Fine Coins Showcase
Antiquities Showcase
Show Empty Categories
Shop Search
Shopping Cart
My FORVM
Contact Us
About Forum
Shopping at Forum
Our Guarantee
Payment Options
Shipping Options & Fees
Privacy & Security
Forum Staff
Selling Your Coins
Identifying Your Coin
FAQs
zoom.asp
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. |
Rome received Apameia with the Pergamene Kingdom in 133 B.C., but sold it to Mithridates V of Pontus, who held it till 120 BC. After the Mithridatic Wars it became a great center for trade, largely carried on by resident Italians and Jews. Christianity was very likely established early in the city. Saint Paul probably visited the place when he went throughout Phrygia. The mid third century A.D. coins of Apamea Kibotos with scenes of Noah and his ark are among the earliest biblical scenes in Roman art. Apamea continued to be a prosperous town under the Roman Empire. Its decline began with the local disorganization of the empire in the 3rd century and when trade routes were diverted to Constantinople. Although a bishopric, it was not an important military or commercial center in Byzantine times. Its ruin was completed by an earthquake.GB99023. Bronze AE 22, SNG Cop 171; BMC Phrygia p. 77, 48; HGC 7 672; SNG Munchen 120 ff. var. (magistrate); SNGvA 3470 f. var. (same), VF, dark blue-green and black patina, light earthen deposits, weight 8.216 g, maximum diameter 22.1 mm, die axis 30o, Phrygia, Apameia ad Maeandrum (Dinar, Turkey) mint, magistrate Artemid... Baba..., c. 133 - 48 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse cultus-statue of Artemis Anaitis facing, wearing polos and veil, arms extended with supports, AΠAME downward on right, AΠTΕMIΔ / BABA (magistrate) in two downward lines on the left; SOLD
Germanicus, Caesar, b. 24 May 15 B.C. - d. 10 Oct 19 A.D., Aezanis, Phrygia
Struck under Caligula in honor of his deceased mother and father. Trillmich identifies this type in his Familienpropaganda der Kaiser Caligula und Claudius with a male head left behind Germanicus. RPC I says this is wrong; a star is clear on the SNGvA plate coin. A star is clear on the SNGvA coin, but on our coin it looks like a worn laureate head left behind Germanicus. On some less worn examples online a laureate head left seems very clear! The RPC I plate coin (plate 130), however, has a lump due to die damage behind Germanicus. Is Trillmich's head left just a Rorschach-like interpretation of die damage? Probably.RP71911. Bronze AE 17, SNG Cop 74 (same obverse die), RPC I 3082 (same); Trillmich 19 (same); SNGvA 3345; Weber 6997; Mionnet IV, p. 208, 80; BMC Phrygia -, F, weight 3.153 g, maximum diameter 16.8 mm, die axis 0o, Aizanoi (Cavdarhisar, Turkey) mint, struck under Caligula, 37 - 41 A.D.; obverse ΓEPMANIKOC, laureate head right, star (or laureate head left?) behind; reverse AΓPIΠΠINA AIZANTΩN (or similar), draped bust of Agrippina I right; SOLD
Valerian I, October 253 - c. June 260 A.D., Hierapolis, Phrygia in Homonoia with Ephesus
This coin commemorates the homonoia (alliance) between Phrygia and Ephesus. Cities in Thrace and Asia minor sometimes formed alliances with other cities. The competition for prestige and rivalry between cities in the East was intense. Alliances could enhance a city’s status by aligning either with many cities or with particularly important ones. Homonoia was part of civic "foreign policy" and might have involved the exchange of delegates and joint celebrations and sacrifices. At least 87 cities issued homonoia coins celebrating their alliances.RP77245. Bronze AE 32, Franke-Nolle, type VII, 743 (Vs. B/ Rs. 39); cf. BMC Phrygia p. 264, 188; SNG Hunterian 1957; SNG Righetti 1189, aVF, slightly ragged flan, potentially active corrosion, weight 10.522 g, maximum diameter 31.6 mm, die axis 180o, Phrygia, Hierapolis (near Pamukkale, Turkey) mint, Oct 253 - c. Jun 260 A.D.; obverse AV• KE• - ΠOV ΛIK OYA/ΛEPIANOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis from which two snakes rise; reverse IEPAΠOΛEI/TΩN - K EΦECIΩN, Serapis standing right, kalathos on head holding transverse scepter; to right, Artemis Ephesia facing, resting each hand on the head of a stag, one stag flanking on each side, NEΩ/KO/PΩ/N in four lines in center field, OMONOIA in exergue; very rare; SOLD
Nero, 13 October 54 - 9 June 68 A.D., Acmoneia, Phrygia
Acmoneia was located on a small tributary of the river Sindros, about six miles west of Diocleia. Struck by magistrate L. Servinius Capito, third issue. There was a local cult of AsklepiosRP23224. Bronze AE 20, SNGvA 3373 (same c/m); RPC Online I 3176.25 (same); BMC Phrygia p. 10, 43; SNG Cop 29; c/m: Howgego 241 (12 pcs), aVF, weight 4.2718 g, maximum diameter 20.0 mm, die axis 0o, Akmonia (Ahat Koyu, Turkey) mint, 3rd issue, c. 65 A.D.; obverse NEPWNA CEBACTON AKMONEIC, laureate head right with aegis, crescent above, winged caduceus below; countermark: Asklepios standing, holding serpent-encircled staff, in rectangular punch, 4.5 x 9 mm; reverse CEPOYHNIOY KAΠITWNOC KAI IOYΛIAC CEOYHPAC ([Lucius] Servenius Capito and [his wife] Iulia Severa), Zeus enthroned left, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, patera extended in right hand, resting left hand on long scepter vertical, owl at his feet standing left with turned head facing, EΠI APX TO Γ (in the time, Archon for the 3rd time) upward inner right; SOLD
Claudius, 25 January 41 - 13 October 54 A.D., Cadi, Phrygia
Cadi (Gediz, Turkey) was near the sources of the Hermus at the foot of Mount Dindymus. Gediz suffered major earthquakes in 1866, 1896, 1944, and 1970. The 7.2 magnitude earthquake on 28 March 1970 killed 1,086 people and left 1,260 people wounded and many thousands homeless. The town was relocated after the destruction to a new place 7 km away under the name "Yeni Gediz" (Turkish: New Gediz). RP38765. Bronze AE 20, RPC Online I 3062; SNG Cop 246; SNGvA3685; SNG Lewis 1523; BMC Phrygia p. 120, 18, VF, weight 5.617 g, maximum diameter 19.5 mm, die axis 0o, Cadi (Gediz, Turkey) mint, magistrate Meliton Asklepiadou, c. 50 - 54 A.D.; obverse KΛAYΔIOC KAICAP (counterclockwise from lower right), laureate head right; reverse EΠI ΔHMHPIOY APTEMA KAΔOHNWN (under authority of Demetrios Artema, Cadi), Zeus standing left, eagle in right hand, long scepter in left hand, CTEΦAN monogram (stephanephoros, magistrate title) in lower left field; SOLD
Temenothyrae Flaviopolis, Phrygia, Reign of Philip, 244 - 249 A.D.
Temenothyrae Flaviopolis was originally a station on the old Royal Road from Smyrna to the East near the sources of the Hippurius in the highlands to the north of the great plain Banaz Ova. Its name, Flaviopolis, indicates that it dates from the time of the Flavian Emperors. The coinage, quasi-autonomous and Imperial, ranges from the time of Hadrian to that of Saloninus, and is plentiful.RP82833. Bronze AE 20, BMC Phrygia p. 411, 16; SNG Cop 740, VF, weight 3.929 g, maximum diameter 19.9 mm, die axis 180o, Temenothyrae Flaviopolis mint, obverse bust of Athena right, spear over shoulder, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis; reverse NEIKOMAXOC APΞ THMENOΘYPEYCI, lion walking right; SOLD
Julia Domna, Augusta 194 - 8 April 217 A.D., Apameia ad Maeandrum, Phrygia
| Apameia ad Meandrum (or Apamea Cibotus) was an ancient city founded in the 3rd century B.C. by Antiochus I Soter, who named it after his mother Apama. It was in Hellenistic Phrygia, but became part of the Roman province of Pisidia. Apamea is mentioned in the Talmud (Ber. 62a, Niddah, 30b and Yeb. 115b). Christianity was very likely established early in the city. Saint Paul probably visited the place when he went throughout Phrygia. The mid third century A.D. coins of Apamea Kibotos with scenes of Noah and his ark are among the earliest biblical scenes in Roman art. Apamea continued to be a prosperous town under the Roman Empire. Its decline began with the local disorganization of the empire in the 3rd century and when trade routes were diverted to Constantinople. Although a bishopric, it was not an important military or commercial center in Byzantine times. Its ruin was completed by an earthquake. |  |
Hierapolis, Phrygia, c. 211 - 249 A.D.
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.GB78005. Bronze AE 28, RPC Online IV 9993 (12 spec.); SNG Mün 233; BMC Phrygia p. 236, 57; SNG Cop 437; SNGvA 3626; McClean III 8817; Johnston Hierapolis -; SNG Leypold -, F, rough, scratches, weight 9.188 g, maximum diameter 27.5 mm, die axis 0o, Phrygia, Hierapolis (near Pamukkale, Turkey) mint, c. 211 - 249 A.D.; obverse ΛAIPBHNOΣ, radiate and draped bust of Helios Lairbenos; reverse IEPAΠOΛEITΩN, Hygieia seated left on throne without back, wearing kalathos on head and chiton, feeding snake rising up before her from phiale in right hand, left arm resting on a tympanum or cushion; Telesphoros behind standing facing wearing hooded coat; from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren; very rare; SOLD
Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia, Time of Tiberius, 14 - 37 A.D.
Laodicea on the Lycus was the ancient Hellenistic metropolis of Phrygia Pacatiana, in Anatolia near the modern village of Eskihisar, Denizli Province, Turkey. It is one of the Seven churches of Asia mentioned in the Book of Revelation.
A labrys is a double-headed ax, also known to the classical Greeks as a pelekus or sagaris, and to the Romans as a bipennis.RP84894. Bronze AE 14, RPC I 2910; BMC Phrygia p. 288, 59; SNG Cop 512; SNG Munchen 348, VF, attractive black surfaces, some light marks, areas of slight porosity, earthen deposits, weight 3.146 g, maximum diameter 14.3 mm, Laodikeia mint, magistrate of Pythes, son of Pythes; obverse Aphrodite standing left, dove in extended right hand, B over ΠYΘ monogram (magistrate Pythes II) on left, ΛAOΔIKΕΩN downward on right; reverse river god Lykos in wolf form, labrys across shoulder, all within laurel wreath; ex Roma Numismatics e-sale 27, lot 257; rare; SOLD
Cotiaeum, Phrygia, c. 253 - 258 A.D.
| Cybele, the Phrygian "Great Mother" earth goddess, was born a hermaphrodite, but castrated by the gods, she became female. After dire prodigies, including a meteor shower and a failed harvest, seemed to warn of Rome's imminent defeat to Hannibal, the Roman senate consulted the Sibylline oracle. Heeding the oracle's advice, the senate brought worship of Cybele to Rome in 204 B.C. as the first officially sanctioned Eastern cult. After approval, they were dismayed to learn that the priesthood required voluntary self-castration, which was abhorrent to the Romans. Romans were barred from entering the priesthood or even entering the priest's sanctuary. The eunuch priests, recruited from outside Rome, were confined to their sanctuary, leaving only to parade in the streets during festivals in April. Claudius removed the bans on Roman participation, making worship of Cybele and her consort Attis part of the state religion. |  |
You are viewing a SOLD items page.
Click here to return to the page with AVAILABLE items.
The sale price for a sold item is the private information of the buyer and will not be provided.
REFERENCES
Page created in 2.937 seconds.
