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Ancient Coinage of Galatia, Ankyra


[SNGvA 3424]

Ancyra or Ankyra, in Galatia; modern Ankara, the capital of Turkey

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CIVIC AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
SNGvA_3424Galatia, Ankyra AE 23mm. IERA CUNKLHTOC, Bare headed & draped bust of the Senate right / AN/KURA/NWN, legend in three lines within laurel wreath. TextImage
DOMITIAN
RPC 1622cfDomitian AE19 of Ankyra, Galatia. K AV DOMITIANOS KAISAR S, radiate head right / SEBASTHNWN TEKTOSAGWN, bundle of three corn stalks tied in the middle. Unlisted, apparently a half-denomination of RPC 1622.TextImage
NERVA
BMC 3vNerva AE32 of Ancyra, Galatia. AVTOKPATWP NEPOVAS KAISAR SEBASTOS, laureate head right / EPI T POMPWBASOU PRESBEU ANTIZTR ANKURAS, temple with 6 columns & peaked roof. SNGvA 6135cf.TextImage
ANTINOUS
SNG Cop 108Galatia, Ancyra. Antinoüs, favorite of Hadrian, AE 34mm. Julius Saturninus, magistrate. Bare head right / [IOVLIOC CATOP]NINOC ANK[VPANOIC], the god Mên standing left in cloak & Phrygian cap, crescent on shoulder, holding anchor & sceptre.TextImage
ANTONINUS PIUS
BMC 6Antoninus Pius, AE of Ankyra, Galatia. 12.21 g. AUT KAI ADRI ANTWNEINW CEB PIW, bare head right / [H MHTROPOLIC] THC GALATIAC ANKYRA, Amazon walking or standing right, with anchor, bipennis (double axe) and shield. BMC 6.TextImage
FAUSTINA II
SNG Cop 142Faustina Jr AE18 of Ancyra, Phrygia. FAVCTEINA CEBASTH, draped bust right / ANKYPANWN, statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing, flanked by stags. TextImage
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LUCIUS VERUS
Arslan 16vLucius Verus AE 26mm of Galatia, Ankyra. Radiate head right / Diademed head of Sarapis wearing modius. TextImage
SNG Fr. 2460Lucius Verus, AE26 of Ancyra, Galatia. 161-169 AD. AVT AVR OVHPOC CE, Laureate head right / ANKYRAC MHTRO, Octastyle temple; shield in pediment. SNG France 2460; SNG von Aulock 6142.TextImage
COMMODUS
BMC 9Commodus, AE31 of Ankyra, Galatia. 180-191 AD. AYT K M AYRH COMMODOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / MHTROPOL ANKYPAC, Herakles Farnese standing right, right hand behind back, resting on club set on rock. SNG Righetti 1742; BMC 9.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
Leypold 2736cfSeptimius Severus AE31 of Ancyra, Galatia. CEPTIM CEOVHPOC AVG, laureate head right / ANKYPAC, Caracalla & Geta on horses; above Nike; below serpent around omphalos. TextImage
CARACALLA
BMC 32Caracalla. 16.74g; 29mm. Ancyra, Galatia. ANTWNEINOC AVGOUCTOC, laureate head right / AN-KY-PAC, Octostyle temple (of Rome and Augustus) on four steps, wreath in pediment, anchor in exergue. BMC Galatia, 32; Righetti 1744 var (rev. legend); SNG France 3, 2488 var (rev. legend).TextImage
Cornell 119Caracalla AE 30mm of Ankyra, Galatia. ANTWNINOC AV-GOVCTOC, laureate head right / MHTPOPO-LE-WC ANKVPAC, Aphrodite, nude, swimming right, head turned left.TextImage
Hessen-Kassel 694Caracalla, AE28 of Ankyra, Galatia. ANTWNEINOC AYGOYCTOC, laureate head right / MHTROP OLEWC ANKURAC, Herakles Farnese standing right, lionshin over left arm, right hand behind back, resting left hand on club set on rock. Unpublished. Museumlandschaft Hessen-Kassel, Inv. no. Mu 694.TextImage
Imhoof 6Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AE 28, 12.12g. Galatia, Ancyra. ANTWNINOC PIOC AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust left / MHTROPOLEWC (MHT ligate) ANKURAC, Triform Hekate standing, wearing kalathos on each of her three heads, holding a patera, two torches, and three other uncertain objects in her six hands. Imhoof-Blumer, "Zur griech. u. röm. Munzkunde", p. 228, 6.TextImage
SNG Fitz 5391Caracalla, AE of Ankyra, 2.62 g. ANTWNINWC AVGOV, laureate head right / MHTROP ANKYRAC dot, prize crown with one palm branch. SNG Fitz. 5391; SLG Tochon 745; BMC 27 var.TextImage
ELAGABALUS
Elagabalus AE 30mm. of Ancyra, Galatia. ANTWNEINOC AUG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / MHTROPOLEOC ANKURAC, Apollo standing right, supporting lyre on column.TextImage
See also: Entry for ankyra on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Ancyra in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum

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