| CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE |
| BMC 25 | Aphrodisias, Caria, AE25, semi-autonomous issue. 218-235. 10.96 g. ΔHMOC, laureate head of Demos right, slight drapery on left shoulder. / AΦΡOΔEICIEΩN, Aphrodite standing left, holding apple and sceptre. BMC 25-26; SNG von Aulock 2442; Macdonald Type 136. | Text |  |
| BMC 29 | Aphrodisias, Caria, Semi-autonomous, AE24, ca 200-250 AD. [IE]ΡA CVNKΛHTOC, head of Senate right, hair bound in a taenia / AΦΡOΔEICIEΩN, Aphrodite standing left, holding patera and sceptre. BMC 29. | Text |  |
| BMC 56 | Aphrodisias, Caria, Semi-autonomous, AE24, ca 200-250 AD. [IE]ΡA CVNKΛHTOC, head of Senate right, hair bound in a taenia / AΦΡOΔEICIEΩN, Tree with three branches growing up from a trellis work enclosure BMC 56. | Text |  |
| BMC 75 | Aphrodisias, Caria, semi-autonomous AE, ca. 238 - 249. 8.21 g. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC. Diademed and draped bust of the Senate right / AΦΡOΔEICIEΩN, Prize crown inscribed ΓOΡΔIANHA, with palm branch on table with lions' feet, ATTAΛHA in three lines between two purses below. BMC 75. | Text |  |
| BMC 79-80 | Aphrodisias, Caria. AE19. Semi-autonomous issue, ca. AD 230-276. 4.4 g. Draped bust of Dionysos left, wreathed with ivy, thyrsos before neck. / AΦΡOΔEICIEΩN, panther standing right. BMC 79-80; SNG Cop 78-79; SNG von Aulock 2436. | Text |  |
| BMC 81 | Aphrodisias, Caria, Semi-autonomous, AE21, AD 260-268. 5.31 g. ΔHMOC, unbearded, youthful, laureate, draped bust right / AΦΡOΔEICIE-ΩN, eagle, standing facing, head left, wings spread, holding serpent in claws. BMC 81; MacDonald R591; Kurth, Demos 756. | Text |  |
| MacDonald 115 | Aphrodisias, Caria, Semi-autonomous, AE24, 3-Assaria, ca 200-250 AD. 7.91 gr. IEΡA CVNKΛHTOC, diademed and draped, youthful bust of Senate right / AΦΡOΔEICIEΩN, Mên standing left, resting foot on bucranium, holding patera and long sceptre. MacDonald Type 115; SNG Cop 100; Weber 6392. | Text |  |
| Macdonald 128 | Aphrodisias, Caria, Semi-autonomous, AE17, Severan times, ca 193-211 AD. 3.33 gr. Quarter Assarion. Bust of Serapis right, wearing kalathos / AΦΡOΔICIEΩN, Isis standing left, crescent behind shoulders, holding sistrum and situla. Macdonald Type 128; BMC 71; Waddington 2184. | Text |  |
| MacDonald 131 | Aphrodisias, Caria, semi-autonomous issue. AE24. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, draped bust of Senate right / AΦΡOΔEICIEΩN, leafless tree with three branches springing separately from a trellis enclosure, a lighted altar to left and right. Macdonald Type 131; BMC 58. | Text |  |
| MacDonald 145 | Aphrodisias, Caria. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Early 3rd Century AD. AE 25mm (8.57 g, 6h). IEΡOC ΔHMOC, unbearded, youthful, laureate and draped bust of Demos right / AΦΡOΔEICIEΩN, cult statue of Aphrodite right, veiled and wearing kalathos; behind her a small veiled figure of a priestess seated right and in front, an altar or fountain. MacDonald Type 145. BMC 33 var (bust type); SNG von Aulock 2443 var (ditto); SNG Cop. 107 var (ditto). | Text |  |
| MacDonald 209 | Aphrodisias, Caria, Semi-autonomous, AE20, ca 200-265 AD. 5.27 gr. IEΡA BOYΛH, veiled and draped bust of Boule right / AΦΡOΔICIEΩN, Aphrodite standing left, holding apple and sceptre. Macdonald Type 209. | Text |  |
| McClean 8457 | Aphrodisias, Caria, AE23, semi-autonomous issue. 200-276. 8.96 g. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, head of Senate right, hair bound in a taenia. / AΦΡOΔ-E-I-CIEΩN, Lattice enclosure (temenos) containing three leafless, upright branches. McClean 8457; Paris 239C; SNG Cop 103; MacDonald O185/R342-R343 (Rare bust type). | Text |  |
| Mionnet 594 (rev) | Aphrodisias, Caria, AE27, AD 244-249. ΔHMOC, unbearded, laureate head right / AΦΡOΔEICIEΩN, Panther right, playfully licking a small stag. Probably unpublished. This reverse: Mionnet, IV, p. 108, 594. Rohde 11773. (See also another unpublished coin with the same reverse from Philadelpheia, Lydia). | Text |  |
| Waddington 2525 | Plarasa and Aphrodisias, Caria. AE15. civic issue. 2nd-1st Century BC. Magistrate Damonikos. 3.51 g. Laureate head of Zeus right. / ΠΛAΡAΣEΩN ΔAMONIKOΣ, eagle standing left on bipennis. Waddington 2525; MacDonald, Aphrodisas, Type 1. | Text |  |
| HADRIAN |
| MacDonald 55 | Hadrian AE28 Diassarion of Aphrodisias, Caria. AV K ΛI TΡAIN AΔΡIANOC CE, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from front, slight drapery on left shoulder / AΦΡOΔEICIEΩN, cult state of Artemis of Aphrodisias standing facing within tetrastyle shrine with arched central bay; ornate roofline. | Text |  |
| ANTONINUS PIUS |
| SNG vA 2456 | Antoninus Pius, AE32 of Aphrodisias, Caria. Alliance issue with Neapolis. AD 136-161. Magistrate Aur. Demetrios. AY KAI AΔΡIA ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right. / AΦΡOΔEI NEAΠOΛ ΓΡ AYΡ ΔHMHTΡIOY OMON, cult image of Artemis Ephesia standing front, crowned by Apollo standing left, holding branch. SNG von Aulock 2456; Dessau 832 corr. (legends) (this coin); Franke-Nollé 1345; MacDonald type 59 corr. | Text |  |
| SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS |
| Franke-Nolle 67 | Septimius Severus, AE36 of Aphrodisias, Caria. Alliance issue with Ephesos. AD 193-211. 23.75 g. AY K Λ CEYHΡOC.. ΠEΡ (legend partly obliterated by a collector's countermark, N in circle), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / TI KΛ ZENΩN AΡXIEΡ AΡ[...] EΦECIΩN KAI AΦΡOΔICIEΩN OMONOIA, cult images of Aphrodite of Aphrodisias and Aphrodite of Ephesus facing each other. Small figure of a priestess seated right at lower left, fountain and a bull standing left. Franke-Nollé 67; Vienna 18261. | Text |  |
| JULIA DOMNA |
| Imhoof GM 417 | Julia Domna, AE31mm of Aphrodisias, Caria. 7.35 g. Magistrate Menestheus Isobounos. AD 195-196. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AYΓOYCTA, draped bust right / EΠI AΡX TΩN ΠE MENECΘ-EA ICOBOYNON in two circles around, AΦΡOΔEICI-EΩN below, Aphrodite standing left, holding Eros and sceptre. Imhoof GM 417; MacDonald 83b. | Text |  |
| GORDIAN III |
| BMC 125 | Gordian III, AE38 medallion of Aphrodisias, Caria. AD 238-244. 26.83 g. AY K M AN ΓOΡΔIANOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the back. / AΦΡOΔICIEΩN, tetrastyle temple with cult image of Aphrodite standing right within, wearing polos and veil. BMC 125; RPC VII 617; MacDonald 179. | Text |  |
| BMC 126 | Gordian III AE 3 Assaria of Aphrodisias, Caria. AY K M AN ΓOΡΔIANOC CE, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΦΡOΔEICIEΩN, cult-statue of Aphrodite right on plinth between small figure of priestess(?) and low altar with conical cover(?); all between two cippus each surmounted by Eros standing inwards on one leg and each holding a torch toward the cult image. MacDonald 180; Hunter 4; BMC 126. | Text |  |
| BMC 128 | Gordian III, AE29 of Aphrodisias, Caria. AD 238-244. 11.29 g. AY K M AN ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / ΓOΡΔIANHA ATTAΛHA AΦΡOΔICIEΩN, three naked athletes standing, one right and two left, each holding a voting pebble and with a voting amphora on the ground between them. BMC 128. ("bust radiate"); RPC VII.1 625. | Text |  |
| Imhoof KM 23 | Gordian III, AE29 of Aphrodisias, Caria. AD 238-244. A K M AN ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / AΦΡOΔEICIEΩN, Panthean deity, winged, standing left, with the attributes of Tyche, Selene and Nemesis, polos on head, crescent on shoulders, holding sceptre, and cornucopiae, wheel with serpent at foot. Imhoof KM 23; MacDonald 188; RPC VII 624. | Text |  |
| SNG vA 2462 | Gordian III, AE34 of Aphrodisias, Caria, AD 238-244. AY K MAΡ AN ΓOΡΔIANOC CE, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / AΦΡOΔEICIEΩN, centaur standing right, holding bow and arrow. SNG von Aulock 2462; SNG Lewis 1641. | Text |  |
| SNG vA 2464 | Gordian III, AE34 of Aphrodisias, Caria. AD 238-244. 19.55 g. AY KA MA AN ΓOΡΔIANOC, radiate, draped bust right. / AΦΡOΔEICIEΩN around table with one prize crown inscribed ΓOΡΔIANHA ATTAΛHA in two lines, between two purses, amphora below, and a palm branch to left and right. SNG von Aulock 2464; BMC 129. | Text |  |
| SNG vA 2465 | Gordian III, AE41 medallion of Aphrodisias, Caria. AD 238-244. 21.39 g. AY K M AN ΓOΡΔIANOC C, radiate, cuirassed bust right, with aegis on chest. / AΦΡOΔICIEΩN, emperor riding right, wielding spear, three naked athletes, two fallen enemies beneath the horse. SNG von Aulock 2465; RPC 612 (this coin). | Text |  |
| VALERIAN_I |
| SNGvA 8066 | Valerian I, AE of Aphrodisias, Caria. 253-260 AD, Archontus Julianus. 15.56 g. AY KAI ΠOΛI OYAΛEΡIANOC, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EΠI AΡX OIOVAΛIANOY, two prize crowns, inscribed ΓOΡΔIANHA and OYAΛEΡIANA, each with palm branch on agonistic table with lion's legs, palm branches beneath table. AΦ-ΡO ΔE-CI-EΩN below and in exergue. SNG v. Aulock 8066; Macdonald 212. | Text |  |
| GALLIENUS |
| BMC 133 | Gallienus, AE26 of Aphrodisias, Caria, AD 253-268. AY KAI ΠO ΓAΛΛIHNOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left. / AΦΡOΔICIEΩN, tetrastyle temple with curved architrave, with statue of Aphrodite standing within. BMC 133-134; SNG von Aulock 2469. | Text |  |
| BMC 147 | Gallienus, AE26 of Aphrodisias,
Caria. AD 253-268. Gordian and Pythian Games issue. AY KAI
ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛIHNOC, radiate,
draped and cuirassed bust left. / Two prize urns crowns
inscribed ΓOΡΔIANHA and ΠYΘIA,
each containing a palm branch, on a table, its top
inscribed OIKOYMENIKOC, AΦΡOΔI-CIEΩN in
two lines below. BMC 147; SNG Tuebingen 3361; MacDonald
R540. | Text |  |
| MacDonald 225 | Gallienus, AE26 of Aphrodisias, Caria, AD 253-268. 8.16 g. AY KAI ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛIHNOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left. / AΦΡOΔICIEΩN, emperor riding right on horse, wielding spear. MacDonald 225; SNG Cop. 129-130. | Text |  |
| MacDonald 226-R529 | Gallienus, AE26 of Aphrodisias, Caria. AD 253-268. 8.01 g. AY KAI ΠO Λ ΓAΛΛIHNOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left. / AΦΡOΔI-CIEΩN above and beneath emperor, radiate, holding sceptre and extending right hand, in slow quadriga right. MacDonald 226-R529 (same reverse die). | Text |  |
| SALONINA |
| BMC 152 | Salonina AE23 of Aphrodesias, Caria. IOV KOΡN CAΛΩNIN, diademed and draped bust right, crescent behind shoulders / AΦΡO ΔCIE, cult statue of Kore standing right. | Text |  |
| BMC 155 | Salonina AE22 of Aphrodisias, Caria, 6.6g. AD 253-268. IOY KOΡN CAΛΩNINA, diademed and draped bust right, on crescent. / AΦΡOΔEICIEΩN, Hermes, naked, standing left, holding purse and caduceus. BMC 155; SNG von Aulock 2475; MacDonald 234; SNG Cop 135. | Text |  |
| Macdonald R581 | Salonina, AE24 of Aphrodisias, Caria. AD 253-268. 6.3 g. ΠO ΛI KOΡ CAΛΩNINA C, draped bust right on crescent, wearing stephane. / AΦΡOΔEICIEΩN, Tyche, kalathos on head, standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Macdonald R581. (Rev. legend var of BMC 159 and SNG von Aulock 2472). | Text |  |
| Mauromichaelis 40 | Salonina, AE19 of Aphrodisias, Caria. AD 253-268. KOΡ CAΛΩNINA, draped bust right / AΦΡOΔICIEΩN, Tyche, kalathos on head, standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Mauromichaelis Coll. 40 (JIAN 1903); MacDonald Type 233. | Text |  |
| Weber 6417 | Salonina, AE23 of Aphrodisias, Caria. AD 253-268. 7.1 g. IOY KOΡN CAΛΩNINA, draped bust right, wearing stephane, on crescent. / AΦΡOΔICIEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae. Weber 6417; Mionnet III,161; Lindgren 619; Aphrodisias Mus. 258. | Text |  |
| See also: | Entry for Aphrodisias on the Digital Historia Numorum |
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