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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Geography||View Options:   | | | Every ancient coin is associated with a place, at the least where it was minted. Rarely, but occasionally, we learn where a coin was found. Many ancient coins depict the personification of a nation, province, city, or river. Every coin has some tie to geography. Of course collecting every coin is not a theme, so geography must be narrowed down in some way. Collecting the coins of one mint, city or region is popular. Hadrian's famous "travel series" would make an excellent geography theme collection. Another is the travels of Paul. Or you could collect coins from all places you simply find captivating. |
Sidon is mentioned by the prophets Isaiah (e.g. Isaiah 23:2,4,12), Jeremiah (Jeremiah 25:22, 27:3, 47:4), Ezekiel (Ezekiel 27:8, 28:21, 32:30) and Joel (Joel 3:4). Jesus visited Sidon (Matthew 15:21, Mark 3:8, Mark 7:24, Luke 6:17). Paul sailed for Rome from Sidon (Acts 27:3,4).SH10717. Silver tetradrachm, Svoronos -, SNG Cop -, BMC Ptolemies -, VF, weight 14.18 g, maximum diameter 25.0 mm, die axis 0o, Sidon (Saida, Lebanon) mint, 247 - 246 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, ΣI / Δ left, date ΛΘ (year 39) and HΛ monogram right; not listed in major references; very rare; SOLD
Ionia, Persian Satraps, c. 340 - 334 B.C.
Ephesus was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League on the west coast of Anatolia. The city was famed for the Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 B.C.), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Ephesus was one of the seven churches of Asia that are cited in the Book of Revelation. The Gospel of John may have been written here. SH81556. Bronze unit, Johnston, "The Earliest Preserved Greek Map: A New Ionian Coin Type," JHS (1967), 1-4; BMC Ionia p. 324, 7, VF, weight 1.879 g, maximum diameter 14.7 mm, Ephesos (near Selcuk, Turkey) mint, obverse king kneeling right, holding spear and drawing bow, B A behind; reverse irregular raised patterns within incuse square, possibly a relief map of hinterland of Ephesos?; rare; SOLD
Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Aegeae, Cilicia
The recumbent goat was the symbol for the city of Aegeae. It was a pun on AIΓEAIΩN (of the city of Aegeae) and AIΓEIΩN (of the goats). -- The Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and Their Fractions from 57 BC to AD 253 by Michel and Karin PrieurGS26522. Silver tetradrachm, Prieur 720, SNG BnF 2331, Weber -, VF, weight 13.144 g, maximum diameter 25.6 mm, die axis 180o, Aigeai (near Yumurtalik, Turkey) mint, 132 - 133 A.D.; obverse AYTOKP KAIΣ TPAIA AΔPIANO ΣEB Π Π, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse ETOYΣ •ΘOP• AIΓEAIΩN, eagle standing facing on harpe, wings spread, head turned right, goat in exergue; SOLD
Maximian, 286 - 305, 306 - 308, and 310 A.D.
Moneta was a surname given to Juno because she was said to have promised the Romans that if they fought only just wars, they would never be in want of money.SH82555. Billon follis (large), RIC VI Aquileia p. 316, 35b; SRCV IV 13297; Cohen VI p. 545, 504; Hunter V p. 26, 61 var. (1st officina), Choice EF, full centering, sharp, weight 8.979 g, maximum diameter 28.2 mm, die axis 0o, 2nd officina, Aquileia (Italy) mint, c. 302 - 303 A.D.; obverse IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right; reverse SACR MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR (the sacred money of our two emperors and two princes), Moneta standing left, scales in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, VI right, AQS in exergue; SOLD
Sabina, Augusta 128 - c. 136 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt
Rome mint issued coins in the name of Sabina after A.D. 128, when she received the title of Augusta. She did not have her own coinage at Alexandria until A.D. 130.RX41085. Bronze drachm, Dattari 2067; Geissen 1268; Milne -; BMC Alexandria -; SNG Cop -; Emmett 1337 (R4), aVF, weight 11.422 g, maximum diameter 29.1 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 29 Aug 134 - 28 Aug 135 A.D.; obverse CABINA CEBACTH, draped bust bust right; reverse LENNE-AKΔ (year 19), Dikaiosyne (Aequitas) standing left, scales in right hand, cornucopia in left; very rare; SOLD
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180 - 145 B.C., Regency of Eulaios
Ptolemy VI was at first under the guardian- ship of his mother Cleopatra. After her death, Eulaios became regent from 174 or 173 until 171 B.C. EYΛ on the reverse of this coin probably refers to Eulaios.GP42354. Bronze obol, Svoronos 1402, SNG Cop -, Noeske -, Weiser -, Hosking - (other references list the same type but in larger denominations), gVF, weight 7.747 g, maximum diameter 20.4 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 174/3 - 171 B.C.; obverse diademed and horned head of Zeus-Ammon right; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, lotus flower before, ΕYΛ between legs; 76; extremely rare; SOLD
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180 - 145 B.C.
Salamis was a maritime town on the east coast of Cyprus, at the end of a fertile plain between two mountains, near the River Pediaeus. GS43445. Silver tetradrachm, Svoronos 1461 (citing only 2 examples); BMC Ptolemies p. 90, 16; Noeske 225; SNG Cop -; Hosking -; Malter -, aVF, porous, weight 13.446 g, maximum diameter 24.3 mm, die axis 0o, Cyprus, Salamis mint, 153 - 152 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, LKΘ (year 29) left, ΣA (Salamis) right; rare; SOLD
Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt
RX43494. Billon tetradrachm, Geissen 1026, Milne 1294, Emmett 845, VF, weight 12.814 g, maximum diameter 23.3 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 29 Aug 130 - 28 Aug 131 A.D.; obverse AYT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis; reverse Africa standing right, scepter in left, ears of grain in extended right hand, clasping hands with Hadrian, who stands left, scepter in left, L IE (year 15) across fields; rare; SOLD
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra III and Ptolemy X, 110 - 109 B.C. and 107 - 101 B.C.
After Ptolemy VIII died in 116 B.C., Cleopatra III ruled with her mother Cleopatra II and son Ptolemy IX. In 110 B.C., she replaced Ptolemy IX as co-regent with her second son Ptolemy X. Ptolemy IX regained the throne in 109 but was again replaced in 107 B.C. In 101 B.C., Ptolemy X had his mother Cleopatra III murdered and then ruled alone or with his niece and wife, Berenice III.GS51580. Silver tetradrachm, Svoronos 1668; BMC Ptolemies p. 105, 19; Cohen DCA 60; SNG Cop -; SNG Milan -; Noeske -; Hosking -, gVF, weight 13.667 g, maximum diameter 24.8 mm, die axis 0o, Paphos mint, 110 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, head left, L I (year 10) left, ΠA right; rare; SOLD
Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Roman Provinicial Egypt
Commemorates Hadrian's arrival in Egypt in 130 A.D. Alexandria kissing the emperor's hand to welcome him in her city!RX54636. Bronze drachm, Dattari pl. 75, 1610; Milne 1315; Geissen 1034; BMC Alexandria 870; Kampmann-Ganschow 32.509; Emmett 964; SRCV II 3716, aVF, over-cleaned, areas of corrosion, weight 25.558 g, maximum diameter 35.6 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 130 - 131 A.D.; obverse AYT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right with aegis; reverse Alexandria, wearing elephant-skin headdress, steps right towards the emperor, grasps and kisses his right hand, wheat ears and poppy in her left hand, he is togate with scepter in left; L - I E (left and middle field); huge 35 mm bronze!; SOLD
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