Hellenistic Coins from Caesarea Maritima
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BCC GR10 Seleucid Kingdom Antiochos VII EuergetesGreek Seleucid Empire
Antiochus VII Euergetes 138-129 BCE
Syrian Mint AE Denomination B
Obv: Winged bust of Eros right.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EYEΡΓETOY
Headress of Isis, ΔI monogram to left,
star below, date: SOP=176 (137/136 BCE)
18.5mm. 5.13gm. Axis:30
SC II 2067.5d
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1974.v-drome
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BCC GR11 Seleucid Kingdom Demetrius III DamascusGreek Seleucid Kingdom
Demetrius III Philopater 96-87 BCE
Damascus Mint Denomination D (half)
Obv: Diademed head of Demetrius right, bearded?
Rev: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOV ΘEOV
ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ Tripod
Monogram A in right field.
date:SIΣ= a.s.216 (97/96 BCE)
15mm. 2.82gm. Axis:0
HGC9 #1314 SC II 2457v.? (monogram right field)
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1974.v-drome
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BCC GR12 Seleucid Kingdom Demetrius III Hermes DamascusGreek Seleucid Kingdom
Demetrius III Philopater 96-87 BCE
Damascus Mint Denomination C
Obv: Radiate and diademed head of
Demetrius right, bearded.
Rev: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOV ΘEOV
ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ Hermes
standing left on square basis, holding
palm and caduceus. Struck 91-87 BCE
18.5mm. 3.86gm. Axis:0
HGC9 #1312 SC II 2456.2 (N over Θ left field)
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1972.v-drome
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BCC GR13 Seleucid Kingdom Antiochos IV Epiphanes Apollo Akko-PtolemaisGreek Seleukid Empire
Antiochus IV Epiphanes 175-164 BCE
Ake-Ptolemais
Serrated AE Denomination D
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right,
Monogram in left field.
Rev:BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo
seated left on omphalos, testing
arrow and resting left hand on
grounded bow. (Aphlaston) in
left field. 14mm. 2.30gm. Axis:0
SC 1478.1c Struck 175-172 BCE
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1977.v-drome
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BCC GR14 Seleucid Kingdom Antiochos IV Epiphanes Apollo Akko-PtolemaisGreek Seleukid Empire
Antiochus IV Epiphanes 175-164 BCE
Ake-Ptolemais
Serrated AE Denomination D
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right,
Monogram in left field.
Rev:BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo
seated left on omphalos, testing
arrow and resting left hand on
grounded bow. Aphlaston in left field.
In exergue: M
14.8mm. 3.0gm. Axis:0
SC 1478.1n Struck 175-172 BCE
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1974.v-drome
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BCC GR15 Seleucid Kingdom Antiochos IV Apollo Akko-PtolemaisGreek Seleukid Empire
Antiochus IV Epiphanes 175-164 BCE
Ake-Ptolemais
Serrated AE Denomination D
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right,
Monogram in left field.
Rev:BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo
seated left on omphalos, testing
arrow and resting left hand on
grounded bow. Aphlaston in
left field. 13mm. 2.54gm. Axis:0
SC 1478 Struck 175-172 BCE
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1975.v-drome
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BCC GR16 Seleucid Kingdom Antiochos IV Epiphanes Apollo Akko-PtolemaisGreek Seleukid Empire
Antiochus IV Epiphanes 175-164 BCE
Ake-Ptolemais
Serrated AE Denomination D
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right,
Monogram in left field.
Rev:BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo
seated left on omphalos, testing
arrow and resting left hand on
grounded bow. Aphlaston in left field.
In exergue: M
15mm. 2.31gm. Axis:0
SC 1478.1n Struck 175-172 BCE
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1971v-drome
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BCC GR17 Alexander TetradrachmGreek
Alexander III
AR Tetradrachm
Posthumous Issue
3rd-1st Century BCE
Uncertain Mint
Uncertain Date
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing
lionskin headdress.
Rev:AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left,
crossed legs, holding eagle and sceptre.
25.0 x 23.5mm. 15.62gm. Axis:0
From the beach near Caesarea
Maritima, 1974v-drome
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BCC GR18 Gabala-Syria Autonomous Civic IssueAutonomous Civic Issue
Gabala-Syria
1st Century BCE
Obv:Bearded head to right (Poseidon?)
Rev:ΓΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ Crab holding crescent
in raised claws. Black patina.
AE 15x16mm. approx. 4.0g Axis:0
Possible references: SNG München 826
or Mionnet, V, 233, 624.
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1976v-drome
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BCC GR1x Greek Autonomous, Paros, CycladesGreek Autonomous
Paros, Cyclades 300-200 BCE
Obv: Scorpion
Rev: ΠΑΡΙ Grapes
"Choix de monnaies grecques du
cabinet de F. Imhoof-Blumer", No. 90
Plate III. Very Rare.
AE 11.5mm 2.08gm. Axis:0
Surface find on the beach, north of
Caesarea Maritima, 1971. Caesarea
was built near the ruins of an earlier
Greek settlement.v-drome
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BCC GR2 Seleucid Kingdom Antiochus VII EuergetesSeleucid Kingdom
Antiochus VII Euergetes (Sidetes)
Antioch Mint 138-129 BCE
Obv: Ship’s ram left
Rev: ΒΑΣ[ΙΛΕΩΣ ANT]IOXOY
Piloi of the Dioskouroi surmounted by stars
AE 10mm 1.54gm. Axis:165
SC 2069 HSC 1106(R1)
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1970v-drome
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BCC GR3 Seleucid Kingdom Alexander II ZabinasSeleucid Kingdom
Alexander II Zabinas 128-123BCE
OBV: Diademed head of Alexander right.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Dionysus standing left, holding
kantharos and thyrsos.
In field, date: ΔΠΡ (183 =129/8 BCE)
19.5mm. 6.07gm. Axis: 0
Antioch ad Orontes, mint
Possible ref: SC 2229.1-3
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1971v-drome
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BCC GR4 Seleucid Kingdom Demetrius III EucaerusSeleucid Kingdom
Demetrius III Eucaerus 96-87 BCE
Obv: Diademed head of
Demetrius right, with short beard.
Rev:ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ
ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟPΟΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ
Hermes standing left holding palm
and kerykeion. Date:ZIΣ?= a.s.217 (96/95 BCE)
below, and uncertain monogram to left.
AE17mm. 4.14gm. Axis: 0
SC 2455 Damascus mint
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1978v-drome
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BCC GR5 Demetrias by the SeaDemetrias by the Sea
1st Century BCE
Obv:Turreted, veiled bust of Tyche rt.
Rev:LA / (Δ)Η Aphlaston
Dia. 17.5 x 16mm. Thickness: 2.5mm.
Weight: 3.45gm. Axis:0
Reference: Kushnir-Stein 1995 no. 6 and
Farhi-Bessarabov INR 14, 2019, no. 3
Extremely rare. Additional Caesarea Papers
by Lampinen and Stieglitz also discuss these
coins. The original article, calling attention to a
Seleucid coastal town named Demetrias was
published by H. Seyrig in 1950. The possible
locations of this city in Southern Phoenicia are
controversial. One suggestion has been Strato's
Tower, predecessor to Caesarea Maritima. Research
into the origin of these coins is on-going, and any
ideas are welcome.
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1972.v-drome
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BCC GR6 Seleucid Kingdom Antiochos IV EpiphanesGreek Seleucid Kingdom
Antiochus IV Epiphanes 175-164 BCE
Serrated AE. Ake-Ptolemais
Obv: Radiate head of Antiochus right
Rev:BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, female
deity, veiled, standing left, holding
sceptre and reeds.
14.5mm. 2.13gm. Axis:0
BMC 41, Sear 6994, SNGIs 113
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1972.v-drome
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BCC GR7 Seleucid Kingdom Antiochos IV Epiphanes Ake-PtolemaisGreek Seleukid Empire
Antiochus IV Epiphanes 175-164 BCE
Serrated AE. Ake-Ptolemais
Obv: Radiate head of Antiochus right
Rev:BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, female
deity, veiled, standing left, holding
sceptre and reeds.
13.5mm. 2.42gm. Axis:0
SC 1479 BMC 41, Sear 6994, SNGIs 113
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1973.v-drome
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BCC GR8 Seleucid Kingdom Antiochos IV Epiphanes Akko-PtolemaisGreek Seleucid Empire
Antiochos IV Epiphanes 175-164 BCE
AE dilepton Beveled edge
Civic issue of Akko-Ptolemais 168-164 BCE
and possibly later.
Obv: Jugate busts of the Dioscuri.
Rev: ANTIOXOY TΩN EN ΠTOΛEMAIΔI
Cornucopia, with bunch of grapes and
ear of wheat.
16.5mm. 2.69gm. Axis:0
Syon 2004:80, No. 3 also cf.
Kadman 11; Rosenberger 29; Rouvier 962
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1974.v-drome
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BCC GR9 Seleucid Kingdom Antiochos IV Epiphanes Akko-PtolemaisGreek Seleucid Kingdom
Antiochus IV Epiphanes 175-164 BCE
AE dilepton Beveled edge
Civic issue of Akko-Ptolemais 168-164 BCE
and possibly later.
Obv: Jugate busts of the Dioscuri.
Rev: ANTIOXOY TΩN EN ΠTOΛEMAIΔI
Cornucopia, with bunch of grapes and
ear of wheat.
16mm. 3.11gm. Axis:30
Syon 2004:80, No. 3 also cf.
Kadman 11; Rosenberger 29; Rouvier 962
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1977.v-drome
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