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Ancient Coinage of Cilbiani Major and Cilbiani Neikaia


Cilbiani Superiore and Cilbiani (Neikaia).
Neikeia Kilbiani (present day Turkonu) is 65 km ENE of Ephesus, and was the chief city of the valley formed by the river Kilbos. Coin minting stopped at the end of Severan times.

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CAIUS AND LUCIUS
RPC 2564Caius and Lucius, AE18 of Neikeia-Cilbiani, Lydia. 3.92 g. GAIOS LEUKIOS, jugate heads of Caius and Lucius right / ARATOS GRAMMATEUS KILBIANWN NAIKAIAS, Demos standing left. RPC I 2564; Imhoof-Blumer, 8; SNG München 208; SNG Cop 105-106; Lindgren 719.TextImage
NERO
RPC 2565Nero and Agrippina II, Kilbiani Superiores, Lydia. AE of 54-68 AD. Magistrate Au. Anton(...), Sohn des Poulichros. NERWN KAISAR, Jugate heads of Nero and Agrippina II right / EPI AU ANTWN POLUCROU KILBI TWN ANW, Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. RPC 2565; Imhoof Lyd. Stadtm. 1; cf. Munich 225.TextImage
TRAJAN
Imhoof LS 3Trajan, AE22 of Kilbiani, Lydia. KAI NER TRAIANOC C, laureate head right / KILBIANWN TWN ANW, Tyche standing left, polos on head, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Imhoof "Lydische Stadtmünzen" 3.TextImage
Leypold 7 corrTrajan, AE22 of Kilbiani, Lydia. ca. 5 gr. AVT NER..TR-AIANOC GERM (?), laureate head right / KILB-TWN A-NW in three lines within wreath. Leypold 7 in MoNG 1992, p. 7 corrected; RPC I Supp. I, p. 32, note.TextImage
HADRIAN
Imhoof CK 8 corrHadrian, AE20 of Nikaia, Kilbiani. AV KAI TPAI ADPIANOC, bare head right / KILBI PEPI N, Zeus standing left, holding sceptre, eagle at foot. Imhoof CK 8 corr. ("Dionysos").TextImage
SNG Leypold 1020Hadrian and Sabina, AE of Cilbani Neikaia, Lydia. 5.86 g. AV KAI ADRI CEBAC SABINA, bare head of Hadrian right, facing diademed, draped bust of Sabina left / KILBIANWN PERI NEIKEAN, Eirene standing facing, leaning on column, holding branch. BMC 8 var; SNG Leypold 1020.TextImage
ANTONINUS PIUS
BMC 3Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, AE21 of Kilbiani, Lydia. ANTWNI BHPOC, laureate, draped busts of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius facing each other / KIL-BIA-TWN-ANW, in four lines within laurel wreath. BMC 3; cf. Imhoof LS 5.TextImage
BMC 9Antoninus Pius, AE36 of Kilbiani, Lydia. 23.26 gr. T AIL KAICAP ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / KILBIANWN TWN PERI NEIKAIAN, cult-image of Artemis Ephesia standing facing between two stags. BMC 9.TextImage
Imhoof 4Antoninus Pius, AE24 of Neikeia-Cilbiani, Lydia. 7.58 g. ..OC KAICAP ANTWNEINOC, bare head right / KILBIANWN PERI TWN NEIKEAN, rivergod Kilbos reclining left, holding reed. cf. Imhoof-Blumer, Lyd. Stadtm. 4; Imhoof "Fluss- und Meergötter", 315; cf RPC online, 1212.TextImage
Righetti 6201Antoninus Pius, AE28 of Kilbiani Superior. ..AIL ADR ANTWNINOC, laureate head right / EPI.. KILBIANWN TWN ANW, Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre; to left, eagle standing left on altar, head right. J.P. Righetti Collection, 6201, otherwise unpublished.TextImage
Weber 6800Antoninus Pius, AE16 of Upper Kilbiani. AVT KAICAP ANTWNEINOC, laureate head right / KILBIATWN ANW, Cult-statue of Artemis Ephesia between two stags. Weber 6800; Waddington 4943.TextImage
Weber 6800Cilbiani Superiores, Lydia. AE18. 138–161 AD. AV KAICAP ANTONINOC, laureate head right / KILBIA-TWN ANW, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing facing between two stags, wearing kalathos, having supports, arms outstretched from elbows left and right. Weber 6800.TextImage
MARCUS AURELIUS
CNG 238-232Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II, AE22 of Nikaia, Kilbiani. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius right, facing diademed and draped bust of Faustina left / KILBIANWN TWN PERI NIKAIAN, Dionysos standing left, leaning on column, holding bunch of grapes. Unpublished. CNG Auction 238, lot 232. CNG 238-232.TextImage
Imhoof GM 1Marcus Aurelius, AE32 of Nikaia, Kilbiani. L KAIC AVRHLIOC, laureate and draped bust right / KILBIANWN TWN PERI NEIKAIAN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and thunderbolt, crowned by Nike to right, eagle at feet left. Imhoof Griech. Münzen 1; RPC online 1220.TextImage
SNG Fitz. 4852Marcus Aurelius, Lydia, Cilbiani Inferiores, AE16. (from upper left) AURELI KAICA, draped cuirassed bust right / (from upper left) KILBIAN PERI NEI, Telesphoros standing facing in hooded cloak. SNG Fitzwilliam 4852; Hunter 1.TextImage
COMMODUS
Commodus, AE22 of Neikeia-Cilbiani, Lydia. 8.12 g. AVR KOMODOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NEIKAEWN KILBIANWN, Asklepios standing right, holding serpent-entwined sceptre, facing Hygeia, standing left, feeding serpent in arms. BMC-; Mionnet-; Imhoof-Blumer (Kilbianer), 18; RPC online 1224.TextImage
Cilbiani
Imhoof 18		Commodus, AE22 of Neikeia-Cilbiani, Lydia. 8.12 g. AVR KOMODOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NEIKAEWN KILBIANWN, Asklepios standing right, holding serpent-entwined sceptre, facing Hygieia, standing left, feeding serpent in arms. cf Imhoof-Blumer, Num.Zeit. 20 (1888), (The coinage of the Kilbani), 18; RPC online 1224.TextImage
Imhoof Kilb. 18Commodus, AE24 of Nikaia, Kilbiani. 180-192 AD. L AURH KOMODOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / KILBIANWN PERI NEIKEAN, Hygieia standing right, holding patera, feeding snake in arms; to right, Asklepios standing facing, resting on serpent-entwined staff. Imhoof-Blumer, Kilbianer, NZ 1888, 18.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
Imhoof 19Septimius Severus, AE34 of Cilbiani, Lydia. 18.95 g. AV KAI L CEPTI CEVHPOC P, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EPI... KILBIANWN, Severus on horseback rearing right, holding spear, captive beneath horse's legs. Imhoof-Blumer, "Die Münzen der Kilbianer.. " NZ 20 (1888), 19.TextImage
SNG Munich 210Septimius Severus, AE17 of Nikaia, Kilbiani, Lydia. 2.01 gr. ..CEOVHROC, laureate head right / NEIK-AEWN, Telesphorus standing facing wearing hooded cloak. SNG Munich 210. (RecGen and SNG Turkey Vol. 5 both attribute this coin to Nicaea, Bithynia in error).TextImage
JULIA DOMNA
BMC 12Julia Domna, AE25 of Neikeia-Cilbiani, Lydia. 6.81 g. IOVLIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / NEIKAEWN KILBIANWN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. BMC 12; Mionnet IV, 31.TextImage
BMC 13Julia Domna, AE22 of Nikaia, Kilbiani, Lydia. IOULIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / NEIKAEWN KIL-BIANWN, River-god Kilbos reclining left, holding reed, left arm resting on overturned urn from which waters flow. BMC 13; Helios, "Salus Provinciarum", 466.TextImage
CNG 66-1079Julia Domna, AE38 of Neikeia-Cilbiani, Lydia. 34.29 g. IOVLIA DOMNH CEBACTH, draped bust right / NEIKAEWN KILBIANWN, Cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus facing, flanked by two stags; star and crescent in upper left and right fields. BMC-; Mionnet-; SNG Munich-; SNG Pfalz-; Imhoof Kilbaner -; probably unpublished. CNG 66-1079.TextImage
Imhoof CK 24Julia Domna, AE22 of Nikaia, Kilbiani. IOULIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / NEIKAEWN KILBIANWN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and a bunch of poppies and corn-ears in right hand and cornucopiae in left. Imhoof CK 24; cf. Mionnet IV 31; BMC 12 var (Tyche's attributes).TextImage
Mionnet 144Julia Domna, AE of Cilbiani Major, Lydia, 13.21 g. IOVLIA DOMNA CEBACTH, draped bust right, counterstamped with bust of Julia Domna right (Howgego 169) / EPI ARC DIOFANTOU G KILBIANWN TWNA NW, Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre, altar to left. Mionnet IV, 144.TextImage
CARACALLA
BMC 16Caracalla, AE46 medallion of Nikaia, Kilbiani. AY KAI M AYP ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped bust right / NEIKAEWN KILBIANWN (in exergue), emperor, radiate, standing facing in facing quadriga, head left, holding globe and raising right hand. BMC 16.TextImage
Imhoof KM 5Caracalla, AE33 of Nikaia, Kilbiani Inferiores, Lydia. 21.64 gr. AV KA M AV ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped bust right / EPI CK APLABTOU NEIKAEWN KILBIANWN, emperor on horseback galloping right, brandishing spear, kneeling foe beneath the horse's front hooves. Imhoof KM 5; cf Mionnet IV 31, 160.TextImage
Imhoof 26Caracalla, AE40mm medallion of Nikaia, Kilbiani, Lydia. 30.3g. AY KAI M AYR ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped bust right / NEIKAEWN KILBIANWN beneath Tyche or Nikaia seated left, holding patera in right hand, left hand resting on chair, behind her an eagle standing facing, wings spread, above the eagle Nike flying left, crowning the woman. To the left of this group, archaic figure of Apollo, naked, with long hair, holding a branch in his lowered right hand and his chlamys and a short staff in his left. Imhoof Kilbiani 26; Kurth (Kilbiani Translation) 100; Mionnet Suppl. VII, 105; Kraft, Systeme, pl. XXIX, 11.TextImage
Lindgren 455Caracalla, AE30 of Neikeia-Cilbiani, Lydia. 17.24 g. AV K M A ANTWNINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EPI TRIFWNOS B FILO ARC NEIKAEWN KILBIANWN, Zeus seated left, modius on head, holding patera, being crowned by Nike from the right, eagle standing to right. Lindgren III 455 (this coin).TextImage
Mionnet 108Caracalla, AE22 of Kilbiani, Lydia. 198-217 AD. 5.9 gr. AVT K M AV ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NEIKAEWN KILBIANWN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Mionnet Suppl. VII 108.TextImage
SNG vA 2992Caracalla, AE46 medallion of Nikaia, Kilbiani Inferiores (Nicaea), 49.61 gr. AY KAI M AYR ANTWNEINOC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / NEIKAEON KIL-BIANWN, Asklepios with Telesphorus at his feet, standing between Hygeia, holding a serpent, and the emperor in military dress holding patera over lighted altar. SNG von Aulock 2992.TextImage
SNGvA 2993Caracalla, AE of Neikeia Cilbiani Inf., Lydia. 211-217 AD. AY KA M AV ANTWNINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right. Countermarked / NEIKAEWN cilbiANWN, river god Kilbos reclining left on water pipe, holding reed, arm resting on overturned urn from which water flows. SNG von Aulock 2993 corr.; Kowalewski 2006 p7, fig 14. Mionnet Supp. 7, 109.TextImage
PLAUTILLA
BMC 6Plautilla, AE23 of Kilbiani Superiores. FOUL PLAUTILLA CEBA, draped bust right / KILBIANWN TWN ANW, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. BMC 6; Imhoof LS 6.TextImage
GETA
BMC 7Geta, AE22 of Kilbiani Superior, Lydia. AY CE GETAC, laureate, draped bust right / KILBIANWN TWN ANW, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. BMC 7.TextImage
BMC 8Geta, AE17 of Kilbiani. L CEP GETAC KAI, laureate, draped bust right / KILBIANWN TWN ANW, River-god Kilbos reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae, resting arm on overturned urn from which waters flow. BMC 8. Helios Numismatik, "Salus Prov." 464; Sear GIC 2847.TextImage
Mionnet 113 varGeta, AE23 of Kilbiani, Lydia. AUTOK dot KAI P CE GETAC dot, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / NEIKAEWN KILBIANWN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Mionnet 113 var (AVTOKR on obv.); SNG von Aulock 2994 var (obv. legend); Ancient Imports 21327.TextImage
Rohde 15617Geta, AE 22.6 mm of Kilbiani, Lydia; 4.97 gr. AVTOKRAT P CEP GETAC (!), laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, countermark: Artemis Anaitis (Howgego 233) / NEIKAEWN TWN KILBIANWN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Unpublished with this obv. legend for Geta. SNG von Aulock 2994 var (obv. legend), Rohde 15617.TextImage
SNG Lewis 1466 varGeta, AE35 of Nikaia, Kilbiani. L..CEP GETAC KAI, Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the back / EP CKAPLA B TOV IOVL.. around, NEIKAEON-KILBIANO-N in three lines below, Geta on horse rearing right, thrusting spear at crouching Parthian. SNG Lewis 1466 var (this reverse for Caracalla). Magistrate: Münsterberg pg. 135. Antioch & Associates sale 2001, lot 100. Unpublished.TextImage
SNGTub 3703Geta, AE 15mm of Neikaia-Cilbiani, Lydia; 209-212 AD. 2.1g. L SE GETAC KAI, bare head right / NEIKAEWN KILB; Telesphoros in hooded mantle, standing facing. SNG Tübingen 3703 / Imhoof-Blumer (Lyd. Stadtmünzen) p. 58, 12. TextImage
SNGTub 3703vGeta, AE17 of Nikaia, Kilbiani. L CEPTI GETAC K, bearded, draped bust right / NEIKAEWN KILBIANWN, Telesphoros standing facing, wearing hooded cloak. IW 4952; SNG Tübingen 3703 var. (bust type).TextImage
SNG vA 2994vGeta, AE21 of Nikaia, Kilbiani, Lydia. L CEP CE GETAC, laureate and draped bust right / NEIKAEWN KILBIANWN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder with poppy and corn-ears, and cornucopiae. SNG von Aulock 2994 var (obv. legend); Imhoof, Kilbiani 30 var (ditto). Possibly unpublished. Righetti Sale IV, 771.TextImage
See also: The Coinage of Kilbiani, extended English translation of Imhoof-Blumer's work, by Dane 'Helvetica' Kurth, on archive.org. Free PDF. (5.9 Mb)
Entry for Cilbiani (Neikaia) on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Cilbiani (Neikaia) at AsiaMinorCoins.com
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