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Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Mastaura


North of Nazilli in present day Turkey. Parts of the city walls and an aquaduct, the ruins of a theater and of a few small buildings have as yet escaped modern bulldozers.

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BMC 3Mastaura, Lydia. Imperial Period, ca 1st Century AD. AE 18mm. Hekate standing right, holding patera and torch / Apollo standing facing, head right, holding plectrum and leaning on lyre; bow and quiver in right field. TextImage
Mionnet 338 varMastaura, Lydia, AE 25mm. BOYLE IERA, veiled and draped bust of Boule right. MASTAU-REITWN, Hekate Triformis with three piloi, holding torches, knife, whip and serpent. Hound at foot on each side. Apparently unpublished. cf Mionnet Supp. VII, 338 (Senate obverse); BMC 18 (this reverse for Otacilia Severa).TextImage
SNG Fitz 4866Mastaura, Lydia, AE, semi-autonomous, ca. 3rd cent AD. 3.65g. MACTAYRA, turreted and draped bust of Nymph Mastaura right / MACTAYREITWN, Cypress tree and burning, garlanded altar. SNG Fitzwilliam 4866; Imhoof 151; Mionnet 453.TextImage
GORDIAN III
Imhoof LS 7Gordian III, AE31, 12.24g of Mastaurus, Lydia. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EP G KLIPPODA MIANOU MASTAUREITWN, Athena standing, head left, holding patera and sceptre. Imhoof Lydische Stadtmünzen 7; SNG Fitzwilliam 4867; Leake Collection,12.TextImage
JULIA SOAEMIAS

Julia Soaemias
BMC 18 var

Julia Soaemias AE20 of Lydia, Mastaura. IOV COVAMIAC, draped bust right / MACTAYPEITWN, three-bodied Hekate holding torches & various other attributes. BMC 18 var (empress). TextImage
PHILIP II
BMC 19Philip II AE 20 of Lydia, Mastaura. M IOU FILIPPOC KAICAP, bare-headed, draped bust right / MACTAUREITWN, Leto advancing l holding infants Apollo and Artemis. BMC 19; Weber 6850; Mionnet 476. TextImage
HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS
AE23 HekateHerennius Etruscus, as Caesar, AE23 of Lydia, Mastaura. VVI(?) HEP ETP MEC DEKION KAICAP, bare-headed & draped bust right / MACTAYPEITWN, three-bodied Hekate holding torches & various other attributes.TextImage
See also: Entry for Mastaura on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Mastaura in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Mastaura at AsiaMinorCoins.com
Search for Mastaura in the ANS Database
Search for Mastaura at AncientImports.com
Search for Mastaura at Incitatus Coins

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