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Ancient Coinage of Phoenicia, Ake

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Kadman_047Phoenicia, Ptolemais-Ake (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 & cornucopiae in left. Year mark FIE in left field. TextImage
Rosenberger_39vPhoenicia, Ake Ptolemais. Civic Issue. AE 24mm. Conjoined heads of Tyche and Zeus / Tyche standing facing, head left, holding scepter & 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 & rudder, cornucopia & palm branch. TextImage
Rouvier_971Phoenicia, Ptolemais-Ake AE15. 111-110 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ANTIOCEWN EN PTOLEMAI, to left and right of lyre. Rouvier 971. TextImage
Sear #6046AE16 of Ake Ptolemais, Phoenicia. Time of Antiochos IV, 175-164 BC. Conjoined heads of the Dioscuri / ANTIOCEWN TWN EN PTOLEMAIDI, cornucopiae.TextImage
Sear #6047Ptolemais-Ake, Phoenicia, AE13, dated year 187 = 126/125 BC. Jugate bust of the Dioscouroi right / ANTIOCEWN EN PTOLEMAI IERAS ASULOU XPR, cornucopia. BMC 10. TextImage
NERO
RPC 4749Nero AE 24mm of Phoenicia, Ake-Ptolemais. Laureate head left / DIVOS CLAVDIVS STAB GER FELIX, foundation scene, togate man ploughing with two oxen right, C O L CA A PTOL between four vexilla behind. Rosenberger 46.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.TextImage
HADRIAN
Hendin 819Hadrian AE22 of Ake-Ptolemais on the Mediterranean coast. IMP TRA HADRIANO CAESARI, laureate draped bust right / DIVO CLAVD COL, founder plowing with oxen to right, military standards behind, PTOL between legs. Rosenberger 48. TextImage
COMMODUS
Rosenberger 51Commodus AE24 of Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia. Laureate and draped bust left / COL PTOL, Tyche seated right on rocks, holding grain ears; river-god swimming right below. Kadman 114; Rosenberger 51.TextImage
CARACALLA
Prieur 1222Phoenicia, Ake-Ptolemais. Caracalla AR Tetradrachm. Struck 215-217 AD. Laureate head right / DHMAP EX VPATOC TO D, 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 / DHMAP EX VPATOC TO D, eagle standing facing, head right, wreath in beak; caps of the Dioscuri below.TextImage
SEVERUS ALEXANDER
BMC 44Severus Alexander AE 22mm of Phoenicia, Ake-Ptolemais. IMP CAE MAR SEV ALEXANDER, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / COLO PTOLE, emperor on horseback prancing left, caduceus before.TextImage
PHILIP II
Kadman 220Philip II AE 29 mm of Ake-Ptolemais. Laureate head right / Portable shrine with deity.TextImage
VALERIAN I
Kadman 246Valerian I AE30 of Ptolemais-Ake in Phoenicia. 253-260 AD. IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / COL-PTOL, sacred, leafless tree between two altars from which serpents arise; winged caduceus in right field.TextImage
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Ptolemais-Ake
Entry for Phoenicia, Ake on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Akke%20Ptolemais in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Ake at AncientImports.com
Search for Ake at Incitatus Coins

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