COINS BY CITY: An Alphabetical A to Z of Coinage

Well, thank you, but they were so modest..........

 

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Ephesos




Erythrai



Eion


Ebusus



Emerita



... oh man, I can hear her typing already!!

 

I'm glad you did. Nobody else has posted a coin from Elaiussa.... and I'd never even heard of the place before.

 

Only to say "nice coins!"

Actually, Ebusus is the name of the island but it was probably also the name of the primary town, so you're good

 

Man, that little Ebusus guy of yours gets me every time. Just one of the coolest characters you're likely to see on a coin. And just based on the fact that he's from what is modern day Ibiza, you can surmise that the dude knows how to party.

 

D'oh, Eion! I forgot. Someday I will buy a better example but my love of lizards caused an itchy bidding finger.


MACEDON, Eion
460-400 BCE
AR Trihemiobol; 0.74g, 12mm
Obv: goose standing right, head reverted; lizard above
Rev: quadripartite incuse square
Ref: Cf. SNG ANS 287.

 

Elaia, Aeolis, AR hemiobol c.400 BC head/wreath

 

Ecbatana, Parthia, Mithradates II 123-88 BC

 

Actually, until I purchased it, neither did I....

And, I haven't heard of most of the cities/Towns listed here under 'E'...and I used to think I had a 'slight' familiarity with Ancients LOL

Gorgeous Posts all !!!!

 

the first two i hit in my photobucket pics..



Ephesos






Emesa

 

Well, I've come up dry for "F". Does anyone have any coins from cities starting with "F"?

I don't see any Greek ones (for the sake of simplicity I suggest keeping Ph-cities under "P"). Are there any from elsewhere?

 

*rats* .... I didn't find any "F"-ing coins either!!

 

None here. It looks like provincials from Flaviopolis (Cilicia) are the only hope. Anyone??

 

Antoninus Pius AE18 - Philippopolis
Obv:– AVT AI AΔPIA ANTΩNEIN, bare head right
Rev:– ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN, Ares / Mars standing left, holding spear in left hand; shield leaning against him
Minted in Philippopolis
Obv. legend and bust type variant of Varbanov 786 (Bulgarian ed.) (which is AVT AI ADPI ANTWNEINOC, Head laureate r.)


Doh. Didn't read the intro. Doh.

 

Fenseris, Campania - Sear Greek Coins, Volume 1, page 37
Fulvia, Phrygia - listed in SGC and HGC indices

 

Uh... thanks, TIF .

FLAVIOPOLIS


ANTONINUS PIUS with FAUSTINA I
AE24
10.43g, 24.6mm
CILICIA, Flaviopolis, 140/141 AD (Year 68 of the Era of Flaviopolis).
SNG von Aulock 8672; SNG France 2181; Ziegler 1244.
O: AYT KAI TI AIΛ AΔP ANTΩNEINOC CEB, laureate head right.
R: ΘEA ΦAYCTEINA ΦΛAYIOΠOΛEITΩN, ET-ΞH across fields, draped bust of Faustina right.

 

Heh, no worries, Martin. At least you didn't go on about there being no "F" city coins when one was actually sitting in your own collection!

 

Excellent and thank you, ancientnut! Now, to go take a peek at what these coins look like.

 

Do I have to say I don't have any with an 'F' ??? LOL

Flaviopolis??? Boy, Cilicia must have all the odd alphabetical listings..

 

Whoops, forgot to give the "E" summary. It was an interesting and varied bunch!

Ebusus, Spain (1)
Ecbatana, Parthia (1)
Edessa, Mesopotamia (2)
Eion, Macedonia (3)
Ekualaos, Spain (1)
Elaia, Aeolis (1)
Elaiussa, Cilicia (1)
Elche (Ilici), Spain (1)
Emerita, Spain (2)
Emesa (3)
Entella, Sicily (1)
Ephesos, Ionia (9)
Epidauros, Argolis (1)
Eretria, Euboia (1)
Erythrai, Ionia (1)

TOTAL CITIES SHOWN : 15
TOTAL COINS SHOWN : 29