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AchaeaAchaea, province of the Roman Empire, consisted of the modern-day Peloponnese in southern Greece and is bordered on the north by the provinces of Epirus and Macedonia. The region was annexed to the Roman Republic in 146 BC following the sack of Corinth by the campaign of Roman general Lucius Mummius. L. Mummius was awarded the cognomen "Achaicus" as "conqueror of Achaea" for his actions.ancientone
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Achaea. Achaea, Patrae. AE18. Aristomenes magistrate.Obv: Cista within ivy wreath. PATR in ex.
Rev: Dionysos standing facing, holding torch in his right hand and thyrsos in his left; to left, Patrae monogram; to right, kerykeion.
AE18, late 1st century
Aristomenes magistrate. Cf HGC5 #68-71.
Hunter 2. Very rare. ancientone
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Achaea. Achaea, Patrae. Commodus AE28Commodus, 177-192AD. AE28, 11.21g.
Obv: IMP COMMODVS ANTO AVG, Laureate cuirassed bust r.
Rev: COL A A PATR, Zeus seated l. holding Nike and sceptre.
Ex. BCD. Peloponnesus 563.
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Achaea. Achaea, Patras(Patrae). Sabina Æ20Obv: SABINA AVG / Draped bust of Sabina, r., hair coiled and piled on top of head above triple stephane.
Rev: COL A A PATREN / Genius naked running l. to altar, looking back, holding box in his l. hand.
BCD Peloponnesos 552.5, Plate ancientone
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Achaea. Arcadia, Caphyae. Septimius Severus Æ22 Obv: Laureate head right.
Rev: KAΦYI ATΩN / Artemis, with veil billowing, running left, head right, holding torch and bow.
22mm., 5.2gm.
BCD Peloponnesos 1385.
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Achaea. Arcadia, Phialea. Septimius Severus Æ22Obv: laureate head right.
Rev: ΦIAΛEΩN, Dionysos wearing short chiton, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos.
BCD 1644-1645; Pausanias 3.ancientone
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Achaea. Arcadia, Tegea. Caracalla Æ22Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right.
Rev: TEGE ATΩN, Pan standing left, on goat legs, holding syrinx and lagobolon.
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Achaea. Attica, Athens. AE18. Athena/SphinxObv: Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos, r.
Rev: ΑΘΕ, sphinx wearing modius, r.; all in wreath.
Reign of Augustus, c. mid-late 20s BC.
RPC 1311.ancientone
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Achaea. Attica, Athens. AE22Obv: Bust of Athena r. wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis.
Rev: AΘH NA IΩN Bucranium bound by wreath.
Time of Hadrian and the Antonines.
BMC 810.ancientone
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Achaea. Attica, Athens. AE22Obv: Draped bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet.
Rev: AΘHN-A-IΩN, Athena Parthenos standing facing, Nike crowning her with wreath extended in right hand, left holds a spear and rests on a grounded shield.
c. 115 - 160 A.D.
BMC Attica 686-7.ancientone
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Achaea. Attica, Athens. AE22Obv: Draped bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet.
Rev: AΘHNAIΩN, Athena standing facing, head left, holding spear in right hand and shield in left.
Kroll 318ancientone
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Achaea. Attica, Athens. AE22. TriptolemosObv: Bust of Athena l. wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis.
Rev: AΘH NA IΩN / Triptolemos standing in biga drawn by winged serpents, l.
Time of Hadrian and the Antonines.
22mm., 6.1g.
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Achaea. Corinthia, Corinth. Lucius Verus AE26 Melikertes-PalaimonPeloponnesus. Corinthia, Corinth. Obv. bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, r. [IMP L AVR VERVS AVG] Rev. Melikertes-Palaimon riding on dolphin, l.; in pine wreath C L I COR.
A fragmentary Isthmian ode of Pindar portrays the founding of the Isthmian Games as a funerary celebration for Melikertes. Examination of the language in which Pindar speaks of the cults of other heroes at places where athletic contests were celebrated in their honour leads to the conclusion that Melikertes was worshipped as a hero at the Isthmian Sanctuary, at least by the time of Pindar, although no remains of a shrine to him before the Roman period have been found.ancientone
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Achaea. Corinthia, Corinth. Caracalla Æ24.Obv: Laureate, draped bust of Caracalla left. Melikertes-Palaimon.
Rev: CLI COR / Melikertes-Palaimon reclining right on the back of a dolphin, pine tree in background.
24mm., 8.1 g.
BCD Corinth 930.ancientone
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Achaea. Corinthia, Corinth. Marcus Aurelius Æ 26mm. Bellerophon. Obv: Laureate head right.
Rev: CLI COR Bellerophon riding Pegasos flying right, attacking a chimaera, facing right.
BCD 706; SNG Copenhagen -.
Bellerophon in Greek mythology was "the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, alongside Cadmus and Perseus, before the days of Heracles", whose greatest feat was killing the Chimera, a monster that Homer depicted with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail: "her breath came out in terrible blasts of burning flame.
The replacement of Bellerophon by the more familiar culture hero Perseus was a development of Classical times that was standardized during the Middle Ages and has been adopted by the European poets of the Renaissance and later.
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Achaea. Corinthia, Corinth. Nero Æ20. Claudius Anaxilaus and P. Ventidius FrontoCorinthia, Corinth. Nero. 54-68 AD. Æ 20mm . Ti. Claudius Anaxilaus and P. Ventidius Fronto, Duovirs. Struck 67-68 AD. Laureate head of Nero left / Nero stands facing within tetrastyle temple. BCD Corinth 480. SNG Copenhagen 235-236. RPC I 1208.
Duoviri, "the two men" was the official style of two joint magistrates. Such pairs of magistrates were appointed at various periods of Roman history both in Rome itself and in the colonies and municipia. ancientone
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Achaea. Cyclades, Melos. Demos / Palladium AE24Obv: DHMOC / Bearded bust of Demos r.
Rev: ΜΗΛΙΩΝ / Statue of Pallas Athena(Palladium) standing facing head r., holding spear aloft in right hand, preparing to strike, circular shield on left arm.
24mm., 12.2g.
Time of Nerva.
RPC Volume: III №: 404A
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/404Aancientone
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Achaea. Elis, Elis. Septimius Severus AE18.Peloponnesus.
Obv. - ΛCEPCEBHP.. Septimius Severus laureate, head rt.
Rev. - HΛEIWΝ Zeus standing rt. holding eagle in left hand and throwing lightning bolt with rt.ancientone
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Achaea. Epirus, Corcyra. Commodus AE20Obv: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΚοΜ; bare-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r.
Rev: ΚΟΡΚΥΡΑΙΩΝ; statue of female figure standing on base, facing, head, l., raising both hands.
RPC 8368. Specimens:1ancientone
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Achaea. Epirus, Nikopolis, AE18. Augustus Divus (under Hadrian) / Boar’s head prowObv: AVGOVCTO CKTICTHC, Head of Augustus r., bare.
Rev: NΕIΚΟΠΟ(Λ) ΕW(C), Boar’s head prow, r.
Oikonomidou Augustus 56-57
Nikopolis, Epirus was founded in 28 BC by Octavian in memory of his victory over Antony and Cleopatra at Actium. ancientone
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Achaea. Laconia, Gythium. Caracalla AE20. Obv: Caracalla bust r.
Rev: GYThEA [TW]N. Hermes standing left, chlamys over l. shoulder, holding purse in his right hand and kerykeion in his left.
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Achaea. Laconia, Lacedaemon(Sparta). Claudius Æ25. Piloi of the Dioscuri.Obv: TI KLAVDIOC KAICAP; laureate bust right.
Rev: EΠI ΛAKΩNOΣ; piloi of the Dioscuri; two stars above.
Magistrate Lacon
RPC 1115 var.ancientone
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Achaea. Laconia, Lacedaemon(Sparta). Marcus Aurelius Æ20Achaea; Peleponnessus (District: Laconia)
Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obv: ΙΜΠ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩ ΑVΓ / laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r.
Rev: ΛΑΚƐΔΑΙΜΟΝΙωΝ / Club.
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Achaea. Laconia, Lacedaimon (Sparta). Ae As Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev: Λ - A / EΠI - EY / PY - KΛE / O - Σ.
Club within wreath.
(Circa 31-2 BC). C. Julius Eurycles, magistrate.
RPC I 1103; SNG Copenhagen 603.ancientone
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Achaea. Laconia, Lacedaimon (Sparta). Circa 48-35 BC. Æ HexachalkonObv: Bearded head of Lykourgos right; ΛYK-OYPΓOC around.
Rev: Club with handle ending in kerykeion; Λ-A across upper field, monogram-I and monogram across lower field.
BCD Peloponnesos 906 var.
7.8gm, 24mm. ancientone
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Achaea. Messenia, Thouria. Geta as Caesar AE22 AssarionObv: Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Rev: ΘOYPIATWN, Athena standing facing, head right, holding spear right and resting her left on shield; Λ-A in fields.
The Λ-A across the reverse field of this coin is an abbreviation of Λακεδαιμονβων, and refers to Augustus' gift of Thouria to the Spartans in gratitude for their support at Actium and as punishment for the Thourians who had sided with Antony and Cleopatra.ancientone
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Achaea. Messinia, Mothone. Geta as Caesar
Obv: Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: Athena standing left, holding phiale and scepter.
AD 198-209. Æ22 Assarion.
BCD Peloponnesos 813.
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Achaea. Messinia, Mothone. Geta as Caesar Obv: Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: Athena standing left, holding phiale and scepter.
AD 198-209. Æ22 Assarion.
BCD Peloponnesos 813.
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Achaea. Messinia, Pylos. Caracalla AE22Peloponnesus. Pylos, Messenia. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion 22mm. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena standing left, holding phiale and spear.
BCD Peloponnesus 819
Pylos is the home of the mythological argonaut Nestor; King of Pylus. ancientone
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Achaea. Messinia, Pylos. Caracalla AE22. Terminal figure.Peloponnesus. Pylos, Messenia. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion 22mm.
Obv: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: PYL[IWN] Terminal figure veiled and closely draped, holds in r. end of garment.
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Achaea. Sicyonia, Sicyon. Septimius Severus AE242 Assaria (AE, 5.3 g, 24 mm), c. 198-205.
Obv: Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right.
Rev: Diony sos standing left with kantharos and thyrsus.
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Achaea. Zacynthus, Island off Elis. Marcus Aurelius AE20. Pan with infant DionysusZacynthus; Achaea; Peleponnessus (District: Zacynthus). Date 161–180. Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, r. Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ ΑΥ
Reverse design Pan standing, r., nebris over shoulders, holding bunch of grapes and infant Dionysus
Reverse inscription ΖΑΚΥΝΘΙΩΝ
RPC IV.1, 4626
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AeolisAeolis was an ancient district on the western coast of Asia Minor. It extended along the Aegean Sea from the entrance of the Hellespont (now the Dardanelles) south to the Hermus River (now the Gediz River). It was named for the Aeolians, some of whom migrated there from Greece before 1000 BC. Aeolis was, however, an ethnological and linguistic enclave rather than a geographical unit. The district often was considered part of the larger northwest region of Mysia.ancientone
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Aeolis, Aegae. AE13. Athena/ZeusObv: AIGA EWN / Helmeted bust of Athena r.
Rev: Zeus standing, facing l., holding eagle in r. and scepter.
13mm., 1.4g.
Time of Augustus.
Magistrate Diphilos Phaita.
Unrecorded type.
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Aeolis, Aegae. Pseudo-Autonomous AE19. Tyche/AthenaObv: Turreted and draped bust of the Tyche, r.
Rev: ΑΙΓΑƐΩΝ / Athena standing, l., holding patera (over altar) and spear; beside, shieldancientone
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Aeolis, Aegae. Sabina AE20Obv: Diademed draped bust right. / CEBACTH CABEINA.
Rev: Isis standing left, holding sistrum and raising hem of robe. / ΑΙ-ΓΑ (in field)ancientone
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Aeolis, Aegae. Vespasian AE18.Obv: Laureate head right. OYHECΠACIANOC KAICAP.
Rev: Apollo standing right, taenia in right, laurel branch in left. EΠI AΠOΛΛΩNIOΥ NEMEONIKOΥ AIΓAEΩN.
RPC II 966.ancientone
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Aeolis, Cyme. AE18. Amazon Kyme/IsisObv: K VMH Amazon Kyme bust r., turreted.
Rev: KVM AIWN Isis standing l., sistrum in r., situla in l.
Time of Valerian to Gallienus.
BMC 120
RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 59777)ancientone
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Aeolis, Cyme. Nero AE19Obv: NEΡΩNA CEBACTON, laureate head right.
Rev: KYMAIΩN KAICAΡEΩN, unbridled horse trotting right.
SNGCop 141, BMC 126.ancientone
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Aeolis, Elaea. AE14. Time of Marcus Aurelius.Obv: ƐΛΑΙΤΩΝ; turreted and draped bust of the Tyche wearing wreath, r.
Rev: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Π ϹΑΛΩΝΙΟV; kalathos containing two poppies and two ears of corn. N-E across fields.
Magistrate: P. Salonios II (strategos).
RPC IV.2, 2472 (temporary).ancientone
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Aeolis, Elaea. Commodus AE17 HemiassarionObv: KAICAP KOMOΔΟ-C Head of youthful Commodus to right.
Rev: ΕΛΑΙ-ΤΩΝ Kalathos containing poppy and four ears of corn.
RPC online 221.ancientone
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Aeolis, Elaea. Commodus AE18. Crispina as DemeterObv: AVT K L AVR KOMODOC, Laureate and draped bust right, from behind.
Rev: ELAITWN, Crispina as Demeter, bust right, holding corn-ears and poppy.
BMC 47ancientone
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Aeolis, Elaea. Domitian and Domitia AE21. AD 81-96.Obv: ΔOMITIANON CEBACTON.., laureate head of Domitian right, facing draped bust of Domitia left.
Rev: EΛAITΩN, Demeter standing left, holding corn-ears upright and torch.
RPC II 957Aancientone
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Aeolis, Elaea. Lucius Verus AE16Obv: LOVKIOC KAICAP, Bare-headed youthful bust r.
Rev: ELAI TWN, Kalathos with grain-ears and poppies.ancientone
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AEOLIS, Elaea. Time of Augustus (?), 27 BC - 14 AD. Obv: E-ΠI / Σ-Ω/K-PA/T-OY / Head of Persephone to right.
Rev: E-ΛAI/T-ΩN / Torch; all within wreath.
Magistrate Sokrates.
RPC 2410.
Rare.ancientone
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Aeolis, Elaea. Trajan Decius Æ19Obv: ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ / Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, r., seen from rear.
Rev: ƐΛΑƐΙΤΩΝ / Demeter standing l., holding grain ears and torch.
RPC IX, 559A.ancientone
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Aeolis, Myrina. Æ14. Time of Trajan and Hadrian, 98-138 AD.Obv: ΜVΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ / laureate and draped bust of Apollo, branch before.
Rev: ƐΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΦΛ ΚΑΛΛΙ / Lyre and branch.
Strategos Fl. Kalli.
RPC IV.2, 2238 (temporary)ancientone
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Aeolis, Myrina. Pseudo-autonomous AE17. AD 253-268. Amazon MyrinaObv: MVPE-INA, draped, turreted bust of Amazon Myrina left.
Rev: ΜVΡEΙΝΑΩΝ, Tyche in long chiton with cornucopia in l. and rudder in r., standing left.
Myrina, mythological queen of the Amazons. According to Diodorus Siculus she led a military expedition in Libya and won a victory over the people known as the Atlantians, destroying their city Cerne; but was less successful fighting the Gorgons (who are described by Diodorus as a warlike nation residing in close proximity to the Atlantians), failing to burn down their forests. During a later campaign, she struck a treaty of peace with Horus, ruler of Egypt, conquered several peoples, including the Syrians, the Arabians, and the Cilicians (but granted freedom to those of the latter who gave in to her of their own will). She also took possession of Greater Phrygia, from the Taurus Mountains to the Caicus River, and several Aegean islands, including Lesbos; she was also said to be the first to land on the previously uninhabited island which she named Samothrace, building the temple there. The cities of Myrina (in Lemnos), possibly another Myrina in Mysia, Mytilene, Cyme, Pitane, and Priene were believed to have been founded by her, and named after herself, her sister Mytilene, and the commanders in her army, Cyme, Pitane and Priene, respectively. Myrina's army was eventually defeated by Mopsus the Thracian and Sipylus the Scythian; she, as well as many of her fellow Amazons, fell in the final battle. -Wikipediaancientone
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Aeolis, Temnos. Pseudo-autonomous Ae25. Senate/NemesesObv: IERACY NKLHTOC; Bust of youthful Senate r.
Rev: THM NE ITWN; Two Nemeses standing facing each other, drawing fold of drapery from breasts.
200-250 AD.
25mm, 6.5g.
SNG COP 21 266(1)
Temnos was a little town of Aeolia, near the Hermus River, which is shown on its coins. Situated at elevation it commanded the territories of Cyme, Phocaea, and Smyrna. Under Augustus it was already on the decline; under Tiberius it was destroyed by an earthquake; and in the time of Pliny it was no longer inhabited. It was however rebuilt.ancientone
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AlexandriaAlexandria was one of the most famous cities in the world. It was founded around a small pharaonic town c. 331 BC by Alexander the Great. It remained Egypt's capital for nearly a thousand years, until the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, when a new capital was founded at Fustat (Fustat was later absorbed into Cairo). Alexandria was known because of its Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; its library (the largest library in the ancient world); and the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages. Ongoing maritime archaeology in the harbor of Alexandria, which began in 1994, is revealing details of Alexandria both before the arrival of Alexander, when a city named Rhacotis existed there, and during the Ptolemaic dynasty.ancientone
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Alexandria AE24 Diobol. Agrippina Jr/EutheniaAgrippina Jr AE Diobol of Alexandria. AGPIPPINA CЄBACTH, draped bust right, wreathed with corn, hair bound in plait behind / Draped bust of Euthenia right, wreathed with corn, holding ears of corn, ЄYQH-NIA across fields, L-IB below.ancientone
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Alexandria Hadrian AE Dichalkon Pan advancingPan advancing l., LIA of Hadrian. Emmett 1196. Koeln 972
Only issue with Pan advancing in the whole Alexandrian mint seriesancientone
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Alexandria, Egypt. Gallienus tetradrachmObv: AVT K P LIK GALLIHNOC CEB, laureate, draped bust right.
Rev: L-IG, eagle standing right with wreath in its beak, palm branch behind.
Regnal year 13.ancientone
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Alexandria, Egypt. Hadrian AE33 Drachm.Obv: AYT KAI TΡAI AΔΡIA CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: Distyle temple, with Serapis standing right, holding sceptre and raising right hand, facing Hadrian, standing left, holding sceptre and resting right hand on a small temple inscribed ADR-IA-NON; date LIZ in exergue.
Milne 1380; Emmet 1042.ancientone
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Alexandria, Egypt. Nero AE12Obv: Laureate bust r.
Rev: Wreath with large I.
12mm. and 1.1gm.ancientone
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Alexandria, Egypt. Salonina Tetradrachm KOΡNHΛIA CAΛΩNEINA CEB, draped bust right / Elpis (Spes) standing left holding flower and hem of skirt, palm before, LIΔ behind. Year 14 = 266-267 AD.ancientone
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Alexandria. Claudius AE25 Diobol. NilusClaudius AE25 Diobol of Alexandria. Year 10 = 50-51 AD. TI KLAV KAI CEBAC GEPMA, laureate head right, LI before / AVTO-KPA, bust of Nilus right, child before. ancientone
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Alexandria. Philip I AE33 Drachm R5EGYPT.ALEXANDRIA.
Phillip, The Arab
AD 244-249.
AE Drachm
Obv: A K M IOV ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC EVC, laurate, bearded, bust right of Philip.
Rev: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right with wreath in beak, palm branch left, in right field L S = regnal year 6 (=AD 248-249).
BMC Alexandria, pg.259,2002. Emmett 3522, R5.ancientone
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Alexandria. Philip I. Tyche reclining left on lectisternAlexandria. Philip I. Tyche reclining left on lectistern. 3rd regnal year. Emmett 3515, Milne 3608-10
Some interesting follow-up notes from Tom Barbeau on September 26, 2006 with a re-attribution of the reverse scene from Emmett's description of Tyche reclining on ship with rudder: "The couch apparently may be referred to as lectistern. The gods were invited to a feast of reconciliation at times of upheaval and calamity. The feast was called a lectisternium."ancientone
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Alexandria. Vespasian AE35 Drachm. Winged bust of NikeWinged bust of Nike. L IB. Emmett 208ancientone
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Arabia Petraea, Bostra. AE19 Julia Mamaea Julia Mamaea AE19 of Syria, Decapolis, Bostra. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / COLONIA BOSTRA, bust of Zeus-Ammon right.ancientone
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Arabia Petraea, Bostra. Faustina Sr. AE16 Obv: ThEA FAV [CTEINA]. Draped and veiled bust r.
Rev: City-goddess stg. facing, hd. l., holding scepter and resting hand on hip.ancientone
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Arabia Petraea, Bostra. Marcus Aurelius Æ17.Obv: ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (lightly bearded - short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r.
Rev: ΤΥΧ ΝƐΑ ΤΡΑΙ ΒΟϹ, turreted and draped bust of Tyche, r.
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Arabia Petraea, Petra. Aretas IV Ae15Kings of the Nabataeans
Obv: Aretas IV stands between palm branch and monogram.
Rev: His wife Shaqilat standing left, raising hand; wreath to left.
9 B.C.-A.D. 40
Meshorer 97, SNG Cop. - ancientone
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Arabia Petraea, Petra. Elagabalus AE20.Obv: IMP C M AVR ANTONINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: PETRA, COLON, Founder plowing right with bull and cow. ancientone
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Arabia Petraea, Petra. Elagabalus Æ21IMP C M AVR ANTѠN, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Founder ploughing right with pair of oxen, PETPA above, COLONI in exergue.ancientone
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Arabia Petraea, Petra. Septimius Severus AE22Obv: Laureate bust right.
Rev: Tyche seated l., on rock outcropping, extending hand and holding trophy. ancientone
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Arabia Petraea, Petra. Septimius Severus. AE22Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right.
Rev: Tyche seated left on rocks, extending hand with stele and holding trophy, within distyle shrine.ancientone
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Arabia Petraea, Petra. Septimius Severus. Æ23Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right.
Rev: Tyche seated left on rocks, extending hand and holding trophy.ancientone
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Arabia Petraea, Rabbathmoba. Septimius Severus AE28.Obv: AVT KAI L CE[P CEOVP CE]B, laureate head right.
Rev: RABBAQ M W NA.., cult statue of Ares(Greek god of war), standing facing, holding spear, shield, and sword, set upon basis set on plinth.
28mm, 9.9gms.ancientone
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Arabia, Bostra. Hadrian Æ22.Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head right.
Rev: Turreted bust of Arabia right, cradling two children in her arms; ΑΡΑΒΙΑ below.ancientone
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Arabia, Bostra. Hadrian Æ22.Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head right.
Rev: Turreted bust of Arabia right, cradling two children in her arms; ΑΡΑΒΙΑ below.ancientone
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BithyniaAs a Roman province, the boundaries of Bithynia frequently varied, and it was commonly united for administrative purposes with the province of Pontus. This was the state of things in the time of Trajan, when Pliny the Younger was appointed governor of the combined provinces, a circumstance to which we are indebted for valuable information concerning the Roman provincial administration. Under the Byzantine Empire Bithynia was again divided into two provinces, separated by the Sangarius, to the west of which the name of Bithynia was restricted.
The most important cities were Nicomedia and Nicaea. The two had a long rivalry with one another over which city held the rank of capital. Both of these were founded after Alexander the Great; but at a much earlier period the Greeks had established on the coast the colonies of Cius (modern Gemlik); Chalcedon (modern Kadıköy), at the entrance of the Bosporus, nearly opposite Byzantium (modern Istanbul; and Heraclea Pontica (modern Karadeniz EreÄŸli), on the Euxine, about 120 miles (190 km) east of the Bosporus.ancientone
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Bithynia, Calchedon. Æ23 Faustina Jr.Obv: ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ / draped bust of Faustina II, r.
Rev: ΚΑΛΧΑΔοΝΙΩΝ / female(?) figure standing, facing, head, l., extending arms, holding uncertain objects (patera and branch?).
RPC IV.1, 4751 (temporary)ancientone
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Bithynia, Juliopolis. Gordian III, AE16.Obv: M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: IO-UL-IO-PO between the masts of two standards and an aquila, LEITWN below.ancientone
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Bithynia, Juliopolis. Severus Alexander AE21Obv: Laureate head right.
Rev: Tyche standing left, holding phiale and scepter. ancientone
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Bithynia, Nicaea. Geta AE15. Bust of HeraklesGETAC[...] Bust of Geta r.
NIKAIEΩN Bearded bust of Herakles r.
BMC-ancientone
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Bithynia, Nicaea. Geta, AE17. Infant DionysosObv: Π CEΠTI ΓETAC K, bare head r.
Rev: NIKAIEΩN, Infant Dionysos in liknon cradle r., raising hands; thyrsos behind.
The liknon was a braided grain basket used in ancient times by farmers to separate grain from chaff and also served as a cradle for newborn.ancientone
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Bithynia, Nicaea. Marcus Aurelius AE16.Obv: ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ / Bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing paludamentum, r., seen from center.
Rev: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ (Α shaped as Λ) / Serpent coiling, l.
RPC IV.1, 9907 (temporary)ancientone
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Bithynia, Nicaea. Septimius Severus AE17Obv: CEOYHPOC AVGOYCT, laureate head right.
Rev: NIKAIEWN, Amphora containing two grain ears.
17mm., 2.9g.ancientone
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Bithynia, Nicaea. Severus Alexander AE21Severus Alexander, 13 March 222 - March 235 A.D., Nicaea, Bithynia
Obverse M AΥΡ CEΥH AΛEΞAΔΡOC AV, laureate head right.
Reverse NI-KA-IE-ΩN, three standards; nice portrait, nice glossy green patina.ancientone
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Bithynia, Nicaea. Severus Alexander AE21Obv: M AΥΡ CEΥ AΛEΞAΔΡOC AV, laureate head right.
Rev: NI-K-A-IE/ΩN, three standards.ancientone
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Bithynia, Nicaea. Severus Alexander AE21Obv: M AΥΡ CEΥ AΛEΞAΔΡOC AV, laureate head right.
Rev: NI-K-A-IE/ΩN, three standards.ancientone
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Bithynia, Nicaea. Valerian (253-260). AE26Obv: ΠΟV ΛΙΚ ΟVΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟC CEB / Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left, raising hand and holding eagle-tipped sceptre over shoulder.
Rev: NIKAIEΩN / Gallienus and Valerian I facing each other in military dress, clasping hands and each holding a spear; Valerian II, togate, standing left, holding patera.
Cf. SNG Copenhagen 536.
RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 74488)ancientone
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Bithynia, Nicomedia. Antoninus Pius AE18Obv: ΑVΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ / laureate head of Antoninus Pius, r.
Rev: ΜΗΤ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙ / crescent surmounted by star.
RPC IV.1, 6071 (temporary)ancientone
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Bithynia, Nicomedia. Marcus Aurelius AE27.Obv: AVT K M AVR ANTWNEINOC, laureate head right.
Rev: MHTR NEWKO NEIKOMH, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right, two corn-ears at neck.ancientone
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Bithynia, Nicomedia. Septimius Severus AE22. Hygieia22mm and 4.2gm.
Obv. AVKLCEP CEVHROC. Bust of Severus r.
Rev. [DIC NEWK]OP - WN NIKOMHDE around, W - N across field. Hygieia standing l. feeding serpent.
Recueil général records no type of Hygieia holding and feeding serpent at Nicomedia for SS, Domna, Caracalla, or Geta.ancientone
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Bithynia, Nicomedia. Severus Alexander AE16. GalleyObv: Laureate bust right.
Rev: ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔƐΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩΝ, Galley with oarsmen above waves r.
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/30422ancientone
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