Ancient Coinage of Poemanenum, Mysia



Poemanenum was a fortess town south of Kyzikos. Schliemann (who discovered Troy), found an inscription here stating that, in AD 80, C. Claudius Nero, the governor of Asia Minor, gave an order that the inhabitants of the town should take steps to protect Ilium against an attack by an unnamed enemy (possibly pirates).

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CIVIC AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS ISSUES
BMC 1-3Poemanenum, Mysia, AE22 civic issue, 100-1 BC. 8.01 g. Laureate head of Zeus right. / ΠOIMA-NHNΩN BI above and beneath winged thunderbolt. BMC 1-3; Kaufmann-Stauber 1-29; SNG von Aulock 1433-1434 and 7521; Rhousopoulos 3362; Weber 5244; Paris 1556-1557; Mionnet V 1242-1243.TextImage
wwxls 43958Poemanenum, Mysia. AE23. Semi-autonomous issue. AD 175-176. Magistrate Klaudianos. 23 mm, 7.21 g. ΠOIMHC, bare head of Poimes right. / CTΡA KΛAYΔIANOY ΠOIMANH, Homonoia standing left by altar, holding patera and cornucopiae. Unpublished. wwxls 43958; Leu 32, 1091.TextImage
TIBERIUS
RPC 2252Tiberius AE17 of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 14-37. 3.82 g. CEBACTOC, laureate head right. / ΠOIMANHNωN, Livia as Pax seated right, holding branch and sceptre. RPC I 2252.TextImage
TRAJAN
Mionnet 628Trajan AE20 of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 98-117. 4.32 g. Magistrate Dikos Frontonos. AYTOKΡATOΡI KAIΣAΡI ΣEBAΣTO TΡAIANO, laureate head right. / EΠI EΓ ΔIKOY ΦΡONTΩNOΣ ΠOIMA, Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre. SNG Righetti 768 corr(1); RPC III 1658; Paris 2010.287; Mionnet II, 628.TextImage
ANTONINUS PIUS
Kaufmann 34Antoninus Pius AE25 of Poemanenon, Mysia. 9.44 g. AYT AI AΔΡIA ANTΩNEIN, laureate, draped bust right. / EΠI CTΡA AΡIΓNHTOY ΠOIMA, Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre. Kaufmann-Stauber 34 in AMS 8; ANS 1944.100.43394.TextImage
Kaufmann 35Antoninus Pius, AE22 of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 136-161. AY T AI AΔΡI ANTΩNEIN, laureate head right. / EΠI CTΡA AΡIΓNHTOY ΠOIMAN, Herakles sitting left on rock, holding patera, long transverse club at his side. Kaufmann-Stauber 35 = Righetti Coll. Sale Part IV, 565 (this coin).TextImage
Kaufmann 36Antoninus Pius AE19 of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 138-161. 3.84 g. AY T AI AΔΡI ANTΩNEIN, bare head right. / ΠOIMANHNΩN, Apollo standing right, holding plectrum and lyre. Kaufmann-Stauber 36 corr. (obv legend); Stamules 594; SNG Fitz 4170 corr. ("Germe").TextImage
FAUSTINA II
Kaufmann 40-41Faustina II, AE19 of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 148-176. ΦAYCTEI CEBACTH, draped bust right. / ΠOIMANHNΩN, Homonoia standing left by altar, holding patera and cornucopiae. Kaufmann-Stauber 40-41; Berlin 18261483; ANS 2003.26.1; Waddell auction 20, lot 430 (this coin).TextImage
Kaufmann 42Faustina II AE17 of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 147-161. 3.84 g. ΦAYCTEI CEBACT, draped bust right. / ΠOIMANHNΩN, Telesphoros standing front, wearing hooded cloak. Kaufmann-Stauber 42; BM 1919.4.1762.TextImage
Paris M3226Faustina II, AE21 of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 148-176. ΦAYCTEI CEBACTH, draped bust right. / ΠOIMANHNΩN, Isis or Tyche, veiled and wearing polos, seated left, holding patera, altar at foot left. Kaufmann-Stauber 37-38; Dieudonne 35 in RN 1901; Paris 1560 and M3226 (this coin); SNG Cop 546.TextImage
COMMODUS
Kaufmann 44Commodus, AE25 of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 175-177. Magistrate Claudianus Askl. Pausa.. 8.03 g. Λ AYΡ KOMOΔOC KAICAΡ ΓEΡ CEB YOC, bare-headed, draped bust right. / AΡX KΛAYΔIANOY ACKΛH ΠAYCA ΠOIMA, Eros, winged, standing front by column, looking right, holding arrow. Kaufmann-Stauber 44; Paris 1562; Waddington 996; SNG France 2390; Kraft 55.13 (all this coin).TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
Kaufmann 47Septimius Severus AE21 of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 193-211. 4.19 g. AY K Λ CEΠ CEOYHΡOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right. / ΠOIMANHNΩN, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent in arms. Kaufmann-Stauber 47.TextImage
JULIA DOMNA
Kaufmann 53Julia Domna, AE23 of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 193-217. 5.95 g. IOYΛ ΔOMNA CEBACT, draped bust right. / ΠOIMANHNΩN, Artemis walking right, holding bow, reaching for an arrow from the quiver at her shoulder, hound at foot. Kaufmann-Stauber 53; ANS 1944.100.43396; Scholz 77 in NZ 1910.TextImage
Paris 1561 varJulia Domna, AE22 of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 193-217. 5.02 g. IOYΛ ΔOMNA CEBACT, draped bust right. / ΠOIMANHNIΩN, serpent-entwined tripod. Obv legend var of Paris 1561 ("IOY") and Kaufmann-Stauber AMS 8, 52 (ditto); Dieudonne 36 in RN 1901 (ditto); Kaufmann-Stauber AMS 8, 51 ("IOΛA"); wwxls 31860.TextImage
CARACALLA
SNG vA 7523Caracalla, AE24 of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 196-198. 7.86 g. Magistrate P. Ael. Qeagenos. M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC KAI, bare-headed, draped bust right. / CTΡA Π AIΛ ΘEAΓENOYC ΠOIMA, Eros standing facing, looking right, by garlanded altar, holding bow and arrows. SNG von Aulock 7523; Franke KZR 402; Kaufmann-Stauber 54 in AMS 8.TextImage
wwxls 43958Poemanenum, Mysia. AE23. Semi-autonomous issue. AD 175-176. Magistrate Klaudianos. 23 mm, 7.21 g. ΠOIMHC, bare head of Poimes right. / CTΡA KΛAYΔIANOY ΠOIMANH, Homonoia standing left by altar, holding patera and cornucopiae. Unpublished. wwxls 43958; Leu 32, 1091.TextImage
PHILIP I
RPC VIII 80231Philip I, AE34 of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 244-249. Magistrate Eyandros. 23.82 g. AYT K M IOYΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC AY, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / EΠI CTΡ AYΡ OYΛ EYANΔΡOY Π-OI MA-NH N-ΩN around and across fields, Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. RPC VIII 80231; Savoca 107 Blue, 598.TextImage
OTACILIA SEVERA
SNG Leypold 440.2Otacilia Severa AE26 of Poemanenon, Mysia. AD 244-249. 11.38 g. OTAKIΛIA CEVHΡA AY, draped bust right, wearing stephane. / ΠOIMANHNΩN, Artemis walking right, holding bow and drawing an arrow from quiver behind her shoulder, hound leaping right at foot. SNG Leypold 440.2.TextImage
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