Ancient Coinage of Arcadia, Thelpusa

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CIVIC AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
BMC 1Thelpusa, Arkadia, AE17. 50-25 BC. 5.12 g. Radiate head of Demeter right. / ΘEΛ within laurel wreath. BMC 1; BCD Pelop I 1762; SNG Cop 319; Traité III, 938; Hoover HGC 1087.TextImage
BMC 2Thelpusa, Arkadia, AE17. 50-25 BC. 5.12 g. Radiate head of Apollo right. / ΘEΛ within laurel wreath. BMC 2; SNG Cop 320; Traité III, 939.TextImage
BCD Pelop. 1757Thelpusa, Arcadia, AR obol, Ca 370-350 BC. 0.71 g. Head of Demeter Erinys right; Θ beneath chin / EΡIΩN, the horse Areion prancing right; Θ below. BCD Peloponnesos 1757 (same dies).TextImage
BCD Pelop. 1759Thelpusa, Arcadia. Circa 370-350 BC. AE Dichalkon, 5.76 g. Head of Demeter Erinys right / EΡIΩN, The horse Areion prancing right; Θ below. BCD Peloponnesos 1759; Imhoof Monnaies Grecques 282; Traité III. 937.TextImage
BCD Pelop. 1761Thelpusa, Arcadia. AE Dichalkon, ca 50-25 BC. 3.52 g. Radiate head of Apollo or Helios right /QEL within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 1761; Mionnet II, 76.TextImage
Pozzi 4382Thelpusa, Arkadia, AE17. 50-25 BC. 4.36 g. Radiate head of Apollo right. / ΘEΛ within laurel wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 1762; Pozzi (Boutin sale) 4382 (this coin).TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
BCD 1764Septimius Severus AE30 of Thelpusa, Arkadia. AD 193-211. Legend illegible, laureate, heroically nude bust left, holding spear, shield over his left shoulder. / ΘEΛΠOYCIωN, river-god Ladon left, right hand on his head and resting his left elbow on overturned urn from which water flows. BCD Peloponnesos 1764; Gress 1047.TextImage
BCD 1765Septimius Severus AE23 of Thelpusa, Arkadia. AD 193-211. 5.24 g. Legend illegible, laureate, heroically nude bust left, holding spear, shield over his left shoulder. / ΘEΛΠOYCIωN, Demeter standing left by altar, holding two torches, one long and one short. BCD 1765 (this coin); Gress 1037.TextImage
BCD 1766Septimius Severus AE23 of Thelpusa, Arcadia. AD 193-211. 6.53 g. ΛOY CEΠT CEYHΡOC ΠE, laureate head right. / ΘEΛΠOYCIωN, Hermes standing left by altar, holding purse and caduceus. BCD 1766: Gress 1039.TextImage
BCD Peloponnesos 1769.1Septimius Severus AE24 of Thelpusa, Arcadia. AD 198-209. 8.06 g. Laureate head right / ΘEΛΦOYCIΩN, (sic), river-god Ladon reclining left, left arm resting on overturned urn, right hand on head. BCD Peloponnesos 1769.1 otherwise unpublished.TextImage
Bellinger 73Sept Severus, AE21 of Thelpusa, Arkadia. ..Y CEΠ ..., laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left. / ΘEΛΠOYCIωN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Bellinger Gerash finds 73.TextImage
Mionnet Supp IV, 124Septimius Severus, AE22 Assarion of Thelpusa, Arcadia. Λ CEΠTI CEOYHΡOC Π, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΘEΛΦOYCIΩN, Isis standing half-left by altar, holding sistrum and situla. Mionnet Supp. IV, 124.TextImage
Solidus 13, 166Septimius Severus AE23 of Thelpusa, Arkadia. AD 193-211. 7.66 g. Legend illegible, laureate, heroically nude bust left, holding spear, shield over his left shoulder. / ΘEΛΠOYCIωN, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent in arms, facing Asklepios standing front, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Unpublished reverse for Severus. Solidus 13,166.TextImage
JULIA DOMNA
BCD 1768Julia Domna, AE22 of Thelpusa, Arkadia. AD 198-209. 5.72 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEBACTH, draped bust right. / ΘEΛΠOYCIωN, Isis standing front, looking right, by altar, holding staff and pail. BCD 1768 (this coin); Gress 1041.TextImage
Leu 17, 1620Julia Domna, AE21 of Thelpusa, Arkadia. AD 193-217. 5.21 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEBACTH, draped bust right. / ΘEΛΠOYCIωN, Pan, naked, nebris over right arm and holding pedum in left, walking left, right hand extended over a reed (Syrinx) to left. Same reverse die as Imhoof 6 in "Alt-Griechenland" ZfN 1874 (Plautilla with hair coiled on top of head). Not in BCD, Gress, Pausanias, Mionnet, etc. Leu 17, 1620.TextImage
Leu 19, 1619Julia Domna, AE22 of Thelpusa, Arkadia. AD 193-217. 5.63 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEBACTH, draped bust right. / ΘEΛΠOYCIωN, river-god reclining left, holding reed in left hand. Not in BCD, Gress, Pausanias, Mionnet, etc. Leu 17, 1619.TextImage
Naumann 128, 465Julia Domna, AE24 of Thelpusa, Arkadia. AD 193-217. 6.23 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEBACTH, draped bust right. / ΘEΛΠOYCIωN, emperor on horseback galloping right, wielding spear at an enemy right below. Not in BCD, Mionnet, Gress, BMC, Pausanias etc. Naumann 128, 465.TextImage
PLAUTILLA
Mionnet Supp IV, 125Plautilla, AE22 of Thelpusa, Arkadia. AD 202-205. ΦOYΛBIA ΠΛAYTIΛΛA CE, draped bust right. / ΘEΛΠOYCIωN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Mionnet Supp IV, 125; Missere 214.TextImage
GETA
BCD 1769.5Geta, AE22 of Thelpusa, Arkadia. AD 198-209. 3.84 g. ΛOY CEΠ ΓETAC KI, bare-headed, draped bust right. / ΘEΛΠOYCIωN, Hermes standing left by altar, holding purse and caduceus. BCD 1769.5; Gress 1040; Pausanias 2f.TextImage
Mionnet Supp. IV, 124 varGeta, AE22 of Thelpusa, Arcadia. 3.97 g. CEΠTI ΓETAC K, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust left / ΘEΛΦOYCIΩN, Isis standing half-left by altar, holding sistrum and situla. Mionnet Supp. IV, 124 var (this reverse for Sept. Sev.).TextImage
Pausanias 2gGeta, AE22 of Thelpusa, Arkadia. AD 198-209. 5.57 g. ΛOY CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI, bare-headed, draped bust left. / ΘEΛΠOYCIωN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Pausanias 2g; Burstein 457.TextImage
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