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Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Smyrna (AD 54-68) AE 18 - Nero320 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE18 (4.40g, 5h). Aulos Gessios Philopatris, magistrate. Struck ca 54-59 AD. Bare head right / Zeus seated left, holding scepter. VF, dark green patina, some earthen deposits.
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Smyrna (AD 193-217) AE 26 - Julia Domna317 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE26 (9.49g, 6h). Cl. Stratoneikos, strategos. Draped bust right / Figures of Nemesis standing vis-à-vis. Good VF, attractive dark-green patina. Group CEM.
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Smyrna (BC 190-75) AE 13313 viewsca 190-75 BC. AE13 (1.62g). Laurete head of Apollo right / Tripod, ΞΜΥΡ ΒΙΩΝ ΠΟΣΗ. VF.
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Smyrna (BC 190-75) AE 22306 viewsca 190-75 BC. AE22 (8.80g). Laureate head of Apollo right within wreath / Homer seated left, resting chin on hand, holding transverse scepter. gVF.
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Smyrna (BC 27-AD 14) AE 18 - Augustus293 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE18 (6.4g). Hermokles, magistrate. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, bare head right / ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΕΡΜΟΚΛΗΣ, Aphrodite Stratonikis standing facing, holding sceptre and Nike, leaning on column. GVF.
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Smyrna (AD 138-161) AE 35 - Antoninus Pius292 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-261 AD. AE 35 (25.20g). [AV KAI T]I AI.AΔRI - ANTΩNEINOC, laureate bust right /ΘEV[ΔIANOC] CTPA [ANEΘHKE] CMYP - NAIOIC, Hippodameia, in long garment and veiled, standing right, with left hand lifting garment from her breast, with right hand holding right hand of Pelops, who is standing nude frontal, head turned left and resting with raised left hand on scepter; both in slow Biga right; in upper right field ΠEΛO[Ψ]. Hoeft coll.
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Smyrna (AD 69-79) AE 26 - Vespasian286 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. M. Vettius Bolanus procos, struck after 73 AD. AE26 (11.89g, 12h). AYTOKPATOP KAICAP OYECPACIANOC CEBACTOC, laureate head left / EΠI BOΛANOY ZMIPNAIΩΝ, Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; in exergue: AKPAIOC. VF. Tricarico coll.
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Smyrna (AD 253-268) AE 31 - Gallienus285 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE31 (11.40g). Vs.: ΑΥΤ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙΚΙΝ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC, laureate and draped bust right / ЄΠ CΤΠ Μ ΑΥΡ CЄΧΤΟΥ CΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ / ΝЄΩΚ-Ο-ΡΩ, two Nemeseis confronted, with leash and wheel, in ex. N. Dark green patina, VF.
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Smyrna (AD 178-182) AE 23 - Crispina285 viewsCrispina, Augusta, 178-182 AD. AE23 (8.00g). Homonoia with Nikomedia. CЄΒΑCΤΗ ΚΡΙCΠΙΝΑ, draped bust right / CΤΡΑ Μ CЄΛΛΙΟΥ CΜΥΡ ΝΙΚΟΜ ΟΜΟ, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from phiale. Dark green patina, GVF.
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Smyrna (AD 200-270) AE 18280 views3rd century AD. AE18 (3.36g). CMVPNA, draped bust of the amazon Smyrna, wearing mural crown, bipennis over shoulder / CMVPNAIΩΝ, prow right. gVF.
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Smyrna (AD 238-244) AE 30278 viewsTime of Gordian III, 238-244 AD. AE30 (13.92g). Veiled and draped bust of Demeter Horia left / Amazon Smyrna standing left, holding patera, bipennis and pelta; prow at feet. Attractive brown tone. gVF. Clain-Stefanelli Coll.
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Smyrna (AD 193-217) AE 27 - Julia Domna268 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE27 (9.17g, 6h). Draped bust right / Two Nemeses standing facing one another, each pulling at chiton, the one on the left holds a bridle, the one on the right holds a cubit-rule and has a wheel at her side. VF, golden tan patina. Ex Frederick Coll.
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Smyrna (AD 200-235) AE 24266 viewsImperial Times, early 3rd century AD. AE24 (6.62g). IЄPA CYN KΛHTOC, draped bust of Senate right; countermark: CA/Γ / CMYPNAIΩ-N Γ NEOKO/PΩN, tetrastyle temple; within Tyche. VF.
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Smyrna (AD 254-268) AE 23 - Salonina264 viewsSalonina, Augustua, 254-268 AD. AE23 (7.0g). KOP CAΛΩNЄINA CЄ, draped bust right, wearing stephane / CMYPNAIΩN Γ NЄΩ ЄΠC CЄΞ OV, Amazon Smyrna standing left, holding temple and bipennis; prow at foot to left. EF.
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Smyrna (AD 253-268) AE 23 - Gallienus257 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE23 (6.44g, 5h). Marcus Aurelius Sextus, magistrate. Struck 260-268 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena seated left, holding temple and spear; shield at side. Good VF, dark grayish-brown surfaces, light roughness.
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Smyrna (AD 147-175) AE 21 - Faustina II256 viewsFaustina II, Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE21 (4.3g). ΦAVCTЄINA CЄBAC, bust right / ΘЄVΔIANOC ANЄΘH KЄ, lion right, with fore-paw on tympanum. VF.
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Smyrna (AD 177-192) AE 32 - Commodus256 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE32 (14.02g). Homonoia with Nikomedeia. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Commodus wearing radiate crown within biga holding long torch and aphlaston to right. Rare. Nice grey-green patina. Almost EF.
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Smyrna (AD 100-200) AE 17253 viewsPseudo-autonomous issue, 1st-2nd century AD. AE17 (2.3g). ZEYC AKPAIOC, laureate head of Zeus right / CMYPNAIΩN, eagle standing facing with open wings, head right, with wreaht in beak. VF.
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Smyrna (AD 222-235) AE 22 - Julia Mamaea252 viewsJulia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235 AD. AE22 (6.54g). ∙IOY MAMЄ A∙ CЄBACTH, Diademed and draped bust right / CMVPNAIΩN ∙Γ∙ NЄΩKOP Ω N, Herakles, nude, standing frontal, head left, holding club and lion-skin in left arm, pouring from kantharos with right hand. Green patina, VF. Ex Peus 384 (2005) 845. Franke coll.
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Smyrna (AD 200-235) AE 23250 viewsImperial Times, early 3rd century AD. AE23 (5.84g). IЄPA CYNKΛHTOC, draped bust of Senate right. CMYPNAIΩN Γ NЄOKOPΩN, tetrastyle temple; within Tyche. VF.
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Smyrna (AD 193-235) AE 20248 viewsTime of the Severans, 193-235 AD. AE20 (3.93g, 6h). Head of Zeus Akraios right / Eagle standing facing, head right, holding wreath in beak. VF, grayish-green patina under earthen deposits.
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Smyrna (AD 161-180) AE 35 - Marcus Aurelius240 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE35 (27.51g, 6h). Homonoia with Laodicea in Phrygia. Attalus Sophistes, magistrate. Struck 169-175 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus Laodiceus standing right, holding scepter and eagle, facing Cybele seated left, left elbow on tympanum. VF, dark brown surfaces.
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Smyrna (AD 69-79) AE 25 - Titus236 viewsTitus, as Caesar, 69-79 AD. AE25 - Diassarion (7.19g). Italicus, proconsul; Julia and Agron Eusebes, magistrates. TITOC AVTOKPATΩP KAICAP, laureate head right / ITAΛIKΩ ANΘY ЄΠI IOYΛIAC AΓPΩN ZMYP, Hercules standing left, pouring cantharus and holding club and lion skin. VF.
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Smyrna (AD 253-268) AE 25 - Gallienus235 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE25 (7.93g, 6h). M. Aurelius Sextus, magistrate. Struck 260-268 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; countermark: H within circular incuse / Cybele seated left, holding patera and leaning on tympanum (drum); lion reclining at feet. Near EF, green patina. Ex Group CEM.
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Smyrna (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III235 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (22.53g, 6h). Cl. Rufinus Sophistes, strategos. Struck 241-243 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Two Nemeses standing facing one another, that on the left holding bridle, that on the right patera and cubit rule; griffin between. VF, green patina, even roughness.
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Smyrna (AD 69-79) AE 23 - Titus and Domitian226 viewsTitus and Domitian, as Caesars, 69-79 AD. M. Vettius Bolanus procos, struck after 73 AD. AE23 (6.02g, 10h). TITOC AYTOKPATΩR ΔOMITIANOC KAIC, jugate laureate heads of Titus and Domitian left / EΠI BOΛANOY ZMIPNAIΩΝ EΡMOC, river-god Hermus reclining left on upturned urn, holding two grain ears in right hand and cradling cornucopiae in left arm. nVF. Tricarico coll.
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Smyrna (AD 177-192) AE 29 - Commodus226 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE29 (12.56g, 6h). In alliance with Athens. Circa 182-185 AD. Obv.: laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / OMO CMVP A-ΘHN-AI CTPA AI, HPAKΛΕΙ-ΔOV in exergue, Nemesis of Smyrna standing right holding sistrum, facing Athena who stands left and holds a patera. Very Rare. VF.
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Smyrna (AD 253-268) AE 28 - Gallienus218 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE28 (8.6g). Marcus Aurelius Sextus, magistrate. AVT K Π ΛIK ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CMYRNAIΩN Γ NEΩK EΠ CEΞCTOY, Cybele seated left, holding patera, resting elbow on drum. GVF.
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Smyrna (AD 98-117) AE 17218 viewsTime of Trajan, 98-117 AD. AE17 (4.19g). СΙΠVΛΗΝΗ, turreted head of Kybele Sipylene right / ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ, Tyche standing left, holding patera and cornucopia. VF.
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Smyrna (AD 79-91) AE 22 - Julia Titi204 viewsJulia Titi, Augusta, 79-90/1 AD. AE22 (5.39g, 7h). L. Mestrius Florus, proconsul. Struck 87-88 AD. IOVΛIA CЄBACTH, draped bust right / ΕΠΙ ΦΛΩΡΟY ΑΝOY ZΜYPΝΑΙΩΝ, Cybele seated left, leaning on tympanum (drum) and holding patera; lion seated at side. VF, brown surfaces, areas of encrustation. Fine style portrait.
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Smyrna (AD 50-54) AE 14169 viewsTime of Claudius. 41-54 AD. AE14 (2.2g). Philistos and Eikadios, magistrates. ΣMYP, bee / ΕΠΙ ΦΙΛΙΣΤΟΥ ΕΙΚΑΔΙΟΣ, Demeter standing left, holding branch. EF.
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Smyrna (AD 222-235) AE 26 - Severus Alexander168 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE26 (10.22g). A K M AVP CЄOV AΛЄZANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CMVPNAIΩN Γ NЄΩ / KOPΩN, tetrastyle temple, with pellet in pediment and containing Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia and rudder. gVF.
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Smyrna (AD 253-268) AE 27 - Gallienus153 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE27 (9.62g, 6h). M. Aurelius Philetus Hippicus, strategus. AVT K [ΠOΛIKIN] ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CMVPNAIΩN•Γ NEΩKOPΩN•, Roma seated left, holding temple and resting on spear, shield set on ground below; ΦI ΛH in upper left field; TOV•IΠ downwards in right field, EΠ•C upwards in lower left field, ΠIKOV in exergue. VF.
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Smyrna (AD 193-235) AE 18142 viewsTime of the Severans, 193-235 AD. AE18 (4.12g). ZЄVC AKPAIO-C, bust of Zeus Akraios right, with slight drapery / CMVPN-A-I-ΩN, Griffin right, resting forepaw upon wheel to right. gVF.
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Smyrna (AD 69-79) AE 27 - Vespasian140 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. M. Vettius Bolanus procos, struck after 73 AD. AE27 (11.58g, 6h). AYTOKPATOP KAICAP OYECPACIANOC CEBACTOC, laureate head right / EΠI BOΛANOY ZMIPNAIΩΝ, Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; in exergue: AKPAIOC. nVF, stripped patina. Tricarico coll.
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Smyrna (AD 69-79) AE 31 - Vespasian126 viewsVespasian, 69-79 AD. Italicus, proconsul; Julia and Agron Eusebes, magistrates. struck before 79 AD. AE31 (14.80g, 11h). AYTOKPATOP KAICAP OYECPACIANOC CEBACTOC, laureate head right / ITAΛIKΩ ANΘY ЄΠI IOYΛIAC AΓPΩN EYCEBHC, ZMYP in high left field;Cybele seated left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; lion at feet. VF, green earthen patina. Tricarico coll.
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Smyrna (AD 193-217) AE 26 - Julia Domna100 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE26 (8.1g). IOVΛIA CЄBACTH, draped bust right / Γ NЄΩKOPΩN ИΩIAИ / CMVP, tetrastyle temple, with pellet in pediment and containing Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. VF.
     
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