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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Gods, Olympians| ▸ |Artemis or Diana||View Options:  |  |  |   

Artemis or Diana

Virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon. Symbols include the deer and the bow. Twin sister of Apollo. Daughter of Zeus and Leto.

Ephesos, Ionia (or perhaps Bargylia, Caria or Amyntas, King of Galatia), c. 2nd - 1st Century B.C.

|Ephesos|, |Ephesos,| |Ionia| |(or| |perhaps| |Bargylia,| |Caria| |or| |Amyntas,| |King| |of| |Galatia),| |c.| |2nd| |-| |1st| |Century| |B.C.||trihemiobol|
The type is most often attributed to Ephesos, but the style and denomination/weight do not strongly support any link to that city. NGC tags for the type note the origin may be Bargylia, Caria. The style certainly fits Bargylia better than Ephesos. The consignor of this coin, a professional numismatist, believes it was struck under Amyntas, King of Galatia, 37 - 25 B.C. Amyntas also issued Artemis and stag types.
GS98643. Silver trihemiobol, cf. SNG Davis 270, SNG Cop -, SNG Kayhan -, SNGvA -, BMC Galatia -, aVF, toned, light marks and scratches, weight 1.337 g, maximum diameter 12.3 mm, die axis 0o, Ephesos (near Selçuk, Turkey) mint, c. 2nd - 1st Century B.C.; obverse draped bust of Artemis right, quiver at shoulder; reverse forepart of stag right, head turned back left; extremely rare; $280.00 SALE PRICE $252.00
 


Messana, Sicily, The Mamertini, 220 - 200 B.C.

|Messana|, |Messana,| |Sicily,| |The| |Mamertini,| |220| |-| |200| |B.C.||dichalkon|NEW
Mamertini or "Children of Mars" were a band of Campanian (or Samnite) mercenaries who, about 289 B.C., seized Messana at the north-east corner of Sicily, after having been hired by Agathocles to defend it. The Mamertines held Messana for over 20 years, converting it from a town of farmers and traders to a raiding base for pirates on land and sea. In 265 B.C., after Hiero of Syracuse had defeated them and besieged Messana, the Mamertines appealed to Carthage for aid. Soon after they appealed to Rome to rid them of the Carthaginians. The Mamertini then disappear from history, except even centuries later the inhabitants of Messana were called Mamertines. "Mamertine wine" from the vineyards of north-eastern tip of Sicily was the favorite of Julius Caesar and he made it popular after serving it at a feast to celebrate his third consulship.
GB114421. Bronze dichalkon, Särström Series XVII, Group A, 365-370; Calciati I 44; SNG ANS 452; Carbone RBW 1434; SNG Cop. 466; Hunterian I 32; HGC 2 857; BMC Sicily -, VF, green patina, earthen encrustation, rev. slightly off-center, XII bold, weight 7.394 g, maximum diameter 23.2 mm, die axis 180o, Messana (Messina, Sicily, Italy) mint, c. 220 - 200 B.C.; obverse Head of young Heracles right, wearing a lion’s skin; reverse MAMEPTINON (mostly obscured), Artemis running right, bow and quiver over shoulder, gripping long lighted torch with both hands, hound running behind alongside her; XII (mark of value) in right field; $150.00 SALE PRICE $135.00
 


Aezanis, Phrygia, 41 - 54 A.D.

|Aizanis|, |Aezanis,| |Phrygia,| |41| |-| |54| |A.D.||AE| |17|
Aizanis (Aezani, Aizanoi) was an important political and economic center in Roman times. Surviving remains from the period include a well-preserved Temple of Zeus, an unusual combined theater-stadium complex, and a macellum inscribed with the Price Edict of Diocletian.
RP114198. Brass AE 17, RPC Online I 3106 (10 spec.), BMC Phrygia p. 28, 5, VF, broad flan, green patina, light deposits, light marks, weight 3.613 g, maximum diameter 17.2 mm, die axis 0o, Aizanis (Cavdarhisar, Turkey) mint, time of Claudius, 41 - 54 A.D.; obverse ΘEON CYNKΛHTON, draped young bust of Senate right; reverse AIZANITΩN, bust of Artemis right, transverse arrow behind left shoulder pointed up and right; scarce; $120.00 SALE PRICE $108.00
 


Anatolia (Uncertain Mint), Mid 3rd - Mid 1st Century B.C.

|Other| |Anatolia|, |Anatolia| |(Uncertain| |Mint),| |Mid| |3rd| |-| |Mid| |1st| |Century| |B.C.||obol|
Lacking a legend, this rare issue has been attributed to Ephesos by other dealers, likely because Artemis and stag types are typical of Ephesos, and perhaps knowing more about their find context.
GS113286. Silver obol, Apparently unpublished but other specimens known from auctions; SNG Cop -; SNGvA -; SNG Kayhan -; Klein -; et al. -, aVF, reverse rough, weight 0.444 g, maximum diameter 8.4 mm, die axis 0o, probably Ephesos (near Selcuk, Turkey) mint, mid 3rd - mid 1st century B.C.; obverse bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder; reverse forepart of stag left, head reverted; very rare; $110.00 SALE PRICE $99.00
 


Magnesia ad Maeander, Ionia, c. 88 - 85 B.C.

|Magnesia| |ad| |Meandrum|, |Magnesia| |ad| |Maeander,| |Ionia,| |c.| |88| |-| |85| |B.C.||AE| |16|
Magnesia ad Maeandrum was an inland city of Ionia, located on a small tributary of the Maeander River about 12 miles southeast of Ephesus. "..the temple of Artemis Leukophryene, which in the size of its shrine and in the number of its votive offerings is inferior to the temple at Ephesos, but in the harmony and skill shown in the structure of the sacred enclosure is far superior to it. And in size it surpasses all the sacred enclosures in Asia except two, that at Ephesos (to Artemis) and that at Didymoi (to Apollo)" -- Strabo, Geography 14. 1. 40.
GB112055. Bronze AE 16, cf. SNG Cop 853; BMC Ionia p. 164, 47; SNGvA -, aVF, green patina, light earthen deposits, mild patina chipping on edge, weight 3.736 g, maximum diameter 16.2 mm, die axis 0o, Magnesia ad Maeandrum (near Tekin, Turkey) mint, c. 88 - 85 B.C.; obverse stag standing right, pellet-star (comet?) above left, MAΓNHT below; reverse cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene facing, wearing kalathos and veil, arms supported, magistrate's name in two flanking vertical lines; $90.00 SALE PRICE $81.00
 


Kyme, Aiolis, 2nd - 1st Century B.C.

|Aeolis|, |Kyme,| |Aiolis,| |2nd| |-| |1st| |Century| |B.C.||AE| |18|
Cyme, one of the oldest Aeolian cities, was probably a colony of Cyme in Euboea, though according to tradition it was founded by the Amazon Kyme. Its large capable port was a valuable maritime asset to the Persian Empire, contributing ships to Dareios in 512 B.C. and to Xerxes in 480 B.C. After the Battle of Salamis, the remnants of Xerxes' fleet wintered at Cyme. After Persia, Aeolis was held successively by the Macedonians, Seleucids, Pergamenes, Romans, Byzantine, and Ottomans.
GB111771. Bronze AE 18, BMC Troas, p. 113, 90; SNG Cop 106; SNGvA 1641; SNG Ashmolean 1416, gVF, well centered, encrustations, marks, weight 4.477 g, maximum diameter 17.9 mm, die axis 0o, Kyme (near Nemrut Limani, Turkey) mint, 2nd - 1st century B.C.; obverse draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder; reverse oinochoe (one-handled vase), between two laurel branches, KY above, A-ΠA/T-OY/P-I/O-Σ across lower field; $80.00 SALE PRICE $72.00
 


Hierocaesarea, Lydia, c. 100 - 150 A.D.

|Other| |Lydia|, |Hierocaesarea,| |Lydia,| |c.| |100| |-| |150| |A.D.||AE| |19|
The name Hierocaesarea, is from the Greek for 'sacred' and the Latin for 'Caesar's. This town is mentioned by Ptolemy (VI, ii, 16). Judging from its coins, it worshiped the goddess Artemis Persica. The site of Hierocæsarea must have been between the modern Turkish villages of Beyova and Sasova, seven or eight miles south-east of Thyatira, on the left bank of the Koum-Chai, a tributary of the Hermus.
RP112030. Bronze AE 19, GRPC Lydia II p. 184, 34, RPC Online III 1867; SNG Cop 173; SNGvA 2956; SNG Mun 136; Weber 6826; BMC Lydia p. 104, 15; Imhoof Bloomer LS Taf. I, 19, aVF, dark green patina, porosity, edge splits, weight 5.167 g, maximum diameter 19.3 mm, die axis 0o, Hierocaesarea (near Sazoba, Turkey) mint, c. 100 - 150 A.D.; obverse Artemis standing left, wearing short chiton, bow in left hand, her right hand on stag, stag is on her right (far) side left looking back and up at her, all in laurel wreath with berries; reverse IEPO KAICAPEΩN, stag standing right; $80.00 SALE PRICE $72.00
 


Lycian League, Masicytes, Lycia, 27 - 23 B.C.

|Lycia|, |Lycian| |League,| |Masicytes,| |Lycia,| |27| |-| |23| |B.C.||AE| |20|
Troxell LL 192 includes variations with ΛY, ΛYKI, MA or no inscription on the obverse. There does not appear to be an inscription on our coin, but it was perhaps just weakly struck. Almost all the specimens known to FORVM have ΛY (often ligate) on the obverse to the lower right.
RP113196. Bronze AE 20, Weber 7279 (also no inscription); Troxell LL 192; RPC Online I 3319d (4 spec); Müseler XI,61; SNG Cop 100; SNGvA 4341, F, green patina, highlighting deposits, weight 3.481 g, maximum diameter 19.7 mm, die axis 0o, Myra-Masicytes mint, time of Augustus, 27 - 23 B.C.; obverse draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver on shoulder, no inscription visible; reverse stag standing right on exergue line, MA above left; from the Michael Arslan Collection; $80.00 SALE PRICE $72.00
 


Otacilia Severa, Augusta, February or March 244 - September or October 249 A.D., Bizya, Thrace

|Thrace|, |Otacilia| |Severa,| |Augusta,| |February| |or| |March| |244| |-| |September| |or| |October| |249| |A.D.,| |Bizya,| |Thrace
||AE| |24|NEW
Bizya (or Bizye) was located between Hadrianopolis and Byzantion. The first Roman provincial coins struck at Bizya, were struck under Hadrian.
RP114416. Bronze AE 24, Jurukova Bizye pl. 25, 147 (same dies); RPC Online VIII U48718; Varbanov 1592; SNG Cop -; SNG Tüb -; BMC Thrace -; Mionnet -, aVF, green patina, marks, porosity, slightly off center, edge split, central mint dimples, weight 5.784 g, maximum diameter 23.5 mm, die axis 180o, Bizya (Vize, Turkey) mint, obverse M ΩTAKEIΛIA CEBHPA CEB (Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta), draped bust right, wearing stephane; reverse BI-ZY-HNΩN, Artemis standing slightly left, arrow in extended right hand, long torch vertical behind in left hand, stag left at feet; $70.00 SALE PRICE $63.00
 


Hierocaesarea, Lydia, c. 100 - 150 A.D.

|Other| |Lydia|, |Hierocaesarea,| |Lydia,| |c.| |100| |-| |150| |A.D.||AE| |16|
The name Hierocaesarea, is from the Greek for 'sacred' and the Latin for 'Caesar's. This town is mentioned by Ptolemy (VI, ii, 16). Judging from its coins, it worshiped the goddess Artemis Persica. The site of Hierocaesarea must have been between the modern Turkish villages of Beyova and Sasova, seven or eight miles south-east of Thyatira, on the left bank of the Koum-Chai, a tributary of the Hermus.
RP110163. Bronze AE 16, RPC Online III 1856 (13 spec.); SNGvA 2952; SNG Cop 174; SNG Mu 132; SNG Tub 3684; BMC Lydia p. 103, 7; Waddington 5000, VF, green patina, well centered, some legend letters unstruck, light deposits, weight 2.270 g, maximum diameter 15.6 mm, die axis 0o, Hierocaesarea (near Sazoba, Turkey) mint, c. 100 - 150 A.D.; obverse ΠEPCIKH, draped bust of Artemis Persica right, with bow and quiver over shoulder; reverse IEPOKAICAPEΩN, flaming and garlanded column altar; $50.00 SALE PRICE $45.00
 




  



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