g, 12 h
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet.
Rev. ΠΗΔΑ-ΣΕΩΝ Owl with closed wings standing right, head facing.
H. von Aulock: Eine neue kleinasiatische Münzstätte: Pedasa (Pidasa) bei Milet, in: JNG 25 (1975), pp. 123-8
Ex collection of G. Plankenhorn

[Brennos]

Cities and rulers that begin with Π are abundant indeed so let's sail to the Cyclades islands :

Paros 

Cyclades, Paros AR Drachm. Circa 520-500 BC. Goat kneeling right, within border of dots / Incuse square. K. Sheedy, The Archaic and Early Classical Coinages of the Cyclades, RNS SP 40, London 2006, 9a; SNG Lockett 2619. 6.00g, 16mm.

[Phil Anthos]

"Paestum was Poseidonia, now it's Paestum not Poseidonia..."

Poseidonia, Lucania

350-290 BC AE 16 (16x13mm, 3.80g) O: Poseidon, nude, advancing left, Brandishing trident over head. R: Bull butting right, waves below; dolphin right in ex. HN Italy 1167; SNG IV Fitzwilliam 566 Rare ex Colosseum Coin Exchange; ex Forvm Ancient Coins Poseidonia was founded shortly before 600 BC by colonists from Sybaris, and archeological evidence shows that they, like the Sybarites, enjoyed fine living. The archaic style of the obverse remained even into the classical era, however this coin is quite rare in that Poseidon is facing left, rather than to the right as on almost all other examples from this city. The bull on the reverse, typical of the coins of Sybaris, honored the mother colony. Poseidonia came under Roman control in 273 after the defeat of Pyrrhus, at which time the name was changed to Paestum. ~ Peter

[DonnaML]

P is for the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt:

Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor [“Mother-loving”] (First reign, 180-164 BCE), AR Tetradrachm ca.180-170 BCE, Alexandria Mint. Obv. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Rev. Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, ΠTOΛEMAIOY on left, BAΣIΛEΩΣ on right. Seaby 7895 [Sear, David, Greek Coins & their Values, Vol. II: Asia & Africa (Seaby 1979)]; Svoronos 1489 (ill. Pl. 51a, Nos. 1-5) [Svoronos, J.N., Ta Nomismata tou Kratous ton Ptolemaion  (Athens, 1904-08)] (see https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p209t.html [incorrectly attributed to Ptolemy VIII]); SNG Copenhagen 262-268 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 40: Egypt: The Ptolemies (Copenhagen 1977)]; BMC 6 Ptolemaic Egypt 3 (p. 100) (ill. Pl. XXIV No. 5) [Poole, R.S., A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 6, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt (London, 1883)]. 26 mm., 12.14 g.

P is for Pantikapaion:

Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion, AE 19 mm., ca. 320-310 BCE, minted under Perisad I, 345-310 BC. Obv. Bearded head of satyr (Pan), right / Rev. Forepart of griffin left; below, sturgeon left; Π-A-N [PAN] around. Anokhin (2011) 1023 [Anokhin, V.A., Античные Монеты Северного Причерноморья (Ancient Coins of the Northern Black Sea Coast) (Kiev. 2011) (see https://bosporan-kingdom.com/111-3141/)]; Seaby 1700 [Sear, David, Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. 1: Europe (Seaby 1979) at p. 169]; BMC 3 Thrace 20 [R.S. Poole, ed. A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 3, The Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, etc. (London, 1877) at p. 7]; HGC 7, 113 [Hoover, Oliver D., Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia, Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos), 5^th to 1st Centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 7 (Lancaster, PA, 2012); MacDonald 69 [MacDonald, David, An Introduction to the History and Coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus. Classical Numismatic Studies 5 (Lancaster, 2005)]; SNG BM Black Sea 869-870 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea (London, 1993); available online at http://www.sylloge-nummorum-graecorum.org; see SNGuk_0901_0869 and SNGuk_0901_0870]; Anokhin (1986) 111 [Anokhin, V.A., Monetnoye delo Bospora (The Coinage of the Bosporus (Kiev, 1986)]. 20 mm., 7.87 g., 12 h. Purchased from Sphinx Numismatics, Markham ON Canada, Dec. 2020. 

Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion, AE 20 mm., ca. 310-303 BCE, minted under Eumelos (Spartocid ruler of Bosporan Kingdom, son of Perisad I). Obv. Beardless head of young satyr (Pan) left, wearing ivy wreath / Rev. Lion head left; sturgeon below left; Π-A-N [PAN] around. Seaby 1701 [Sear, David, Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. 1: Europe (Seaby 1979) at p. 169]; BMC 3 Thrace 21-22 [R.S. Poole, ed. A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 3, The Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, etc. (London, 1877) at p. 8]; HGC 7, 114 [Hoover, Oliver D., Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia, Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos), 5^th to 1st Centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 7 (Lancaster, PA, 2012); MacDonald 70 [MacDonald, David, An Introduction to the History and Coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus. Classical Numismatic Studies 5 (Lancaster, 2005)]. 20 mm., 6.43 g. Purchased from Kirk Davis, Catalogue # 77, Spring 2021, Lot 6.

P is for Philadelphia (no, not the one that lost Game 7 last night):

Lydia, Philadelphia, AE 17, Late 2^nd/Early 1^st Centuries BCE, Hermippos, son of Hermogenes, archiereus [magistrate]. Obv. Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy-wreath and band across forehead, [Φ]ΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕ[ΩΝ] vertically behind / Rev. Spotted pantheress [leopard] walking left, with head turned back to right, cradling thyrsos bound with fillet (ribbon) against left shoulder, right foreleg raised; ΑΡΧΙΕΡ-ΕΥΣ above, ΕΡΜΙΠΠΟΣ in exergue. Seaby II 4720 [Sear, D., Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. II, Asia & Africa (Seaby 1979), at p. 430 (ill.)]; BMC 22 Lydia 16 [Head, B.V. A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Lydia (London 1901) at p. 189]; SNG Von Aulock II 3057 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock, Vol. 2: Caria, Lydia, Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia  (Berlin 1962)]; SNG Copenhagen 340 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 27, Lydia Part 1 (Copenhagen 1947)]; Imhoof-Blumer 8 [Imhoof-Blumer, Friedrich, Lydische Stadtmünzen, neue Untersuchungen (Leipzig 1897) at pp. 114-115]; Mionnet IV No. 536 [Mionnet, Théodore E., Description de Médailles antiques grecques et romaines, Vol. IV, Lydie (Paris 1809) at p. 98]. 17 mm., 5.02 g.  [With old collector’s envelope.]

P is for Pergamon:

Mysia, Pergamon (under Roman Republic from 133 BCE, Province of Asia), AE 19 mm., 133-27 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Asklepios right / Rev. Bearded serpent coiled around oval Omphalos covered by net [agrenon],*  AΣKΛHΠIOY downwards to right, ΣΩTHΡOΣ downwards to left [ = Asklepios Sothros or Soter, meaning “the Savior”]. BMC 15 Mysia 158 (p. 129) & PL. XXVII no. 4 [Wroth, Warwick, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins of the British Museum, Vol. 15, Mysia (London 1892)]; Sear, Greek Coins 3967 (p. 369) (ill.) [Sear, David, Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. 2: Asia & Africa (Seaby 1979)]; SNG Von Aulock I 1377 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock, Vol. 1: Pontus, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Mysia, Troas, Aiolis, Lesbos, Ionia (Berlin, 1957)]; SNG BnF 1803-1827 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France, Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothéque Nationale, Vol. 5, Mysia (Paris 2001)]. 19 mm., 9.91 g., 11 h.

*See the definitions of Omphalos and agrenon at http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/glossary.html:

Omphalos: The Omphalos was a sacred stone sited near the prophetic chamber of the oracle of Delphi. The word means "navel" in Greek, indicating its position in the centre of the Hellenic world. There were several copies, and some other stones are sometimes given this name, but the Delphi stone is the original and the one which is usually meant by the term. Apollo [father of Asklepios], the patron deity of the Delphic oracle, is often shown seated on the Omphalos. It was usually shown on coins as covered by a white wool netting, the agrenon, though this is worn to invisibility on many examples.

Agrenon: A Greek word for the white wool netting which covered the Omphalos, and was also worn by soothsayers. It was related to the casting nets used by hunters. It was made of raw wool which had been carded, but not spun or died. Paintings and copies of the Omphalos showed it with this netting. It can be seen on the example to the right, criss-crossing between the body of a snake [illustration is of this coin type; see http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/pergamon_004.html].

P is for Pisidia:

Hadrian, AE 18, Baris, Pisidia (SW Anatolia N of Lycia, near today’s Farı mevkii, Kılıç, Turkey), 118-138 AD. Obv. Laureate and draped bust right, AYT TRAI AΔPIANOC / Rev. Emperor in military dress, on horseback galloping right, brandishing javelin at serpent beneath horse’s hooves, BAPHNΩN. RPC III Online 2776 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2776) (4 specimens; 14 on acsearch); Von Aulock, Pisidiens II 236-7 corr.; SNG Copenhagen Part 32 107-108 var. (obv. legend); SNG von Aulock Vol. 3 5009 var. (same). Purchased at JAZ Numismatics Auction 195, Lot 10, 2 Dec. 2021; ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 103, Lot 107, 23 March 2017.  18 mm., 3.9 g., 6 h.

 

Finally, P is for Pamphylia (because I missed A for Aspendos):

Aspendos, Pamphylia, Asia Minor, AR Stater ca. 380/75-330/25 BCE (Tekin, 4^th Series [see fn.]). Obv. Two standing wrestlers, naked, grappling with legs spread apart and heads touching; wrestler on left grasps his opponent’s left wrist with his right hand, and left elbow with his left hand; wrestler on right grasps his opponent’s left arm with his right hand; letters “KI” [for name of minting magistrate] in field between wrestlers, below knee level / Rev. Slinger wearing short chiton, standing with trunk in facing position, head and legs in profile facing right, legs held straight with feet apart, left arm extended forward holding sling with left thumb, right arm drawing sling back with elbow bent; triskeles in right field with legs running left; ΕΣΤϜΕΔΙΙΥΣ [adjectival form of city name Estwediius in Pamphylian dialect of Ancient Greek] upwards behind slinger; all contained within square dotted border. SNG Copenhagen 226 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 31, Lycia, Pamphylia (Copenhagen 1955)]; SNG Von Aulock II 4557 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock, Vol. 2: Caria, Lydia, Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia 19 Lycia (Berlin 1962)]; BMC 45-46 [both with initials “KI” on obv.] [Hill, G.F. A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Lycia, Pamphylia, and Pisidia (London, 1897) at p. 99]; Sear GCV Vol. II 5397 (obv. var. -- diff. magistrate’s initials) [Sear, David, Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. II, Asia & Africa (Seaby 1979) at p. 491], 26 mm., 10.96 g. Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 217th Buy or Bid Sale, 17 Sep. 2021, Lot 132; ex. Spina Collection, purchased by Dr. Spina from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. on 7 March 2001 at coin show in Baltimore, MD.*

 

Link to Vimeo of coin: 

*Aspendos, near the south coast of Anatolia, “was an ancient city in Pamphylia, Asia Minor, located about 40 km east of the modern city of Antalya, Turkey. It was situated on the Eurymedon River about 16 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea.” See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspendos. It was captured by the Persians in 411 BCE (not for the first time), and remained under Persian domination until captured by Alexander the Great in 333 BCE. Id.

In the introduction to BMC 19 Lydia, supra at p. lxxii, the reverse legend in the Pamphylian dialect and the reverse iconography of the slinger on this type of Aspendian “wrestler stater” are explained as follows:

See also the Wikipedia article on Pamphylian Greek, at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamphylian_Greek.

According to the leading article on the Aspendian wrestler/slinger staters, this type falls into the so-called “4^th Series” out of five, issued circa 380/75-330/25 BCE; it probably belongs to the later part of that period. See Tekin, Oğuz, Aspendian 'Wrestlers' : an iconographic approach, in: Mécanismes et innovations monétaires dans l’Anatolie achéménide. Numismatique et Histoire. Actes de la Table Ronde d’Istanbul, 22-23 mai 1997 (Istanbul : Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes-Georges Dumézil, 2000), pp. 159-169 at 165-167 (Varia Anatolica, 12) (available at https://www.persee.fr/doc/anatv_1013-9559_2000_act_12_1_956 ) :

“4th SERIES (c. 380/75 - c. 330/25 B.C.)

On the obverse of the staters which we have classified under this series there are letters found between the wrestlers at knee level (pi. XXVIII, 11). These letters are shown in Table 1 below [Table omitted; the two-letter combinations used include “KI”). . . . [I]t is understood that in the first examples of the [4^th] series there was only a single letter on the obverse or reverse..

These letters figuring on the obverse of the staters indicated the initials of either the name of a single magistrate or of two different magistrates. The changed order of certain letters on some staters, that is the A figuring before the Z in one example (AZ) whereas in another the Z figures before A (IA), if not a coincidence, must have been done with considerations of equity as regards the priority in magistrates' names. There exist six such examples [listed in Table 3; KI is not included among them.] . . .

The noteworthy main feature on the obverse of the staters of this series is the position of the wrestlers. One of the wrestlers holds his opponent's arm with both hands, whereas the other holds his opponent's wrist. The wrestler's match therefore is now represented in one single position [by contrast to the 16 different positions found in some of the earlier series]. As regards the slinger on the reverse, there is not much change at first. But the quadratum incusum tends to disappear in the first examples and gradually becomes totally inexistant. Therefore, in the great majority of this series there is a square dotted border instead of the quadratum incusum on the reverse, the incuse [found on the earlier coinage] has disappeared.”

Although Tekin proceeds to discuss the countermarks that are common in the 4^th Series, he notes that “The last examples of the fourth series do not have countermarks.” My coin does not have any countermarks.

 

 

Edited October 25, 2023 by DonnaML

[Phil Anthos]

I love the veiled Demeter theme. Here is one facing...

Pella, Macedon

187-131 BC AE 18 (18mm, 6.24g) O: Veiled head of Demeter facing. R: Cow grazing right, monograms above and below; ΠEΛΛΗΣ in ex. SNG ANS 572; SNG Cop 257; BMC Macedonia 92, 29 ex Gitbud & Naumann ~ Peter

[Deinomenid]

I was going to try to sneak a nice Paphos coin  in as sort of Greek,  but the hieroglyph gives it away, so here are some bona fide Greeks -

 

Phokaia  Diobol. Circa 521-478 BC. Head of nymph to left, wearing sakkos and rosette earring / Quadripartite incuse square.

 

 

PHOKIS, Federal Coinage. Circa 457-446 BC. Half-drachma (Williams) or triobol

Bull’s head facing. Rev. Φ-O-K-I Head of Artemis to right, hair in a krobylos, wearing necklace and pearl diadem; all within incuse square.

 

Poseidonia, Nomos, c. 470-450, πομε, Poseidon standing right, casting trident, chlamys draped over shoulders, rev. bull standing right on single exergue line, πομεs above.

 

 

 

[Phil Anthos]

Prusias Bithynian Kingdom, Reign of Prusias I

228-185 BC AE17 (3.88g) O: Laureate head of Apollo right. R: BAΣIΛEΩΣ and ΠPOYΣIOY on either side of quiver and bow. SNG Cop 146; SNG von Aulock 250; Sear 7263; BMC 13 209,9 ~ Peter

[Phil Anthos]

Heiropolis, Phrygia

2nd-3rd century BC Pseudo-autonomous AE Assarion  O: Bust of Hekate/Selene right on cresent. R: Winged Nemesis standing facing with head left, holding bridle and plucking chiton from breast; IEPAΠOΛITΩN. Scarce SNG Cop 419-20; BMC 19 ex GB Collection Hieropolis was a destination coveted in ancient times for it's famous spa. A nearby cave was considered an entrance to the Underworld due to the deadly gases it emitted. As such it was considered limnal point which in turn gave rise to a temple of Hecate, Goddess of the limnos. "O Selene, driver of the silver car! If thou art Hekate of many names, if in the night thou doest shake thy mystic torch in brandcarrying hand, come nightwanderer." ~ Apulius

[Sulla80]

P is for Pamphylia

P is for Pylaimenes from Paphlagonia

https://www.sullacoins.com/post/pylæmenes-ii-iii-euergetes

Edited October 26, 2023 by Sulla80

[AncientOne]

Here are some my less common coins from cities starting with "Π".

Achaea. Achaea, Patras(Patrae). Sabina Æ20

Obv: SABINA AVG / Draped bust of Sabina, r., hair coiled and piled on top of head above triple stephane. Rev: COL A A PATREN / Genius naked running l. to altar, looking back, holding box in his l. hand. BCD Peloponnesos 552.5, Plate   Achaea. Messinia, Pylos. Caracalla AE22. Terminal figure. Peloponnesus. Pylos, Messenia. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion 22mm. Obv: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: PYL[IWN] Terminal figure veiled and closely draped, holds in r. end of garment.   Arabia Petraea, Petra. Septimius Severus. AE22 Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right. Rev: Tyche seated left on rocks, extending hand with stele and holding trophy, within distyle shrine.   Bithynia, Prusa ad Olympum. Philip I Æ19. Obv: Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, r., seen from rear. Rev: ΠΡΟΥⳞΑΕΩΝ; Dionysus standing l., holding ivy wreath and thyrsus. RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 19783)   Bithynia, Prusias ad Hypium. Diadumenian AE20 Obv: M OPEL ANTW DIADVMENIANOC. Draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev: PROVCIEWN - PR - OC VPIW. Nemesis, in long garment and mantle, holding in raised l. hand cubit-rule horizontally and in lowered r. hand bridle. 20mm, 3.4gms.   Cilicia, Pompeiopolis. Pompey AE22. Time of Tiberius. Obv: Head of Pompey, r. Rev: ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ; ϘϚ, Athena, seated l., holding Nike; in field several letters. Year 96 = AD 30/1 RPC I, 4001   Galatia, Pessinus. Julia Domna Æ22 Obv: IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CЄBA - Draped bust of Julia Domna to right. Rev: ΠЄCCINOVNTIΩN. Athena standing left, holding spear and resting on shield. Not recorded in the standard references.   Macedonia, Philippi. Claudius AE28, 41-54. Tetrassarion. Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P / Bare head of Claudius to left. Rev: COL AVG IVL PHILIP / Statues of Divus Julius and Augustus standing left on base inscribed DIVVS/AVG. 28.2 mm, 10.5 g   Mysia, Pergamon. Alliance with Ephesos. AE34 of Commodus Obv: laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r. Rev: to l., Asclepius standing, facing, (head, r.), holding serpent-staff; to r., cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports. 34mm and 20.8g.   Phrygia, Peltae. AE14. AD 138-192. Obv: Radiate and draped bust of Helios right. Rev: ΠEΛ-TH-NΩN legend in three lines within wreath. BMC 8–10. Phrygia, Prymnessus. Pseudo-autonomous Æ28. Time of the Antonines. Obv: ΔΗΜΟС, Laureate head of Boule right. Rev: ΠΡVΜΝΗСCЄΩΝ, Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and grain ears. RPC IV.2, 3353