Ainos or Ainus, on the River Hebros on the southeastern coast of Thrace, modern day Emez. Caracalla was the only emperor to strike coins here in his own name.
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| AMNG 195 | Ainos, Thrace. c. 435-405 BC. AR Diobol, 11mm. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Goat walking right, crab beneath forelegs; all within incuse square. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 257 | Ainos; Thrace; 435-405 BC; AR Diobol, 1,28gr. Head of Hermes right in close-fitting petasos / I-A to left and right of caduceus. AMNG 257; Mionnet 44; Moushmov 3830 var (head position). | Text | Image |
| AMNG 258 | Ainos, Thrace, AR Diobol, 469–463 BC. 1.28 gr. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / AI–NI to left and right of caduceus (top end open), all within incuse square. AMNG 258; May 22; McClean 3817. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 264 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm. 16.04 g. 460-440 BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / AINI, goat standing right, hound standing right in right field, all within incuse square. AMNG 264; May 28a (this coin). | Text | Image |
| AMNG 265 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm. 16.16 g. 459-458 BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / AINI, goat walking right, owl standing right in right field. AMNG 265: May 40; Warren 461; SNG Cop 391. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 272 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm. 16.09 g. 460-440 BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / AINI, goat standing right, ivy leaf in crescent in right field, all within incuse square. AMNG 272; May 51; BMC 2. Traité IV 1498; Pozzi 1016. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 284 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm. 24mm, 16.13 g. ca. 417-414 BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / AINI, goat walking right. In the right a young man half-kneeling right, looking left and holding an ivy branch up towards the goat, all within incuse square. AMNG 284; Warren Coll. 463. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 285 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm, 440-412 BC. 21.4 mm, 15.87 g. Head of Hermes right, wearing close-fitting petasos. / AIN above goat standing right on waved ground line, tree to right with a conical helmet hanging from a branch. SNG Copenhagen 394; AMNG 285. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 299 | Ainos, Thrace, AR Diobol, 10.7 mm, 1.2 g. ca 425-422 BC. Head of Hermes right, with curled hair, wearing petasos. / AINI above goat standing left, left foreleg raised, sniffing at an upright branch. AMNG II 299; Dieudonné 12 in RN 1905; Wroth 2 in NC 1905. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 300 | Ainos, Thrace, AR Diobol, 10mm, 1.26 gr. 440-412 BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / AIN, bearded goat standing right, high-growing thistle-like plant to right. AMNG II 300. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 309 | Ainos, Thrace. AE12. ca 280-200 BC. 2.1 g. Head of Hermes right, wearing petatos with narrow brim. / AI, caduceus between an astragalos to left and a crescent to right. AMNG II 309. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 317 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm. 400-350 BC. 23mm, 14.91 g. Head of Hermes facing slightly left, wearing petasos / AINION above goat standing right, small head of Hermes right, wearing flat-topped petasos, in right field. AMNG 317; cf May 416; Imhoof, Badische Sammlung 3b. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 318 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm. 14.73 g. 412-365 BC. Head of Hermes facing front, wearing petasos / AINION, goat walking right, eagle standing right with closed wings in right field. AMNG 318; BMC 19; Mionnet Supp. II, 42; Whittall Coll. 278; Von Fritze 2. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 322 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm. 14.98 g. 412-365 BC. Head of Hermes facing front, wearing petasos / AINION, goat walking right, coiled serpent in right field, all within incuse square. AMNG 322; BMC 21; Mionnet Supp. 2, 44. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 322 | Thrace, Ainos. ca 376/5-374/3 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Facing head of Hermes, slightly left, in petasos with studded rim / AINION, goat standing right; coiled serpent before. AMNG 322; May 398 var. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 328 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm. 15.08 g. 412-365 BC. Head of Hermes facing front, wearing petasos / AINION, goat walking right, laurel wreath in right field, all within incuse square. AMNG 328; Mionnet I, 47; Hirsch-Rhousopulos 536. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 337 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm. 14.60 g. 412-365 BC. Head of Hermes facing front, wearing petasos / AINION, goat walking right, Corinthian helmet right in right field, all within incuse square. AMNG 337; Mionnet I, 45. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 337 | Thrace, Ainos, AR Tetradrachm. Circa 372/71-370/69 BC. Three-quarter facing head of Hermes, head turned slightly left, in petasos with studded rim / AINION, goat standing right, crested Corinthian helmet before. May 413 var. | Text | Image |
| AMNG II 368 | Ainos, Thrace, AE11 civic issue, 365-341 BC. 1.92 g. Throne with high back, seen from the front with herm of Hermes facing. / AI-NI, cornucopiae. AMNG II, 368; Philipsen 130. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 374 | Ainos, Thrace, AE20, ca 280-260 BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing brimmed petasos with flat top. / AINI-ON (ON very small beneath the goat), goat standing right. AMNG II 374; Mionnet Supp. II, 50. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 383 | Ainos, Thrace, AE22, ca 280-200 BC. 8.6 g. Head of Hermes left, wearing wide brimmed petatos. / A-I N-I O-N in three lines to left and right of caduceus. Torch in right field. AMNG 383; Weber (DE) 874; SNG Evelpidis 890. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 390 | Ainos, Thrace, AE17, ca 280-200 BC. 5.99 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / A-I N-I O-N in three lines to left and right of caduceus. Star in right field. AMNG 390; Mionnet Supp. II, 53; Rhousopoulos 541; BMC 36 corr. (obv.). | Text | Image |
| AMNG 391 | Ainos, Thrace, AE15, ca 280-200 BC. 2.21 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / A-I N-I O-N, forepart of goat right, caduceus in right field. AMNG 391; Philipsen 129. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 399 | Ainos, Thrace. AE24, 200-100 BC. 6.95 g. Head of Poseidon right, hair bound in a taenia, ΠΛ monogram beneath neck. / AINIΩN, Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus, rooster standing left at foot. AMNG II 399; SNG Cop. 423. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 405 | Ainos, Thrace, AE18, ca AD 180-200. 4.8 g. Bare-headed, draped bust of Hermes right, caduceus behind shoulder / AINIΩN, Asklepios seated left, loins draped, holding serpent with head left, left arm resting on the seat. AMNG 405; Nomisma IV, pl. II, 29. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 405a | Ainos, Thrace, AE19, AD 180-200. 2.61 g. Bare-headed, draped bust of Hermes right, caduceus behind shoulder. / AINIΩN, Asklepios standing left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. AMNG 405a; Nomisma IV, pl. II, 30. | Text | Image |
| BMC 3 | Ainos, Thrace AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 455/4-453/2 BC. Head of Hermes right, in close-fitting petasos ornamented with a row of beads / AIN-I, goat standing right; to right, cult-figure of Hermes Perpheraios standing on throne facing right, caduceus on arm of throne, wreath draped on back of throne; all within incuse square. | Text | Image |
| BMC 32 | Ainos, Thrace, AE20, ca 280-200 BC. 7.61 g. Head of Hermes right, wearing wide brimmed petatos. / A-I N-I O-N in three lines to left and right of caduceus. Corn-ear with two leaves in right field. BMC 32; AMNG 380; Berlin 8. | Text | Image |
| BMC 33 | Ainos, Thrace, 280-200 BC; AE 20mm, 6,75gr. Head of Hermes left, wearing petatos / A-I N-I O-N in three lines to left and right of caduceus, bunch of grapes to right. BMC 33. | Text | Image |
| BMC 35 | Ainos, Thrace, AE17, ca 280-200 BC. 4.87 g. Head of Hermes left, wearing close fitting laureate and pearl-diademed petasos. / A-I N-I O-N in three lines to left and right of caduceus. No symbol in field. BMC 35; AMNG II 392 (same obv. die); Mionnet I, 52; Walcher 810; Turin Coll. 2009. | Text | Image |
| BMC 42 | Ainos, Thrace. AE17, ca 323 BC. 5.67 g. Head of Hermes left, wearing brimmed petasos. (Traces of a legend in left field, perhaps from an overstrike?). / AINION, Hermes seated left on throne, holding purse and sceptre. BMC 42; SNG Cop 421; Mionnet Supp. II, 51; Hunter 6; AMNG II 370-371. | Text | Image |
| BMC 44 | Ainos, Thrace. AE23, 200-100 BC. 6.42 g. Head of Poseidon right, hair bound in a taenia, oΠΛ monogram beneath neck. / AINIΩN, Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus, between two rams standing left and right. BMC 44; AMNG II 400; Ramus (Copenhagen) 1. | Text | Image |
| BMC 45 | Ainos, Thrace. AE23, 2nd-1st centuries BC. 7.94 g. Head of Poseidon right, hair bound in a taenia, ΠΛ monogram beneath neck (can also be oΠΛ). / AINION, Hermes standing left by altar, holding purse and caduceus. BMC 45; SNG Cop 423; Hoover HGC 2; Mionnet Supp. II, 56; Hunter 8; AMNG II 398. | Text | Image |
| Dewing 1273 | Ainos, Thrace AR Tetradrachm. ca 374/3-372/1 BC. Head of Hermes facing slightly left, in petasos / AINI, Goat standing right; wreath to right; all within incuse square. Dewing 1273; May 407 var. | Text | Image |
| G & N 7, 32 | Ainos, Thrace. AE14. ca 280-200 BC. 4 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / A-I N-I O-N in three lines to left and right of caduceus, bunch of grapes in right field. G&N 7, 32. AMNG 381 var. (Hermes not Apollo). | Text | Image |
| May 16 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm, 26 mm, 16.3 g. Head of Hermes right, with short, straight hair, wearing petasos. / AINI (retrograde) above goat standing right, ivy leaf in lower right field. May 16. | Text | Image |
| May 40 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm, 24 mm, 16.4 g. ca 459-457 BC. Head of Hermes right, with short, straight hair, wearing petasos. / AINI above goat standing right, owl standing right, head facing, in right field, all within incuse square. May 40; AMNG II 265; SNG Cop 391; Warrem 461; Boston MFA 773. | Text | Image |
| May 51a | Ainos, Thrace, AR Tetradrachm, 457-456 BC. 22 mm, 16.16 g. Head of Hermes right, wearing petatos / AINI, Goat standing right, ivy leaf in crescent in right field, all within incuse square. May 51a (this coin); Warren 460; Pozzi 1016; AMNG 272. | Text | Image |
| May 70 | Ainos, Thrace, AR Tetradrachm, 26 mm, 16.26 g. ca 455-452 BC. Head of Hermes right, with short, straight hair, wearing petasos. / AINI above goat standing right; herm and small caduceus right on a garlanded throne in right field. May 70; AMNG II 259; BMC 3; Jameson 1047; Weber 2303. | Text | Image |
| May 71 | Ainos, Thrace AR Tetradrachm. ca 455/4-453/2 BC. Head of Hermes right, in petasos / Goat standing right; to right, cult-figure of Hermes Perpheraios standing on throne right; all within incuse square. SNG Fitzwilliam 1652. | Text | Image |
| May 73 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm, 455-453 BC. 25.5mm, 15.67 g. Head of Hermes right, wearing petatos / AINI, Goat standing right, herm of Hermes right in right field, all within incuse square. May 73; AMNG 260; Warren 458; Boston 771 (same dies). | Text | Image |
| May 76 | Ainos, Thrace, AR 9 mm diobol. 470-450 BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos. / A-I to left and right of caduceus. May 76. | Text | Image |
| May 85 | Ainos, Thrace AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 453/2-451/0 BC. Antiadas, magistrate. Head of Hermes right, in close-fitting petasos inscribed AINI & ornamented with a row of beads / AN-T-I-A-DAS:, goat standing right within linear frame; to right, Pan, horned, standing right, holding pedum in right hand, left hand raised; all within incuse square. | Text | Image |
| May 90 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm, 453-451 BC. 25.5mm, 16.54 g. Magistrate Antiadas. Head of Hermes right, wearing petatos inscribed AINI / AN-T-I-A-ΔAΣ around goat walking right in linear square, Pan, naked, standing right on base in right field, raising left hand. May 90: AMNG 279; Babelon Traité 1498; Pozzi 1018. | Text | Image |
| May 125-175 | Ainos, Thrace, AR diobol, 11.5 mm, 1.22 g. ca 429-426 BC. Head of Hermes right, with long, curled hair, wearing petasos. / AIN above goat standing right; club in right field. May 125-175; AMNG II 306; Hoover HGC 1274. | Text | Image |
| May 246 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm. 16.23 g. ca 415 BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / AINI, goat walking right, branch of ivy upwards in right field. May 246; Pozzi 1020; AMNG -. | Text | Image |
| May 251 | Thrace, Aenus AR Tetradrachm. ca 412-409 BC. Head of Hermes right, in petasus / Goat walking right, caduceus before, all in shallow incuse square. SNG Cop 395. | Text | Image |
| May 259 | Thrace, Aenus AR Tetradrachm. Ca 412/11-410/09 BC. Head of Hermes right in petasus / AIN, goat walking right, caduceus before. | Text | Image |
| May 263 | Ainos, Thrace AR Tetradrachm. ca 412/1-410/9 BC. Head of Hermes right, in petasos / Goat standing right; caduceus to right; all within incuse square. SNG Copenhagen 395. | Text | Image |
| May 284 | Ainos, Thrace AR Diobol. ca 409-407 BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / AINI, goat standing right, laurel branch to right, all within incuse square. AMNG II 302, SNG Cop 404. | Text | Image |
| May 268 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm, 22 mm, 16.49 g. ca 412-409 BC. Head of Hermes right, with long, slightly waved hair, wearing petasos. / AINI above goat standing right; caduceus in right field. May 268; AMNG II 288; Hoover HGC 1269; McClean 3826. | Text | Image |
| May 295 | Ainos, Thrace AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 412/1-410/9 BC. Head of Hermes right, with long hair, in close-fitting petasos ornamented with a row of beads / AIN-I, goat standing right; caduceus to right; all within incuse square. AMNG II 288, BMC 5, SNGCop 395. | Text | Image |
| May 307 | Ainos. c408-406 BC. AR Diobol. Head of Hermes right, in petasos / Goat standing right; crab under raised foreleg. McClean 3847. | Text | Image |
| May 321 | Ainos, Thrace, AR Diobol, 403-402 BC. 10 mm, 1.19 g. Head of Hermes facing slightly left, wearing petatos / AINI, Goat standing right, EP in right field, all within incuse square. May 321; 344-346: AMNG 360; SNG Cop 417. | Text | Image |
| May 344 | Ainos, Thrace, AR Tetrobol, 300-398 BC. 12 mm, 2.43 g. Head of Hermes facing slightly left, wearing petatos / AINI, Goat standing right, torch in right field, all within incuse square. May 344-346: Mionnet I, 43. | Text | Image |
| May 396 | Ainos, Thrace, AR tetradrachm, 378-377 BC. Head of Hermes facing slightly left, wearing petatos / AINION above goat walking right, short laurel branch, upright in right field. May 396; AMNG 325; Carfrae 127 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| May 398Cf | Ainos, Thrace AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 359/8-357/6 BC. Head of Hermes facing slightly left, with long hair, wearing in petasos ornamented with a row of beads / AINION, goat standing right; vertical thunderbolt to right. | Text | Image |
| May 415 | Thrace, Aenus AR Tetradrachm. 370-364 BC. Facing head of Hermes, wearing close-fitting petasos / Goat walking right, symbol: head of Hermes right before. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| May C5 | Ainos, Thrace, AR diobol, ancient barbarous or unofficial issue. 10 mm, 1.32 g. ca 480-400 BC. Head of Hermes right, with short, straight hair, wearing petasos. / AI, Goat standing right, unbearded, ivy leaf in right field. May C5. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3831 | Ainos, Thrace AR Tetradrachm. Ca 372/71-370/69 BC. Facing head of Hermes, slightly left, in petasos with studded rim / AINION, goat standing right; crested Corinthian helmet before. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3844 | Thrace, Ainos, AR tetradrachm, Rhodian standard. c 376/5-374/3 BC. Facing head of Hermes, slightly left, wearing petasos / AINION, goat standing right, coiled serpent before, all in incuse square. BMC 21. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3856 | Thrace, Ainos, AR Diobol. Circa 435-405 BC. Head of youthful Hermes right in patasos / AIN, Goat standing right, caduceus to right. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3866 | Thrace, AINOS. c.435-405 BC. Silver Diobol. Head of Hermes right wearing petasos / Goat walking right, crab beneath forelegs. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3871 | Thrace, Ainos, AE29, 8.53g. Period of Roman domination. Head of Poseidon right, OΠA monogram beneath bust / AINIΩN, Hermes standing left, holding caduceus and purse over altar. BMC 45; SNG Cop. 423-424; Moushmov 3871. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3874 AMNG 390 | Thrace, Ainos. ca 400-350 BC. AE 17mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / A-I-N-I-O-N, caduceus; star with eight rays in right field. AMNG 390. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3876 | Thrace, Ainos, 18mm, 4.39g. Bare-headed and draped bust of Hermes right, caduceus behind / AINIΩN, Asklepios standing left, resting on serpent-entwined staff. Moushmov 3876. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3879 | Ainos, Thrace, AE 20.65mm, 6.97 gr, 300-200 BC. no legend, Head of Hermes right, wearing petatos / AIN-I, Goat standing right, HΔ monogram to right. BMC 37; Moushmov 3879; cf AMNG 375. | Text | Image |
| MZR 167, 57 | Ainos, Thrace. AE15. ca 200-44 BC. 1.92 g. Head of Hermes right, wearing unbrimmed, winged petatos, caduceus over shoulder. / AINIΩN, winged caduceus. MZR 167, 57. | Text | Image |
| Naumann 58, 49 | Ainos, Thrace, AR obol, 7 mm, 0.33 g. ca 480-400 BC. Head of Hermes right, with short, straight hair, wearing petasos. / Goat standing right, caduceus over its shoulder. May -; AMNG II -; BMC -; SNG Cop -. Numismatik Naumann 58, 49. | Text | Image |
| Savoca 20, 53 | Ainos, Thrace, AE17, ca 280-200 BC. 3.26 g. Head of Hermes left, wearing pearl-diademed petasos. / AINIΩN, goat standing left. Savoca 20, 53; BMC 41 var (headwear). | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 1567 | Thrace, Ainos AR Diobol. 435-405 BC. Head of Hermes right wearing petasos / goat standing right, club before. SNG Cop. 407; May 132ff. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 1568 | Thrace, Ainos, AR Tetradrachm. ca 376-373 BC. Facing head of Hermes, looking slightly right,wearing petasos / AINION, goat standing right; serpent before. | Text | Image |
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