Ancient Coinage of Messenia, Kyparissia

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SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
Mionnet Supp IV, 20Septimius Severus, AE Assarion of Cyparissia, Messenia. 5.85 g. ΛOY CEΠ CEOYHΡOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right / KYΠAΡICCIEΩN, Athena standing left by altar, holding patera and spear, shield at her side. Mionnet Supp. IV, 20; BCD Peloponnesos 791.1.TextFull Size
JULIA DOMNA
Dura 2119Julia Domna, AE20 of Cyparissa, Messenia. AD 193-217. 4.91 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CE, draped bust right. / KYΠAΡICCIEΩN, Athena standing left. holding patera and spear. BCD 791.5; Depeyrot Dura 7352-7353; Bellinger Dura 2119; Gress 621.TextFull Size
Mionnet II, 32Julia Domna, AE assarion of Cyparissa, Messenia. AD 193-217. 4.10 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CE, draped bust right / KYΠAΡICCIEΩN, Dionysus, wearing short chiton, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. Mionnet II, 32; Bernhart 323.TextFull Size
Mionnet Supp IV, 23Julia Domna, AE22 of Cyparissa, Messenia. AD 193-217. 3.82 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA, draped bust right. / KYΠAΡICCIEΩN, Athena standing left. holding patera and spear, shield at her side. Mionnet Supp. IV 23.TextFull Size
Mionnet Supp 4, 24Julia Domna, AE21 of Kyparissia, Messenia. AD 193-211. 4.43 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA, draped bust right. / KYΠAΡICCIEΩN, Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Mionnet Supp. IV, 24; BCD 794; Gress 612.TextFull Size
CARACALLA
BCD Pelop. 795Caracalla, AE assarion of Kyparissia, Messenia. AD 198-217. 4.22 g. AY K MAΡ AYΡ ANTΩNINOC or similar, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / KYΠAΡICCIEΩN, Apollo standing front, looking left, holding laurel branch and a lyre set on a column. BCD Peloponnesos 795; Mionnet -; BMC -.TextFull Size
BMC 4Caracalla, AE assarion of Kyparissia, Messenia. AD 198-217. 4.79 g. M AY ANTΩN CE (or AY KAI MAΡ AY ANTΩN), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KYΠAΡICCIEΩN, Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. BMC 4; Mionnet Supp. IV, 26; BCD Peloponnesos 791.7.TextFull Size
Mionnet II, 33Caracalla, AE23 of Kyparissa, Messenia. AD 198-217. 5.55 g. MAΡ AYΡ ANTΩNINOC or similar, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / KYΠAΡICCIEΩN, Dionysos, wearing short chiton, standing left holding kantharos and thyrsos. Mionnet II, 33; BCD 791.9 and 798; Gress 633-634; Mionnet Supp IV, 27; SNG Cop 536; Rollin-Feuardent I, 4008.TextFull Size
PLAUTILLA
BMC 5Plautilla, AE assarion of Cyparissia, Messenia. AD 202-205. 4.72 g. ..ΠΛAYTIΛΛA CEB, draped bust right / KYΠAΡICCIEΩN, Athena standing left, holding patera and spear. BMC 5; Mionnet Supp. IV, 28; BCD Peloponnesos 801.TextFull Size
GETA
Dura Hoard 7356Geta, AE Assarion of Cyparissia, Messenia. AD 198-209. 4.34 g. ΛOY CE ΓETAC CEBA, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right / KYΠAΡICCIEΩN, Poseidon standing left, holding dolphin on extended right hand, trident in left. Depeyrot Dura Hoard 7356; Bellinger Dura Final report 2122; Gress 636.TextFull Size
SNG Righetti 479Geta, AE22 of Cyparissia, Messenia. AD 198-209. 5.2 g. ΛOY CE ΓETAC CEB, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / KYΠAΡICCIEΩN, Athena standing left, holding patera and spear, shield behind her. SNG Righetti 479; Pausanias 2; SNG Sweden II 1692; Gress 627; FMH Museum FHW-8-34.TextFull Size
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