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Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Thyateira


[BMC 34]

Thyatira or Thyateira, on the border between Lydia and Mysia; modern Akhisar, Turkey

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BMC 3
Sear #4742
Lydia, Thyatira Æ 21mm. 2nd century BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / QUATEI-RHNWN, tripod, monogram above; all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 569, BMC 3. TextImage
BMC 7
Sear #4743
Thyateira, Lydia, AE15. 2nd century BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / QUATEI RH NWN, double headed ax. BMC 7. TextImage
BMC 11Lydia, Thyatira AE18. Late 1st Century AD. Head of Herakles right / QVA TIPH NWN, three-line inscription in wreath. SNG Cop 572, RPC II 946. TextImage
BMC 34Lydia, Thyateira Æ 20mm. 3rd century AD. Anepigraphic, bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis, holding spear over shoulder / QVATIPH NWN, Tyche Soterios (Fortuna Redux) standing left. SNG Cop 581, SNG von Aulock 3206. TextImage
BMC 40Lydia, Thyateira AE15. Pseudo-Autonomous coinage, ca 193-235 AD. Bare-headed, bearded bust of Herakles right, cloak knotted at neck / QVATEIPHNW, lion stalking right. SNG Leypold 1265. TextImage
BMC 52Lydia, Thyatira. Time of Severus Alexander. Circa 222-235 AD. Æ 19mm (4.36 gm). Bust of Artemis Boreitene left / Eagle with spread wings, facing, head left. TextImage
SNGCop 570Lydia, Thyatira. 2nd Century BC. Æ 16mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / QUATEI RHN-WN, labrys; bow left. SNG Cop 570; SNGvA 3200. TextImage
SNGCop 575Lydia, Thyateira AE14. 2nd century AD. Bearded head of Herakles right / QYATEIPHNWN,eagle standing left, head right, wings closed. TextImage
SNGCop 582Lydia, Thyatira, Quasi-Autonomous AE20. 2nd-3rd Century AD. Armored bust of Athena right / QVATEIPHNWN, Tyche standing left holding rudder & cornucopiae. SNGvA 3206. TextObvRev
SNGCop 583LYDIA: THYTIRA. 1st Century-A.D. AE17mm. Young head of Dionysus wearing ivy wreath / Pan walking left holding a bunch of grapes. TextObvRev
SNGCop 591Lydia, Thyateira Æ 22mm 3rd century AD. BO-PEITHNH•, draped bust of Artemis Boreitene right, wearing teania; quiver and bow over shoulders / QVATIPH NWN, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings dispalyed. Cf. BMC Lydia 19-20. TextImage
SNGvA 3198
Sear #4740
Lydia, Thyateira. Eumenes III (Aristonikos), pretender to the throne of Pergamon. 133-130 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Dated year 2 (of his revolt=132/1 BC). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / bow-case with serpents; thunderbolt above,QYA, to left; male head (Dionysos?) to right; within coils of serpents, BA-EY and B (date). Robinson 5, Kleiner & Noe Series 1, SNGvA 3198. TextImage

Nero
- RPC 2381

Nero AE16 of Lydia, Thyateira. 50-54 AD. NEPWN KLAUDIOC KAICAP GEP, draped bust right / QYATEIPHNWN, double-bladed axe. SGI 593, SNG Cop 595-7TextImage

- RPC 2382

Nero AE18 of Lydia, Thyateira. (3.56g). First issue, 55-60 AD. NEPWN KLAUDIOC KAICAP CEBA, bare headed, draped bust right / QYAT-EIPH/NW-N, double headed axe. BMC 62, SNG Cop 597.TextImage

Domitian
- RPC 942

Domitian Æ 18mm of Lydia, Thyateira. DOMITIANOC KAI CE GEPMANIKOC, laureate head right / QYATEIPHNWN, Victory standing left, holding palm branch. BMC 70.TextImage

Commodus
- _thyatiera_AE43

Commodus AE 43mm of Thyateira, Lydia. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Asklepios standing right facing Apollo Tyrimnaios. BMC -, Cop -, Von Aulock -.TextObvRev

- BMC 82

Commodus Æ 46mm of Lydia, Thyatira. Laureate, draped bust right / Hephaistos seated right working the brim of an Athenian helmet set on a short column; on the left stands Athena with shield & spear.TextImage

Septimius Severus
- AE44_Nolle_2299

Septimius Severus Æ 44mm Medallion of Thyatira, Lydia, in alliance with Pergamum, Mysia. AVT KAI L CEP CEOVHPOC PEP, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / (...) QVATEIPHNA OMONOIA below, Asklepios of Pergamum standing right facing Apollo Tyrimnaeos of Thyatira, standing left.TextImage

- AE46_Waddington_7067

Septimius Severus Æ46mm Medallion of Thyatira, Lydia. Asiaticus Hermogenes, strategus. AVT KAI L CEP CEOVHPOC PEP, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / EPI CTPA•A-CIATIKOV EPMOGENOVC, QVATEIPH•/NWN in two lines in exergue, Hephaestus seated left on wreathed cippus, putting finishing touches wth hammer on a Corinthian helmet set on low column, while Athena, standing left and holding spear and shield, touches top of column.TextImage

Caracalla
- BMC 100

Caracalla Æ 26mm of Lydia, Thyateira. AVT K M ANTWNEINOC, laureate cuirassed bust right / QYATEIPHNWN, Athena seated left, holding Nike and scepter, shield below. TextImage

Elagabalus
- SGI 3072cf

Thyatira. Elagabalus Æ26. AVT K MA ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / QVATEIPHNWN, Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia & rudder.TextImage

Severus Alexander
- AE48_Hercules

Severus Alexander Æ48 Medallion of Lydia, Thyateira. Mar. Pollianus, strategus. AVT K M AVP CE ALEXANDPOC C, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / EPI CTPA MAP PWLLIANOV QVATEIPHNWN, young Hercules standing facing, head right, holding club set on ground, dead Lion of Cithaeron paws-up to right.TextImage

Julia Mamaea
- SNG Copenhagen 650

Julia Mamaea AE21 of Lydia, Thyateira. IOV MAMAIA, diademed draped bust right / QVATEIPHNWN, eagle standing right on a thunderbolt, head left, wings open.TextImage
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Thyateira
Search for Lydia, Thyateira at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Lydia, Thyateira on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Thyateira in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Thyateira at AsiaMinorCoins.com
Search for Thyateira in the ANS Database
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Search for Thyateira at Incitatus Coins

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