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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Roman Coins| ▸ |Roman Provincial||View Options:   | | | From Augustus (27 B.C. - 14 A.D.) to Tacitus (275 - 276 A.D.), the Roman Empire allowed many provinces and cities to mint coins for local use - those coins are referred to as Roman provincial coins (or Greek imperial coins). Most Roman provincial coins were copper, bronze or brass, but silver provincial coins were also issued. There are three subcategories: colonial (mostly Latin legends), Greek imperial (Greek legends), and quasi-autonomous (issued under Roman authority but without the Emperor's portrait). Roman provincial coins are known from about 600 cities, though after Caligula (37 - 41 A.D.) only cities from Greece eastward issued them. If you are looking for coins of a specific emperor, use the menu on the left. If you are looking for coins from a specific city or region, these coins are organized geographically under Greek Imperial in our Greek Coins pages. The link to our Greek Coins is in the header above. |
Please note that for orders shipped outside the USA, the shopping cart shipping charges may be too low if you order larger heavy books. We may ask for additional payment to cover the actual cost of postage. If the actual cost of postage is too high, we will understand if you cancel the order.BK23835. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Bulgaria, Bobokov Bros Collection, Thrace and Moesia Interior, Volume 1: Deultum by Dimitar Draganov, Bulgaria, 2005; 303 pages, 134 plates, A4 format, green laminated hardback; new, small nick in the edge of the cover, international shipping at the actual cost of postage, priced below our cost!; $100.00 (€94.00)
Koinon of Macedonia, 243 - 244 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great
The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and was responsible for issuing coinage. The individual cities, as members of the Koinon, sent representatives to participate in popular assembly several times each year. The high point of the year was celebrations and matches in honor of Alexander the Great and the Roman emperor held in Beroea (modern Verria) located about 75 km. west of Thessaloniki. This was the provincial center of the emperor cult, with the appropriate temple and privileges, first granted to the Koinon by Nerva. The title Neokoros, or "temple guardians" was highly prized and thus advertised on coins. Under Elagabalus, the Koinon received a second neokorie, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely ΔIC (double in Greek). The title was rescinded but later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D.GB115034. Bronze AE 28, RPC Online VIII U70336 (7 spec.), AMNG III 831, SNG Cop 1361, BMC Macedonia -, Lindgren -, gF, grainy mildly rough surfaces, off center, weight 11.160 g, maximum diameter 27.6 mm, die axis 90o, Beroea (Verria, Greece) mint, rule of Philip I the Arab, 243 - 244 A.D.; obverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, diademed head of Alexander the Great right, long hair down back of neck; reverse KOINON MAKEΔONΩN B NEΩ, cista mystica, snake rising up on the left side, EOC (year 275) in exergue; first specimen of this type handled by FORVM; from Shawn Caza, former diplomat, author of A Handbook of Late Roman Coins (Spink, 2021), collection assembled during postings and international travel; ex Dorotheum (Vienna, Austria); scarce; $80.00 (€75.20)
Nysa, Lydia, c. 100 - 30 B.C.
The type as described in GRPC Lydia, etc., does not name a magistrate on the reverse. Based on the plates, however, the inscriptions are obscure; they may also name Simon. Perhaps our coin is the same type just on an larger flan. It is either unpublished and the only specimen known to FORVM, or the only specimen of the extremely rare published type with clear inscriptions. There have been zero sales of this type on Coin Archives in the last two decades.GB115029. Bronze AE 12, cf. GRPC Lydia III pl. 198, 32 (0.7g, 8mm, no magistrate named); Nysa Regling 24 (same); SNG München 23, 357 (same); RPC Online I -, gF, well centered on a broad flan, weight 1.353 g, maximum diameter 11.7 mm, die axis 180o, Nysa (near Sultanhisar, Turkey) mint, c. 100 - 30 B.C.; obverse bearded and laureate head of Hades right, anepigraphic; reverse poppy head on stalk, ear of barley below right, diagonal to right, NYΣAE-ΩN clockwise from above, ΣIMΩN (Simon [magistrate) downward on left end curving counterclockwise; from Shawn Caza, former diplomat, author of A Handbook of Late Roman Coins (Spink, 2021), collection assembled during postings and international travel; ex Dorotheum (Vienna, Austria);; unique or extremely rare; $160.00 (€150.40)
Kingdom of Thrace, Rhoemetalces I, c. 11 B.C. - 12 A.D., Augustus Reverse
When the Cotys VII, King of Thrace, died about 48 B.C. Rhoemetalces I became the guardian of his nephew Rhescuporis I, his brother's young son and heir. In 13 B.C., Rhescuporis I was defeated and slain in battle by Vologases, chief of the Thracian Bessi, who was leading a revolt against Rome. As Rhescuporis I had left no heir, Rhoemetalces became king. An ally of Augustus, the Roman Historian Tacitus described Rhoemetalces as attractive and civilized. After his death, Augustus divided his realm, half for his son Cotys VIII and the other half for Rhoemetalces' brother Rhescuporis II. Tacitus states that Cotys received the cultivated parts, most towns and most Greek cities of Thrace, while Rhescuporis received the wild and savage portion with enemies on its frontier.RP115033. Bronze AE 23, Youroukova 204; RPC I 1711; SNG Cop 1188; SNG Tübingen 972; BMC Thrace p. 209, 4; Weber 2743, Fair, weight 4.534 g, maximum diameter 17.3 mm, die axis 0o, c. 11 B.C. - 12 A.D.; obverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ POIMHTAΛKOY, jugate heads of Rhoemetalces I, diademed, and Queen Pythodoris right; reverse KAIΣAPOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, bare head of Augustus right; from Shawn Caza, former diplomat, author of A Handbook of Late Roman Coins (Spink, 2021), collection assembled during postings and international travel; ex Dorotheum (Vienna, Austria); $26.00 (€24.44)
Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D., Arabian Tridrachm Series, "Rome" Style
In a 1997 book review in the Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau (SNR), Kevin Butcher agreed with William Metcalf that the Greek inscribed silver "coinage of Trajan dated to his sixth consulship" is part of the "Rome style" club. He goes on to write, "The existence of this Rome style coinage in the eastern provinces caused great confusion in the past, with a whole series of coins which we now know belong to Syria, Arabia and Cyrenaica being given to Caesarea by Sydenham. It is largely thanks to M.'s [Metcalf's] work on Caesarea and the Arabian coinage that most of the issues have been reattributed away from Caesarea. The source of confusion was the stylistic similarity of all of these groups, because they are all in the style of the Rome mint." Just how involved Rome was in the minting of these coin groups is still a mystery. Its complexity is suggested by a probable Rome style Arabian drachm of Trajan (RPC III 4075) overstruck on a Nabatean drachm. See FORVM RS113121 for an example!RY114286. Silver tridrachm, RPC Online III 4062A (5 spec.), Woytek Cistophore A1h.1, Ganschow X14d, cf. Metcalf Tell Kalak 8-10 (diff. busts), Sydenham Caesarea 224-226 (same), gVF, great centering, fine style obv. showcasing a high point in Roman imperial portraiture, patch of roughness on neck, otherwise smooth surfaces, mild die wear, weight 10.575 g, maximum diameter 25.1 mm, die axis 180o, struck for use in Arabia by Rome or Arabian mint, "Tr Pot Cos VI" issue, 112 - 114 A.D.; obverse AYTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM ΔAK, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front; reverse ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠATO ϛ (holder of Tribunician power, consul six times), two standards (signa) flanking an aquila with wreath atop left standard and hand atop right standard; Published in RPC Online III (#4 = this coin!); very rare; $400.00 (€376.00)
Caracalla, 28 January 198 - 8 April 217 A.D., Hadrianopolis-Sebaste, Phrygia
Coins of Hadrianopolis-Sebaste in Phrygia are relatively scarce and their somewhat barbaric-looking busts and poorly engraved legends can usually help to distinguish its coins from the better engraved coins of Hadrianopolis, Thrace. Also note, Hadrianopolis-Sebaste is not the same city as Sebaste, Phrygia. -- www.wildwinds.comRP114417. Bronze AE 23, RPC V.2 (to be published; 3 spec. incl. this coin), cf. Waddington 6065 (Sept. Sev.; same rev. die), Lindgren III 589 (same) corr. (Commodus), Choice F, barbaric style, good centering, green patina, minor encrustations, weight 5.204 g, maximum diameter 23.4 mm, die axis 180o, Hadrianopolis-Sebaste (near Doganhisar, Turkey) mint, c. 198-211 A.D., Mnesitheos, son of Hieron (magis); obverse M AY?AN-T℧NEINOC (NEI ligate), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse CEB? AΔPIANOΠ-O EΠI?MNHC IEPO? (NH ligate), Tyche-Fortuna standing facing, head left, kalathos on head, in right hand rudder on globe, cornucopia in left; added to the (still in progress) RPC V.2 database!; very rare ; $165.00 (€155.10)
Kolophon, Ionia, c. 190 - 30 B.C.
Homer is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey.GB115027. Bronze AE 19, SNG Cop 186; SNGvA 2017; SNG Munchen 557; Milne Colophon 179; BMC Ionia p. 41, 43; Weber 5828, F, green patina, scratches, light earthen deposits, weight 4.390 g, maximum diameter 18.5 mm, die axis 0o, Kolophon (near Degirmendere Fev, Turkey) mint, magistrate Pytheos, c. 50 B.C.; obverse Homer seated left in himation, right hand raised to chin (the thinker pose!), scroll in his left hand resting on his knees, ΠYΘΕOΣ (magistrate) downward on left; reverse Apollo standing right, phiale in right hand, kithara (lyre) in left hand, KOΛOΦΩNIΩN downward on left; from Shawn Caza, former diplomat, author of A Handbook of Late Roman Coins (Spink, 2021), collection assembled during postings and international travel; ex Lukas Kalchhausser Münzhandel (Vienna, Austria); $60.00 (€56.40)
Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D., Anchialos, Thrace
Anchialos (Pomorie, Bulgaria today) was possibly founded in the 5th or 4th century B.C. as a colony of Apollonia. It is mentioned in Strabo's Geographica as a small town. It was briefly captured by Messembria in the 2nd century B.C., but retaken by Apollonia and its fortified walls destroyed. The western Black Sea coast was conquered by the Romans under Marcus Licinius Crassus in 29 - 28 B.C. after continuous campaigns in the area since 72 - 71. The city became part of the Roman province of Thrace and was formally proclaimed a city under Trajan. Anchialos prospered as the most important import and export location in Thrace during the 2nd and 3rd centuries and acquired the appearance of a Roman city during the Severan Dynasty.RP114893. Bronze AE 27, AMNG II 476, Varbanov II 232, BMC Thrace -, SNG Cop -, F, green patina, encrustations, central dimple on obv., weight 13.341 g, maximum diameter 27.4 mm, die axis 180o, Anchialos (Pomorie, Bulgaria) mint, 9 Apr 193 - 4 Feb 211 A.D.; obverse AY K Λ CEΠ CEYHPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse OYΛΠIANΩN AΓXIAΛEΩN, Septimius Severus on horseback galloping right, wearing military garb, transverse spear in right hand, reins in left hand; ex Rönesans Salzgitter auction 5 (13 Oct 2023), lot 667; $70.00 (€65.80)
Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D., Ascalon, Philistia, Judaea
Askalon lies on the shore of the Mediterranean, ten miles north of Gaza and about 40 miles south of Joppa. Herod the Great ruled all of Palestine, except Askalon, which remained a free city. Today, a national park at Ashqelon, Israel includes ruins of Canaanite, Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Crusader walls and buildings. Ascalon's era of autonomy, used to date this coin, began in 104 B.C.RP115001. Bronze AE 23, RPC III 3990; Sofaer 108; De Saulcy 10; SNG Cop 39; BMC Palestine p. 124, 146; SNG ANS -, gF, dark patina, light marks, light earthen deposits, weight 10.585 g, maximum diameter 22.6 mm, die axis 0o, Askalon (Ashqelon, Israel) mint, 111 - 112 A.D.; obverse CEBACTOS (or similar), laureate head right; reverse ACKAΛO, Tyche-Astarte standing left on galley, standard vertical before in right hand, aphlaston cradled in left arm, altar in left field, dove over EIC (year 215) lower right; ex Agora Numismatics; rare; $100.00 (€94.00)
Thessaly, Greece, Thessalian League, Late 2nd - Mid 1st Century B.C.
The Thessalian League was a loose confederacy of city-states and tribes in the Thessalian valley in N. Greece. Philip II of Macedon took control of Thessaly in 344 B.C and it remained under Macedonia until the Roman victory in 197 B.C. The league was reestablished in 196 B.C. but had little autonomy after Thessaly became part of the province of Macedonia in 146 B.C.GS114603. Silver stater, BCD Thessaly II 843; HGC 4 210, VF, centered, toned, small edge splits/cracks, die wear, weight 5.984 g, maximum diameter 22.7 mm, die axis 0o, Larissa(?) mint, mid - late 1st century B.C.; obverse head of Zeus right, bearded, wearing oak wreath, ITAΛOY (Italos [magistrate]); reverse Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear with right hand, shield on left arm; ΘEΣΣA/ΛΩN in two lines, starting upward on left, ending downward on right; N inner right below shield, ΔIO-KΛHΣ (Diokles [magistrate]) divided across upper field, ITAΛOΣ (Italos [magistrate]) in exergue; ex Sphinx Coins, ex BCD Collection (with his tag noting S.+Co., ex Thessaly, Nov. 97, SFr. 150.-); $350.00 (€329.00)
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