COINS BY CITY: An Alphabetical A to Z of Coinage

AEOLIS, KYME
AR Hemiobol
OBVERSE: Eagle's head left, KY to left (M beneath the head, nearly off flan)
REVERSE: Quadrapartite incuse square of mill-sail pattern
Struck at Aeolis, 450BC
.46g, 7mm
SNG Cop 32

 

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AGRIPPA
AE As
OBVERSE: M AGRIPPA L F COSIII - Head left, wearing rostral crown
REVERSE: No legend - Neptune standing left, holding dolphin and trident; S C across fields
Rome 37-41 AD
11.0g, 28mm
RIC58, BMC 161, BN77, C3

 

ALEXANDER II ZABINAS
AE22
OBVERSE: Radiate and diademed head right
REVERSE: �'ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ�"ΡΟΥ, Double cornucopia; A-Π flanking, star to lower left
Struck at Antioch, Series 5 125-22 BC
8.2g, 22mm
SC 2237

 

Man I have a ton of "A" coins. I think I will stop there and let others post.

 

It's cities brother. The Agrippa was struck in Rome.

Also, Aeolis is a region, Kyme the city. Or is that OK with Zumbly?

 

Phoenicia, Arados
AE22, 6.88g, 12h; 130/29 BC.
Obv.: Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right.
Rev.: Poseidon on prow left; date in Phoenician script below.
Reference: Duryat 2391-2, HGC 10, 78.

 

Troas, Antandros
Æ12, 1.54g; c. 4th-3rd centuries BC.
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right.
Rev.: ANTAN; lion's head right.
Reference: SNG von Aulock 1493.

 

Seleucid Kingdom, Alexander Balas
AE18, Antioch mint, 150-146 BC.
Obv.: Helmeted head of Alexander right.
Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛEXANΔPOY; Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm, monogram AB in left field.
Reference: SNG Spaer 1472ff.

 

Pontic Kingdom, Amisos
AE21, 6.95g, 12h; 85-65 BC.
Obv.: Aegis with gorgon head at center.
Rev.: Nike advancing right with palm branch; monograms in r. and l. field; AMI-ΣOY.
Reference: SNG Stancomb 688.

 

Apollonis, Lydia
Æ16, 3.74g, 12h; Apollonis, 2nd-1st century BC.
Obv.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress.
Obv.: AΠOΛΛΩ-NIΔEΩN; Winged thunderbolt.
Reference: BMC 3, Lindgren III 449.

 

Let's go with just cities rather than the regions, so those Kyme coins should get posted when we get to "K". I guess should've been clearer with my first post .

 

Antioch ad Orontes, Semi-Autonomous
AE23, 10.77g, 12h, Denomination A; Antioch: after 47 BC
Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus right; countermark of Cleopatra VII.
Rev.: ‭[‬A]NTIOΣEΩN‭ [‬ME]TPOΠOΛ[EΩΣ‭]; Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter, thunderbolt above.
Reference: Butcher 20, SNG Cop 80
Notes: The attribution of the countermark to Cleopatra is conjectural, but seems to jibe with the historical and numismatic evidence.

 

Amisos, Pontos, time of Mithridates VI
AE 18mm; 4.6g, circa 120-63 BC.
Obv.: Bust of Mithridates as Perseus right, wing at his temple.
Rev.: Cornucopiae between two pilei (caps of the Dioskuri) each surmounted by a star; AMI-ΣOY.
Reference: SNG Stockholm 1848; SNG Cop. 161; BMC 65; Waddington 32.

 

Ake-Ptolemais, Seleucid Era.
AE12, 1.5g (Denomination D); 126/5 BC.
Obv.: Jugate heads of the Dioskouri r., wearing laurel wreaths, surmounted by stars.
Rev.: ANTOXEΩN TΩN / EN ΠTOΛEMAIΔI IEPAΣ; Cornucopia; Monogram to left.
Reference: Hoover HGC 10 #26; Seyrig 6.

Hadrian, Ake-Ptolemais
Phoenicia, Ake-Ptolemais, Hadrian
AE19, 6.15 gm; 117-138 AD.
Obv.: laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: Tyche standing left, holding rudder in right hand, cornucopiae in left.
Reference: Kadman 107; Rosenberger I p. 26, 49.

 

Aha. Thanks. I didn't pay close attention to the original post.

 

So this is what Zum does when it's 2:30 in the morning?... Eesh cant wait to see how this thread progresses, nice coins all, keep 'em comin'!

 

Well, All my 'A's are taken except Antioch...so I'll skip the Alexandria's etc and just post it.....

Bil Tetradrachm of Otacilia

What bonus points do I get??? How about that great 'barbarous' coin Steve posted from a city named 'Arkansas"---Is that in Greece ??? LOL

Hey.....Bing cheated...."Albinus" is not a city.....

 

He's half a world away (from the US) and half a day ahead

 

Abdera, Silver Drachm

Obv:– Griffin springing left.
Rev:– GR-W-TH-S, laureate head of Apollo left in linear square, within incuse square
Minted in Abdera, 365 - 345 B.C.
Reference:– May 324

 

Kingdom of Thrace, Silver tetradrachm

Obv:– Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon.
Rev:– BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣMAXOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike in extended right hand, left arm resting on shield, spear behind, monogram in inner left field, monogram under Throne
Ainos mint. Posthumous issue struck after 281 B.C.
Reference:- Thompson -, Muller -.

Allocated to Ainos "Not the same dies or the same monograms, but clearly the same engraver as Meydicikkale 2691".

The coin has a dark blue-black toning that makes it tricky to photograph.