Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Blaundos


[BMC 53]
Blaundos or Blaundus, Lydia (early works place it in Phrygia).

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CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
BMC 1Blaundos, Lydia, AE21, autonomous issue. 200-0 BC, Magistrate Theotimidos. 6.33 gr. Laureate head of Zeus right / MΛAYNΔ ΘEOTIMIΔO above and beneath eagle standing left, head right, wings spread; caduceus and grain-ear to left and right. Weber 6791; BMC 1-3; Sear Greece 4689; GRPC Lydia 16.TextImage
BMC 6-10Blaundos, Lydia, civic issue, 200-0 BC. Magistrate Apolloni.. Theogen.. Laureate head of Zeus right / MΛAYNΔEΩN AΠOΛΛΩNI ΘEOΓENI, eagle standing left between caduceus and grain-ear, head right, wings spread. BMC 6-10; Walcher 2657; Waddington 4920; Winterthur 3711; GRPC Lydia 3.TextImage
BMC 14-17Blaundos, Lydia, AE 15, 3.88 gr. Magistrate Apollo.. Laureate head of Apollo left / MΛAYNΔ AΠOΛΛΩ, strung bow, quiver and laurel branch. BMC 14-17; SNG Cop 66; GRPC Lydia 1.TextImage
BMC 20Blaundos, Lydia, AE19. Autonomous. 200-0 BC. 7.89 gr. Laureate head of Zeus right / MΛAYNΔEΩN, Hermes standing left, petasos on head, holding purse and caduceus, YXE and TM monograms in left field, all within laurel wreath. SNG Cop 69; BMC 20-21; GRPC Lydia 36.TextImage
BMC 23Blaundos, Lydia, Autonomous. 200-0 BC. AE22, 8.79 g. Laureate head of Zeus right /MΛAYNΔEΩN, Hermes standing left, petasos on head, holding purse and caduceus, ΩΠAY monogram in left field, all within laurel wreath. BMC 23; SNG Cop 68; SNG Tuebingen 3672; GRPC Lydia 38.TextImage
BMC 25Blaundos, Lydia, AE18 mm, Autonomous. 200-0 BC. 3.42 gr. Laureate head of Apollo right / MΛAYN, bow and quiver; YΞE and TM monograms below. BMC 25; SNG Cop 72; Waddington 4899; Paris 152; Manisa Museum 16936; Feuardent 5945; GRPC Lydia 27.TextImage
BMC 34-37Blaundos, Lydia, AE17, semi -autonomous issue. 161-180. 3.88 gr. Magistrate Valerianos. BΛAYNΔEΩN, Bearded head of Herakles right / CTΡ KΛ BAΛEΡIAN, eagle standing front on two bones, head left, wings spread. BMC 34-37; SNG Cop 77; Waddington 4908; Paris 161; Plankenhorn 968; GRPC Lydia 65.TextImage
BMC 41Blaundos, Lydia, AE19, semi-autonomous. 120-276. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / BΛAYNΔEΩN, eagle standing front on double bone, head left, wings spread. BMC 41; SNG Cop 74; Imhoof LS 6; GRPC Lydia 53.TextImage
BMC 42Blaundos, Lydia, AE 15. Quasi-autonomous issue, 2nd Century AD. Bust of young Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy / BΛAYNΔEΩN in wreath (BΛA-YNΔE-ΩN). BMC 42; Waddington 4907; Paris 156; Walcher 2659; SNG Turkey 10, 487-488; Paris 156; GRPC Lydia 96.TextImage
BMC 43Blaundos, Lydia, AE17, Autonomous. Before AD 276. Draped bust of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / B-ΛAY-NΔE-ΩN, legend in four lines within laurel wreath. BMC 43; SNG Cop 79; Paris 154; Vienna 30918; Waddington, Voyages (Lydia), 1; Rhousopoulos Coll. 4046; Winterthur 3713-3714; GRPC Lydia 95.TextImage
BMC 48 var
GRPC Lydia 74
Blaundos, Lydia, AE22, semi-autonomous issue, AD 161-180. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC (N retrograde), bare-headed, draped bust of the Senate right / BΛAYNΔEΩN MAK, Dionysos, naked, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. Mionnet Supp VII, 71; Paris 1914.782; Prowe III, 1437; Winterthur 3717; GRPC Lydia 74.TextImage
BMC 53Lydia, Blaundos AE23. 251-253 AD. ΔHMOC BΛAYNΔEΩN, laureate head of Demos of Blaundos right / BΛAYNΔEΩN, river-god Hippurios reclining left, naked to waist, reed in right, cornucopiae in left, and resting on urn from which water flows, IΠΠOY-ΡIOC in two lines below. BMC 53; SNG Cop 81; Mionnet IV, 106; Paris 166; Kurth Demos 524-525; RPC IX 733; GRPC Lydia 88. TextImage
BMC 55Blaundos, Lydia, AE 23, semi-autonomous. 251-253 AD. 5.85 gr. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, draped bust of the Senate right / BΛAYNΔEΩN MA, Zeus, naked, standing left, holding patera over altar, and sceptre. BMC 55; SNG Cop 83; Winterthur 3716; RPC IX 754; GRPC Lydia 62.TextImage
BMC 56-57Blaundos, Lydia, AE23, semi-autonomous. 251-253 AD. 4.47 gr. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, draped bust of the Senate right / BΛAYNΔEΩN M, eagle standing right on two crossed bones, head left, wings spread. BMC 56-57; Leypold I, 919; Winterthur 3718; Mionnet Supp VII, 73 corr. (M omitted); RPC IX 752; GRPC Lydia 94.TextImage
BMC 59-60Blaundos, Lydia. Semi-Autonomous. Autonomous. 251-253. Bearded, draped bust of Zeus right, hair bound in a taenia / BΛAYNΔEΩN, Demeter standing left, veiled, holding corn-ears, poppy and torch. BMC 59-60; Imhoof MG 7; SNG Tuebingen 3673-3674; SNG Cop 84; Mionnet Supp VII, 68 corr. (obv. description); GRPC Lydia 93.TextImage
BNP AAGR 570Blaundos, Lydia. Autonomous. 161-180. Magistrate Valerianos. 13.13 gr. ΔHMOC BΛAYNΔEΩN, unbearded, bare head of Demos right / CTΡ KΛ BAΛEΡIANOY, Tyche standing left, kalathos on head, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopiae in left. SNG Cop 76; SNG von Aulock 2921; Sachs-Coburg 49, in RN 1892; BMC 30-33; Waddington 4911; Vienna 27651; Leypold I, 922; Paris 175 and AA.GR.570; GRPC Lydia 67.TextImage
GRPC Lydia 59Blaundos, Lydia. AE, semi-autonomous. AD 251-253. ΔHMOC, bare-headed, draped bust of Demos right / BΛAYNΔEΩN MA, Tyche standing left, kalathos on head, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopiae in left. GRPC Lydia 59, otherwise unpublished. Heidelberger 64, 1101.TextImage
GRPC Lydia 80Blaundos, Lydia, semi-autonomous. AE 23 mm, 6.2 gr. 240-260 AD. ΔHMOC BΛAYNΔEΩN, unbearded, laureate head of Demos right / EΠI OKΡATIOY AΡ, Tyche standing left, polos on head, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Kurth Demos 880; GRPC Lydia 80.TextImage
Hunter 2Blaundus, Lydia, 240-260 AD, AE 25-27 mm, 10.14 g. ΔHMOC BΛAYNΔEΩN, unbearded, bare head of Demos right. / MAKEΔ BΛAYNΔEΩN IΠΠOYΡIOC (below), river-god Hippurios reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae, resting left arm on overturned urn. Hunter 2; SNG Hunterian 1995; Kurth Demos 534; GRPC Lydia 86.TextImage
Imhoof FMG 305Blaundus, Lydia. AE24, Time of Philip I, AD 244-249. Magistrate Okratios. ΔHMOC BΛAYNΔEΩN, unbearded, laureate head of Demos right / OKΡATIOY AΡ, IΠΠOYΡI below, youthful river-god Hippurios reclining left on ground, holding reed over shoulder in right hand, and cornucopiae in left arm; behind him an overturned vase from which waters flow. Imhoof FG 305; Falter 444; GRPC Lydia 78.TextImage
Lindgren I, 717Blaundos, Lydia, AE26 semi-autonomous issue. AD 161-180. Magistrate Kl. Valerianos. 10.93 g. ΔHMOC BΛAYNΔEΩN, bare head of Demos right. / CTΡ KΛ OYAΛEΡIANOY (clockwise from below), river-god reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae, resting left arm on an overturned urn. Lindgren I, 717; Martini Coll. 700; GRPC Lydia 66.TextImage
Mionnet IV, 100Blaundos, Lydia, AE24 semi-autonomous issue. AD 161-180. Draped bust of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy, thyrsos before chest. / (BΛAYN)ΔEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Mionnet IV, 100; Hayn II, XII, 10; GRPC Lydia 73. (Aulock Pisidien 171, unable to read the start of the rev. legend, listing this as "Andeda, Pisidia").TextImage
Mionnet IV, 104Blaundos, Lydia, AE27, semi-autonomous. 100-276. ΔHMOC BΛAYNΔEΩN, bare head of Demos right / BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKE IΠΠOYΡIOC, River-god Hippurios reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae, resting arm on overturned urn from which waters flow. Mionnet IV, 104; Paris 168; GRPC Lydia 70.TextImage
Paris 142ABlaundos, Lydia. AE20. After 200-0 BC. Magistrate Theotimidos. 7.63 gr. Laureate head of Zeus right / MΛAYNΔEΩ ΘEOTIMIΔO above and beneath eagle standing left, head right, wings spread; caduceus and corn-ear in fields. BMC 1-3; Waddington 4903; Paris 142A and 145; Walcher 2654 (misread as BΛAYNΔEΩ); GRPC Lydia 16.TextImage
Paris 151Blaundos, Lydia, AE18, semi-autonomous. After 200 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / MΛAYNΔEΩN, bow and quiver; ΩΠATΓ monogram in field. SNG Cop. 70; Winterthur 3712; Hunter 1; Mionnet IV, 103: SNG Munich 75-77; Paris 151; Weber (Germany) 3303; Milne, Oxford 1 in NC 1939; GRPC Lydia 29.TextImage
Paris 156Blaundos, Lydia, AE17, Autonomous. Before 276. Draped bust of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / BΛA-YNΔE-ΩN, legend in three lines within laurel wreath. BMC 42; Waddington 4907; Paris 156; Walcher 2659; SNG Turkey 10, 487-488; GRPC Lydia 96..TextImage
Paris 160Blaundos, Lydia, AE, Autonomous. 200-0 BC. 7.50 g. Laureate head of Zeus right / MΛAYNΔEΩN, Hermes standing left, petasos on head, holding purse and caduceus, ΩΠΔE monogram in left field, all within laurel wreath. BMC 23; SNG Cop 68; SNG Tuebingen 3672; Walcher 2655; Waddington 4904; Paris 160; GRPC Lydia 38.TextImage
Paris 162Blaundos, Lydia, AE19, semi-autonomous. 120-276. 3.71 g. Bearded head of Herakles right / BΛAYNΔEΩN, eagle standing right on single bone, head left, wings spread. SNG Cop 78; SNG von Aulock 2920; BMC 40; Paris 162A; SNG Munich 82; GRPC Lydia 54.TextImage
Paris 162ABlaundos, Lydia, AE19, semi-autonomous. 120-276. Bearded head of Herakles right / BΛAYNΔEΩN, eagle standing front on double bone, head left, wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Paris 162A; SNG Cop 78; SNG von Aulock 2920; BMC 40; GRPC Lydia 54.TextImage
Paris 164Blaundos, Lydia. AE, semi-autonomous. 161-180. Magistrate Klear. 14.27 gr. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, laureate head of the Senate left / BΛAYNΔEΩN EΠ KΛEAΡ.. MAKEΔONΩN, Apollo-Mên on horseback riding right, holding bipennis over shoulder. Mionnet Supp VII, 72; Paris 164; SNG Munich 85; GRPC Lydia 64.TextImage
Paris 1972.815Blaundos, Lydia, AE25, semi-autonomous. 176-225. 5.60 gr. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC (N is retrograde), draped, youthful bust of the Senate right / BΛAYNΔEΩN M (N is retrograde), Dionysus, naked, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. Paris 1972.815; GRPC Lydia 75.TextImage
Plankenhorn 963Blaundos, Lydia, civic issue, 200-0 BC. Laureate head of Asklepios right / MΛAYN, Hygieia standing left, holding cornucopiae in left hand and touching a rearing serpent with her right hand. ΠΛY monogram in left field. Plankenhorn 963; Manisa Museum 17399; GRPC Lydia 40.TextImage
SNG Cop 65Blaundos, Lydia, AE15, civic issue, 200-1 BC. Magistrate Theotimidos. Laureate head of Apollo left. / MΛAYNΔEΩN ΘEOTIMIΔO, bow, quiver and laurel branch. SNG Cop 65; Imhoof LS 3; GRPC Lydia 13 (this coin).TextImage
SNG Cop 66Blaundus, Lydia. AE 18. 2nd Century BC. Laureate head of Apollo left / MΛAYNΔ-AΠOΛΛΩ, bow and quiver with strap. BMC 14-17; SNG Cop 66; Paris M3127; Imhoof MG 3; Sear GCV 4691; GRPC Lydia 1. TextImage
SNG Cop 73Blaundos, Lydia, civic issue, 200-100 BC. Laureate head of Asklepios right / MΛAYΔEΩN, Hygieia standing left, feeding serpent from a patera and holding cornucopiae. SNG Cop 73; Svoronos 193 in JIAN 1907 (Athens Coll.); Milne, Oxford 2 in NC 1939; BMC 28; Sear GCV 4693; Plankenhorn 964; GRPC Lydia 39.TextImage
SNG Cop 84Blaundus, Lydia. AE 20. 2nd Century BC. Bearded head of Herakles right within dotted circle / MΛAYNΔEΩN, Demeter, veiled, standing left holding sceptre and corn ears, all within dotted circle. BMC 59-60; Imhoof MG 7; SNG Tuebingen 3673-3674; SNG Cop 84; Mionnet Supp VII, 68 corr. (obv. description); GRPC Lydia 93. TextImage
SNG Lewis 1521Blaundos, Lydia, semi-autonomous. AD 161-180. AE 22mm, 5.73 gm. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, bare-headed, draped bust of the Senate right / BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKEΔON, Dionysos, loins draped, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. SNG Lewis 1521 (this coin); BMC 48; Kadman II, 163; Bernhart 55; GRPC Lydia 69.TextImage
SNG Lewis 1522Blaundos, Autonomous. 240-260 AD. AE 10.14 gr. ΔHMOC BΛAYNΔEΩN MA, unbearded, laureate head of Demos right / BΛAYNΔEΩN, IΠΠOYΡIOC, river-god Hippurios reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae, resting left arm on overturned urn. SNG Lewis 1522; Kurth, Demos 533; Falter 446 (this coin); SNG Munich 84; Weber 6795; RPC IX 734; GRPC Lydia 87.TextImage
SNG vA 2921Blaundos, Lydia, semi-autonomous. 161-180 AD. AE29, 7.18 gr. ΔHMOC BΛAYNΔEΩN, unbearded, bare head of Demos right / CTΡ KΛ BAΛEΡIANOY, Tyche standing left, polos on head, holding rudder and cornucopiae. SNG Cop 76; SNG von Aulock 2921; BMC 30-33; Waddington 4911; Vienna 27651; Leypold I, 922; Paris 175 and AA.GR.570; GRPC Lydia 67.TextImage
SNG vA 2923Blaundos, Lydia, AE 23.5, semi-autonomous issue. AD 240-260. Magistrate Cl. Miletos. 10.45 g. ΔHMOC BΛAYNΔEΩN, unbearded, bare head of Demos right / CTΡAT KΛ MIΛHTOY IΠΠOYΡIOC, river-god Hippurios reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae, resting left arm on overturned urn. SNG von Aulock 2923 (this coin); SNG Fitz 4850; Pembroke 1120.2; Mionnet IV,107; Kurth, Demos 531; GRPC Lydia 76.TextImage
Waddington 4905Blaundos, Lydia, AE19. Autonomous. 200-0 BC. Magistrate Apollo.. Theog.. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / MΛAYNΔE AΠOΛΛΩNI ΘEOΓEN, filleted thyrsos. SNG Cop 63; Waddington 4905; Paris 153; GRPC Lydia 10.TextImage
Waddington 4906Blaundos, Lydia, AE18, Autonomous. after 200 BC. Magistrate Theotimido.. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / MΛAYNΔEΩ ΘEOTIMIΔO, filleted thyrsos. Waddington 4906; Paris 155; GRPC Lydia 24.TextImage
Waddington 4908Blaundos, Lydia, AE19, semi-autonomous. 161-180. Magistrate Valerianos. BΛAYNΔEΩN, Bearded head of Herakles right / CTΡ KΛ BAΛEΡIAN, eagle standing front on two bones, head left, wings spread. BMC 34-37; SNG Cop 77; Waddington 4908; Paris 161; Plankenhorn 968; GRPC Lydia 65.TextImage
Waddington 4909Blaundos, AE23, semi-autonomous. 100-276. IEΡA BOYΛH, laureate, veiled and draped bust of Boule right / BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKE, Dionysos, naked but for chlamys over arm, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; panther at foot left. SNG von Aulock 2924; Waddington 4909; BMC 58; GRPC Lydia 49.TextImage
Waddington 4910Blaundos, AE23, semi-autonomous. 100-276. IEΡA BOYΛH, laureate, veiled and draped bust of Boule right / BΛAYNΔEΩN MAK, Ephebus standing left, holding patera, sacrificing at altar left. Waddington 4910; Paris 174; Winterthur 3715; GRPC Lydia 50.TextImage
Waddington 4912Blaundos, AE25, semi-autonomous. 240-260. Magistrate Okratios. ΔHMOC BΛAYNΔEΩN, youthful, laureate head of Demos right / EΠI OKΡATIOY AΡX, Tyche standing left, kalathos on head, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopiae in left. Waddington 4912; Paris 171; GRPC Lydia 81.TextImage
Waddington 4913Blaundos, Lydia, AE25, semi-autonomous. 251-253. Magistrate Papia Er.. ΔHMOC BΛAYNΔEΩN, unbearded, bare head of Demos right / CTΡ AY ΠAΠIA EΡ IΠΠOYΡIOC, river-god Hippurios reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae, resting left arm on overturned urn, fish swimming in waves below. BMC 51; Waddington 4913; Paris 165; SNG Munich 83; Righetti Coll. sale 724; Kurth Demos 749 and 879; RPC IX 749; GRPC Lydia 83.TextImage
Waddington 4914Blaundos, Lydia. AE24, Semi-autonomous. 251-253. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, draped bust of the Senate right / BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKEΔONΩN, Zeus standing left, holding patera and thunderbolt. BMC 45-47; Mionnet IV, 108; Waddington 4914; Paris 172; Leake 1365; SNG Munich 86; Weber (Germany) 3304; GRPC Lydia 61.TextImage
Waddington 4920Blaundos, Lydia, AE20. Autonomous. 200-0 BC. Magistrate Apolloni.. Theogen.. Laureate head of Zeus right / MΛAYNΔEΩN AΠOΛΛΩNI ΘEOΓEN, eagle standing standing left, head right, wings spread; filleted caduceus in left field, grain-ear in right field. Countermark; with ΠΔI between a star and a crescent. SNG Cop 92; Weber 6798; Waddington 4920; BMC 73; SNG Munich 90; RPC III 2450; GRPC Lydia 107.TextImage
Waddington
Voyages, 2
Blaundos, Lydia. AE25, Semi-autonomous. 251-253. Magistrate Papia Er.. ΔHMOC unbearded, bare head of Demos right / CTΡ AY ΠAΠIA EΡ IΠΠOYΡIOC, river-god Hippurios reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae, resting left arm on overturned urn, fish swimming in waves below. BMC 52; SNG Cop. 80; Paris 169; Waddington, Voyages, (Lydia), 2; RPC IX 748; GRPC Lydia 84.TextImage
Weber 6790Blaundos, Lydia, AE20, Autonomous issus. 200-0 BC. Magistrate Apollon.. Theogen.. Laureate head of Zeus right / MΛAYNΔEΩN AΠOΛΛΩN ΘEOΓEN, eagle standing left, head right, wings spread; caduceus and corn-ear in fields. Weber 6790; Mionnet IV, 99; GRPC Lydia 2.TextImage
Weber 6790 (2)Blaundos, Lydia, AE20, Autonomous issue, 200-0 BC. Magistrate Apolloni.. Theogen.. 7.39 g. Laureate head of Zeus right / MΛAYNΔEΩN AΠOΛΛΩN ΘEOΓEN, eagle standing standing left, head right, wings spread; caduceus bound by a taenia and corn-ear in fields. Weber 6790; Mionnet IV, 99; GRPC Lydia 2.TextImage
Weber 6795Blaundos, Lydia. Pseudo-autonomous issue, AE, 240-260 AD. AD. 5.06 g. ΔHMOC BΛAYNΔEΩN, unbearded, laureate head of Demos right / BΛAYNΔE-ΩN in two lines at top left, IΠΠOYΡ-IOC below, river-god Hippurios reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae, resting left arm on overturned urn. SNG Munich 84; SNG Lewis 1522; Weber 6795; Falter 446; Kurth Demos 524 and 533; RPC IX 734; GRPC Lydia 87.TextImage
Winsemann 2868Blaundos, Lydia, AE18, Autonomous issue. AD 138-192. 3.53 g. Bearded head of Herakles right / BΛAYNΔEΩN, Apollo-Mên on horseback right, holding bipennis over shoulder. Winsemann 2868; RPC Online 3001; GRPC Lydia 60.TextImage
NERO
RPC 3059Nero. AE19 of Blaundos, Lydia. 51-54. Magistrate Kalligenos. NEΡΩN KAIΣAΡ, bare-headed, draped bust right / TI KΛAY KAΛΛIΓENHΣ BΛAYNΔEΩN, Apollo standing right, holding lyre. BMC 63-65; SNG Righetti 1012; RPC I 3059; SNG vA 2925 (this coin); SNG Cop 85; Waddington 4915; Weber 6796; Mionnet IV 109; SNG Tuebingen 3675-3676; GRPC Lydia 99.TextImage
RPC 3060Nero, AE15 of Blaundos, Lydia. 51-54. Magistrate Kalligenos. NEΡΩN KAIΣAΡ, bare-headed, draped bust right / KAΛΛIΓENHΣ BΛAYNΔEΩN, four grain ears bound together. RPC I 3060; BMC 66-68; Paris 179-180; SNG Munich 88; Waddington 4916; GRPC Lydia 100.TextImage
VESPASIAN
Paris 181
RPC 1346 var
Vespasian, AE23 of Blaundos, Lydia. 69-79. Magistrate Claudius Foinix. OYECΠACIANOC KAICAΡ CEBACTOC, laureate head right / TI KΛAYΔIOC ΦOINIΞ, EΠI ITAΛIKOY BΛAOYNΔEΩN MAKEΔONΩN, around (anticlockwise) and in fields, Apollo standing facing, head right, resting on a lyre on a column, and holding plectrum. BMC 69; Paris 181-182; Waddington 4917; Weber 6797; SNG von Aulock 2926; Mionnet Supp VII, 74 corr. (rev. legend); SNG Cop 87; RPC II 1346; GRPC Lydia 101.TextImage
RPC 1347Vespasian, AE24 of Blaundos, Lydia. AD 69-79. Magistrate Ti. Claudius Phoinich. 11.23 g. OYECΠACIANOC KAICAΡ CEBACTOC (anti-clockwise from lower right), laureate head right. / TI KΛAYΔIOC ΦOINIX BΛAOYNΔEΩN MAKEΔONΩN EΠI ITAΛIKOY, Dionysos, loins draped long, standing front, leaning on column, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsos. BMC 70-71; Imhoof MG 9-10; SNG Cop 88-89; Stumpf 328-329; RPC II 1347; GRPC Lydia 103.TextImage
DOMITIAN
RPC 1349Domitian, AE of Blaundos, Lydia. AE 2.35 gr. ΔOMITIANOC KAICAΡ, bare-headed, cuirassed bust right / BΛAOYNΔEΩN TI KΛAY ΦOINI, eagle with wreath in beak, standing left, wings spread, upright branch to left. RPC II 1349; Waddington 4919; Paris 185; SNG Cop 91; Leypold I, 921; GRPC Lydia 105.TextImage
TITUS
RPC 1348Titus, AE of Blaundos, Lydia. Magistrat Ti. Klaudios Phoinix. 5.03 gr. 79-81 AD. TITOC KAICAΡ, laureate head right / KΛAYΔIOC ΦOINIΞ BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKEΔONΩN, Demeter standing left, veiled, holding corn-ears, poppy and torch. SNG Cop 90; BMC 72; Paris L4120; Waddington 4918 corr. ("Zeus") = Paris 184; RPC 1348; GRPC Lydia 104.TextImage
SABINA
SNG Cop 92Sabina, AE of Blaundos, Lydia. 117-138 AD. 4.34 g. CABEINA CEBACTH, diademed, draped bust right / BΛAYNΔEΩN Demeter standing left, holding corn-ears and sceptre. SNG Cop 92; Weber 6798; Waddington 4920; Waddington, Voyages, (Lydia), 3; BMC 73; SNG Munich 90; RPC III 2450; GRPC Lydia 107.TextImage
ANTONINUS PIUS
Imhoof LS 7Antoninus Pius AE31 of Blaundos, Lydia. AD 138-161. 20.9 g. AY KAICAΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKEΔONΩN, Apollo-Mên on horseback right, bipennis over shoulder. Imhoof LS 7; Kadman II, 136; GRPC Lydia 109.TextImage
SNG vA 2927Antoninus Pius, AE31 of Blaundos, Lydia. 138-161. Magistrate Cl. Symmachos. AY KAICAΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped bust right / AΡX KΛ CYMMAXOY BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKE, Apollo, radiate, as Helios, standing half right, holding lyre. SNG von Aulock 2927; BMC 74; Mionnet IV, 111; Paris 187; Mionnet Supp VII, 75; Prowe III, 1441; GRPC Lydia 108.TextImage
MARCUS AURELIUS
BMC 76Marcus Aurelius, AE31 of Blaundos, Lydia. 138-161. Magistrate Kl. Valerianos. AY KAI M AY ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right / CTRho; CΛ BAΛEΡIANOY BΛAYNΔEΩN, Apollo-Mên on horseback right, bipennis over shoulder. BMC 76; Paris 188-189; Vienna 37376; Leypold I, 922; Mionnet IV, 113; Plankenhorn 967; GRPC Lydia 112.TextImage
Paris 190Marcus Aurelius, AE30 of Blaundos, Lydia. Magistrate Kl. Valerianus. AY KAI M AY ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right / CTΡ KΛ BAΛEΡIANOY BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKEΔ, Apollo, radiate, standing right, holding plectrum and lyre. Paris 190; Berlin 17991: Waddington 4921; Winterthur 3720; GRPC Lydia 111.TextImage
FAUSTINA II
BMC 77-78Faustina II AE 20 of Blaundos, Lydia. 146-180 AD. 4.29 g. ΦAYCTEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right / BΛAYNΔEΩN, Demeter standing left, veiled, holding corn-ears, poppy and torch. SNG Cop 93; BMC 77-78; Mionnet IV, 115; SNG Munich 92; Winterthur 3721; Leypold I, 923; GRPC Lydia 115.TextImage
LUCIUS VERUS
RPC temp 25285Lucius Verus, AE33 of Blaundos, Lydia. AD 161-169. 16.25 g. Magistrate Cl. Valerianus. AY KAI ΛO AYΡH OYHΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / BΛAYNΔEΩN CΛ KΛ B MAKEΔON, Herakles, naked, standing right, holding lionskin, wielding club, left knee on the back of the Nemean lion, which is sitting right with left paw raised. RPC IV.2 temp 25285; GRPC Lydia Supp. (planned) 116a.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
Leypold I, 924Septimius Severus, AE 30, 12.63 gr. of Blaundus, Lydia. AY KAI Λ CEΠ CEOYHΡOC ΠEΡ, laureate head right / BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKEΔONΩN, Apollo Kitharoidos, radiate, in long robe, standing right, holding lyre and plectrum. BMC 79; Leypold I, 924 (obv. legend corrected in Leypold II); (All Ns retrograde); GRPC Lydia 118.TextImage
Paris 193Septimius Severus AE medallion of Blaundos, Lydia. 193-211. Magistrate Okratios Archonos. 26.06 gr. AY KAI Λ CEΠ CEOYHΡOC ΠEΡ, laureate, cuirassed bust right / BΛAYNΔEΩN (in two lines to left) EΠI OKΡATIOY AΡXONO, Herakles, naked, standing right, holding lionskin, brandishing club, left knee on the back of the Nemean lion, about to strike the animal. Paris 193; GRPC Lydia 117.TextImage
SNG vA 2928Septimius Severus, AE25 of Blaundos, Lydia. 193-211. AY K Λ CEΠ CEOYHΡOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKEΔO, Tyche standing left, polos on head, holding rudder and cornucopiae. SNG von Aulock 2928; SNG Cop 94; Waddington, Voyages, (Lydia), 4; BMC 80; GRPC Lydia 119.TextImage
JULIA DOMNA
SNG Cop 95Julia Domna. AE21 of Blaundos, Lydia. 193-217. 4.66 gr. IOYΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / BΛAYNΔEΩN, Demeter standing left, veiled, holding corn-ears downwards, poppy and torch. Weber 6799; SNG Cop 95; SNG Tuebingen 3677; GRPC Lydia 120.TextImage
Waddington 4922Julia Domna, AE20 of Blaundos, Lydia. 193-217. IOYΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / BΛAYNΔEΩN, Demeter standing left, veiled, holding corn-ears upwards, poppy and torch. Waddington 4922; Paris 195; Waddington, Voyages, (Lydia), 5; Kraft pl. 80.28; SNG Righetti 1013; GRPC Lydia 121.TextImage
CARACALLA
BMC 81Caracalla AE32 of Blaundos, Lydia. Claudius Alexander, magistrate. AY K M AY ANTΩNEINO, laureate cuirassed bust right, gorgon on cuirass / BΛAYNΔEΩN MAK EΠI TI KΛ AΛEΞANΔΡOY AΡ A TO B, Herakles, naked, standing right, holding lionskin, wielding club, left knee on the back of the Nemean lion, which is sitting right with left paw raised. BMC 81-82; Imhoof LS 10; Mionnet IV, 116; SNG Munich 93; Weber (Germany) 3307; SNG von Aulock 2929; Prowe III, 1442; GRPC Lydia 122. Note: The final O in the obv. legend is usually very small and often overlooked.TextImage
GRPC Lydia 125Caracalla and Geta, AE38 of Blaundos, Lydia. AY K M AY ANTΩNEINOC AY KAI ΠO CEΠ ΓETAC, confronted, laureate, draped and cuirassed busts of Caracalla and Geta / EΠI TI KΛ AΛEΞANΔΡOY AΡX A TO B around, BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKE (in exergue), tetrastyle temple with shield in pediment and a statue of Apollo within. aeruginis.de A0872; Lederer 17 in "Beiträge" 1925; GRPC Lydia 125.TextImage
Imhoof LS 10Caracalla. AE 32 of Blaundos, Lydia. 198-217. Magistrate Ti. Cl. Alexandros. AY K M AY ANTΩNEINO, laureate, draped bust right / BΛAYNΔEΩN MAK EΠI TI KΛ AΛEΞANΔΡOY AΡ A TO B, Herakles, naked, standing right, holding lionskin, wielding club, left knee on the back of the Nemean lion, which is sitting right with left paw raised. BMC 81-82; Imhoof LS 10; Mionnet IV, 116; SNG Munich 93; Weber (Germany) 3307; SNG von Aulock 2929; Prowe III, 1442; GRPC Lydia 122.TextImage
Waddington 4923Caracalla or Elagabalus, AE29 of Blaundos, Lydia. 198-217. Magistrate Cl. Marcos. AY K M AYR ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right / EΠI KΛ MAΡKOY AΡ A BΛAYNΔEΩN, Apollo, radiate, wearing tunic, standing, holding lyre and plectrum. Waddington 4923 (Caracalla); Paris 197: Winterthur 3722 (Elagabalus); Waddington, Voyages, (Lydia), 6; GRPC Lydia 126.TextImage
ELAGABALUS
Waddington 4923Elagabalus, AE29 of Blaundos, Lydia. AD 218-222. Magistrate Cl. Markos. AY K M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EΠI KΛ MAΡKO-Y AΡ A BΛAYNΔEΩN, Apollo, radiate, wearing tunic, standing, holding lyre and plectrum. Waddington, Voyages, (Lydia), 6; Waddington 4923 (Caracalla); Winterthur 3722; GRPC Lydia 126.TextImage
JULIA MAMAEA
Righetti Coll. Sale 22Julia Mamaea. AE 34 of Blaundos, Lydia. 222-235 AD. Magistrate Julius Markos. IOYΛIA MAMAIA.., draped bust right / BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKEΔ EΠI IOYΛ(?) MAΡKO-Y, Apollo Kitharoedus in long robe, standing front, looking right, holding lyre and plectrum. J.P. Righetti Coll. Sale 22; GRPC Lydia 128.TextImage
PHILIP I
Aerugunis a0387Philip I, AE42 of Blaundos, Lydia. AD 244-249. Magistrate Aur. Gluconos G. Nigr. 27.33 gr. AYT K M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC AYΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠ AYΡ ΓΛYKΩNOC Γ NIΓΡ AΡX BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKEΔ, tetrastyle temple with triangular pediment, Apollo standing right within, holding lyre. Aerugunis a0387; GRPC Lydia 134.TextImage
Falter 447Philip I. AE 20.82 gr. of Blaundos, Lydia. 244-249 AD. AYT K M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC AYΓ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EΠ AYΡ ΓΛYKΩNOC Γ NIΓΡ AΡX A BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKE, Tyche seated right, holding sceptre and cornucopiae, river-god reclining right below, left hand on head and resting right arm on an overturned urn. Kraft p. 143 and plate 35, 49a; Falter Coll. 447; Mionnet IV, 118; GRPC Lydia 135. TextImage
SNG Righetti 1014Philip I, AE43 of Blaundos, Lydia. 244-249. Magistrate Aur. Gluconos G. Nigr. AYT K M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC AYΓ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EΠ AYΡ ΓΛYKΩNOC Γ NIΓΡ AΡX A BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKE, tetrastyle temple with curved architrave, Apollo standing right within, holding lyre. SNG Righetti 1014; Kapossy & Rebsamen, GM 61; Price & Trell, 365; Mionnet IV 119; SNG Munich 94; Paris 200A; GRPC Lydia 133.TextImage
OTACILIA SEVERA
BMC 86Otacilia Severa, AE31 of Blaundos, Lydia. 244-249. Magistrate Aur. Gluconos G. Nigr. M ΩTAKIΛIA CEOYHΡA CEB, draped bust right on crescent / EΠ AYΡ ΓΛYKΩNOC Γ NIΓΡ AΡX A BΛAYNΔEΩN MAK, Apollo-Mên on horseback pacing right, bipennis over shoulder. BBMC 86; Waddington 4924; Paris 202; GRPC Lydia 137.TextImage
SNG vA 2931Otacilia Severa, AE of Blaundos, Lydia. 15.14 g. M ΩTAKIΛIA CEOYHΡA CEB, diademed, draped bust right on crescent / EΠ AYΡ Γ ΛYKΩNOC Γ NIΓΡ AΡCA BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKE, Apollo, radiate, standing right, holding lyre and plectrum. SNG von Aulock 2931; SNG Fitzwilliam 4851; Leake Suppl. 8; Winsemann 2286; GRPC Lydia 136.TextImage
PHILIP II
Falter 448Philip II. AE 7.20 gr. of Blaundos, Lydia. 244-247 AD. M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAΡ, bare-headed, draped bust right / BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKE, IΠΠOYΡIOC, river-god Hippurios reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae, resting left arm on overturned urn, behind which is a fish swimming upwards. Falter Coll. 448 (this coin); GRPC Lydia 140. TextImage
SNG Cop 97Philip II, AE25 of Blaundos, Lydia. 244-247. M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAΡ, bare-headed, draped bust right / BΛAYΔEΩN MAK, Tyche standing left, polos on head, holding rudder and cornucopiae. BMC 88; Paris 205; SNG Cop 97; GRPC Lydia 144.TextImage
TREBONIANUS GALLUS
BMC 89Trebonianus Gallus, AE40 of Blaundos, Lydia. 251-253. Magistrate Aur. Papios Hermos. A K Γ O T ΓAΛΛOC C, laureate, draped bust right / CTΡ AYΡ ΠAΠIA EΡMO BΛAYNΔEΩN MA ΡOMH, Roma, unhelmeted, standing right, foot on rock or low plinth, holding spear in right hand, parazonium in left. BMC 89; Waddington, Voyages (Lydia), 8; Waddington 7056; Paris 206A; Löbbecke 13 in ZfN 1880; RPC IX 746; GRPC Lydia 149.TextImage
BMC 90Trebonianus Gallus. AE 36 of Blaundos, Lydia. 251-253. Magistrate Aur. Papios Hermos. A K ΓO TΡ ΓAΛΛOC C, laureate, draped bust right / BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKEΔO AΡX A AY ΠAΠIOY around, in fields and beneath Herakles, naked, standing right, holding club and lionskin, fighting the Nemean lion. BMC 90; Waddington 4927; Winterthur 3723; RPC IX 737; GRPC Lydia 147.TextImage
BMC 91Trebonianus Gallus. AE 36 of Blaundos, Lydia. 251-253. Magistrate Aur. Papios Hermos. A K Γ O T ΓAΛΛOC C, laureate, draped bust right / EΠI AΡ A AY ΠAΠIOY BΛAYNΔEΩN, horseman riding right with bipennis over shoulder; before him Hermes standing left, chlamys over left arm, wearing winged shoes, right hand extended towards the horse's bridle and holding purse, caduceus in left. BMC 91; SNG von Aulock 8222 corr (magistrate's name); Rhousopoulos 4048; RPC IX 736; GRPC Lydia 146.TextImage
VOLUSIAN
BMC 92Volusian. AE32 of Blaundos, Lydia. 251-253. Magistrate Aur. Papios Hermos. 14.62 gr. A K Γ O T OYOΛOYCIANOC C, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / E AΡ A ΠAΠIOY BΛAYNΔEΩN MAKE, Zeus Labraundos on horseback riding right, bipennis over shoulder. BMC 92; RPC IX 742; GRPC Lydia 158.TextImage
RPC IX 746Volusian AE28 of Blaundos, Lydia. AD 251-253. Magistrate Aur. Papius Hermus. A K OYOΛOYCCIANOC, laureate, draped bust right / CTΡ AY ΠAΠIA EΡ MAK BΛAYNΔEΩN, Apollo, radiate, standing half right, holding lyre and plectrum. Aufhäuser 11, 331; Helios 5, 782; RPC IX 746; GRPC Lydia 152.TextImage
SNG von Aulock 2932Volusian, AE31 of Blaundos, Lydia, AD 251-253. Magistrate Aur. Papius Hermus. A K OYOΛOYCCIANOC, laureate, draped bust right / (from top right), E AR A ΠAΠIO-Y BΛAYNΔEΩN around, MAKE below, Apollo-Mên on horseback trotting right, holding bipennis over shoulder. SNG von Aulock 2932; Mionnet IV, 121; Paris 208; RPC IX 741; GRPC Lydia 153.TextImage
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