Topiros, Ancient Coinage of, by Moushmov Number

The Ancient Coinage of Topiros

Listed by Moushmov Number

Including additional items for this online edition, with numbers in italics.

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TOPIROS (along the lower reaches of the river called Mesta, on the north-west of Abdera)

Imperial bronze coins.

ANTONINUS PIUS (138 – 161 A.D.)

- AYT KAI T AIΛ AΔΡIANOC ANTΩNEINOC. – Radiate, laureate or bare head or bust.

Rev: TOΠEIΡEITΩN.

- EΠI ΦAB AΓΡIΠΠEINOY.

- TOΠEIΡITΩN.

- EΠI IOY KOMOΔOY TOΠEIΡITΩN.

- HΓE IOY KOPΔOΛOY instead of KOMOΔOY, TOΠEIΡITΩN.

4969 River god seated on the ground, inverted left, holding cornucopiae and reed, overturned urn, from which water flows at his side. Varbanov 2669.

4970 Herakles seated on a rock left, holding club resting on the rock. Varbanov 2660-2663 and 2665-2667. Plate XXXII 9.

Antoninus Pius AE22 of Topiros, Thrace. Magistrate Julius Commodus. AVT KAI T AIΛ AΔΡIANOC ANTΩNINOC, radiate head right / EΠI IOY KOMOΔOY TOΠEIΡITΩN, Herakles seated left on rock draped with lion skin, naked, holding club set on ground. Varbanov 2668; SNG Cop 806; Hedervar Mus. 2477; Philipsen 203; BMC 4; Jurgensen 758.

Varbanov 2657-2659 Herakles seated left on rock, holding club and extending right hand. Varbanov 2657-2659; Prowe III, 319.

Varbanov 2664 Tetrastyle temple with conical roof and surmounted by a globe on a pole. Schottenstift Coll. 1857.

MARCUS AURELIUS (161 – 180 AD.)

Obv: OYHΡOC KAICAΡ.

4971 TOΠEIΡEITΩN. River-god reclining left on mountain, holding reed or cornucopiae, resting left arm on overturned urn, from which water flows. Varbanov 2671-2672.Plate XXX 10.

Varbanov 2670 Herakles seated left on rock, holding club.

LUCIUS VERUS (161 – 169 A.D.)

- The coin 4972 (Thorvaldsen 72; Huber Coll. 167; Lambros 182) listed for Lucius Verus is Moushmov 4971 of Marcus Aurelius.

COMMODUS

AY KAI M AYΡ KOMOΔOC, laureate head right. / EΠI KAIKI CEΡBEIΛI TOΠEIΡEITωN, Herakles seated left on rock covered with lionskin, club upright between his knees, left arm behind him. ANS 1944.100.16472; CNG 90, 935.

JULIA DOMNA (wife of Septimius Severus)

Obv: IOYΛIA AYΓOYCTA or IOYΛIA ΔOM or IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CE. Draped bust right.

Rev: OYΛΠIAC TOΠEIΡOY or OYΛΠIAC TOΠIΡOY.

4973 Tyche standing, with turreted crown, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Varbanov 2675Plate X 29.

4974 Septimius Severus in military dress, standing right, holding spear and spurning captive with left foot. Varbanov 2673.

4975 Herakles, naked seated left on a rock, receiving bow from Artemis standing right before him. Varbanov 2674; Rhousopoulos 623.Plate XXX 12.

Julia Domna AE23 of Topiros, Thrace. Draped bust right, CEB monogram on shoulder / OYΛΠIAC TOΠIΡOY, woman standing right handing bow to Herakles seated left on rock.

CARACALLA (212 – 217 A.D.)

Obv: AY K M AY ANTΩNIN or AYT K M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC AYT K M AYΡ ANTΩNINOC or AYT K M AYΡH ANTΩNEINOC or AY K M AY ANTΩNINOC or AY K M AYΡ ANTΩNIN. Radiate, laureate, or laureate, draped and cuirassed head or bust head right.

Rev: OYΛΠIAC TOΠIPOY or OYΛΠIAC TOΠEIΡOY. or TOΠEIΡEITΩN.

Varbanov 2676 Athena seated left, shield behind her, holding patera, serpent-entwined tree to left.

Varbanov 2677 Athena standing left, holding spear and shield.

4976 Asklepios standing front, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Varbanov 2685; Bunbury Coll sale 598.

4977 Emperor in military dress, standing left, holding spear and parazonium, spurning a kneeling captive before him. Varbanov 2678.

4978 Eagle with wings spread standing on thunderbolt. Varbanov 2687.

4979 Herakles seated left on rock, holding club. Varbanov 2679-2680. Plate XXX 9.

Caracalla AE24 of Topiros, Thrace. AVT K M AVΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right, IMP monogram on shoulder / OYΛΠIAC TOΠIΡOY, Herakles seated left on rock, head facing, holding club. BMC 6; Hedervar Mus. 2478.

4979A Herakles seated left on rock receiving bow from Artemis. Not in Varbanov.

Caracalla AE23 of Topiros, Thrace. ..ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right [AVP monogram countermark at shoulder] / OYΛΠIAC TOΠIΡOY, woman standing right handing bow to Herakles seated left on rock.

4980 Tetrastyle temple betwen two horsemen, each on a base. Varbanov 2682.

4981 Tetrastyle temple with Herakles seated on a rock left, extending his hand to a female deity standing before him. Varbanov 2683; Prowe III, 320.

Varbanov 2681 and 2690 River-god reclining left, holding reed and resting left arm on an overturned urn from which water flows. Prowe III, 321.

Varbanov 2684 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae.

Varbanov 2686 Demeter standing left, holding patera and serpent-entwined torch, serpent emerging from a cista mystica at foot left.

Varbanov 2688-2689 Eros or Thanatos, winged, standing right, legs crossed, resting on a torch set on an altar.

Leypold MöNG 24, 15 Emperor standing, crowned by Nike.

GETA (209 – 212 A.D.)

Obv: AY K Π CEΠ ΓETAC or AYT ΠO CEΠT ΓETAC or AYT K Π CEΠTI ΓETAC or AYT K Π CEΠTIMI ΓETAC. Laureate or Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.

Rev: TOΠEIΡEITΩN or OYΛΠIAC TOΠEIΡOY or OYΛΠIAC TOΠIPOY or TOΠIΡITΩN.

4982 Asklepios standing, holding serpent-entwined staff. Varbanov 2702. Plate VI 25.

4983 Geta holding spear and parazonium and spurning a captive at foot. Varbanov 2692.Plate VIII 25.

4984 Dionysos in long robe, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. Varbanov 2703.

4985 Artemis standing by altar, stretching out her hand to Herakles, who is standing in front of her, Dionysos, naked, standing to left. Varbanov 2694.

4986 River-god reclining left, holding reed, resting left arm on overturned urn, from which water flows. Varbanov 2700.Plate X 11.

4987 River god reclining left, holding branch in right hand, resting left elbow on overturned urn, from which water flows. Varbanov 2701. Plate X 9.

4988 Tyche, polos on head, standing, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Not in Varbanov. Plate X 29.

4989 Herakles seated left on rock, receiving a bow from Artemis standing right before him. Varbanov 2695.

4990 Herakles left, strangling the Nemean lion; club below. Varbanov 2691.

4991 Herakles seated on a rock, holding club set on ground. Varbanov 2696; Hunterian 1; Mabbott 543. Plate XXX 9.

Varbanov 2693 Emperor on horseback galloping right.

Varbanov 2699 Nemesis standing left, holding scales and cubit rule, wheel at foot.Plate XXX 9.

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	TOPIROS (along the lower reaches of the river called Mesta, on the north-west of Abdera)
	Imperial bronze coins.
	ANTONINUS PIUS (138 – 161 A.D.)
	- AYT KAI T AIΛ AΔΡIANOC ANTΩNEINOC. – Radiate, laureate or bare head or bust.
	Rev: TOΠEIΡEITΩN.
	- EΠI ΦAB AΓΡIΠΠEINOY.
	- TOΠEIΡITΩN.
	- EΠI IOY KOMOΔOY TOΠEIΡITΩN.
	- HΓE IOY KOPΔOΛOY instead of KOMOΔOY, TOΠEIΡITΩN.
4969	River god seated on the ground, inverted left, holding cornucopiae and reed, overturned urn, from which water flows at his side. Varbanov 2669.
4970	Herakles seated on a rock left, holding club resting on the rock. Varbanov 2660-2663 and 2665-2667. Plate XXXII 9.
	Antoninus Pius AE22 of Topiros, Thrace. Magistrate Julius Commodus. AVT KAI T AIΛ AΔΡIANOC ANTΩNINOC, radiate head right / EΠI IOY KOMOΔOY TOΠEIΡITΩN, Herakles seated left on rock draped with lion skin, naked, holding club set on ground. Varbanov 2668; SNG Cop 806; Hedervar Mus. 2477; Philipsen 203; BMC 4; Jurgensen 758.
Varbanov 2657-2659	Herakles seated left on rock, holding club and extending right hand. Varbanov 2657-2659; Prowe III, 319.
Varbanov 2664	Tetrastyle temple with conical roof and surmounted by a globe on a pole. Schottenstift Coll. 1857.

	MARCUS AURELIUS (161 – 180 AD.)
	Obv: OYHΡOC KAICAΡ.
4971	TOΠEIΡEITΩN. River-god reclining left on mountain, holding reed or cornucopiae, resting left arm on overturned urn, from which water flows. Varbanov 2671-2672.Plate XXX 10.
Varbanov 2670	Herakles seated left on rock, holding club.

	LUCIUS VERUS (161 – 169 A.D.)
-	The coin 4972 (Thorvaldsen 72; Huber Coll. 167; Lambros 182) listed for Lucius Verus is Moushmov 4971 of Marcus Aurelius.

	COMMODUS

	AY KAI M AYΡ KOMOΔOC, laureate head right. / EΠI KAIKI CEΡBEIΛI TOΠEIΡEITωN, Herakles seated left on rock covered with lionskin, club upright between his knees, left arm behind him. ANS 1944.100.16472; CNG 90, 935.

	JULIA DOMNA (wife of Septimius Severus)
	Obv: IOYΛIA AYΓOYCTA or IOYΛIA ΔOM or IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CE. Draped bust right.
	Rev: OYΛΠIAC TOΠEIΡOY or OYΛΠIAC TOΠIΡOY.
4973	Tyche standing, with turreted crown, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Varbanov 2675Plate X 29.
4974	Septimius Severus in military dress, standing right, holding spear and spurning captive with left foot. Varbanov 2673.
4975	Herakles, naked seated left on a rock, receiving bow from Artemis standing right before him. Varbanov 2674; Rhousopoulos 623.Plate XXX 12.
	Julia Domna AE23 of Topiros, Thrace. Draped bust right, CEB monogram on shoulder / OYΛΠIAC TOΠIΡOY, woman standing right handing bow to Herakles seated left on rock.

	CARACALLA (212 – 217 A.D.)
	Obv: AY K M AY ANTΩNIN or AYT K M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC AYT K M AYΡ ANTΩNINOC or AYT K M AYΡH ANTΩNEINOC or AY K M AY ANTΩNINOC or AY K M AYΡ ANTΩNIN. Radiate, laureate, or laureate, draped and cuirassed head or bust head right.
	Rev: OYΛΠIAC TOΠIPOY or OYΛΠIAC TOΠEIΡOY. or TOΠEIΡEITΩN.
Varbanov 2676	Athena seated left, shield behind her, holding patera, serpent-entwined tree to left.
Varbanov 2677	Athena standing left, holding spear and shield.
4976	Asklepios standing front, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Varbanov 2685; Bunbury Coll sale 598.
4977	Emperor in military dress, standing left, holding spear and parazonium, spurning a kneeling captive before him. Varbanov 2678.
4978	Eagle with wings spread standing on thunderbolt. Varbanov 2687.
4979	Herakles seated left on rock, holding club. Varbanov 2679-2680. Plate XXX 9.
	Caracalla AE24 of Topiros, Thrace. AVT K M AVΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right, IMP monogram on shoulder / OYΛΠIAC TOΠIΡOY, Herakles seated left on rock, head facing, holding club. BMC 6; Hedervar Mus. 2478.
*4979A*	Herakles seated left on rock receiving bow from Artemis. Not in Varbanov.
	Caracalla AE23 of Topiros, Thrace. ..ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right [AVP monogram countermark at shoulder] / OYΛΠIAC TOΠIΡOY, woman standing right handing bow to Herakles seated left on rock.
4980	Tetrastyle temple betwen two horsemen, each on a base. Varbanov 2682.
4981	Tetrastyle temple with Herakles seated on a rock left, extending his hand to a female deity standing before him. Varbanov 2683; Prowe III, 320.
Varbanov 2681 and 2690	River-god reclining left, holding reed and resting left arm on an overturned urn from which water flows. Prowe III, 321.
Varbanov 2684	Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae.
Varbanov 2686	Demeter standing left, holding patera and serpent-entwined torch, serpent emerging from a cista mystica at foot left.
Varbanov 2688-2689	Eros or Thanatos, winged, standing right, legs crossed, resting on a torch set on an altar.
Leypold MöNG 24, 15	Emperor standing, crowned by Nike.

	GETA (209 – 212 A.D.)
	Obv: AY K Π CEΠ ΓETAC or AYT ΠO CEΠT ΓETAC or AYT K Π CEΠTI ΓETAC or AYT K Π CEΠTIMI ΓETAC. Laureate or Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
	Rev: TOΠEIΡEITΩN or OYΛΠIAC TOΠEIΡOY or OYΛΠIAC TOΠIPOY or TOΠIΡITΩN.
4982	Asklepios standing, holding serpent-entwined staff. Varbanov 2702. Plate VI 25.
4983	Geta holding spear and parazonium and spurning a captive at foot. Varbanov 2692.Plate VIII 25.
4984	Dionysos in long robe, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. Varbanov 2703.
4985	Artemis standing by altar, stretching out her hand to Herakles, who is standing in front of her, Dionysos, naked, standing to left. Varbanov 2694.
4986	River-god reclining left, holding reed, resting left arm on overturned urn, from which water flows. Varbanov 2700.Plate X 11.
4987	River god reclining left, holding branch in right hand, resting left elbow on overturned urn, from which water flows. Varbanov 2701. Plate X 9.
4988	Tyche, polos on head, standing, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Not in Varbanov. Plate X 29.
4989	Herakles seated left on rock, receiving a bow from Artemis standing right before him. Varbanov 2695.
4990	Herakles left, strangling the Nemean lion; club below. Varbanov 2691.
4991	Herakles seated on a rock, holding club set on ground. Varbanov 2696; Hunterian 1; Mabbott 543. Plate XXX 9.
Varbanov 2693	Emperor on horseback galloping right.
Varbanov 2699	Nemesis standing left, holding scales and cubit rule, wheel at foot.Plate XXX 9.

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