COINS BY CITY: An Alphabetical A to Z of Coinage

These lions, snakes, goats, & birds should hang-out together. Check-out all the engraving nuances of these coins!

S is for Sikyon:

 

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Is it "T" time yet?

 

Wow, Looks like the SSSSSSSSSSS have it so far..

I'll try to get my humble examples in before you move to TTTTT!!

Licinius l
Ae, follis.
Obv. bust right.
rev. Jupiter standing, face feft.
20mm x 3.85g.
Mint Siscia..

 

One more SSSSSSS

Crispus Caesar 320-321..AD..
Ae, follis.
Obv. bust right.
Rev. Vot dot X
18mm x 2.77g.
Mint Siscia..E- Sis- sunburst



Ok now you can move on...

 

=> my dove's wings are a bit bit different than the other two examples, but yes, other than that they are very similar (oh, and all fricken awesome!!)

Cheers!!

 

Hell yea!

 

Siscia Mint--Aurelian and his wife, Severina:

 

May not be a city, but what a fascinating piece, Collect, thanks for showing it!

Elsewhere for "S", we had an excellent run of cities:

Samos, Ionia (1)
Samosata (3)
Sardes, Lydia (3)
Seleukia Pieria, Syria (1)
Selge, Pisidia (1)
Selinos, Sicily (3)
Semirech'e, Sogd (1)
Serdica (3)
Sestus, Thrace (1)
Shirajan, Persia (1)
Side, Pamphylia (2)
Sidon, Phoenicia (1)
Sigeion, Troas (1)
Sikyon, Sikyonia (4)
Sinope, Paphlagonia (1)
Sirmium (2)
Siscia (15)
Sistan, Persia (1)
Skotoussa, Thessaly (1)
Smyrna, Ionia (3)
Soloi, Cilicia (1)
Sparta, Laconia (1)
Sri Ksetra, Pyu (1)
Stamford, Anglia (1)
Susa (1)
Sylhet, Bangladesh (1)
Syracuse, Sicily (20)

TOTAL CITIES SHOWN: 27
TOTAL COINS SHOWN: 75

And it's time now for our "T" city coins!

 

State, City: Thrace, Thasos
Coin: Silver Trihemiobol
- Satyr running with kantharos
- Amphora
Mint: Thasos (411-350 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 0.93g / 11.5mm / -
References:

• SNG Cop 1029

 

State, City: Lucania , Thourioi
Coin: Silver Stater
- Head of Athena Right wearing Crested Athenian Helmet ornamented with Skylla
THOUPIWN - Bull Butting Right, tunny fish swimming right in ex
Mint: Thourioi (400-350 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 7.22g / 20mm / -
References:

• Refs Ref:SNG ANS 1003*

 

Grumpy little guy from THASOS.


THRACE, Thasos
AR Trihemiobol
0.75g, 11mm
Circa 411 - 350 BC
SNG Copenhagen 1030; McClean 4216 and pl. 152, 8.
O: Satyr kneeling left in three-quarter view, holding kantharos facing.
R: Amphora, ΘΑΣ−ΙΩΝ around.

 

TERINA

BRUTTIUM, Terina
AR Drachm
Circa 300 BC
2.17g, 15mm
SNG ANS 865; cf Holloway & Jenkins 116 (obv); 112 (rev); BMC 32
O: TEPINAIWN, Head of the nymph Terina right, triskeles behind.
R: TE monogram before Nike seated left on cippus, holding bird in her hand.
Ex Frank James Collection

 

TARSOS

CILICIA, Tarsos
Circa 1st century BC
AE18
4.3g, 18.7mm
SNG France 1365-71; BMC p. 183, 126-127; Sear 5675
O: Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike and scepter; star to left, ΤΑΡΣΕΩΝ to right.
R: Club, monograms to left and right, all within oak wreath.

 

THYMBRA

TROAS, Thymbra
Circa 4th century BC
AE17
5.0g, 16.9mm
SNG von Aulock 158; BMC Troas pg. 89, 4.
O: Head of Zeus-Ammon left.
R: ΘΥ, star of eight rays; monogram below.
From Wikipedia: Thymbra was a town in the Troad, near Troy. The second of the six gates of Troy was named after it. It was the location of a major temple and sanctuary of Apollo. In Greek mythology, the temple is tied to the fall of Troy as the location of Achilles' murder of Troilus upon that god's altar, as well as the place where Cassandra received her prophetic powers. Another tradition has Achilles himself dying at Thymbra, ambushed by Paris, who draws him there promising Polyxena as wife in exchange for his defection to the Trojans.

 

State, City: Lydia, Thyatira
Coin: Bronze
None - Laureate head of Apollo
QYATEI-RHNWN - Double headed axe (bipennis)
Mint: Thyatira (After 200 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.62g / 15mm / -
References:

• Walcher 2714
• BMC 4-7
• SNG von Aulock 3199
• Weber 6921-6922
• Imhoof LS 7

 

Lycia, Termessos Minor
Coin: Bronze
- Apollo laureate head within dots and countermark of winged insect
TERMHS-SEWN - kithara
Mint: Oinoanda (1st C AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 4.44g / 19mm / -
Rarity: Rare
References:

• BMC 276, 7 (Pisidia)
• SNG von Aulock 4458

 

TARENTUM

CALABRIA, Tarentum
325-280 BCE
AR litra, 11 mm, 0.56 gm
Obv: cockle shell
Rev: dolphin right, bunch of grapes (?) below
Ref: Vlasto 1527 (if grapes)
formerly slabbed, NGC Choice VF 5/5-3/5; cert# 3601372-003

 

Thrace, Trajana
Coin: Bronze
P CEPTI GETAC K - Draped bust right
AVGOVCTH TPIANHC - Artemis running right, holding bow in left hand and drawing arrow from uiver at shoulder, hound running at her feet
Mint: (198-209 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.21g / 18mm / -
References:

• BMC 25 (Trajanopolis)
• Moushmov 3085

 

Diocletian
Coin: Bronze Follis
IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG - Laureate, cuirassed bust right
GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI - Genius standing left, tower on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and ornucopiae. S-F across fields
Mint: Trier (302-303 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 10.75g / 28mm / -
References:

• RIC 524a

 

Fausta
Coin: Bronze Follis
FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG - Mantled bust right, bare-headed, draped bust right with waved hair
SALVS REI-PVBLICAE - Salus/Fausta holding two children (Constantine II & Constantius II) in her arms.
Mint: Trier (AD 324-325)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.23g / 18mm / -
References:

• RIC Trier 482
• Sear 16545