Ancient Coinage of Caria, Iasos

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CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
SILVER ISSUES
HN Caria 2642Iasus, Caria. AR tetartemorion, 450-400 BC. 5 mm, 0.16 g. Boar's head left. / Shrimp right. HN Caria 2642.TextImage
Sear SG 4898Iasos, Caria, AR Hemidrachm. 250-190 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / IAΣEΩN beneath youth Hermias swimming right, his left arm over back of dolphin beside him (no magistrate's name). BMC 5.TextImage
BRONZE ISSUES
Ashton 2007, 2Iasos, Caria, AE17, 200-150 BC. Magistrate Menekles. 3.45 g. EYΔHMΩN (?) to right of Apollo, naked, standing left, holding bow and arrow, dolphin to left. / IA MENEKΛHΣ to right and left of Artemis standing right, holding bow, reaching for an arrow from her quiver, all within wreath. Ashton 2 in NC 2007.TextImage
BMC 10Iasos, Caria. 250-190 BC. AE16. Head of Apollo right, hair bound in a taenia / IA, the youth Hermias swimming right, arm draped over a dolphin, all within wreath. cf Sear 4896; BMC 10.TextImage
BMC 12Caria, Iasos. Circa 3rd Century BC. AE 12mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / IAΣEΩN in two lines within ivy wreath. BMC 12. TextImage
HN Caria 2432Iasos, Caria, AE17, 200-150 BC. Magistrate Bila.. 2.72 g. Apollo, naked, standing left, holding bow and arrow, dolphin to left. / IA to right, BIΛA retrograde to left of Artemis standing right, holding bow, reaching for an arrow from her quiver, floral symbol beneath the legend, all within wreath. HN Caria 2432; Naumann 79, 183.TextImage
HN Caria 2568Iasos, Caria, AE18, 200-150 BC. Magistrate Theogenes. 4.82 g. Apollo, naked, standing left, holding bow and arrow, dolphin to left. / IA ΘEOΓENHΣ to right and left of Artemis standing right, holding bow, reaching for an arrow from her quiver, all within wreath. HN Caria 2568.TextImage
Klein 521Iasos, Caria. AE unit. 250-190 BC. Magistrate Menedemos. 2.37 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / IA MENEΔHMOΣ above and beneath Hermias swimming right, his arm over a dolphin, harpa beneath dolphin. Klein 521 (this coin).TextImage
Mionnet 336vIasos, Caria. AE 17, 4.21g. Laureate head of Apollo right / IAΣEΩN above the youth Hermias swimming right, arm draped over a dolphin, quiver with strap below (no magistrate's name). cf Sear 4896 (with magistrate's name); Imhoof Kl. M, 2 var (ditto); cf. Mionnet Supp. 6, 336 (no quiver).TextImage
Sear SG 4896Iasos, Caria AE14. Mid 3rd century BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / IA ΛAMΠITOΣ, The youth Hermias swimming right, arm draped over a dolphin.No example found with this name
wwxls BC11250Iasos, Caria, AE18, 200-150 BC. Magistrate Popria (?). 3.08 g. Apollo, naked, standing left, holding bow and arrow, dolphin to left. / IA ΠOΠΡ-IA to left, right and above Artemis standing left, holding bow, reaching for an arrow from her quiver, all within wreath. wwxls BC11250. Unpublished reverse type with Artemis standing left, and magistrate. Savoca 203, 152, March 2024.TextImage
AUGUSTUS
RPC 2796Augustus, AE16 of Iasos, Caria. 3.48 gr. Laureate head right / Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and arrow over shoulder. RPC 2796; SNG Cop 418.TextImage
MARCUS AURELIUS
Mionnet 346Marcus Aurelius, AE of Iasos, Caria. 19.18 g. AV K M ANTΩNINOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right / IACEΩN, Cult image of Zeus facing, wearing pallium. Mionnet Supp. 6, 346.TextImage
COMMODUS
CNG 282, 170Commodus, AE33 of Iasos, Caria. 19.77 g. AD 177-192. AYT KAI M A KOMMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IACEΩN, Dionysos in long robe, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. Apparently unpublished. CNG 282, 170.TextImage

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