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Atheletics and Games on Ancient Coins
Philip II, July or August 247 - late 249 A.D., Side, Pamphylia

|Side|, |Philip| |II,| |July| |or| |August| |247| |-| |late| |249| |A.D.,| |Side,| |Pamphylia||pentassarion|
The great ruins of Side are among the most notable in Asia Minor. They cover a large promontory which a wall and a moat separate from the mainland. There are colossal ruins of a theater complex, the largest in Pamphylia, built in the 2nd century A.D. Following Roman design it relies on arches to support the sheer verticals. The Roman style was adopted because Side lacked a convenient hillside that could be hollowed out in the usual Greek fashion more typical of Asia Minor. The stage building was ornately adorned but the decorations and the theater are damaged, in part due to a strong earthquake. The theater was converted into an open-air sanctuary with two chapels during the 5th or 6th century (Byzantine times).Theater at Side
RP114000. Bronze pentassarion, RPC Online VIII U21158, Watson 922, SNG BnF 867, SNG Pfalz 774, Waddington 3478, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, F, dark patina, earthen deposits, porosity, weight 17.053 g, maximum diameter 32.1 mm, die axis 0o, Side (near Selimiye, Antalya Province, Turkey) mint, as caesar, 247 A.D.; obverse MAPKON IOYΛION CEYHPON ΦIΛIΠΠON KAICAPA (Marcus Iulius Severus Philippus Caesar), bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, E (mark of value) lower right; reverse IC AI-ΩNA, two Nikai facing each other, holding between them an agonistic crown containing two palm fronds, TA ΠT/ΘIA (refers to Pythian games) in two lines below, CIΔHTΩN in exergue; ex CNG e-auction 549 (30 Oct 2023), lot 365; rare; $110.00 (€103.40)
 


Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II of Macedonia, 359 - 336 B.C.

|Macedonian| |Kingdom|, |Macedonian| |Kingdom,| |Philip| |II| |of| |Macedonia,| |359| |-| |336| |B.C.||unit|
Philip II became the ruler of all Greece when he defeated the Athenians at the Battle of Chaeroneia in 338 B.C. Philip personally selected the design of his coins. His horse, on the reverse of this coin, won a race in the Olympic Games in 356 B.C., the year his son Alexander the Great was born.
GB113967. Bronze unit, SNG Munchen 188, SNG Alpha Bank 405, SNG ANS 909, SNG Cop 599, VF/F, dark green patina, light deposits, weight 5.255 g, maximum diameter 16.9 mm, die axis 270o, obverse head of Apollo right wearing taenia; reverse ΦIΛIΠΠOY (clockwise above), nude young male rider on horse prancing to right, dolphin downward right over AP monogram below; $100.00 (€94.00)
 


Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II of Macedonia, 359 - 336 B.C.

|Macedonian| |Kingdom|, |Macedonian| |Kingdom,| |Philip| |II| |of| |Macedonia,| |359| |-| |336| |B.C.||unit|
Philip II became the ruler of all Greece when he defeated the Athenians at the Battle of Chaeroneia in 338 B.C. Philip personally selected the design of his coins. His horse, on the reverse of this coin, won a race in the Olympic Games in 356 B.C., the year his son Alexander the Great was born.
GB113966. Bronze unit, SNG ANS 894, SNG Alpha Bank 374, SNG Cop 583, VF, areas of light corrosion, obv. edge beveled, weight 6.756 g, maximum diameter 18.1 mm, die axis 315o, Macedonian mint, obverse head of Apollo right wearing taenia; reverse ΦIΛIΠΠOY clockwise above, young male riding horse prancing to right, A (appearing as Λ with dot within) below, all in a shallow round incuse; $90.00 (€84.60)
 


Plautilla, Augusta 202 - 22 January 205 A.D., Anazarbus, Cilicia

|Cilicia|, |Plautilla,| |Augusta| |202| |-| |22| |January| |205| |A.D.,| |Anazarbus,| |Cilicia||assarion|
Anazarbus was founded by Assyrians. Under the early Roman Empire it was known as Caesarea, and was the metropolis (capital) of the late Roman province Cilicia Secunda. It was the home of the poet Oppian. Rebuilt by the Byzantine emperor Justin I after an earthquake in the 6th century, it became Justinopolis (525); but the old native name persisted, and when Thoros I, king of Lesser Armenia, made it his capital early in the 12th century, it was known as Anazarva.
RP111634. Bronze assarion, SNG Levante 1411, Ziegler 295, SNG BnF -, SNG Cop -, VF, well centered, broad flan, obverse encrustation, scratches, weight 4.399 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 0o, Anazarbus (Anavarza, Turkey) mint, 202 - 203 A.D.; obverse ΦOY ΠΛAYTIΛΛA, draped bust right; reverse ANAZAPBEΩN NEΩK ET, prize-crown inscribed OΛYMΠIA, AKC ([year] 221) above; rare; $80.00 (€75.20)
 


Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D., Tarsos, Cilicia

|Cilicia|, |Commodus,| |March| |or| |April| |177| |-| |31| |December| |192| |A.D.,| |Tarsos,| |Cilicia||AE| |27|
The title Neokoros, designating a guardian of a temple of the imperial cult, was highly prized and advertised on the coins of many cities. Tarsos was the first city in Cilicia to receive the title, during the reign of Hadrian, not long after 130 A.D. This first temple dedicated to the cult of Hadrian is named in the reverse legend. A second imperial temple was dedicated to Commodus during his reign, before August 191. The B (the Greek number two) indicates this second neokorie. The Kommodeios isolympic worldwide festival was held in honor of this temple. Commodus probably honored Tarsos because its chief god was Hercules, and Commodus had come to believe he was Hercules reincarnated.
RP97264. Bronze AE 27, RPC Online IV.3 T5845, SNG Levante Supp. 260, SNG BnF 1466, SNGvA 5997, Waddington 4636, VF, nice green patina, uneven slightly off-center strike with parts of legends weak or unstruck, weight 11.189 g, maximum diameter 26.8 mm, die axis 30o, Tarsos (Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey) mint, Mar/Apr 177 - 31 Dec 192 A.D.; obverse AYT KAIC AYP KOMOΔOC CEB, mantled bust right, wearing demiurgic crown; club of Hercules behind; reverse AΔP KOM - TAP MHO (Hadrianeia, Kommodeios - Tarsos Metropolis), agonistic crown inscribed KOMOΔEI, OIKO/VME (Kommodeios worldwide) in two lines above, B / NEWKO (two neokorie) in two lines below; ex Zeus Numismatics, auction 11 (01 Aug 2020), lot 453 (realized £60 plus fees); $70.00 (€65.80)
 


Coins and Games - Nomismata kai agones, Chrysanthos Valassiadis

|Athletics| |&| |Games|, |Coins| |and| |Games| |-| |Nomismata| |kai| |agones,| |Chrysanthos| |Valassiadis|
Coins and games, coins depicting Olympic Games on the coins.
BL20321. Coins and Games - Nomismata kai agones by Chrysanthos Valassiadis, in Greek and English, hardcover, 37 pages, full page illustrations, international shipping at actual cost of shipping; SOLD


Aspendos, Pamphylia, c. 380 - 325 B.C.

|Aspendos|, |Aspendos,| |Pamphylia,| |c.| |380| |-| |325| |B.C.||stater|
Aspendos is about 40 km east of Antalya, Turkey about 16 km inland on the Eurymedon River. In 546 B.C. it fell to Persia. After a Persian defeat in 467, the city joined the Attic-Delos Maritime League. Persia took it again in 411 B.C., Alexander in 333 B.C., and Rome in 190 B.C. Although often subject to powerful empires, the city usually retained substantial autonomy.
SH75373. Silver stater, SNG BnF 102 (same dies), Tekin Series 4, SNGvA 4544, SGCV II 5398 var, aEF, superb style, lightly toned, nice metal, flatly struck areas as typical of the type, light marks and scratches, weight 10.827 g, maximum diameter 22.4 mm, die axis 15o, Aspendos (Serik, Turkey) mint, c. 380/375 - 330/325 B.C.; obverse two wrestlers, the left one holds the wrist of his opponent with his right, K F between their legs; reverse EΣTΦEΔIIYΣ, slinger, wearing short chiton, discharging sling to right, triskeles on right with feet counter-clockwise, square dot border, no trace of incuse square; ex CNG e-auction 353 (17 Jun 2015), lot 177; SOLD







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Klose, D. & G. Stumpf. Sport, Spiel, Sieg. (Munich, 1996).


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