Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Perge (AD 14-37) AE 15288 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE15 (2.26g). NEIKH / TIBEPIOY, Nike advancing left, holding wreath / APTEMIΔOΣ ΠEPΓAIAΣ, distyle temple, with eagle in pediment and containing facing statue of Artemis of Perga. Very rare. VF.
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Perge (AD 14-37) AE 23 - Tiberius242 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE23 (11.93g). TIBЄPIOC KAICAP CЄBACTOC, bare head left / APTЄMIΔOC ΠЄPΓΑIAC, Artemis advancing right, holding bow and torch. VF.
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Perge (AD 79-81) AE 20 - Titus776 viewsTitus, 79-81 AD. AE20 (5.20g, 19.69mm). TITOC KAICAP, laureate head of Titus right / APTEMIΔΟC ΠΕPΓΑIAC; Artemis with bow and torch right. Very fine.
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Perge (AD 81-96) AE 19 - Domitian273 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE19 (3.56g, 12h). ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP, laureate head right / APTЄMIΔOC ПЄPΓAIAC, Artemis running right, bow and torch in raised hands; crescent above. Near VF, green patina. Tricarico coll.
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Perge (AD 98-117) AE 13 - Trajan 227 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE13 (2.10g, 4h). Laureate head right / Prow, light house in background. Earthy green patina, VF.
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Perge (AD 98-117) AE 14 - Trajan224 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE14 (2.16g). KAICAP TPAIANOC, laureate head right / APT ΠЄP, distyle temple, with eagle in pediment and containing statue of Artemis Pergaia. VF.
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Perge (AD 98-117) AE 19 - Trajan228 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE19 (6.06g). Laureate head right / Artemis Pergaia with bow and torch right. Rare. gVF.
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Perge (AD 98-117) AE 21 - Trajan321 viewsTraianus, 98-117 AD. AE21 (10.41g). Laureate head right / Distyle temple, within cult statue of Artemis Pergaia. Green patina, VF. Franke coll.
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Perge (AD 117-138) AE 12 - Hadrian233 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE12 (1.49g). ΑΔPΙΑΝ ΚΑΙC, laureate head right / ΠΕP ΓΑ, stag standing left, crescent above.
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Perge (AD 117-138) AE 14 - Hadrian404 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE14 (2.55g). ΑΔPΙΑΝΟC - [ΚΑΙCΑP], Cuirassed, draped and laureate bust right / ΑPΤΕΜΙΔΟC - ΠΕPΓΑΙΑC, Artemis standing right holding torch. Nice very fine.
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Perge (AD 117-138) AE 17 - Hadrian130 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE17 (3.2g). ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΑΡΤЄΜΙΔΟС ΠЄΡΓΑΙΑС, Artemis standing right, wearing radiate crown and holding torch and bow. VF.
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Perge (AD 138-161) AE 13 - Antoninus Pius272 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE13 (2.85g). ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙ[...], laureate head right / ΑΡΤЄΜΙΔ[...], distyle temple, within cult statue of Artemis Pergaia. Dark patina, VF.
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Perge (AD 138-161) AE 15 - Antoninus Pius305 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE15 (3.02g). Laureate head right / Artemis in long dress standing left with outstretched hand. Almost very fine.
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Perge (AD 138-161) AE 15 - Antoninus Pius255 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE15 (2.22g). ΚΑΙC ΑΝΤΩ, laureate head right / ΠЄΡΓ[ΑΙ]ΩΝ, Artemis huntress. Dark green patina, VF.
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Perge (AD 138-161) AE 24 - Antoninus Pius217 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE23.5 (9.17g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cult figure of Artemis Pergaia flanked by griffins or lions on low pillars; all within distyle temple with eagle in pediment. VF, green patina.

See SNG France 406 and SNG Copenhagen 319 for similar larger and smaller denominations, respectively. The animals flanking the cult stone are usually winged griffins, but no wings are visible on the current coin.
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Perge (AD 139-161) AE 14 - Marcus Aurelius225 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE14 (2.65g). [...] AVPHΛΙ[...], bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠЄPΓAIΩN, distyle temple, containing facing statue of Artemis Pergeia. Extremely rare. aVF.

RPC lists the sole example as "uncertain Antonine" due to it being extremely worn. The characteristics of this piece match up very closely, and likely provides a much clearer idea about the attribution of the type.
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Perge (AD 139-161) AE 15 - Marcus Aurelius181 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE15 (2.19g). ΚΑΙСΑΡ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟС, bare head right / ΑΡΤEΜΙΔΟС ΠEΡΓΑΙΑ, Artemis Pergaia standing right, wearing radiate crown, holding sceptre and bow. gVF.
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Perge (AD 161-169) AE 18 - Lucius Verus107 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE18 (5.49g). [...]P OYHPOC C, laureate head right / ΠЄPΓAIΩN, Artemis standing facing, head right, holding arrow and bow. aVF.
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Perge (AD 161-169) AE 19 - Lucius Verus226 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE19 (4.72g, 17-19mm). Laureate and draped bust right / Artemis advancing left, holding bow and arrow. Very Fine.
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Perge (AD 161-169) AE 34 - Lucius Verus278 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE34 (25.97g, 12h). Laureate bust left, slight drapery / ΠЄPΓAIΩ-N, galley sailing left over waves; large Triton ornament at prow, eight rowers on deck, steersman and two signa at stern; in exergue, from left to right: two fish, dolphin, and either a third fish or turtle. Near VF, brown surfaces, minor roughness.

An extremely rare and interesting type. The designs on the coinage of Perge are principally devoted to religious subjects, particularly to Artemis, who had an important cult center at Perge. This galley type, very reminiscent of ships on some Hadrianic sestertii, presumably alludes to the importance of Perge as a center of maritime trade. We see the type repeated on an equally rare issue of Septimius Severus (see here).
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Perge (AD 161-180) AE 13 - Marcus Aurelius141 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE13 (2.84g, 7h). AVT K[AI] ANTΩNI, laureate head right / ΠEPΓ[AIΩN], cult statue of Artemis Pergaia facing within distyle temple. VF. Very Rare.
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Perge (AD 161-180) AE 25 - Marcus Aurelius112 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE25 (10.70g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. VF, green surfaces. Extremely rare.
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Perge (AD 161-180) AE 29 - Marcus Aurelius231 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE29 (10.93g, 12h). Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / Asklepios standing facing, head left, resting on serpent-entwined staff. Expressive portrait, good style for a provincial issue. Rare. About EF.
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Perge (AD 161-180) AE 35 – Marcus Aurelius308 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE35 (22.40g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙCΑΡ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠЄΡΓΑΙΩΝ, Herakles with club and lion’s skin. Unique (?). Dark green patina, very fine. Ex M&M Deutschland 29 (2008), 2661.
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Perge (AD 177-192) AE 13 - Commodus461 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE13 (3.08g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠΕΡΓΑΙΩΝ, wreathed head of Artemis right. VF, green patina. Scarce. Drewry Coll.; Ex Kovacs VI (11/1985).
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Perge (AD 177-192) AE 13 - Commodus217 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE13 (2.23g). AYP KOM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠΕΡΓΑΙΩΝ, distyle temple, within cult statue of Artemis Pergaia. VF.
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Perge (AD 193-211) AE 18 - Septimius Severus338 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE18 (4.84g). Laureate and draped head right / ΠΕPΓIΩN, Nike advancing left holding wreath. Very fine.
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Perge (AD 193-211) AE 20 - Septimius Severus184 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE20 (7.81g, 12h). Laureate head right / Artemis standing left, holding bow in right hand, arrow downwards in left. Near VF, greenish-brown patina with some red deposits. From the Collection of a Southern Pathologist. Ex Antioch Associates 59 (7/2001), lot 183; Burstein Coll. (with ticket).
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Perge (AD 193-211) AE 23 - Septimius Severus229 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE23 (8.72g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; countermarked, AK and eagle / Cult statue of Artemis Pergaia facing within distyle temple. GF.
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Perge (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus411 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 (35.22g, 12h). AV • K • Λ • CЄ • CЄOVHPOC • Π • C, ЄB below bust, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΠЄP Γ A IΩN, cultic xoanon of Artemis Pergaia, flanked by sphinx set on low basis, star and crescent on either side above; all within distyle temple façade; pediment decorated with eagle standing right, head left, with wings displayed and floral acroteria. VF, dark brown patina with traces of red, light scratch under patina on obverse, areas of minor smoothing. Apparently unpublished with these legends.
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Perge (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus302 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 (26,60g, 12h). AVT K Λ CЄ - CЄOVHPOC ΠЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠЄPΓ / AN / ON, warship sailing left, with Triton at prow, vexillum and signum at stern; in waist of vessel, soldiers addressed by emperor seated left, in steering house; in ex. dolphin, octopus and fish. Green-brown patina, gVF. Ex CNG 103.
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Perge (AD 193-217) AE 17 - Julia Domna148 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE17 (4.98g, 12h). Draped bust right / Victory advancing left. VF.
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Perge (AD 193-217) AE 24 - Julia Domna255 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE24 (9.24g). Draped bust right / Money chest surmounted by three purses. Dark green patina, GVF. Franke coll.
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Perge (AD 198-217) AE 12 - Caracalla270 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE12 (2.47g). ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC, laureate head right / ΠЄΡΓΑΙΩΝ, Artemis with long torch and bow. Very rare. Dark green patina, VF.
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Perge (AD 198-217) AE 18 - Caracalla202 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE18 (5.00g). AV K M AV ANTΩNINOC CЄB, laureate head right / ΠЄPΓAIΩN, Artemis standing right, holding bow and arrow. Ex Dr. P. Vogl coll.; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (sold 11/181997). VF.
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Perge (AD 198-217) AE 20 - Caracalla307 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE20 (5.16g). A K M A ANTΩNЄINOC C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠЄPΓAIΩN, Tyche standing left holding rudder and cornucopiae. Good very fine.
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Perge (AD 198-217) AE 21 - Caracalla384 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE21 (6.72g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and curiassed bust right; c/m: eagle standing facing, head left / Cult idol of Artemis within distyle temple. Near VF, green patina. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Perge (AD 198-217) AE 24 - Caracalla366 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE24 (7.57g). Laureate head right / Distyle temple with cult-statue of Artemis-Pergaia. Countermark on obverse, nice very fine.
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Perge (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla351 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (10.82g, 12h). Laureate head right / Rive-god Cestrus reclining left, leaning on overturned amphora, holding reed and cornucopia. Good VF, dark green-brown patina, earthen highlights. Very rare. Group CEM.
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Perge (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla199 viewsPamphylia, Perge. Caracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (9.56g). CЄB AVK M AV ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; countermark: eagle / ΠЄPΓAIΩN, Tyche standing holding cornucopia and rudder. VF.
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Perge (AD 198-217) AE 26 - Caracalla272 viewsCaracalla, 197-211 AD. AE26 (11.56g, 1h). Laureate head right / ΠЄPΓAIΩN, Artemis, holding two torches, driving biga of stags right. Very Rare. GVF.
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Perge (AD 198-217) AE 36 - Caracalla256 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE36 - Medallion (35.58g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed beardless bust right / Tyche Soterios (Fortuna Redux) standing left. VF, hard green patina with traces of earthen overtones.
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Perge (AD 208-212) AE 19 – Geta312 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 208-212 AD. AE19 (5.10g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Artemis in long chiton standing left with torch and bow. Reverse scratches, very fine. Unpublished Artemis-variant.
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Perge (AD 217-218) AE 25 - Diadumenian317 viewsDiadumenian, 217-218 AD. AE25 (11.68g) [..]ΠΕΛ ΑΝΤΩ ΔΙΑΔΟΥΜЄΝΙΑΝΟC ΚΑΙC, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠЄΡΓΑΙΩΝ, distyle Temple with cult statue of Pergaias and eagle in pediment. Very rare. Dark green patina. Very fine.
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Perge (AD 217-218) AE 26 - Diadumenian206 viewsDiadumenian, Caesar, 217-218 AD. AE26 (6.80g). M OΠЄΛ ANTΩ ΔIAΔOVMЄNIANOC KAIC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠЄPΓAIΩN, Artemis standing right, holding bow and arrow; ΛK in rectangular countermark to right. VF.
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Perge (AD 217-218) AE 36 - Macrinus285 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE36 (31.96g, 11h). Laureate and cuirassed but right / Tyche seacted left, holding cult idol of Artemis Pergaia and cornucopiae; ΠЄP[Γ]HI around. VF. Very Rare.
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Perge (AD 218-222) AE 18 - Elagabalus313 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE18 (4.55g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠΕPΓAIΩN, Tyche standing facing, head left, holding cornucopiae and rudder. About very fine.
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Perge (AD 218-222) AE 22 - Elagabalus263 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE22 (6.92g). ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠЄΡΓΑΙΩΝ, Artemis with bow and arrow. Dark green patina, VF.
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Perge (AD 218-222) AE 24 - Elagabalus357 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE 24.39 (6.84 g). Cuirassed, draped and radiate bust right, AVK M AV ANTΩNINOC / Artemis standing to front rests on long torch. Very fine.
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Perge (AD 218-222) AE 26 - Elagabalus234 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE26 (9.73g, 12h). AV K M AY AN TΩNINOC CEB, cuirassed and draped bust right / ΠΕΡΓ ΑΙΩΝ River god with cornucopiae and branch reclining to left; below, water. Very rare. Extremely fine. Ex 51gallery Brüssel 2014, 210.
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Perge (AD 221-222) AE 18 - Severus Alexander399 viewsSeverus Alexander, as Caesar, 221-222 AD. AE18 (4.59g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠΕΡΓ−ΑΙΩΝ, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF, green patina. Scarce. Drewry Coll.; Ex Kovacs X (5/1990), lot 249.
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Perge (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Severus Alexander181 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE25 (9.47g). K M AVP AΛЄΞANΔPOC, radiate and cuirassed bust right / ΠЄPΓAIΩN, Nike to left, holding wreath and palm. Very rare. About VF.
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Perge (AD 235-238) AE 25 - Maximinus I219 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE25 (10.57g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Pan seated left on rocks, playing flute and holding lagobolon. Good VF, green patina. Group CEM.
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Perge (AD 235-238) AE 26 - Maximinus I320 viewsMaximinus Thrax, 235-238 AD. AE26 (9.12g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Three purses on money chest. Rough, VF.
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Perge (AD 235-238) AE 26 - Maximinus I303 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE26 (8.55g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Money chest surmounted by three purses. Good VF, dark green patina. Group CEM.
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Perge (AD 235-238) AE 27 - Maximinus I319 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE27 (7.12g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠEPΓAIΩN; Asklepios with serpent staff. Good very fine.
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Perge (AD 235-238) AE 27 - Maximus178 viewsMaximus, Caesar, 235-238 AD. AE27 (11.57g). Draped and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. VF. Clain-Stefanelli coll.
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Perge (AD 235-238) AE 28 - Maximinus I444 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE28 (8.0g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΠEP-ΓAI-ΩN, Decorated cult statue of Artemis Pergaea, star and crescent flanking, two sphinx on columns to either side; all within distyle temple; eagle in pediment. Rare. VF
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Perge (AD 235-238) AE 35 - Maximinus I423 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE35 (23.65g, 11h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; on breastplate, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings folded / Cult statue of Artemis Pergaea, crescent and star above thymateria flanking; all within tetrastyle temple; in pediment, eagle facing, [head left], with wings displayed. Good VF, brown patina. Extremely rare.
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Perge (AD 238-244) AE 25 - Gordian III138 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE25 - Diassarion (9.77g, 12h). AY KAI MAP ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust set on globe to right / ΠЄPΓAIΩN, three-legged chest with folding doors, with three purses upon it. Light scratches and minor deposits, gVF.
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Perge (AD 238-244) AE 26 - Tranquilina339 viewsTranquilina, wife of Gordian III, 238-244 AD. AE26 (15.10g). Draped bust right / ΠЄPΓAIAC APTЄMIΔOC, on architrave, ACVΛOV ; temple with two columns enclosing cult statue of Artemis of Perga. Flan flaws on obverse, attractive very fine.
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Perge (AD 241-244) AE 25 - Tranquillina294 viewsTranquillina, 241-244 AD. AE25 (15.77g). Homonoia with Side. CΑΒЄΙ ΤΡΑΝ−ΚΥΛΛЄΙΝΑΝ CЄΒ, Diademed and draped bust right, resting on a crescent / ΠЄΡΓΑΙ−ΩΝ CΙΔΗΤΩΝ, Artemis Pergaia with arrow left and Athena of Side with spear and shield clasping hands over burning altar. Dark green patina, VF.
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Perge (AD 241-244) AE 25 - Tranquillina212 viewsTranquillina, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AE25 (9.08g, 11h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane; crescent behind / Distyle temple containing cult statue of Artemis-Pergaia. VF, rough dark green-brown patina. Spradling Coll.; ex CNG Elec. Auc. 165 (5/2007), lot 164.
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Perge (AD 241-244) AE 27 - Tranquillina501 viewsTranquillina, wife of Gordian III, Augusta, 241-244 AD. AE27 (12.05g). Diademed and draped bust right, resting on a crescent / ΠΕΡΓΑΙΑC ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟC around, ΑCVΛΟV in exergue, statue of Artemis with crescent and star above within distyle temple. Good Fine, brown surfaces, usual roughness for this mint. Drewry Coll.; Ex Burstein Coll.; ex Lindgren Coll.
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Perge (AD 244-249) AE 23 - Philip II334 viewsPhilip II, 244-249 AD. AE23 (7.97g). AV K M IOV CЄOV ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄ, laureate and draped bust right / ΠЄPΓ-AIΩN, Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm branch on globe. Black patina, EF.
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Perge (AD 244-249) AE 27 - Otacilia Severa196 viewsOtacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE27 (14.40g, 12h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / Artemis standing right, wearing crescent, holding arrow and bow. Good VF, earthen black-green patina. Group CEM.
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Perge (AD 247-249) AE 22 - Philip II249 viewsPhilip II, 244-249 AD. AE22 (6.29g). ΑΥ Κ Μ ΙΟΥ CЄΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC C, laureate and draped bust right, globe below / ΠЄΡΓΑ-Ι-ΩΝ, Hephaestus, wearing cap, seated right on chair, holding hammer and resting arm on shield set on knee. Dark patina, VF.
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Perge (AD 247-249) AE 23 - Philip II326 viewsPhilip II, 247-249 AD. AE23 (6.49g, 12h). Laureate and draped bust right, set on globe / Chest surmounted by three purses. Near EF, brown surfaces.
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Perge (AD 247-249) AE 23 - Philip II198 viewsPhilip II, 247-249 AD. AE23 (7,66g). AV K M IOV CЄOV ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, below, small globe / ΠЄPΓ-AI-ΩN, Artemis Pergaia with bow and arrow standing facing, wearing crescent. Rare. VF.
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Perge (AD 247-249) AE 23 - Philip II202 viewsPhilip II, 247-249 AD. AE23 (8.07g). AY K M IOY CЄOY ΦIΛΛIΠΠOC C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust on globe right / ΠЄPΓAIΩN, Pan seated left on rocks, holding pedum and playing flute. Very rare. EF.
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Perge (AD 247-249) AE 26 - Philip II171 viewsPhilip II, 247-249 AD. AE26 (10.78g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Elpis advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. VF, green patina, roughness.
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Perge (AD 247-249) AE 27 - Philip II447 viewsPhilip II, 247-249 AD. AE27 (8.42g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cult statue of Artemis Pergaea, star and crescent flanking; all within distyle temple; in pediment, eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed. Good VF, brown surfaces. Ex Alexandre de Barros Coll.
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Perge (AD 249-251) AE 22 - Herennius Etruscus242 viewsHerennius Etruscus, 249-251 AD. AE22 (5.02g). Γ M K ЄPЄN ΔЄKION K CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, globe below / ΠЄΡΓΑΙΩΝ, Artemis with poppy and torch. Very rare. Green patina, EF.
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Perge (AD 250-251) AE 21 - Herennius Etruscus441 viewsHerennius Etruscus, 250-251 AD. AE21 (4.55g, 1h). Laureate head, draped & cuirassed bust to right, globe below, Γ.M.K. EPEN. AEK (IO) N. C / Tyche wearing a kalathos, long sleeved chiton and peplos, standing left; in her right hand a steering oar; in her left, cornucopia; ΠΕΡΓ[ΑΙΩΝ].
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Perge (AD 251) AE 22 - Herennius Etruscus154 viewsHerennius Etruscus, 251 AD. AE22 / Diassarion (6.22g, 1h). Γ•M•K•ЄPЄN•ΔЄKION•K•CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; below, globe / ΠЄPΓAIΩN, three-legged chest with folding doors, with three purses upon it. Very rare. Attractive earthen highlights. Minor porosity, VF.
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Perge (AD 252-253) AE 23 - Trebonianus Gallus190 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 252-253 AD. AE23 (6.93g). AY K Γ OYЄI TPЄ ΓAΛΛON, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠЄPΓAIΩN, Artemis, radiate, advancing right with arrow, quiver and bow. VF.
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Perge (AD 253-260) AE 28 - Valerian I360 viewsHomonoia with Ephesus. Valerian I, 253-260 AD. AE28 - 10 Assaria (16.54g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Artemis of Perga standing right, facing Artemis Ephesia standing facing; A between. VF, green and brown patina. Wagner Coll.
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Perge (AD 253-260) AE 35 - Valerian I203 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE35 (22.60g, 12h). AVT KAI ΠOV MOV VAΛЄPIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IЄPA ΛAMΠPA […] ΠЄPΓAI, Tyche seated left, holding cult idol of Artemis Pergaia and cornucopia; monogram to left. Green patina, little scratch on obverse, VF.
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Perge (AD 253-260) AE 36 - Valerian I374 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE36 (17.42g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; I to right / Two price-urns with palm-branches on table inscribed ΠΕΡΓΑΙΩΝ. About very fine.
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Perge (AD 253-260) AE 36 - Valerian I325 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE36 (25.89g). AV K ΠOV ΛIK OVAΛЄPIANON, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, I before / ΠЄPΓAIΩN ACVΛЄIA / AVΓOVCTЄIA IЄPOI OIKOVMЄNIKOI, two prize-urns with palm-branches on table. Green patina, minor scratches, reverse double struck, gVF.
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Perge (AD 253-260) AE 36 - Valerian I108 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE36 - '10 Assaria' (29.42g, 6h). AY K ΠOY ΛIK OYAΛЄPIANON, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΠЄΡΓAIΩN ACYΛOC, Artemis hurrying to right, carrying long torch with both hands. Very rare and impressive. Attractive earthen highlights. gVF.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 23 - Gallienus404 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE23 (6.13g). AVT K Π ΛI ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / (ΠΕ)ΡΓΑΙΩΝ Β(?) ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ; Tyche standing holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF.1 comments
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 29 - Gallienus348 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE29 (12.90g). Radiate, draped bust right / ΠEPΓAIΩN, Hephaestus, wearing cap, seated right on chair, holding hammer and resting arm on shield set on knee. Reverse flan flaw in center, very fine.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 29 - Gallienus437 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE29 (15.27g). AVT KAI ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛIHN - OC CEB, draped, laureate bust right, I before (for 10 Assaria) / APTEMIDO - C - ΠEPΓAIAC, distyle temple, within cult statue of Artemis Pergaia decorated with relief of figures; above: sun left, crescent right, besides two burning torches(?); in pediment A, on architrav ACVΛOV. About VF, some roughness. Hoeft coll.

Artemis Pergeia, a pre-hellenic goddess, called in Pampylian dialect Vanassa Preiia, was one of the most important deities in the eastern Mediterranean. Its cult statue is known only from coins. The statue was hidden in a gold covered shrine. Ca 80 BC it was looted by the notorious Verres, Quaestor of Cilicia. M.T. Cicero included it in his inquiry after Verres' misdeeds in 79 BC (see Cicero 'In C. Verrem'). No remnants of the famous temple have been found.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 29 - Gallienus262 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE29 - 10 Assaria (16.52g, 12h). Laureate and draped bust right; I (mark of value) before / Hephaistos seated right, holding hammer and shield set on knee. VF, green patina, minor roughness. Rare and interesting type. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 29 - Gallienus238 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE29 (14.14g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and radiate bust right, I before / ΠЄΡΓΑΙ-ΩΝ, Zeus with patera and scepter enthroned to left. Rough surfaces, GVF.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 29 - Gallienus210 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE29 (14.45g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and radiate bust right, I before / ΠЄΡ ΓΑΙΩΝ, Elpis advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. Olive green patina, VF. Franke coll.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 30 - Gallienus377 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE30 - 10 Assaria (14.14g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; I before / ΠΕΡ-ΓΑΙ-ΩΝ, three money bags on chest. VF, green and brown patina, minor roughness. Drewry Coll.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 30 - Gallienus332 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE30 - 10 Assaria (17.81g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; I before / ΠΕΡΓΑΙΑC ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟ-C, statue of Artemis between two torches within distyle temple. Near VF, dark green patina, usual roughness for this mint.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 30 - Gallienus454 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE30 - 10 Assaria (15.47g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; star above, I before / ΠΕΡΓΑΙΑ-C ΑΡ[ΤΕΜΙΔΟ]C around, ΑCVΛΟV in exergue, statue of Artemis with crescent and star above within distyle temple. VF, green patina. Drewry Coll.; Ex Schulman (9/1973), lot 457.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 30 - Gallienus243 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE30 - Decassarion (14.47g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; I (mark of value) to right / Tyche Soterios (Fortuna Redux) standing left. Good VF, dark brown patina.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 30 - Gallienus174 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE30 (13.89g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, in front I / ΠЄPΓAIAC APTЄMIΔOC ACVΛOV, Artemis radiate standing left, head right, wearing long chiton; holding long torch and bow. VF.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 32 - Gallienus390 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE32 - 10 Assaria (14.41g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; I before / ΠΕΡΓ−ΑΙΩΝ, Pan seated left on rock, playing syrinx and holding pedum. Near VF, brown surfaces, usual roughness, edge flaw. Drewry Coll.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 32 - Gallienus204 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE32 (16.88g). KAI ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛHNOC CЄB, laureate and draped bust right, I before / ΠЄPΓAIΩN A NЄΩKOPΩN, uncertain figure (Serapis?) holding hand to air and transverse scepter, flanked by two standards. Rare. VF.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 33 - Gallienus512 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE33 (17.86g) ΠΕΡΓΑΙΩΝ
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 34 – Gallienus & Salonina594 viewsGallienus, with Salonina, 253-268 AD. AE34 - Decassarion (21.09g, 5h). Struck during the 260th or 261st Olympiad (261-268 AD). Diademed and draped bust of Salonina right, and radiate and draped bust of Gallienus left, vis-à-vis; I (mark of value) between / Prize crown with palm fronds set on table; crown inscribed OΛVM/ΠIA; table inscribed AVΓOVCTIA; ЄIC/AΓΩN in two lines below. VF, mottled red-brown patina. Rare. Ex Wagner Coll.

From the inscription on the prize crown, this coin was struck to commemorate a victory achieved by athletes from Perge in a series of games. The question is to what games do the rev. inscriptions refer? The table inscription possibly cites the great Augusteian-Italian-Roman Games, instituted in 2 BC and held every four years (cf. P. Lond. III 1178, ll. 37-83). The prize crown inscription only seems to complicate the issue. Either it is meant to be taken in connection with the table inscription, and thus the whole may refer to the composite games known as the Augusteia Hadriana Olympia, games known elsewhere in Asia Minor, or the inscription may more likely refer specifically to the panhellenic Olympic Games, held at Olympia every four years since 776 BC.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 35 – Gallienus & Salonina411 viewsGallienus, with Salonina, 253-268 AD. AE35 - 10 Assaria (28.47g, 6h). Diademed and draped bust of Salonina right, vis-à-vis radiate and draped bust of Gallienus left; I (mark of value) between / Tyche seated left, holding cult idol of Artemis Pergaia and cornucopia; wreath in exergue. Near VF, rough dark brown patina, cleaning scratches in fields.
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Perge (AD 253-268) AE 38 – Gallienus & Salonina119 viewsGallienus, with Salonina, 253-268 AD. AE38 - 10 Assaria (33.80g, 12h). 253-260 AD. AY K ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛIHNON / KOPNHΛIA CA/ΛΩNINA, draped bust of Salonina, on the left, facing radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, on the right; between them, I (value mark) / ΠЄΡΓAIΩN ACYΛOC, Artemis hurrying to right, carrying long torch with both hands. Apparently unpublished and unique. An impressive piece with two distinct portraits. gVF.
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Perge (AD 254-268) AE 28 - Salonina293 viewsSalonina, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE28 - 10 Assaria (14.62g, 7h). Diademed and draped bust right, crescent at shoulders; I (mark of value) before / Zeus seated right, holding scepter and phiale. VF, green patina. Ex Righetti Coll., 9011.
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Perge (AD 254-268) AE 29 - Salonina364 viewsSalonina, 254-268 AD. AE29 (11.94g) Diademed bust on crescent R / Zeus seated R with long scepter. Nice very fine.
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