Ancient Coinage of Phoenicia, Ake

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Hoover 25Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia, AE15, 2nd-1st century. Diademed head left. / ΠT.. TΩN .., deer standing right, suckling Telephos. Kadman -; Hoover HGC 25 (citing Kadman in error).TextImage
Houghton 810Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia, AE14 Lepton, 125-121 BC. 2.47 g. Jugate heads of the Dioscuri right with a star above each of their heads / ANTIOXOY TΩN EN ΠTOΛEMAIΔI to right and left of cornucopiae, AΡ monogram in outer left field. Houghton 810; Hendin 414.TextImage
Kadman 47Phoenicia, Ake-Ptolemais (Acre) AE17. 27 BC - 1 AD. Jugate, laureate heads of Dioscouroi right, each surmounted by a star / Tyche standing left, holding aphlaston in right hand and cornucopiae in left. Year mark ΦIE in left field. TextImage
Kadman 55Ake-Ptolemais, AE19 civic issue, Year 195 or 196 of the Seleukid era = 118-116 BC. 2.39 g. Laureate head of Zeus right. / ANTIOXEΩN TΩN EN ΠTOΛEMAIΔI IEΡAΣ AΣYΛOY, Zeus standing left, holding corn-ear and sceptre. (Date EqP or SqP in the exergue usually off the flan). Kadman 55–58; Tell Iztabba find IAA 178547; Seyrig 7; Rouvier 986; Babelon Perses 1513-1514; Mionnet V, 525.TextImage
Kadman 91Ake-Ptolemais, AE14, semi-autonomous issue. 1st c. AD. 2.87 g. Diademed head of Zeus right. / COL PTOL, Club in wreath. Kadman 91; Rosenberger 45; Rouvier 992; Feuardent 7532; RPC I 4751A.TextImage
Rosenberger 27Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia. AE15, civic issue, 1st. century BC. Laureate head of Zeus right. / ANTIOXΩN TΩN EN ΠTOΛEMAI.., corn-ear. Rosenberger 27, otherwise unpublished.TextImage
Rosenberger 39vPhoenicia, Ake Ptolemais. Civic Issue. AE 24mm. Jugate heads of Tyche and Zeus / Tyche standing facing, head left, holding sceptre and corunucopiae with palm branch. TextImage
Rosenberger 40Ake Ptolemais, Pre-Imperial AE22. Dated 44-43 BC. Laureate bust of Zeus to right, countermark below ear / Turreted Tyche to left, holding aphlaston and rudder, cornucopiae and palm branch. TextImage
Rouvier 962Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia as Antioch Ptolemaides, AE16 Dilepton, 2.89 g. Undated. Time of Antiochos IV-VIII, 185-123 BC. Jugate, laureate busts of the Dioskuri right, star above each head / ANTIOXEΩN TΩN EN ΠTOΛEMAIΔI, Cornucopiae, E in outer left field. Rouvier 962.TextImage
Rouvier 971Phoenicia, Ptolemais-Ake AE15. 111-110 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ANTIOXEΩN EN ΠTOΛEMAI, to left and right of lyre. Rouvier 971. TextImage
Seyrig 8Ake-Ptolemais, AE13, 1.64 g, 1st c. BC. Jugate heads of the Dioskuri right. / ANTIOXEΩN TΩN EN ΠTOΛEMAIΔI IEΡAΣ AΣYΛOY downwards to right and left of cornucopiae. THE monogram in left field. Seyrig 8; Rouvier 963-966; probably also Babelon Perses.., 1507.TextImage
NERO
RPC 4749Nero AE 24mm of Phoenicia, Ake-Ptolemais. Laureate head left / DIVOS CLAVDIVS STAB GER FELIX, foundation scene, togate founder or priest ploughing right with two oxen, C O L CA A PTOL between four vexilla behind. Rosenberger 46; Rouvier 997.TextImage
TRAJAN
BMC 19Trajan AE24 of Ake Ptolemais. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPT AVG, laureate head right / COL PTOL, Tyche seated right on rock, river-god swimming below. BMC 19; Rouvier 998; Mionnet V, 11.TextImage
Rosenberg 47Trajan AE24 of Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPT AVG, laureate head right / COL PTOL, Tyche seated right on rock, holding corn-ears, river-god swimming below. Rosenberg 47.TextImage
HADRIAN
Hendin 819Hadrian AE22 of Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia. IMP TRA HADRIANO CAESARI, laureate draped bust right / DIVO CLAVD COL, founder ploughing right with two oxen, military standards behind, PTOL between legs. Rosenberger 48; Rouvier 1000; Mionnet V, 13; Babelon Persés 1530.TextImage
COMMODUS
Rosenberger 51Commodus AE24 of Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia. IMP C M AY COMMODVS or similar, laureate and draped bust left / COL PTOL, Tyche seated right on rocks, holding grain ears; river-god swimming right below. Kadman 114; Rosenberger 51; Rouvier 1002.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
Kadman 123Septimius Severus AE23 of Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia. AD 193-211. 11.26 g. IMP SEPT SEV PERT AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rectangular countermark on neck. / COL PTOL, radiate, bearded, draped bust of male deity right, his head surmounted by four twisted, upright braids, sceptre before chin. Kadman 123; Babelon Perses 1535; Rouvier 1007; Mionnet V, 17; De Saulcy, 4.TextImage
CARACALLA
Prieur 1217Caracalla, AR tetrdrachm of Ake-Ptolemais or Orthosia, Phoenicia. AD 196-217. 27 mm, 13.5 g. AYT K M A ANTΩNINOC CEB, laureate head right. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC Δ, eagle standing left, head and tail right, wings spread, wreath in beak. Deity standing front between legs, wearing kalathos, between two bulls. Prieur 1217.TextImage
Prieur 1222Phoenicia, Ake-Ptolemais. Caracalla AR Tetradrachm. Struck 215-217 AD. Laureate head right / ΔHMAΡ EΞ YΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, head left, wreath in beak; caps of the Dioscuri below.TextImage
Prieur 1223Phoenicia, Ake-Ptolemais. Caracalla AR Tetradrachm. Struck 215-217 AD. Laureate head right / ΔHMAΡ EΞ YΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, head right, wreath in beak; caps of the Dioscuri below.TextImage
Prieur 1226Caracalla, AR tetradrachm of Ake-Ptolemais, Palestine. 26 mm, 12.98 g. AD 198-217. AYT K MA ANTΩNEINOC CEB, laureate head right. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC Δ, eagle standing left, head and tail right, caps of the Dioskuri between legs. Prieur 1226.TextImage
GETA
Sofaer 182Geta, AE19 of Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia. AD 198-209. 6.06 g. L S GET C AVG PII F, bareheaded and draped bust right. / C-O-L PTOL across field and below, founder ploughing right with two oxen. Four vexilla in the background. Sofaer 182 corr. (obv. legend); Babelon Perses 1544 var (obv. legend).TextImage
MACRINUS
Sofaer 188Macrinus, AE24 of Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia. AD 217-218. 12.29 g. IMP C M OP S MACREINVS, Laureate head right. / COLO PTOL, Perseus, naked, standing front, head left, holding head of Medusa and harpa. Sofaer 188; Rouvier 1026 var. (bust type and rev legend).TextImage
ELAGABALUS
Kadman 171 varElagabalus or Caracalla, Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia, Ae 27 (10.4g). IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS or similar, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL-PTO, Hexastyle temple with arched pediment; Tyche standing left within, holding rudder and cornucopiae, being crowned by Victory standing left on a column behind her. cf Paris 1965.745 (lighter module); SGI 3114 (bust type); Kadman 171 var (ditto); Rouvier 1036 var (ditto); Mionnet V, 30 var (ditto).TextImage
AQUILIA SEVERA
LHS 100, 533Aquilia Severa, AE of Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia. AD 220-221. 10.41 g. IVL AQVILIA SEVERA AV, draped bust right / COL PTO, complex portable shrine consisting of a tetrastyle temple over a hexastyle structure with statue of Tyche standing left in the centre, crowned by Nike on a column behind her; statue of Perseus holding the head of Medusa to left and statue of Athena to right. Below is a hexastyle portico with Zeus in its central arch and other statues to left and right. The portico rests on a series of semi-circular arches. Probably unique. LHS Numismatik 100, lot 533.TextImage
SEVERUS ALEXANDER
BMC 44Severus Alexander AE 22mm of Phoenicia, Ake-Ptolemais. IMP CAE MAR SEV ALEXANDER, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COLO PTOLE, emperor on horseback prancing left, caduceus in left field. Rouvier 1044 var (bust type); Mionnet V, 33 var (ditto).TextImage
OTACILIA SEVERA
Kadman 214Otacilia Severa, AE28 of Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia. AD 244-249. 17.70 g. M OTAC SEVERA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane. / CO PTOL, the Acropolis of Ake-Ptolemais surmounted by walls, gate and tower, altar below between winged thunderbolt and caduceus. Kadman 214; Sofaer 273.TextImage
PHILIP II
Kadman 220Philip II AE 29 mm of Ake-Ptolemais. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS PF AVG (Philip I) or M IVL PHILIPPVS NOB CAES (Philip II), laureate head right / COL PTOL, Portable shrine with Tyche standing left, crowned by Nike standing left on a column behind her. Rouvier 1049 (Philip I) var (rev. has additional two Eros).TextImage
Sofaer 268Philip II, AE30 of Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia. AD 244-247. 16.27 g. IVL PHILIPPVS NOB CAES, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / COL PTOL, distyle shrine with Aphrodite standing front within in bashful pose, Eros on dolphin right at foot left, caduceus at foot right. Sofaer 268; Kadman 205 corr. (description).TextImage
VALERIAN I
Kadman 246Valerian I AE30 of Ptolemais-Ake in Phoenicia. 253-260 AD. IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL-PTOL, sacred, leafless tree between two altars from which serpents arise; winged caduceus in right field. Rouvier 1063 var (bust type).TextImage
Entry for Phoenicia, Ake on the Digital Historia Numorum
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