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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Gods, Non-Olympian| ▸ |Mên||View Options:   | | | Luna, the Greek moon-goddess, was female, which seems natural because the female menstrual cycle follows the lunar month. But Mên was a male moon-god, probably originally of the indigenous non-Greek Karian people. By Roman times Mên was worshiped across Anatolia and in Attica. He was associated with fertility, healing, and punishment. Mên is usually depicted with a crescent moon behind his shoulders, wearing a Phrygian cap, and holding a lance or sword in one hand and a pine-cone or patera in the other. His other attributes include the bucranium and chicken. A temple of Mên has been excavated at Antioch, Pisidia. |
Mên was a moon god, ruler of paradise and the underworld.SH56886. Bronze AE 37, SNGvA 4873 (same obverse die), SNG BnF -, SNG Cop -; cf. RPC Online 5724 (different bust and obverse legend), gF, weight 30.081 g, maximum diameter 37.2 mm, die axis 37.2o, Sillyum mint, obverse AYT KAICAP Λ AYPHΛ KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, c/m Artemis Anaitis in oval punch; reverse CIΛΛYEΩN, Mên on horseback right, crescent behind shoulders, wearing a Phrygian cap; ex Gemini VI, lot 832; ex Boston Museum of Fine Arts inventory no. 63.859; purchased from Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, 80, in 1963 by the Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoe Wilbour; rare; SOLD
Gaba, Judaea, 117 - 118 A.D.
Gaba, at the foot of Mount Carmel between Ptolemais and Caesarea, was founded by Herod the Great as a settlement for retired cavalrymen. It is modern day el Harithiye or Tell el-Amir. RP110526. Bronze AE 15, RPC Online III 3953 (2 spec.); Kindler Gaba 25; Sofaer Collection p. 44 & pl. 41, 5; Rosenberger -, aVF, green patina, earthen deposits, off center, flan a bit ragged, weight 2.694 g, maximum diameter 15.1 mm, die axis 0o, Gaba mint, 117 - 118 A.D; obverse ΓABH-NWN, Mên standing facing, looking left, resting on scepter with his right hand, left hand on hip; reverse Tyche standing left, column altar before her, pouring libations from patera over altar with right hand, cornucopia in left hand, ZOP (year 177) lower right; zero sales of this type listed on Coin Archives in the last two decades; extremely rare; SOLD
Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D., Antiocheia, Pisidia
A temple of Mên has been excavated at Antioch, Pisidia. Luna, the Greek moon-goddess, was female, which seems natural because the female menstrual cycle follows the lunar month. But Mên was a male moon-god, probably originally of the indigenous non-Greek Karian people. By Roman times, Mên was worshiped across Anatolia and in Attica. He was associated with fertility, healing, and punishment. Mên is usually depicted with a crescent moon behind his shoulders, wearing a Phrygian cap, and holding a lance or sword in one hand and a pine-cone or patera in the other. His other attributes include the bucranium and cock. RP112809. Bronze AE 22, Krzyzanowska IX/10, pl. 8; SNG BnF -; SNG Pfalz -, nice gVF, attractive black patina with highlighting red earthen deposits, weight 5.740 g, maximum diameter 21.9 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch in Pisidia (Yalvac, Turkey) mint, regnal year 4, 196 - 197 A.D.; obverse IMP C S-EV PERP AV-G IIII, laureate head of Septimius Severus right; reverse ANTIOCH - COLONIAE, draped bust of Mên right, crescent behind shoulders, wearing Phrygian cap ; ex Leu Numismatik auction 25 (11-14 Mar 2023), lot 4116 (part of); ex European collection (formed before 2005); first specimen of the type handled by FORVM, Coin Archives records only two specimens of the type at auction in the last two decades; very rare; SOLD
Titus, 24 June 79 - 13 September 81 A.D., Koinon of Galatia
Luna, the Greek moon-goddess, was female, which seems natural because the female menstrual cycle follows the lunar month. But Mên was a male moon-god, probably originally of the indigenous non-Greek Karian people. By Roman times Mên was worshiped across Anatolia and in Attica. He was associated with fertility, healing, and punishment. Mên is usually depicted with a crescent moon behind his shoulders, wearing a Phrygian cap, and holding a lance or sword in one hand and a pine-cone or patera in the other. His other attributes include the bucranium and chicken. A temple of Mên has been excavated at Antiochia, Pisidia.SH63417. Brass AE 26, RPC II 1621; SNG Cop 107; SNGvA 6133, BMC Galatia p. 8, 1; Arslan Roman 19; SNG Leypold -, Nice F, weight 9.993 g, maximum diameter 26.4 mm, die axis 15o, Ancyra (Ankara, Turkey) mint, as caesar, 69 - 79 A.D.; obverse AYTOKPA TITOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣ YIOΣ, laureate head right; reverse ΣABAΣTHNΩN TEKTOΣAΓΩN, Mên standing left, wearing a Phrygian cap, crescent behind shoulders, phiale extended in right; ex Frank L. Kovacs; rare; SOLD
Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D., Alia, Phrygia
Alia was a town of ancient Phrygia, inhabited in Roman and Byzantine times. It was located in the Roman province of Phrygia Pacatiana, whose capital was Laodicea on the Lycus, and became the seat of a bishop. The names of some of the bishops of Alia are known through their participation in church councils. Some authorities locate the town at Banaz; others identify a place near Asar, both of which are in Asiatic Turkey.RP114441. Bronze AE 31, RPC Online III 2613 (5 spec.); vA Phrygia I 70 - 72; BMC Phrygia p. 45, 6; Imhoof-Blumer KM p. 195, 1; Waddington 5594; SNG Cop -, aF, broad flan, weight 17.312 g, maximum diameter 31.3 mm, die axis 0o, Alia (Banaz or Asar?, Turkey) mint, Gaius Asinius Frugi, 98 - Aug 117 A.D.; obverse AY KAI ΘEOY YO NEPOYA TPAIANOC CE ΓEPMANIKOC (Imperator Caesar divi filius Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus), laureate head right; reverse AITHCAMENOY ΓA ACIN ΦPOYΓI AΛIHNΩN (archon Gaius Asinius Frugi, of Alia), Mên riding horse right; the first coin of Alia handled by FORVM, Coin Archives records only one sale of this type in the last two decades; ex Frank D. Arnold (San Bruno, CA); very rare; SOLD
Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia, c. 14 - 37 A.D.
Luna, the Greek moon goddess, was female, which seems natural because the female menstrual cycle follows the lunar month. But Mên was a male moon-god, probably originally of the indigenous non-Greek Karian people. By Roman times Mên was worshiped across Anatolia and in Attica. He was associated with fertility, healing, and punishment. Mên is usually depicted with a crescent moon behind his shoulders, wearing a Phrygian cap, and holding a lance or sword in one hand and a pine-cone or patera in the other. His other attributes include the bucranium and chicken. A temple of Mên has been excavated at Antioch, Pisidia.RP84485. Bronze AE 17, RPC I 2907; SNG Cop 513 ff.; BMC Phrygia p. 288, 64 ff.; Lindgren-Kovacs 984, VF, attractive style, nice green patina, reverse slightly off center, some light corrosion, weight 3.892 g, maximum diameter 16.7 mm, die axis 0o, Laodicea ad Lycus (near Denizli, Turkey) mint, time of Tiberius, c. 14 - 37 A.D.; obverse ΛAOΔI-KEΩN, bust of Mên right, draped, wearing Phrygian cap with ear flaps, laurel wreath, and necklace, crescent behind shoulders; reverse KOP (ligate), ΔIOΣKOYPIΔHΣ (Cornelius Dioskurides, magistrate), eagle standing slightly right on branch (or club), head left, wings slightly open; from the Dr. Sam Mansourati Collection, ex Gitbud & Naumann e-auction 33 (5 Jul 2015), lot 372; SOLD
Julia Domna, Augusta 194 - 8 April 217 A.D., Saitta, Lydia
Luna, the Greek moon-goddess, was female, which seems natural because the female menstrual cycle follows the lunar month. But Mên was a male moon-god, probably originally of the indigenous non-Greek Karian people. By Roman times Mên was worshiped across Anatolia and in Attica. He was associated with fertility, healing, and punishment. Mên is usually depicted with a crescent moon behind his shoulders, wearing a Phrygian cap, and holding a lance or sword in one hand and a pine-cone or patera in the other. His other attributes include the bucranium and chicken. A temple of Mên has been excavated at Antiochia, Pisidia.RP57160. Bronze AE 33, GRPC Lydia 102, SNG Munchen 443, Weber 3372, Waddington 5179, BMC Lydia -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG Tüb -, SNG Leypold -, F, weight 20.790 g, maximum diameter 33.0 mm, die axis 180o, Saitta (Sidaskale, Turkey) mint, obverse IOVΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right; reverse EΠI ANΔPONEIKOY APX A CIATT,HN - ΩN (last four letters across fields), Mên standing left, pine cone in extended right hand, lance in left, crescent behind shoulders; very rare; SOLD
Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D., Gordus Julia, Lydia
Gordus (also known as Julia Gordus or Iulia Gordos) was an ancient Greek city in eastern Lydia, near the source of the River Hyllus, or Phrygius, later called Glaucus, a northern tributary of the Hermus. It was a strategically important town founded by the Seleucid Kings. The Julio-Claudian Roman emperors renamed the city Julia Gordos in the 1st century. The city achieved the status of a polis under the Flavians. It was the home to Appolophanes the physician, and there is epigraphical evidence of both pagans and Christians in the town.RP111940. Bronze AE 25, GRPC Lydia p. 67, 65 (same dies); RPC Online IV T1256; SNG Cop 160; SNG Leypold I 947 BMC Lydia p. 95, 31; Waddington 4977; Hochard 504; SNGvA -, Choice gF, well centered, nice portrait, green patina, highlighting light earthen deposits, weight 8.794 g, maximum diameter 25.3 mm, die axis 180o, Iulia Gordus (near Eski Gördes, Turkey) mint, c. 177 - 179 A.D.; obverse AV Λ AVP KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed youthful bust of Commodus right, seen from behind; reverse IOVΛIEΩN ΓOPΔHNΩN, Mên standing slightly left, head left, wearing Phrygian cap, short chiton, himation, and endromides, crescent behind shoulders, patera in right hand, long scepter in left hand, flanked by seated lions; Coin Archives records only one specimen of the type at auction in the last two decades; very rare; SOLD
Elagabalus, 16 May 218 - 11 March 222 A.D., Nysa, Lydia
Nysa does not seem to have minted too many coins at all in the Severan era. Most of the catalog entries are either Antonine or later than Severan. We could mention a small type of Geta and a Julia Maesa in Copenhagen. The BM and Weber coll. have a medallion with just Mên on reverse, same issue as our type.RP39109. Bronze AE 29, SNG Cop 321, BMC Lydia -, SNGvA -, Imhoof-Blumer LS -, SNG Righetti -, Weber -, Lindgren -, SGICV -, F, weight 11.730 g, maximum diameter 28.6 mm, die axis 0o, Lydia, Nysa (near Sultanhisar, Turkey) mint, 16 May 218 - 11 Mar 222 A.D.; obverse AY K M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse EΠI ΓP AYP ΘEOTEIMOY NYCAEΩN, Mên standing left, wearing Phrygian cap, crescent behind shoulders, holding phiale and spear, within tetrastyle temple; very rare; SOLD
Antiocheia, Pisidia, c. 138 - 180 A.D.
Luna, the Greek moon-goddess, was female, which seems natural because the female menstrual cycle follows the lunar month. But Mên was a male moon-god, probably originally of the indigenous non-Greek Karian people. By Roman times Mên was worshiped across Anatolia and in Attica. He was associated with fertility, healing, and punishment. Mên is usually depicted with a crescent moon behind his shoulders, wearing a Phrygian cap, and holding a lance or sword in one hand and a pine-cone or patera in the other. His other attributes include the bucranium and chicken. A temple of Mên has been excavated at Antioch, Pisidia.GB82344. Bronze AE 14, BMC Lycia p. 176, 3 var. (cock right), SNG Cop 15 var. (Mên left, cock right); SNGvA -, gF, weight 1.692 g, maximum diameter 13.8 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch in Pisidia (Yalvac, Turkey) mint, obverse ANTIOCHI, head of Mên left on crescent; reverse COL[...], cock left; rare; SOLD
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