Located about 7 km north of Tavas in a fruitful area of the Tavas plain, and connected to Lycia and Phrygia by road.
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| BMC 1 | Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AE18, 2nd c. BC. Laureate head of Zeus right, two stiff curls hanging down the back of the neck / AΠOΛΛO-NIATΩN, Amazon or Sabazios on horseback right, horse has one front foreleg raised. Maeander pattern below. BMC 1; Weber 6418. | Text | Image |
| BMC 5 | Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AE15, 1st c. BC. Head of Apollo (or Dionysos?) right, wreathed with ivy / AΠOΛΛONIATΩN, five-stringed lyre. BMC 5-6; SNG von Aulock 2478. | Text | Image |
| BMC 7-8 | Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AE 21.4 mm, semi-autonomous issue, AD 117-161. 8.74 g. AΠΛOΛΩNIA (sic), helmeted head of Athena right, with aegis. / ΠAΠIAC KAΛΛIΠΠOY (from top right), Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre. BMC 7-8; Waddington Voyages VII, 6; Huber Coll. 41 (in Berliner Blätter 1865); RPC III, 2279; Imhoof GM 427. | Text | Image |
| BMC 15 | Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AE18. ΔHMOC, Laureate bust of Demos right / AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN, Dionysus, wearing short chiton, standing left holding bunch of grapes and thyrsos. BMC 15; SNG von Aulock 2485; SNG Cop 141-142; Weber 6421-6423. | Text | Image |
| Imhoof GM 426 | Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AE18. Semi-autonomous issue, ca. 190-276. 4.11 g. CAΛBAKHC, head of Serapis right, polos on head. / AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN, Isis standing left, holding sistrum and situla. Imhoof GM 426; Hunter 1; SNG Cop 139; Mionnet III, 167; SNG von Aulock 8070. | Text | Image |
| Imhoof KM 7 | Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AE30. AD 161-180. Magistrate Kallippos. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, bust of Senate right / AΠOΛΛONIATΩN KAΛΛIΠOY CTΡ, Zeus seated left. holding Nike and sceptre. Imhoof KM 7. | Text | Image |
| Mionnet III 164 | Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AE18, Civic issue, ca 150 BC. 7.12 g. Laureate head of Zeus right. / AΠOΛΛΩ-NIATΩN, Zeus Labraundos, bipennis over shoulder, on horseback riding right over a Maeander pattern. Mionnet III, 164. | Text | Image |
| Mionnet Supp. VI, 168 | Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AE15, civic issue, 100-1 BC. 3.83 g. Helmeted head of Athena right. / AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN, Apollo, naked (and very muscular) standing left, holding long arrow in right hand and resting left hand on bow at his side. Mionnet Supp. VI, 168 = Sestini Fontana III, p. 64, 1 and plate V, 17 = Waddington Voyages.., 8. | Text | Image |
| RPC III 2280 | Apollonia Salbace, Caria, AE22, semi-autonomous issue. AD 98-117. 5.99 g. Magistrate Papias Kallippos. AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN, Helmeted bust of Athena right, wearing aegis / ΠAΠIAC KAΛΛIΠΠOY, Dionysos in long robe, holding bunch of grapes and grain ear in right hand and thyrsos in left. RPC III 2280; Paris 334; Waddington 2232; Rhousopolis Coll. 3872. | Text | Image |
| Scholz 62 | Apollonia, Caria, AE15, ca 150-90 BC. 2.49 g. Head of a Maenad right. / AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN, lion leaping right on Maeander pattern. Scholz 62 in NZ 33. | Text | Image |
| SNG Fitz 1646 | Apollonia Salbace, Caria, AE, ca. AD 193-211. 5.38 g. ΔHMOC, bare head of Demos right / AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN, Dionysos, wearing short chiton, standing left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsos. SNG Fitz. (Lewis) 1646 (this coin); SNG von Aulock 8069; BMC 15; SNG Cop. 141-142; Kurth Demos 844 corr. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 2484 | Apollonia Salbace, Caria, AE22, Semi-autonomous issue, AD 193-211. 5.01 g. IEΡA BOYΛH, veiled and draped bust of Boule right. / XAΡMIΔOY AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent in arms, facing Asklepios standing left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. SNG von Aulock 2484; SNG Cop 143. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2865 | Livia. AE16 of Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AD 14-29. 3.63 g. Magistrate Kallipppos Artemidoros. ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust right / KAΛΛIΠΠOΣ AΡTEMIΔΩΡOY AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN, Dionysos, wearing short chiton, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. RPC 2865; SNG von Aulock 2488; BMC 20; SNG Cop 146; Paris 339-340; Waddington 2237-2238; Weber 6427. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2864 | Tiberius AE19 of Apollonia-Salbace, Caria. AD 14-37. Magistrate Kallippos Artemidoros. 4.87 g. ΣEBAΣTOΣ, bare head right. / AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN KAΛΛIΠΠOΣ AΡTEMIΔΩΡOY, Apollo standing left, holding raven and laurel branch. RPC I 2864; BMC 17-19; SNG von Aulock 2486-2487; Waddington 2236; Imhoof MG 22; SNG Cop 145; McClean 8461; Weber 6424-6426. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2866 | Caligula, AE19 of Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AD 37-41. 5.4 g. Magistrate Apollonios Kokoy. ΣEBAΣTOΣ, bare head left. / AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN AΠOΛΛΩNIOΣ KΩKOY, Apollo standing left, holding raven and branch. RPC I 2866; SNG von Aulock 2489; Paris 342-343: Waddington 2240-2241; Imhoof GM 428A. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2284 | Hadrian AE19 of Apollonia, Caria. AD 117-138. KAICAΡ AΔΡIANOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EΠI KΛ TEIMOΘEOY ΣTΡ AΠOΛΛΩN from top right, around and in fields, Demeter standing left, holding corn-ears, poppy and sceptre. RPC 2284; Paris 347; SNG Cop 150. | Text | Image |
| Weber 6429 | Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, AE20 of Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AD 139-161. 4.95 g. OYHΡOC KAICAΡ, bare head right. / AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN, Artemis standing right, holding bow and reaching for an arrow from the quiver at her shoulder. Weber 6429; Imhoof GM Additions 135 in RSN 1913; RPC online 843. | Text | Image |
| Imhoof KM 9 | Septimius Severus, AE34 of Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AD 193-211, 17 g. Magistrate Nikostratos. AY KAI Λ CEΠ CEOYHΡOC Π, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / CTΡA NIKOCTΡATOY AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN, tetrastyle temple with three sections with - from left to right - Artemis, holding arrow, standing right, facing Apollo, radiate, standing left, holding raven and branch, and Artemis Phosphoris standing left, holding patera and torch. Imhoof KM 9; SNG Cop 155; Waddington 20 in RN 1853; Sestini Hedervar 2-3; Gazdac Apulum 92 (as Apollonia Pontica); Alba Iulia museum 3458 (ditto). | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 8071 corr | Julia Domna AE23 of Apollonia Salbace, Caria. 193-211 AD. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA, draped bust right / AΠOΛΛONIATΩN, Aphrodite standing facing, holding apple and sceptre. SNG von Aulock 8071 corr. ("Demeter"). | Text | Image |
| Eylul-Aralik 68 | Caracalla, AE32 of Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AD 198-217. 16.15 g. Magistrate Nikostratos. AYT KAI M AYΡ ANTΩNINO-C, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. / CTΡA NIKOCTΡATOY AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN, Demeter standing left, holding poppy, corn-ears and sceptre. Eylul-Aralik 68 in Istanbul Byz. Circ. 34, July 2015 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| Kubitschek 1 | Caracalla, AE32 of Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AD 198-217. 17.06 g. Magistrate Nikostratos. AYT KAI M AYΡ ANTΩNINO-C, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. / CTΡA NIKOCTΡATOY AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN, Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding Nike and sceptre. Kubitschek 1 in NZ 1908, otherwise unpublished. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 2492 | Geta, AE24 of Apollonia Salbake, Caria. Λ CEΠ ΓETAC K, laureate draped cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CTΡA NIKOCTΡATOY AΠOΛΛONIATΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. SNG von Aulock 2492; Waddington 2248; Weber 6430. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 2493 | Diadumenian, AE25 of Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AD 217-218. M OΠ AN ΔIAΔOYMENI, bare-headed, draped bust right. / AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. SNG v. Aulock 2493; Noury Bey 1487 (this coin); Mionnet II, 73. | Text | Image |
| Eylul-Aralik 69 | Severus Alexander AE43 medallion of Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AD 222-235. 46.08 g. Magistrate Agatheinos. AY K M AYΡ CE AΛEZANΔΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / CTΡA AΓAΘEINOY TO-Y IN AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN, emperor in military dress, holding Victory on globe and raising right hand, standing front, looking left, in facing quadriga. Eylul-Aralik 69 in Istanbul Byz. Circ. 34, (this coin)= G&M 155, lot 216. | Text | Image |
| Brand 130935 | Gallienus, AE25 of Apollonia Salbace, Caria. 6.86 g. AD 253-268. Magistrate Menandros. AY KAI..Λ ΓAΛΛHN (partially overstruck), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN CTΡA MENANΔΡ, Artemis (?) standing right, holding patera over a small altar, facing Zeus, holding sceptre, and Athena, resting right hand on shield, both standing left. Apparently unpublished. Michael Brand 130935. | Text | Image |
| Imhoof GRM 4 | Gallienus, AE40 of Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AD 253-268. Magistrate Menandros Peld. 25.46 g. AY KAI ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛIHNOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / CTΡA MENANΔΡOY ΠHΛΔ AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN, Emperor, holding Nike on globe and raising right hand, standing front, looking left, in facing quadriga. Imhoof GRM 4. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 2494 | Gallienus, AE29 of Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AD 253-268. Magistrate Menandros. 13.9 g. AYTOKΡ KAI ΠOΠIΛ ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Value mark B in right field. / AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN CTΡA MENANΔΡ, tetrastyle temple with Apollo standing left in the central archway, Artemis, holding quiver and arrow, standing right in the left archway and Aphrodite or Leto, holding patera and torch, standing left in the right archway. SNG von Aulock 2494; Weber 6431; Waddington 2251; SNG Righetti 954. | Text | Image |
| wwxls 41146 | Gallienus AE36 of Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AD 253-268. Magistrate Menandros Peldynos. 23.9 g. AYTO KAI ΠOY ΛIKI ΓAΛΛIHNOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / CTΡA MENANΔΡOY ΠHΛ AΠOΛΛωNIATω-N, emperor, holding Nike and raising right hand, standing front in facing biga. wwxls 41146; NFA VI, 309, Feb 1979. Obverse legend var of Imhoof GRM 4. | Text | Image |
