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Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Pitane (BC 150-50) AE182 viewsca 150-50 BC. AE (3.78g). Head of Zeus with laurel wreath, facing right, surrounded by circular dotted border / Facing head of Zeus, wearing horns of Ammon, within an ivy wreath.Nov 24, 2019
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Pitane (BC 400-350) Hemiobol188 views4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.28g, 7h). Female head right / ΠI within incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Very fine.Feb 20, 2019
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Pitane (BC 300-250) AE 1290 viewsca 350-250 BC. AE12 (1.74g). Head of Zeus facing slightly right, wearing horns of Ammon / ΠΙ within wreath.Jan 20, 2019
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Pitane (AD 98-138) AE 15136 viewsca 50-100 AD. AE15 (2.19g). ΘΕΑ ΡωΜΗ, turreted head of Rome right / ΠΙΤΑΝΑΙωΝ, shield ornamented with Pentagram. Jan 20, 2019
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Pitane (BC 330-280) Hemiobol167 viewsca 400-300 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.28g, 7h). Female head to right / ΠΙ in incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Very fine.Jan 19, 2019
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Pitane (BC 330-280) Hemiobol115 viewsca 400-300 BC. AR Hemiobol (4mm, 0.29g). Head of nymph (or Maenad) right / ΠΙ in incuse square. Apparently unpublished.Sep 22, 2018
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Pitane (AD 193-211) AE 18 - Septimius Severus107 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE18 (2.97g). Laureate head right; uncertain legend around / ΠΙΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head left, leaning upon serpent-entwined staff. Extremely rare. gF.Jun 19, 2018
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Pitane (BC 300-250) AE 15133 views4th-3rd century BC. AE15 (1.8g). Head of Zeus facing slightly right, wearing horns of Ammon / Pentagram.May 10, 2018
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Pitane (BC 300-250) AE 17206 views4th-3rd century BC. AE17 (3.96g). Head of Zeus facing slightly right, wearing horns of Ammon / ΠΙ-ΤΑ-ΝΑΙΩΝ, pentagram; to right, serpent coiled right. gF. Very rare.Feb 08, 2018
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Pitane (BC 400-350) Obol489 views400-350 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.49g). Female head right / ΠΙΤΑΝA, head of ram right within incuse square. aVF. Very rare.Dec 28, 2015
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Pitane (BC 330-280) AE 9259 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE9 (0.65g). Female head right / ΠΙ within circle. VF.Aug 14, 2015
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Pitane (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla228 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (20.82g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right with aegis / Asklepios standing facing Tyche or Hygieia to the right. Black patina, F. Franke coll.Dec 03, 2014
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Pitane (BC 330-280) AE 13390 viewsca 300 BC. AE13 (0.70g, 12-13mm). Head of nymph right / ΠΙ in circle line. Extremely rare. aEF.Apr 29, 2013
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Pitane (AD 98-138) AE 17344 viewsca 1st century AD. AE17 (2.09g, 17mm). ΘΕΑ ΡωΜΗ, turreted head of Rome right / ΠΙΤΑΝΑΙωΝ, shield ornamented with Pentagram. Rare. aVF.Apr 03, 2013
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 10291 viewsca 4th century BC. AE10 (0.67g). Head of Zeus Ammon right / Π-I-Σ-O-Σ, pentagram. Rare. gVF.Mar 07, 2013
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Pitane (BC 400-350) Obol841 viewsca 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.58g). Female head right with hair piled high / ΠΙΤΑΝA around ram's head right, all within shallow incuse square. Unpublished?Mar 05, 2013
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Pitane (BC 400-350) Hemiobol383 views4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.41g). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΠΙΤΑΝA, pentagram within shallow incuse square. VF. Very rare.Feb 16, 2013
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 9377 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE9 (2.0g). Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, leaf in center, ΠΙΤΑ around. aEF.Dec 04, 2012
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Pitane (BC 300-250) AE 14348 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE14 (3.41g, 11h). Head of Zeus-Ammon facing slightly right / Coiled serpent right; pentagram to right. Near VF, brown surfaces.Nov 15, 2012
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 11431 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. Æ11 (1.20g). Head of Zeus-Ammon right / Pentagram; ΠΙ in field. VF, black patina, areas of minor roughness.Nov 15, 2012
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Pitane (BC 400-350) Hemiobol925 views4th century BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (7mm, 0.39g, 5h). Head of Zeus-Ammon right / Pentagram within shallow incuse square. VF, toned, minor porosity. Extremely rare. Oct 08, 2012
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 17382 views4th century BC. AE17 (3.20g). Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram. Very fine.Feb 05, 2012
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Pitane (BC 300-250) AE 10293 views4th-3rd century BC. AE10 (2.21g, 12h). Head of Zeus-Ammon facing slightly left / Coiled serpent right; pentagram to right. Near VF, green patina. Nov 22, 2011
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 9500 views4th-3rd century BC. AE9 (0.78g). Head of Zeus Ammon right / [Π]-I-Σ-O-Σ, pentagram with pellet in center. VF, dark green patina. Rare with this reverse legend. Alighieri Coll.

The vast majority of Pitane’s coinage of the “Zeus Ammon / pentagram” type features an ethnic on the reverse. This rare specimen probably carries the name of a magistrate.
Nov 22, 2011
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 11391 views4th century BC. AE11 (1.37g, 3h). Head of Zeus Ammon right / Π-I, pentagram with pellet in center.Nov 22, 2011
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Pitane (AD 98-138) AE 15287 viewsTime of Trajan and Hadrian, 98-138 AD. AE15 (1.85g). Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena right / ΠITA-NAIΩN, Telesphorus standing facing. VF, dark brown patina. Drewry coll.Nov 22, 2011
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Pitane (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero436 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (4.72g). Eisidoros, magistrate. Struck ca 54-59 AD. Bare head right / Head of Zeus-Ammon facing slightly left. Near VF, green and brown patina, obverse cleaning scratches, rough. Rare. Wagner Coll. Sep 24, 2010
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Pitane (BC 400-350) Hemiobol900 views4th century BC. AR Hemiobol(?) (7mm, 0.43g). Head of Zeus-Ammon right / ΠΙΤΑΝA, pentagram within shallow incuse square. VF, a little porous. Extremely rare, perhaps the second known.

Head cites a specimen in the BM, but that piece remains unpublished - it does not appear in the BMC volume on Mysia (1892), and was not in any of the published acquisitions before Head wrote Historia Nummorum in 1911.
Sep 24, 2010
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Pitane (AD 54-68) AE 19576 viewsTime of Nero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (4.30g) G. Furius magistrate. ΘЄΑΝ ΡΩ-ΜΗΝ, draped bust with turreted headdress / ЄΠΙ ΦΟΥΡΙΟΥ ΠΙ[ΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ], bearded head of Zeus Ammon, before Pentagram. Unpublished. Dark green patina, VF.

RPC I, 407 published two known Pitane types of G. Furius, bearing the portaits of Nero and Agrippina both have one cited example (RPC 2394 and 2395).
Feb 28, 2009
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Pitane (AD 81-96) AE 18 - Domitian454 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE18 (3.08g). KA CЄBACTOC ΔOMITIANO, laureate head right / ΠITANAIΩN, Nike left with palm branch. Very fine.Oct 04, 2008
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Pitane (BC 27-AD 14) AE 20 – Augustus & Scipio626 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (4.59g, 12h). P. Cornelius Scipio, proconsul, struck ca 8/7 BC (?). [CEBAC]TON ΠITANAIOI, laureate head of Augustus right / Π CKIΠIωNA, bare head of Scipio right; to right, head of Zeus-Ammon facing slightly left above pentagram. VF, brown patina. Rare. Ex Villemur Coll.Jul 15, 2008
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 11547 viewsafter 350 BC. AE11 (1.11g). Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, pellet in center, Π-Ι-Τ-Α-N surrounding. Black patina, EF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.Dec 17, 2005
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 17736 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE 17 (4.91g). Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, pellet in center, ΠΙΤΑΝ. EF/VF. Rare. Jan 17, 2005
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 11499 viewsca 4th cent BC. AE11 (1.58g). Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, pellet in center, ΠΙΤΑ surrounding. VF, dark green patina.Dec 06, 2004
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Pitane (BC 350) AE 16693 viewsca 4th century BC. AE16 (3.66g) Horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Pentagram, pellet in center, ΠΙΤΑΝ. VF, brown patina. Rare. Freedman Coll.Dec 03, 2004
 
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