Mionnet Supp V, 1450 | Kios, Bithynia, AE19, 270-240 BC. 4.12 g. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / KIANΩN, Club and bow in bowcase, ΔEI monogram below. Mionnet Supp. V, 1450; SNG Cop 384; Pembroke Coll. 865 (part); RecGen p. 315 note. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 2•4cf | Kios, Bithynia, AR Drachm. Circa 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / ΠΡOX-ENOΣ, Prow of galley left, star on stern. cf SNG Lockett 2676 and RecGen plate XLIX 4 and 18 (stater and hemidrachm of same magistrate). | Text | Image | |
RecGen 2•6 | Kios, Bithynia, AR Drachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / HΓEΣ-TΡATOΣ, prow of galley left. McClean 7459. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 3•5cf | Kios. c350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Laureate head of Apollo right; KIA below / stern;AΡIΣTOKΡATH&, Prow of galley left, star on stern. Cf Rec Gen 2/5 for drachm of this magistrate. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 3•9v | Kios, Bithynia AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / AΘHNO-ΩΡ..., Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; dolphin to left. BMC 15v. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 3•10 | Kios, Bithynia AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / A-ΘHNO-ΔΩΡOΣ, Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; grain ear before. Hunterian 1, BMC 4. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
RecGen 3•11 | Kios, Bithynia AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / BAK-XEYΣ, Prow of galley left, ornamented with star. Hunterian 2. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 3•12 | Kios, Bithynia AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ΔHMH-TΡIOΣ, prow of galley left. Rec Gen 3, plate XLIX 12. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 3•14 | Kios, Bithynia. c350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Laureate head of Apollo right / MIΛH-TOΣ, Prow of galley left. BMC 6, SNGCop 370. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
RecGen 3•15 | Kios, Bithynia. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Laureate head of Apollo right / NIKAΣ, Prow of galley left. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 3•16 | Kios, Bithynia AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ΠOΣEI-ΔΩNIOΣ, Prow of galley left, ornamented with star. BMC 8-10. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
RecGen 3•17 | Kios, Bithynia AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Π-OΣIΣ, Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; grain ear behind. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 3.18 Sear SG 3757 | Kios, Bithynia, ca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm 14 mm, 2.37 g. Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA beneath head. / ΠΡOΞ-ENOΣ above and beneath prow of galley left, ornamented with star. BMC 11; SNG Cop 373; RecGen 3,18; SNG vA 504; Hoover HGC 553; Sear SG 3757. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 3•19 | Kios, Bithynia AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / Σ-ΩΣAN-ΔΡOΣ, Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, grain ear to right. BMC 13, SNG Cop 348, SNG BMC Black Sea 112. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
RecGen 3•20 | Kios, Bithynia AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣΩΣI-ΓENHΣ, Prow of galley left, ornamented with star. SNG Cop 375. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 4•16cf | Kios, Bithynia AR Trihemiobol or Quarter Drachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ΠOΣEI-ΔΩNIOΣ, prow of galley right. SNG Cop 377; cf Rec Gen 3/16 for hemidrachm of same magistrate. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 4•24 | Kios, Bithynia AR Trihemiobol. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / ΠΡOΣ-THNOΣ, prow of galley left | Text | Image | |
RecGen 6 | Cius/Kios, Bithynia, AE18. Late 4th c. BC. Bearded head of Mithra right wearing Phrygian cap wreathed with laurels, M below / KIANΩN above club, AΓ and AY monograms below. RecGen 6; BMC 17. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 6 (2) | Kios, Bithynia, ca 325-300 BC. AE15, 4.07 g. Head of Mithras right, wearing peaked cap / KIANΩN, club, TE and HM monograms below. RecGen 6; SNG Cop. 380. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 7 | Kios, Bithynia. ca 325-300 BC. AE 11mm. Head of Mithras right, in a laureate tiara / K-I-A, kantharos with two grape vines; within wreath of grain. SNGvA 7004. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 8 | Kios, Bithynia, ca 325-300 BC. AE11, 1.58 g. Head of Mithras right, wearing a laureate tiara / K-I, kantharos with two grape vines; all within within wreath of grain. RecGen 8; SNG Cop. 382. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 8 var | Kios, Bithynia, ca 325-300 BC. AE14, 2.82 g. Head of Mithras right, wearing a laureate tiara / No legend, kantharos with two grape vines; all within within wreath of grain. RecGen 8 var (legend lacking); SNG Cop. 382 var (ditto); SNGvA 7004 var (ditto). | Text | Image | |
RecGen 18 | Kios, Bithynia AE 19mm. 3rd century BC. Head of young Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / KIANΩN ΔI, club and bow in bow-case. SNG Cop 384v. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 23 | Prusias ad Mare (Kios), Bithynia. AE24, 9.19 gr. ca. 72 AD. Bearded bare head of Herakles right / ΠΡOYΣIEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ ΘAΛΛAΣΣHI, Bow in bowcase and club. BMC 28; RecGen 23 (same dies). | Text | Image | |
RPC 2021 | Kios as Prusias ad Mare, Bithynia, Orodaltis, daughter of King Lykomedes of Comana. Mid-late 1st century BC. AE19. 4.91 g. ΩΡOΔAΛTIΔOΣ BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYKOMHΔOYΣ ΘYΓATΡOΣ, diademed and draped bust right / ΠΡOYΣIEΩN ΠΡOΣ ΘAΛAΣΣH around winged thunderbolt, all within wreath. RPC I 2021; RecGen 27. | Text | Image | |
Thompson 180 | Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Tetradrachm. Kios mint, circa 288-281 BC. Head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike, left elbow resting on her shield; monogram above knee, club below throne, grain ear in exergue. | Text | Image | |
mek 162 | Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachus AR Tetradrachm. Kios, posthumous issue, before ca 200 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike & resting elbow on grounded shield, transverse spear in background, club in outer left field, gorytus & unclear monogram in ex. | Text | Image | |
Meyd 2668 | Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachus AR Tetradrachm. Kios mint, posthumous issue, before ca 235 BC. Diademed, horned head of Alexander the Great right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, club in outer left field, MYO monogram in inner left field, bow in bowcase and TΛ monogram in ex. | Text | Image | |
RPC 2023 | Claudius, AE29 of Kios (Cius) Bithynia. AD 41-54. TI KΛAYΔIOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΓEΡMANIKOΣ, bare head right. / HΡAKΛEOYΣ KTIΣTOY KIANΩN, club covered with lionskin. Countermark Δ. RPC I 2023; RecGen 32; Paris 472; von Aulock 7005. | Text | Image | |
RPC 2024 | Claudius, AE22 of Kios (Cius), Bithynia. AD 41-54. 7.86 g. TI KΛAYΔIOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΓEΡMANIKOΣ, bare head right. / HΡAKΛEOYΣ KTIΣTHΣ KIANΩN, bowcase with bow and arrows. RPC 2024 (rev legend corrected in RPC Supplement); RecGen 33; Paris 473; SNG von Aulock 509; SNG Cop 388. | Text | Image | |
RPC 622 | Vespasian, AE of Prusias ad Mare, 6.83 g. AYTOKΡATO[ΡI KAIΣAΡI ΣEBAΣTΩ] OYΣΠAΣIANΩ ΠΡO, laureate head right / EΠI MAΡKOY ΠΛANKIOY OYAΡOY ANΘYΠATO, club, quiver and bow. RPC 622; RecGen 3 (Prusias ad Hypium). | Text | Image | |
RPC 624 | Domitian, AE25 of Cius (Kios, as Prusias), Bithynia. AD 81-96. AYT ΔOMITIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΣE ΓEΡ, laureate head right. / ΠΡOY-ΣIEΩ-N in three lines within wreath. RPC II 624; Paris 1577; RecGen (Prusias ad Hypium) 10. | Text | Image | |
Rec Gen 36 | Sabina, AE31 of Kios, Bithynia. AD 128-137. 20.23 g. CABEINAN CEBACTHN, draped bust right, wearing stephane / AΔΡIANΩN KIANΩN, Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. RecGen 36; Burstein 20. | Text | Image | |
Blum Incert 2 var | Antinous, AE38 Medallion of Kios, Bithynia. 36.42 g. ANTINOΩ ΠANI, bare head left / No legend, horse standing right. Blum "Incertaines", 2 and pl. IV, 14 var (same reverse but described in the text as a bull in error). Not in RecGen, Imhoof, Isegrim, etc. | Text | Image | |
CNG 130-282 | Antinoüs AE38 of Kios, Bithynia. ANTINOΩΣ HΡOΣ, bare-headed, half-length bust of Antinoüs right, holding sceptre over shoulder / KIANΩN AΔΡIANOI above and beneath bull standing right. CNG 130-282. | Text | Image | |
Rec Gen 37 | Antinous, AE37 medallion of Kios, Bithynia. Ca AD 130, 33.62 g. ANTINOOC HΡΩC, bare head left / HΡΩKIANOI AΔΡIANOI ANTI-NΩN around and across fields, nude male figure standing left, holding purse(?), right hand on hip. RecGen 37. | Text | Image | |
Prowe 1913, 14 | Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, AE28 of Cius, Bithynia. AD 161-180. M AYΡHΛ ANTΩNINOC KAICAΡ, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / KIANΩN, Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre. Prowe (2013) 14 corr. ("Elagabalus", this coin). | Text | Image | |
Behr 392 | Septimius Severus, AE31 of Kios, Bithynia. AD 193-211. 19.33 g. AYTO CEOHΡOC AYΓOYCTO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KIANΩN (N retrograde), Serapis seated left, holding patera and sceptre. Baron Behr Coll. 392; Drexler ("Der Isis- und Sarapis-Cultus..") Cius 1. Not in RecGen, BMC, SNG Cop, SNG von Aulock etc. | Text | Image | |
Helios 5, 624 | Julia Domna, AE of Kios, Bithynia. 12.14 g. IOVΛIA ΔOMNA CEBAC, draped bust right / AΔΡIANΩN KIANΩN, Tyche standing right, holding sceptre and cornucopiae. Isegrim -; RecGen 59 var; Lindgren I 111 var (attributes and obv. legend), apparently unpublished. Helios 5, lot 624. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 64v | Caracalla, AE of Kios, Bithynia. 16.90 g. M AVΡHΛ ANTΩNINOC KAICAΡ, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / KIANΩN, Serapis seated left, holding patera and sceptre. SNG Cop 390 var (obv legend); RecGen 64 var (ditto). | Text | Image | |
Rec Gen 65 | Caracalla, AE26 of Kios, Bithynia. AD 198-217. 9.35 g. M AYΡ ANTΩNINOC AYΓOY, laureate head right / KIANΩN EΛEYΘEΡΩN, helmeted, cuirassed bust of Athena right, aegis on chest. RecGen 65 corr. (rev. legend); Imhoof 27 in RSN 1913 (as Elagabalus); BMC 42 (ditto). | Text | Image | |
Mionnet 1475 | Geta, AE32 of Kios, Bithynia. 198-209 AD. Λ CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI, bare-headed, draped bust right / KIANΩN AΔΡIANΩN, Herakles Farnese standing right, right hand behind back, resting left on club set on rock. Mionnet Supp. V, 1475 corr. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 72 | Geta, AE18 of Kios, Bithynia. AD 198-209. 4.15 g. Λ CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI, bare head right. / KIANΩN, Eros standing right, legs crossed, leaning on tree trunk. RecGen 72; Mionnet Supp. V, 1475. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 66cf | Bithynia, Cius. Macrinus AE 18. MAKΡEINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / KIANΩN, Thanatos, winged Genius of Death, leaning on torch right, extinguishing it on a low column. cf Rec Gen 66 of Caracalla. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 80 | Elagabalus, AE22 of Cius, Bithynia. 6.32g, 22mm. 218-222 AD. M AYΡ ANTΩNINOC AYΓ, laureate head right / KIANΩN, Two goats standing on their hind legs, facing each other, each with one foot on an amphora between them. Weber 4868; RecGen 80; BMC 41. | Text | Image | |
RecGen 88v | Severus Alexander, AE18 of Kius, Bithynia. 222-235 AD. AΛEXANΔΡOC, laureate head right / KIA-NΩN, Herakles standing facing, head left, lionskin over left arm, leaning on club. RecGen 88 var (obv. legend). | Text | Image | |
G & N 23, 536 | Orbiana, AE26 of Kios, Bithynia. AD 225-227. 10.43 g. Γ C EΠ B OΡBIANH AYΓ, draped bust right / KIANΩN, Kybele seated left between two lions, holding patera and resting left arm on drum. Apparently unpublished. Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 23, 536. | Text | Image | |
Noury Bey 1327 | Maximus, AE25 of Kios, Bithynia. AD 235-238. 6.25 g. Γ IOY OYH MAXIMOC K, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / KIANΩN, two goats standing on their hind legs facing each other, each with one foot on an amphora between them. Noury Bey 1327 (this coin); Paris 1972.1192; Berlin 1903.834. | Text | Image | |
SNG vA 511 | Maximus, AE19 of Kios, Bithynia. AD 235-238. 3.84 g. Γ IOY OYH MAXIMOC K, bare-headed, draped bust right / KIANΩN, Winged Thanatos standing right, legs crossed, leaning on inverted torch. SNG von Aulock 511. | Text | Image | |
BMC 1975-411-66 | Gordian III, AE24 of Kius, Bithynia. 7.26 g. AD 238-244. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / KIANΩN, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent in arms. BMC_1975-411-66 otherwise unpublished. Not in RecGen, SNG Cop, SNG von Aulock, Winsemann, Mionnet, Cologne etc. This reverse is known for Tranquillina (RecGen 108). | Text | Image | |
RecGen 109 | Tranquillina AE 25mm of Cius, Bithynia. CABEINA TΡANKYΛΛEINA, diademed & draped bust right / KIANΩN, Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder & cornucopiae. SNG von Aulock 513, SNG Cop 396. | Text | Image | |
RPC VII 1880 | Tranquillina, AE23 of Kios, Bithynia. 6.97 g. CABEI TΡANKYΛΛEINA, draped bust right, wearing stephane. / KIANΩN, two goats rearing on their hind legs facing each other, amphora between them. RPC VII.2 1880; RecGen 111; Paris 506; BMC 46; SNG Cop 397; SNG Hunter 1069. | Text | Image | |
SNG Cop 397 | Tranquillina, AE22 of Kios, Bithynia. 238-244 AD. CABEI TΡANKYΛΛEINA, diademed and draped bust right, wearing stephane / KIA-NΩN, two goats standing on their back legs, amphora between them. SNG Cop 397; BMC 46; Hunter 9; RecGen 111 var (obv. legend). | Text | Image | |
G & N 35, 399 | Philip I, AE28 of Kios, Bithynia. AD 244-249. 11.91 g. M IOYΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC AYΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KIANΩN, Serapis standing front, looking left, holding sceptre and raising right hand. Apparently unpublished reverse for Philip I (or II). G&N 35, 399. This reverse known for Valerian (RecGen 127); and Gallienus (RecGen 133 etc but with altar). | Text | Image | |
Rec Gen 136 | Gallienus AE18 of Kios, Bithynia. AD 253-268. 3.17 g. AYT ΓAΛΛHNOC AYΓ, Radiate and draped bust right / KIANΩN, Two goats rampant with their forelegs standing on amphora between them. RecGen 136; Borrell 6 in NC 1844. | Text | Image | |
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