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AUGUSTUS. AR Cistophorus (3 denarii) of Pergamum. Struck c.19 - 18 B.C.Obverse: IMP IX TR PO V. Bare head of Augustus facing right.
Reverse: Triumphal arch surmounted by Augustus in facing triumphal quadriga; IMP IX TR POT V on architrave; S P R SIGNIS RECEPTIS in three lines within arch opening, standards at either side.
RIC I : 510 | BMC : 703 | RSC : 298.
This coin commemorates Augustus' triumphant agreement with the Parthians in 20 B.C. under which they returned the legionary standards captured from Crassus who was defeated and killed at Carrhae thirty-three years earlier (53 B.C.) Augustus installed these standards in the Temple of Mars Ultor.
The reverse of the coin shows the triumphal arch which was awarded to Augustus on the occasion of his recovery of the standards. This was the second triumphal arch awarded to Augustus and, like the earlier arch which had been constructed in 29 BC to honour his victory over Cleopatra, this second arch, which archaeological evidence suggests may actually have incorporated the first arch, stood in close proximity to the Temple of Divus Julius at the southern entrance to the Roman Forum.
This is the rarest cistophorus struck during the reign of Augustus with the exception of the exceedingly rare issues featuring a sphinx.*Alex
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(0138) ANTONINUS PIUS138 - 161 AD
AE 19.6 X 21 mm; 4.64 g
struck ca. 144-158
O: [ΑV ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝ]ƐΙΝΟС laureate head of Antoninus Pius, r.
R: ƐΠΙ СΤΡ ΚοV[ΑΡΤοV ΤΟ Β ΠƐΡΓ(Α)] Asclepius standing, facing, head, l., holding serpent-staff
Conventus of Pergamum; RPC 3192 temp.;cf. Weisser 580, Cop 482-3, BMC 280
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002 Augustus (63 B.C.-14 A.D.), RIC I 490, Uncertain, Asia, Pergamum(?), AR-Cistophoric Tetradrachm, AVGV-STVS, Bunch of six ears of corn, Rare!002 Augustus (63 B.C.-14 A.D.), RIC I 490, Uncertain, Asia, Pergamum(?), AR-Cistophoric Tetradrachm, AVGV-STVS, Bunch of six ears of corn, Rare!
avers: IMP CAESAR, Beared head right, lituus to right.
reverse: No legend, AVGV STVS across fields, Bunch of six ears of corn.
exergue: AVGV/STVS//--, diameter: 28,5mm, weight: 10,16g, axis: h,
mint: City: Cistophoric mint, Region: Uncertain, Province: Asia, date: (Issue: Sutherland group III–IV (Pergamum?)) 27-26 B.C.,
ref: RIC I 490, C-32a?, Sutherland group IIIγ, nos. 106–15, RPC I (online) 2209, only 10 specimens, Rare!
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002 Augustus (63 B.C.-14 A.D.), RIC I 493, Uncertain, Asia, Pergamum(?), AR-Cistophoric-Tetradrachm, AVGVSTVS, Capricorn right, laurel wreath around, #1002 Augustus (63 B.C.-14 A.D.), RIC I 493, Uncertain, Asia, Pergamum(?), AR-Cistophoric-Tetradrachm, AVGVSTVS, Capricorn right, laurel wreath around, #1
avers: IMP•CAE SAR, Bare head of Augustus right.
reverse: AVGVSTVS, Capricorn right with head left, holding cornucopia, laurel wreath around.
exergue: -/-//AVGVSTVS, diameter: 26,2-27,2mm, weight: 11,52g, axes: 12h,
mint: City: Cistophoric mint, Region: Uncertain, Province: Asia, date: Issue: Sutherland group III–IV (Pergamum?) 27-26 B.C.,
ref: RIC I 493, RSC 16, BMCRE 696, Sutherland group IVβ, RPC I (online) 2211, 15 specimens, Scarce!
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002a01. AugustusAR cistophorus. 27mm, 11.48 gm. Pergamum mint, ca. 19-18 BC. Obv: IMP•IX•TR•PO•V, bust of Augustus R; Rev: S•P•R•
SIGNIS / RECEPTIS, legend in opening of triumphal arch decorated with aquila on each wall and inscribed IMP•IX•TR•POT•V and surmounted by halted quadriga right with charioteer. RIC I 510.lawrence c
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002f1. Julia AE18 of Pergamum, Mysia. Before 2 BC. 18mm, 3.69 g. Obverse: ΛIBIAN HPAN XAPINOΣ, draped bust of Livia right. Reverse: IOVΛIAN AΦPOΔITHN, draped bust of Julia right. RPC 2359.lawrence c
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041bp Commodus (166-180 A.D. as Caesar, 180-192 A.D. as Augustus), Mysia, Pergamon, Weisser 1110, Diodorus, strategus, EΠI CTRΑ-ΔIOΔOPΩV_ΠEPΓAMH/ΝΩN, Asclepius seated left, 041bp Commodus (166-180 A.D. as Caesar, 180-192 A.D. as Augustus), Mysia, Pergamon, Weisser 1110, Diodorus, strategus, Asia: Conventus of Pergamum; Mysia, EΠI-CTRΑ-ΔIOΔOPΩV_ΠEPΓAMH/ΝΩN, Asclepius seated left, holding patera feeding serpent,
avers:- AV-KA-AVP-ΚΟMOΔOC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- EΠI-CTRΑ-ΔIOΔOPΩV_ΠEPΓAMH/ΝΩN, Asclepius seated, left, feeding serpent from patera, holding staff.
exe: -/-//--, diameter: 30mm, weight: 11,24g, axis: 6h,
mint: Pergamum; Asia: Conventus of Pergamum; Mysia, date: 182-184 A.D., ref: Weisser 1110,
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0968 Hadrian, Cistophorus BITHYNIA Koinon of Bithynia mint, TempleReference.
RPC III, 968; RIC II 461b; Metcalf, Cistophori, type B1; RSC 240b; Pinder 100
Issue Reverse legend includes COM BIT
Obv. IMP CAES TRA HADRIANO AVG P P
Laureate head right
Rev. COM - BIT (in field), ROM S P AVG (in entablature)
Octastyle temple on podium of three steps
10.52 gr
27 mm
6 h
Note.
The temple depicted is that of Roma and Augustus erected by the koinon of Bithynia at Nicomedia, of which no archaeological remains have been discovered.
Cistophori were produced in the name of the Commune Bithyniae only once, under Hadrian. The inscription on the frieze, reconstructed as ROM(ae) S(enatui) P(opulo) AVG(usto) and translated as "To Rome, the Senate, the People, and Augustus" tentatively identifies the building as a temple of Rome and Augustus at Nicomedia. No archaeological remains of this structure have as yet been found, and reconstructions of it are based entirely on the second century numismatic evidence. Both Tacitus and Dio Cassius report that in 19 BC Augustus did authorize the construction of a temple to Rome and himself at Pergamum, an event commemorated on his cistophori there. No such evidence for a temple at Nicomedia occurs earlier than this cistophorus.okidoki
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0969 Hadrian, Cistophorus BITHYNIA Koinon of Bithynia mint, TempleReference.
RPC III, 969; RIC II 461b; Metcalf Metcalf B2
Issue Reverse legend includes COM BIT
Obv. IMP CAES TRA HADRIANO AVG P P
Laureate head right
Rev. COM - BIT (in field), ROM S P AVG (in entablature)
Octastyle temple on podium of three steps; three pellets in pediment
10.52 gr
27 mm
6h
Note.
The temple depicted is that of Roma and Augustus erected by the koinon of Bithynia at Nicomedia, of which no archaeological remains have been discovered.
Cistophori were produced in the name of the Commune Bithyniae only once, under Hadrian. The inscription on the frieze, reconstructed as ROM(ae) S(enatui) P(opulo) AVG(usto) and translated as "To Rome, the Senate, the People, and Augustus" tentatively identifies the building as a temple of Rome and Augustus at Nicomedia. No archaeological remains of this structure have as yet been found, and reconstructions of it are based entirely on the second century numismatic evidence. Both Tacitus and Dio Cassius report that in 19 BC Augustus did authorize the construction of a temple to Rome and himself at Pergamum, an event commemorated on his cistophori there. No such evidence for a temple at Nicomedia occurs earlier than this cistophorus.okidoki
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1322 Hadrian, Cistophorus MYSIA Pergamum mint Legionary eagle between standardsReference.
RPC III, 1322; Metcalf 1; RIC II 517
Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Bare head, draped bust right
Rev. COS III
Legionary eagle between standards with Vexillum
10.21 gr
28 mm
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1323 Hadrian, Cistophorus MYSIA Pergamum mint, bundle of six grain stalksReference.
RPC III, 1323; Metcalf 2; RIC 518; C. 440
Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Bare head, draped bust right, seen from
Rev. COS III
Bundle of six grain stalks
10.96 gr
28 mm
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1324 Hadrian, Cistophorus MYSIA Pergamum mint Asclepius standingReference.
RPC III, 1324/9; Metcalf 3
Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Bare head, draped bust right, wearing paludamentum
Rev. COS III
Asclepius standing l. holding serpent-wreathed rod on ground in r., l. arm at side
10.64 gr
28 mm
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14. Rhodes: Tetradrachm in the name of Alexander the Great.Tetradrachm, ca 201 - 190 BC, Rhodes mint.
Obverse: Head of Alexander as Herakles, wearing lion's skin headdress.
Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / Zeus sitting, holding his attendant eagle and sceptre. ΔΑΜΑΤΡΙΟΣ and rosebud at left, ΡΟ under throne.
16.89 gm., 32 mm.
P. #2521; M. #1162.
In 202 - 201 BC, Philip V of Macedon was threatening the cities of Asia Minor. Pergamum and Rhodes were political and military rivals, but they were allies against this common aggressor. Each city struck coins of the Alexander type so that the fleet and army assembled in this alliance could be paid in a common currency. By 190 BC old animosities reemerged and the joint coinage ended.Callimachus
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1726 MYSIA, Pergamum Hadrian, Zeus standingReference.
RPC III, 1726;
Magistrate Cl. Cephaliôn (to b, strategos)
Obv. ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑ(ΙΑ) ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС
Laureate bust right, seen from front
Countermarks.
a wreath (Howgego 480).
a helmeted bust of Athena right (Howgego 185).
Rev. ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗ ΕΠΙ СΤΡΑ ΚΛ ΚΕΦΑΛΙΩΝΟС, ΤΟ Β (in field, l.)
Zeus naked standing facing, his r. hand on his hip from which falls a drapery, holding thunderbolt in his l. hand; at his feet, r., eagle standing facing, head l., a wreath in its beak
Countermark.
Telesphoros/telesphorus (Howgego, Greek Imperial Countermarks, 267)
15.67 gr
30 mm
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1733 MYSIA, Pergamum Hadrian, Telesphoros standingReference.
RPC III, 1733; SNG France 2093
Magistrate Cl. Cephaliôn (to b, strategos)
Obv. ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡ ΤΡ ΑΔΡΙΑ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., with drapery on l. shoulder
Rev. ΠEPΓAM KAKEΦ TOB on left in feild.
Telesphoros standing facing, wrapped in long garments.
3.26 gr
16 mm
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1885 AEOLIS, Elaea. Hadrian, Basket with PoppiesReference.
RPC III, 1885; Sear 1161v; BMC 42 (pag. 129); SNGvA 1611; SNG Munchen 424, SNG Cop -
Obv. ΑΥΤΟ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ
Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right.
Rev. ΕΛΑΙΤΩΝ
Basket containing ears of corn & poppy-heads.
3.20 gr
16 mm
12h
Note.
FORVM, from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren
laea was the ancient port of Pergamum, located near the modern town of Zeytindag, Izmir Province, Turkey. The name of Elaea occurs in the history of the kings of Pergamum. According to Strabo, from Livy (xxxv. 13), travelers who would reach Pergamum from the sea, would land at Elaea. One of the passages of Livy shows that there was a small hill near Elaea, and that the town was in a plain and walled. Elaea was damaged by an earthquake in the reign of Trajan, at the same time that Pitane suffered. The ruins of the silted port's breakwater can be seen on satellite photos.okidoki
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202. CARACALLACARACALLA. 198-217 AD.
The emperor visited Alexandria for intellectual and religious reasons, staying at the Serapeum and being present at the temple's sacrifices and cultural events. Earlier, during the German war, the emperor visited the shrine of the Celtic healing-god Grannus. Caracalla also visited the famous temple of Asclepius in Pergamum and fully participated in its program, which involved sleeping inside the temple compound and having his dreams interpreted.
It was this religious devotion that led to Caracalla's murder in 217. Although suspicious of the praetorian prefect Macrinus, Caracalla allowed himself to be accompanied by only a small, select corps of bodyguards on an early spring trip from the camp at Edessa to the temple of the moon-god at Carrhae, about 25 miles away. During the journey back on 8 April 217, Caracalla was killed. The returning guards claimed the emperor was ambushed while defecating, and that the alleged assassin was one of their own, a soldier named Martialis. Martialis was himself killed by the avenging guards, or so the story went. Suspicion was strong that Macrinus arranged the entire affair.
Caracalla's violent end seemed appropriate for an emperor who, early in his reign, had his own brother killed. Yet the moralizing about fratricide by both ancient and modern historians obscures the energetic, reformist and even intellectual character of Caracalla's reign. Some of the reforms, especially the pay raise for soldiers, would prove burdensome for future emperors, but the changes brought about in the little more than five years of Caracalla's sole rule would have long-lasting implications throughout the empire for generations to come.
AR Denarius (19mm, 3.11 gm). Struck 215 AD. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII PP, Sol standing left, radiate, raising right hand and holding globe. RIC IV 264a; BMCRE 139; RSC 288. EF
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23. Lysimachos.Tetradrachm, 287 - 282 BC, Pergamum mint.
Obverse: Diademed head of Alexander, wearing the Horn of Ammon. K under bust.
Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ / Athena seated, with spear and shield, holding Nike. A crescent and archaic xoanon at left, ΘΞ monogram in exergue.
17.29 gm., 30 mm.
Thompson #221; S. #6816 var.
The mint at Pergamum was open for only 5 years from 287 - 282 BC. This coin was issued by Philetareus who was Lysimachus' governor at Pergamum. One of the most striking portraits on Greek coinage ! Callimachus
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41-60 AD - Semi-Autonomous AE15 of Pergamum - struck under the time of the Claudiansobv: PEON CYNKLHTON (youthful draped bust of the Roman Senate right)
rev: PEAN PWMHN (turreted and draped bust of Roma right)
ref: RPC 2374, SNG BN Paris 1964
mint: Pergamum, Mysia (40-60 AD)
4.03gms, 15mm
Rare
Pergamum was not conquered by the Romans. In 133 B.C. Attalus III, its last king, bequeathed Pergamum to the Romans and this granted to the city and its inhabitants the continued benevolence of the new rulers (with the only exception being Marcus Antonius who deprived the Library of Pergamum of many of its volumes to replenish that of Alexandria, which had been damaged by Julius Caesar).berserker
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703b, Tiberius, 19 August 14 - 16 March 37 A.D., Hierapolis, PhrygiaBronze AE 16, RPC I 2966 (1 specimen), F, Phrygia, Hierapolis, 3.300g, 15.6mm, 0o; Obverse: TIBEPIOC KAISAR, laureate head right; Reverse: IERAPOLEITWN ZOSIMOS [...], Apollo Archegetes (Lairbenos) standing left, playing lyre; reverse countermarked with star of six rays, in oval punch, 2.5 x 3.5 mm, Howgego 445 (3 pcs, 1 of which from this magistrate); dark patina; very rare. Ex FORVM.
De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families
TIBERIUS (A.D. 14-37)
Garrett G. Fagan
Pennsylvania State University
The reign of Tiberius Claudius Nero (b. 42 B.C., d. A.D. 37, emperor A.D. 14-37) is a particularly important one for the Principate, since it was the first occasion when the powers designed for Augustus alone were exercised by somebody else. In contrast to the approachable and tactful Augustus, Tiberius emerges from the sources as an enigmatic and darkly complex figure, intelligent and cunning, but given to bouts of severe depression and dark moods that had a great impact on his political career as well as his personal relationships. His reign abounds in contradictions. Despite his keen intelligence, he allowed himself to come under the influence of unscrupulous men who, as much as any actions of his own, ensured that Tiberius's posthumous reputation would be unfavorable; despite his vast military experience, he oversaw the conquest of no new region for the empire; and despite his administrative abilities he showed such reluctance in running the state as to retire entirely from Rome and live out his last years in isolation on the island of Capri. His reign represents, as it were, the adolescence of the Principate as an institution. Like any adolescence, it proved a difficult time.
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It is all but inevitable that any historical assessment of Tiberius will quickly devolve into a historiographical assessment of Tacitus. So masterful is Tacitus's portrayal of his subject, and so influential has it been ever since, that in all modern treatments of Tiberius, in attempting to get at the man, must address the issue of Tacitus's historiographical methods, his sources, and his rhetoric. The subject is too vast to address here, but some points are salient. Tacitus's methods, especially his use of innuendo and inference to convey notions that are essentially editorial glosses, makes taking his portrayal of Tiberius at face value inadvisable. Further, his belief in the immutable character of people -- that one's character is innate at birth and cannot be changed, although it can be disguised -- prevents him from investigating the possibility that Tiberius evolved and developed over his lifetime and during his reign. Instead, Tacitus's portrayal is one of peeling back layers of dissimulation to reach the "real" Tiberius lurking underneath.
Overall, Tiberius's reign can be said to show the boons and banes of rule by one man, especially a man as dark, awkward, and isolated as Tiberius. For the people of the provinces, it was a peaceful and well-ordered time. Governors behaved themselves, and there were no destructive or expensive wars. In the domestic sphere, however, the concentration of power in one person made all the greater the threat of misbehavior by ambitious satellites like Sejanus or foolish friends like Piso. Furthermore, if the emperor wished to remain aloof from the mechanics of power, he could do so. Administrators, who depended on him for their directions, could operate without his immediate supervision, but their dealings with a man like Sejanus could lead to disaster if that man fell from grace. As a result, although he was not a tyrant himself, Tiberius's reign sporadically descended into tyranny of the worst sort. In the right climate of paranoia and suspicion, widespread denunciation led to the deaths of dozens of Senators and equestrians, as well as numerous members of the imperial house. In this sense, the reign of Tiberius decisively ended the Augustan illusion of "the Republic Restored" and shone some light into the future of the Principate, revealing that which was both promising and terrifying.
[For the complete article please refer to http://www.roman-emperors.org/tiberius.htm]
By Garrett G. Fagan, Pennsylvania State University.
Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.
Hierapolis in History
Usually said to be founded by Eumenes II, king of Pergamum (197-159 BC), Hierapolis may actually have been established closer to the 4th century BC by the Seleucid kings.
The name of the city may derive from Hiera, the wife of Telephus (son of Hercules and grandson of Zeus), the mythical founder of Pergamum. Or it may have been called the "sacred city" because of the temples located at the site. (The name Pamukkale is sometimes used just to refer to the white terraces, but the modern name of the whole area is also Pamukkale.)
With Colossae and Laodicea, Hierapolis became part of the tri-city area of the Lycus River valley. Hierapolis was located across the river from the other two cities and was noted for its textiles, especially wool. The city was also famous for its purple dye, made from the juice of the madder root.
The hot springs at Hierapolis (which still attract visitors today) were believed to have healing properties, and people came to the city to bathe in the rich mineral waters in order to cure various ailments.
Hierapolis was dedicated to Apollo Lairbenos, who was said to have founded the city. The Temple of Apollo that survives in ruins today dates from the 3rd century AD, but its foundations date from the Hellenistic period.
Also worshipped at Hierapolis was Pluto, god of the underworld, probably in relation to the hot gases released by the earth (see the Plutonium, below). The chief religious festival of ancient Hierapolis was the Letoia, in honor of the the goddess Leto, a Greek form of the Mother Goddess. The goddess was honoured with orgiastic rites.
Hierapolis was ceded to Rome in 133 BC along with the rest of the Pergamene kingdom, and became part of the Roman province of Asia. The city was destroyed by an earthquake in 60 AD but rebuilt, and it reached its peak in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
Famous natives of Hierapolis include the Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c.55-c.135 AD) and the philosopher and rhetorician Antipater. Emperor Septimus hired Antipater to tutor his sons Caracalla and Geta, who became emperors themselves.
Hierapolis had a significant Jewish population in ancient times, as evidence by numerous inscriptions on tombs and elsewhere in the city. Some of the Jews are named as members of the various craft guilds of the city. This was probably the basis for the Christian conversion of some residents of Hierapolis, recorded in Colossians 4:13.
In the 5th century, several churches as well as a large martyrium dedicated to St. Philip (see "In the Bible," below) were built in Hierapolis. The city fell into decline in the 6th century, and the site became partially submerged under water and deposits of travertine. It was finally abandoned in 1334 after an earthquake. Excavations began to uncover Hierapolis in the 19th century.
Hierapolis in the Bible
Hierapolis is mentioned only once in the Bible, when St. Paul praises Epaphras, a Christian from Colossae, in his letter to the Colossians. Paul writes that Epaphras "has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis" (Colossians 4:12-13). Epaphras was probably the founder of the Christian community at Hierapolis.
Ancient tradition also associates Hierapolis with a biblical figure, reporting that Philip died in Hierapolis around 80 AD. However, it is not clear which Philip is menat. It could be Philip the Apostle, one of the original 12 disciples, who is said to have been martyred by upside-down crucifixion (Acts of Philip) or by being hung upside down by his ankles from a tree.
Or Philip could be Philip the Evangelist, a later disciple who helped with administrative matters and had four virgin-prophetess daughters (Acts 6:1-7; 21:8-9). Early traditions say this Philip was buried in Hierapolis along with his virgin daughters, but confusingly call him "Philip the Apostle"! In any case, it seems a prominent person mentioned in Acts did die in Hierapolis.
Sacred Destinations - Hierapolis-Pamukkale
Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.Cleisthenes
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aa Mysia, Pergamum. M. Plautius Silvanus / Augustus Æ20M. Plautius Silvanus, proconsul; Demophon, grammateus. Togate figure standing facing and holding phiale, being crowned by figure in military outfit / Statue of Augustus, standing facing and holding scepter, within distyle temple façade. RPC 2364; SNG France 2016-21.ancientone
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AE 17.3; Athena/ ΠΕΡΓΑ Head of bull l.; behind, owlPergamum, Mysia, c. 310 - 284 B.C. AE 5.19g, 17.3mm. Head of Athena l. /
ΠΕΡΓΑ Head of bull l.; behind, owl. BMC 111, 20. Ex Gerhard Rohde
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AE 18 Pergamum, Mysia, bronze Bronze AE 18, RPC I 2374; SNG BnF 1964; BMC Mysia p. 134, 205; SGICV 4910; SNG Cop -, F, dark green patina, reverse off center, Pergamon (Bergama, Turkey) mint, weight 4.116g, maximum diameter 18.3mm, die axis 0o, c. 40 - 60 A.D.; obverse Θ EON CYN-KΛHTON, draped bust of the Senate right; reverse ΘEAN PWMHN, turreted and draped bust of Roma rightNORMAN K
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AE 19.2; Asklepios/ Serpent around omphalos; countermark: owlPergamum, Mysia, 133 B.C. – Augustus. AE 19.2mm, 4.85g. Head of Asklepios laureate r. / ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ï€¬ï€ Serpent around omphalos; countermark, owl. BMC 129, 161. Ex Gerhard RohdePodiceps
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AE 19.8; Asklepios/ Serpent around omphalos; owl on leftPergamum, Mysia. 133 B.C. – Augustus. AE 19.8mm, 9.09g; Head of Asklepios laureate r. ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ Î£Î©Î¤Î—Î¡ÎŸÎ£ï€¬ï€ Serpent around omphalos; on l., owl. BMC 129, 160. Ex Gerhard RohdePodiceps
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AE18; Senate/ RomaMysia, Pergamum, 1st Century A.D. Æ 18 mm, 3.45 g. Obv: Bust of Senate right. Rev: Bust of Roma right. Sear: Greek Imperial Coins 4910, BMC 205. ex areichPodiceps
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AE22; Zeus/ serpent coiled around omphalosPergamum, Mysia, ca 2nd Century BC. Æ 22mm. 7.21 g. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right / Rev: ASKLHPIOU SWTHROS, serpent coiled around omphalos. SNGvA 1372, BMC 158. Podiceps
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Aiolis, ElaiaSear 4203 var. (size), SNG Kayhan 83; SNG Copenhagen 169; SNG von Aulock 1605.
AE unit, struck ca. ca 350-320 BC., 1.30 g., 11.18 mm. max., 90°
Obv.: Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet.
Rev.: E-[Λ], corn grain within olive wreath.
Elaia was the port of Pergamum; the site is not precisely determined but is near Zeytindag, Izmir Province, Turkey.Stkp
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Antoninus Pius AE20 Pergamon, Mysia Seated Serapis Cerberus At FeetObv.
ΑV ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟС
Laureate head of Antoninus Pius
Rev.
ƐΠΙ СΤΡ ΚοVΑΡΤοV ΤΟ Β ΠƐΡΓΑ
Serapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, holding long sceptre
20mm 3.90g
RPC IV 3195 Weisser 610 BMC 281 Cop 484
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ARCH, AUGUSTUS, RIC I : 510.AR Cistophorus (Cistophoric Tetradrachm = 3 denarii) of Pergamum. Struck 19 - 18 B.C.
Obverse: IMP•IX•TR•PO•V. Bare head of Augustus facing right.
Reverse: Triumphal arch surmounted by Augustus in facing triumphal quadriga; IMP IX TR POT V on architrave; S P R SIGNIS RECEPTIS in three lines within arch opening, standards at either side.
Diameter: 24 - 25mm | Weight: 11.7gms | Die Axis: 12
RIC I : 510 | BMC : 703 | RSC : 298
This coin commemorates Augustus' triumphant agreement with the Parthians in 20 B.C. under which they returned the legionary standards captured from Crassus who was defeated and killed at Carrhae thirty-three years earlier (53 B.C.). Augustus installed these standards in the Temple of Mars Ultor.
The reverse of the coin shows the triumphal arch which was awarded to Augustus on the occasion of his recovery of the standards. This was the second triumphal arch awarded to Augustus and, like the earlier arch which had been constructed in 29 BC to honour his victory over Cleopatra, this second arch, which archaeological evidence suggests may actually have incorporated the first arch, stood in close proximity to the Temple of Divus Julius at the southern entrance to the Roman Forum.*Alex
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Asia Minor, Mysia, Pergamon, Owl, Athena, MH monogramMysia, Pergamon
AE17, 200-133 BC
Obv.: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet with star
Rev.: Owl with spread wings standing on palm, ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ above and below, MH monogram left
AE, 2.55g, 16.2mmshanxi
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Asia Minor, Mysia, RPC, Pergamon, Commodus, Telesphorus Commodus
Pergamon, Mysia, 175–177
Obv.: Λ ΑΥΡ ΑΙΛ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΣ, head of Commodus
Rev.: ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ, shrine enclosing statue of Telesphorus
Ae, 21mm, 3.83g
Ref.: BMC 302 (same dies), Weisser 1080
Ex Hauck & Aufhäusershanxi
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Assos; AE10; Athena left, owl countermark / griffin leftTroas, Assos. c. 400-241 B.C. Bronze AE 10, SNG Cop 237, SNG Von Aulock 7587, F, Assos mint, weight 3.944g, maximum diameter 15.4mm, die axis 0o, c. 400 - 241 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Athena left, owl countermark from Pergamum; reverse ΑΣΣΙ, griffin seated left; green patina; Ex FORVM, photo credit FORVMPodiceps
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Augustus - RIC-475AR Denarius (19 mm 3.45 gm) 21 - 20 BC Pergamum or Samos. CAESAR Bare head right. Rev: AVGVSTVS, Young bull standing right, head erect. RIC 475, BMC 662, RSC 28, RCV 1593Bud Stewart
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Augustus Denarius RIC 475Augustus Denarius. Samos (or Pergamum?) mint, 27 BC. CAESAR, bare head right / AVGVSTVS, bull standing right. BMCRE 662, RSC 28. Aldo
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Augustus Pergamum Sestertius RPC 2233Attribution: RPC 2233
Date: 25 BC
Obverse: AVGVSTVS, Bust right within border of dots
Reverse: CA within circle in wreath, all within border of dots
Size: 34.58 mm
Weight: 18.6 grams
Description: A nice and quite rare sestertius from the Cyprus (Pergamum?) mintcliff_marsland
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.74 g, 9h). Pergamum mint. Struck 27 BC. Bare head rightAugustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.74 g, 9h). Pergamum mint. Struck 27 BC. Bare head right / Laurel wreath interwoven with rostra and tied with fillet, ties drawn upward across center. RIC I 473; RSC 335. Joe Geranio CollectionJoe Geranio
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Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Apamaeia- Attalid Empire 145-139 BCOBV: Cista Mystica with half open lid from which a serpent emerges; all within an ivy wreath
REV: Two coiled serpents with heads erect; between them an ornamental bow-case with strap at right and bow projecting to the upper left. In field to left- monogram of Apameia. In right field Head of an elephant. In lower coils of the snakes: to left initials MI and to right - Delta H.
The coin is listed in Kleiner and Noe's (The Early Cistophoric Coinage; ANS Numismatic studies. No 14, NY 1977) as part of Series 23. The cistophori of Apameia were minted at Pergamum. Kleiner believes the initials on cistophori represent mint officials at Pergamum. This identification is entirely the work of djmacdo ("Mac") on the Forum.
Weight 12.6 gmdaverino
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Claudius (41 - 54 A.D.)AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm
O: TI CLAVD CAES · AVG, bare head left.
R: COM ASI across field, distyle temple of Roma and Augustus, enclosing standing facing figures of Claudius, holding scepter, being crowned by Fortuna, holding cornucopia; ROM ET AVG on entablature.
Ephesus mint. Struck AD 41-42
10.08g
28mm
RIC I 120 (Pergamum); RPC I 2221; RSC 3; BMCRE 228; BN 304-6
Mat
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Claudius Cistophorus Claudius and Fortuna in TempleObv.
TI CLAVD CAES AVG
Bare head of Claudius to left
Rev.
COM – ASI
Distyle temple of Roma, within Claudius on left being crowned by Fortuna on right
ROM ET AVG on temple frieze
26mm 10.26gm
RIC 120 (Pergamum) RPC 2221ancientdave
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Domitian RIC II 0845Domitian. 81-96 A.D. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Rome Mint for Asia. 82 A.D. (10.73g, 25.2m, 6h). Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG P M COS VIII, laureate head r. Rev: DOMITIA AVGVSTA, bust of Domitia, draped, right, hair massed in front and long plait behind. RIC II 845. RPC 866.
Cistophoric tetradrachms show enough stylistic links that most agree they were minted in Rome, but for circulation in the East. Valued at 3 denarii, cistophori, named for the cista mystica, the basket of snakes used during the initiation rites for the cult of Dionysus, were the denomination of the kingdom of Pergamum in Asia Minor.Lucas H
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Elaea Aeolis Demeter and TorchGreek City of Elaia in Asia Minor
Bronze 13mm (2.1 grams) Struck circa 200-100 B.C.
Reference: Sear 4206; B.M.C. 17.127,20
Head of Demeter right, wreathed with corn.
Torch; EΛ - AI / T - ΩΝ; all within corn wreath.
A coastal town situated south-west of Pergamon, Elaia served as a port for its more important neighbor during the time of the Pergamene
Kingdom.
Elaea or Elaia (Greek: Έλαία) was an ancient city of Aeolis, Asia, the port of Pergamum; the site is not precisely determined but is near
Zeytindağ, İzmir Province, Turkey.SRukke
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Galen of Pergamum (ca. 130-ca. 200)Galen of Pergamum (ca. 130-ca. 200)
Greek physician considered second only to Hippocrates of Cos in his importance to the development of medicine, Galen performed extensive dissections and vivisections on animals. Although human dissections had fallen into disrepute, he also performed and stressed to his students the importance of human dissections. He recommended that students practice dissection as often as possible. He studied the muscles, spinal cord, heart, urinary system, and proved that the arteries are full of blood. He believed that blood originated in the liver, and sloshed back and forth through the body, passing through the heart, where it was mixed with air, by pores in the septum. Galen also introduced the spirit system, consisting of natural spirit or "pneuma" (air he thought was found in the veins), vital spirit (blood mixed with air he believed to found in the arteries), and animal spirit (which he believed to be found in the nervous system). In On the Natural Facilities, Galen minutely described his experimentation on a living dog to investigate the bladder and flow of urine. It was Galen who first introduced the notion of experimentation to medicine.
Galen believed everything in nature has a purpose, and that nature uses a single object for more than one purpose whenever possible. He maintained that "the best doctor is also a philosopher," and so advocated that medical students be well-versed in philosophy, logic, physics, and ethics. Galen and his work On the Natural Faculties remained the authority on medicine until Vesalius in the sixteenth century, even though many of his views about human anatomy were false since he had performed his dissections on pigs, Barbary apes, and dogs. Galen mistakenly maintained, for instance, that humans have a five-lobed liver (which dogs do) and that the heart had only two chambers (it has four).
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Galen.html
Photo Credit:
Galen of Pergamum (ca. 130-ca. 200): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 108f, 1976.
Cleisthenes
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GREEK, Mysia, Pergamon, Cistophoric TetradrachmGreece, Mysia, Pergamon, Cistophoric Tetradrachm, 12.57g, 28mm, 166-67 BC, issued 76 BC
Obv: Cista Mystica containing serpent escaping, all within an ivy wreath.
Rev: Bow case between 2 serpents. Pergamon monogram at left. Snake entwined Asklepian staff at right. "AP" above.
Near the West coast of present day Turkey, Pergamon, in the province of Mysia, was an insignificant city under the Persian empire. After Alexander the Great died, his bodyguard "Lysimachus" was given Thrace and north western Asia. After the battle of Ipsus "Lysimachus" secured Alexander's treasury worth over 25,000 talents. Pergamon was located in a natural fortress and "Lysimachus" strengthened the city and deposited his Asian treasure (9000 talents) in the city along with a military guard under his loyal follower "Philetaerus". "Lysimachus" died in 281 BC and Pergamon officially fell under Seulcid control. "Philetaerus" played the part of a faithful governor, but all the time he used the money to strengthen the city's defenses and founded the Attalid dynasty of the kingdom of "Pergamon". The kingdom successfully withstood attempts by Seulicid rulers to regain control. In 190 BC, Pergamon assisted the Romans to defeat Antiochus III of Syria. At this time, Rome had no territorial desires in Asia and they gave all the territories to Pergamon. Pergamon prospered and soon ranked as one of the major Greek cultural centers. Pergamon's library ranked second only to the library of Alexandria. But, to Rome's surprize the Pergamon King Attalus III (138 - 133 BC) gave the kingdom to Rome upon his death in 133 BC. During the confusion a certain "Aristonicus" seized the throne and changed his name to "Eumenes III". This forced the Romans to intervene and they seized the kingdom and made it the capital of the Roman province of Asia.
Pergamon first issued this coin under Eumenes II, who likely required a new currency after the treaty with Apameia in 188 BC expanded his economic and political territory. The new coinage is the first time a king’s portrait and name are omitted from Hellenistic currency. The cistophori (basket bearers) were the chief currency in Asia Minor for about 300 years. Originally introduced by king Eumenes II of Pergamon around 166 BCE, the obverse of these coins shows a cista mystica, i.e., a woven basket containing the sacred objects of a mystery cult. In the case of the cistophori, the basket contains snakes associated with the worship of Dionysus (Bacchus), the Greek god of wine and ecstasy. In the Dionysian mysteries a serpent, representing the god, was carried in a box called a cista on a bed of vine leaves. This may be the Cista mentioned by Clement of Alexandria which was exhibited as containing the phallus of Dionysus. The depiction on this famous type is what gives the coin its name - the Cistophorus. It was one of the most widely minted coin types in the ancient world. It seems that the Asian Greek states in what is now Turkey minted this coin in unison from around 150 BC. Some scholars believe this was undertaken for the common good, so traders could be confident in a coin of uniform weight and value, representing the collective wealth of Asian Greekdom.
The ivy wreath and the thyrsos staff on the reverse are also references to this god whom the Attalid kings of Pergamon claimed as their ancestor. The bow case (gorytos) on the reverse points to Herakles, the father of Telephos, the legendary founder and first king of Pergamon. Taken together, the obverse and reverse scenes appear to capture allegorical acts one and two of the Dionysian Cista fertility mythology in progress.
When the last Attalid king, Attalos III, died in 133 BCE, he left his entire kingdom to the Roman people. At the same time, his last will declared Pergamon and the other important cities of his realm "free cities", which meant that they did not have to pay tribute to Rome. Not surprisingly, Pergamon and the other cities continued to mint cistophori in grateful tribute to their former ruler. The city of Pergamum continued issue of cistophoric tetradrachm for eight decades after the city was willed to Rome in 133 BC.
1 cistophor equaled 3 Attic drachms, the currency of Athens, which had become the world's key currency during the campaigns of Alexander the Great. Later, 1 cistophor was equivalent to 3 Roman denarii. Because they were so easy to convert into the key currencies, 16 Anatolian towns soon minted cistophors, forming a kind of monetary union. When Pergamum became Roman about 133 BC, the Romans continued to mint cistophors.
Under the Attalids, Pergamon was not only the capital of an empire that soon stretched over most of Asia Minor, but also the seat of the second most famous library of the ancient world with more than 200,000 book rolls. When the kings of Egypt, the Ptolemies, whose capital, Alexandria, boasted the only comparable library, cut off Pergamene access to papyrus, the most important writing material, the Pergamenes invented pergamentum, i.e., parchment or vellum made from animal skins.
Today, the city is called Bergama and belongs to Turkey.
mitresh
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GREEK, Pergamum, Mysia, AR TetradrachmObv: Anepigraphic
Serpent entering Cista Mystica, all within berry covered ivy wreath.
Rev: Mint monogram to left, ΜΟΣ above.
Bow case between two coiled serpents, snake entwined Asklepian staff to right.
Tetradrachm, 12.2 gm, 25.8 mm, 133-67 BC, Sear (GC) 3950
Comment: Struck after the Roman occupation. Celebrates the cult of Bacchus (Dionysus). I surmise this is an ancient association of wine and good health.
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Greek, Philetairos I, 282 - 263 B.C.Silver tetradrachm, Meydancikkale 3000, SNG Paris 1603 var, SNG Von Aulock -, SNG Cop -, VF, 16.629g, 28.1mm, 0o, Pergamum mint, c. 265 - 263 B.C.; obverse head of Philetaerus right in taenia; reverse FILETAIROU downward on right, Athena enthroned left, right hand on shield before her, spear over shoulder in left, leaf above arm, bow right; high relief portrait; very rare.
Very lifelike, expressive portrait. Cleisthenes
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GREEK, Quasi-Autonomous, Pergamum, AE17Pergamum Civic coinage.
Obv: QEONCYN KLHTON . Draped bust of the Roman senate right.
Rev: QEANPW MHN . Draped bust of Roma right.
Struck 1st Century A.D.
BMC 205
Sear 4910.
Ex-Automan Collection, whose photo I steal ;)
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Helios, Athena and TelesphorosMYSIA. Pergamum. Hadrian. Æ 24. A.D. 117-138. Obv: (AVKAIAΔPIANO) or similar.Laureate bust right; 2 countermarks: (1) to left of bust, (2) to right of bust. Rev: Uncertain inscription. Asklepios standing facing, holding snake-encircled staff, to his left cloaked and hooded figure of Telesphoros standing facing (?); countermark to left (3). Ref: BMC -. Axis: 360°. Weight: 6.95 g. CM(1): Radiate head of Helios right, in oval punch, 4 x 5 mm. Howgego 7 (13 pcs). CM(2): Helmeted bust of Athena right, in shaped punch, 4.5 x 6 mm. Howgego 185 (28 pcs). CM(3):Telesphoros standing facing, in oval punch, 4 x 4.5 mm. Howgego 267 (5 pcs). Note: All those that bear countermark [3] also bear countermarks [1] and [2]. Collection Automan.Automan
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Julia DomnaJulia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ As (27mm, 9.59 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck under Caracalla, circa AD 214. Diademed and draped bust right / Four Vestal Virgins sacrificing over altar in front of the Temple of Vesta. RIC IV 607a (Caracalla). Near VF, dark green patina with light earthen highlights and touches of red, a few cleaning marks.
During the last five years of her life, following the murder of her younger son Geta in AD 212, Julia Domna virtually ran the government while Caracalla embarked on various military adventures. The emperor was much troubled by illness throughout his sole reign. On his way to the Parthian War in AD 214, he even visited the great shrine of Aesculapius at Pergamum in the hopes of finding a cure, an occasion marked by the striking of a remarkable series of medallic bronzes at the city.
This rare and attractive As of Julia Domna, issued at Rome in AD 214, is on the same theme and records vows for the health of Caracalla undertaken by the Vestal Virgins in a ceremony before the Temple of Vesta. The four Vestals are accompanied by two children and the sanctuary itself appears as a small domed structure in the background. Over the centuries no fewer than seven temples of Vesta occupied the site in the Forum at the northern corner of the house of Vestals. Most were the victims of fire, the sixth temple having been destroyed late in the reign of Commodus (AD 191). Julia Domna herself built the seventh, and the partially reconstructed ruins of this building are still to be seen today.
Description from CNGecoli
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Kyme, Aiolis, c. 320 - 250 B.C.Kyme was conquered by Croesus, king of Lydia, and ruled successively by the Persians, Macedonians, Seleucids, and Pergamenes. Attalus III, the last king of Pergamum, bequeathed Aeolis to Rome in 133 B.C. Shortly afterward, it was made part of the Roman province of Asia. Aeolis was under Byzantine rule until the early 15th century, when the Ottoman Turks occupied the area.
GB88291. Bronze AE 17, BMC Troas p. 109, 50 var. (same magistrate, monogram variant), SNGvA 1629 var. (same), SNG Munchen 476 var. (same), SNG Cop -, SNG Tübingen -, VF, brown tone, porous, Kyme (near Nemrut Limani, Turkey) mint, weight 4.986g, maximum diameter 16.7mm, die axis 0o, c. 320 - 250 B.C.; obverse forepart of a bridled horse right, KY upper left, ΠE∆IEYΣ (magistrate's name) below; reverse one-handled vase, monogram left; ex Frascatius Ancient Coins.Mark R1
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L. Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus - AR denarius serratus³Sardinia or Massalia region / ¹Rome
²104 BC / ¹106 BC
laureate head of Jupiter left
dot over T behind
Jupiter in quadriga right, hurling thunderbolt, holding reins and scepter
L·SCIP·ASIAG
¹Crawford 311/1c, SRCV I 188, RSC I Cornelia 24
²Mark Passehl - Roman moneyer & coin type chronology, 150 – 50 BC
³Mark Passehl
3,4g 19mm
ex Lucernae
Moneyer was the great-grandson of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, consul 190 BC who together with Eumenes II of Pergamum defeated Antiochus III the Great. He belonged to the Marian party in Sulla's first civil war and Sulla's second civil war. He was appointed consul in 83 BC with Gaius Norbanus. In this year Lucius Cornelius Sulla returned to the Italian Peninsula, and advanced against the consuls. He defeated Norbanus in Italy, but seduced the troops of Scipio to desert their general. He was taken prisoner in his camp along with his son Lucius, but was dismissed by Sulla uninjured. He was, however, included in the proscription in the following year, 82 BC, whereupon he fled to Massilia, and passed there the remainder of his life. (wikipedia)J. B.
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Laureate and draped bust rightUncertain mint. Antoninus Pius. Æ 25. A.D. 138-161. Obv: Inscription obliterated. Laureate head right; countermark on neck, below chin. Rev: Inscription obliterated. Athena standing left, resting left hand on shield, extending right hand, holding patera (?). Axis: 360°. Weight: 11.10 g. CM: Laureate and draped bust right, in oval punch, 4 x 5.5 mm. Possibly Howgego 56 (mainly Corinth), 65 (mainly Nicaea), 70 (Pergamum) or 113 (Laodiceia, although the coin does not look like the Laodiceia/Tyche type). Collection Automan.Automan
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Lydia, SardisSear 4731, B.M.C. 22. 242, 51.
AE 20.5 mm, 2nd-1st century B.C.
Obv: Turreted, laureate and veiled bust of Tyche facing right.
Rev: Zeus Lydios standing left holding eagle and scepter, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ behind, two undetermined monograms before
Sardis was the capital of the Persian satrapy of Lydia, which came into the possession of the Seleucids, and then, in 189 B.C. came under the rule of the Attalids of Pergamum, and then in 133 B.C. came under the rule of Rome.Stkp
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Lysimachos AR tetradrachmOBV: Head of Alexander right, with horn of Ammon
REV: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY
Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting on shield, upright crescent in outer left field, cult image in inner left field, ET monogram in exergue
Date: 323-281 BC, Pergamum mint
Thompson 224
31mm, 16.67g
miffy
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Marcus Antonius AR CistophorusBowcase flanked by two serpents, heads confronted, monogram above, serpent twined around thyrsus to right, Q to left.
Cista mystica with serpent, all within ivy wreath
Pergamum
Ca. 133-56 BC.
BMC Ionia 176 (under M. Antonius M.f.)
12.34 g
These "anonymous" issues were struck in Pergamum by Roman Quaestors between ca. 100-56 BC. They are called anonymous because the monograms are not easily identifiable. This issue is commonly attributed to be either Mark Antony or his brother Lucius Antony who both served as Quaestors in the east. However it is more likely that the Quaestor was in fact Marcus Antonius the orator who was Marcus and Lucius Grandfather. He served as Consul in 99 BC and as a Quaestor in Asia in 113/112 BC
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Mark Antony AR Cistophoric TetradrachmObv: M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT - Ivy-wreathed head right, lituus below; all within ivy-wreath.
Rev: III VIR R P C - Head of Octavia right on cista mistica between two interlaced snakes with heads erect.
Mint: Pergamum
Date: 39 BC
Ref: RPC 2201, RSC Mark Antony 2oa
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Mysia Pergamum AE15Circa 150 BC
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MYSIA, PERGAMON (SEMI-AUTONOMOUS)MYSIA, PERGAMON (SEMI-AUTONOMOUS)
1st - 2nd Cent. AD
13 mm, 2.45 g
O: Turreted bust of Roma right
R: Draped bust of the Senate right
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Mysia, Pergamon, c. 133 - 67 B.C.Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, Kleiner Pergamum 46, Pinder 115, SNG BnF 1749, SNG Cop 438, BMC Mysia -, 11.664g, 25.7mm, 0o, Pergamon mint, c. 133 - 67 B.C.; obverse cista mystica with snake, all within ivy wreath; reverse ornamented bow-case with two snakes, PA over monogram above, Pergamon monogram left, snake coiled around thyrsos right; toned
Purchased from FORVMSosius
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Mysia, Pergamon. Alliance with Ephesos. AE34 of CommodusObv: laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r.
Rev: to l., Asclepius standing, facing, (head, r.), holding serpent-staff; to r., cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports.
34mm and 20.8g.
Howgego 70, Caracalla laureate, and reported on 114 coins from Pergamum.
Howgego 811 meaning revalued to 6 assarii, and reported on
32 coins from Ephesus.
ancientone
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Mysia, Pergamon. Cistaphoric Tetradrachm.Asia Minor. Mysia. 166-160 BC AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.56 gm, 30.7mm, 12h) of Pergamon. Snake escaping basket (Cista Mystica), all within ivy wreath. / Bow case entwined by two snakes. ΠΕΡΓ mint mark to left, amphora in field to right. gVF. Struck on a broad flan. Bt. Coral Gables, 2000. Kleiner & Noe Series 8 #16-20 (plate III #1-6). SNG France 5 #1701 = Babelon Waddington 6960; SNG Cop 4 (Mysia) #411; SNG von Aulock 7461.Anaximander
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Mysia, Pergamon. Cistaphoric Tetradrachm.Asia Minor. Mysia. c.104-98 BC AR Cistaphoric Tetradrachm (12.31 gm, 26.4mm, 12h) of Pergamon. Snake escaping basket (Cista Mystica), all within ivy wreath. / Bow case entwined by two snakes. City ethnic ΠΡΕ to left, Asklepian staff (thyrsos) entwined by snake to right, MH & monogram ΠΡΥ above. VF. Overstrike on uncertain coin. Bt. Gables Coin, 1997. Kleiner Pergamum p.81 #41 (plate 16); Pinder 114; SNG Cop 4 (Mysia) #437 (same obv. die); SNG France 5 #1745, 1746 = SNG Delepierre 2541. cf. Nomos 21 #180 (same dies).Anaximander
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MYSIA, PERGAMUM1st Century AD
(Time of Claudius/Nero. ca. A.D. 41-68)
Pseudo-autonomous civic issue
AE 14 mm, 2.83 g
O:Draped bust of the Genius of the Senate, right
R: Laureate and draped bust of Roma right, hair rolled
Mysia, Pergamum; cf RPC I 2375laney
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MYSIA, PERGAMUM117 - 138 AD
(time of Hadrian)
AE 15 mm, 2.17 g
Pseudo-autonomous issue
O: Turreted and draped bust of Roma right; monogram below chin
R: Bareheaded and draped bust of youthful Senate right.
BMC 221. laney
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Mysia, Pergamum BronzeBronze AE 18, SNG Cop 359, VF, Pergamon mint, c. 200 - 133 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Athena? right; reverse PERGAMHNWN, Nike standing right, extending wreath in right, palm over shoulder in left; very nice dark green patina; Philoromaos
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Mysia, Pergamum. AE16. Athena / bearded serpentMysia, Pergamum, Anonymous AE16. 282-133 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / FILETAIPOV, Coiled & bearded serpent right, monogram left. SG 7228.ancientone
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Mysia, Pergamum. Ca. early 3rd century BC. AR diobolObv: Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck.
Rev: ΠEPΓAM, statue of Pallas Athena standing facing, brandishing spear in right hand, shield in left.
9.9mm, 1.4g.
310-282 BC.ancientone
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Mysia, Pergamum. Septimius Severus AE18.Obv: AVT KAI CEBHPOC, laureate head right.
Rev: ΠEPΓAMHNΩN B, Asklepios standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent entwined staff. SNG Cop 496; BMC 310ancientone
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Mysia, Pergamum. Time of Commodus. Ae14. Diodoros strategos.Obv: ΠЄΡΓΑΜΗ. Helmeted bust of Athena right.
Rev: ЄΠI CTP ΔIOΔΩ. Nude male standing facing, raising hands.ancientone
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Mysia. PergamonSear 3971 var. (size); SNG France 1856-58 (Pergamon); SNG BN 1855; Butcher 12i
AE 17, struck 2nd to 1st centuries B.C., 17.51 mm. max, 4.14 g, 0°
Obv.: Bust of Asklepios right.
Rev.: Snake coiled around upright staff.
These anepigraphic coins were traditionally attributed to Pergamum. However, Kevin Butcher recently concluded that they are tesserae of either Antiochene or of north Syrian origin issued for use at the temple of Asklepios constructed on the slope of Mt. Silpius during the reign of Domitian (81-96 A.D.).Stkp
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mysiapergamum001Pseudo-autonomous, Time of Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14
Pergamum, Mysia
Obv: Σ-EBA-ΣTO-N →ΔHMOΦΩN, Tetrastyle temple, with statue of Augustus standing facing within, in military dress, holding spear in right hand.
Rev: ΣEΛBANON ΠEPT AMHNOI, Demos in short chiton, standing left, crowning with a wreath the Proconsul M. Plautius Silvanus who is standing, wearing toga and holding patera.
21 mm, 5.62 grams
Kurth, Demos, 79; BMC 242-245; Sear Greek Imp. SGI 50; RPC I 2364; SNG Cop. 461; McClean
7715-7716; SNG von Aulock 1389-1390; Lindgren I A303A.Charles M
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Owl - Mysia, Pergamum AE15 circa 150 BC
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Pamphylia, Side (Circa 145-125BC)AR Tetradrachm
29 mm, 15.94 g
Kleuch-, magistrate.
Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right.
Reverse: ΚΛΕ - ΥΧ, Nike advancing left, holding wreath; pomegranate to left.
SNG BN 697.
In 333 BC, Alexander the Great occupied Side and introduced the population to Hellenistic culture, which became the dominant tradition until the 1st century BC. Ptolemy later overtook the city when he declared himself king of Egypt in 305 BC. Side stayed under Ptolemaic control until it was captured by the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BC. In 190 B.C., however, a fleet from Rhodes, supported by Rome and Pergamum, defeated the Seleucid fleet, which was under the command of the fugitive Carthaginian general, Hannibal (who was unskilled in naval warfare, but to his credit still almost won the battle). The Seleucid defeat solidified by the Treaty of Apamea (188 BC), left Side in an uncertain state of autonomy during which it minted its own money. This lasted until 36 BC when the city came under the rule of the Roman client King of Galatia, Amyntas.Nathan P
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PERGAMENE KINGDOM - Philetairos (282-263 BC)AR tetradrachm (30mm, 17.21 gm, 12 h). Pergamum, 266-263 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / ΦIΛETAIPOY, Athena enthroned left, holding shield in right hand, left elbow resting on sphinx seated right; spear diagonally in background, ivy leaf above knee, bow to outer right, A on throne. Westermark grp. II; SNG BN 1604-5 (Eumenes I). A few light deposits and minor marks, flan flaw on jaw, otherwise sharply struck and well centered. Extremely fine.
Westermark attributed this issue to Eumenes I. However, a more recent analysis of hoard evidence has indicated that this coinage is actually struck during the lifetime of Philetairos, near the end of his reign, following the limited issue of tetradrachms bearing the portrait of Seleukos I. See A. Davesne, G. Le Rider, Gülnar II. Le trésor de Meydancikkale (Paris, 1989), pp. 334-9. RobertBohn
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PERGAMENE KINGDOM. Attalus I (ca. 241-197 BC). AR tetradrachm (31mm, 16.86 gm, 1h)PERGAMENE KINGDOM. Attalus I (ca. 241-197 BC). AR tetradrachm (31mm, 16.86 gm, 1h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Pergamum, ca. 241-235 BC. Laureate head of Philetaerus right / ΦIΛETAIPOY, Athena seated left, resting left arm on grounded shield decorated with gorgoneion head boss, crowning name with wreath in right hand, transverse spear beyond; bee seen from above in outer left field, APK monogram in inner left field, bow right in outer right field. SNG France 5, 1623 var. (ΔI monogram in inner left field).
Mark R1
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Pergamon Cistaphoric Tetradrachm.Asia Minor. Mysia. Autonomous issue. c. 98-95 B.C. AR cistophoric tetradrachm (12.49 gm, 28.0mm, 12h) of Pergamon. Cista mystica (basket) with a serpent emerging left; all within ivy wreath with fruits. / Two snakes coiled around a bowcase; ΔΙ over ΠΡΥ monogram (prytaneis) above, ΠΕΡΓ monogram (ethnic) to left, staff of Asklepios to right. EF Davissons Auction 40 #61. From an American collection formed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Kleiner Pergamum (ANSMN 23) Gp 2 pl.15 #32 (same dies); SNG Cop 4 (Mysia) #430; SNG France 5 #1734-1735. cf. CNG 100 #1418 (same dies).Anaximander
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Pergamon, Mysia. 200 - 133 B.C.Pergamon, Mysia. 200 - 133 B.C. AE 12~13mm; 1.82g. Philetaerus, King of Pergamum. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right, wearing helmet decorated with a griffin. Rev: ΦIΛE/TAIΡOΥ, strung bow, monogram right. SNG von Aulock 1364; SNG Stockholm 2086; SNG Leipzig 1094; BMC 12, 54; Lindgren III 273; SNG Cop 349.ddwau
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Pergamum civic coinage, c.200-133 BC.BMC Mysia p.131, 180-2; Head p.536ecoli
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Pergamum, MysiaMYSIA, Pergamum. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Hadrian(?), AD 117-138. Æ (17mm, 3.44 g, 12h). Turreted and draped bust of Roma right; monogram below chin / Bareheaded and draped bust of youthful Senate right. BMC 221. VF, green patina.ecoli
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Pergamum, Mysia, C. 2nd Century BC. AE 22mmPergamum, Mysia, C. 2nd Century BC.
Obv. Laureate head of Zeus right
Rev. ASKLHPIOU SWTHROS, serpent coiled around omphalos.
Ref. BMC 158Lee S
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Pergamum, Mysia- Owl/AthenaPergamum, Mysia ca 200-133 BC
AQHAS
helmeted head of Athena right, decorated with star
Owl standing facing on palm branch, wings open,
MH monogram to left, A to right
/NIKHFOPOU
Ae 16mm; 3.3garizonarobin
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pergamum001Elagabalus
Pergamum, Mysia
Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of right, with aegis.
Rev: ΕΠΙ ΣΤΡ ΤΙΒ ΚΛΑ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ, in left field upward, ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ Ν, in right field downward, ΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ; emperor standing facing in military dress, looking left, holding spear and patera over lighted altar at his feet.
35 mm, 24.57 gms
RPC Online 4214; von Fritze, Pergamon pl. VIII,3.
From Gorny & Mosch Auction 265, lot 989.Charles M
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Quintus Caecillius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasisca (Pergamon. Stumpf 68)Promagisterial Cistophori. Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica as Proconsul of Syria. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Pergamum mint, 49-48 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; all within wreath / Q · METELLVS · PIVS · SCIPIO · IMPER. Two serpents entwined by a legionary aquila. In the left field, monogram of Pergamum. 28 mm, 12.11 g. Stumpf 68; Metcalf 232 (O17/R-. Unlisted reverse die)
Ex Gitbud & Naumann 33, July 2015, Lot 166zadie
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R., Mysia, Pergamon, 041 Commodus (177-192 A.D.), Diodorus, strategus, Weisser 1110, AE-30, EΠI CTRΑ-ΔIOΔOPΩV ΠEPΓAMH/ΝΩN, Asclepius seated left, #1R., Mysia, Pergamon, 041 Commodus (177-192 A.D.), Diodorus, strategus, Weisser 1110, AE-30, EΠI CTRΑ-ΔIOΔOPΩV ΠEPΓAMH/ΝΩN, Asclepius seated left, #1
avers:- AV-KA-AVP-ΚΟMOΔOC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- EΠI-CTRΑ-ΔIOΔOPΩV_ΠEPΓAMH/ΝΩN, Asclepius seated, left, feeding serpent from patera, holding staff.
exe: -/-//--, diameter: 30mm, weight: 11,24g, axis: 6h,
mint: Pergamum; Asia: Conventus of Pergamum; Mysia, date: 182-184 A.D., ref: Weisser 1110,
Q-001quadrans
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RIC 855 DomitianAR Cistophorus, 10.28g
Rome mint (for Asia), 95 AD
Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.
Rev: Temple with two columns, inscribed ROM ET AVG in entablature, enclosing Augustus. stg. front to l., with spear, crowned by Roma to r., with cornucopiae; G in exergue
RIC 855 (C). BMC p. 352, *. RSC 407. RPC 875 (2 spec.). BNC -.
Acquired from Emerald Imports, eBay, May 2018. Formerly in NGC holder 4278229-001, grade 'Ch VF', strike 5/5, surface 4/5, 'Fine style'.
A small issue of cistophori were struck by Domitian in 95. The style and six o'clock die axis point to Rome as the probable mint. Interestingly, K. Butcher and M. Ponting's recent metal analysis of the series reveals it was struck from a different stock of metal than contemporaneous denarii, possibly from recycled republican and early imperial pieces. This rare reverse features the temple of Roma and Augustus at Pergamum copied from the cistophori of Claudius. The temple was erected in 29 BC and was an important centre of the imperial cult in the region. No archaeological remains have been found of the structure, only the coins hint at how it may have appeared. RPC speculates the 'G' in exergue may be the mark of an officina, although, why the Rome mint would use a mint mark on the cistophori and not on any other issues is quite puzzling.
This coin originally came in a NGC slab which noted it as 'fine style'. I quite agree.David Atherton
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ROMAN EMPIRE, AUGUSTUS AR Cistophorus (3 denarii) of Pergamum. Struck 19 - 18 B.C. Obverse: IMP IX TR PO V. Bare head of Augustus facing right.
Reverse: Triumphal arch surmounted by Augustus in facing triumphal quadriga; IMP IX TR POT V on architrave; S P R SIGNIS RECEPTIS in three lines within arch opening, standards at either side.
RIC I : 510 | BMC : 703 | RSC : 298
Very Rare.
This coin commemorates Augustus' triumphant agreement with the Parthians in 20 B.C. under which they returned the legionary standards captured from Crassus who had been defeated and killed at Carrhae thirty-three years earlier (53 B.C.). Augustus installed these standards in the Temple of Mars Ultor.
The reverse of the coin shows the triumphal arch which was awarded to Augustus on the occasion of his recovery of the standards. This was the second triumphal arch awarded to Augustus and, like the earlier arch which had been constructed in 29 BC to honour his victory over Cleopatra, this second arch, which archaeological evidence suggests actually incorporated the first arch, stood in close proximity to the Temple of Divus Julius at the southern entrance to the Roman Forum.
This is the rarest cistophorus struck during the reign of Augustus with the exception of the exceedingly rare issues featuring a sphinx.*Alex
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Roman Empire, Claudius Cistophorus - Claudius and Fortuna in Temple (RIC 120)Claudius Cistophorus of Pergamum, 41 CE. 11.38g
Obv: TI CLAUD CAES AUG, bare head of Claudius (L)
Rev: COM – ASI Distyle temple, within Claudius on l. being crowned by Fortuna on r.
ROM ET AVG on temple frieze.
RIC 120 (Pergamum). RPC 2221Optimo Principi
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