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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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CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
BMC 3
Sear G 4742
Lydia, Thyatira AE 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
SG 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 18Thyateira, Lydia, AE15, 2.3 gr. Pseudo-autonomous, 98-138 AD. QEAN RWMHN, draped bust of Roma right / QYATEIREHNWN, tripod. BMC 18; RPC 949.TextImage
BMC 19varLydia, Thyateira, 14mm, 1.10g. Helmeted bust of Athena right, wearing aegis / QUATEIRHNO; eagle standing facing, head right. Apparently unpublished. BMC 19 var (same reverse, different obverse).TextImage
BMC 24Thyatira, Lydia. AE23. Time of Severus Alexander. QUATEIRA, turreted and draped of city Thyatira right / QUATEIRHNWN, eagle standing facing, wings open, head left. BMC 24; Mionnet IV, 871.TextImage
BMC 31Lydia, Thyteira, 20mm, 4.04g. Helmeted bust of Athena wearing aegis right / QUATEIRHNQN, Athena standing facing, head left, holding Nike in right, spear in left hand, shield at feet left. SNG von Aulock 3204; SNG Leypold 1258; BMC 31.TextImage
BMC 34Lydia, Thyateira AE 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 35Thyateira, Lydia. AE20, Pseudo-autonomous issue, 100-276 AD. Draped and helmeted bust of Athena right, wearing aegis / QUATEI-RHNWN, Tyche, polos on head, standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. SNG Cop 582; BMC 35: 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 44Lydia, Thyateira, time of the Severans, 17mm, 2.74g. Head of Dionysos wearing ivy-wreath right / QUATEIRHNWN, Pan walking left, holding lagobolon and grapes. SNG Aulock 3209; BMC 44; SNG München 590f.TextImage
BMC 52Lydia, Thyatira. Time of Severus Alexander. Circa 222-235 AD. AE 19mm (4.36 gm). Bust of Artemis Boreitene left / Eagle with spread wings, facing, head left. TextImage
BMC 53Thyateira, Lydia, AE, 4.76 gr. Semi-autonomous. Draped bust of Serapis right, kalathos on head / QUATEI-RHNWN, Isis standing left, holding sistrum and sceptre. BMC 53, SNG Leypold 1268.TextImage
Mionnet 878Thyateira, Lydia, pseudo-autonomous issue, AE medaillon, ca. 222-235 AD. 35.07 g. IERA CYNKLHTOC, diademed, draped bust of the Senate right / EPI STR G AROUN ANTWNEINOU IPPI QUATEIRHNWN, river-god Lykos reclining left on rock, holding branch, resting left arm on overturned urn from which waters flow; before him, a bull walking right. Mionnet IV, 878.TextImage
SNGCop 570Lydia, Thyatira. 2nd Century BC. AE 16mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / QUATEI RHN-WN, labrys (double axe); 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. TextImage
SNGCop 583Thyateira, Lydia. 1st Century-A.D. AE17mm. Young head of Dionysus wearing ivy wreath / Pan walking left holding a bunch of grapes. TextImage
SNGCop 591Lydia, Thyateira AE 22mm 3rd century AD. BO-PEITHNH, draped bust of Artemis Boreitene right, wearing teania; quiver and bow over shoulders / QUATIRHNWN, 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
CLAUDIUS
RPC 2380Claudius and Agrippina II, 50-54 AD. AE of Thyateira, Lydia. 4.34 g. TI KLAUDIOS KAISAR SEBASTOS, bare head of Claudius right / AGRIPPINAN SEBASTHN QUATIRHN[OI], draped bust of Agrippina right. RPC 2380; SNG Munich 611.TextImage
NERO
RPC 2381Nero 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 2382Nero 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
RPC 2383Nero and Poppaea, AE of Thyateira, Lydia. 62 AD. 4.92 g. NERWN KLAUDIOS KAISAR CEBACTOS, laureate head right / POPPAIAN SEBASTHN QUATIRHNOI, draped bust of Poppaea right. RPC 2383. BMC 65.TextImage
DOMITIAN
RPC 942Domitian AE 18mm of Lydia, Thyateira. DOMITIANOC KAI CE GEPMANIKOC, laureate head right / QYATEIPHNWN, Victory standing left, holding palm branch. BMC 70.TextImage
PLOTINA
Mionnet 902Plotina AE 19mm of Thyateira, Lydia. PLWTEINA CEBATH, draped bust right with hair in a plait behind / OUA/TEIPH/NWN in three lines within wreath.TextImage
MATIDIA
SNG vA 3217Matidia, AE of Thyateira, Lydia. 3.55 g. MATIDIA CEBACTH, diademed and draped bust right / QUATIRHNWN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. SNG von Aulock 3217.TextImage
HADRIAN
Schulten 337Hadrian, AE Hemiassarion of Thyateira, 20-19mm, 5.34g. Marcus Peducaeus Priscinus, proconsul Asiae (124-125 AD). AU(TOKRATWR) K(AICAR) AIL(IOC) - ADRIANOC, laureate, draped bust right / ANQ(UPATW) PRICKINW URKANUN, Dionysos standing left, holding thyrsos und kantharos. Schulten, 1989, lot 337, unpublished.TextImage
COMMODUS
BMC 82Commodus AE 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
BMC 87Commodus, AE22 of Thyatira, Lydia. AY KO-MODOS, laureate, draped bust right / QYATEI-RH-NWN, Eagle standing facing, wings spread, head left. SNG von Aulock 3220; SNG Tübingen 3855; SNG Copenhagen 602; BMC 87.TextImage
Mionnet 929Commodus AE 43mm of Thyateira, Lydia. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EPI STRA M STRATONEIKIANOU QUATEIRHNWN, Asklepios standing right facing Apollo Tyrimnaios. Mionnet 929.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
Aufhauser 11, 277Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta AE medaillon of Thyateira. 52.38 g. AVT KAI L CEPT CEOVHROC PE, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EPI STR KU AU GLUKWNOS QUATEIRHNWN, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right between the laureate, draped and cuirassed busts of Caracalla and Geta; eagle standing facing below, wings spread, between two stars. Unpublished. Aufhauser 11, 277.TextImage
Nolle 2299Septimius Severus AE 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
Waddington 7067Septimius Severus AE46mm 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 100Caracalla AE 26mm of Lydia, Thyateira. AVT K M ANTWNEINOC, laureate cuirassed bust right / QYATEIPHNWN, Athena seated left, holding Nike and sceptre, shield below. TextImage
BMC 101Caracalla, AE of Thyateira, Lydia. ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / QUATEIRHNWN, Athena standing half-left, holding Nike on outstretched right hand, spear and shield on ground in left. SNG Cop. 609; McClean 8721; BMC 101-102.TextImage
Imhoof 25Caracalla, AE34 of Thyateira, Lydia. 20.94 g. AYTKR K M AUR ANTWNEINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right / EPI CTR AUR GLUKWNOC LOUKIOU QUATEIRHNWN (partially in centre field), Caracalla holding patera and sceptre, standing right, sacrificing over lighted altar, facing Apollo Tyrimnaeos standing left, holding branch and double-axe. Imhoof LS 25; SNG Tuebingen 3856 var (rev. legend with AV, not AVR); Waddington 5367 var (ditto).TextImage
DIADUMENIAN
SNG Munich 657Diadumenian, AE20 of Thyateira, Lydia. DIADOUMENIANOC, bare-headed, draped bust right, seen from the back / QUATEIRHNWN, Athena, helmeted, in chiton and peplos, standing left, holding patera and spear, shield at foot. SNG Munich 657.TextImage
ELAGABALUS
Mionnet 969Elagabalus, AE of Thyateira, Lydia. 218-222 AD. AYT K M AY ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / QUATEIRHNWN, Artemis walking left, holding bow, reaching for arrow from quiver at shoulder, hound running left at her feet. Mionnet IV, 969, otherwise unlisted.TextImage
SGI 3072cfThyatira. Elagabalus AE26. AVT K MA ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right; countermark G in square punch / QVATEIPHNWN, Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia & rudder.TextImage
SEVERUS ALEXANDER
CNG 75-819Severus Alexander AE48 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 Cop 650Julia Mamaea AE21 of Lydia, Thyateira. IOV MAMAIA, diademed draped bust right / QVATEIPHNWN, eagle standing right on a thunderbolt, head left, wings open.TextImage
OTACILIA SEVERA
SNG vA 3239Otacilia Severa, AE of Thyateira, Homonia with Smyrna. 11.79 g. MAR WTAK CEVHRA CE, draped bust right / QUATEIRHNWN OMONOIA K CMYRNAIWN S ARCIMHDOYC, the Amazon of Smyrna, with double axe over shoulder, standing right, shaking hands with Tyche of Thyateira, standing left, holding sceptre, prow at foot. Franke/Nollé 2356; SNG von Aulock 3239.TextImage
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Thyateira
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
Search for Thyateira at AncientImports.com
Search for Thyateira at Incitatus Coins

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