Browsing Ancient Coinage of Bithynia, Kios

CIVIC AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
RecGen 2•4cf	Bithynia, Kios AR Drachm. Circa 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / Prow of galley left, star on stern; magistrate PROX-ENOS. cf SNGLockett 2676 & Recueil General plate XLIX 4 and 18 for stater & hemidrachm of same magistrate.	Text
RecGen 2•6	Bithynia, Kios AR Drachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / prow of galley left, magistrate HGES-TRATOS. McClean 7459.	Text
RecGen 3•5cf	Kios. c350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Laureate head of Apollo right; KIA below / Prow of galley left, star on stern; magistrate ARISTOKRATHS. Cf Rec Gen 2/5 for drachm of this magistrate.	Text
RecGen 3•9v	Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; dolphin to left & magistrate AQHNO / PWR(...). BMC 15v.	Text
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RecGen 3•10	Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; grain ear before, magistrate A-QHNO / DWROS. Hunterian 1, BMC 4.	Text
RecGen 3•11	Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; magistrate BAK-CEUS. Hunterian 2.	Text
RecGen 3•12	Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / prow of galley left, magistrate DHMH-TRIOS. Rec Gen 3, plate XLIX 12.	Text
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RecGen 3•14	Bithynia, Kios. c350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left; magistrate MILH-TOS. BMC 6, SNGCop 370.	Text
RecGen 3•15	Bithynia, Kios. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left; magistrate NIKAS above.	Text
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RecGen 3•16	Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; magistrate POSEI-DWNIOS. BMC 8-10.	Text
RecGen 3•17	Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; grain ear behind, magistrate P-OSIS.	Text
RecGen 3•18 Sear sg3757	Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / PROX-ENOS, prow of galley left. BMC 11, SNGCop 373, Rec Gen 3 plate XLIX 18.
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RecGen 3•19	Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; magistrate S-WSAN/DROS; grain ear to right. BMC 13, SNG Cop 348, SNG BMC Black Sea 112.	Text
RecGen 3•20	Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; magistrate SWSI-GENHS. SNG Cop 375.	Text
RecGen 4•16cf	Bithynia, Kios AR Trihemiobol or Quarter Drachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / POSEI-DWNIOS, prow of galley right. SNG Cop 377; cf Rec Gen 3/16 for hemidrachm of same magistrate.	Text
RecGen 4•24	Bithynia, Kios AR Trihemiobol. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / magistrate PROS-THNOS, prow of galley left.	Text
RecGen 6	Cius/Kios, Bithynia, AE18. Late 4th c. BC. Bearded head of Mithra right wearing Phrygian cap wreathed with laurels, M below / KIANWN above club, AG and AU monograms below. RecGen 6; BMC 17.	Text
RecGen 7	Bithynia, Kios. ca 325-300 BC. AE 11mm. Head of Mithras right, in a laureate tiara / K-I-A, kantharos with two grape vines; within wreath of grain. SNGvA 7004.	Text
RecGen 18	Bithynia, Kios AE 19mm. 3rd century BC. Head of young Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / KIANWN, club and bow in bow-case, DI. SNG Cop 384v.	Text
RecGen 23	Prusias ad Mare (Kios), Bithynia. AE24, 9.19 gr. ca. 72 AD. Bearded bare head of Herakles right / PROUSIEWN TWN PROS QALLASSHI, Bow in bowcase and club. BMC 28; RecGen 23 (same dies).	Text
LYSIMACHOS
Thompson 180	Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Tetradrachm. Kios mint, circa 288-281 BC. Head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BASILEWS LUSIMACOU, Athena seated left, holding Nike, left elbow resting on her shield; monogram above knee, club below throne, grain ear in exergue.	Text
Mek 162	Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachus AR Tetradrachm. Cius, posthumous issue, before ca 200 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena enthroned left, holding Nike & resting elbow on grounded shield, transverse spear in background, club in outer left field, gorytus & unclear monogram in ex.	Text
Meyd 2668	Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachus AR Tetradrachm. Cius mint, posthumous issue, before ca 235 BC. Diademed, horned head of Alexander the Great right / BASILEWS LUSIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, club in outer left field, MYO monogram in inner left field, bow in bowcase & TL monogram in ex.	Text
VESPASIAN
RPC 622	Vespasian, AE of Prusias ad Mare, 6.83 g. AVTOKRATO[RI KAISARI SEBASTW] OUSPASIANW PRO, laureate head right / EPI MARKOU PLANKIOU OUAROU ANQUPATO, club, quiver and bow. RPC 622; RecGen 3 (Prusias ad Hypium).	Text
ANTINOUS
CNG 130-282	Antinoόs AE38 of Kios, Bithynia. ANTINOWS HROS, bare-headed, half-length bust of Antinoόs right, holding sceptre over shoulder / KIANWN ADPIANOI above & below bull standing right. CNG 130-282	Text
JULIA DOMNA
Helios 5, 624	Julia Domna, AE of Kios, Bithynia. 12.14 g. IOVLIA DOMNA CEBAC, draped bust right / ADRIANWN KIANWN, Tyche standing right, holding sceptre and cornucopiae. Isegrim -; RecGen 59 var; Lindgren I 111 var (attributes and obv. legend), apparently unpublished. Helios 5, lot 624.	Text
CARACALLA
RecGen 64v	Caracalla, AE of Kios, Bithynia. 16.90 g. M AVRHL ANTWNINOS KAICAR, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / KIANWN, Serapis seated left, holding patera and sceptre. SNG Cop 390 var (obv legend); RecGen 64 var (ditto).	Text
GETA
Mionnet 1475	Geta, AE32 of Kios, Bithynia. 198-209 AD. L CEPTI GETAC KAI, bare-headed, draped bust right / KIANWN ADRIANWN, Herakles Farnese standing right, right hand behind back, resting left on club set on rock. Mionnet Supp. V, 1475 corr.	Text
MACRINUS
RecGen 66cf	Bithynia, Cius. Macrinus AE 18. MAKPEINOC AVGOVCTOC, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / KIANWN, Thanatos, winged Genius of Death, leaning on torch right, extinguishing it on a low column. cf Rec Gen 66 of Caracalla.	Text
TRANQUILLINA
RecGen 109	Tranquillina AE 25mm of Cius, Bithynia. CABEINA TPANKVLLEINA, diademed & draped bust right / KIANWN, Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder & cornucopiae. SNG von Aulock 513, SNG Cop 396.	Text
SNG Cop 397	Tranquillina, AE22 of Kios, Bithynia. 238-244 AD. SABEI TRANKYLLEINA, diademed and draped bust right, wearing stephane / KIA-NWN, two goats standing on their back legs, amphora between them. SNG Cop 397; BMC 46; Hunter 9; RecGen 111 var (obv. legend).	Text
See also:	Perseus Project database, coins of Kios
	Entry for Bithynia, Kios on the Digital Historia Numorum
	Search for Cius in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
	Search for Kios at AsiaMinorCoins.com
	Search for Cius in the ANS Database
	Search for Kios at AncientImports.com
	Search for Kios at Incitatus Coins

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