How many Ancient Greek Cities can we get?

Selinos:


SICILY, Selinos.
Circa 410 BCE
AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h
Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above
Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right
Ref: HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare.
ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;
ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;
ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript.

Sparta (Lakedaimon)


LACONIA, Lakedaimon (Sparta)
80-50 BCE
AR triobol, 2.29 gm
Obv: Head of Herakles right
Rev: Amphora; to each side, caps of the Dioscuri; all within laurel wreath
Ref: BCD Peloponnesos 868

Seleukeia Pieria:


SYRIA, Seleukeia Pieria
AR tetradrachm, 30 mm, 14.81 gm
Dated CY 10 (100/99 BC)
Obv: veiled and turreted bust of Tyche right
Rev: filleted thunderbolt on throne; ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ above; I (date) between legs of throne, A to lower right; KAI AYTONOMOY; all within wreath
Ref: Callataÿ, Production, p. 74, obv. die D16; HGC 9, 1382; DCA 697

Side:


PAMPHYLIA, Side
205-100 BCE
AR tetradrachm. 17.0 gm, 29 mm
Obv: head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet
Rev: Nike advancing left holding wreath; pomegranate and CT to left
Ref: CNG France 719

 

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You've already posted one from Samos but here's another.


IONIA, Samos
510-500 BCE
AR drachm, 13.7 mm, 3.2 gm
Obv: forepart of winged boar left
Rev: facing lion scalp with dotted square, within incuse square
Ref: SNG Cop 1673

 

Antiochus I
Denomination B
Mint: Smyrna or Sardes
280 to 261 BC
Obvs: Facing bust of Athena in triple crested helmet, dotted border.
Revs: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Nike advancing left holding wreath and palm. Countermark 26 caduceus to right.
17x19mm, 4.64g
Ref: SC 314 var; HGC 10, 145(R1)


Antiochus IV
Mint: Seleucia on the Tigris
AE Dichalkon
173/172 BC
Obvs: Radiate head of Antiochus right, within fillet border. BX monogram behind head.
Revs: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, goddess with polos seated left on high-backed throne holding Nike. Bird standing left at feet, dotted border.
20x21mm, 6.68g
Ref: SC Vol.2 1509


Demetrios II, FIRST REIGN
Mint: Seleucia in Pieria
146 to 138 BC
Obvs: Diademed head of Demetrios II right within dotted border.
Revs: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY in two lines on right, NIKATOPEΣ on left. Anchor, flukes upward. Lily/Lotus flower inner right.
AE 16x17mm, 3.90g
Ref: cf. SC 1928; HGC 10, 1008(R2)
Note: Unpublished with control mark unlisted. This mark only noted for drachms.

 

Selinos stater circa 540 B.C.

 

Samos Tetradrachm circa 408 B.C.

 

Sikyon Stater 335-330 B.C. Hoover HGC 201

 

Stater of Side 360-333 B.C. SNG Fr 637

 

Tetradrachm of Sidon 107-106 B.C. HGC 275

 

Thank you all for yours beautiful coins!

Nobody here has a coin from Sinope in Paphlagonia? The coins from there are quite common.

Anyway, lets continue with the next letters. Please post your coins coming from Ancient Greek cities starting with the letter T, V and Z!

I will start:

Tyros/Tyre

Alexander I (Balas). 152/1-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Tyre mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC).
Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Alexander Balas right.
Reverse: Eagle standing left on prow of galley, palm-branch over right shoulder; club surmounted by monogram to left, ΙΞΡ (date) and monogram to right.
Reference: SNG Spaer 1545-1546; Newell, Tyre 79; Houghton 749.
Weight: 13.73g (Phoenican standard)

Thasos

Islands off Thrace, Thasos. AR Eighth Stater – Diobol (Circa 500-480 B.C.)
Obverse: Satyr running right.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Reference: SNG Cop-191ff; Le Rider, Thasiennes 4; HGC 6, 333.
Weight: 1.03g

Tenedos

Tenedos, Troas AR Obol (Late 5th-early 4th century B.C.)
Obverse: Janiform head of a diademed female and laureate male.
Reverse: Labrys within incuse square; T – E.
Reference: BMC 14–21; HGC 6, 387.
Weight: 0.51g

 

Thessaly, Trikka, hemidrachm, 2nd half of 5th c. BC. Obv: Youthful hero, Thessalos, holding a band with both hands below the horns of the forepart of a bull right. Rev: T PI KAI N, forepart of horse prancing right. 16 mm, 2.86 g. Ref: BCD Thessaly 775.7 (same dies); see SNG Copenhagen 262–265; see BMC 1–9; see CNG, e-auction 129, lot 94 (identical dies). Ex BCD collection, ex Kenneth W. Dorney.

 

MYSIA, Zeleia (BC 400-300) 4th century BC. Æ (12mm, 1.65 gm, 5h). Obv: Head of Artemis lrft, wearing stephane decorated with pellets. Rev: Z-Ε/Λ-Ε, stag standing left. BMC__; SNG Copenhagen__;SNG France__; SNG Ashmolean__; von Aulock__. Unrecorded in the major references with bust and stag left.

 

Velia


LUCANIA, Velia
305-290 BCE
AR didrachm, 17.5 mm, 7.3 gm
Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet, decorated with griffin; at left, A
Rev: YEΛHTΩN; lion standing/walking right on exergual line; above dolphin between I and Φ
Ref: SNG ANS 1375-6

 

The Excel list cited in the OP does not list Soloi in Cilicia. @Pavlos, we are making you add coins and cities to it!


Soloi, Cilicia.
20-19 mm. 10.84 grams.
Amazon kneeling on left knee examining bow held in both hands, quiver on left hip, Silenos head behind.
Bunch of grapes, fly at lower right
ΣOΛEΩN up left

Sear Greek 5600. SNG France 2 (Cilicia) 130-132 "C. 465-350 BC"
SNG Levante 40 (same obverse die) similar to 37-39 "425-400 BC"

 

Syracuse Dekadrachm 405-400 B.C. 42.65 grms View attachment 949843