CIVIC AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE |
BCD Pelop. 1582 | Orchomenus, Arkadia, AE11 civic issue, 370-300 BC. 1.87 g. Helmeted, head right of Athena or an unbearded local hero, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / EΡ within wreath. BCD Pelop. 1582. | Text | Image |
BCD Pelop. 1583 | Orchomenos, Arkadia, AE17. 196-146 BC. 1.55 g. Zeus, naked, standing left, holding eagle (or Nike?) and sceptre. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Kallisto, Achaia or Artemis seated left, holding wreath and sceptre. BCD Pelop. 1583. | Text | Image |
BMC 3 | Orchomenus, Arkadia, AE civic issue, 370-300 BC. 3.76 g. Helmeted, bearded head right of local hero, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / EΡ, Artemis standing right, firing an arrow from her bow, square C in lower right field. BMC 3-4; Paris A2997; BCD Pelop. 1577-1579. | Text | Image |
BMC 5 | Orchomenos, Arkadia, AE18. 300-250 BC. 3.95 g. Head of Artemis or Kallisto right, hair in a sphendone. / E-Ρ, hero, naked, wearing Corinthian helmet, standing right, holding spear, shield on left arm. BMC 5; Traité II-3, 945; Imhoof MG 250. | Text | Image |
Imhoof MG 246 | Orchomenus, Arkadia, AE20 Dichalkon civic issue. 360-340 BC. 6.17 g. Artemis half-kneeling right, quiver at shoulder, holding bow in left hand, right arm at her side / EΡXOMENIΩN, Kallisto seated left on rock, shot by an arrow in her breast; the infant Arkas lying on his back at her side. Imhoof, MG 246-247; SNG Cop 266; Traité III 940; BCD Pelop. 1573. | Text | Image |
Rhousopoulos 2842 | Orchomenos, Arkadia, AE12. 300-250 BC. 1.55 g. Helmeted head of Athena or beardless hero right. / EΡ, Kallisto or Artemis seated right on throne, holding amphora (or parazonium) and resting her left hand on her knee. Rhousopoulos 2842; Pausanias 1c; BCD Pelop. 1581. | Text | Image |
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS |
BMC 6 | Septimius Severus, AE22 of Orchomenus, Arkadia. AD 193-211. 4.76 g. ΛOY CEΠ CEOYHΡOC ΠE, laureate head right / OΡXOMENIΩN, Asklepios standing front, looking left, resting on serpent-entwined staff. BMC 6; BCD Peloponnesos 1586; Mionnet II, 48; Paris 364; Gress 821. | Text | Image |
Mionnet II, 47 var | Septimius Severus, AE22 of Orchomenus, Arkadia. AD 193-211. 4.76 g. ΛOY CEΠT CEOYHΡOC ΠEΡT, laureate head right / OΡXOMENIΩN, Dionysus standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; panther at foot left. Mionnet II, 47 var.; SNG Copenhagen 268 var. (Dionysus' attributes); BCD Peloponnesos –. | Text | Image |
Mionnet II, 49 | Septimius Severus, AE22 of Orchomenus, Arkadia. 4.55 g. ΛCEΠ CEYHΡOC, laureate head right / OΡXOMENIΩN, two satyrs, one standing half-left, the other facing, each holding a bunch of grapes, the one on the right also holding an amphora on his shoulder. Mionnet II, 49: Paris 365; BMC 8; Gress 833. | Text | Image |
Mionnet Supp IV, 65 | Septimius Severus, AE22 of Orchomenus, Arkadia. AD 193-211. 4.29 g. ΛOY CEΠ CEOYHΡOC ΠE or similar, laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back / OΡXOMENIΩN, Artemis standing right, holding bow and reaching for an arrow from a quiver at her shoulder, hound at foot right. Mionnet Supp IV, 65; Righetti 495; Gress 819. | Text | Image |
Savoca 108, 256 | Septimius Severus AE23 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. AD 193-211. 5.50 g. ...CEOYHΡOC..., laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Artemis standing front, looking right, holding bow (?), and extending left arm to Kallisto standing left, holding a bow. Savoca 108, 256. Possibly unpublished. | Text | Image |
JULIA DOMNA |
BCD Pelop. 1587 | Julia Domna, AE22 Assaria of Orchomenus, Arkadia. AD 193-217. 5.46 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA, draped bust right / OΡXOMENIΩN, Tyche standing left, polos on head, holding rudder and cornucopiae. BCD Peloponnesos 1587; Gress 837. | Text | Image |
Mionnet Supp. IV, 69 | Julia Domna, AE22 Assaria of Orchomenus, Arkadia. AD 193-217. 4.54 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA, draped bust right / OΡXOMENIΩN, Aphrodite standing facing, looking right, holding apple and resting right hand on low column. Mionnet Supp. IV, 69; BCD Peloponnesos 1589.3; Gress 814. | Text | Image |
Mionnet Supp IV, 71 | Julia Domna, AE22 Assaria of Orchomenus, Arkadia. AD 193-217. 5.04 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA, draped bust left / OΡXOMENIΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Mionnet Supp. IV, 71 (this coin); Paris 367. | Text | Image |
CARACALLA |
- | Only one type known, with Artemis holding two torches (BCD 1589.4; Gress 816). Anyone got one ? |
GETA |
BCD Pelop. 1588,5 | Geta, AE22 1 Assaria of Orchomenus, Arkadia. AD 198-209. 6.10 g. Unclear legend, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / OΡXOMENIΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. BCD Peloponnesos 1588.5; Gress 839; Burstein 456, otherwise unpublished. | Text | Image |
See also: |
Panagiotis Galanis: Contribution to the typology and iconography of the coins from ancient Arcadian Orchomenos
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