Thrace, Byzantion or Byzantium, later Constantinople and modern Istanbul
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| BMC 23 | Byzantium, Thrace. AR hemidrachm. 10 mm, 1.83 g. 387-340 BC. YΠ Y above forepart of bull left on dolphin, ΔI monogram below. / Ornamented trident head. BMC 23; Schönert-Geiss 752-754; Moscow 452618. | Text | Image |
| BMC 32 | Byzantion, Thrace. AE21 civic issue. ca 240-220 BC. 5.9 g. Magistrate Dioskoy. Diademed head of Poseidon right. / ΠY (ligate) EΠI ΔIOΣKOY downwards to right and left of filleted trident with dolphin to left and right. BMC 32; Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1044ff; SNG Black Sea 63; SNG Cop 490; Hoover HGC 1417; Pozzi 2424; Prokesch-Osten 15 in NZ 4. (ΠY ligate is the monogram of Byzantion.) | Text | Image |
| BMC 40 | Byzantion, Thrace. AE. Bust of Artemis right, quiver behind shoulder, hair combed wreath-like around head / BYZANTIΩN, crescent and eight-rayed star. BMC 40; Schönert-Geiss 1960. | Text | Image |
| BMC 50 | Byzantion, Thrace; 2nd- 3rd cent. AD; AE 17mm, 3,21gr. Bearded male head right in border of dots / BYZAN-TIΩN, trident downwards, around the shaft of which is entwined a dolphin. Border of dots. BMC 50. | Text | Image |
| BMC 51 | Byzantion, Thrace. AE18 Pseudo-autonomous issue. 1st c. BC - 1st c. AD. Draped bust of Hermes right, wearing winged diadem / BYZANTIΩN, winged caduceus. SNG Cop. 504; BMC 51. | Text | Image |
| BMC 57 | Byzantium, Thrace, AE24, semi-autonomous issue. 2nd-3rd centuries AD. 8.25 g. BYZAΞ, helmeted and bearded head of Byzas right. / EΠ AI ΠONTIKOY and HΡ monogram above and below, prow of galley left with figure standing left on it, holding sceptre (or parazonium?) and extending hand. BMC 57; Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2059-2067 (V19/R30); SNG Cop 508 type. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3201 | Thrace, Byzantium AR Tetradrachm. ca 240–220 BC. Veiled head of Demeter right, wreathed with grain / BY, Poseidon seated right on rock, holding aphlaston in extended right hand and trident over shoulder, "turtle" monogram in left field, EΠI AΘANAIΩNOY in ex. Schonert-Geiss 1021.3. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3210 | Thrace, Byzantion AR Siglos or Drachm. ca 340-320 BC. YΠ Y above bull standing left on dolphin. / incuse square of mill-sail pattern. Schonert-Geiss 1–235; SNGBMC 21-33; SNG Ashmolean 3569–3571; SNG Copenhagen 476. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3211 | Thrace, Byzantion AR Drachm. Circa 340-320 BC. Bull standing left on dolphin / Quadripartite millsail incuse. SNG BM Black Sea 31, Schoenert-Geiss 79. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3215 | Thrace, Byzantion. c340-320 BC. AR Tenth (1.20 gm). Bull standing left on dolphin, ΠY monogram above / Incuse mill-sail pattern. SNGBMC 42ff. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3217 | Thrace, Byzantion AR Hemidrachm. Rhodian standard, ca 387-340 BC. Forepart of bull on dolphin left, ΠY above / trident. SNG BM Black Sea 12. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3218 | Byzantion AR Hemidrachm. Forepart of bull on dolphin left, monogram before / trident. Schoenert-Geiss-830-832. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3220v | Thrace, Byzantium AE 23mm. Time of Marcus Aurelius. 161-180 AD. BYZAΣ, helmeted and bearded head of Byzas right / EΠ AI ΠONTIKOY, horse-headed prow of war galley left; waves and dolphin below; HP monogram behind. SNG Cop 508, BMC 57v. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3222 | Byzantium, Thrace, Autonomous; 3rd Cent. AD; 3,37gr. BYZAN, head of Byzas right wearing crested Corinthian helmet / EΠI ΔHMHTΡOC TO B around prow right. Moushmov 3222. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3233 | Thrace. Byzantion. Circa 1st Century BC. AE 20mm. Draped bust of Artemis right; quiver, bow behind / BYZANTIΩN, six-rayed star above crescent. SNG Cop 498. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3234 | Thrace, Byzantion AE22. ca 1st Century BC. Head of Dionysus right, wreathed with vine leaves, thyrsus (?) at shoulder / BYZANTIΩN, bunch of grapes on stem. SNG Cop 501. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3239 | Byzantion Civic issue AE13. 3rd Century AD. Head of Hermes right in tania / BYZANTIΩN, winged caduceus. | Text | Image |
| Schoenert 386ff | Thrace, Byzantion. ca 340-320 BC. AR 1/5 Siglos or Hemidrachm. YΠ monogram above bull standing left on dolphin / quadripartite incuse square with dotted surfaces of mill sail pattern, partially punched, resembling a cross. Schoenert-Geiss 386ff; SNG BMC Black Sea 36. | Text | Image |
| Schoenert 688 | Byzantion, Thrace, AR Tetradrachm. 21mm. 387-339 BC. YΠY (partially ligate) above bull walking left on dolphin; CΠΡ-like monogram beneath raised leg / quadripartite incuse square with dotted surfaces. Schoenert-Geiss 688. | Text | Image |
| Schoenert 710 | Byzantion, Thrace, AR tetradrachm, 23 mm, 15.15 g. 387-339 BC. ΠY above bull standing left on dolphin, foreleg raised, AT monogram in lower left field, B beneath the bull. / Quadripartite incuse with dotted surfaces. Schönert-Geiss 710-711; Babelon, Traité 1533; Berlin 18234640. | Text | Image |
| Schoenert 755 | Byzantium, Thrace. AR hemidrachm, 11-12 mm. 353-340 BC. YΠY (ΠY ligate) above forepart of bull right / Ornamented trident head. Schönert-Geiss 755-761. | Text | Image |
| Schoenert 764 | Byzantium, Thrace. AR hemidrachm. 11 mm, 1.58 g. 387-340 BC. YΠ Y above forepart of bull left on dolphin, angled MI monogram below. / Ornamented trident head. Schönert-Geiss 764-765. | Text | Image |
| Schoenert 773 | Byzantium, Thrace. AR hemidrachm. 11 mm, 1.84 g. 387-340 BC. YΠ Y above forepart of bull left on dolphin, ΡA monogram (Ρ retrograde) below. / Ornamented trident head. Schönert-Geiss 773; Istanbul 317. | Text | Image |
| Schoenert 801 | Byzantion, Thrace, AR hemidrachm (Rhodian standard), ca 416-357 BC. 9-12 mm, 1.82 gr. Forepart of bull left, vA monogram and dolphin swimming left below / Ornamented trident head. Schoenert-Geiss 801; Babelon Traite 1538. | Text | Image |
| Schoenert 834 | Byzantium, Thrace. AR hemidrachm. 11 mm, 1.81 g. 387-340 BC. YΠ Y above forepart of bull left on dolphin, HΛΡ monogram below. / Ornamented trident head. Schönert-Geiss 834. | Text | Image |
| Schoenert 914 | Byzantium, Thrace, AE13, civic issue. 5th-4th centuries BC. 2.21 g. ΠY above bull's head left / Ornamented trident head. Schönert-Geiss 914-916; Weber 2558. | Text | Image |
| Schoenert 1105 | Byzantion, Thrace, AE22, 7.5 g. 3rd c. BC. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy, countermark: Corinthian helmet within Π behind head / BYZANTI downwards to right, EΠI AΣΩΠIOY downwards to left of Poseidon standing left, holding Nike and trident. ΓV at bottom right. Circular countermark: Corn-ear on a stalk. Schönert-Geiss 1105; Paris 351; Istanbul 343; Macdonald 394; Warsaw 55790. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 57 | Thrace, Byzantion. Circa 240-230 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Ptolemaic issue countermarked at Byzantion. Head of Ptolemy II right; c/m: monogram and SI / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 479ff | Thrace, Byzantion. Circa 340-320 BC. AR 1/5 Siglos (2.59 gm). Heifer surmounting dolphin left / Quadripartite incuse square with granular texture. | Text | Image |
| Schoenert 2073 var | Byzantion, Thrace, AD 202-205. Magistrate M. Av. Antoneinos. BYZAΣ, helmeted and bearded head of Byzas right / EΠ M AY ANTΩNI BYZANTIΩN, eagle standing front on a low base, head left, wings spread. Schönert-Geiss 2073-2074 var (form of magistrate's name). | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 1579 | Byzantion, Thrace. 340-320 BC. AR Drachm or Siglos. 16.5 mm, 5.28 g. ΠY above bull standing left, dolphin below / Quadripartite incuse mill-sail pattern with granulated surface. Sear SG 1579; SNG BM Black Sea 21; SNG Cop 476; BMC 1. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 1581 | Thrace, Byzantion. 357-340 B.C. AR Hemidrachm. ΠY above bull standing left on dolphin / Incuse square with granulated surface. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 1582 | Byzantion, Thrace, AR tetrobol, 2.33 g. 357-340 BC. ΠY above bull standing left, on dolphin. / Quadripartite incuse mill-sail pattern with granulated dots. Sear SG 1582; SNG Cop. 478; BMC 15-16. | Text | Image |
| Sear 1583 | Byzantion, Thrace, AR Hemidrachm. ca 357-340 BC. 11mm, 1.91 g. ΠY above forepart of bull left. / Ornate trident head. Sear SG 1583; SNG Cop 484; Schönert-Geiss, Byz. 788; BMC 24. | Text | Image |
| RPC 1775 | Byzantium. Rhoemetalkes and Augustus. Ca 10 BC. AR Drachm. 3.93 g. Diademed head of Rhoemetalkes right; ΡMTA monogram before / BYZANTIA, bare head of Augustus right; ΡKA monogram to right. RPC I 1775; Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1304; Yurukova 169. | Text | Image |
| RPC_1779A (Supp. IV) | Augustus AE22 of Byzantium, Thrace. Struck ca AD 14–29. ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΘEOY, radiate head left. / EΠI AΓAΛΛEΩΣ HΡOXENOY, torch with two tallow bowls. RPC Supp. IV, 1779A. | Text | Image |
| RPC 1779B (Supp. IV) | Livia, AE18 of Byzantium, Thrace. AD 14–29. 5.75 g. IOVΛIA ΣEBAΣTA, draped bust right. / EΠI AΓAΛΛEΩΣ HΡOXENOY, three grain ears. RPC 1779B (Supp. IV); SNG Verona 719; Mus. Verona 75358. | Text | Image |
| RPC 1779C | Germanicus, AE17 of Byzantium, Thrace. AD 37-41. 4.18 g. Magistrate Agalleos, son of Heroxenos. .. ΓEΡMANIKOY, bare head right. / [EΠI AΓA]ΛΛEΩΣ HΡOXENOY, trident-like standard between two dolphins. RPC I, 1779C. | Text | Image |
| RPC 1780 | Caligula AE21 of Byzantium, Thrace. AD 37-41. ΓAIOY KAIΣAΡOΣ ΓEΡMANIKOY, bare head left / BYZANTION, two fishes. Varbanov 1621; Moushmov 3271; Schönert-Geiss 1311; RPC I 1780. | Text | Image |
| RPC 1781 | Caligula AE20 of Byzantium, Thrace. ΓAIOY KAIΣAΡOΣ ΓEΡMANIKOY, bare head left, two countermarks: male head right and dolphin / BYZANTION, prow left. Varbanov 1622; Schönert-Geiss 1312-1313; RPC 1781. | Text | Image |
| RPC 1781A (Supp IV) | Caligula AE22 of Byzantium, Thrace, AD 37–41. 5.48 g. ΓAIOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΓEΡMANIKOΣ, bare head left. / BYZANTIΩN, Corinthian helmet left. RPC 1781A (Supp. IV). | Text | Image |
| RPC 1782A (Supp III) | Nero AE20 of Byzantium, Thrace. AD 54–68. 5.7 g. NEΡΩN CEBACTON, laureate head left. / BYZANTIΩN, prow right. RPC 1782A (Supp. II). | Text | Image |
| RPC 2805 | Vespasian, AE 17, possibly of Byzantium, Thrace. 6.92 g. OYECΠACIANOY KAICAΡ (CE), laureate head of Vespasian, left. / EΠI.. T K ΔIONYCIOY ..ΛE, prow left. RPC II 2805 (uncertain mint); Lindgren III, 1661 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| RPC 366 | Titus as Caesar, AE15 of Byzantium, Thrace. AD 69–79. 3.71 g. TITON, laureate head left. / BYZANTION, bundle of a poppy and two corn ears. RPC II 366; Varbanov 1625; Moushmov 3273; Schönert-Geiss 1319 corr. ("Domitian"); SNG Cop. 505 corr. (ditto, this coin); Mionnet Supp. II, 245. | Text | Image |
| RPC 368 | Domitian as Caesar, AE17 mm of Byzantium, Thrace. AD 69–81. 3.66 g. ΔOMITIANOC KAICAΡOC, bare head left. BYZANTIΩN (anticlockwise from lower right), crescent and eight-pointed star. RPC II 368 corr. (bust type); Schönert-Geiss 1317; Paris 381; Mionnet Up.. II, 246; Varbanov 1630. (the differences between RPC 367 and RPC 368 are a) obv. ends with KAICAΡ and b) the rev. legends runs clockwise from lower left.) | Text | Image |
| RPC 370 | Domitian AE of Byzantium, Thrace. AD 81–96. AVT ΔOMITIANON KAICAΡA, laureate head right. / TAMIEYONTOC IΛEΩNIAOYH around, BYZ in right field, Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre. RPC II 370; Varbanov 1631 corr. (legends); Schönert-Geiss 1320-1321; Berlin 8095; Berlin inv. 18235185. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1663 var | Antoninus Pius. AE29 of Byzantium, Thrace. AYT KAICAΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate and draped bust right / EΠI TYXHC ΠOΛEΩC BYZANTIΩN (from top right), conical torch. Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1382 var. (bust type); Varbanov 1663 var. (ditto). | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3289 | Sabina AE25 of Byzantion, Thrace. CEBACTHN CABEINAN, draped bust right / BYZANTIΩN EΠI ΔHMHTΡOC TO B, two tunny fish. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1659 | Sabina, AE26 of Byzantium, Thrace. CEBACTHN CABEINAN, diademed and draped bust right / EΠI ΔHMHTΡOC BYZANTIΩN, two tunny fish left, TO B in centre. Mionnet suppl. II 261; Varbanov 1659; Pick Byzantion 3b. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1634 | Trajan, AE26 of Byzantium, Thrace. Laureate head right / BYZANTIΩN EΠI TΡAIANOY KAY TO Γ, crested Corinthian helmet right. Schoenert-Geiss 1333; Varbanov 1634. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1635 | Trajan, AE23 of Byzantium, Thrace. 98-117 AD. AY TO NEΡ TΡAIANOC KAI CEB ΓEΡM ΔAKI, laureate head right / EΠI TΡAIANOY KAI TO Γ BYZANTIΩN, prow of galley right. Varbanov 1635; BMC Thrace, 62. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1638 | Trajan AE22 of Byzantium, Thrace. 98-117 AD. AYT NEΡ TΡAIANOC KAICAΡ ΓEΡM ΔAKI, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / EΠI NEIKHC TO Δ BYZANTIΩN, crescent and star. Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1356; Varbanov 1638. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1641 | Trajan, AE26 of Byzantium, Thrace. AYT NEΡ TΡAIANOC KAICAΡ CB ΓM ΔAKI, Laureate head right / EΠI NEIKHC TO Δ BYZANTIΩN, crested Corinthian helmet left. Schoenert-Geiss 1345; Varbanov 1641. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1694 | Faustina AE26 of Byzantium, Thrace. AD 147-161. Magistrate Dionysos. 6.12 g. ΦAYCTEINA ANNEA CEBA, draped bust right. / EΠI ΔIONYCOY BYZANTIΩN TO ς, Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre. Varbanov 1694; Schönert-Geiss 1416; Dessau coll. 725. | Text | Image |
| Arminius 3068st | Commodus, AE29 of Byzantion, Thrace, AD 176-177. Magistrate Thea (Diva) Faustina II. 16.8 g. AYT K ΛOYKIOC KOMOΔOC, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / BYZANTION EΠI Θ ΦAVCTINHC, Artemis Phosphoros walking left, holding torch in each hand. Unpublished reverse for this magistrate. Arminius Num. 3068st. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3304 | Commodus and Crispina AE28 of Byzantion, Thrace. BΡ KΡICΠINA CEB AYT KΛ AYΡH KOMOΔOC, draped bust of Crispina facing bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus / BYZANTIΩN EΠI ΠONTIKOY, crested Corinthian helmet with cheek pieces. SGI 2069. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3304 | Commodus and Crispina, AE 28mm of Byzantium, Thrace. BΡ KΡICΠINA CEB AYT KΛ AYΡH KOMOΔOC, draped bust of Crispina right, facing bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus left / BYZANTIΩN EΠI ΠONTIKOY, crested Corinthian helmet with cheek pieces. Moushmov 3304, Sear GIC 2069. | Text | Image |
| Schoenert 1445 | Commodus. AE 30mm of Byzantium, Thrace. AYT K Λ KOMOΔOC AYΡ, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / EΠI AI ΠONTIKOY BYZANTIΩN, Wicker torch. Schönert-Geiss 1445; Moushmov 3300. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1714 corr. | Commodus, AE29 of Byzantium, Thrace. Demosthenes, magistrate. Λ AYΡH KOMOΔOC K, youthful, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / BYZANTIΩN EΠI ΔHMOCΘENOYC, crested Corinthian helmet right, with cheek guards. Varbanov 1714 corr. (this coin); Pick Byzantion 11-2. | Text | Image |
| Waddell I, 30 | Commodus, AE30 of Byzantium, Thrace. AD 176-179. 16.75 g. Magistrate Faustines. AYT K ΛOYKIOC KOMOΔOC, bare head right, with drapery on left shoulder and behind. / EΠI Θ ΦAYCTINHC BYZANTIΩN, Demeter walking left, holding torch in each hand. Waddell I, 30 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3303 | Crispina and Commodus, AE of Byzantium, Thrace. 178 AD. BΡ KΡICΠINA CEB AVT K Λ AYΡH KOMOΔOC, confronted busts of Crispina, draped, right, and Commodus, laureate and draped, left. BYZANTIΩN EΠ AI ΠONTIKOY H, Demeter advancng left, holding two torches. Varbanov 1719; Moushmov 3303; Schoenert-Geiss 1445. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3305 | Crispina, AE26 of Byzantium, Thrace. CEB ΠOY T KΡICΠEINA, draped bust right / EΠI AI ΠONTIKOY H BYZANTIΩN, dolphin between two tunny fish. BMC 70; Moushmov 3305; Varbanov 1727; Pick 12-5. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1722 | Crispina and Commodus, AE of Byzantium, Thrace. 178 AD. BΠ KΡICΠINA CEB AVT K Λ AYΡH KOMOΔOC, confronted busts of Crispina, draped, right, and Commodus, laureate and draped, left / EΠI AI ΠONTIKOY HΠ BYZANTIΩN, Corinthian helmet right. Pick 12-4; RPC IV 3771; BMC 67-68; Varbanov 1722; Mionnet I, 108; Sear GIC 2069; Schoenert-Geiss 1450. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1746 | Julia Domna AE17 of Byzantium, Thrace. IOYΛIA AYΓOYCT, draped bust right / BYZANTIΩN, crescent and one star. Schönert-Geiss 1482; Varbanov 1746. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1750 | Julia Domna, AE24 of Byzantium, Thrace. AD 193-217. IOYΛIA AYΓOYCTA, draped bust right. / BYZANTIΩN, Herakles, naked, standing slightly right, resting left hand on a lionskin-covered club set on a rock, and right hand behind his back. Varbanov 1750; Schönert-Geiss 1495; Paris 415; Vaillant, Num. graec. 90; Mionnet Supp II, 307. | Text | Image |
| BMC 81 | Caracalla, AE30 of Byzantium, Thrace. Aelius Ponticus, magistrate. ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right, aegis on chest, holding spear over shoulder / EΠ AI ΠONTIKOY BYZANTIΩN, two torches with a modius with grain ears and poppy between them. BMC Thrace 81; Mionnet I, 117; Pick Byzantion 16-1. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3322 | Caracalla AE 20 of Byzantion, Thrace. ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / BYZANTIΩN, bunch of grapes on stem. Schoenert-Geiss 1593. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3342 | Caracalla, AE22 of Byzantium, Thrace. ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate cuirassed bust right / BYZANTIΩN, Hygeia standing right, feeding serpent held in arms. Moushmov 3342. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1769 | Caracalla AE 21 of Byzantion, Thrace. ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate, draped cuirassed bust right / BYZANTIΩN, bunch of grapes on a stem. Varbanov 1769 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1794 var | Caracalla, AE34 of Byzantion, Thrace. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, holding spear over left shoulder / BYZANTIΩN, Demeter, holding grain ears and torch, seated left between two basket-shaped torches. Varbanov 1794 var (Demeter "standing left" and different rev. legend); Schönert-Geiss 1553 var (ditto). | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1799 | Caracalla, AE35 of Byzantion, Thrace. AYT K AYΡHΛ ANTΩNINOC CEB, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EΠ Γ CAΛΛ AΡICTAINETOY BYZANTΩN, Europa seated on bull galloping left, holding inflated veil with both hands. Moushmov 3327; Varbanov 1799 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1809 | Caracalla, AE39 of Byzantium, Thrace. 40.55 gr. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right / EΠ TIT AIΛ KAΠITΩΛENOY BYZANTIΩN, Emperor with flying cloak, on horseback right, bound captive below right, seated facing left. Schonert-Geiss, 1533; Varbanov 1809 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1811 | Caracalla and Geta, AE34 medallion of Byzantium, Thrace. C. Sall., Aristaenetes and Aelius Herais, archons. AY KM AYΡ ANTΩNINOC KΠ CEΠ ΓETAC K, Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right with slight drapery on left shoulder, facing bare-headed and draped bust of Geta left / EΠ AΡX Γ CAΛΛ AΡICTAINETOY K AIΛ HΡAIΛOC BYZANTIΩN, two torches. Varbanov 1811 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1813 | Plautilla AE15 of Byzantion, Thrace. AD 197-217. 3 g. Φ ΠΛAYTIΛΛA C, diademed and draped bust right. / BYZANTIΩN, dolphin-entwined trident. Varbanov 1813; Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion II, 1599. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1814 | Plautilla, AE33 of Byzantion, Thrace. IOYΛ ΠΛAYTIΛΛA CEB, draped bust right / EΠI AΡX M AY ANTΩNEINOY around, BY-ZA-N-TIΩN in centre field and below, Plautilla, Tyche or Demeter, polos on head and holding corn ears or a conical basket, standing right, facing Caracalla, standing left. Varbanov 1814; Moushmov 3331; Schoenert-Geiss 1597. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1830 | Geta, AE28 of Byzantium, Thrace. 17.02 gm. AYT K Π CEΠ ΓETAC AYΓ, laureate head right / BYZANTIΩN, Dolphin right in centre, with a tunny fish swimming left and right above and below. Schoenert-Geiss 1627; Varbanov 1830. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1840 | Geta, AE39 of Byzantium, Thrace. 38.6 g. AY K Π CEΠT ΓETAC AYΓOYCTOC, radiate head left. / EΠ TIT AIΛ KAΠITΩΛEINOY BYZANTIΩN, Geta, holding spear, on horseback galloping left. Varbanov 1840; Moushmov 3351; Schönert-Geiss 1623; Mionnet Supp. II, 345. | Text | Image |
| Schoenert 1638 | Macrinus, AE31 of Byzantium, Thrace. 217-218 AD. AYT K M OΠEΛ CEOYΡ MAKΡEINOC AYΓ, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / EΠI NEIKHC TO Z BYZANTIΩN, Demeter walking left, holding one short and one long torch. Schoenert-Geiss 1638, otherwise unpublished. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3362 | Diadumenian, As Caesar, AE 23mm of Byzantium, Thrace. M OΠ ΔIAΔOYMENIANOC C, bare-headed and cuirassed bust right / BYZANTIΩN, Galley sailing left. BMC 90, Varbanov 1443. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1861 | Elagabalus, AE32, of Byzantium, Thrace. AYT K M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC AYΓ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ANTΩNINEIA BYZANTIΩN CEBACTA, agonistic urn containing palm branch. Schoenert-Geiss 1662; Varbanov 1861. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1863 | Elagabalus, AE33, of Byzantion, Thrace. AD 218-222. 21.54 g. M AYΡ ANTΩNINOC AYΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / BYZANTIΩN, emperor on horseback riding right, raising right hand. Varbanov 1863. | Text | Image |
| Mionnet Supp II 384 var | Severus Alexander, AE33 of Byzantium, Thrace. AD 222-235. Magistrate Frontonoc Festes. 14.81 g. AYT K M AYΡ CEY AΛEXANΔΡOC AY (or similar), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / EΠ ΦΡONTΩNOC K ΦHCTHC BYZANT-IΩN, Artemis walking left, holding two torches. Mionnet Supp. II 384 var (different magistrate). Not in Schönert-Geiss, Varbanov, Pick etc. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3390 | Thrace, Byzantium. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AE 31mm (23.00 g, 1h). M. Aurelius Frontonus and Aelius Festus, archons. Laureate head right / EΠI M AYΡ ΦΡONTΩNOC KAI AIΛ ΦHCTOY around, BYZANTIΩN between two wicker torches. Schoenert-Geiss, Byzantion 1758; Moushmov 3390. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3394 | Severus Alexander AE30 of Byzantion, Thrace. M Aurelius Fronto and Aelius Festa, magistrates. AYT K M AYΡ CEY AΛEXANΔΡOC AYΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / EΠI M AYΡ ΦΡONTΩNOC KAI AIΛ ΦHCTHC, BYZANTI-ΩN below, Alexander on horseback right, holding spear and raising hand. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1899 | Severus Alexander, AE31 of Byzantium, Thrace. M AYΡ CEYH AΛEXANΔΡOC AYΓ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EΠI AIMI CEYHΡOC KAI IOVA CEYHΡAC BYZANTIΩN, conical wicker basket, pointed at both ends. Schoenert-Geiss 1727; Varbanov 1899. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1912 | Severus Alexander AE33 of Byzantium, Thrace. AYT K M AYΡ CEYH AΛEXANΔΡOC AYΓ, laureate draped bust right / EΠ ΦΡONTΩNOC KAI ΦIΛ ΦECTHC, three athletes, naked, prize urn at feet, BYZANTIΩN in ex. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3411 | Julia Mamaea AE27 of Byzantium, Thrace. IOYΛIA MAMAIA AYΓ, draped bust right / EΠI ΦΡONTΩNOC BYZANTIΩN, dolphin between two tunny fish. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 3415 | Julia Mamaea, AE22 of Byzantion, Thrace. IOYΛIA MAMAIA AYΓ, draped bust right / BYZANTIΩN, Herakles standing facing, resting on club set on rock, lionskin over left arm, right hand on hip. Moushmov 3415; Varbanov 1943 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1946 | Julia Mamaea, AE27 of Byzantium, Thrace. IOYΛIA MAMAIA AYΓ, draped bust right / EΠI AI CEYHΡOY BYZANTIΩN, dolphin swimming right; tunny fish swimming left and right above and below. Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1773; Varbanov 1946. | Text | Image |
| Lowe 1484 | Gordian III, AE23 of Byzantion, Thrace. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / BYZANTIΩN, Athena standing left, holding patera and spear, shield at foot left. Apparently unpublished (Reverse known for Ant Pius, Julia Domna, Elagabalus and Diadumenian). Lowe 1484. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1961 | Gordian III, AE of Byzantium, Thrace. 23.34 g. AYT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, aegis on chest / EΠI M A ΔIONYCIOY B K AΛEXANΔΡAC, B-Y-ZANTIΩN, Four torches with a small altar between the middle two. Varbanov 1961; Pick Byzantion 23a. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1965 | Gordian III, AE29 of Byzantium, Thrace. AD 238-244. Magistrate Aurelius Dionysius. 14.86 g. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠ M AΡ ΔIONYCIOY O B K Π AΛEZANΔΡAC around, B-YZ-AN-TI-Ω-N across fields, Poseidon standing left, foot on rocks, holding dolphin and trident. Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1805; Varbanov 1965. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1967 | Gordian III AE30 of Byzantium, Thrace. AD 238-244. 15.68 g. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠ M AΡ ΔIONVCIOV O B K Π AΛEZANΔΡAC around, B-YZ-AN-TI-Ω-N across fields, Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm branch. Varbanov 1967 corr (obv. legend); Schönert-Geiss 1804. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 1971 | Trebonianus Gallus, AE31 of Byzantium, Thrace. AD 251-353. Alliance issue with Nicaea, Bithynia. AYT K Γ BEIB ΓAΛΛOC AYΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, holding spear and shield. / EΠ ICAYΡIKOY K BEΡONEIKHC OMONOIA BYZANTI NIKAIEΩN around, in centre and below, two Homonoias standing facing each other, each holding a patera and a cornucopiae, altar between them. Varbanov 1971; Waddington RecGen 779 (Nicaea); Schönert-Geiss 1836; Corpus Nummorum Thracorum 1127. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 2001 | Gallienus, AE23 of Byzantion, Thrace. AD 253-268. 7.12 g. Π ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / BYZANTIΩN, conical wicker basket. Varbanov 2001; Schönert-Geiss 1822 (this coin); Pinder Berlin 110 (ditto); Berlin 18235911. | Text | Image |
| Schoenert 1827 | Gallienus, AE24 of Byzantion, Thrace. AD 253-268. 6.91 g. Π ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. (the C of ΓAΛΛIHNOC very narrow, perhaps added after noticing the error). / BYZANTIΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Schönert-Geiss 1827; Varbanov 2007; Mionnet Supp. II, 433. | Text | Image |
| Varbanov 2014-2016 var | Salonina, AE21 of Byzantion, Thrace. AD 253-268. KOΡ CAΛΩNINA C, draped and diademed bust right. / BYZANTIΩN, dolphin swimming right between two fish. Obv. legend var of Schönert-Geiss 1834; Varbanov 2014-2016 (with KOΡ CAΛΩNEINA CE). | Text | Image |
| See also: | Byzantium Coins with Magistrates' Names. Compiled pdf list by Dane "Helvetica" Kurth. The page is password protected to stop Chinese theft. Please follow the instructions on that page. | ||
| Entry for Thrace, Byzantium on Moushmov Online | |||
| PDFs: Schoenert-Geiss, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion, 2 volumes, available on corpus-nummorum.eu | |||
