| CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE |
| BMC 12 | Thrace, Mesembria 400 - 350 BC AE-24. Diademed female head facing right. / MESAM-BRIANWN, Athena advancing left, brandishing a spear and holding shield. | Text |  |
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| Moushmov 3977 | Mesembria, Thrace, AE10. Head of Athena in crested helmet right / M E T A between spokes of wheel. | Text |  |
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| Moushmov 3984 | Thrace, Messembria. Ca. 300-250 B.C. AE 20. Helmet right / METAM-BRIANWN, wheel. SNG BM Black Sea 276 var.; SNG Stancomb 229-30.
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| Moushmov 3987 | Mesembria, Thrace, AR Tetradrachm. 125-65 BC. Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion’s scalp / MESAM-BRIANWN ALEXANDROU to left and right of Zeus enthroned 1eft, holding eagle and sceptre. QES below. | Text |  |
| SNGBMC 268 | Mesembria, AR Diobol. Crested Corinthian helmet facing / META within wheel. | Text |  |
| SNGBMC 268ff | Thrace, Mesembria. 4th Century B.C. AR Diobol. Crested Corinthian helmet facing / META between four spokes of wheel. | Text |  |
| SNGBMC_270v | Mesembria, Thrace. 400-350 BC. AR Diobol, 1.31 g. Corinthian helmet facing, N-I below / META within wheel. SNG BMC 270 var (letters beneath helmet); cf SNG Cop 652; cf BMC 2. | Text |  |
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| SNGBMC 274 | Mesembria in Thrace. | Text |  |
| SNGBMC 275 | Thrace, Mesembria. Circa 4th-3rd Century BC. AE 17mm (3.85 gm). Crested Corinthian helmet facing / Spoked wheel in which MESA. | Text |  |
| SNGBMC 276 | Thrace, Black Sea Area. Mesembria. Circa 250-200 BC. AE 20mm (4.69 gm). Crested helmet left / MESAM-BRIANWN, wheel. | Text |  |
| SNGBMC 278 | Thrace, Mesembria. Circa 350-200 BC. AE 11mm. Helmeted head of Athena right / META in the spokes of a wheel. SNG BMC Black Sea 278. | Text |  |
| Note: Note: SNG BMC Black Sea 280-283 and 286-287 have METAM-BRIANWN, 284 and 285 have MESAM-BRIANWN. |
| SNGBMC 280 | Thrace, Black Sea Area. Mesembria. 20mm, 6.29 gr. 200-100 BC. Diademed female head right / METAM-BRIANWN, Athena advancing left, brandishing a spear and holding shield. | Text |  |
| SNGBMC 284 | Thrace, Black Sea Area. Mesembria. Circa 200-100 BC. AE 22mm. Diademed female head right / Athena Promachos standing left, hurling thunderbolt. SNG BMC Black Sea 284-287. | Text |  |
| SNGBMC 285 | Thrace, Mesembria AE 21mm. 2nd century BC. Diademed female head right / Athena Promachos standing left, brandishing shield & spear; crested helmet before. | Text |  |
| SNGBMC 288 | Mesembria, AE17. 2nd century BC. Turreted, veiled bust of Demeter right / M/E/S/A around grain-ear, all within wreath. SNG Black Sea 288. | Text |  |
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| SNGCop 657 | Thrace, Messembria, AE12. c350 BC, Helmeted head of Athena right. / MESA around the compartments inside a wheel. | Text |   |
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| SNGCop 658 | Thrace, Mesembria. ca 300-250 BC. AE 20mm. Thracian helmet right / MESAM-BRIANWN, inside of an oval shield. | Text |  |
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| SNGCop 658v | Thrace, Mesembria. Circa 450-350 BC. AE 20mm. Helmet right / MESEM-BRIANWN, wheel. Karayotov Coinage of Mesambria, plate I, 8. | Text |  |
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| SNGCop 660 | Thrace, Mesembria. c3rd-2nd Century BC. AE 24mm. Diademed female head right / Athena Promachos standing left, holding shield and brandishing spear. | Text |  |
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| SNGCop 664 | Thrace, Mesembria Early 3rd Century BC. AE22. Diademed female head right. / MESAM-BRIANWN, Athena advancing left, brandishing a spear and holding shield. | Text |  |
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| SNGCop 717 | Thrace, Mesembria. 3rd-1st century BC. Head of Herakles right / Zeus standing left holding eagle & sceptre, helmet in field. | Text |  |
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| Obol | Messembria, Thrace, AR obol. Helmeted head of Athena left / META in wheel. | Text |   |
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| Sear #1641 | Mesembria ad Aegaeum, Thrace, AE20. 2nd-1st Century AD. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / MESAM BRIANWN, bunch of grapes, D W above. Moushmov 4045a. |   |
| Sear #1673 | Messembria, Thrace, AR Diobol. 450-350 BC. Facing helmet / META in four quarters of radiate wheel. BMC 3. |   |
| Sear #1674 | Messembria, Thrace, AR Hemiobol. 450-350 BC. Facing helmet / wheel, META in four quarters of radiate wheel. |  |
| Sear #1675 | Messembria, Thrace, AE17. 400-350 BC. Crested helmet facing / META in four quarters of radiate wheel. BMC 5. |  |
| Sear #1676 | Mesembria, Thrace, AE18. c3rd-2nd century BC. Diademed female head right / METAM - BRIANWN either side of Athena Alkidemos advancing left with shield & hurling spear. SNGCop 661, BMC 8, Moushmov 3978. |  |
| Sear #1677 | Messembria, Thrace, AE20. c 200 BC. Diademed female head right / MESAM BRINWN, Athena advancing left, holding shield and brandishing spear. BMC 12. |   |
| 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. | Text |  |
| Varbanov 4159 | Caracalla AE28 of Mesembria, Thrace. 13.93g. AV K M AVP ANTWNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / MECAMB-P-IANWN, two Curetes (Korybanti) in short tunics, with swords and shields, dancing, whirling about, one striking the shield of the other, high and low, in classic sword dance style. Varbanov 4159. | Text |  |
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| GORDIAN III |
| Moushmov 3998 | Gordian III & Tranquillina AE25 (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. | Text |  |
| Moushmov 4001 | Mesembria. Gordian III & Tranquillina AE25 (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. | Text |  |
| Moushmov 4002 | Gordian III and Tranquillina, AE28 Pentassarion, Mesembria, Thrace. AYT K M ANT GORDIANOC AYG CEB TPANKILLINA, laureate, draped bust of Gordian right, facing draped bust of Tranquillina left / MECAMBPIANWN, Bonus-Eventus (Apollo), naked, standing facing, head left, holding branch and patera. Moushmov 4002; Varbanov 4180. | Text |  |
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| 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. | Text |  |
| Moushmov 4006 | Gordian III and Tranquillina. AE. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AVG CEB TPANKVLLINA, confronted draped busts of Gordian and Tranquillina / MECAMBPIANWN, Nemesis standing left, holding rod and cornucopiae; wheel below. Moushmov 4006. | Text |  |
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| Moushmov 4008 | Gordian III & Tranquillina AE26 of Mesembria, Thrace. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right., facing the diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina lt / Tyche standing left with rudder and cornucopiae. Mabbot 473. | Text |  |
| Moushmov 4009 | Gordian III and Tranquillina AE, Mesembria, Thrace. 238–244 AD. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AVG CEB TRANKULLINA, laureate, draped bust of Gordian III vis-à-vis draped bust of Tranquillina / MESAMBPIANWN, Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus, chlamys draped over left arm. Moushmov 4009. | Text |  |
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| Varbanov 4186 | 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 (Korybanti) standing facing, holding shields above their helmeted heads and short swords. SNGFitz 1560. | Text |  |
| Varbanov 4203 | Gordian III & Tranquillina, AE27 of Mesembria, Thrace. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, TRANKULINA below, draped busts face-to-face / MECAMBRIANWN, Hygeia standing right feeding serpent in arms from a patera. | Text |   |
| PHILIP I |
| 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. | Text |  |
| Moushmov 4016 | Philip I and Otacilia Severa, AE, Mesembria, Pontus. AVT M IOVL FILLIPOC M OT CEYHPA CEB, confronted draped busts / MECAMBRIANWN, Demeter holding patera in raised left hand, and long torch. Moushmov 4016. | Text |  |
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| 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. | Text |  |
| 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. | Text |  |
| 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. | Text |  |
| 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. | Text |  |
| 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. | Text |  |
| PHILIP II |
| Moushmov 4032 | Philip II & Serapis AE27 (5 Assaria) of Mesembria. M AP IOVLIOC FILIPPOC KAICAP, draped & cuirassed bust of Philip, facing draped bust of Serapis / MECAMBPIANWN, Athena standing left with shield & spear. | Text |  |
| Moushmov 4033 | Philip II, AE26 of Mesembria, Thrace. MAR IOVLIOC FILIPPOC KAICAP, bare head of Philip II right, facing draped bust of Serapis wearing modius left / MESEM-BR-IANWN, Athena standing left, holding inverted spear and owl, shield at her side. Varbanov 4281 (same dies); Moushmov 4033. | Text |  |
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| Moushmov 4034 | Mesembria. Philip Jr & Serapis AE27 (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. | Text |  |
| Moushmov 4039 | Philip II AE 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. | Text |  |
| Moushmov 4044 | Philip II & Serapis AE 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. | Text |  |
| Varbanov 4277 | Philip II & Serapis AE27 (5 Assaria) of Mesembria. M AP IOVLIOC FILIPPOC KAICAP, draped & cuirassed bust of Philip, facing draped bust of Serapis / MECAMBPIANWN, Aklepios standing facing, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. | Text |  |
| Varbanov 4293 | Mesembria, Thrace. Philip II and Serapis AE27 (Pentassaria). M AP IOVLIOC FILIPPOC / KAICA/ P, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip, facing bust of Serapis wearing modius / MECAMBPIANWN, Nemesis-Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and sceptre, wheel at feet. Varbanov 4293. | Text |  |
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| See also: | Perseus Project database, coins of Mesembria |
| | 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 |
| | Search for Mesembria at AncientImports.com |
| | Search for Mesembria at Incitatus Coins |
