Attuda was on the road between Tripolis, Laodikeia and Aphrodisias and was the site of modern-day Hisarköy. There are no ruins to be seen but some items are on display in the local museum.
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| BMC 2 | Attuda, Caria, AE19 semi-autonomous issue. AD 98-117. 3.6 g. No legend, helmeted head of Athena right, with aegis on chest, spear before her. / ATTOYΔEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae. BMC 2; RPC III 2261; Paris 369; SNG Cop 159; Philipsen 2304. | Text | Image |
| BMC 4 | Attuda, Caria, AE21 semi-autonomous issue. AD 98-117. 6.52 g. Magistrate Menippos son of Apolonos. ΔHMOC ATTOYΔEΩN, bearded, draped bust of Demos right. / ΔIA MENIΠOY AΠOΛΩNOY, Apollo standing front, holding laurel branch and bow. BMC 4-5; RPC II, 1230; Kurth Demos 233; Prokesch 46 in Arch. Zeitung, I (1843-1844). | Text | Image |
| BMC 6 | Attuda, Caria, AE21, semi-autonomous issue. AD 97-117. ΔHMOC ATTOYΔEΩN, bare head of Demos right / ΔIA MENIΠΠOY, Sabazios, holding bipennis over shoulder, on horse stepping right, front foreleg raised. BMC 6; SNG von Aulock 2495; Sachsen-Coburg 47 in RN 1892; Mionnet IV 287; SNG Cop. 161; Kurth Demos 798. | Text | Image |
| BMC 8 | Attuda, Caria, AE16, AD 98-117. 3.20 g. ATTOYΔEΩN, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / ΔIA MENIΠΠOY, Nemesis standing left, holding bridle and raising veil. BMC 8. | Text | Image |
| BMC 9-11 | Tabae, Caria, AE17 civic issue. 81-1 BC. 4.41 g. Laureate head of Zeus right. / K-O across upper fields, TABHNωN below, caps of the Dioskuri, each with a star above. BMC 9-11; Klein 542 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| BMC 10 | Attuda, Caria, AE semi-autonomous issue, AD 193-211. ATTOYΔA, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / ΔIA ΦΛABI ACIEΡIAC, Cult image of Artemis Ephesia facing, with supports. BMC 10-11; SNG von Aulock 2497. | Text | Image |
| BMC 14 | Attuda, Caria, AE23, semi-autonomous. AD 193-211. 8.89 g. ΔHMOC, laureate head of Demos right, slight drapery on right shoulder. / ATTOYΔEΩN, Leto running left, looking back, holding the infants Apollo and Artemis. BMC 14; Mionnet IV 285; Türkoglu B36; Denizli Mus. 20152; ANS 1971.230.37; Martin 14. | Text | Image |
| BMC 15 | Attuda Caria, AE23, semi-autonomous issue. AD 193-211. 5.15 g. ΔHMOC, laureate head of Demos right, slight drapery on left shoulder. / ATTOYΔEΩN, Mên or Apollo Tyrimneos riding right on horse, holding bipennis over shoulder. BMC 15; Martin Attuda 15. | Text | Image |
| BMC 16 | Attuda, Caria, AE23 semi-autonomous issue. AD 240-268. 6.44 g. ΔHMOC, laureate, draped bust of Demos right, countermarked with imperial male head right. / ATTOYΔEΩN, garlanded altar surmounted by two small flaming altars between three pine cones. BMC 16; SNG Cop 163; SNG von Aulock 2498; Walcher 2754; ; Kurth Demos 783-784. | Text | Image |
| BMC 18 | Attuda, Caria, AE22, semi-autonomous issue. AD 240-268. 5.30 g. MHN KAΡOY, draped bust of Mên right, wearing Phrygian cap, crescent on shoulders / ATTOYΔEΩN, large altar surmounted by two smaller altars between three pine cones. BMC 18-19; SNG Cop 162; SNG von Aulock 2499. | Text | Image |
| BMC 20 | Attuda, Caria, AE23, semi-autonomous issue. AD 193-211. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, draped bust of the Senate right, hair bound in a taenia. Countermark of head right within circular incuse (Howgego 82) / ATTOYΔEΩN, Zeus walking right, brandishing thunderbolt and holding eagle on outstretched arm. BMC 20-21; Mionnet IV, 291; SNG Cop 167 corr. (ground line mistaken for a Gamma). | Text | Image |
| BMC 25 | Attuda, Caria, AE22, semi-autonomous issue. AD 180-220. 5.36 g. IEΡA BOYΛH, veiled head of Boule right. / ATTOYΔEΩN, tree with burning altar to right. BMC 25; SNG Cop 165; Weber 6437; SNG Tuebingen 3367. | Text | Image |
| BMC 26 | Attuda, Caria, AE20, semi-autonomous issue. AD 180-220. 4.96 g. IEΡA BOYΛH, veiled head of Boule right. Countermarked with a B in incuse circle (Howgego 765i) / ATTOYΔEΩN, tree with burning altar to right. BMC 26 (same countermark); SNG Cop 165; Weber 6437; SNG Tuebingen 3367. | Text | Image |
| Denizli 20256 | Attuda, Caria, AE15 semi-autonomous issue. 2nd-1st c. BC. 2.78 g. No legend, head of Apollo right, hair rolled, lyre in right field. / ATTOYΔEΩN, flaming altar. Denizli Museum 20256; Türkoglu B01. | Text | Image |
| Imhoof KM 5 | Attuda, Caria, AE20, civic issue. 2nd-1st c. BC. 2.6 g. No legend, laureate head of Zeus right. / ATTOYΔEΩN, lyre. Imhoof KM 5; Paris 369.13; Waddington 2253; Türkoglu A2. | Text | Image |
| Imhoof KM 6 | Attuda, Caria, AE25 semi-autonomous issue. AD 98-117. 7.93 g. Magistrate Menippos son of Apollonios. BOYΛH ATTOYΔEΩN, draped bust of Boule right. / ΔIA MENIΠΠOY TOY AΠOΛΛONIOY, Dionysos standing, loins draped, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; panther at foot left. Imhoof KM 6; Kurth Dionysos 528; Bernhart 261 and 1148 corr. (region); RPC 1228; Mionnet Supp VII, 1148. | Text | Image |
| Imhoof KM 9 | Attuda, Caria, AE21 semi-autonomous issue. AD 136-169. 5.18 g. Magistrate Klaudianos. ΔHMOC ATTOYΔEΩN, bare head of Demos right. / ΔIA KΛAYΔIANOY, draped bust of Mên right, wrearing Phrygian cap, crescent on shoulders. Imhoof KM 9; Martin Attuda 6; Kurth Demos 797. | Text | Image |
| Imhoof KM 11 | Attuda, Caria, AE16, semi-autonomous issue, AD 138-161. ATTOYΔA, turreted and draped bust of Tyche left. / ΔIA KΛAYΔIANOY, Nemesis standing left, holding bridle and plucking the neck of her robe. Imhoof KM 11; Mionnet Supp. VII (Phrygia), 198. | Text | Image |
| Imhoof KM 13 | Attuda, Caria, AE19 semi-autonomous issue. AD 198-268. 3.21 g. No legend, draped bust of Serapis right, polos on head. / ATTOYΔEΩN, eagle standing front, head left, wings spread, wreath in beak. Imhoof KM 13; Türkoglu B45 in Anadolu Arastirmalari 23. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren I, 624 | Attuda, Caria, AE22, semi-autonomous issue. AD 198-268. 6.85 g. ΔIAKΛAY ΔIANOC, draped bust of Serapis right, polos on head / ATTOYΔEΩN, draped bust of Mên right on crescent. Lindgren I, 624 (this coin); Burstein 674 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| Paris 36921 | Attuda, Caria, AE23, semi-autonomous issue, ca. AD 193-211. 7.68 g. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, head of the Senate right, hair bound in a taenia. Countermark of male head right / ..ANH ANEΘ.. ATTOYΔEΩN in two lines around, Apollo standing left, leaning on column, holding branch. Paris 36921. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 164 | Attuda, Caria. 193-211 AD. ΔHMOC, unbearded, laureate head of Demos right, countermark: small head of emperor / ATTOYΔEΩN, Dionysos standing, loins draped, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; panther at feet left. SNG Cop. 164. [BMC 13 var (countermark); SNG von Aulock 2496 (ditto).] | Text | Image |
| Walcher 2755 | Attuda, Caria, AE18, semi-autonomous issue, AD 240-268. 4.46 g. ΔHMOC, laureate head of Demos right. / ATTOYΔEΩN, garlanded altar surmounted by two slender vases (or columnar altars) between three pine cones between them. Walcher 2755; Kurth Demos 785; BMC 17. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2846 | Augustus, AE18 of Attuda, Caria. 27 BC-14 AD. 5,22 g. ΣEBA-ΣTOΣ, bare head right / ATTOYΔEΩN, Kybele, kalathos on head, standing front between two lions. RPC 2846; Blanchet Paris Inventory, 276; Paris 369.25. | Text | Image |
| RPC 1227 | Domitia, AE of Attuda, Caria. AD 82-96. Magistrate Menippos Apollonos. ΔOMITIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / ΔIA MENIΠΠOY AΠOΛΛΩNOY ATTOYΔEΩN, Dionysos, loins draped, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. RPC 1227; SNG Fitz. 4687; Leake Supp. 6; Paris 369.27. | Text | Image |
| Imhoof KM 14 | Antoninus Pius, AE37 of Attuda, Caria, alliance issue with Trapezopolis. AD 138-161. Magistrate M. Ulpius Claudianus, 29.94 g. KAI TI AI AΔΡI EY CE ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right. / ATTOYΔA TΡAΠEZOΠ OMONOIA ΔIA M OYA KΛAYΔIANOY YIOY TOY ΔHMOY, Kybele standing front in the centre, between two lions, between the turreted Tyche of Attuda on the left and Tyche of Trapezoplis on the right, facing each other, each raising arm and holding long sceptre. Imhoof KM 14; Paris 369; Franke-Nollé 90. | Text | Image |
| SNG Righetti 955 | Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AE35 of Attuda, Caria. AD 161-169. 29.22 g. M A ANTΩNINOC K OYHΡOC AYTO KAI AΡ ΠA MH, Marcus Aurelius on the left, and Lucius Verus, on the right, standing facing each other, clasping hands, both holding scrolls. / ΔIA KAΡMINIOY KΛAYΔIANOY ACIAΡXOY ATTOYΔEΩN, Kybele, kalathos on head, standing front between two lions. SNG Righetti 955. | Text | Image |
| BMC 28 | Commodus, AE28 of Attuda, Caria. AD 177-192. 11.2 g. AYT KAI M AYΡ KOMMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / ATTOYΔEΩN, Kybele seated left, holding patera, resting left arm on drum, two lions at her sides. BMC 28; Türkoglu Attuda B31; Paris 369-35; Waddington 2269. | Text | Image |
| Burstein 673 | Septimius Severus, AE of Attuda, Caria. AD 193-211. Magistrate M. Val. Car. Claudius. 17.53 g. AY K Λ CEΠ CEYHΡOC ΠEΡ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / M OY KAΡ KΛAYΔIANOC ACIAΡX ATTOYΔEΩN (or similar), tetrastyle temple with Kybele standing facing within between two lions. Burstein coll. 673, otherwise unpublished. | Text | Image |
| Leu 48, 368 | Septimius Severus, AE37 of Attuda, Caria. AD 193-211. Magistrate Ary. Sythikos. 26.05 g. AY KAI ΛOY CEΠ CEYHΡOC ΠEΡ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI AΡY CYΘIKOY Δ ATTOYΔEΩN, Kybele standing facing, between two lions. Star and crescent across upper fields. Bank Leu 48, lot 368. Unpublished. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 2501 | Septimius Severus and Julia Domna, AE medallion of Attuda, Caria. AD 193-211. 25.95 g. Magistrate M. Val. Car. Claudius. AYT K Λ CEΠT CEOYHΡOC ΠEΡ IOYΛ ΔOMNA CEBAC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus right facing draped bust of Domna left / M OY KAΡ KΛAYΔIANOC ACIAΡX AN ATTOYΔEΩN, Kybele standing facing, between two lions. SNG von Aulock 2501. | Text | Image |
| Mionnet IV, 293 | Julia Domna, AE29 of Attuda, Caria. AD 193-217, 14.3 g. Magistrate Kl. Flabias Appi. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEBACTH, draped bust right. / ΔIA KΛ ΦΛABIAC AΠΠI IEΡEIAC ATTOYΔEΩN around and in fields, Demeter standing left, holding corn-ears and torch. Mionnet IV, 293; Sestini p. 457. | Text | Image |
| Leu 6, 562 | Caracalla and Plautilla, AE28 of Attuda, Caria. AD 198-217. 13.20 g. AYT KAI ANTΩ Φ ΠΛAYTI, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right facing the draped bust of Plautilla left. Countermark: laureate head right. / ATTOYΔEΩN, Herakles standing front, looking left, leaning on club and with lionskin over his left arm. Apparently unpublished. SNG von Aulock 2502 var (this reverse for Julia Domna. Leu 6, 562. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 2504 | Caracalla AE medallion of Attuda, Caria. AD 198-217. 25.79 g. AYTOK KAI M AY ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / AYTOK KAI ANTΩNEIN ATTOYΔE-ΩN, Caracalla on horseback riding right, wielding spear, two fallen enemies beneath the horse. SNG von Aulock 2504. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 2505 Genuine and Fake | Caracalla AE42 medallion of Attuda, Caria. AD 198-217. 52.74 g. Magistrate M. V. Car. Claudianus. AYT KAI M AY ANTΩNIN, laureate, draped bust right / M OY KAΡ KΛAYΔIANOC ACIAΡX ANEΘ around, ATTOYΔEΩN below, Caracalla on horseback riding right, wielding spear at two fallen enemies beneath the horse. SNG von Aulock 2505. Examples of the original and two fakes. | Text | Image |
| Naumann 55, 514 | Diadumenian, AE29 of Attuda, Caria. AD 217-218. 13.2 g. M AN ΔIAΔOYMENIANOC, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / ATTOYΔEΩN, Kybele seated left, holding patera and resting elbow on tympanum, lion at her left and right sides. Unpublished. Naumann 55, lot 514. | Text | Image |
| CNG 69, 1014 | Severus Alexander AE 32mm of Attuda, Caria. AVT K M AVΡ CEO AΛEXANΔΡOC, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / ATTOYΔEΩN, tetrastyle temple with central arch, set on three-tiered base; within, cult statue of Kybele or Serapis standing within. Unpublished. | Text | Image |
| BMC 33 | Gallienus, AE19 of Attuda, Caria. AD 253-268. 13.98 g. AY K ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛIHNOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ATTOYΔEΩN, Kybele standing front between two lions. BMC 33-34; SNG Cop 169; SNG von Aulock 2507. | Text | Image |
| BMC 35 | Gallienus, AE30 of Attuda, Caria. AD 253-268. 15.97 g. ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛIHNOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ATTOYΔEΩN, Kybele sitting left on lion, holding long transverse sceptre. BMC 35. | Text | Image |
| BMC 36 | Gallienus, AE25 of Attuda, Caria. AD 253-268. 7.36 g. AY KAI ΠO ΓAΛΛIHNOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ATTOYΔEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. BMC 36; Weber 6438. | Text | Image |
| SNG v Aulock 2508 | Salonina AE 20mm of Attuda, Caria. IOY KOΡ CAΛΩNINA, diademed draped bust right on a crescent / ATTOYΔEΩN, large garlanded altar surmounted by two smaller altars between three pine cones; dagger in exergue. SNG v.Aulock 2508; SNG Cop 170. | Text | Image |
