| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS |
| BCD 1584 | Septimius Severus, AE23 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. 4.56 g. ...CEOYHΡOC.., laureate head right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, herm on base. BCD 1584 (this coin); Gress 832. | Text |  |
| BCD 1585 | Sept Severus AE21 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. AD 198-209. 2.95 g. ΛOY CEΠ CEOYHΡOC ΠEΡT, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. BCD 1585; Gress 824; Galanis 13; Berlin 33410/18231962. | Text |  |
| BCD 1586 | Sept Severus AE21 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. AD 198-209. 2.95 g. ΛOY CEΠ CEOYHΡOC, laureate head right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. BCD 1586; Gress 821-822; BMC 6; Hess Imhoof Dubletten, 1038. | Text |  |
| 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 |  |
| Galanis 12 | Septimius Severus AE23 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. AD 193-211. 5 g. ΛOY CEΠ CEOYHΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Artemis standing front, holding torch in each hand, hound at foot left. Galanis 12; Berlin 33410/18231962. | Text |  |
| Mionnet II, 47 var | Septimius Severus, AE22 of Orchomenus, Arkadia. AD 193-211. 4.76 g. ΛOY CEΠT CEOYHΡOC PERT, 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 |  |
| Mionnet II, 49 | Septimius Severus, AE22 of Orchomenus, Arkadia. 4.55 g. Λ CEΠ CEYHΡOC, laureate head right / OΡXOMENIΩN, two male figures, 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| RomaNum 110, 979 | Septimius Severus AE22 of Orchomenos, Arcadia. AD 193-211. 4.89 g. Λ CEB CEOYHΡON Π, laureate, cuirassed bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Unpublished bust type for this reverse. RomaNum 110, 979. | Text |  |
| 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 |  |
| JULIA DOMNA |
| BCD Pelop. 1587 | Julia Domna AE23 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. AD 198-209. 5.49 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA, draped bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. BCD 1587 (this coin); Gress 838; Edwards 434. | Text |  |
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Vogl 2210 | Julia Domna, AE22 of Orchomenus, Arkadia, AD 193-217. 5.32 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEBAC, draped bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Artemis running right, holding bow, reaching for arrow from the quiver at her shoulder, hound at foot right, tree behind her. P. Vogl coll. sale, 2210 (Leu auction 28). Unpublished, not in BCD, BMC, Pausanias, Galanis, Gress, Berlin, etc. | Text |  |
| CARACALLA |
| Bloesch 46 | Caracalla, AE26 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. 6.85 g. M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Artemis standing left, holding torch in raised right hand, left hand by her side. Bloesch 46 in SNR 39; BCD 1589.4; Gress 816. | Text |  |
| 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 |  |
| Berlin 811071 | Geta, AE22 of Orchomenos, Arcadia. AD 198-209. 5.66 g. ΛOY CEΠ ΓETAC KAI, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Artemis, quiver behind her shoulder, standing right, holding bow and torch. Berlin 811071, otherwise unpublished. | Text |  |
| Burstein 456 | Geta, AE23 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. AD 197-209. 5.66 g. ΛOY CEΠ ΓETAC KAI, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Tyche standing left by altar, holding patera and cornucopiae. Burstein 456. | Text |  |
| Dura Hoard 7387 | Geta, AE21 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. AD 198-209. 4.7 g. ΛOY CEΠ ΓETAC KAI, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Artemis standing front, holding torch in each hand. Dura Hoard 7387; Bellinger Dura 2149. | Text |  |
| See also: |
Panagiotis Galanis: Contribution to the typology and iconography of the coins from ancient Arcadian Orchomenos (Useful although the author has not consulted many catalogs and describes a number of known coins as "Unpublished") |
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