12 Olympian Portraits: Apollo

[Curtisimo]

Wonderful imperatorial coins @jdmKY! The Brutus and Clodius are particularly beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[DonnaML]

A series of Apollos (or likely Apollos) in no particular order and without the writeups, starting with my favorite bodybuilder Apollo -- none of that pretty boy stuff for him -- on the reverse of this coin: 

The next six Apollos are obverse portraits:

2 from Piso Frugi the father:

1 from Piso Frugi the son:

The next three are on the reverses with lyres. Probably not bodybuilders.

Finally, here are  3 "maybe" Apollos on the obverses of these Roman Republican denarii:

Possibly Apollo on obverse of this L. Memmius Dioscuri issue; a portrait usually described as "Apollo(?)," but with no suggested alternative:

Apollo or Vejovis on this Mn. Fonteius:

Apollo or Bonus Eventus on this Q. Cassius Longinus:

Edited November 15, 2023 by DonnaML

[LONGINUS]

 

Superb post, @Curtisimo!

 

I haven’t been visiting the Greek forum as often as I should and I’m a little late.

 

Apollo coins are sparse in my collection and that’s something I need to work on.

Here are my two favorites of the few I have.

 

 

Edited November 21, 2023 by LONGINUS

[Phil Anthos]

Syracuse, Timoleon and the Third Democracy

344-317 BC AE Litra (19mm, 5.34g) O: Laureate head of Apollo left, cornucopia behind. R: Pegasos flying left; pellet above. HGC2,1486; CNS 85ff; Sear 1199v (under Agathokles) ex Lanz; ex Ken Dorney ~ Peter

[Phil Anthos]

Going through my gallery I came across this forgotten bronze... 

Neapolis, Campania

270-240 BC AE19 (19mm, 5.38g) O: Laureate head of Apollo left; NEOΠOΛITΩN before, Ξ behind. R: Man headed bull right, crowned by Nike flying right; IΣ below. Graziano 423; MSP I, 364; Sambon ---; SNG ANS 477; Hands Type IV; HN Italy 589; Sear 557 ex Ancient Imports “I will remember and not forget far-shooting Apollo. Gods tremble as he approaches the home of Zeus: All rise from their seats as he draws near when he stretches his gleaming bow… … How to praise you, celebrated in so many hymns? Phoibos, the range of songs for you spreads over all the islands and lands that feed calves. All high places please you, from the mountain headlands, to the rivers that flow seaward, and the rugged banks sloping to the sea and harbor.” ~ Homeric Hymn to Apollo (Diane Rayor translation) ~ Peter

[O-Towner]

I had just come across this larger provincial coin which includes Apollo today:

Septimius Severus Ae : Cremna Pisidia (30mm, 21.0 gms) : Ref: ? (anyone know?)

Obv: SEP SEVER PERTIN AVG; Laureate and draped bust right

Rev: COL IVL AVG FEL CREM; Apollo Propylaeus advancing right and holding drawn bow

 

 

 

[kapphnwn]

Philip II Av Stater Pella 345-336 BC Obv Laureate head of Apollo/ Rv. Charioteer driving biga right cicada above.Le Rider 47 HGC 844 8.60 grms 17mm Photo by W Hansen 

An early lifetime stater of Philip II who appears to have only started this coinage after he captured Olynthus in 348 BC On a personal not I just got out of the hospital last Friday. I suffered from a major bleeding ulcer. 

[shanxi]

Here are three portraits:

P. Clodius M. f. Turrinus
AR Denarius, 42 BC, Rome
Obv.: Laureate bust of Apollo right; lyre behind
Rev.: P•CLODIVS right; M•F• left, Diana standing facing, with bow and quiver over shoulder, holding lighted torch in each hand;
AR, 3,78 g, 20 mm.
Ref.: Sydenham 1117, Crawford 494/23, Babelon Clodia 14
Old collection label

 

Antandros
Asia Minor, Troas
Ae10, 350-250 BC
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right
Rev.: ANTAN , Head of a roaring lion right, grapes above A
AE, 0.99g, 9.60mm
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 218 var. (no grapes), BMC Troas pg. 34, 8

 

Mysia, Pergamon
AR Diobol (ca. 450 BC).
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right.
Rev.: ΠΕΡΓ, Bearded head of satrap right, wearing Persian tiara, within incuse square.
Ag, 1.66g, 12mm
Ref.: BMC Myisa 1 var., SNG France 1546-8, SNG von Aulock 1347

 

[panzerman]

Excellent writeup/ beautifull coins.

THree different versions of Apollo/ classical/ abstract/ youthfull

Kolchis/ modern day Ukraine

AV Hemi Stater ND (200BC)

Vani Mint

Eastern Celts/ Basternae

 

Macedonia

AV Stater ND

Magnesia on the Menander Mint

Philip III Arrhidaios 323-17BC

 

Karia/ Satraps of

SV 1/24 Daric ND

Halikarrassus Mint

Pixodarus 341-35BC

ex: Adams Coll.

 

 

[Curtisimo]

Thanks @panzerman! Wonderful Apollo portraits!

[Prieure de Sion]

I got another Apollo Delphios here - issued by the young Antiochus, son of Seleucus IV...

Apollo Delphinios was a special form of Apollo whose characteristics could not be properly assessed and therefore gave rise to speculation and controversy on several occasions. The only thing that is almost completely agreed upon is that he is a god of the sea and protector of sailors. One of the most important sanctuaries of Apollo Delphinius was in the heart of the city of Miletus; he was also the most important cult in the city.

Antiochus was a co-regent of the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BC. He was the eldest son of King Seleucus IV and his sister wife Laodice IV. An episode seemingly unknown to or forgotten by the ancient writers, the very brief reign of Antiochos, the younger son of Seleukos IV, is attested to by a surprisingly sizeable output of coinage in the material record, consisting of oktadrachms that feature the conjoined busts of Antiochos and his mother, Queen Laodike IV, and drachms and tetradrachms such as the present piece bearing the portrait and name of the young boy king. Heliodoros, the minister responsible for the murder of Seleukos IV, is supposed to have elevated the young Antiochos in the belief that the power of the throne would reside in his hands, installing the regency of Laodike as a necessity. However, Seleukos IV's younger brother Antiochos, who had been held hostage in Rome under the Treaty of Apameia until his replacement with Demetrios, elder son of Seleukos IV, swiftly moved to march on Syria with an army and claim his rightful place on the throne as Antiochos IV, abruptly changing the arrangements Heliodoros had instigated. He adopted his nephew, associated him with his rule, and married the boy's mother, his brother's widow. Thus, Antiochos the younger son of Seleukos IV survived a few years more until 170 BC when a son was born to his uncle, and he had the young Antiochos killed.

Antiochos, son of Seleukos IV; Reign: Seleukid Kings of Syria; Mint: Antiochia on the Orontes, Syria; Date: ca. September-October / November 175 BC; Nominal: Tetradrachm; Material: Silver; Diameter: 28mm; Weight: 16.46g; Reference: SC 1369c; Reference: Le Rider, Antioche 20; Provenance: Numismatic Fine Arts Auction 28, 23 April 1992, lot 728; Provenance: Harlan Berk 72, 4 August 1992, lot 164; Provenance: Harlan Berk 97, 12 August 1997, lot 205; Provenance: UBS Auction 52, 11 September 2001, lot 118 (misattributed as Antiochos IV); Provenance: From the Medicus Collection; Obverse: Diademed head of the young Antiochos to right; Reverse: Apollo Delphios seated to left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting hand on bow; Inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY; Translation: Basileos Antiochou; Translation: King Antiochos.