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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Greek Coins| ▸ |Geographic - All Periods| ▸ |Anatolia| ▸ |Lydia| ▸ |Thyatira||View Options:   | | | Thyateira (also Thyatira) is the ancient name of the modern Turkish city of Akhisar ("white castle"). In Revelation, Thyatira is the church that had a false prophetess (Revelation 2:20). |
There may be slight drapery on the far shoulder, but on all plate coins and examples we found online both shoulders are clearly draped. This portrait also appears to be younger and of a different style than the usual bust of Nero as caesar. This type was also issued later as Augustus with a different inscription and a lightly bearded bust.RP50379. Bronze AE 18, RPC I 2381 var.; BMC Lydia p. 302, 58 var.; SNG Cop 595 var.; SNGvA 3216 var.; et al. (all draped on both shoulders), VF, weight 2.952 g, maximum diameter 17.5 mm, die axis 0o, Thyatira (Akhisar, Turkey) mint, as caesar, c. 51 - 54 A.D.; obverse NEPΩN KΛAYΔI KAICAP ΓEP, bare-headed, undraped?, bust of young Nero right; reverse ΘYAT-EIΠH/NΩ-N, labrys (double-axe); an apparently unpublished bust variety of a rare type; SOLD
Domitia, Wife of Domitian, who reigned 81 - 96 A.D., Thyatira, Lydia
The legends on this type are found either reading inwardly or outwardly. - Roman Provincial Coins, Volume IIRP81441. Bronze AE 18, RPC II 945, VF, weight 2.835 g, maximum diameter 17.7 mm, die axis 225o, Thyatira (Akhisar, Turkey) mint, obverse ΔOMITIA CEBACTH, draped bust of Domitia right; reverse ΘYATEIPHNΩN, tripod altar; attractive black patina with reddish earthen fill highlighting; SOLD
Nero and Poppaea, 62 - 65 A.D., Thyatira, Lydia
Poppaea was renowned for her beauty and voluptuous extravagance. In 62 A.D., Nero divorced his wife Octavia to marry Poppaea. According to Tacitus, Poppaea married Otho only to get close to Nero and then, in turn, became Nero's favorite mistress, and then wife. She bore Nero one daughter, Claudia Augusta, born 21 January 63, who died at only four months of age. At the birth of Claudia, Nero honored mother and child with the title of Augusta. According to Suetonius, one day in the summer of 65, Poppaea quarreled fiercely with Nero over his spending too much time at the races. She was pregnant with her second child. In a fit of rage, Nero kicked her in the abdomen, killing her.RP71349. Bronze AE 19, RPC I 2383; BMC Lydia p. 302, 65; SNG Cop -; SNGvA -, VF, nice portraits, weight 3.979 g, maximum diameter 18.9 mm, die axis 0o, Thyatira (Akhisar, Turkey) mint, c. 62 A.D.; obverse NEPΩN KΛAYΔIOC KAICAP CEBACTOC, laureate head of Nero right; reverse ΠOΠΠAIAN CEBACTHN Θ YATIPHNOI, draped bust of Poppaea right; rare; SOLD
Plotina, Augusta 105 - 129 A.D., Thyateira, Lydia, Conventus of Pergamum
Plotina was the wife of Trajan, married to him before his succession. She was renowned for her virtue and simplicity. In 100, Trajan awarded her with the title of Augusta, but she did not accept the title until 105. Plotina did not appear on the coinage until 112. She was largely responsible for Hadrian's succession to the throne after Trajan's death. Plotina died in 129 A.D.
Thyateira (also Thyatira) is the ancient name of the modern Turkish city of Akhisar ("white castle"). In Revelation, Thyateira is the church that had a false prophetess (Revelation 2:20).RP84898. Bronze AE 17, RPC Online III 1829 (8 spec.), SNG Munchen 628, Waddington 5357, Mionnet IV 903, BMC Lydia -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, aF, dark patina, scratches, earthen deposits, weight 3.067 g, maximum diameter 16.5 mm, die axis 180o, Thyateira (Akhisar, Turkey) mint, 105 - 117 A.D.; obverse ΠΛΩTEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right with hair in a plait behind; reverse ΘYA/TIPH/NΩN in three lines within wreath; rare; SOLD
Nero, 13 October 54 - 9 June 68 A.D., Thyatira, Lydia
Thyateira (also Thyatira) is the ancient name of the modern Turkish city of Akhisar ("white castle"). In Revelation, Thyatira is the church that had a false prophetess (Revelation 2:20).RP56922. Bronze AE 17, RPC I 2381; BMC Lydia p. 302, 58; SNG Cop 595; SNGvA 3216, VF, scratches in obverse right field, weight 3.368 g, maximum diameter 17.2 mm, die axis 0o, Thyatira (Akhisar, Turkey) mint, as caesar, c. 51 - 54 A.D.; obverse NEPΩN KΛAYΔI KAICAP ΓEP, bare-headed, draped bust of young Nero right; reverse ΘYAT-EIΠH/NΩ-N, labrys (double-axe); SOLD
Domitia, Wife of Domitian, who reigned 81 - 96 A.D., Thyatira, Lydia
Domitia married Domitian in 70 A.D. She died in the reign of Trajan or Antoninus Pius.RP58865. Bronze AE 17, RPC II 944, VF, weight 2.936 g, maximum diameter 16.5 mm, die axis 180o, Thyatira (Akhisar, Turkey) mint, obverse ΔOMITIA CEBACTH, draped bust of Domitia right; reverse ΘYATEIPHNΩN, lyre; SOLD
Thyateira, Lydia, Early 3rd Century A.D., Pseudo-Autonomous Coinage
Wandering the world in a panther-drawn chariot, Dionysos rode ahead of the maenads and satyrs, who sang loudly and danced, flushed with wine. They were profusely garlanded with ivy and held the thyrsus, a staff topped with a pinecone, a symbol of the immortality of his believers. Everywhere he went he taught men how to cultivate vines and the mysteries of his cult. Whoever stood in his way and refused to revere him was punished with madness.RP68779. Bronze AE 17, BMC Lydia p. 299, 46; Mionnet IV 858; SNG BnF 1398; SNG Leypold I 1261; SNG Cop -; SNGvA -; SNG Keckman -; Weber -; Lindgren -; SGICV -, aVF, weight 2.819 g, maximum diameter 16.5 mm, die axis 180o, Thyatira (Akhisar, Turkey) mint, early 3rd century A.D.; obverse head of Dionysos right; reverse ΘYATEIPHNΩN, Nike advancing left, raising wreath in right hand, palm frond over shoulder in left; extremely rare; SOLD
Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D., Thyatira, Lydia
Thyateira (also Thyatira) is the ancient name of the modern Turkish city of Akhisar ("white castle"). In Revelation, Thyateira is the church that had a false prophetess (Revelation 2:20).
In Dane Kurth's renowned four volume Greek and Roman Provincial Coins - Lydia (GRPC Lydia), published in 2020, Thyateira coin type 290 inadvertently merged two Athena varieties for Septimius Severus under the same number. This will be corrected in an eventual supplement. Also, our coin gives clear evidence that the countermark, known from a single Thyateira issue of Commodus (RPC Online IV.2 T2873.2) was applied to coinage no earlier than the Severans. Howgego remarked that "the figure looks somewhat like Asklepios," an attribution that continues to be a possibility.RP113915. Bronze AE 24, SNG Cop 605 (same dies); GRPC Lydia Supp I 290a (forthcoming); otherwise apparently unpublished; c/m: Howgego 277 (1 spec.), F, nice bold portrait for the grade, strong countermark, dark patina, porosity, light marks, minor encrustations, weight 7.912 g, maximum diameter 24.0 mm, die axis 180o, Thyatira (Akhisar, Turkey) mint, c. 193 - 211 A.D.; obverse AVT KAI - CEOVHPOC, laureate head right, countermark (upside down): figure standing left (Asclepius?); reverse ΘVATEI-PHNΩN, Athena standing facing, head left, wearing Corinthian helmet, patera in right hand, erect spear in left hand; from the Michael Arslan Collection; ex Olympus Numismatic auction 7 (22 Sep 2023), lot 570; first specimen handled by FORVM, zero sales of this type recorded on Coin Archives in the last two decades; very rare with extremely rare countermark!; SOLD
Thyatira, Lydia, Early 3rd Century A.D.
Victory or Nike is seen with wings in most statues and paintings, with one of the most famous being the Winged Victory of Samothrace. Most other winged deities in the Greek pantheon had shed their wings by Classical times. Nike is the goddess of strength, speed, and victory. Nike was a very close acquaintance of Athena and is thought to have stood in Athena's outstretched hand in the statue of Athena located in the Parthenon. Victory or Nike is also one of the most commonly portrayed figures on Greek and Roman coins.RP82309. Bronze AE 17, unpublished; cf. BMC Lydia p. 299, 46 (Nike left), VF, weight 2.885 g, maximum diameter 16.8 mm, die axis 0o, Thyatira (Akhisar, Turkey) mint, early 3rd century A.D.; obverse bust of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy; reverse ΘYATE-IPHNΩN, Nike advancing right, raising wreath in right hand, palm frond over shoulder in left; extremely rare; SOLD
Thyatira, Lydia, Pseudo-Autonomous Coinage, Early 3rd Century A.D.
Homonoia was the goddess (or spirit or personification) of harmony, concord, unanimity, and oneness of mind. She is usually depicted either seated or standing with a cornucopia.GB83041. Bronze AE 18, SNG Cop 593, BMC Lydia p. 301, 56, Choice gVF, weight 2.721 g, maximum diameter 18.1 mm, die axis 180o, Thyatira (Akhisar, Turkey) mint, obverse ΘYATEIPA, turreted and draped bust of city-goddess right; reverse ΘYATEIPHNΩN, Homonoia standing left, phiale in right, cornucopia in left; SOLD
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