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Ancient Coinage of Ionia, Priene


Priene, in Ionia, just north of the Maeander River and Miletos
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BMC 8Priene, Ionia. 3rd c. BC. 5.60g; AE18. Helmeted head of Athena right / PRIHNEWN to left and right of tripod. BMC 8.TextImage
BMC 14Priene, Ionia, AE 10, ca 3rd cent BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet / PRIH AIANT (magistrate) legend in two lines within circular maeander pattern. BMC 14.TextImage
BMC 26Priene, Ionia, AE17. Magistrate Lysap.. Helmeted head of Athena right / PRIH LUSAP within double-lined meander border. Mionnet Supp VI, 1370; BMC 26.TextImage
BMC 50Priene, Ionia, 290-170 BC, AE17, 6.72g. Magistrate Dionysos. Helmeted head of Athena right / PRIH to left, DIONU / SIOU to right, owl standing right, head facing, on amphora over palm branch. BMC 50, SG 4554 var. (magistrate). TextImage
Klein 413Priene, Ionia, 300-200 BC, AE 8mm; 0.4g. Helmeted head of Athena left / Trident within maeander pattern. Klein, KM 413.TextImage
Regling 27Ionia, Priene AR Drachm. Facing bust of Athena Parthenos, draped & in triple-crested helmet / PRIH, Nike advancing right, holding wreath in right hand & palm over left shoulder, magistrate AQHNO/POLIS, all within meander border. Regling (Priene) 27.TextImage
Regling 67Priene AE 16 ca 240-170 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / PRIHNE APOLLOD in two lines within circular maeander pattern. Regling 67; SNG Tübingen 3135.TextImage
Regling 71Priene, Ionia, AE16, 2.2 gr. 330-290 BC. Magistrate Diok.. Helmeted head of Athena right / PRIH DIOK within a meander border. Regling 71.TextImage
Regling 89A_varPriene, Ionia, AE 11, ca 3rd cent BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet / PRIH LAMP (magistrate) legend in two lines within circular maeander pattern. Regling 89A var (LAMPIS). TextImage
Regling 116Ionia, Priene. ca 330-280 BC. AE 12mm. Head of Athena right, in crested helmet / PRIH, magistrate FORMIWN, legend in two lines within maeander pattern circle.TextImage
RPC 1144Priene, Ionia, AE 20, Time of Vespasian, 69-79 AD. EPI ERATWNOC ARCONTOC, draped bust of wreathed Demeter right / PRIHNEWN, veiled bust of Kore-Persephone right. Regling, Priene 98, 178; SNG Muenchen 881; RPC II 1144.TextImage
SNGCop 1082vIonia, Priene AE14. 290-250 BC. Head of Athena right in attic helmet / PPIH, trident and magistrate's name, all within meander border.TextImage
SNGCop 1099Priene AE 23, ca 150-120 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / PRIH to left and right of owl standing right on amphora, ivy leaf with berry on each side, magistrate's name ACILLEIDHS below. Regling 90, SNG Cop. 1099.TextImage
SNG Cop 1100Priene, Ionia, AE14, 3.51 gr, ca 125-90 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Tripod. Regling 168; SNG Cop. 1100.TextImage
SNGvA 7965Ionia, Priene AR Drachm. 2nd century BC. Head of Athena right, in pendant earring & triple-crested Attic helmet / PRIHNEWN, lidded amphora, magistrate ANAXILAS to right. TextImage
Sear #4554Priene, Ionia, AE20. Helmeted head of Athena right / PRIH ACILLEIDHS, Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora. TextObvRev
See also: Priene, Tourist sights at Aegean Rentals.com (with some great photos)
Sear the Perseus Project database for Priene
Entry for Ionia, Priene on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Priene in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Priene at AsiaMinorCoins.com
Search for Priene in the ANS Database
Search for Priene in the RPC IV (Antonines) database at the Ashmolean Museum
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Search for Priene at Incitatus Coins

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