In the lot that I won and I'm still checking and attributing, there is this one with the flip showing that the previous owner bought it from Ken Dorney, probably some time ago. Ken not only publishes the coins he has currently for sale; he also publishes all the coins he has sold in the past. That's really amazing and he is the only one I've seen who does this, so I was able to find the coin, including a nice picture. Thank you so much Ken, for your great and professional work. Apollonis was an ancient city of the Lydian kingdom located in northern Lydia, on the Cissus, a tributary of the Hyllus, near modern-day Palamut Kalesi, south of Apollonia in Mysia. It was named after the queen Apollonis, the mother of Eumenes II and Attalus II of Pergamum. AE 26 Lydia, Apollonis, 198 – 217 AD, time of Caracalla; Magistrate Demetrios 26 mm, 7.7 g Mionnet Supp. VII, 34: Paris 54; Kurth Demos 509; Leypold 2 in Möng XXX, IV, 1990; Leypold I, 887; GRPC Lydia 33. Countermark: laureate head of Caracalla to right (Howgego 85). Ob.: ΔHMOC AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN laureate head of Demos, no beard, to right, countermark on neck: laureate head of Caracalla Rev.: EΠI CTΡA ΔHMHTΡIOY AΠEΛΛA B Tyche standing left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia Picture courtesy Ken Dorney: Please share your coins of Demos or anything you deem relevant
That is a standard function on Vcoins. Not every dealer uses it; but I bet most do. After your search in a store, there is a middle box on the left called PRICE BETWEEN and right underneath that is the "search sold items"...tick the box and get the results.
Thank you so much @Victor_Clark for the info about the standard feature at Vcoins. It's really wonderful to have it.
Nice addition! Your references include Dane Kurth's (Helvetica) 2010 book Demos, The Personification of the People, which I have yet to take a look at but would like to. There's another volume I need to look at -- sounds like similar material -- Katharina Martin's 2013 Demos, Boule, Gerousia: Personifikationen städtischer Institutionen auf kaiserzeitlichen Münzen aus Kleinasien. These pseudo-autonomous bronzes from Lydia and Phrygia are interesting, with their various personifications of "the people" and local governmental bodies depicted. I don't know if I have any Demos types, but a few Senate and Gerousia (a local governing body similar to a Senate, I think?) coins from the same region and general period. Notice that the legends for these three all identify the figure on the obverse. Most recent addition, a Gerousia AE23: Phrygia, Hierapolis AE (6.63g, 23mm, 7h). Obv: ΓƐΡΟVϹΙΑ. Laureate-headed, veiled and draped bust of the Gerousia, r. Rev: ΙƐΡΑΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ. Apollo-Tyrimnaios on horseback, r., holding upright double axe. Ref: Mabbott 1907; Lindgren 969; RPC IV 9789 (25 spec.); L. Weber, NC 1913, 29, XV, no. 6–8; BMC 79–81; Martin, Demos, Hierapolis 9a-b. Prov: Ex Michael Slavin Coll., acq. by him at CICF 1999. Phrygia, Sebaste AE (27mm, 8.07g), temp. Elagabalus or Severus Alexander. Obv: ΙƐΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ. Diademed, draped bust of Senate. Rev: ϹƐΒΑϹΤΗΝΩΝ. Zeus enthroned holding scepter & patera. Ref: RPC VI 5681. Prov: Ex Pierre Strauss (1922-1995) [sold M&M AG 1950]; R.C. Lockett (1873-1950) [Glendining's 23 February 1961, Lot 2922 (part) with tickets]; Cornelius C. Vermeule Collection III (1925-2008), sold for the benefit of the Classical Department of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts [Triton III Auction (CNG, NAC, Freeman & Sear), 30 November 1999 (lot 1668 part)] Phrygia, Grimenothyrae AE (23.5mm, 7.36g), Magistrate Tullius, temp. Trajan. Obv: ΙΕΡΑ CΥΝΚΛΗΤΟC. Draped bust of Senate, right. Rev: Ε Λ ΤΥΛΛΙ ΓΡΙΜΕΝΟΘΥΡ. Men standing left holding pinecone & spear. Ref/Prov: von Aulock, Phrygiens II 340 = Lindgren & Kovacs 955 = AsiaMinorCoins 3158 = RPC III 2482 Ex. 17 = this coin; Ex G. Drewry (1928- ), M.B. Burstein, H.C. Lindgren (1914-2005) Collections.
A few others that I most probably have shared before: AE 22 Lydia, Tabala, 138 – 192 AD, Antonine Era 22 mm, 5.56 g, 5h RPC IV.2, 9941(temporary); SNG Copenhagen 562; Ob.: IEPA CYNKΛHTOC, draped bare-headed bust of the Senate to right Rev.: TABAΛEΩN EΡMOC, River-god Hermos reclining to left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Picture courtesy Herakles Numismatics at VCoins AE Drachm Conventus of Pergamum, Mysia, Pergamon, 40 – 60 AD, Dates from approximately the Claudian rule (41-54 AD). Claudius / Nero or Time of Hadrian 15 mm, 2.863 g BMC 205; RPC I 2374; SNG France 1964-71; Sear: Greek Imperial Coins, 4910; SNG von Aulock 1385 Ob.: ΘƐΟΝ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟΝ (Theos Synkletos i.e. God Senate); draped bust of the Senate, from front, right Rev.: ΘƐΑΝ ΡΩΜΗΝ (Goddess Roma); turreted and draped (female) bust of Roma, from side, right Æ Diassarion Phrygia, Cotiaeum, (Kütahya, Turkey) by Archon Diogenes son of Dionysiou time of Valerian I - Gallienus, c. 235 - 238 AD. 23 x 22 mm, 6.834 g SNG Cop 318 - 319; BMC Phrygia p. 162, 20; SNG von Aulock 3776; SNG Righetti 1165; Kurth, Demos 398; Ob.: ΔHMOC KOTIAEΩN head of Demos with tainia, no beard, to right Rev.: EΠI ΔIOΓENOYC ΔIONYCIOY; A / Ρ-X (archon – Diogenes’ title) across fields, KOTIAEΩN in exergue, Zeus Aetophorus seated left, holding eagle in extended r. hand and scepter in l. hand Picture courtesy AMCC3 auction
