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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Greek Coins| ▸ |Geographic - All Periods| ▸ |Anatolia| ▸ |Phrygia||View Options:   | | | Phrygia lies in western central Anatolia (Asia Minor) between Bithynia, Mysia, Lydia, Pisidia, and Galatia. The cities were found in the valleys and high plains between the many high mountains of the land. The native Phrygians, whose inscriptions have not yet been deciphered, fell under Lydian, then Persian, then Macedonian rule. Greek and Macedonian settlers were planted in Phrygia by the Seleucids and Attalids in a mutual rivalry, but northern Phrygia was overrun by Celts (eventually it would become Galatia). After the defeat of Antiochus at Magnesia, Phrygia was assigned to the kingdom of Pergamum in 188 B.C., after which it became intensely Hellenized and first struck coins. Rome took control, along with the rest of the Pergamene kingdom, in 133 B.C. |
Publius Cornelius Lentulus, nicknamed Spinther because of his likeness to a popular actor of that name, came from an ancient Roman patrician family of the Cornelia gens. This coin was struck in his name as imperator and proconsul of Cilicia, c. 56 - 53 B.C. Although treated with great favor by Julius Caesar, Spinther supported Caesar's great rival Pompeius Magnus and the Optimates party. This eventually led to his political destruction and probably to his execution. His son joined Caesar's assassins, Brutus and Cassius.SH70609. Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, BMC Phrygia p. 281, 17; SNG Cop 494, SNGvA -, EF, uneven strike with weak areas, weight 12.483 g, maximum diameter 27.5 mm, die axis 0o, Laodicea ad Lycus (near Denizli, Turkey) mint, magistrate Krathippos, 57 - 54 B.C.; obverse Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a snake emerges, all within wreath of ivy with berries; reverse two snakes flanking bow in bow-case ornamented with an apluster, P LENTVLVS - P F / IMP above, ΛAO monogram left, winged kerykeion right, KΠATIΠΠOΣ below; ex Numismatik Lanz auction 157, lot 183; rare; SOLD
Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Hierapolis, Phrygia
Stack's listing described this coin as "one of the finest extant specimens from this mint." That may be a bit of hyperbole, but it is a very nice coin with excellent provenance.
Hierapolis (Greek: "Holy City") was located on hot springs in Phrygia in southwestern Anatolia. Its ruins are adjacent to modern Pamukkale in Turkey and are designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The hot springs have been used as a spa since the 2nd century B.C., with many patrons retiring or dying there. The large necropolis is filled with sarcophagi.SH68895. Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, Metcalf Cistophori type 53, pl. 16, 241 (this coin), Pinder 61, RIC II 482, BMCRE II 1054; RSC II 285, SNGvA 6617, VF, full circle centering, overstruck, weight 10.826 g, maximum diameter 29.3 mm, die axis 180o, Phrygia, Hierapolis (near Pamukkale, Turkey) mint, 129 - 130 A.D.; obverse HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, bare-headed bust right, drapery on left shoulder; reverse COS III, laureate Apollo wearing the robe of a citharoedus, standing front, plectrum in right, cithara (lyre) in left; from the Jyrki Muona Collection, ex Stack's Bowers and Ponterio sale 173 (NYINC, 11 Jan 2013) lot 5118, ex Hirsch 24 (10 May 1909), lot 1393; SOLD
Marcus Aurelius, 7 March 161 - 17 March 180 A.D., Laodiceia ad Lycum, Phrygia, in Alliance with Smyrna, Ionia
This alliance medallion celebrates the Harmony between Laodicea and Smyrna. Such alliances between cities inside of the Roman Empire were generally political or economic.RB110374. Bronze medallion, BMC Phrygia p. 326, 275; SNGvA -; SNG Cop -; SNG Mün -; SNG Tüb -, F, well centered; green, red, brown and black dark patina; old cleaning marks, weight 26.314 g, maximum diameter 39.3 mm, die axis 180o, Laodicea ad Lycum (near Denizli, Turkey) mint, 7 Mar 161 - 17 Mar 180; obverse AV KAI M AVP - ANTONINOC·, laureate head right; reverse ΛAOΔIKEO-N - C-MYPNAION, Zeus Laodikeos standing half left, head left, wearing long chiton and himation, eagle in right hand scepter in left hand, flanked by the two Nemeses of Smyrna facing inward toward Nemeses, both clad in long chiton and peplos, plucking chiton from breast; ·OMONOIA· in exergue; this coin is the only specimen of the type on Coin Archives, huge 39 mm bronze!, ex Harlan Berk sale 216 (27 Jul 2021), lot 460; ex CNG sale 61 (23 Sep 2002), lot 1049; extremely rare; SOLD
Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus III the Great, c. 223 - 187 B.C.
This type was traditionally attributed to the Sardes mint, but Houghton and Lorber have reattributed it to Phrygia, probably Laodicea on the Lycus.GY114601. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton-Lorber I 998(1); HGC 9 447i (R2); BMC Seleucids p. 25, 5 corr. (dot border), Choice VF, well centered and struck, weight 28.2 g, maximum diameter 17.1 mm, die axis 0o, Phrygia, probably Laodicea on the Lycus mint, series 3, c. 203 - 187 B.C.; obverse Antiochos' diademed head right, youthful features, break in bangs indicating incipient baldness at temple, horn (lock of hair) over ear, one diadem waiving upward, fillet border; reverse Apollo Delphios naked seated left on omphalos, examining arrow in right hand, resting left hand on grounded bow behind, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (Greek: king) downward on right, ANT-IOXOY downward on left divided by arrow,
(control monogram) outer left; ex Pars Coins; very rare; SOLDSide, Pamphylia, c. 220 - 190 B.C., Apameia ad Maeandrum, Phrygia Countermark
Interesting countermark applied c. 180 B.C. with the introduction of the Cistophoric coinage. On our coin the countermark reads AΠA (for Apamea Maeandrum, Phrygia). Other cities that applied similar countermarks to Attic weight coins are Ephesos, Laodikea, Pergamon, Sardes and Tralles.SH29561. Silver tetradrachm, SNGvA 4790; c/m: see Bauslaugh Countermarks, aVF, weight 16.026 g, maximum diameter 29.9 mm, die axis 0o, Side (near Selimiye, Antalya Province, Turkey) mint, c. 220 - 190 B.C.; obverse head of Athena right in a crested Corinthian helmet, round countermark of bow in case and A-ΠA legend on left; reverse Nike advancing left, wreath extended in right, pomegranate in left field, ΔIO below (magistrate's name); SOLD
Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Laodicea, Province of Asia
Like many of the cistophoric tetradrachms of Hadrian, this coin is overstruck on a coin of Augustus.RS42470. Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, RIC II 497 var., RSC II 275 var., BMCRE 1066 var., SRCV I 3441 var., Metcalf Cistophori 56 var. (all var. with bare head right), aVF, overstruck, weight 10.129 g, maximum diameter 27.2 mm, die axis 195o, Laodicea ad Lycus (near Denizli, Turkey) mint, 129 - 132 A.D.; obverse HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, bare-headed draped bust right; reverse COS III, Zeus Laodiceus standing left, draped to the feet, eagle in right hand, scepter in left hand; very rare; SOLD
Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D., Colossae, Phrygia
Colossae was on the Lycus (a tributary of the Maeander River) 10 miles southeast of Laodicea, 13 miles from Hierapolis, and 3 miles from Mount Cadmus. In the 4th century B.C., Xenophon described it as one of six large cities of Phrygia. Antiochus the Great relocated two thousand Jewish families from Babylonia and Mesopotamia to Colossae. The city's commerce included trade in wool and woven fabric. It was known for its religious fusion (syncretism) of Jewish, Gnostic, and pagan influences, described in the first century A.D. as an angel-cult. The Apostle Paul addressed an epistle (letter) to the city's Christian community which addressed the cult and exalted the supremacy of Jesus Christ. The city was overrun by the Saracens in the 7th and 8th centuries A.D. and ultimately destroyed by the Turks in the 12th century. As of 2015, it had never been excavated, but there are plans for an Australian-led expedition.SH33902. Bronze AE 34, RPC Online 1881; vA Phrygiens II 575 (same dies, Vatican museum); BMC Phrygia -; SNG Cop -; SNGvA -; et all -, aVF, weight 21.042 g, maximum diameter 34.3 mm, die axis 225o, Colossae (near Honaz, Turkey) mint, obverse AYT KAI Λ AYPH KOMMOΔOΣ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse ΣTPATHΓ TΩN ΠEPI ZΩΣIMON Δ ΦIΛOΠATOPA KOΛOΣΣHNΩN, Artemis standing right, quiver at shoulder, holding branch and antler of stag standing behind her; ex Sayles and Lavender; extremely rare; SOLD
Antoninus Pius, August 138 - 7 March 161 A.D., Ankyra in Abbaitis, Phrygia
Ancyra means anchor in Greek. There were two cities named Ancyra in Anatolia, the one in Abbaitis, Phrygia that issued this coin, and another larger city in Galatia, now the capitol of Turkey. Ankyra in Abbaitis may have struck autonomous coins as Abbaetae Mysi in the 2nd century B.C. Under Rome, Ankyra in Abbaitis struck civic coinage from the rule of Nero to the rule of Philip the Arab.SH26656. Orichalcum AE 32, RPC Online IV 1721 (2 spec.); BMC Phrygia p. 62, 25; SNG Munchen 96, Choice aVF, large flan with full circle strikes on both obverse and reverse, weight 15.418 g, maximum diameter 32.4 mm, die axis 180o, Ankyra in Abbaitis (Ankara, Turkey) mint, Aug 138 - 7 Mar 161 A.D.; obverse AY KAI T AIΛIIOC ANTΩEINOC, bare headed and draped bust right; reverse EΠI ΛIKINIOY APX ANKYPANΩN, Cybele enthroned left, patera in right, left arm resting on drum, lion at feet; very rare; SOLD
Paullus Fabius Maximus, Roman Proconsul of Asia, c. 10 - 9 B.C., Hierapolis, Phrygia
Paullus Fabius Maximus was related to Augustus by marriage and was a descendant of Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (220 - 160 B.C.), the conqueror of King Perseus of Macedon. As a quaestor, he accompanied Augustus on his trips to the East from 22 to 19 B.C. He was consul in 11 B.C. and subsequently proconsul (governor) of Asia. He apparently enjoyed poetry and was a correspondent of both Horace and Ovid (both mentioned him in their works). His portrait on coinage indicates Augustus' friendship and appreciation.RP81197. Bronze AE 16, RPC I 2941 (4 spec.); AMC I 1386; Imhoof-Blumer KM p. 238, 14; Imhoof-Blumer GM 688; SNG Cop -; SNGvA -; BMC Phrygia -, VF, weight 3.056 g, maximum diameter 15.6 mm, die axis 0o, Phrygia, Hierapolis (near Pamukkale, Turkey) mint, c. 10 - 9 B.C.; obverse ΦABIOΣ MAΞIMOΣ, bare head of Fabius Maximus right; reverse IΕPAΠO/ΛΕITΩN / ΔPYAΣ in three lines within laurel wreath tied at the bottom; very rare; SOLD
Paullus Fabius Maximus, Roman Proconsul of Asia, c. 10 - 9 B.C., Hierapolis, Phrygia
Paullus Fabius Maximus was related to Augustus by marriage and was a descendant of Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (220 - 160 B.C.), the conqueror of King Perseus of Macedon. As a quaestor, he accompanied Augustus on his trips to the East from 22 to 19 B.C. He was consul in 11 B.C. and subsequently proconsul (governor) of Asia. He apparently enjoyed poetry and was a correspondent of both Horace and Ovid (both mentioned him in their works). His portrait on coinage indicates Augustus' friendship and appreciation.RP87086. Bronze assarion, RPC I 2930 (7 spec.); SNG Cop 447; BMC Phrygia p. 243, 93 - 94; SNGvA -, aVF, rough encrustation/partial patina, weight 5.585 g, maximum diameter 19.9 mm, die axis 0o, Phrygia, Hierapolis (near Pamukkale, Turkey) mint, 10 - 9 B.C.; obverse ΦABIOΣ MAΞIMOΣ, bare head of Fabius Maximus right; reverse bipennis (double axe) with long handle bound with filet, ZΩΣIMOΣ ΦIΛOΠATPIΣ/ IEPOΠOΛEITΩN XAPAΞ (local magistrates Zosimos, Philopatris, and Charax); very rare; SOLD
Annia Faustina, 3rd Wife of Elagabalus, Augusta, 221 A.D., Hierapolis, Phrygia
In 221, after Elagabalus was induced to end his highly controversial marriage to the Vestal Virgin Aquilia Severa, he married the recently widowed Annia Aurelia Faustina. The marriage was intended to form an alliance with the powerful aristocratic Nerva-Antonine clan, resulting from her blood relation to the dynasty. Elagabalus gave her the title of Augusta. Supporters of Elagabalus had hoped that Annia, the mother of two small children from her previous marriage, would bear him a natural heir; however, she bore him no children. There are no surviving sources providing details of Annia Aurelia Faustina's short time as a Roman empress. Before the end of 221, Elagabalus divorced her and returned to Julia Aquilia Severa. After her marriage to Elagabalus ended, she returned with her children to her Pisidian Estate where she spent the final years of her life.
The AKTIA festival and games at Hierapolis were founded in honor of Augustus' victory at Actium. RP77251. Bronze AE 23, Johnston Hierapolis 74; BMC Phrygia p. 242, 89; SNG Cop 444; Waddington 6128; SNGvA -; SNG Tüb -; SNG Hunterian -; SNG Leypold -; Weber -; McClean -, aF, weight 7.085 g, maximum diameter 23.0 mm, die axis 180o, Phrygia, Hierapolis (near Pamukkale, Turkey) mint, c. 221 - 268 A.D.; obverse IEPA•CY-NKΛHTO-C, draped bust of the senate right; reverse IEPAΠOΛEITΩN NEΩKOPΩN, A/KTI/A in three lines within a demos crown (laurel wreath); very rare; SOLD
Collossae, Phrygia, c 177 - 192 A.D.
Colossae was on the Lycus (a tributary of the Maeander River) 10 miles southeast of Laodicea, 13 miles from Hierapolis, and 3 miles from Mount Cadmus. In the 4th century B.C., Xenophon described it as one of six large cities of Phrygia. Antiochus the Great relocated two thousand Jewish families from Babylonia and Mesopotamia to Colossae. The city's commerce included trade in wool and woven fabric. It was known for its religious fusion (syncretism) of Jewish, Gnostic, and pagan influences, described in the first century A.D. as an angel-cult. The Apostle Paul addressed an epistle (letter) to the city's Christian community which addressed the cult and exalted the supremacy of Jesus Christ. The city was overrun by the Saracens in the 7th and 8th centuries A.D. and ultimately destroyed by the Turks in the 12th century. As of 2015, it had never been excavated, but there are plans for an Australian-led expedition.RP86524. Bronze AE 32, RPC Online IV-2 T1899; vA Phrygiens II 496 - 505; SNGvA 3765; SNG Mün 307; SNG Hunt 1938; McClean III 8789; BMC Phrygia p. 155, 5 (all same dies?), F, broad flan, earthen deposits, porous, weight 19.959 g, maximum diameter 32.3 mm, die axis 180o, Colossae (near Honaz, Turkey) mint, c. 177 - 192 A.D.; obverse ΔHMOC - KOΛOCCHNΩ-N, laureate beardless head of young Demos right; reverse Helios standing in galloping quadriga, facing, wearing radiate crown, globe in left hand, torch in right hand, KO-ΛOC/CH-NΩN in two divided lines below horses; ex David Cannon Collection, ex Beast Coins; very rare; SOLD
Apameia ad Maeandrum, Phrygia, 150 - 140 B.C.
Apameia was named for Apama, the mother of the founder, the Seleucid king Antiochos I.
The cista mystica was a basket used for housing sacred snakes in connection with the initiation ceremony into the cult of Bacchus (Dionysus). In the Dionysian mysteries a snake, representing the god and possibly symbolic of his phallus, was carried in a cista mystica on a bed of vine leaves. The cista in the mysteries of Isis may also have held a serpent, perhaps associated with the missing phallus of Osiris.SH63587. Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, Kleiner-Noe, issue XI, 21; SNGvA 3451 and 8333; cf. BMC Phrygia p. 69, 7 (no star); SNG Cop -, VF, uneven toning, weight 12.522 g, maximum diameter 28.0 mm, die axis 0o, Phrygia, Apameia ad Maeandrum (Dinar, Turkey) mint, 150 - 140 B.C.; obverse Cista mystica with half open lid, from which a snake emerges left, all within ivy wreath; reverse two coiled serpents with heads erect, between them an ornamented bow-case with strap on right, bow sticking out from the top left side of case, snake on the right wrapped around two flutes, AΠA monogram left, pileus surmounted by star right; interesting ornate cista mystica; SOLD
Amorion, Phrygia, c. 2nd - 3rd Century A.D.
Amorion in Phrygia was founded in the Hellenistic period. Early historical records that mention the city are strictly limited to a reference by Strabo. On the Byzantine military road from Constantinople to Cilicia, the city flourished under the Byzantine Empire. It declined after the Arab sack of 838, after which 42 Byzantine officers and notables of Amorium were taken as hostages to Samarra (in Iraq today). Refusing to convert to Islam, they were executed there in 845, and became canonized as the "42 Martyrs of Amorium." The city's ruins are located under and around the modern village of Hisarköy, 13 kilometers east of the district center, Emirdag, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey.SL87436. Bronze medallion, Apparently unpublished, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG Mün -, SNG Tüb -, SNG Tire -, SNG Hunt -, SNG Leypold -, BMC Phrygia -, Imhoof MG -, RPC -, NGC VF, strike 5/5, surface 1/5, pierced (2490378-005), weight 2.155 g, maximum diameter 16.7 mm, die axis 0o, Phrygia, Amorion (Hisarköy, Turkey) mint, c. 2nd - 3rd century A.D.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse AMOPI-A-NΩN, lion advancing right; NGC| Lookup; extremely rare; SOLD
Matidia, Niece of Trajan, Daughter of Mariana, Mother of Sabina, Augusta c. 113 - 119 A.D., Cotiaeum, Phrygia
Matidia was the daughter of Marciana, Trajan's niece, and by all accounts she was adored by him. She bore several children, notably the future empress Sabina, wife of Hadrian. After her her mother died, about c. 113, by a decree of the Senate, she was declared Augusta. Possessing all the virtues of her mother, she received the honors of the apotheosis during the reign of Hadrian. The coins of Matidia are of the greatest rarity, especially the sestertius.RP42235. Bronze AE 21, BMC Phrygia p. 166, 43; SNGvA 3780; SGICV 1116; SNG Cop -, Fair, weight 5.051 g, maximum diameter 20.8 mm, die axis 180o, Cotiaeum (Kutahya, Turkey) mint, obverse MATIΔIANT CEBACTH, draped bust right; reverse EΠI KΛ OYAPOY KOTIAEΩN, Zeus enthroned right, long scepter vertical in right; very rare; SOLD
Kings of Galatia, Deiotaros, Tetrarch 63 - 59 B.C., King 59 - 40 B.C.
Deiotarus was chief of the Celtic Tolistobogii tribe in western Galatia and became King of Galatia. He was a faithful ally of Rome against Mithridates VI of Pontus, for which he was rewarded by Pompey. Caesar pardoned him for siding with Pompey in the civil war but he was deprived of some of his dominions. After Caesar's death, Mark Antony, for a large payment, publicly announced that, in accordance with instructions left by Caesar, Deiotarus was to resume possession of all the territory of which he had been deprived. When civil war broke out again, Deiotarus supported the anti-Caesarian party of Brutus and Cassius, but after the Battle of Philippi in 42 B.C., he went over to the triumvirs. He retained his kingdom until his death at a very advanced age.GB88403. Bronze AE 27, SNGvA 6103 (same countermark); Arslan K4; SNG BnF 2333; BMC Galatia p. 1, 1; HGC 7 774 (R2); see RPC I p. 536, aVF, countermark VF, dark brown and green patina, off center, reverse flattened opposite countermark, weight 12.715 g, maximum diameter 26.6 mm, die axis 0o, uncertain Phrygian mint, 59 - 40 B.C.; obverse bust of winged Nike right, hair in a bunch behind; countermark: turreted head of Tyche in round punch; reverse eagle standing right on a sheathed sword, wings open, head turned back left, flanked by pilei of the Dioscuri each with a star above, BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, ΔHIOTAPOV below; very rare; SOLD
Caracalla, 28 January 198 - 8 April 217 A.D.
Virtus (courage, valor) is depicted as a helmeted soldier, often a female, in armor holding a spear, parazonium, victory or a shield. Virtus and Mars can usually be distinguished since Mars is usually shown nude and Virtus is always shown clothed.RS94477. Silver denarius, RSC III 664b, RIC IV 354 (S) var. (bust), BMCRE p. 294, 710 var. (same); Hunter III -, SRCV II -, VF, excellent bust (scarce type unique to Laodicea), well centered, some legend weak, light marks, scrape at obv. 2:30, weight 3.265 g, maximum diameter 19.3 mm, die axis 180o, Laodicea ad Mare (Latakia, Syria) mint, 199 A.D.; obverse ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS, laureate and cuirassed boy's bust right, slight drapery (paludamentum) on far shoulder, breastplate decorated with small facing head of medusa (gorgoneion); reverse VIRT AVGG (valor of the two emperors), Virtus standing half-left, wearing crested helmet and military garb, Victory on globe holding palm frond and offering wreath in Virtus' right hand, inverted spear in left hand; from an Israeli collection, ex Bertolami Fine Arts (UK); very scarce bust; SOLD
Caracalla, 28 January 198 - 8 April 217 A.D., Sebaste, Phrygia
Perseus slaying Medusa!SH80132. Bronze medallion AE 35, SGICV 2597, aF, weight 21.856 g, maximum diameter 34.9 mm, die axis 180o, Sebaste (Selcikler, Turkey) mint, obverse ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse EΠI ΛOVKIΛΛIOV ANTΩNIOV APC, Perseus, naked, reaching right, cutting off Medusa's head, careful not to look at Medusa, he is looking back at Athena and at the reflection of Medusa in Athena's shield, CEBACTH/NΩN in exergue; rare; SOLD
Marcus Aurelius, 7 March 161 - 17 March 180 A.D., Acmonea, Phrygia
Akmonia (Acmonea) was an important city of central Phrygia, located on a tributary of the river Senaros. Akmon was the founder of Akmonia, the first king of the region, and the father of Mygdon. His son Mygdon led a force of Phrygians against the Amazons, alongside Otreus (another Phrygian leader) and King Priam of Troy, one generation before the Trojan War. Priam mentions this to Helen of Troy in Book 3 of The Iliad.RP92644. Bronze AE 19, RPC online IV.2 T1659 (14 spec.), SNG Cop 33, SNGvA 8314, SNG Tire 504, BMC Phrygia 59 - 60, Waddington 5501, Choice F, well centered, highlighting earthen deposits, light cleaning scratches, weight 4.689 g, maximum diameter 19.4 mm, die axis 90o, Akmonia (Ahat Koyu, Turkey) mint, magistrate Tundianos; obverse AV KAI - ANTΩNEINOC - CE, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse EΠI TVN-ΔIA-NOV, youthful hero Akmon on horse galloping right, head bear, cloak flying behind, spear in right hand, reins in left hand, AKMONE/ΩN in two lines in exergue; from the Errett Bishop Collection; rare; SOLD
Claudius, 25 January 41 - 13 October 54 A.D., Hierapolis, Phrygia
Hierapolis (Greek: "Holy City") was located on hot springs in Phrygia in southwestern Anatolia. Its ruins are adjacent to modern Pamukkale in Turkey and are designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The hot springs have been used as a spa since the 2nd century B.C., with many patrons retiring or dying there. The large necropolis is filled with sarcophagi.RP66841. Bronze AE 20, RPC I 2970; SNGvA 3647; SNG Cop 455; BMC Phrygia p. 247, 114, aVF, green patina, nice portrait, weight 5.107 g, maximum diameter 20.0 mm, die axis 0o, Phrygia, Hierapolis (near Pamukkale, Turkey) mint, M. Suillios Antiochos, grammateus, 50 - 54 A.D.; obverse KΛAYΔIOΣ KAIΣAP, laureate head right; reverse M ΣYIΛΛIOΣ ANTIOXOΣ ΓPA IEPAΠOΛITΩN, Apollo on horseback right, holding labrys (double axe) over shoulder; SOLD
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