How many Ancient Greek Cities can we get?

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I almost forgot this one!

Alexandria (Egypt)


and...

Pontos, Amisos

 

Another A city in Sicily is Alaisa. This AE22 shows griffon and horse.

From Aitna is an AE23 with Athena and horse.

Both of these bronzes show the common Sicilian fabric where the dies only partly flattened a round cast blank. My catalog separates Greek coins by geographic region rather than alphabet but this is all I have in A cities from Sicily.

 

Apamea - Bithynia. Crested Athena/right.. Bull butting right. Rec.Gen 2.

 

Here it is , with dolphin diving counter clockwise to left of seated Zeus on reverse. Price 133. Ampipholis
Posthumous.

 

How often will you update this sheet? It will be nice to know which cities have already been posted.

 

Now THAT is the Post O' the day right there folks!

 

Sicily: Agyrion
SICILY. Agyrion. Ae Hemilitra (Mid 4th century BC), 20mm, 5.3g. Obv: AΓYPINAION. Obv: Head of young river god(?) right. Rev: ΠALAΓKAIOS (retro). Achelous Palagkaios as (the forepart of) a man-headed bull right. MSP I, 6 (this coin illustrated).

 

Sicily, Assoros, c. 200 BC, ae tetras (?). Nymph to right. Acheloios Kyamosoros and Acheloios Chrysas as man-faced bulls to right. MSP I, 24 (this coin illustrated).

 

SICILY, Alontion. Circa 210-180 BC. Æ Trias(?) (18mm, 4.03 g, 6h). Male head left, wearing Phrygian helmet / Achelous Chydas as a man-headed bull standing left, spouting water from mouth. Campana 14a; CNS 2; HGC 2, 214; MSP I, 23.

 

I haven't noticed an Abydos yet...

Alexander III "the Great"
Abydos. 336-323 BC. AR
Drachm (17mm, 4.17g).
Head of Herakles right,
wearing lion skin / Zeus
Aëtophoros seated left,
monogram in left field, Z
below throne. Price 1535.
Former Kairos Numismati

 

My other "A" cities have been posted, so...



Sicily, Abakainon AR Litra, or what's left of it (.21g)

 

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

AEOLIS, AIGAI
AE 10
OBVERSE: Laureate head of Apollo right
REVERSE: Head and neck of a goat, AIΓAE behind
Struck at Aigai, 300-200BC
.9g, 10mm
SNG von Aulock 1593; SNG Copenhagen 1
Ex JAZ Numismatics

 

AKARNANIA, Anaktorion. Circa 330-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1,28g). Forepart of Pegasos left / Laureate head of Apollo left. BCD Akarnania 102 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 302. VF. From the Dr. Hartmann collection.
didn't see the city on the list but here is the coin.Art Nouveau Apollo

 

I forgot this one, even though we already have Amisos, I still want to share it.

Amisos, Pontos

Amisos bronze coin 80-70 B.C.
Obverse: Head of Perseus right, wearing Phrygian helmet.
Reverse: AMIΣOY, Pegasus grazing or drinking left, monograms below and left.

 

I just added the cities to the excel sheet, and we already have 31 cities just starting with the letter A. That is quite an accomplishment, thank you for the participation all, if we continue like this we are definitely going to reach far over the 100. Tomorrow we will continue with the letter B, I will make a comment about this. If you have any more cities starting with the letter A, please share it.

Very nice coin! If the coin is not on the list, then still please post it as well, I will add it to the list. I have only added 500 poleis in the list from the 1200 poleis that exist, it is just that most of those other 700 poleis are quite obscure. It is only more interesting if someone actually have a coin from those places!

I will try to update it daily, I just updated the excel sheet so you can take a look.

 

Aigai, Macedon. 1/8 stater, 500-480 BC, goat/incuse square

 

ARGOS


ARGOLIS Argos 490-470 BC AR Triobol 14mm 2.9g Forepart of wolf lying - A 2 incuse sqs pellet crossbar within shallow sq incuse BCD Peloponnesos 1009 RARE

 

Acanthus, Macedon, AR tetrobol, 470-390 BC, bull/incuse square

 

Thrace, Abdera
AR Stater, 336-311 BC, 23mm, 10.02g, 1h
Dionysados as Magistrate
Obverse: Griffon recumbent left, ABΔH / PITEΩN.
Reverse: Laureate head of Apollo right, EΠIΔIO / NYΣAΔOΣ
References: C-N 159-65; May, Abdera 535; SNG Copenhagen 353