COINS BY CITY: An Alphabetical A to Z of Coinage

OSTIA

MAXENTIUS
AE Follis
6.05g, 25.6mm
Ostia mint, Late 309 - October 312 AD
RIC 45
O: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right.
R: FIDES MILITVM AVG N, Fides standing left, holding two standards, MOSTT in exergue.

 

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Maxentius - Ostia
Obv:– IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, Laureate Bust right
Rev:– FIDES MILITVM AVG N, Fides holding two standards
Minted in Ostia (MOSTT in exe.)
References:– RIC VI Ostia 45

 

The city has already been posted but I'll toss in an Odessos too.

@zumbly, that Odessos bronze is very interesting.


THRACE, Odessos; struck 125-70 BCE. AR tetradrachm.

 

Your Mithradantes may be a little bigger but according to the scale, my Mithradantes is significantly heavier & thicker.


I know the guy that modeled for the coin. His hobby is sword collecting. He enjoys wearing armor & mock battling when the renaissance fair is in town. He is obviously a direct descendent of Mithradates VI.



THRACE Odessos
Pontic Kingdom
Mithradates VI (The Great)
AR Tetradrachm
83 – 82 B.C.
15.97 gms, 27 mm
Obv: Portrait of Mithradates as
Alexander III as Hercules.
Rev: Zeus seated on throne holding
eagle on outstretched arm.
ΛA monogram below arm and
partially obscured monogram
OΔH (Odessus) in exergue.
BAΣIΛΕΩΣ AΛEΞNΔΡOY.
Grade: VF with good centering and
strike. Nicely toned good silver.
Other: This Odessus coin type was minted in between 125-70 B.C. This particular coin may have been struck 83-82 B.C. However, it is a point of speculation whether it was minted previous to the second Mithridatic War or during it to finance the battle. Price 1191. Ex Harlan J Berk, Ltd., Dec 2013. From private sale Feb 22, 2014

 

Whoa! Dead ringer!!

 

Doctor or not, I would never let anyone near my Priapus with a tool.

 

O nice coins, O i don't have any, OK..

 

Yeah, it doesn't seem like we have too many from "O". Feel free to forge ahead with your "P" city coins!

 

P is for Poseidonia. Not round, but one of the nicest examples I've seen:



Poseidonia, Lucania, AR stater, c 430-420 BC, 17 x 21 mm, 8.06 g, 4h. OBV: Nude Poseidon striding to right, wearing chlamys around shoulders and hurling a trident; ethnic to right / REV: Bull walking to left; ethnic above. SNG ANS 661 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 436; SNG Lockett 442; HN Italy 1114; Dewing 398; Sear GC 424.

 

Another spectacular coin, AncientNut!

PAUTALIA

THRACE, Pautalia. Caracalla
CE 198-217
AE29, 16.4 gm
Obv: AYT K M AY CEY ANTΩNEINOC; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: OYΛΠIAC ΠAYTAΛIAC; Asklepios seated right on back of winged serpent
Ref: Varbanov 5007


PERGAMON

MYSIA, Pergamon
76 BCE
12.4 gm
Obv: cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath
Rev: bow-case with serpents; snake-entwined staff to the right; monogram left; AΠ above; monogram & star above
Ref: Kleiner, Pergamum 25; Pinder 122
From a large and mostly undescribed mixed lot, Stacks Bowers, November 2013. I'd like a higher grade example but the toning on this one is lovely so it's a keeper; not bad for $15.

PHLIUS

PHLIASIA (PELOPONNESOS), Phlius
400-350 BCE
AR obol, 11 mm, 0.84 gm
Obv: forepart of butting bull left
Rev: large Φ surrounded by four pellets
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 8-9
from Triskeles Auctions, Oct. 2013
ex BCD Collection, not in previous BCD sales.
Handwritten round tag and auction clipping indicates that BCD acquired this coin from Sotheby's, 26-27 May 1976, lot 88, for £55 + 10% VAT

PITANE

MYSIA, Pitane
AE, 4th-3rd c. BCE
9 mm, 0.64 gm
Obv: Head of Zeus Ammon right.
Rev: ΠΙΤΑ; Pentagram, branch in centre.
Ref: BMC 5-10 var. (pellet in centre).
My 2112 coin . Somewhere I still have this t-shirt.

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PSOPHIS

ARKADIA, Psophis
450-30 BCE
AR obol, 10 mm, 0.69 gm
Obv: forepart of Kerynitian hind right
Rev: fish right, O above, archaic psi below, all within circle incuse
Ref: BCD Peloponnesos 1680 (same dies). Rare.
ex Frank James Collection
ex BCD Collection

 

Pautalia, Geta, 189-211
AE18, 3.6g, 12h; Thrace, Pautalia
Obv.: L CЄΠΤ ΓΕΤΑC Κ; bareheaded, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: ΟΥΛΠΙΑC ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΑC; coiled serpent, head right.
Reference: Moushmov 4334

 

Mysia, Pergamon
AE21, 7.7g, 133-127 BC
Obv.: Helmeted head of Athena right.
Rev.: AΘΗΝΑΣ / ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ either side of trophy; trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass; mint-monogram in lower field to right.
Reference: SNG France 1875-9; SNG Copenhagen 393-5.

 

P is for Pergamon

MYSIA. Pergamon.
Cistophoric Tetradrachm
AR 133 - 67 B.C.
12.63 grams, 27 mm
Obv: Snake emerging from basket (Cista Mystica) all within ivy wreath
Rev: Serpents entwined about bow case with Pergamon monogram (∏ΕPΓ) to left & KP/(∏PY) above.
Grade: aEF fully struck, Reverse perfectly centered and obverse slightly off center with old toning.
Other: Purportedly purchased from Stacks in 2009. Pergamon became the capital of the Roman province of Asia in 133 B.C. Pergamon was allowed to continue striking coins in the style of the Greek times while they were part of the Roman empire.



P is also for Philadelphia

 

THESSALY, Pharsalos. AR Hemidrachm
Mid-late 5th century BC
Diameter: 14 mm
Weight: 2.88 grams
Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right
Reverse: Head and neck of horse right within incuse square
Reference: Lavva 31 (V21/R19); BCD Thessaly II –; Moustaka 51; SNG Copenhagen 217-8
Other: 12h … lightly toned
From the Demetrios Armounta Collection

 

MYSIA, PARION, AR Hemidrachm
4th CENTURY BC.
Diameter: 15mm
Weight: 2.23 grams
Obverse: Head of Gorgoneion facing, tongue protruding, head surrounded by snakes
Reverse: Bull standing left, head right; below, grain ear right
Reference: SNG France 1373-6; BMC 23

 

Pantikapaion

 

Pergamon

 

Achaean League, Pallantion AR Tetrobol
1st Century BC
Diameter: 15.1 mm
Weight: 2.3 grams
Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus
Reverse: Monogram of the Achaian League
References: BCD Peloponnesos 1593.2
Other: nicely toned

 

Philippi

 

Patrae