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| Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior, Late 3rd - 2nd Century B.C. |   | The primary reference for Dionysopolis is Dimitar Draganov's "The Bronze Coinage of Dionysopolis" in Spink's Numismatic Circular CV/10, December, 1997, pp. 371-7. The coinage is not well studied compared to most other cities. BMC mistakenly lists the coins as from Dionysopolis, Phrygia. |
| GB48674. Bronze AE 14, Draganov Dionysopolis 12, SNG Stancomb 117, AMNG I -, BMC Thrace -, gF, weight 1.526 g, maximum diameter 13.9 mm, Dionysopolis mint, 3rd - 2nd Century B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing taenia; reverse DION DIOU, club and inscription in wreath; nice green patina; very rare; $85.00 (€65.45) |
| Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D., Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior |  | The primary reference for Dionysopolis is Dimitar Draganov's "The Bronze Coinage of Dionysopolis" in Spink's Numismatic Circular CV/10, December, 1997, pp. 371-7. He collected 800 coins from Dionysopolis to conduct his study but none of this type. |
| RP48233. Bronze AE 21, AMNG I/I 374 var (different reverse legend breaks), Draganov Dionysopolis -, SNG Stancomb -, SNG BM Black Sea -, VF, nice patina, weight 7.034 g, maximum diameter 21.2 mm, die axis 180o, Dionysopolis mint, obverse AUT KAI M AURH KOMODOC, laureate head right; reverse DIONUCOPO-LEITWN, Demeter veiled standing left, torch in right, ears of grain in left, G in left field; extremely rare; $65.00 (€50.05) |
| Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior, Late 3rd - 2nd Century B.C. |  | Dionysopolis, was originally called Krunoi. It was renamed during Dionysopolis during the second half of the 3rd century, supposedly after a statue of Dionysos was found in the sea nearby. |
| GB48678. Bronze AE 16, Draganov Dionysopolis 1; SNG Stancomb 107 - 108; BMC Phrygia, p. 182, 1 (Dionysopolis, Phrygia); SNG BM Black Sea -, gF, weight 3.826 g, maximum diameter 17.3 mm, die axis 0o, Dionysopolis mint, Late 3rd - 2nd Century B.C.; obverse young head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath; reverse DIONUS, bunch of grapes; scarce; $55.00 (€42.35) |
| Geta, 209 - c. 26 December 211 A.D., Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior |  | Demeter in Greek mythology is the goddess of grain and fertility, the pure; nourisher of the youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death; and preserver of marriage and the sacred law. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, dated to about the seventh century B.C. she is invoked as the "bringer of seasons," a subtle sign that she was worshipped long before she was made one of the Olympians. She and her daughter Persephone were the central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries that also predated the Olympian pantheon. |
| RP63126. Bronze AE 23, Varbanov 488, AMNG -, SNG Cop -, BMC Moesia -, F, weight 5.430 g, maximum diameter 22.6 mm, die axis 0o, Dionysopolis mint, obverse AU K P CEP GETAC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse DIONUCOPOLEITWN, Demeter standing left, ears of grain downward in right, long flaming torch vertical behind in left, G in left field; $55.00 (€42.35) |
| Severus Alexander, 13 March 222 - March 235 A.D., Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior |  | Dionysopolis was founded by Thracians and later colonized by Ionians who named it Krounoi. The city was renamed Dionysopolis during the second half of the 3rd century, after a statue of Dionysus was found in the sea nearby. Most of the types from Dionysopolis are scarce or rare. Today it is Balchik, Bulgaria, a Black Sea seaside resort town. |
| RP63127. Bronze tetrassarion, Varbanov 502, AMNG I 381, SNG Cop 188, gF, weight 8.943 g, maximum diameter 24.01 mm, die axis 90o, Dionysopolis mint, 222 - 235 A.D.; obverse AUT K M AUR CEUH ALEXANDROC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse DIONUCOPOLEITWN, Serapis(?) standing left, wearing kalathos, patera in extended right, cornucopia in left, garlanded altar at feet left, D (mark of value) in right field; $29.00 (€22.33) |
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