AncientOne Posted March 13 · Member Share Posted March 13 Pamphylia was a region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus. It was bounded on the north by Pisidia and was therefore a country of small extent, having a coast-line of only about 120 km (75 miles) with a breadth of about 50 km (30 miles). Aspendus Pamphylia, Aspendos. AE14 Pseudo-autonomous First century A.D. Obv: Horse galloping right. Rev: AΣΠEN-ΔIΩN, Warrior standing right, holding shield and hurling javelin. Attalia Pamphylia, Attaleia. Domitian AE20 Obv: Laureate head r. Rev: ATTAΛEΩN, helmeted bust of Athena r. with aegis. Magydus Pamphylia, Magydus. Marcus Aurelius Æ20 Obv: laureate head of Lucius Verus, r. Rev: Athena standing, l., holding Nike and spear; leaning against spear, shield. RPC IV.3, 5711 Perga Pamphylia, Perge. Otacilia Severa Æ26 Obv: ΜΑΡ ⲰΤΑ ϹƐΟΥΗΡΑΝ ϹƐΒ / diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, r., crescent at shoulders. Rev: ΠƐΡΓΑΙΑϹ ΑΡΤƐΜΙΔΟϹ, ΑϹΥΛΟΥ / temple with two columns enclosing cult statue of Artemis Pergaia between star and crescent; in pediment, eagle. RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 21051) Side 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 Sillyum Pamphylia, Sillyum. Septimius Severus. Æ17. Obv: AY K Λ C CEOYHΡOC ΠE, laureate head right. Rev: CIΛΛYEΩN, Mên standing front, head right, wearing Phrygian cap, foot on bucranium, holding pine cone and sceptre. These are the six provincial cities but feel free to share anything from Pamphylia. 16 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted March 13 · Member Share Posted March 13 Great subcollection. I only have the popular Aspendos stater, from a different era. 21 mm, 10,90 g Pamphylia, Aspendos. AR stater. Circa 415/10-400 BC. Two wrestlers grappling within a dotted border / Slinger discharging sling right, triskeles in right field, ethnic EΣTEE to left, all within incuse square. Countermarked. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsyas Mike Posted March 13 · Member Share Posted March 13 Great grouping of Pamphiliae @AncientOne. A while back I got one minted in Sillyum for Diadumenian that appears to be unpublished (but I found a die-match example on Wildwinds): Diadumenian Æ 17 Sillyum, Pamphylia (c. 217-218 A.D.) [...ANTΩ]ΔIAΔ[OVM...], bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / CIΛΛV[Є]ΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Unpublished (see notes). (4.65 grams / 17 mm) eBay June 2022 Lot @ $0.99 Attribution Notes: Appears to be a die match for unpublished specimen on Wildwinds via Gitbud & Naumann Auction 38; Lot 568; 06.12.2015. Auction description: SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Isegrim -; apparently unpublished. Here's mine with the (much nicer) Wildwinds example: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth77 Posted March 13 · Member Share Posted March 13 Pamphylia is under-represented in my 'provincials' but here is one that I like a lot: Artemis Pergaia cult statue inside distyle temple from the time when coinage turned from late Hellenistic period to early Imperial c. 50-30BC. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted March 13 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 13 My only coin from Pamphylia: Aspendos, Pamphylia, Asia Minor, AR Stater ca. 380/75-330/25 BCE (Tekin, 4th 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 “4th 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 [4th] 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 4th Series, he notes that “The last examples of the fourth series do not have countermarks.” My coin does not have any countermarks. 9 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 14 · Patron Share Posted March 14 The only Pamphylian city I have represented in my collection is Side. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-monolith- Posted September 5 · Member Share Posted September 5 (edited) I have most of the Pamphylia cities covered: Province, City - Reign: Lycia-Pamphylia, Side - Gallienus Denomination: AE Assaria (Issue Phase 4: coins with ΙΑ and Η (lighter standard)) Mint: Side (253 - 268 AD) Size: 29.89 mm Weight: 12.43 g Obverse: AYT KAI ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛIHNOC CEB, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear, star above; IA (mark of value) to right stamped over with denomination countermark : Є within incuse circle Reverse: CIΔHTΩN NEΩKOΡΩN, Two agonistic crowns, each containing two palm fronds, set upon table inscribed ΠPΩTA / ΠΑΜΦΥΛΩΝ References: BMCG 19. 162. 119; SNG France 3, 909; Watson 1684; RPC Online, X 62533 (specimen #6); For c/m: Howgego 805 Province, City - Reign: Lycia-Pamphylia, Side - Salonina Denomination: AE Assaria (Issue Phase 4: coins with ΙΑ and Η (lighter standard) Mint: Side (254 - 268 AD) Size: 29.40 mm Weight: 14.56 g Obverse: Α ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΑ ϹΑΛΩΝΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ, Diademed and draped bust of Salonina, right; above, star; IA (mark of value) to right stamped over with denomination countermark : Є within incuse circle Reverse: ϹΙΔΗΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, Athena standing left, holding palm branch in left and placing pebble in urn with right References: Watson 1731; RPC Online X, 84791 (specimen #2); For c/m: Howgego 805 Province, City - Reign: Pamphylia, Aspendus - Valerian II (Caesar) Denomination: AE 30 Mint: Aspendus (253 – 255 AD) - Issue Phase 3, with value mark 11 (lighter) Size: 30.0 mm Weight: 12.6 g Obverse: ΠΟΥ ΛΙΚ ΚΟΡ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝOA ΚΑΙ ϹΕ, Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian II, right, seen from rear; below eagle, spread wings, head right; ΙΑ right field Reverse: ΑϹΠΕΝΔΟϹ Η ϹΥΜΜΑΧΟϹ, Aspendus standing right, holding palm, and extending right hand to Roma standing left, holding spear Exergue: ΡΩΜΕΩΝ References: BMCG 19. 109. 104; RPC Online X, 62187 (specimen #6) Province, City - Reign: Pamphylia, Magydus - Gallienus Denomination: AE 29 Mint: Magydus (253 – 268 AD) Issue MA = 41 Size: 29.0 mm Weight: 14.6 g Obverse: ΑΥT ΚAI ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛΙΗΝΟ ϹEB, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus right, seen from rear; below, globe Reverse: ΜΑΓΥΔƐΩΝ, River god Katarraktes reclining left, holding rudder and cornucopia in left, resting left on urn; I in left field Exergue: MA = 41 References: Unpublished; RPC Online X, 62243 (specimen #4) Province, City - Reign: Pamphylia, Perge - Gallienus Denomination: AE 29 Mint: Perge (253 – 268 AD) Size: 29.0 mm Weight: 14,64 g Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΠΟ ΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear; star above; I in front Reverse: ΠΕΡΓΑΙΑϹ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟϹ, Temple with two columns, within cult image of Artemis of Perge flanked by star and crescent; with A inscribed in pediment Exergue: ΑϹΥΛΟΥ References: SNG France 568; Watson 1868; RPC Online X, 62270 (specimen #61 *) - (architrave in exergue only 5 known) Province, City - Reign: Pamphylia, Perge - Gallienus Denomination: AE 28 Mint: Perge (253 – 268 AD) Size: 28.0 mm Weight: 14.84 g Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΠΟ ΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟ (ϹΕΒ), Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear; star above; Ι in front Reverse: ΠΕΡΓΑΙΩΝ, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia References: BMCG 19. 291. 76A; SNG France 574; RPC Online X, 62276 (specimen #11) Province, City - Reign: Pamphylia, Perge - Herennia Etruscilla (Trajan Decius) Denomination: AE 23 Mint: Perge (249 – 251 AD) Size: 23.0 mm Weight: 5.70 g Obverse: ƐΡƐΝ ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹƐ, Diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right Reverse: ΠƐΡΓΑΙΩΝ, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia References: Lindgren I, 1132; RPC Online IX, 1105 (specimen #2); Wildwinds database (this coin) Province, City - Reign: Pamphylia, Perge – Marcus Aurelius Denomination: AE 14 Mint: Perge (161 – 180 AD) Size: 14.0 mm Weight: 2.26 g Obverse: AYT KAI ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ, Laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right Reverse: ΠЄ(ΓAIΩN), Temple with two columns including statue of Artemis of Perge References: Unpublished; RPC Online IV.3, 10658 (specimen #2) Edited September 5 by -monolith- 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted September 5 · Supporter Share Posted September 5 I only have a PRE-Roman Provincial Pamphylia... This is a small AE version of the common large silver of Side in Pamphylia. 16-15 mm. 2.53 grams. 12:30 die axis. Helmeted head of Minerva right Nike walking left holding out wreath, pomegranate below in field City name ΣIΔHTΩN downwards. Sear Greek 5440. SNG Copenhagen 408ff "190-36 BC". SNG France 3 740ff Ex: @Valentinian 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted September 5 · Supporter Share Posted September 5 Terrific coins, @AncientOne and all! Here's a Pamphylian provincial from my stash. PAMPHYLIA, Perga. Elagabalus Æ26, 9.5 gm, 12h Obv: AV K M AV ANTΩNI[NOC CEB]; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, c/m eagle, head left Rev: [Π]ЄPΓAIWN; Artemis standing right, left arm outstretched, right arm holding arrow Ref: Lindgren 1113 (this coin) From JAZ, when he held pseudo-private auctions 🙂 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted September 5 · Supporter Share Posted September 5 1 hour ago, TIF said: Terrific coins, @AncientOne and all! Here's a Pamphylian provincial from my stash. PAMPHYLIA, Perga. Elagabalus Æ26, 9.5 gm, 12h Obv: AV K M AV ANTΩNI[NOC CEB]; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, c/m eagle, head left Rev: [Π]ЄPΓAIWN; Artemis standing right, left arm outstretched, right arm holding arrow Ref: Lindgren 1113 (this coin) From JAZ, when he held pseudo-private auctions 🙂 @JAZ Numismatics I miss those auctions… 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkeySwag96 Posted September 5 · Member Share Posted September 5 Aspendos: Side: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtisimo Posted September 5 · Supporter Share Posted September 5 (edited) Fun thread! Great coins all. I have a few from Pamphylia. The coins showing the cult statue of Artemis at Perge are some of my favorite little bronze coins. See my write up on the type here. PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos AR Stater, Aspendos mint, struck ca. 380-325 BC (22.1 mm, 10.62 g) Obv.: Two wrestlers; the left one holds the left arm of his opponent with both hands, the opponent grasping with right hand his right wrist; no control in between legs. Rev.: Slinger, wearing short chiton, discharging sling to right; Π in between legs; on right, triskeles to right, EΣTFEΔIIVΣ behind, all within dotted square; c/m: wolf running left in rectangular incuse. Ref.: BMC 52; SNG Copenhagen 214; Tekin Series 4 Ex Harlan J. Berk (private sale Sept. 21, 2015 with tag); Ex zumbly Collection; purchased from Minotaur Coins July 2021 Pamphylia, Perge AE16, Perge mint, struck ca. 50-30 BC Dia.: 16.6 mm Wt.: 3.9 g Obv.: Cult statue of Artemis Pergaea facing within distyle temple, facing eagle in pediment Rev.: ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟΣ ΠΕΡΓΑΙΑΣ, Bow and quiver Ref.: SNG France 373-8 Ex Savoca Coins 111th Blue Auction (August 2021) Edited September 5 by Curtisimo 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 5 · Supporter Share Posted September 5 Marcus Aurelius Pamphylia, Perge AE19 Obv: AVT KAI M AVP ANTΩNINOC CЄ, Laureate head right. Rev: ΠЄΡΓΑΙΩΝ, Artemis standing right, holding bow and arrow, with quiver over shoulder. AE, 4.58g, 19 mm RPC IV online 10659 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted September 5 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 5 PAMPHYLIA. Side. Caracalla, 198-217. Pentassarion (?) (Bronze, 30 mm, 17.51 g, 1 h). AY K M AY CEY ANTΩNЄINOC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right; above, star; on cheek, countermark: Є within circular incuse. Rev. CIΔH/TΩΝ The river-god Melas reclining left, holding pomegranate tree in his right hand and leaning left on urn from which water flows. SNG Paris -. SNG PFPS 699. SNG von Aulock -. For countermark, Howgego 803. Very rare. Areas of weakness, otherwise, about very fine. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaximander Posted September 5 · Member Share Posted September 5 (edited) On 3/13/2024 at 5:01 PM, DonnaML said: ... letters “KI” [for name of minting magistrate] in field between wrestlers, below knee level 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”). It has been speculated that the letters name the wrestlers, rather than the magistrates. The letters on my coin are ME (it's a die match with Arslan & Lightfoot 161), and my wrestlers could -just possibly- be named Menetos and Elypsas. cf. CNG 81 #557. Edited September 5 by Anaximander 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentinian Posted September 5 · Member Share Posted September 5 Here is a coin of Side, in Pamphlia. 4th C. BC 23-22 mm. 10.69 grams. Athena standing left, holding Nike in right hand, left hand resting on a shield, pomegranate in left field Apollo standing left holding up olive branch with right hand and holding a blow in his left hand, chlamys over shoulders, altar to left, bird to right, countermark at 8:30 of a lion leaping left [down in this orientation] and with arc above. SNG Copenhagen VI --, but reverse of 372 and obverse of 373. SNG France 3, 641. Sear Greek 5430/5428 plus c/m BMC Pamphlia, Side -- but obverse as 15-19 and reverse as 11-13, with no c/m. Bought from John Jencek on vcoins in 2010. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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