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BMC 12Thrace, Mesembria 400 - 350 BC AE-24. Diademed female head facing rt. / Athena advancing lt., brandishing a spear and shield. TextClick Here
BMC 268Mesembria Diobol. Corinthian Helmet TextClick Here
BMC 268ffThrace, Mesembria. 4th Century B.C. AR Diobol. Crested Corinthian helmet facing / META between four spokes of wheel. TextClick Here
BMC 274Mesembria in Thrace. TextClick Here
BMC 275Thrace, Mesembria. Circa 4th-3rd Century BC. Æ 17mm (3.85 gm). Crested Corinthian helmet facing / Spiked wheel in which MESA. TextClick Here
BMC 276Thrace, Black Sea Area. Mesembria. Circa 250-200 BC. Æ 20mm (4.69 gm). Crested helmet left / ME|||AM-BRIANWN, wheel. TextClick Here
Moushmov 3977 Mesembria, Thrace, AE10. Head of Athena in crested helmet right / M E T A between spokes of wheel. TextClick Here
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Moushmov 3984 Thrace, Messembria. Ca. 300-250 B.C. Æ 20. Helmet right / METAM-BRIANWN, wheel. SNG BM Black Sea 276 var.; SNG Stancomb 229-30. TextClick Here
Moushmov 3987 Mesembria, Thrace, AR Tetradrachm. 125-65 BC. Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion’s scalp / Zeus enthroned 1eft, holding eagle and sceptre. TextClick Here
SNGBMC 278 Thrace, Mesembria. Circa 350-200 BC. Æ 11mm. Helmeted head of Athena right / Wheel in which META. SNG BMC Black Sea 278. TextClick Here
SNGBMC 284 Thrace, Black Sea Area. Mesembria. Circa 200-100 BC. Æ 22mm. Diademed female head right / Athena Promachos standing left, hurling thunderbolt. SNG BMC Black Sea 284-287. TextClick Here
SNGBMC 285 Thrace, Mesembria Æ 21mm. 2nd century BC. Diademed female head right / Athena Promachos standing left, brandishing shield & spear; crested helmet before. TextClick Here
SNGBMC 291 THRACE, Black Sea Area. Odessos. Circa 270-250 BC. Æ 22mm. Laureate head of Zeus right / Horseman right; monogram below. SNG BMC Black Sea 291. TextClick Here
SNGCop 657Thrace, Messembria, Æ12. c350 BC, Helmeted head of Athena right. / MESA around the compartments inside a wheel. TextObverseReverse
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SNGCop 658Thrace, Mesembria. ca 300-250 BC. Æ 20mm. Thracian helmet right / MESAM-BRIANWN, inside of an oval shield. TextClick Here
SNGCop 658vThrace, Mesembria. Circa 450-350 BC. Æ 20mm. Helmet right / MESEM-BRIANWN, wheel. Karayotov Coinage of Mesambria, plate I, 8. TextClick Here
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SNGCop 660Thrace, Mesembria. c3rd-2nd Century BC. Æ 24mm. Diademed female head right / Athena Promachos standing left, holding shield and brandishing spear. TextClick Here
SNGCop 664Thrace, Mesembria Early 3rd Century BC. AE22. Diademed female head rt. / Athena advancing lt., brandishing a spear and shield. TextClick Here
SNGCop 717Thrace, Mesembria. 3rd-1st century BC. Head of Herakles right / Zeus standing left holding eagle & scepter, helmet in field TextClick Here
Obol Messembria, Thrace, AR obol. Helmeted head of Athena left / M E T A in wheel. TextObverseReverse

Caracalla
- Moushmov 3992

Caracalla AE27 of Mesembria, Thrace. AV K M AVP ANTWNINOC, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / MECAMBPIANWN, Apollo Musagetes, in long garment & laureate, standing front, head left, leaning on lyra set on column, holding in right hand plektron. BMC 13, Varbanov 4160, SGI 2483.Image

Gordian III
- Moushmov 4001

Mesembria. Gordian III & Tranquillina Æ25 (5 Assaria). AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AVG CEB TPANKVLLINA, Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust of Gordian to left, facing diademed & draped bust of Tranquillina to right / MECAMBPIANWN, Athena standing left, holding spear & resting on shield.Image

- Moushmov 3998

Gordian III & Tranquillina Æ25 (5 Assaria) of Mesembria, Thrace. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AVG CEB TPANKVLLINA, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust of Gordian to left, facing diademed & draped bust of Tranquillina to right / MECAMBPIANWN, Apollo standing left holding branch and lyre set on column to right.Image

- Moushmov 4005

Gordian III & Tranquillina AE26 Pentassarion of Mesembria, Thrace. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AVG CEB TPANKVLLINA, confronted draped busts of Gordian & Tranquillina / MECAMBPIANWN, Nemesis standing left holding a rod & bridle, with a wheel at her side.Image

- Moushmov 4008

Gordian III & Tranquillina AE26 of Mesembria, Thrace. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust rt., facing the diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina lt / Tyche standing left with rudder and cornucopiae. Mabbot 473.Image

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Gordian III & Tranquillina, Æ27 of Mesembra, Thrace. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, TRANKULINA below, draped busts face-to-face / MECAMBRIANWN, Hygeia standing right holding snake, feeding it from a patera.ImageImage

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Gordian III & Tranquillina AE Pentassarion of Mesembria, Thrace. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AVG CEB TPANKVLLINA, confronted draped busts of Gordian & Tranquillina / MECAMBPIANWN, two Kouretes performing Pyrrhic dance, holding shields above their helmeted heads and short swords.Image

Philip I
- Moushmov 4017

Philip I & Otacilia Severa AE25 of Mesembria, Thrace. AYT M IOVL FILIPPOC M WT CEYHPA CEB, confronted draped busts / MECAMBPIANWN, Demeter standing left holding patera & long torch. Image

- Moushmov 4018

Philip I & Otacilia Severa AE26 of Mesembria, Thrace. AVT M IOVL FILLIPOC AVG M OTA, KIL CEBHE-PA below, Vis-a-vis draped busts of emperor & empress / MECAMBPIANWN, Dionysos standing left with jug and thyrsos.Image

- Moushmov 4021

Philip I & Otacilia Severa AE26 of Mesembria, Thrace. AYT M IOVL FILIPPOC M WT CEYHPA CEB, confronted draped busts / MECAMBPIANWN, Concordia standing left with patera & cornucopiae.Image

- Moushmov 4024

Philip I & Otacilia Severa AE27 of Mesembria, Thrace. Vis-a-vis busts of emperor & empress / MECAMBRIANWN, Nemesis-Dikaiosyne standing left with scales & cornucopiae, wheel at feet. SNGCop 664.Image

- Moushmov 4013

Philip I & Otacilia Severa AE28 of Mesembria in Ponto. AYT M IOVL FILIPPOC M WT CEYHPA CEB, confronted draped busts / MECAM-BPIANON, Aesklepios standing facing, head turned left, holding serpent entwined staff. Image

- Moushmov 4019

Philip I & Otacilia Severa AE29 of Mesembria, Thrace. AVT M IOVL FILLIPOC (M W)T CEVHPA CEB, Vis-a-vis draped busts of emperor & empress / MECAMBPIANWN, Aequitas-Dikaiosyne standing left with scales & cornucopiae. Image

Philip II
- Moushmov 4044

Philip II & Serapis Æ 26mm of Mesembria, Thrace. MAP IOVLIOC FILIPPOC KAICAP, bare head of Philip right, facing draped bust of Serapis left, in modius / MECAMBPIANWN, Hygeia standing right, feeding serpent. Mionnet 874.Image

- Moushmov 4032

Philip II & Serapis Æ27 (5 Assaria) of Mesembria. M AP IOVLIOC FILIPPOC KAICAP, draped & cuirassed bust of Philip, facing draped bust of Serapis / MECAMBPIANWN, Athena standing left with sheild & spear. Image

- Moushmov 4034

Mesembria. Philip Jr & Serapis Æ27 (5 Assaria). M AP IOVLIOC FILIPPOC KAICAP, draped & cuirassed bust of Philip, facing bust of Serapis / MECAMBPIANWN, Demeter standing left, holding long torch & ear of corn.Image

- Moushmov 4039

Philip II Æ 27mm of Mesembria, Thrace. M AP IOVLIOC FILIPPOC KAICAP, bare head of Philip right, facing draped bust of Serapis left, in modius / MECAMBPIANWN, Concordia-Homonoia standing wearing modius, holding patera and cornucopiae. BMC 23, SNG Cop 668. Image
Sear #1641Mesembria ad Aegaeum, Thrace, Æ20. 2nd-1st Century AD. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / MESAM BRIANWN, bunch of grapes, D W above. Moushmov 4045a.
Sear #1673Messembria, Thrace, AR Diobol. 450-350 BC. Facing helmet / Wheel, M E T A in spaces. BMC 3.
Sear #1674Messembria, Thrace, AR Hemiobol. 450-350 BC. Facing helmet / wheel, M E T A in spaces between spokes.
Sear #1675Messembria, Thrace, AE17. 400-350 BC. Crested helmet facing / M E T A in four quarters of radiate wheel. BMC 5.
Sear #1676Mesembria, Thrace, AE18. c3rd-2nd century BC. Diademed female head right / METAM - BRIANWN either side of Athena Alkidemos advancing left with sheild & hurling spear. SNGCop 661, BMC 8, Moushmov 3978.
Sear #1677Messembria, Thrace, Æ20. c 200 BC. Diademed female head right / MESAM BRINWN, Athena advancing left, holding shield and brandishing spear. BMC 12.
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Mesembria
Search for Thrace, Mesembria at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Thrace, Mesembria on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Mesembria in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Mesembria in the RPC IV (Antonines) database at the Ashmolean Museum
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Search for Mesembria at Incitatus Coins

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