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Ancient Greek Coins of Phrygia, Anatolia

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.

Apameia ad Maeandrum, Phrygia, c. 193 - 235 A.D.

|Apameia| |Cibotus|, |Apameia| |ad| |Maeandrum,| |Phrygia,| |c.| |193| |-| |235| |A.D.||AE| |15|
Hecate or Hekate is an underworld goddess of archaic origin associated with magic, childbirth, nurturing the young, gates and walls, doorways, crossroads, lunar lore, torches and dogs. During the Hellenistic period, she appeared as a three-faced goddess associated with ghosts, witchcraft, and curses. Today she is popular with modern witches and neo-pagans.
GB112272. Bronze AE 15, SNG Cop 195; SNG Munchen 131; SNGvA 3475; BMC Phrygia p. 88, 110; Lindgren I 898; SNG Tüb -, VF, attractive style, green patina, highlighting earthen deposits, weight 2.694 g, maximum diameter 16.2 mm, die axis 180o, Phrygia, Apameia ad Maeandrum (Dinar, Turkey) mint, c. 193 - 235 A.D.; obverse AΠAMEIA, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; reverse CΩTEIPA, Hekate triformis (triple-bodied) standing facing, polos on each head, torch in each hand; scarce; SOLD


Agrippina Junior, Augusta 50 - March 59 A.D., Aezanis, Phrygia

|Aizanis|, |Agrippina| |Junior,| |Augusta| |50| |-| |March| |59| |A.D.,| |Aezanis,| |Phrygia||AE| |17|
The frequent association of Agrippina Junior with Persephone may relate to the unusual marriage of Agrippina to her Uncle Claudius, as Persephone had married her uncle Hades. Some coins of her mother Agrippina Senior show Demeter, who was the mother of Persephone.
RP113266. Bronze AE 17, RPC Online I 3103 (8 spec.); BMC Phrygia p. 35, 93; SNG Cop -; SNGvA -, F, earthen encrustation, weight 3.267 g, maximum diameter 17.3 mm, die axis 0o, Aezanis (Cavdarhisar, Turkey) mint, 50 - March 59 A.D.; obverse AΓPIΠΠINA ΣEBAΣTHN (clockwise from upper right), diademed bust of Agrippina II right; reverse AIZA-NITΩN (clockwise from upper right), veiled bust of Persephone right, poppy and two grain ears before her; rare; SOLD


Apameia ad Maeandrum, Phrygia, c. 133 - 48 B.C.

|Apameia| |Cibotus|, |Apameia| |ad| |Maeandrum,| |Phrygia,| |c.| |133| |-| |48| |B.C.||AE| |11|
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. Apamea Cibotus
GB82305. Bronze AE 11, BMC Phrygia p. 85, 95, aVF, weight 2.772 g, maximum diameter 10.9 mm, die axis 0o, Phrygia, Apameia ad Maeandrum (Dinar, Turkey) mint, obverse laureate and bearded head of Zeus right; reverse ΣKAY [AΠAM], crested Corinthian helmet right, Maeander symbol below (off-flan); rare; SOLD


Apameia ad Maeandrum, Phrygia, c. 133 - 48 B.C.

|Apameia| |Cibotus|, |Apameia| |ad| |Maeandrum,| |Phrygia,| |c.| |133| |-| |48| |B.C.||AE| |22|
After Antiochus the Great founded Apamea, he transplanted many Jews there. (Josephus, Ant. xii. 3, § 4). It became a seat of Seleucid power and a center of Graeco-Roman and Graeco-Hebrew civilization and commerce. After Antiochus' departure for the East, Apamea lapsed to the Pergamene kingdom and thence to Rome in 133 B.C. It was resold to Mithridates V of Pontus, who held it till 120 B.C. After the Mithridatic Wars it became and remained a great center for trade, largely carried on by resident Italians and by Jews. By order of Flaccus, a large amount of Jewish money, nearly 45 kilograms of gold, intended for the Temple in Jerusalem was confiscated in Apamea in the year 62 B.C. Apamea Cibotus
GB62330. Bronze AE 22, SNG Cop 181; SGCV II 5121; cf. BMC Phrygia p. 84, 86 (magistrates), VF, weight 6.083 g, maximum diameter 22.0 mm, die axis 0o, Phrygia, Apameia ad Maeandrum (Dinar, Turkey) mint, c. 133 - 48 B.C.; obverse head of Zeus right, wearing wreath of oak and laurel leaves; reverse AΠAME - ΔIOΔΩP / KPATE, cultus-statue of Artemis Anaitis facing, wearing kalathos and veil, taenia hanging from each hand; SOLD


Domitia, Wife of Domitian, 81 - 96 A.D., Eumeneia, Phrygia

|Eumeneia|, |Domitia,| |Wife| |of| |Domitian,| |81| |-| |96| |A.D.,| |Eumeneia,| |Phrygia||AE| |15|
Domitia Longina was the daughter of the famous general Cnaeus Domitius Corbulo and was taken from her husband and married to Domitian in 70 A.D. In 83 A.D. she was exiled for her affair with the actor Paris. Later Domitian seems to have forgiven her, as ancient sources indicate her as a part of the plot that ended the emperor's life. She died in the reign of Trajan or Antoninus Pius.
RP84551. Bronze AE 15, RPC II 1388 (8 spec.), SNG Newham Davis 315, Lindgren III 588, vA Phrygiens -, BMC Phrygia -, SNGvA -, SNG Cop -, aVF, dark patina, porosity, weight 2.654 g, maximum diameter 15.1 mm, die axis 0o, Eumeneia (near Civril, Turkey) mint, 81 - 96 A.D.; obverse ΔOMITIA CEBACTH, draped bust right, hair rolled in front and in que behind; reverse KΛ TEPENT YΛΛA APXIE (Kl. Terent. Hylla, αρχιερέας (high priest or priestess), counterclockwise from upper left), Cybele seated left on throne, patera in extended right hand, resting left forearm and hand upon tympanum (drum) at near side; EYME-NEΩN, in fields, starting downward on right, ending downward on left; ex Numismatik Naumann auction 42 (3 Apr 2016), lot 519; ex Dr. P. Vogl collection, ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (sold 30 Dec 1992, with dealer's ticket); rare; SOLD


Apameia ad Maeandrum, Phrygia, c. 133 - 48 B.C.

|Apameia| |Cibotus|, |Apameia| |ad| |Maeandrum,| |Phrygia,| |c.| |133| |-| |48| |B.C.||AE| |19|
ΕΓΛOΓIΣ (eglogis) means elected in Greek and ΕΓΛOΓIΣTΗΣ (eglogistes) was presumably the magistrate's title.

Rome received Apamea 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. Apamea is mentioned in the Talmud (Ber. 62a, Niddah, 30b and Yeb. 115b). By order of Flaccus, nearly 45 kilograms of gold, intended by Jews for the Temple in Jerusalem was confiscated in Apamea in 62 B.C. Christianity was very likely established early in the city, and Saint Paul probably visited the place, for he went throughout Phrygia. The city's decline dates from the local disorganization of the empire in the 3rd century.
GB99022. Bronze AE 19, SNG Cop 184; BMC Phrygia p. 82, 76; HGC 7 672; SNGvA 3470 var. (magistrate); SNG Munchen 120 ff. var. (same), VF, nice green patina, centered on a tight flan, earthen deposits, edge split/cracks, weight 4.767 g, maximum diameter 18.9 mm, die axis 0o, Phrygia, Apameia ad Maeandrum (Dinar, Turkey) mint, magistrate Konwn, eglogistes, 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, KONΩN / EΓΛO (magistrate name and title) in two downward lines on the left; SOLD


Dionysopolis, Phrygia, 2nd - 1st Century B.C.

|Other| |Phrygia|, |Dionysopolis,| |Phrygia,| |2nd| |-| |1st| |Century| |B.C.||AE| |15|
Dionysiopolis (or Dionysopolis) in Phrygia is mentioned in a letter of M. Cicero to his brother Quintus, in which he speaks of the people of Dionysopolis being very hostile to Quintus, which must have been for something that Quintus did during his praetorship of Asia. Pliny places the Dionysopolitae in the conventus of Apamea, which is all the ancient writers note of their position. We may infer from the coinage that the place was on the Maeander, or near it. Stephanus of Byzantium says that it was founded by Attalus and Eumenes. Stephanus mentions another Dionysopolis in Pontus, originally called Cruni, and he quotes two verses of Scymnus about it; however, he likely meant the town of Dionysopolis in Thrace, on the Pontus, rather than in Pontus. Dionysiopolis was important enough in the late Roman province of Phrygia Pacatiana to become a bishopric, suffragan of its Metropolitan Archbishopric Hierapolis in Phrygia, but was to fade. Its site is tentatively located near modern Bekilli, Turkey.
GB11758. Bronze AE 15, vA Phrygiens II 5; Moushmov 78 (Moesia); BMC Phrygia -; Pick Dacia & Moesia -; SNG Cop -; Lindgren -; Weber-, aVF, weight 3.53 g, maximum diameter 14.9 mm, die axis 0o, Dionysopolis (near Bekilli, Turkey) mint, 2nd - 1st Century B.C.; obverse wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right; reverse ΔIONYCOΠOΛ (blundered), cornucopia; very rare; SOLD


Laodicea ad Lycus, Phrygia, 2nd Century B.C.

|Laodicea| |ad| |Lycus|, |Laodicea| |ad| |Lycus,| |Phrygia,| |2nd| |Century| |B.C.||AE| |17|
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.
GB81384. Bronze AE 17, SGCV II 5155 var, VF, weight 4.009 g, maximum diameter 17.1 mm, die axis 0o, Laodicea ad Lycus (near Denizli, Turkey) mint, 2nd century B.C.; obverse draped bust of Aphrodite right; reverse ΛAOΔI/KEΩN, Aphrodite seated left, holding dove in right; SOLD


Apameia ad Maeandrum, Phrygia, c. 133 - 48 B.C.

|Apameia| |Cibotus|, |Apameia| |ad| |Maeandrum,| |Phrygia,| |c.| |133| |-| |48| |B.C.||AE| |21|
Rome received Apamea 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. Apamea is mentioned in the Talmud (Ber. 62a, Niddah, 30b and Yeb. 115b). By order of Flaccus, nearly 45 kilograms of gold, intended by Jews for the Temple in Jerusalem was confiscated in Apamea in 62 B.C. Christianity was very likely established early in the city, and Saint Paul probably visited the place, for he went throughout Phrygia. The city's decline dates from the local disorganization of the empire in the 3rd century.
GB81661. Bronze AE 21, SNG Cop 171; BMC Phrygia p. 77, 48; HGC 7 672; SNG Munchen 120 ff. var. (magistrate); SNGvA 3470 f. var. (same), VF, green patina, well centered on a tight oval flan, mild porosity, weight 8.807 g, maximum diameter 21.3 mm, die axis 0o, 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


Laodicea ad Lycus, Phrygia, Time of Antoninus Pius, c. 138 - 161 A.D.

|Laodicea| |ad| |Lycus|, |Laodicea| |ad| |Lycus,| |Phrygia,| |Time| |of| |Antoninus| |Pius,| |c.| |138| |-| |161| |A.D.||AE| |21|
Laodicea, Phrygia is the church with the lukewarm faith (Revelation 3:14-22).
RP49696. Bronze AE 21, SNG Cop 532; BMC Phrygia p. 293, 96; SNGvA -, aVF, weight 5.553 g, maximum diameter 20.7 mm, die axis 180o, Laodicea ad Lycus (near Denizli, Turkey) mint, obverse ΛAOΔIKEΩN, draped bust of young Dionysos right wreathed with ivy; reverse AIΛ ΔIONYCIOC, mask of Silenos on top of cista mystica, snaked coiled around, pedum on left from which a pair of cymbals hang; SOLD




    




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