Ancient Coinage of Arcadia, Orchomenus



Coinage from this town is rare. Early civic coinage used the legend EΡXOMENIΩN or the abbreviation EΡ, whilst the Severans (the only provincial coins struck here) used OΡXOMENIΩN.
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CIVIC AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
BCD Pelop. 1582Orchomenus, Arkadia, AE11 civic issue, 370-300 BC. 1.87 g. Helmeted, head right of Athena or an unbearded local hero, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / EΡ within wreath. BCD Pelop. 1582.TextImage
BCD Pelop. 1583Orchomenos, Arkadia, AE17. 196-146 BC. 1.55 g. Zeus, naked, standing left, holding eagle (or Nike?) and sceptre. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Kallisto, Achaia or Artemis seated left, holding wreath and sceptre. BCD Pelop. 1583.TextImage
BMC 3Orchomenus, Arkadia, AE civic issue, 370-300 BC. 3.76 g. Helmeted, bearded head right of local hero, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / EΡ, Artemis standing right, firing an arrow from her bow, square C in lower right field. BMC 3-4; Paris A2997; BCD Pelop. 1577-1579.TextImage
BMC 5Orchomenos, Arkadia, AE18. 300-250 BC. 3.95 g. Head of Artemis or Kallisto right, hair in a sphendone. / E-Ρ, hero, naked, wearing Corinthian helmet, standing right, holding spear, shield on left arm. BMC 5; Traité II-3, 945; Imhoof MG 250.TextImage
Imhoof MG 246Orchomenus, Arkadia, AE20 Dichalkon civic issue. 360-340 BC. 6.17 g. Artemis half-kneeling right, quiver at shoulder, holding bow in left hand, right arm at her side / EΡXOMENIΩN, Kallisto seated left on rock, shot by an arrow in her breast; the infant Arkas lying on his back at her side. Imhoof, MG 246-247; SNG Cop 266; Traité III 940; BCD Pelop. 1573.TextImage
Rhousopoulos 2842Orchomenos, Arkadia, AE12. 300-250 BC. 1.55 g. Helmeted head of Athena or beardless hero right. / EΡ, Kallisto or Artemis seated right on throne, holding amphora (or parazonium) and resting her left hand on her knee. Rhousopoulos 2842; Pausanias 1c; BCD Pelop. 1581.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
BCD 1584Septimius Severus, AE23 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. 4.56 g. ...CEOYHΡOC.., laureate head right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, herm on base. BCD 1584 (this coin); Gress 832.TextImage
BCD 1585Sept Severus AE21 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. AD 198-209. 2.95 g. ΛOY CEΠ CEOYHΡOC ΠEΡT, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. BCD 1585; Gress 824; Galanis 13; Berlin 33410/18231962.TextImage
BCD 1586Sept Severus AE21 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. AD 198-209. 2.95 g. ΛOY CEΠ CEOYHΡOC, laureate head right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. BCD 1586; Gress 821-822; BMC 6; Hess Imhoof Dubletten, 1038.TextImage
BMC 6Septimius Severus, AE22 of Orchomenus, Arkadia. AD 193-211. 4.76 g. ΛOY CEΠ CEOYHΡOC ΠE, laureate head right / OΡXOMENIΩN, Asklepios standing front, looking left, resting on serpent-entwined staff. BMC 6; BCD Peloponnesos 1586; Mionnet II, 48; Paris 364; Gress 821.TextImage
Galanis 12Septimius Severus AE23 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. AD 193-211. 5 g. ΛOY CEΠ CEOYHΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Artemis standing front, holding torch in each hand, hound at foot left. Galanis 12; Berlin 33410/18231962.TextImage
Mionnet II, 47 varSeptimius Severus, AE22 of Orchomenus, Arkadia. AD 193-211. 4.76 g. ΛOY CEΠT CEOYHΡOC ΠEΡT, laureate head right / OΡXOMENIΩN, Dionysus standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; panther at foot left. Mionnet II, 47 var.; SNG Copenhagen 268 var. (Dionysus' attributes); BCD Peloponnesos –.TextImage
Mionnet II, 49Septimius Severus, AE22 of Orchomenus, Arkadia. 4.55 g. ΛCEΠ CEYHΡOC, laureate head right / OΡXOMENIΩN, two satyrs, one standing half-left, the other facing, each holding a bunch of grapes, the one on the right also holding an amphora on his shoulder. Mionnet II, 49: Paris 365; BMC 8; Gress 833.TextImage
Mionnet Supp IV, 65Septimius Severus, AE22 of Orchomenus, Arkadia. AD 193-211. 4.29 g. ΛOY CEΠ CEOYHΡOC ΠE or similar, laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back / OΡXOMENIΩN, Artemis standing right, holding bow and reaching for an arrow from a quiver at her shoulder, hound at foot right. Mionnet Supp IV, 65; Righetti 495; Gress 819.TextImage
RomaNum 110, 979Septimius Severus AE22 of Orchomenos, Arcadia. AD 193-211. 4.89 g. Λ CEB CEOYHΡON Π, laureate, cuirassed bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Unpublished bust type for this reverse. RomaNum 110, 979.TextImage
Savoca 108, 256Septimius Severus AE23 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. AD 193-211. 5.50 g. ...CEOYHΡOC..., laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Artemis standing front, looking right, holding bow (?), and extending left arm to Kallisto standing left, holding a bow. Savoca 108, 256. Possibly unpublished.TextImage
JULIA DOMNA
BCD Pelop. 1587Julia Domna AE23 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. AD 198-209. 5.49 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA, draped bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. BCD 1587 (this coin); Gress 838; Edwards 434.TextImage
Mionnet Supp. IV, 69Julia Domna, AE22 Assaria of Orchomenus, Arkadia. AD 193-217. 4.54 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA, draped bust right / OΡXOMENIΩN, Aphrodite standing facing, looking right, holding apple and resting right hand on low column. Mionnet Supp. IV, 69; BCD Peloponnesos 1589.3; Gress 814.TextImage
Mionnet Supp IV, 71Julia Domna, AE22 Assaria of Orchomenus, Arkadia. AD 193-217. 5.04 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA, draped bust left / OΡXOMENIΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Mionnet Supp. IV, 71 (this coin); Paris 367.TextImage
Vogl 2210Julia Domna, AE22 of Orchomenus, Arkadia, AD 193-217. 5.32 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEBAC, draped bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Artemis running right, holding bow, reaching for arrow from the quiver at her shoulder, hound at foot right, tree behind her. P. Vogl coll. sale, 2210 (Leu auction 28). Unpublished, not in BCD, BMC, Pausanias, Galanis, Gress, Berlin, etc.TextImage
CARACALLA
Bloesch 46Caracalla, AE26 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. 6.85 g. M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Artemis standing left, holding torch in raised right hand, left hand by her side. Bloesch 46 in SNR 39; BCD 1589.4; Gress 816.TextImage
GETA
BCD Pelop. 1588,5Geta, AE22 1 Assaria of Orchomenus, Arkadia. AD 198-209. 6.10 g. Unclear legend, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / OΡXOMENIΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. BCD Peloponnesos 1588.5; Gress 839; Burstein 456, otherwise unpublished.TextImage
Berlin 811071Geta, AE22 of Orchomenos, Arcadia. AD 198-209. 5.66 g. ΛOY CEΠ ΓETAC KAI, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Artemis, quiver behind her shoulder, standing right, holding bow and torch. Berlin 811071, otherwise unpublished.TextImage
Burstein 456Geta, AE23 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. AD 197-209. 5.66 g. ΛOY CEΠ ΓETAC KAI, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Tyche standing left by altar, holding patera and cornucopiae. Burstein 456.TextImage
Dura Hoard 7387Geta, AE21 of Orchomenos, Arkadia. AD 198-209. 4.7 g. ΛOY CEΠ ΓETAC KAI, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / OΡXOMENIΩN, Artemis standing front, holding torch in each hand. Dura Hoard 7387; Bellinger Dura 2149.TextImage
See also: Panagiotis Galanis: Contribution to the typology and iconography of the coins from ancient Arcadian Orchomenos (Useful although the author has not consulted many catalogs and describes a number of known coins as "Unpublished")
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