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Ancient Coins of Lydia (Other Cities and Uncertain Mints)
Caracalla, 28 January 198 - 8 April 217 A.D., Bagis, Lydia

|Other| |Lydia|, |Caracalla,| |28| |January| |198| |-| |8| |April| |217| |A.D.,| |Bagis,| |Lydia||medallion|
Inscriptions uncovered by Keppel place ancient Bagis near Sirghe on the left (south) side of the Hermos River. Modern scholars pinpoint a site at Güre, Usak Province, Turkey. The "Treasures of Croesus" findings from Lydian tumuli around the town were plundered in the 1960s but recovered by the 2000s and now in the Usak Museum.
RP80388. Bronze medallion, GRPC Lydia 94, Mabbott 1788, Waddington 7055, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, BMC Lydia -, F, attractive huge bronze medallion!, weight 30.672 g, maximum diameter 40.9 mm, die axis 180o, Bagis (Güre, Turkey) mint, 28 Jun 198 - 8 Apr 217 A.D.; obverse AYK MAYP AN - TΩNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse KAIΣAPEΩN, the Emperor wearing military attire and holding spear, astride prancing horse right, led by Nike, with two enemies below horse, BAΓHNΩN in exergue; very rare; SOLD


Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D., Hierocaesarea, Lydia

|Other| |Lydia|, |Commodus,| |March| |or| |April| |177| |-| |31| |December| |192| |A.D.,| |Hierocaesarea,| |Lydia||medallion|
An interesting reverse depicting a mythological scene: Leto and her children Artemis and Apollo. The two were fathered by Zeus, arousing Hera's jealousy. Leto was banned from giving birth on earth or sea, but found the island of Delos, which supposedly was not connected to either.
SH37276. Bronze medallion, BMC Lydia -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, Imhoof-Blumer LS -, VF, weight 24.976 g, maximum diameter 36.4 mm, die axis 180o, Hierocaesarea (near Sazoba, Turkey) mint, Mar/Apr 177 - 31 Dec 192 A.D.; obverse AVT KAI Λ AVPH KOMMOΔO, laureate and cuirassed bust right; reverse EΠI[...]OY[...] APTEMIΔOPOY APX[...] IEPOKAICAPEΩN, Artemis standing half-right wearing chiton; Leto standing half-left holding patera; Apollo standing half-left, naked, resting left hand on lyre; nice armored bust, HUGE 36 mm coin!; extremely rare; SOLD


Agrippina Junior, Augusta 50 - March 59 A.D., Hierocaesaraea, Lydia

|Other| |Lydia|, |Agrippina| |Junior,| |Augusta| |50| |-| |March| |59| |A.D.,| |Hierocaesaraea,| |Lydia||AE| |19|
Hierocaesarea (from the Greek for "sacred" and the Latin for "Caesar's") was located seven or eight miles southeast of Thyatira, on the left bank of the Koum-Chai, a tributary of the Hermus (between the modern Turkish villages of Beyova and Sasova). The town is mentioned by Ptolemy (VI, ii, 16). Judging from its coins, it worshiped the goddess Artemis Persica.
RP76969. Bronze AE 19, RPC I 2387; BMC Lydia p. 106, 22; SNG Cop -; SNGvA -, SNG Munchen -, SNG Tüb -, gVF, attractive portrait, nice green patina, weight 5.928 g, maximum diameter 18.8 mm, die axis 0o, Hierocaesarea (near Sazoba, Turkey) mint, c. 50 - March 59 A.D.; obverse AΓPIΠΠINA ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust right, hair in long plait down back of neck and looped at end, long loosely curled lock down side of neck; reverse AΓPIΠΠINA ΘEAN CEBACTHN, Artemis Persica standing facing, wearing long chiton, with right hand drawing arrow from quiver on right shoulder, left hand on hip, stag at her side on left; ex Pecunem, Gitbud & Naumann auction 34 (2 Aug 2015), lot 664; very rare; SOLD


Domitia, Augusta, 13 September 81 - 18 September 96 A.D., Wife of Domitian, Sala, Lydia

|Other| |Lydia|, |Domitia,| |Augusta,| |13| |September| |81| |-| |18| |September| |96| |A.D.,| |Wife| |of| |Domitian,| |Sala,| |Lydia||AE| |21|
Domitia Longina married Domitian in 70 A.D. She became Augusta upon Domitian's accession in 81, and remained so until his assassination in 96 A.D. She was the youngest daughter of the general and consul Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo. Domitia divorced her first husband, Lucius Aelius Lamia Plautius Aelianus in order to marry Domitian in 71 A.D. The marriage produced only one son, whose early death is believed to have been the cause of a temporary rift between Domitia and her husband in 83. She is believed to have died sometime between 126 and 130 A.D.
RP97905. Brass AE 21, GRPC Lydia 3 pl. 267, 44; RPC Online II 1343; SNG Cop 436; SNG Mun 457; Mionnet IV 934; Waddington 6444; Imhoof LS 1; BMC Lydia p. 231, 29, Choice VF/F, near black patina with highlighting earthen deposits, well centered, nice portrait, scratches, weight 4.654 g, maximum diameter 20.7 mm, die axis 180o, Lydia, Sala (Tepecik, Turkey) mint, 13 Sep 81 - 18 Sep 96 A.D.; obverse CEBACTH ΔOMITIA, draped bust right, hair in elaborate plait; reverse CAΛHNΩN ΔOMITIANOΠO, Kybele seated left on throne, patera in right hand, resting left arm on tympanum (drum) on seat behind, lion at feet on far side; we think this coin nicer than any of the RPC online plate coins, this is the first specimen of this type handled by FORVM; scarce; SOLD


Caligula, 16 March 37 - 24 January 41 A.D., Magnesia ad Sipylum, Lydia

|Other| |Lydia|, |Caligula,| |16| |March| |37| |-| |24| |January| |41| |A.D.,| |Magnesia| |ad| |Sipylum,| |Lydia||assarion|
Britannica 1859, Roman History notes: "[Caligula] encircled his own head with the oriental diadem armed with spikes or rays, the well-known symbol of divinity in the East." Prior to this, the radiate crown had been used to indicate the divinity of Divus Augustus achieved after his death. This is the first time that this crown is shown on a coin of a living Roman.
RP90987. Bronze assarion, RPC I 2455 (same dies, 4 spec.); SNG Cop 257 (same dies); BMC Lydia p. 145, 51; SNGvA -, VF, dark patina, scratches, some porosity, small edge split, weight 5.668 g, maximum diameter 20.9 mm, die axis 0o, Magnesia ad Sipylum (Manisa, Turkey) mint, 25 Jan 41 - 13 Oct 54 A.D.; obverse GAION KAICA-P-A - C-E-BACTON, radiate head of Caligula right; reverse MAΓN,HTΩN AΠO CIΠY,ΛOY (first three letters in exergue, continuing counterclockwise on the right, last three letters upward on left), Germanicus (on left) stands facing in toga capite velato, patera in right hand, behind Agrippina as Demeter, grain in right hand, scepter in left hand, [ΓEP/M / AΓ/PI in four lines in center field (not visible on this coin and not visible on the RPC plate coin)]; very rare; SOLD


Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D., Nysa, Lydia

|Other| |Lydia|, |Commodus,| |March| |or| |April| |177| |-| |31| |December| |192| |A.D.,| |Nysa,| |Lydia||AE| |22|
The ruins of ancient Nysa lie a few kilometers beyond the present village of Sultanhisar, Turkey on the south slope of Mt. Messogis. The site is on the Izmir-Denizli highway, not far from Aydin, in the lovely valley of the Büyük Menderes River, formerly the ancient Meander. The city of Nysa was unique in that it was built on both sides of a ravine made by a mountain stream. An amphitheater straddled the stream, and a bridge connected the two parts of the city.
SL72897. Bronze AE 22, Regling Nysa 109, BMC Lydia -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG Munchen -, SNG Tüb -, SNG Hunterian -, SNG Leypold -, Imhoof-Blumer LS -, NGC XF, strike 5/5, surface 4/5, weight 7.51 g, maximum diameter 22.5 mm, die axis 0o, Lydia, Nysa (near Sultanhisar, Turkey) mint, as caesar, c. 170 - 176 A.D.; obverse Λ AYPH KOMOΔOC, young, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse NYCA-EWN, Tyche standing left, kalathos on head, holding rudder by tiller in right, cornucopia in left; ex Heritage Auctions, lot 61053; extremely rare; SOLD


Maionia, Lydia, c. 161 - 217 A.D.

|Other| |Lydia|, |Maionia,| |Lydia,| |c.| |161| |-| |217| |A.D.||AE| |19|
Omphale was queen of the Lydian Kingdom, the wife of Tmolus, the oak-clad mountain king. After he was gored to death by a bull, she continued to reign on her own. She bought Herakles from Hermes, who sold him after an oracle declared Hercules must be sold into slavery for three years. Hercules had sought the oracle to learn what he must do to purify himself, after he murdered his friend Iphitus and stole the Delphic tripod. As a slave, Herakles was forced to do women's work and even wear women's clothing and hold a basket of wool while Omphale and her maidens did their spinning. Meanwhile, Omphale wore the skin of the Nemean Lion and carried Herakles' olive-wood club. But it was also during his stay in Lydia that Herakles captured the city of the Itones and enslaved them, killed Syleus who forced passersby to hoe his vineyard, and captured the Cercopes. He buried the body of Icarus and took part in the Calydonian Boar Hunt and the Argonautica. After some time, Omphale freed Herakles and took him as her husband. The Greeks did not recognize Omphale as a goddess. Omphale's name, connected with omphalos, a Greek word meaning navel (or axis), may, however, represent a Lydian earth goddess. Herakles' servitude and marriage may represent the servitude of the sun to the axis of the celestial sphere, the spinners being Lydian versions of the Moirae. This myth may have been an attempt to explain why the priests of Herakles wore female clothing.
GB88933. Bronze AE 19, SNG Cop 222 (this rev. legend arrangement); Lindgren-Kovacs 749 (same); BMC Lydia p. 129, 17 (same); SNG Mün 302 (same); RPC Online IV 1325, Choice EF, superb depiction of Herakles, well centered on a broad flan, dark patina, a few scratches, weight 4.058 g, maximum diameter 19.0 mm, die axis 0o, Maionia (near Menye, Turkey) mint, c. 161 - 217 A.D.; obverse bearded head of Herakles left; reverse MAIONΩN, Omphale advancing right, draped in Hercules’ lion skin, carrying his club in her left hand over her left shoulder; SOLD


Maionia, Lydia, c. 161 - 217 A.D.

|Other| |Lydia|, |Maionia,| |Lydia,| |c.| |161| |-| |217| |A.D.||AE| |19|
Omphale was queen of the Lydian Kingdom, the wife of Tmolus, the oak-clad mountain king. After he was gored to death by a bull, she continued to reign on her own. She bought Herakles from Hermes, who sold him after an oracle declared Hercules must be sold into slavery for three years. Hercules had sought the oracle to learn what he must do to purify himself, after he murdered his friend Iphitus and stole the Delphic tripod. As a slave, Herakles was forced to do women's work and even wear women's clothing and hold a basket of wool while Omphale and her maidens did their spinning. Meanwhile, Omphale wore the skin of the Nemean Lion and carried Herakles' olive-wood club. But it was also during his stay in Lydia that Herakles captured the city of the Itones and enslaved them, killed Syleus who forced passersby to hoe his vineyard, and captured the Cercopes. He buried the body of Icarus and took part in the Calydonian Boar Hunt and the Argonautica. After some time, Omphale freed Herakles and took him as her husband. The Greeks did not recognize Omphale as a goddess. Omphale's name, connected with omphalos, a Greek word meaning navel (or axis), may, however, represent a Lydian earth goddess. Herakles' servitude and marriage may represent the servitude of the sun to the axis of the celestial sphere, the spinners being Lydian versions of the Moirae. This myth may have been an attempt to explain why the priests of Herakles wore female clothing.
GB83463. Bronze AE 19, SNG Cop 222; SNGvA 3011; SNG Munchen 302; BMC Lydia p. 129, 17; SNG Tüb -, VF, superb style, well centered, light marks and corrosion, weight 4.380 g, maximum diameter 18.9 mm, die axis 0o, Maionia (near Menye, Turkey) mint, c. 161 - 217 A.D.; obverse bearded head of Herakles left; reverse MAIONΩN, Omphale advancing right, draped in Hercules’ lion skin, carrying his club in her left hand over her left shoulder; SOLD


Sabina, Augusta 128 - c. 136 A.D., Wife of Hadrian, Tmolus, Lydia

|Other| |Lydia|, |Sabina,| |Augusta| |128| |-| |c.| |136| |A.D.,| |Wife| |of| |Hadrian,| |Tmolus,| |Lydia||AE| |19|
The primary reference for Tmolus is: Foss, C. "A neighbor of Sardis: the city of Tmolus and its successors" in Classical Antiquity, vol. 1, no. 2 (Oct. 1982), pp. 178-201, available online: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25010770

Foss wrote that the small city of Tmolus was first authorized to strike coins under Hadrian. He believed that Tmolus issued coinage only very sporadically and the coins were probably struck at the mint of their neighbor Sardis.
RP85354. Bronze AE 19, RPC Online III 2388 (5 spec.); SNG Cop 635; NC 1903, p. 337, 29 and pl. X, 12 rev.; Foss Tmolus p. 181, type I, VF, grainy surface, edge split, weight 4.542 g, maximum diameter 18.9 mm, die axis 190o, struck for Tmolus at Sardis(?) mint, 128 - c. 136 A.D.; obverse CEBACTH CABEINA, draped bust right, wearing stephane; reverse TMΩΛITΩN, Apollo standing right, nude, bow in right hand, arrow in left hand; very rare; SOLD


Tripolis, Lydia, c. 218 - 268 A.D.

|Other| |Lydia|, |Tripolis,| |Lydia,| |c.| |218| |-| |268| |A.D.||AE| |28|
Leto was one of the Titanides (female Titans), a bride of Zeus, and the mother of the twin gods Apollo and Artemis. She was the goddess of motherhood and, with her children, a protectress of the young. When Leto was pregant with the twins she was pursued relentlessly by the goddess Hera, who drove her from land to land preventing her from finding a place to rest and give birth. The island of Delos eventually provided her with refuge. Later the giant Tityos attempted to abduct her, but Apollo intervened and slew him with arrows. In Greek vase painting Leto was usually depicted accompanied by her two children, often lifting her veil in a gesture of modesty.
RP93599. Bronze AE 28, RPC Online VI T5568 (15 spec.); SNG München 803; BMC Lydia p. 369, 36; Weber 6960; SNG Cop -; SNGvA - (cf. 3327, Gallienus, same rev. type), aVF, dark brown patina with highlighting earthen deposits, porous, weight 10.709 g, maximum diameter 27.9 mm, die axis 180o, Lydia, Tripolis (near Yenicekent, Turkey) mint, c. 218 - 268 A.D.; obverse IEPA BOYΛH, veiled and draped bust of Boule right; reverse TPIΠOΛEITΩN, tetrastyle temple with arcuated lintel, Leto running left within, looking back, wearing chiton and peplos inflated by wind, carrying her infants, Apollo and Artemis, one on each arm; from the Errett Bishop Collection; scarce; SOLD




  




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