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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Greek Coins| ▸ |Geographic - All Periods| ▸ |Anatolia| ▸ |Phrygia| ▸ |Eumeneia||View Options:   | | | Eumenia, Phrygia was founded by Attalus II Philadelphus (159 - 138 B.C.) at the source of the Cludrus, near the Glaucus, and named after his brother Eumenes. Numerous inscriptions and many coins remain to show that Eumenia was an important and prosperous city under Roman rule. As early as the third century its population was in great part Christian, and it seems to have suffered much during the persecution of Diocletian. The remains of Eumenia are located in Denizli Province, Turkey on the shore of Lake Isikli near Civril. |
Coins of Eumeneia from the Severan Period are quite rare. Most of the major museum collections don't have even a single example. The city also seems to have produced some quasi-autonomous coinage during this time. Our coin is not listed in any of the references examined and is likely unpublished and possibly unique.RP83403. Bronze AE 23, BMC Phrygia -, SNG Cop -, SGICV -, Lindgren -, SNG Hunterian -, SNGvA -, SNG Österreich -, SNG Righetti -, SNG Tüb -, SNG Munchen -, VF, weight 6.592 g, maximum diameter 22.6 mm, die axis 0o, Eumeneia (near Civril, Turkey) mint, obverse IOYΛIA CEBAC, draped bust right; reverse EYMENEΩN AXAIΩN, Dionysos standing facing, head left, thyrsos in left, kantharos in right, panther at feet; unpublished in the many references checked; extremely rare; SOLD
Fulvia, Second Wife of Marc Antony, c. 41 - 40 B.C., Eumeneia (as Fulvia), Phrygia
The obverse depicts Fulvia, the second wife of Marc Antony, in the guise of Victory. For a short time, when this coin was struck, Eumeneia was renamed Fulvia. This temporary ethnic was struck on the reverse of this type. On some specimens this temporary ethnic appears to have been deliberately erased at the same time as the two countermarks found on this coin were applied.RP113195. Bronze AE 19, RPC Online I 3139.1 (same c/m's); BMC Phrygia p. 213, 21 (same); Waddington 6046, pl. XVI, 11; SNG Cop -; SNG Mun -, F, green patina, rev, flattened by countermarking, light earthen deposits, weight 6.037 g, maximum diameter 19.1 mm, die axis 0o, Eumeneia (near Civril, Turkey) mint, c. 41 - 40 B.C.; obverse winged bust of Victory right, with the likeness of Fulvia; countermarks:
(EVMENEΩN monogram?), ZMPTO monogram; reverse Athena advancing left, wearing crested helmet, vertical spear in right hand, shield on left arm, ΦOYΛOYIANΩN (Fulvia [city ethnic] downward on right (perhaps erased), ZMEPTOPIΓOΣ ΦIΛΩNIΔOY (Zmertorix, son of Philonides [magistrate]) in two downward lines on left; from the Michael Arslan Collection; ex Bucephalus Numismatics auction 19 (6 May 2023), lot 253; scarce; SOLDEumenia, Phrygia, c. 189 - 133 B.C.
Lindgren plate coin. Eumenia was renamed Fulvia, for Mark Antony's wife, probably on the occasion of Antony's visit east in 41 B.C. The city issued coins with Fulvia's portrait. She was the first non-mythological woman on Roman coins. Fulvia died in 40 B.C. and the name soon reverted to Eumenia. Lindgren attributed this issue to the 2nd century B.C. but a comparison of the female head to Fulvia is hard to ignore.GB16395. Bronze AE 12, Lindgren III 581 (this coin, otherwise unpublished); cf. RPC I 3141 for a similar portrait, VF, weight 1.051 g, maximum diameter 12.2 mm, die axis 0o, Eumeneia (near Civril, Turkey) mint, c. 189 - 133 B.C.; obverse draped female bust right; reverse EYME/[NE]ΩN, double axe; black patina; extremely rare; SOLD
Eumeneia, Phrygia, c. 244 - 249 A.D.
Eumenia, Phrygia was founded by Attalus II Philadelphus (159 - 138 B.C.) at the source of the Cludrus, near the Glaucus, and named after his brother Eumenes. Numerous inscriptions and many coins remain to show that Eumenia was an important and prosperous city under Roman rule. As early as the third century its population was in great part Christian, and it seems to have suffered much during the persecution of Diocletian. The remains of Eumenia are located in Denizli Province, Turkey on the shore of Lake Isikli near Civril.RP97255. Bronze AE 23, RPC Online VIII U20608 (8 spec., 2 var.); BMC Phrygia p. 214, 24; Lindgren III 583; SNG Cop 389 var. (leg. from upper r.); SNGvA 3586 var. (same), VF, green patina, rough areas, scattered porosity, weight 7.002 g, maximum diameter 23.0 mm, die axis 180o, Eumeneia (near Civril, Turkey) mint, reign of Philip I, c. 244 - 249 A.D.; obverse •IEPA• CVNKΛHTOC (clockwise from the lower left), bare-headed, draped bust of the Senate right; reverse EVMENEΩ-N AXAIΩN, cult image of Artemis Ephesia standing facing, wearing kalathos and veil, with arm supports, between two stags standing facing outward with heads turned back towards the goddess; ex Savoca Numismatik, silver auction 82 (26 Jul 2020), lot 247; this coin is the primary plate coin for the type in RPC Online VIII; rare; SOLD
Eumeneia, Phrygia, 133 - 30 B.C.
"Philokhoros [Greek historian, c. 3rd century B.C.] says that drinkers not only reveal what they are, but also disclose the secrets of everybody else in their outspokenness. Hence the saying, 'wine is truth also,' and 'wine revealeth the heart of man.' Hence also the tripod as prize of victory in the Dionysia (Festival of Dionysos). For of those who speak the truth we say that they 'speak from the tripod,' and it must be understood that the mixing-bowl is Dionysos' tripod... In these they used to mix their wine, and this is 'the veritable tripod truth.' Wherefore the tripod is proper to Apollon because of its prophetic truth, while to Dionysos it is proper because of the truth of wine." -- Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 2. 37f -38aGB82274. Bronze AE 23, BMC Phrygia p. 212, 19; SNG Cop 382; SNG Munchen 203; SNGvA 3583; SNG Tübingen -, VF, weight 7.086 g, maximum diameter 22.5 mm, die axis 0o, Eumeneia (near Civril, Turkey) mint, magistrate Mikkalos Apollo[...], 133 - 30 B.C.; obverse head of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy; reverse tripod lebes with three handles, star above center, star above snake-entwined labrys left, star above filleted laurel-branch right, EYMENEΩN downward on right, MIKKAΛO / AΠOΛΛ[...] (magistrate's name) downward in two lines on left; SOLD
Tiberius, 19 August 14 - 16 March 37 A.D., Eumeneia, Phrygia
Eumenia, Phrygia was founded by Attalus II Philadelphus (159 - 138 B.C.) at the source of the Cludrus, near the Glaucus, and named after his brother Eumenes. Numerous inscriptions and many coins remain to show that Eumenia was an important and prosperous city under Roman rule. As early as the third century its population was in great part Christian, and it seems to have suffered much during the persecution of Diocletian. The remains of Eumenia are located in Denizli Province, Turkey on the shore of Lake Isikli near Civril.RP112913. Bronze AE 18, RPC I 3147; SNG Munchen 206; SNG Cop 391; SNGvA 3589; Waddington 6026; AMC I 1384; BMC Phrygia p. 216, 37, gF, green patina, tight flan, pit or punch on rev., weight 5.338 g, maximum diameter 17.9 mm, die axis 0o, Eumeneia (near Civril, Turkey) mint, 9 Aug 14 - 16 Mar 37; obverse ΣEBAΣ-TOΣ, laureate head right; reverse Zeus standing facing, head left, wearing himation, phiale in right hand, resting left hand on scepter, star above crescent with horns up outer left, EYME-NEΩN downward on left, KΛEΩN AΓAΠHTOC (Kleon Agapetos [magistrate]) in two downward lines on right; SOLD
Nero, 13 October 54 - 9 June 68 A.D., Eumenia, Phrygia
Eumenia was renamed Fulvia, for Mark Antony's wife, probably on the occasion of Antony's visit east in 41 B.C. The city issued coins with Fulvia's portrait. She was the first non-mythological woman on Roman coins. Fulvia died in 40 B.C. and the name soon reverted to Eumenia.RP55043. Bronze AE 21, RPC I 3149, SNG Cop 394, BMC Phrygia p. 217, 41, F, weight 3.672 g, maximum diameter 20.5 mm, die axis 0o, Eumeneia (near Civril, Turkey) mint, c. 54 - 55 A.D.; obverse NEPΩN ΣEBAΣTOΣ, bare head right; obscure countermark; reverse EYMENEΩN IOYΛIOΣ KΛEΩN APXIEPEYΣ AΣIAΣ, Apollo standing left, raven in right, labrys over shoulder in left; struck by Julius Cleon, archiereus of Asia; SOLD
Tiberius, 19 August 14 - 16 March 37 A.D., Eumeneia, Phrygia
Eumenia, Phrygia was founded by Attalus II Philadelphus (159 - 138 B.C.) at the source of the Cludrus, near the Glaucus, and named after his brother Eumenes. Numerous inscriptions and many coins remain to show that Eumenia was an important and prosperous city under Roman rule. As early as the third century its population was in great part Christian, and it seems to have suffered much during the persecution of Diocletian. The remains of Eumenia are located in Denizli Province, Turkey on the shore of Lake Isikli near Civril.RP96118. Bronze AE 18, RPC I 3147; SNG Munchen 206; SNG Cop 391; SNGvA 3589; Waddington 6026; AMC I 1384; BMC Phrygia p. 216, 37, VF, nice dark green patina, porosity, off center, weight 5.175 g, maximum diameter 18.4 mm, die axis 0o, Eumeneia (near Civril, Turkey) mint, 9 Aug 14 - 16 Mar 37; obverse ΣEBAΣ-TOΣ, laureate head right; reverse Zeus standing facing, head left, wearing himation, phiale in right hand, resting left hand on scepter, star above crescent with horns up outer left, EYME-NEΩN downward on left, KΛEΩN AΓAΠHTOC (Kleon Agapetos [magistrate]) in two downward lines on right; SOLD
Domitia, Wife of Domitian, 81 - 96 A.D., Eumeneia, Phrygia
Domitia Longina was the daughter of the famous general Cnaeus Domitius Corbulo and was taken from her husband and married to Domitian in 70 A.D. In 83 A.D. she was exiled for her affair with the actor Paris. Later Domitian seems to have forgiven her, as ancient sources indicate her as a part of the plot that ended the emperor's life. She died in the reign of Trajan or Antoninus Pius.RP84551. Bronze AE 15, RPC II 1388 (8 spec.), SNG Newham Davis 315, Lindgren III 588, vA Phrygiens -, BMC Phrygia -, SNGvA -, SNG Cop -, aVF, dark patina, porosity, weight 2.654 g, maximum diameter 15.1 mm, die axis 0o, Eumeneia (near Civril, Turkey) mint, 81 - 96 A.D.; obverse ΔOMITIA CEBACTH, draped bust right, hair rolled in front and in que behind; reverse KΛ TEPENT YΛΛA APXIE (Kl. Terent. Hylla, αρχιερέας (high priest or priestess), counterclockwise from upper left), Cybele seated left on throne, patera in extended right hand, resting left forearm and hand upon tympanum (drum) at near side; EYME-NEΩN, in fields, starting downward on right, ending downward on left; ex Numismatik Naumann auction 42 (3 Apr 2016), lot 519; ex Dr. P. Vogl collection, ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (sold 30 Dec 1992, with dealer's ticket); rare; SOLD
Eumeneia, Phrygia, 133 - 30 B.C.
"Philokhoros [Greek historian, c. 3rd century B.C.] says that drinkers not only reveal what they are, but also disclose the secrets of everybody else in their outspokenness. Hence the saying, ‘wine is truth also,’ and ‘wine revealeth the heart of man.’ Hence also the tripod as prize of victory in the Dionysia (Festival of Dionysos). For of those who speak the truth we say that they ‘speak from the tripod,’ and it must be understood that the mixing-bowl is Dionysos' tripod... In these they used to mix their wine, and this is ‘the veritable tripod truth.’ Wherefore the tripod is proper to Apollon because of its prophetic truth, while to Dionysos it is proper because of the truth of wine." -- Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 2. 37f -38aGB92007. Bronze AE 21, BMC Phrygia p. 212, 13; cf. SNG Cop 382 (magistrate); SNG Munchen 203 (same); SNGvA 3583 (same); SNG Tübingen -, gF, centered on a tight flan, dark patina with highlighting buff earthen deposits, bumps and scratches, weight 7.485 g, maximum diameter 20.9 mm, die axis 0o, Eumeneia (near Civril, Turkey) mint, magistrate Dionysios Philonidos, 133 - 30 B.C.; obverse head of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy; reverse tripod lebes with three handles, star above center, star above snake-entwined labrys left, star above filleted laurel-branch right, EYMENEΩN downward on right, ΔIONYΣIOY / ΦIΛΩNIΔ (magistrate's name) downward in two lines on left; very rare magistrate; SOLD
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