Babelon, in Traité II-2, and Wroth in BMC Troas, suggest that the retrograde NE on some coins of Skepsis refers to an alliance with the neighbouring town of Neandrea.
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| AMC 9532 | Skepsis, Troas. AR obol. 460-400 BC. 11 mm, 0.86 g. ΣKHΨI, Pegasos running right. / Fir tree, N at lower left, all within linear and dotted border. Asia Minor Coins 9532. Apparently unpublished with full-bodied Pegasos. | Text | Image |
| BMC 3 | Skepsis. Troas AR Diobol. ca 450 BC. ΣKAΨION, Forepart of Pegasos right / Tree; E-N (retrograde); all within incuse square. Traité 3. | Text | Image |
| BMC 4 | Skepsis, Troas. AR Drachm, 460-400 BC. 15mm, 3.72g g. ΣKHΨION, forepart of Pegasos leaping right / Fir tree, N at lower left, all within linear and dotted border. BMC 4; Dewing 2223. | Text | Image |
| BMC 5 | Skepsis, Troas. AR Drachm, 480-450 BC. 15mm, 3.83g g. ΣKHΨION, forepart of Pegasos leaping right / Fir tree with two bunches of grapes, all within linear and dotted border. BMC 5; SNG von Aulock 1575; Jameson 2233; Weber 5428; Boston 1636; Warren 1049. | Text | Image |
| BMC 10 | Skepsis, Troas. AE12, 350-310 BC. 2.18g. Forepart of Pegasos leaping left, cornucopaie or rhyton at its side / Fir tree, Σ-KH across lower fields, all within linear and dotted border. BMC 10-11; SNG Tuebingen 2663. | Text | Image |
| BMC 14-18 | Skepsis, Troas AE12. 400-300 BC. 1.49 g. Forepart of Pegasos left, cornucopaie or rhyton at its side. / Σ-K across lower fields, fir tree within linear square. BMC 14-18; Weber 5432; Traité II-2 2368. | Text | Image |
| BMC 19 | Skepsis, Troas. AE18. 400-300 BC. 7.56 g. Forepart of Pegasos left, cornucopiae or rhyton at its side. / Σ-K to left and right of fir tree within linear frame. Cornucopiae in left field, H in right field. BMC 19; Weber 5435. | Text | Image |
| BMC 20 | Skepsis, Troas AE17. 400-300 BC. 3.42 g. Forepart of Pegasos left, cornucopaie or rhyton at its side. / Σ-K across lower fields, fir tree within linear square. Thyrsos to left, H to right. BMC 20; SNG Tuebingen 2661; SNG von Aulock 1577; McClean 7855; SNG Cop 480; Weber 5434; Hunter 1; Lindgren I 379. | Text | Image |
| BMC 21 | Skepsis, Troas. AE17, 400-300 BC. 3.39g. Forepart of Pegasos leaping right, cornucopaie or rhyton at its side / Fir tree, Σ-K across lower fields, all within linear and dotted border, upright corn-ear in outer left field. H in outer right field. BMC 21; SNG Tuebingen 2673. | Text | Image |
| BMC 24 | Skepsis, Troas, AE, 4th c. BC. 0.86 g. Bearded, archaic head of Dionysos right, wearing low kalathos and ivy wreath / Σ-K, bunch of grapes and thyrsos. BMC 24. | Text | Image |
| BMC 26 | Skepsis, Troas, AE, AD 190-230. 2.87 g. ΣKHΨIΩN, bearded, draped bust of Dionysos right, holding kantharos and pomegranate / ΣKHΨIΩN ΔAΡ, Horseman galloping right, brandishing spear. BMC 26; SNG Cop 489; SNG von Aulock 1580. | Text | Image |
| CNG 67, 652 | Skepsis, Troas. AR Obol, ca 450 BC. 0.65 g. Alliance with Neandrea. ΣKH, forepart of free horse right / Bunch of grapes, N at lower left, all within linear and dotted border. Unpublished. CNG 67, 652. | Text | Image |
| CNG 287, 141 | Skepsis, Troas. AR diobol or triobol, 350-400 BC. 10mm, 1.61g. Forepart of Pegasos leaping left / Fir tree, Σ-K across lower fields, all within linear and dotted border. Apparently unpublished in this denomination. CNG 287, 141. | Text | Image |
| GN 10, 189 | Skepsis, Troas. AR Hemiobol, Ca 400-310 BC. 8mm, 0.3 g. ΣKHΨION, horse's head right with line of dots at the truncation / E-N (retrograde), Fir tree within linear and dotted border. BMC 2 var (Pegasos forepart); Traité II-2 2348 var (ditto). Apparently unpublished obverse. Gitbud & Naumann, 10, 189. | Text | Image |
| McClean 7854 | Skepsis, Troas, AE 11. 400-300 BC. Forepart of Pegasus left, rhyton at its side. / Σ-K, Fir tree in linear square. | Text | Image |
| NN 41, 239 | Skepsis, Troas. AE17. 400-300 BC. 3.42 g. Forepart of Pegasos left, cornucopiae or rhyton at its side. / Σ-K to left and right of fir tree within linear frame. Thyrsos in left field, H in right field, thunderbolt below. Apparently unpublished with these symbols. Naumann 41, 239. | Text | Image |
| RPC I 2329 | Skepsis, Troas AE14 semi-autonomous issue. 1.56 g. AD 1-100. CKHΨION, Capricorn leaping left, holding globe. / CKHΨI, olive tree. RPC I 2329; Berlin 18279480; Imhoof GRM 1. | Text | Image |
| SNG Ashmol. 1191 | Skepsis, Troas. AE11. 400-300 BC. 4.16 g. Forepart of Pegasos right, cornucopiae or rhyton at its side. / Σ-K to left and right of fir tree within linear frame. SNG Ashmolean 1191; SNG Turkey IX-1 733. | Text | Image |
| SNG Ashmol. 1194 | Skepsis, Troas. AE15. 400-300 BC. 4.48 g. Forepart of Pegasos left, cornucopiae or rhyton at its side. / Σ-K to left and right of fir tree within linear frame. SNG Ashmolean 1194-1195; SNG Cop 475. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 470 | Skepsis, Troas. AR Drachm, Ca 460-400 BC. 15mm, 3.09 g. ΣKHΨIWN (anti-clockwise), forepart of Pegasos right / Fir tree within linear and dotted border. SNG Copenhagen 470. Different obv. legend breaks. | Text Text | Image Image |
| SNG Cop 473 | Skepsis, Troas. AE20, 400-310 BC. 8.41 g. Forepart of Pegasos leaping right, cornucopaie or rhyton at its side / Fir tree, Σ-K across lower fields, all within linear and dotted border, thunderbolt in outer left field, H in outer right field. SNG Cop. 473; SNG Turkey IX-I, 738. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 477 | Skepsis. Troas. Circa 4th Century BC. AE 11mm (1.28 g). Forepart of Pegasos left, cornucopaie or rhyton at its side / Σ-K, fir tree in linear square. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 7643 | Skepsis, Troas. AR Drachm, Ca 460-400 BC. 15mm, 3.55 g. ΣKHΨION (anti-clockwise), forepart of Pegasos right / Fir tree within linear and dotted border. SNG von Aulock 7643. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 7647 | Skepsis, Troas. AE15. 400-300 BC. 3.42 g. Forepart of Pegasos left, cornucopiae or rhyton at its side. / Σ-K to left and right of fir tree within linear frame. Thyrsos in left field, bucranium and H in right field. SNG von Aulock 7647; Traite II-2 2361. | Text | Image |
| Traité II-2, 2359 | Skepsis, Troas. AE21. 400-300 BC. 7.5 g. Forepart of Pegasos left, cornucopiae or rhyton at its side. / Σ-K to left and right of fir tree within linear frame. Bunch of grapes in left field, H in right field. Traité II-2, 2359 (this coin); Paris 847; SNG von Aulock 7645. | Text | Image |
| Traité II-2, 2363 | Skepsis, Troas. AE18. 400-300 BC. 7.56 g. Forepart of Pegasos left, cornucopiae or rhyton at its side. / Σ-K to left and right of fir tree within linear frame. Thyrsos in left field, bunch of grapes and H in right field. Traité II-2 2363 (this coin); McClean 7856; Paris 852. | Text | Image |
| Traité II-2, 2364 | Skepsis, Troas. AE18. 400-300 BC. 7.56 g. Forepart of Pegasos left, cornucopiae or rhyton at its side. / Σ-K to left and right of fir tree within linear frame. (thyrsos in left field), star and H in right field. Traite II-2 2364; McClean 7857. | Text | Image |
| Traité II 2, 2367 | Skepsis, Troas. AE16. 400-300 BC. 3.53 g. Forepart of Pegasos right, cornucopiae or rhyton at its side. / Σ-K to left and right of fir tree within linear frame. Kantharos in left field, H in right field. Traite II-2, 2367 (this coin); Paris 854; SNG Cop 484. | Text | Image |
| Waddington 1212 | Skepsis, Troas. AE11. 400-300 BC. 1.29 g. Forepart of Pegasos right, with bird's tail. / Σ-K to left and right of fir tree within linear frame. Waddington 1212. (denomination var of BMC 13 and SNG Leipzig 1114, both ca 3.5 g.). | Text | Image |
| RPC 903 | Vespasian, AE16 of Skepsis, Troas. AD 69-79. 2.57 gr. ΣEBAΣTOΣ, Laureate head right / ΣKHY, Horned bust of Pan or Dionysos facing, hands raised. RPC 903; SNG von Aulock 7655; Imhoof KM 6; Lindgren III 315. | Text | Image |
| Winterthur 2787 | Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AE19 of Skepsis, Troas. AD 161-168. ...ANTωNEI... Laureate head of Marcus Aurelius left facing laureate head of Lucius Verus right / CKHΨIΩN, emperor on horseback galloping right, wielding spear. Winterthur 2787 (as Ant. Pius and M. Aurelius); RPC IV online 2462. | Text | Image |
| wwxls 40717 | Marcus Aurelius, AE29 of Skepsis, Troas. AD 161-180. 13.12 g. AYT KAI M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / CKHΨIΩN, draped bust of Dionysos right, small kantharos to right. wwxls 40717; Bucephalus B19, 382. (Unpublished rev. legend). | Text | Image |
| M&M USA 1, 360 | Severus Alexander, AE36 of Skepsis and Dardanus, Troas. AD 222-235. 23.7 g. AY K M AYΡ CEY AΛEXANΔΡOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right / EΠ CT AI ΠOΛEMΩ OCT B ΣKHΨIΩN ΔAΡΔA, emperor standing front on the left, in military dress, holding spear, crowned by Nike standing left at his side. Unpublished. RPC VI temp. 4115; Münzen & Medaillen Washington auction 1, lot 360; Gorny & Mosch auction 212, lot 2419. | Text | Image |
| Weber 5436 | Severus Alexander, AE28 of Skepsis, Troas. AD 222-235. 8.48 g. AV K M AV CE AΛEXANΔΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΣKHΨIΩN ΔAΡΔA, Dionysos, naked, standing right, looking left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; panther behind him at foot left. Weber 5436; Bernhard 48 (but omitting panther in error); SNG von Aulock 7661. | Text | Image |
| Imhoof KM Add 82 | Julia Mamaea, AE22 of Skepsis, Troas. AD 222-235. IOYΛIA MAMAIA, draped bust right. / CKHΨIΩN, Aphrodite standing front, looking left, holding Nike and sceptre. Imhoof KM Additions 82 in RSN 1913 (this coin); Noury Bey 1432. | Text | Image |
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