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Roman Provincial Trajan, AE23, of Tabae, Caria, 5.1g, 24mm

Obverse: AVK A TPAIANOC APIΓCΔA, Laureate head right.

Reverse: TABHNΩN, Demeter, polos on head, standing left, holding grain ears, bunch of grapes and sceptre.

Reference: SNG Cop 559, Hunter 4.
Gil-galad

CARIA, Knidos. Circa 490-465 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 6.11 g, 6h). Forepart of lion right / Head of Aphrodite right within incuse square. Cahn Series III, 65 (V33/R47); HN Online 301.
From the Sigmund Collection.paul1888

RHODOS - AR Drachm - Magistrat EPMIAΣ CARIAN ISLANDS.
Pseudo-Rhodian (c.175-170 B.C.),
Silver Drachm, Imitation issue minted in Thessaly.
2.48 g / 14 x 15 mm

Head of Helios facing, slightly inclined to right.
R/ EPMIAΣ , rose, with a bud on right, Z-Ω either side of stem

(SNG Keckman 793-795 (att ributed to Thessaly); Price, Kra ay-Mørkholm Essays, pp. 241-2 (attributed to Northern Greece); SNG Copenhagen Su ppl. 358 (attributed to Rhodian Peraia)).

Lightly toned, good extremely fine. Great head facing

Although the attribution of this issue has been debated, it seems likely that it was struck by Perseus to pay Cretan mercenaries, who would have been familiar with Rhodian issues, in the Third Macedonian War against the Romans (see R. Ashton, NC 1988, pp. 29-30)
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SATRAPS OF CARIA. Pixodaros, circa 341/0-336/5 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 19 mm, 6.93 g, 12 h), Halikarnassos. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly to right with drapery below. Rev. ΠIΞΩΔAΡOΥ Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding long scepter in his left hand and double-axe in his right. SNG Copenhagen 596-7. SNG von Aulock 2375-6. Pixodarus Hoard, CH IX, pl. 35, 44a (this coin);
ex Bourgey, 14 May 1914, 87 (pictured); ex Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung, Auction 21, 1981, 80; ex NFA, Auction 9, 1980, 268; ex Leu, Web Auction 12, 2020, 4432 commentspaul1888

Asia MinorAncient Greek coinage of Asia Minor: Black Sea Area (Bosporos, Kolchis, Pontos, Paphlagonia, & Bithynia), Western Asia Minor (Mysia, Troas, Aiolis, Lesbos, Ionia, Lydia, & Caria), & Central & Southern Asia Minor (Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia, Pisidia, Lycanonia, Cilicia, Galata, Cappadocia).
Sort order: Position Δ1 commentsAnaximander

Rhodos, Carian Islands, c. 188 - 84 B.C.Silver hemidrachm, cf. SNG Keckman 642 ff. (various magistrates and control symbols)Dexikrates, Fine/Fair, scratches, underweight (perhaps imitative), 0.905g, 13.0mm, 135o, Rhodos (Rhodes) mint, c. 188 - 84 B.C.; obverse radiate head of Helios facing slightly right; reverse rose with bud to right, P-O in fields, magistrates name above,ΔΕΞΙΚΡΑΤΗΣ, control symbol lower left, all within a shallow square incuse;7 commentsRandygeki(h2)

*Mylasa, Caria, 3rd - 2nd Century B.C.AE 13, Weber 6528, S 4911, VF, Mylasa mint, 13mm, 3rd - 2nd Cent B.C.; obverse horse trotting right; reverse ornamented trident head.ancientone

002a10. AugustusAugustus
CARIA, Antioch ad Maeandrum: Augustus (27 BCE-14 CE) AE17. 2.74g, 17mm, 12h. Obv: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ; Laureate head of Augustus r. Rev: ΙΑΣΩΝΟΣ ΣΥΝΑΡΧΙΑ in laurel wreath
RPC I 2831. AMCC Auction 3, Lot 119.
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002a15. Augustus & LiviaAugustus and Livia
Antioch ad Maeandrum, Caria
18mm, 4.23 g.
Obv: ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ; laureate head of Augustus, r.
Reverse: ΑΓΕΛΑΟΥ ΣΥΝΑΡΧΙΑ; draped bust of Livia, r.
RPC 2829.lawrence c

004a01. Gaius CaligulaCARIA. Cidrama. Ae. Mousaios Kallikratos Pr-, magistrate. Obv: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ. Bare head left. Rev: KIΔPAMHNΩN / MOYΣAIOΣ KAΛΛIKPATOYΣ ΠP. Goddess standing facing with arms outstretched. 19mm, 5.54 g. RPC 2874; SNG von Aulock 2585; SNG Copenhagen 193. Naumann Auction 96 Lot 434. Posted on Wildwinds.lawrence c

020a, CARIA, Knidos. Circa 465-449 BC. AR Drachm.CARIA, Knidos. Circa 465-449 BC. AR Drachm - 16mm (6.06 g). Obverse: forepart of roaring lion right; Reverse: archaic head of Aphrodite right, hair bound with taenia. Cahn 80 (V38/R53); SNG Helsinki 132 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 232 (same dies). Toned, near VF, good metal. Ex Barry P. Murphy.

While this coin falls within the time frame that numismatists call "Classical" Greek coinage, I have chosen to place it in both the "Archaic" (coin 020a) and "Classical" Greek sections of my collection. This specimen is one of those wonderful examples of transition--it incorporates many elements of the "Archaic" era, although it is struck during the "Classical" Greek period and anticipates characteristics of the later period.

As noted art historian Patricia Lawrence has pointed out, "[this specimen portrays] A noble-headed lion, a lovely Late Archaic Aphrodite, and [is made from]. . . beautiful metal." The Archaic Aphrodite is reminiscent of certain portraits of Arethusa found on tetradrachms produced in Syracuse in the first decade of the 5th century BC.

Knidos was a city of high antiquity and as a Hellenic city probably of Lacedaemonian colonization. Along with Halicarnassus (present day Bodrum, Turkey) and Kos, and the Rhodian cities of Lindos, Kamiros and Ialyssos it formed the Dorian Hexapolis, which held its confederate assemblies on the Triopian headland, and there celebrated games in honour of Apollo, Poseidon and the nymphs.

The city was at first governed by an oligarchic senate, composed of sixty members, and presided over by a magistrate; but, though it is proved by inscriptions that the old names continued to a very late period, the constitution underwent a popular transformation. The situation of the city was favourable for commerce, and the Knidians acquired considerable wealth, and were able to colonize the island of Lipara, and founded a city on Corcyra Nigra in the Adriatic. They ultimately submitted to Cyrus, and from the battle of Eurymedon to the latter part of the Peloponnesian War they were subject to Athens.

In their expansion into the region, the Romans easily obtained the allegiance of Knidians, and rewarded them for help given against Antiochus by leaving them the freedom of their city.

During the Byzantine period there must still have been a considerable population: for the ruins contain a large number of buildings belonging to the Byzantine style, and Christian sepulchres are common in the neighbourhood.

Eudoxus, the astronomer, Ctesias, the writer on Persian history, and Sostratus, the builder of the celebrated Pharos at Alexandria, are the most remarkable of the Knidians mentioned in history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnidus

Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.1 commentsCleisthenes

020p Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), Caria, Trapezopolis, RPC II 1235, AE-19, Cybele standing facing between two lions, #1020p Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), Caria, Trapezopolis, RPC II 1235, AE-19, Cybele standing facing between two lions, #1
avers: OYEΣΠAΣIANOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΣ, Laureate head right.
reverse: ΤΡΑΠΗΖΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ / ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟY / ΟΡΟΝΤΗΣ, Cybele standing facing between two lions. Klaudios Orontes, magistrate.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 18,7-20,0mm, weight: 3,92g, axis: 6h,
mint: City: Trapezopolis, Region: Caria, Province: Asia, Subprovince: Conventus of Alabanda,
date: 69-79 A.D.,
ref: RPC II 1235,
Q-0011 commentsquadrans

021a11. CommodusAE 16mm, 2.48 g. Antioch ad Meandrum, Caria. Obv: Laureate head of Commodus right. Rev: ANTIOXEWN, winged nemesis standing left, hand to mouth. Uncertain reference number.lawrence c

027p Traianus (98-117 A.D.), Caria, Tabae, SNG Cop-559, AE-23, TABHNΩN, Demeter standing left, #1027p Traianus (98-117 A.D.), Caria, Tabae, SNG Cop-559, AE-23, TABHNΩN, Demeter standing left, #1
avers: AY KAI TPAIA NOC API ΓEΔA, Laureate head right.
reverse: TABH NΩN, Demeter, polos on the head, standing left, holding corn-ears, a bunch of grapes and scepter.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 22-24 mm, weight: 9,16g, axis: 0h,
mint: Caria, Tabae, date: A.D.,
ref: SNG Cop-559, SNG Aulock 2718, SNG München 545, Hunter 4; Weber Coll. 6586; BMC 74.
Q-001quadrans

1368 Hadrian, Cistophorus CARIA, Cnidus? Zeus seatedReference.
RPC III, 1368/3; Metcalf 72

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Bust, draped, in cuirass, r. seen from rear

Rev. COS III
Zeus seated r. on throne holding vertical sceptre in upraised r. and Victory in extended left on globe

11.11 gr
28 mm
6h1 commentsokidoki

1375 Hadrian, Cistophorus CARIA, Cnidus? Zeus seatedReference.
RPC III, 1375/1; Metcalf 71; C. -; RIC -; BMC -; W. E. Metcalf, The Cistophori of Hadrian, 1980, 76, 308 Taf. 20 = RPC III 1375; M. 308

Obv. AVGVSTVS HADRIANVS
Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from rear

Rev. COS III
Zeus seated r. on throne holding vertical sceptre in upraised r. and Victory on globe (corr.)

9.90 gr
27 mm
6h

Note.
ex Theodor Grewer collection
ex Kress, Auktion 158, 1973, Los 9973 commentsokidoki

1376A Hadrian, Cistophorus CARIA, Mylasa 134-38 AD Zeus Labraundos standingReference.
unpublished cf. Metcalf, Cistophori 38, 182-3 (for rev. type); cf. RPC III 1376 (for rev. type); cf. RSC 276 (for rev. type

Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Bare head right.

Rev. COS III
Zeus Labraundos standing front holding double axe in r. and vertical spear in l., fillets falling to ground from wrists

9.84 gr
27.5 mm
6hokidoki

1380 Hadrian, Cistophorus CARIA, Mylasa Zeus Karios Reference.
RPC III, 1380/3; Metcalf Type 42, BM-1063, C-274 (citing BM, 100 Fr.), RIC-495; Pinder 51.

Obv. HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS P P
Head bare right

Rev. COS - III
Zeus Karios standing front, holding spear and shield, both of which rest on ground; in front of the shield an eagle on a curving pedestal.

10.50 gr
25 mm
6h

Ex HJB 2016, Gemini III, 29 Jan. 2007, lot 373; CNG 70, 21 Sep. 2005, lot 995

Note.
Unusual image of a local Carian form of Zeus, which appears nowhere else in ancient coinage or ancient art. Very rare: only two specimens known to Metcalf. Our coin shares its obverse die with Metcalf's specimen 192, but is from a new reverse die. Apparently overstruck on a PAX cistophorus of Augustus, RPC-2203: the AX of PAX and the outline of Pax's lower body is faintly visible in reverse left field to the right of the C of COS, and above Zeus' head we can probably make out a leaf and two berries from the wreath encircling the original reverse type. The curious triangular indentation at 5 o'clock on obverse edge may be the lower corner of an IMP VES AVG countermark that had been applied to the cistophorus of Augustus and that was largely filled in when the coin was restruck for Hadrian.1 commentsokidoki

2012 Highlights A few favorites from 2012

1: Lucania, Metapontum didrachm, c. 350 - 330 BC

2: Julius Caesar denarius, 44 BC

3: Publius Fonteius P.f. Capito denarius, c. 55 - 54 BC

4: Tiberius, denarius, 15 - 16 AD

5: Titus, Antioch denarius, 72 - 73 AD

6: Asia Minor, Carian Islands drachm, c. 88 - 84 BC

7: Tiberius, Olba, Cilicia Æ 24, c. 14 - 16 AD

8: Caius Fonteius denarius, 114 - 113 BC

9: Severus Alexander denarius, 231 AD

10: Maximinus I, Alexandria tetradrachm, 235 - 236 AD4 commentsMatt Inglima

2202 CARIA, Mylasa Hadrian, TridentReference
RPC III 2202/4; Akarca 58-9.

Obv. ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΝ СΕΒΑСΤΟΝ
Laureate, cuirassed bust right, baldric strap over shoulder and across chest, seen from front (with visible thunderbolt on his cuirass leather strap)

Rev. ΜΥΛΑϹΕΩΝ
Ornamented trident

4.34 gr
17 mm
6h

Note.
Ex Dr. P. Vogl collection okidoki

2204 CARIA, Mylasa Hadrian, TridentReference.
RPC III, 2204/6; Akarca 60.

Obv. ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΝ СΕΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., with drapery on l. shoulder

Rev. ΜΥΛΑϹΕΩΝ
Ornamented trident combined with double-axe

2.20 gr
16 mm
6h1 commentsokidoki

2205 CARIA, Mylasa Hadrian, StagReference.
RPC III, 2205/6; Akarca 62; Cop 430

Obv. ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΝ СΕΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder

Rev. ΜΥΛΑϹΕΩΝ
Stag, right

3.86 gr
18 mm
6hokidoki

2221A CARIA Euippe Hadrian, Artemis statueReference.
RPC III -; apparently unpublished; AΔP c/m Howgego 511

Obv. [ ] AΔPIANOC [ ]?
Laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with a radiated head right facing on Hadrian his bust

Rev. ЄVIΠΠЄΩN
Facing statue of Artemis Ephesia, with supports; to inner left and right, stag standing outward, facing

19.82 gr
31 mm
6hokidoki

2225 CARIA Harpasa Hadrian, Harpasos recliningReference.
RPC III, 2225; BMC 7, Delrieux 28/HP/5; Paris 676 = Wa 2394

Obv. ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС
Laureate head of Hadrian, right

Rev. ΑΡΠΑСΗΝΩΝ
River-god Harpasos reclining l., holding reed in r. hand, l. resting on overturned vase form which water flows

5.79 gr
23 mm
12h1 commentsokidoki

22258 Head of Heracles/Crab22258 Head of Heracles/Crab
Obv: Bare Head of Herakles left
Rev: Crab with club below
KΩIΩN below
Mint: Cos, Caria 13.5mm 1.6g
Blayne W

2227 CARIA, Harpasa. Sabina AthenaReference.
RPC III, 2227/8; BMC 8–9, Delrieux 29/HP/7

Obv. ϹΑΒΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Draped bust of Sabina, right, wearing stephane

Rev. ΑΡΠΑϹΗΝΩΝ
Athena standing left with shield and spear.

3.25 gr
21 mm
6h2 commentsokidoki

22426 Gallienus/River God Bridge AE36Obv: AVT K Î Î“AÎ›Î›IHNOC
Radiate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield.
Rev: ANTIOXÐ„Î©N
Bridge spanning the Maeandrus river; gateway to bridge to left, surmounted by stork standing right; on parapet, river-god Maeandrus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia.
Mint: Antioch ad Maeandrum, Caria. 36.7mm 16.9g
SNG München 92; SNG von Aulock 2430

3 commentsBlayne W

2244 Caria, Antioch ad Maeandrum Pseudo-autonomous under Hadrian, Sôzôn standingReference.
RPC III, 2244; BMC 14

Obv. ΔΗΜΟϹ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
Head of Demos, right

Rev. ϹΩΖΩΝ
Sôzôn standing l., clad in short chiton, himation wrapped round l. arm, his r. hand extended, l. holding branch

10.34 gr
24 mm
6h

Note.
Sôzôn was a local deity, usually depicted as a horsemanokidoki

2262A CARIA Trapezopolis Sabina Ae 19 Mên standingReference.
RPC --; apparently unpublished.

Magistrate Ti. Fla. Max. Lysias

Obv: CABÐ„INA CÐ„BACTH
Draped bust of Sabina, r., hair coiled and piled on top of head above triple stephane

Rev: Î”Î™Î‘ Î¤ Î¦ ÎœÎ‘Îž Î›VÐ¡Î™ÎŸV TPAÎ EZOÎ / OÎ›ITÎ©N.
Mên standing, l., wearing Phrygian cap, holding pine cone and sceptre, behind his shoulders, crescent

4.22 gr
19 mm
12h1 commentsokidoki

2264 Caria, Trapezopolis Pseudo-autonomous under Hadrian Cybele standingReference.
RPC III, 2264/5 var. bust; BMC 3

Magistrate Ti. Fla. Max. Lysias (without title)

Obv. ΒΟΥΛΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Draped and veiled bust of Boule, right

Rev. ΔΙΑ Τ ΦΛ ΜΑΞ ΛΥϹΙΟΥ
Cybele wearing polos and long chiton standing facing between two lions

4.77 gr
20 mm
6hokidoki

2270A CARIA Heraclea Salbace Hadrian, Club
Reference.
RPC III, 2270A

Obv. ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Laureate head of Hadrian, right

Rev. ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ
Club

4.15 gr
16 mm
6hokidoki

2287 CARIA, Cidramus Hadrian, cult statue of Artemis EphesiaReference.
RPC III, 2287; vA 2587

Magistrate Pamphilos

Obv. ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС
Laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum

Rev. ΔΙΑ ΠΑΜΦΙΛΟΥ ΚΙΔΡΑΜΗΝΩΝ
Facing cult statue of Artemis Ephesia.

3.16 gr
17 mm
6hokidoki

73-04 - TRAJANO DECIO (249 - 251 D.C.)AR Antoniniano 21 x 23 mm 4.2 gr.

Anv: "IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG" - Busto radiado, vestido y acorazado, viendo a derecha.
Rev: "ADVENTVS AVG" - Emperador montado sobre un caballo, hacia la izquierda, saluda con su mano derecha levantada y portando cetro en brazo izquierdo. El caballo hacia la izquierda y leyenda "Adventus" nos indican que se celebraba la llegada a Roma del emperador. La leyenda "Profectio" con el caballo hacia la derecha, nos indicaría la partida de Roma del personaje.

Acuñada 3ra. Emisión 250 D.C.
Ceca: Roma (Off.4ta.)

Referencias: RIC Vol.IV Parte III #11b Pag.121 - Sear RCTV (1988) #2691 - Cohen Vol.V #4 Pag.186 - RSC Vol. IV #4 Pag.24 - DVM #3 Pag.231 - Cayón #11 - HCC #6mdelvalle

96-01 - AURELIANO (270 - 275 D.C.)Denario de bellón 18x19 mm, 2.40 gr.

Anv: "IMP AVRELI-ANVS AVG", busto laureado y vistiendo coraza, viendo a derecha.
Rev: "VICTORIA AVG", Victoria avanzando a izquierda, portando corona de laureles en mano der. y hoja de Palma en izquierda. "B" = 2da.Off. en campo izquierdo, "VSV" en exergo. Mattingly uno de los autores del RIC lo interpreta como la abreviación de "usualis" lo que marcaría a estas monedas como la norma de unidad monetaria de cuenta, es decir como un denario.

Acuñada: 274 a 275 D.C.
Ceca: Roma 2da.Off.
Rareza: S (Escasa)

Referencias: RIC Vol.Va #71 Pag.273, Cohen Vol.VI #250 Pag.203, Sear Vol.III #11640 Pag.432, CBN #185, MIR #135mdelvalle

96-01 - AURELIANO (270 - 275 D.C.)Denario de vellón 18x19 mm, 2.40 gr.

Anv: "IMP AVRELI-ANVS AVG", busto laureado y vistiendo coraza, viendo a derecha.
Rev: "VICTORIA AVG", Victoria avanzando a izquierda, portando corona de laureles en mano der. y hoja de Palma en izquierda. "B" = 2da.Off. en campo izquierdo, "VSV" en exergo. Mattingly uno de los autores del RIC lo interpreta como la abreviación de "usualis" lo que marcaría a estas monedas como la norma de unidad monetaria de cuenta, es decir como un denario.

Acuñada: 10ma. Emisión Finales de 274 D.C.
Ceca: Roma 2da.Off.

Referencias: RIC Va #71 (S) P.273, RIC2 Temp #1798, Cohen VI #250 P.203, Sear Vol.III #11640 P.432, CBN #185, MIR #135f, BNC Paris #71mdelvalle

A101-02 - PROBO (276 - 282 D.C.)AE Antoniniano 22 x 25 mm 3.5 gr.

Anv: "IMP PROBVS AVG" - Busto radiado y con coraza, viendo a derecha.
Rev: "ADVENTVS AVG" - Emperador montado sobre un caballo, hacia la izquierda, saluda con su mano derecha levantada y portando cetro en brazo izquierdo. A los piés del caballo adelante, un prisionero sentado con sus manos atados a la espalda. "R creciente Î”" en exergo.
El caballo hacia la izquierda y leyenda "Adventus" nos indican que se celebraba la llegada a Roma del emperador. La leyenda "Profectio" con el caballo hacia la derecha, nos indicaría la partida de Roma del personaje.

Acuñada 4ta. Emisión 279 D.C.
Ceca: Roma (Off.4ta.)
Rareza: C

Referencias: RIC Vol.V Parte II #157F Pag.35 - Cohen Vol.VI #37 Pag.260 - DVM #6 Pag.261mdelvalle

A101-02 - PROBO (276 - 282 D.C.)AE Antoniniano 22 x 25 mm 3.5 gr.

Anv: "IMP PROBVS AVG" - Busto radiado y con coraza, viendo a derecha.
Rev: "ADVENTVS AVG" - Emperador montado sobre un caballo, hacia la izquierda, saluda con su mano derecha levantada y portando cetro en brazo izquierdo. A los piés del caballo adelante, un prisionero sentado con sus manos atados a la espalda. "R creciente Î”" en exergo.
El caballo hacia la izquierda y leyenda "Adventus" nos indican que se celebraba la llegada a Roma del emperador. La leyenda "Profectio" con el caballo hacia la derecha, nos indicaría la partida de Roma del personaje.

Acuñada 4ta. Emisión 279 D.C.
Ceca: Roma (Off.4ta.)

Referencias: RIC Va III #157F (C) P.35, Sear RCTV III #11953 P.471, Cohen VI #37 P.260, DVM #6 P.261, Hunter #41mdelvalle

AE 11; Head of Rhodos right/ hibiscus, RORhodos, Carian Islands, c. 350 - 300 B.C. GB37413. Bronze AE 11, SNG Keckman 384 - 425 (various symbols), F, dark patina, Rhodos mint, 1.143g, 10.8mm, 45o, obverse diademed head of Rhodos right; reverse P O, hibiscus, bud at right, symbol off-flan. Ex FORVM, photo credit FORVMPodiceps

AE 12; Nymph of Rhodos/ HibiscusCaria, Rhodes, c. 188-84 B.C. AE 12, 1.73g. SNG Keckman 702-24. Obv: Radiate head of nymph Rhodos r. Rev: Hibiscus in shallow incuse square. F+. Ex H.J.Berk1 commentsPodiceps

AE 12; Zeus/ HibiscusRhodos, Caria, c. 225 B.C. Bronze AE 12, SNG Cop 797, nice F, Rhodos mint, 1.967g, 11.7mm, 0o, c. 225 BC; obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse PO, rose, sun-disk behind; rare. Based on the unusual Zeus obverse, this small bronze could be connected to Ptolemy III of Egypt. A devastating earthquake struck Rhodes in 226 B.C. It knocked down the Colossus of Rhodes and destroyed the city. Polybius records that Ptolemy III promised the Rhodians '300 talents of silver, a million artabae of corn, ship-timber for 10 quinqueremes and 10 triremes, consisting of 40,000 cubits of squared pine planking, 1000 talents of bronze coinage, 180,000 pounds of tow (for ropes), 3000 pieces of sailcloth, 3000 talents (of copper?) for the repair of the Colossus, 100 master-builders with 350 workmen, and 14 talents yearly to pay their wages. Beside this, he gave 12,000 artabae of corn for their public games and sacrifices, and 20,000 artabae for victualling 10 triremes. The greater part of these goods were delivered at once, as well as one-third of the money named.' This issue shows perceived harmony with, or thanks to Ptolemaic Egypt. -- J. Ashton, Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Earthquake of 229. Ex FORVMPodiceps

AE 19.7; Head of Helios r. / RODIWN, Head of Serapis r.Rhodos, Caria, Imperial times. 19.7mm, 3.51g. Head of Helios r. / RODIWN, Head of Serapis r. BMC 268, 408. Ex Gerhard RohdePodiceps

AE 28; Radiate head of Helios right/ R-O; Hibiscus flower with helmet and thunderbolt as budsCaria, Rhodos, Helios / Rose, AE28. 28mm, 12.26. Ca. 88-87 B.C. Obv: radiate head of Helios right. Rev: P - O, hibiscus flower ("rose"), helmet in left, thunderbolt in right field as buds. BMC 320. SNG München 661. SNG Cop. 856. Ashton, Coinage 97 (A30/P96); SNG Keckman -. This coinage was struck during Mithradates VI's failed six-month siege of Rhodes in 88 B.C. Unable to produce enough silver for military expenditures, the Rhodians resorted to a fiduciary bronze coinage. Ex Numismatik Lanz & areich3 commentsPodiceps

AE12mm, c.205-188BC. Obv. Radiate Helios right, Rev. P-O to sides of rose with bud and shoot.AE12mm, c.205-188BC.
Obv. Radiate Helios right.
Rev. Rose on stem with tendril on each side, P-O flanking across field.
Ref. SNG Keckman 607 ff.; SNG Cop 858 f.; BMC Caria p. 259, 324 ff.
Ex. Forvm Ancient Coins.Lee S

AE9.9; Head of nymph Rhodos/ R â€“ O, Rose with bud. Rhodos, Caria, c. 400 - 333 B.C. 9.9mm, 1.25g. Head of nymph Rhodos. R – O, Rose with bud. BMC 238, 74. Ex Gerhard RohdePodiceps

Alabanda, AE 18, Apollo/ LyreCaria, Alabanda, AE 18. After 168 BC, 5.35g. Obv: Head of Apollo r. Rx: Lyre. BM-15, SNG Cop-4, SNG von Aulock-2388. Ex H.J.BerkPodiceps

Amazon on HorseThe Amazon Queen Omphale?

AE20, Lydia, Mostene, ca 100 BC
Laureate head of Zeus right
ΛYΔΩN MOΣTHNΩN, Amazon on horseback right, holding bipennis axe over shoulder; EP (or EB) to left, monogram to right

SNG Copenhagen 284, Waddington 5101 (if EB)

Adrienne Mayor, in "The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World," records the following:

"In a legend preserved by Plutarch, when Heracles took [Amazon Queen] Hippolyte's golden belt, he also carried away her battle axe, which he presented to another powerful mythical queen, Omphale of Lydia. . . . Queen Hippolyte's axe, says Plutarch, was handed down from Omphale to the kings of Lydia. That is, until King Candaules (d. 718 BC) disrespected the Amazon's axe and carelessly gave it away. Hippolyte's precious axe ultimately ended up in the Temple of Zeus at Labranda in Caria. The original axe shape was not specified in the tale, but by the time it was placed in Zeus's temple it was described as a solid gold labors, the symmetrical double-headed ritual axe traditionally associated with Zeus and Minoan goddesses. . . . (219-220.)"

As Mayor points out, the actual Scythian women horse warriors, who were the original amazons, did not use such and axe in battle, but rather the single-headed sagaris. But the double-headed axe appears on various ancient coins depicting amazons. The coin is historically accurate, however, in portraying the amazon as a horse-mounted warrior.

Given the Lydian origin of the coin, the obverse of Zeus, and reverse of an amazon with an axe shaped like the one at Zeus's temple, it is reasonable to suggest that she is Omphale.
Blindado

Anatolia-Caria Rhodes 167-88 BCCaria Rhodes 167-88 BC

Obverse. Radiate head of Helios right

Reverse. rose with bud,palm branch on rightMacedonian Warrior

Anatolia-Caria Telo 350 BCCaria Telos, 350 BC.

Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet

Reverse: crabMacedonian Warrior

Ancient Greek , CARIA, Halikarnassos (uncertain mint ?)Circa 400 - 340 B.C. Silver Hemiobol (7 mm, 0.54 gr ).
Ram's head right / Man's head (possibly Apollo ) right , Carian letters behind neck , A to right.
Choice g VF ( An exceptional example ) . Rare ( Extremely rare with this grade )
Uncertain mint of Halikarnassos
No references have been found - Early coining ( Under Study )

The Sam Mansourati Collection.Sam

Anonymous, Civic Issue, Mylasa, Caria, AE12, MYAE12
Anonymous
Civic Issue
230 - 210BC
12.5 x 11.5mm 1.50gr 0h
O: NO LEGEND; Horse standing right, foreleg raised.
R: M-Y; Left and right of trident facing downward.
Mylasa, Caria Mint
Fine
Mionnet IV, 352; Waddington 2452; Akarea 34; Sear 4911; Weber 6528; SNG Cop 422; BMC 11; SNG von Aulock 2619.
Greater Chicagoland Coin and Currency Show Tinley Park, IL Convention Center I-Coin Joliet, IL
2/27/20 3/6/20Nicholas Z

Antioch. AE 20, Apollo left/ eagle leftAntioch, Caria. Second century B.C. AE 5.42g. 20.4mm. Obv: Head of Apollo laureate l. Rev: ANTIOCEWN TWN PROS MAIANDRW, Eagle on Maeander pattern. BMC 15, 9. Not in Aulock, Copenhagen, Lindgren. Ex Gerhard Rohde
Podiceps

antioch0001Semi-autonomous, 3rd Century (Includes time of Elagabalus)
Antioch, Caria

Obv: ΙƐΡΑ ϹVΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ; draped bust of the Senate, right.
Rev: ANT-IO-XЄ-ΩΝ; Tetrastyle temple, containing Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia.
22 mm, 4.12 gms

SNG Righetti 939; BMC 24.Charles M

Antiochia ad Maeandrum; Boule/ TycheCaria, Antiochia ad Maeandrum, reign of Valerian-Gallienus, 6.42g. AE 23. Obv: IEPA CVNKΛHTOC Draped bust of Boule r. Rev: [AN]TIO - X - EON Tyche standing l., kantharos on head, holding rudder and cornucopia. The same obverse die was also used with the reverse Athena sacrificing left at altar and Hera standing left holding patera and scepter: BM 21. SNG Cop 40 and 42. Ex H.J.BerkPodiceps

Antiochia ad Maeandrum; Boule/ Tyche within temple, AE 24Caria, Antiochia ad Maeandrum, Reign of Valerian-Gallienus, AE 24, 7.01g. Obv: IEPA - BOVΛH Draped, veiled bust of Boule r. Rev: ANT - IOX around, EΩN in exergue, Four-columned temple with arched lintel, within which Tyche standing l., kalathos on head, holding rudder and cornucopia. SNG Cop-37 (same dies). Ex H.J.BerkPodiceps

Aphrodisias and Plarasa; Labrys/ cuirass on trophy stand, within incuse squareAphrodisias and Plarasa, Caria, c. Late 1st Century B.C. Bronze AE 9, BMC Caria p. 25, 1; SNG Cop 67, F, Aphrodisias and Plarasa mint, 1.853g, 11.8mm, 180o, obverse “Î Î›Î‘Î¡Î‘ Î‘Î¦Î¡Î ”, double-headed axe; reverse, cuirass on trophy stand, within incuse square. During the latter part of the first century B.C., the neighboring towns of Aphrodisias and Plarasa united, forming a single community. Ex FORVM, photo credit FORVMPodiceps

aphrodisias0001aSemi-autonomous AD 218-235 (Includes time of Elagabalus)
Aphrodisias, Caria

Obv: ΙƐΡΑ ϹV-ΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ; draped bust of the Senate, right.
Rev: ΑΦ[ΡΟΔ]ƐΙϹIƐΩΝ; leafless tree within a lattice enclosure.
24 mm, 7.87 gms

RPC Online 5376.

From Numismatik Naumann, Auction 83, lot 501. Charles M

Aphrodite (standing figure of)LYDIA. Tralles. Tranquillina. Æ 30. A.D. 241-244. Obv: Î¦OY.CAB.T-PANKYÎ›Î›INA. Draped bust right; countermark on lower front part of bust Rev: (…)Î©NÎ (…)I.KÎ›.Î¦IÎ›IÎ Î ON.KENTA(…). Inscription around oak-wreath; inside wreath TPAÎ›Î›IA-Î YÎ¸IA on either side of tripod, which is encircled by serpent . Ref: BMC -. Axis: 165°. Weight: 12.40 g. Note: Unpublished? CM: Cult statue of Aphrodite right, in oval punch, 6 x 8 mm. Howgego 228 (16 pcs). Note: The countermark of this coin was applied at Aphrodisias in Caria, where only foreign coins were countermarked to make them valid in that city. Collection Automan. Automan

Aphrodite of AphrodiasisStatue of Aphrodite of Aphrodisias, today in the Archaeological Museum of Aphrodisias, Caria. Depicted on coins from Aphrodisias.Jochen

Apollonia Salbake, Caria100 - 30 B.C.
Bronze Chalkous
2.72 gm, 14 mm
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo to right.
Rev. Tripod with cauldron on top AΠOΛΛΩ-ΝIATΩN to either side
HNO Type 1562;
SNG Ashmolean 0509_0506
Jaimelai

Artemis, Caria, TabaeCaria, Tabae
Rev: ΤΑΒΗΝΩΝ, two figures, side by side, of Artemis standing facing, wearing short chiton, drawing arrow from quiver with r. hand, holding bow in l.
AE, 15 mm, 3.19g

for obverse, reverse and details click hereshanxi

Asia Minor, Caria, Antiochia ad Maeandrum, Gallienus, BridgeGallienus
Caria, Antiochia ad Maeandrum
AE 35
Obv.: ΑΥ Κ Π ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟΣ, Radiate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield.
Rev.: ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ, Bridge spanning the Maeandrus river; gateway to bridge to left, surmounted by stork standing right; on parapet, river-god Maeandrus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia.
AE, 22.11g, 35.4mm
Ref.: SNG von Aulock 2430
Ex H.D. Rauch
Ex Pecunem Gitbud&Naumann auction 11, Lot 412

1 commentsshanxi

Asia Minor, Caria, Aphrodisias, Senate, treeAphrodisias
Asia Minor, Caria
Assarion, AD 209-211
Ti Cl. Zenon magistrate
Obv: IEPA CYNKΛHTOC; diademed and draped bust of Senate right
Rev: KΛ ZHNΩN PXAΦPOΔICIEΩN, tree with three branches growing up from altar
AE, 24 mm, 8.95 g
Ref.: David MacDonald, The Coinage of Aphrodisias, Type 104, O152/R269 (same dies)shanxi

Asia Minor, Caria, Cidramus, Caligula, Goddess SparzeneCaligula, AD 37-41
Caria, Cidramus
AE 17
Obv.: ΣΕΒΑΣTOΣ, Bare head left.
Rev.: ΚΙΔΡΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΜΟΥΣΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ ΠΡ, Goddess Sparzene standing facing, with outstretched arms.
AE, 5.33g, 17mm
Ref.: RPC I 28742 commentsshanxi

Asia Minor, Caria, Hekatomnos, Hemiobol, Lion left and facingAsia Minor, Caria
AR Hemiobol
Attributed to Hekatomnos
1st half of 4th Century BC.
Obv. Forepart of lion left.
Rev. Forepart of lion facing.
Ag, 0.44g, 7.7mm
Ref.: Klein KM - p.63 - 506, Troxell CM - p.250 - 1c, SNG Tüb. 3310.
Ex Gitbud&Naumannshanxi

Asia Minor, Caria, Iasos, Apollo, nymphIasos
Asia Minor, Caria
Æ10, circa 4th-3rd centuries BC
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left
Rev.: IAΣI, Head of nymph right, with hair in sakkos; crayfish to right.
Æ, 0.94g, 9.9mm
Ref.: Ashton 17-19shanxi

Asia Minor, Caria, Keramos, Bull and DolphinKeramos
Asia Minor, Caria
400 BC
Obv.: Forepart of Bull right
Rev.. Dolphin swimming right, below the carian letter ∇ = K
AE, 0.86g, 8.90mm
Ref.: Koray Konuk, "Coin Evidence for the Carian Name of Keramos", KADMOS XXXIX, p. 164, 1shanxi

Asia Minor, Caria, Knidos, Artemis, TripodCARIA. Knidos.
Circa 250-210 BC.
Tetrobol
Obv.: Draped bust of Artemis right, wearing stephane, with bow and quiver over shoulder.
Rev. KNIΔIΩN EΠIΩN around tripod.
AR, 2.41 g
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 283-284.
Ex CNGshanxi

Asia Minor, Caria, Rhodes, Helios facing, rose, grain earCaria, Rhodes
Drachm (Circa 88/42 BC-AD 14).
Obv: Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right.
Rev: P – O, Rose seen from above. Control: below, grain ear left.
AR, 4.08g, 18mm
Ref.: HGC 6, 1456; SNG von Aulock 2839
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Asia Minor, Caria, Rhodes, Helios, rose with bud Rhodes, 88-84 BC
Asia Minor, Caria
AR Drachm, magistrate Nikephoros
‘Plinthophoric’ coinage (‘plinthophoric’ for the square incuse around the reverse type)
Obv.: Radiate head of Helios right
Rev.: Rose with bud to right; NIKHΦOPOΣ above, hand holding grain ear to lower right, P-O
Ag, 2.11g, 14mm
Ref.: Jenkins, Rhodian, Group E, 249; HGC 6, 1461shanxi

Asia Minor, Caria, Rhodes, Helios, rose, AEIslands of Caria , Rhodes
Year 180-84 BCE
Obv.: Radiate head of Helios right
Rev.: P-O, rose, all within incuse square.
AE, 1.16g, 11mm
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 860; SNG Keckman 702 ff.shanxi

Asia Minor, Caria, Rhodes, Helios, Rose, AthenaIslands off Caria. Rhodos.
Peisikrates, magistrate, circa 205-188 BCE.
AR Drachm
Obv.: Head of Helios facing slightly right
Rev.: ΠEIΣIKPATHΣ above and P-O flanking rose with bud to right, to left, Athena standing right, holding shield and spear.
AR, 2.66 g
Ref.: SNG Keckman 579; HGC 6, 1453.shanxi

Asia Minor, Caria, Rhodes, Helios, rose, winged thunderboldRhodes, 304-166 BC
Asia Minor, Caria
AR Drachm, magistrate Stasion
Obv.: Head of Helios facing slightly right.
Rev.: ΣΤΑΣIΩΝ, P - O, Rose with bud right, winged thunderbolt in field left.
Ag, 2.75g, 14mm
Ref.: "Neue Beiträge zur antiken Münzkunde aus schweizerischen öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen", p. 63, no. 59, RSN 30 (1945) p. 1-103. (1 specimen cited).
Ex Pecunem Gitbud&Naumann auction 19, Lot 269
shanxi

Asia Minor, Caria, Tabae, Trajan, Artemis and ArtemisTrajan
Caria, Tabae
AE 24
Obv.: ΑΥ ΚΑ(Ι) ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙ(Ϲ) ΓΕ(Ρ) ΔΑ, laureate head of Trajan right, with drapery on left shoulder
Rev: ΤΑΒΗΝΩΝ, two figures, side by side, of Artemis standing facing, wearing short chiton, drawing arrow from quiver with r. hand, holding bow in l.
AE, 24 mm., 9,28 g
Ref.: RPC III, 2289 (this coin)
Ex Lanz 154, 11–12 June 2012, lot 336
EX Gorny and Mosch 176, 10 March 2009, lot 1658
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Asia Minor, Carian IslandsObv: No legend, radiate head of Helios facing right.

Rev: P - O on either side of a rose with bud to right, magistrate's name: NIKHÎ¦OPO above, all within an incuse square.

Silver Drachm, Rhodos mint, c. 88 - 84 BC

2.3 grams, 16 mm, 0°

GCV 5063 (var.)4 commentsMatt Inglima

Astypalaea in CariaObv. Veiled Bust.
Rev. Pegasus Advancing right. ΑΣΤ.
9mm and 0.64 grams.
Reference: Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 518, no. 1; pl. XIX, 20.Canaan

Augustus, RPC 2734Augustus, RPC 2734 from Caria Kos, head of Asklepios
Bronze AE 19, RPC I 2734, BMC Caria 223, SNG Cop 696, F, Cos mint, 3.328g, 19.5mm, 0°, c. 10 B.C. - c. 10 A.D.; obverse [Î£EBAÎ£TOÎ£], laureate head right; reverse [KÎ©IÎ©N XAÎ¡MÎ¥Î›OÎ£ B], laureate head of Aesklepios right.cars100

Billion Trachy Theodore I Commenus- Lascaria SB 2067 (clipped) Obverse: IC XC barred, in field, Full length figure of Christ bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and holding kolobion, holds gospels in l. hand
Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l., and St. Theodore bearded and nimbate, holding between them labarum on long shaft. Emperor wears stemma, divistsion, collar-peice and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand anexikakia, sword hangs point downward to l. of waist. Saint Theodore wears a short military tunic and breastplate; holds spear in l. hnad, resting over shoulder, sword hangs point downward to r. of waist.
Mint: Magnesia
Date: 1208-1222 CE
Sear 2067, DOC 7, type C
17/24mm, 1.34 gm
Notes: though currently (2010) attributed to Theodore I at this time Hendy in DOC comments that this coin might well be of John III wileyc

Cappadocia, Caesarea, Elagabal, Sydenham 518 var.Elagabal AD 218-222
AE 28, 11.67g
struck in the year 2 (ET B) of Elagabal's reign = AD 219
obv. AY KM AYRHLI - ANTWNINOC
bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. MHTROP [KAICARIA]
Agalma of Mt. Argaios on altar
ET B below
Sydenham 518 var. (date on altar); coll. Hunter 593, 81
VF, green-brown patina
Very nice youthful and realistic portrait

For more information look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'3 commentsJochen

Caracalla Lyre CariaCaracalla, Caria (Alabanda), 198 - 217 AD, 26mm, 11.10g, BMC 43, SNG Cop 16,
OBV: AVKMAVPANTΩNINO, Laureate and cuirassed bust right, countermark of a youthful male head to rt.
REV: AΛABANΔEΩN, Lyre
Countermark is Howgego 52, radiate head of emperor.

RARE
1 commentsSRukke

Caracalla, AE-25. Alabanda, Caria. Apollo with KitharaCaria, Alabanda. Caracalla, AD 198 - 217. AE-25. 11,97g. His laureate and cuirassed bust rt. / ALABANDEWN, Apollo standing front, looking lt., holding an eagle and branch, kithara to rt. BMC 39. Nice VF.Fausta

Caracalla, AlabandaCaracalla, 198 – 217 AD
Æ28, Caria, Alabanda. 9.10 grams
Obverse: AV K M - ANTWNINOC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: ALABANDEWN, Tied laurel branches.

References:
SNGCopenhagen 15
SNG Von Aulock 2401

Provenance:
CNG Electronic Auctions 160, lot 207, $59

Notes:
Holed. Some slight legend variances. Ken Dorney

CariaCaria, uncertain city hemiobol c 440 B.C.(7mm,0,25g)1 commentsAndreas G

CariaAs part of the Roman Empire the name of Caria was still used for the geographic region but the territory administratively belonged to the province of Asia. During the administrative reforms of the 4th century this province was abolished and divided into smaller units. Caria became a separate province as part of the Diocese of Asia.

ancientone

CariaAE 37mm
Antiochia ad Maeandrum, Caria
Obv: ΑΥ Κ Π ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟΣ
Radiate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield
Rev: ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
Bridge spanning the Maeandrus river; gateway to bridge to left, surmounted by stork standing right; on parapet, river-god Maeandrus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia
SNG von Aulock 2430mauseus

Caria (Miletos/Mylasa/Uncertain City?)420-390 B.C.
Silver Tetartemorion
0.19 gm, 5 mm
Obv: Head of roaring lion facing right
Rev.: Bird standing left within incuse square, pellets above right and below left

SNG Kayhan 947/8 (probably Mylasa)
SNG Keckman 924 (Uncertain Carian Mint)
Rosen 407/8 (var. - Asia Minor Uncertain Mint)
RJO (2d) AR Lydo-Milesian 1/96 Stater (0.15 g) · Right-facing Group (525-500 B.C. Miletos Mint)
Jaimelai

Caria (Uncertain City)460-440 B.C.
Silver Hemiobol
0.34 gm, 7.2 mm
Obv: foreparts of two bulls confronted
Rev: forepart of bull left
SNG Kayhan 968-970
[Troxell Carians 11B, SNG Keckman 911–912, SNG Tüb 3327 ff.]
Ex-Forvm GS643682 commentsJaimelai

Caria (Uncertain City)400-340 B.C.
Silver Hemiobol
0.39 gm, 8 mm
Obv: Head of lion facing slightly left
Rev: Head of bull left, Carian symbol on neck.
Konuk, Coins M38;
SNG Kayhan 990 (no symbol);
SNG Keckman I, 862 var.;
[cf. Troxell, Mildenberg 4]
Jaimelai

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