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Ancient Coinage of Bithynia, Kalchedon

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Modern day Kadiköy, a district of Istanbul, Turkey. Nothing remains of ancient Chalcedon, as the old city was used as a source of building materials.
Lindgren Sale 93Bithynia, Chalcedon(?), 2nd cent. BC, AE18. Head of Apollo right / Artemis right, hand on torch, patera in right hand, stag at foot left. Unpublished for Chalcedon. TextImage
SNGBMC 93Bithynia, Kalchedon. Circa 387/6-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm. KALX, bull standing left on grain ear; DA monogram before / Stippled quadripartite incuse square. TextImage
SNGBMC 93vBithynia, Kalchedon AR Stater. Circa 387-340 BC. KALX, Bull standing left on wheat ear; (Y-T) monogram before / Quadripartite incuse square, granulated. SNGCop 351v. TextImage
SNGBMC 96Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Stater. Circa 387-340 BC. KALX, bull standing left on wheat ear; caduceus & a star before / Quadripartite incuse square, granulated. TextImage
SNGBMC 102Bithynia, Kalchedon. c387-340 BC. AR Drachm. KALX, bull standing left on wheat ear; caduceus before / Quadripartite incuse square, granulated. TextImage
SNGBMC 103Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Drachm. Bull left, dolphin below / Incuse. TextImage
SNGBMC 111Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Hemidrachm. Circa 387-340 BC. KALX, Bull standing left on wheat ear; monogram before / Three grain ears. SNGvA 6978. TextImage
SNGBM_112Bithynia, Kalchedon. Circa 340-320 BC. AR Siglos. Bull standing left on grain ear / Granulated mill-sail incuse square. RecGen 8, SNG Copenhagen 348. TextImage
SNG Cop 348Kalchedon, Bithynia, AR Siglos. ca 340-320 BC, 2,46 g (12 mm). KAL, bull standing left on ear of corn / Quadripartite incuse. SNG Cop. 348.TextImage
SNGCop 356vAE12 of Calchedon, Bithynia. 400-300 BC. Three grain ears / Bull standing right; XAL in ex. SNG BMC 127 var; SNG Cop 356 var; Waddington 265 var; BMC 18 var (all "forepart of bull"); Mionnet S5, 131 var (bull standing left).TextImage
SNGvA_482Bithynia, Calchedon AR Drachm. 4th century BC. KAL, bull standing left on ear of grain / mill sail pattern incuse. SNG von Aulock 482–483. TextImage
Sear #3737Kios, Bithynia, AR hemidrachm. Laureate head of Apollo right / MILHTOS, prow left. TextObvRev
Sear #3738Kalchedon, Bithynia AR Hemidrachm or Half Siglos. Early-4th century BC. KALC, bull standing left on ear of corn / Quadripartite incuse.
(3 ex.)
Sear #3739Kalchedon, Bithynia. Early 4th cent BC. Silver Hemidrachm, 13mm (2.48 gm). O: Bull standing left, dolphin below / Incuse square of mill sail pattern..
(2 ex.)
Sear #3740Kalchedon Bithynia AR Fraction. Bull standing left / incuse pattern.
(2 ex.)
Sear #3742Bithynia, Kalchedon. 4th Century B.C. AR Drachm. Bull standing left on ear of corn / Quadripartite incuse square of mill-sail pattern, the surface granulated.
(3 ex.)
Sear #3743Kalchedon, Bithynia, AR hemidrachm = 3 obols. Mid-4th century BC. KAL, Forepart of bull standing left on ear of corn, D before / Three ears of corn bound together.
(3 ex.)
ELAGABALUS
RecGen 80Elagabalus AE23 of Bithynia, Calchedon. M AVPH ANTWNINOC AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / KALCADONIWN, Hermes standing facing, head right, holding caduceus & cloak. Lindgren 107a.TextObvRev
Rec Gen 94Elagabalus AE28 of Calchedon in Bithynia. M AVPH ANTWNINOC AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / KALCADONIWN, serpent climbing tripod altar.TextObvRev
Rec Gen 96Elagabalus AE18 of Calchedon in Bithynia. M AVPH ANTWNINOC AVG, laureate bust right / KALCADONIWN, serpent climbing tripod altar.TextImage
TRANQUILLINA
RecGen 115Tranquillina, AE26 of Kalchedon, Bithynia. Diademed, draped bust right / Apollo reclining right, resting hand on head, holding lyre, on back of swan flying left. RecGen 115; SNG Copenhagen 368.TextImage
RecGen 116Tranquillina AE25 of Kalchedon, Bithynia. CABINIA TRANQVILLINA C, diademed, draped bust right / KALXADONIWN, Apollo, naked, standing left, holding patera and branch. RecGen 116.TextImage
RecGen 118Tranquillina, AE21 of Kalchedon, Bithynia. Diademed and draped bust right / KALCADONIWN, galley right with four rowers. RecGen 118; SNG von Aulock 502.TextImage
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Kalchedon
Entry for Bithynia, Kalchedon on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Calchedon in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Kalchedon at AsiaMinorCoins.com
Search for Calchedon in the ANS Database
Search for Kalchedon at AncientImports.com
Search for Kalchedon at Incitatus Coins

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