Astyra was a town on the peninsula of Mount Phoenix opposite Rhodes. Head, BMC, Babelon etc. all place Astyra (or Astypalaea) in Caria, modern numismatists place it in Mysia. However, on Nomisma.org one reads "Coins previously attributed to this mint belong instead to the island of Astypalaea".
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| BMC 1 | Astyra, Mysia, AR stater, 500-480 BC. 19 mm, 9.68 g. Amphora. / AΣTY around oinochoe with lyre to right, the resonator surrounded by a curved branch. BMC 1; Stauber Adramytteion 1A; Babelon Traite II-1 727. | Text | Image |
| BMC 7 | Astyra, Mysia, AR tetartemorion, 500-480 BC. 0.21 g. Rose. / A in incuse. BMC 7; Stauber Adramytteion 4A; Borrell 6 in NC 1847; Babelon Traite II-1 726. | Text | Image |
| BM 9 | Astyra, Mysia, AE19, 400-300 BC. 5.37 g. Head of Apollo or Helios facing with waved hair. / AΣTY, amphora with small oinochoe in right field. BMC 9; Stauber Adramytteion 6A-6B; Babelon Traite II-1 1617. | Text | Image |
| BMC 12 | Astyra, Mysia, AE unit, 400-300 BC. 1.17 g. Head of Aphrodite (?) right, wearing sphendone, earring and necklace / AΣTY, amphora, bunch of grapes in right field. BMC 12-13; Stauber Adramytteion 14A-14C; Babelon Traité II-1, 1620; Philipsen 2303. | Text | Image |
| Klein 253 | Astyra, Mysia, AE unit. struck by the satrap Tissaphernes, 400-395 BC. 1.89 g. TIΣΣA, bare head of Tissaphernes right / AΣTYΡH, Cult image of Artemis Astyra facing, wearing polos and veil. Klein 253. | Text | Image |
| Klein 255 | Astyra, Mysia, AE11, struck under satrap Tissaphernes, ca. 400-395 BC. 1.15 g. Head of Athena right / TIΣΣA, Horseman on horseback galloping right, holding spear in raised right hand. Winzer 6,3; Klein 255. | Text | Image |
| SNG Fr 124A | Astyra, Mysia. AE13, Satrap Tissaphernes. Ca 400-395 BC. TIΣΣA beneath head of Tissaphernes right / AΣTYΡA, Cult image of Artemis Astyra. SNG France 123A; Klein 253. | Text | Image |
| Stauber Type C | Astyra, Mysia, AE11, struck under satrap Tissaphernes, ca. 400-395 BC. 1.62 g. Helmeted head of Athena right / TIΣΣAΦEΡNOY, head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy. Stauber Adramytteion type C; Winzer 6.1; Plankenhorn, Mysien 32. | Text | Image |
| Waddington 2705 | Astyra, Mysia, AR 15mm triobol, 400-300 BC. 2.77 g. Head of Helios or Apollo facing. / AΣTY, bow in bowcase. Paris 365; Babelon Traite II-2 1616; Waddington 2705. | Text | Image |
| wwxls BC11349 | Astyra, Mysia. AE9, 400-300 BC. 0.81 g. Female head right, wearing polos, hair in single braid. / A-Σ-T-Y anti-clockwise from left, stag standing left. Unpublished. wwxls BC11349; CNG 565, 74. | Text | Image |
| See also: | Entry for Astyra on the Digital Historia Numorum | ||
