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Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Apollonis


Apollonis, in Lydia, between Sardes & Pergamon
Not to be confused with Apollonis-Hieron, Lydia

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CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
BMC 1Lydia, Apollonis AR Tetradrachm. Minted under Eumenes III Aristonikos of Pergamon, 133-130. Serpent emerging from cista mystica, within ivy wreath / two snakes entwined around a bow case, thunderbolt above, heads of Zeus & Dionysos to left & right, BA - EV within serpents' coils, AP-OL below. SNGvA 2897. TextImage
BMC 3Apollonis, Lydia, AE16mm. Head of young Herakles right, in lionskin / APOLLW-NIDEWN above and beneath thunderbolt. BMC 3; SNG v. Aulock 2899; SNG Cop. 17.TextImage
Ellenberger
CP482
Apollonis, Lydia, 13 mm, 1.69 g. Helmeted and armoured bust of Athena right with aegis before / APOLLONIDEWN, eagle standing, wings spread, head right. Apparently unpublished with Athena (or Roma). SNG Cop 26 var (Tyche on obv.); SNG Cop 24 var / BMC 5-7 var (Senate on obv.); BMC 1 var and SNG von Aulock 2479 var (Apollo on obv.).TextImage
Lindgren 712Lydia, Apollonis AE16. Flavian times. APOLLONIDEWN, draped bust of Apollo right / IEPA CYNKLHTOC, bust of youthful senate to right. RPC 952v (QEON rather than IEPA). TextImage
RPC 950Lydia, Apollonis AE16. Flavian Times. QEON CYNCLHTON, draped bust of the Senate right / APOLLWNIDEWN, tripod. BMC 17. TextImage
RPC 953AE of Apollonis, Lydia. QEON SUNKUHTON, bust of the Senate right / APOLLONIDEWN, eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread. RPC 953; SNG Cop. 24; BMC 5.TextImage
SNGCop 16Lydia, Apollonis AE19. Late 2nd-1st Century BC. Macedonian shield ornamented with five stars / APOLLW-NIDEWN above & below club. TextImage
SNG Munich 36Apollonis, Lydia, pseudo-autonomous issue, ca 138-192 AD. 3.34 g. QEOU CYNKLHTON, draped bust of the Senate right / APOLLWNIDEWN, Dionysos, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. BMC 8 var; SNG München 36.TextImage
SNGvA 2902Lydia, Apollonis, Hermokrates, Strategos, AE20. APOLLONIDEWN, draped turreted bust of Tyche right / EPI CTR ERMOKRATOUS, Kalathos containing poppies and corn-ears. SNG von Aulock 2902; Imhoof, Lydische Stadtmuenzen 4.TextImage
DOMITIA
RPC 951Domitia AE 17mm of Lydia, Apollonis. QEON CYNCLHTON, draped bust of Domitia as youthful Senate right / APOLLWNIDEWN, lyre. SNG Cop 20.TextImage
MARCUS AURELIUS
CNG 67,1109Marcus Aurelius AE29 of Lydia, Apollonis. Aeschrion and Hermokrates, magistrates. AV KAI M AURHLIOC ANTWNINOC, bare-headed draped bust right / APOLWNIDEWN across fields, AR ERMOKRATOU AISCRIWNONOC, Zeus standing left, holding eagle & sceptre. Not in standard catalogs. TextImage
RPC ol 3299Marcus Aurelius, AE of Apollonis, Lydia, 161-180 AD. 14.71 g. AY KAI M AVRHLIOC ANTWNINOC, bare-headed, draped bust right / AR ERMOKRATOUC AISXRI APOLWNIDEWN, Asklepios standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. RPC online 3299.TextImage
FAUSTINA II
SNG Cop 27Faustina Jr AE19 of Lydia, Apollonis. FAVCTEINA CEBACT, draped bust right / APOLLWNIDEON, Demeter standing left holding poppy-heads & corn-ears, left hand resting on long torch. TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
BMC 21Septimius Severus AE 26mm of Apollonis, Lydia. AVT KAI CEPT CEOVPOC, laureate head right / APOLLWNIDEWN, two handled krater.TextImage
CARACALLA
BMC 22Caracalla AE34 of Apollonis, Lydia. Demetrios, magistrate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, viewed from the back [c/m: laureate bust right within incuse circle] / EPI CTPA DiHM-HTPIOV APELLA B around, APOLLWNIDE/WN in two lines in exergue, Dionysos standing left within tetrastyle temple, holding cantharus and thyrsus. [c/m: Howgego 85.]TextImage
GETA
BMC 24Geta, As Caesar, AE 19mm of Apollonis, Lydia. P CEP GETAC KAICAP, bare-headed & draped bust right / APOLLW-NIDEWN, cross-hatched urn containing five grain ears & two poppies. SNG Cop 28v.TextImage
See also: Entry for Apollonis on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Apollonis at AncientImports.com
Search for Apollonis in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Apollonis in the ANS Database
Search for Apollonis at AsiaMinorCoins.com
Search for Apollonis in the RPC IV (Antonines) database at the Ashmolean Museum
Search for Apollonis at Incitatus Coins

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