Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Prymnessos (AD 14-37) AE 17 - Tiberius512 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE17 (7.33g, 1h). Kaikilios Plokamos, magistrate. Laureate head right / Dikaiosyne advancing left, holding scales and grain ears. Near VF. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Prymnessos (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero350 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (3.75g). Klaudius Mithradates, 63-68 AD. [ΝΕPΩΝΑ ΚΑΙΣΑΠΑ] − ΠPΥΜΝΗΣΣΕΙΣ, laureate draped head right / ΕΠΙ ΚΛΑΥΔ[ΙΟΥ ΜΙΘΠΙ]ΔΑΤΟΥ, Dikaiosyne with scales and two ears of corn standing left. A bit soft, very fine.
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Prymnessos (AD 54-68) AE 20 - Nero360 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE20 (6.79g, 12h). Ti. Iulios Proklos, magistrate. Laureate head right / Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and grain ears. Near VF, brown patina, some minor scratches and roughness. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Prymnessos (AD 54-69) AE 18 - Nero426 viewsNero, 54-69 AD. AE18 (3.06g), struck by Claudius Mithridates, 63-68 AD. ΝΕΡΩΝΑ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΑ - ΠΡΥΜΝΗΣΣΕΙΣ, laureate head right / ΕΠΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΜΙΘΡΙΔΑΤΟΥ, scales.
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Prymnessos (AD 54-69) AE 18 - Nero322 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE18 (4.60g). Klaudios Mithridates, magistrate. NEPΩNA KAIΣAPA ΠPYMNHΣΣEIΣ, laureate head right / EΠI KΛAYΔIOV MIΘPIΔATOY, scales. VF.
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Prymnessos (AD 79-81) AE 21 - Titus238 viewsTitus, 79-81 AD. AE21 (5.3g). TI AYTOKPATOPA KAICAP , laureate head right / ΠPYMNHCCIC, Dikaiosyne seated left, holding scales, corn ears and poppy. VF.
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Prymnessos (AD 138-161) AE 30 - Antoninus Pius330 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE30 (18.64g). Laureate head left / Dikaiosyne seated left, holding scales and sceptre. Fine, brown patina. Apparently unique. Ex Lindgren Coll.
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Prymnessos (AD 138-192) AE 20116 viewsTime of the Antonines, 138-192 AD. AE20 (4.64g). ΔΗΜΟС, laureate head of Demos right / ΠΡVΜΝΗСЄΩΝ, Zeus seated left on throne, holding Nike and sceptre. aEF.
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Prymnessos (AD 138-192) AE 21281 views2nd century AD. AE21 (4.3g). Head of Men right on crescent, wearing Phrygian cap with stars / ΠΡΥΜΝΗCΕΩΝ, Tyche standing left, wearing polos, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF.
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Prymnessos (AD 138-192) AE 21253 viewsTime of the Antonines, 138-192 AD. AE21 (2.34g). MIΔΑC, draped bust of Midas right, wearing Phrygian cap and necklace / ΠΡVΜΝЄCCЄΩΝ, river god reclining left, holding reed and resting on inverted vase from which water flows. VF.
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Prymnessos (AD 161-169) AE 31 - Lucius Verus136 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE31 (18.13g). ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡ ΟVΗΡΟС, laureate head right / ΠΡVΜΝΗССЄΩΝ, Dikaiosyne seated left on throne, holding scales and grain ears. aVF.
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Prymnessos (AD 193-211) - AE 25335 viewsTime of Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE27 (9.55g). BOVΛH, laureate and draped bust of Boule right / ΠPVMNH-CCЄΩN, Dikaiosyne (Aequitas), standing left, holding scales. VF, dark green, almost black, patina, some light roughness. Ex Drewry Coll; Ex Coin Galleries (4/1994), lot 466.
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Prymnessos (AD 193-217) AE 23 - Julia Domna145 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE23 (5.44g). IOVΛIA CЄBAC, draped bust right / ΠPVMNHCCЄΩN, Cybele seated left on throne, holding patera and resting elbow upon tympanum; to left, lion seated left. VF.
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Prymnessos (AD 193-220) - AE 25489 viewsAutonomous, Severan period, 193-220 AD. AE25 (8.73g). ΙΕΡΑ CΥΝ-ΚΛΗΤΟC, laureate, draped bust of young Senate right / ΠΡΥΜΝΗCCΕΩΝ, Cybele in long gown enthroned left, kalathos on head, right hand outstretched over a lion sitting to her right, left arm resting on a tympanon.
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Prymnessos (AD 193-235) AE 20260 viewsSeveran Period, 193-235 AD. AE20 (3.7g). DHMOC, laureate head of Demos right / ΠPVMNHCCЄΩΝ, Zeus Nikephoros seated left, holding sceptre. GVF.
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Prymnessos (AD 238) AE 19218 views238 AD. AE19 (3.85g). Bust of Zeus Serapis right / ΠPYMN HCCEΩN, Hermes standing holding kerykeion and purse. VF.
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Prymnessos (AD 240-260) AE 24579 viewsImperial Times, mid-3rd century AD. AE24 (7.30g, 7h). Draped bust of King Midas right, wearing Phrygian cap / Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and sceptre. Good VF, black-green patina with lighter green overtones, small hairline flan crack. A rare mythological type. Ex Drewry Coll.

Midas, the mytho-historical king of Phrygia and Lydia, was granted the so-called "Golden Touch" by Dionysus because the king wished for unending wealth as a reward for his guest-friendship to Silenus. Everything Midas touched turned to gold, including food. Starving and pleading for relief, the king was instructed to bathe in the waters of the river Pactolus. The water removed Midas’ “gift” and turned the sand of the river-bed into grains of gold. It was the naturally-occuring ore of the Pactolus that became the source of the metal used in the first archaic electrum coinages of Asia Minor.
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Prymnessos (AD 253-268) AE 15364 viewsTime of Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE15 (3.21g). ΜΙΔΑC, bust of Midas wearing Phrygian cap right / ΠΡΥΜΝЄCCЄΩΝ, River-god reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, on overturned amphora from which water flow. Rare. Nice green patina, gVF.
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Prymnessos (AD 253-268) AE 33 - Gallienus387 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE33 (14.67g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; eagle at his feet. VF, green patina with some red, a little rough. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Prymnessos (AD 253-268) AE 34 - Gallienus404 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE34 (16.69g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΗΝΟC, C-ЄB across field; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠPVM-N-H-CCЄ-ΩN, Dikaiosyne (Aequitas) seated left, holding scales, within tetrastyle temple. Good VF, central disc on both sides lacking patina, peripheral green encrustation, minor roughness. Very rare, only the BMC specimen cited by Von Aulock.
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Prymnessos (AD 253-268) AE 34 - Gallienus277 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE34 (15.07g, 6h). AYT KAI Π ΛIK ΓAΛHNO[C], C ЄB across field, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dikaiosyne enthroned left, holding scales and Nike; Nikai to left and right; in exergue, two erotes, each riding a hippocamp. Good VF, earthen dark green patina. Rare.
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Prymnessos (AD 253-268) AE 34 - Gallienus187 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE34 (15.19g). AYT KAI Π ΛΙK ΓΑΛΛΗΝΟC /C-ЄB, laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to right / ΠΡΥΜΝΗCCЄΩN APX NIΓЄΡ /I IΠΠΙΚΩΤ /B, Dikaiosyne within tetrastyle temple, seated left on throne with a back, holding scales with her extended right hand and poppy with two corn ears in her left. Extremely rare. VF.
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Prymnessos (BC 15-AD 19) AE 17 - Germanicus248 viewsGermanicus, father of Gaius. AE16.5 (4.15g). Struck circa 14-37 AD. ΓEPMANIKOΣ KAIΣAP, bare head of Germanicus right / ΔPOYΣOΣ KAIΣAP ΠPY, bare head of Drusus Caesar left. Extremely rare; only one specimen cited in RPC. gVF. Clain-Stefanelli coll.
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Prymnessos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 19 - Augustus484 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 (4.74g). Nearchos Arta, magistrate. Laureate head right / Dikaiosyne advancing left, holding scales and grain ears. Near VF, black patina under some light earthen encrustation. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Prymnessos (BC 27-AD 14) AE 19 - Augustus 308 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE19 (5.8g). Magistrate Nearchos Arta. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ Laureate head right, lituus before / ΙΟΥΚΟΥΝΔΑ ΙΕΡΗΑ ΠΡΥ ΜΝΗΣΣΕΩΝ Dikaiosyne advancing left, holding scales and two grain ears. Globe and monogram in fields Solid black patina.
     
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