The Island of Kos or Cos, one of the Dodecanese, is in the southwestern Aegean Sea
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| BMC 18 | Kos, Caria. ca 357-330 BC. AR Didrachm. Magistrate Age.. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / KΩION AΓH, veiled female head left. BMC 18; SNG Keckman 286-287. | Text | Image |
| BMC 19 | Kos, Caria. AR didrachm. ca. 345-330 BC. 20 mm, 6.43 g. Magistrate Philo.. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / KΩION below, ΦI to right of veiled female head left. BMC 19; SNG Cop 620. | Text | Image |
| BMC 20-21 | Kos, Caria. AR didrachm. ca. 345-330 BC. 18.5mm, 6.69 g. Magistrate Phil... Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / KΩION below, ΦIΛ to right of veiled female head left. BMC 20-21. | Text | Image |
| BMC 22 | Kos, Caria. AR didrachm. ca. 345-330 BC. 18.5mm, 6.67 g. Magistrate Biton. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / KΩION below, BITΩN to right of veiled female head left. BMC 22; SNG von Aulock 2752; SNG Cop 621; Pixodarus 34; HGC 6, 1306; SNG Keckman 288-289; Dewing 2387. | Text | Image |
| BMC 25 | Kos, Caria, AE, 1.29 g. ca 4th century BC. Bearded head of Herakles right / KΩI, Crab, club above. BMC 25. | Text | Image |
| BMC 32 | Kos, Caria, AE11. ca 366-300 BC. Veiled head of Demeter right / Crab, club below. BMC 32. (Unclear legend on this example) | Text | Image |
| BMC 42 | Kos, Caria, AR Tetradrachm. ca 285-258 BC. Timolykos, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / K-ΩIO-N TIMOΛYKO&Sigma, crab, bow and quiver below; all in dotted square. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| BMC 43 | Kos, Caria, AR-Tetradrachm, 14.95 g., 27 mm. ca 285-258 BC. Magistrate Moschios. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / KΩIΩN MOΣCIΩN above and beneath crab, bow in bowcase below, all within dotted square. BMC 43 (same dies). | Text | Image |
| BMC 51 | Kos, Caria. AR didrachm, 300-190 BC. 20 mm, 6.38 gr. Magistrate Kleinos. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / KΩIΩN KΛEINOΣ, crab, club below, all in dotted square. BMC 51; Hunter 4; SNG Cop 633; Paton and Hicks, 32. | Text | Image |
| BMC 52 | Kos, Caria, AR Didrachm. ca 300-190 BC. Magistrate Nikon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / KΩIΩN NIKΩN, Crab; club below. SNG von Aulock 2754. | Text | Image |
| BMC 62 | Kos, Caria, AR Drachm. ca 357-330 BC. Magistrate Moschion. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / KΩIΩN MOΣXIΩN, Crab, club below. SNG von Aulock 2750. | Text | Image |
| BMC 70 | Kos, Caria, AR Hemidrachm. Magistrate Upinikos. ca 285-258 BC. Head of young Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / KΩION YΠINIKOY, crab above horizontal club. SNG von Aulock 2758. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| BMC 137 | Kos, Caria. AR tetrobol, 12 mm, 1.91 g. 200-170 BC. Magistrates Nikostra and Deinias. Laureate head of Asklepios right. / NIKOΣTΡ ΔEINIAΣ upwards to left and right of coiled serpent, KΩ below, coiled serpent, all within incuse square. BMC 137; Kroll 24; Paris 1214; Stefanaki 2036. | Text | Image |
| BMC 170 | Kos, Caria, AE 25. c. 88-50 BC, Magistrate Alkidamos. Laureate head of Apollo right / KΩINΩN AΛKIΔA to left and right of lyre, all within wreath. BMC 170; Paton-Hicks 228; SNG Cop 665. | Text | Image |
| BMC 173 | Kos, Caria, AE24. c. 88-50 BC, Magistrate Emmenibas. Laureate head of Apollo right / KΩIΩN EMMEN to left and right of lyre, all within wreath. | Text Text | Image Image |
| BMC 174 | Kos, Caria, AE24. Magistrate Eukrat-. ca. 88-50 BC, Laureate head of Apollo right / KΩIΩN EYKΡAT to left and right of lyre, all within wreath. | Text | Image |
| BMC 178 type 1 | Kos, Caria. AE21. Civic issue, 167-88 BC. Magistrate Agesias. 8.63 g. Bearded head of Asklepios right. / KΩIΩN AΓHΣIAΣ to left and right of serpent-entwined staff. BMC 178; Ingvaldsen XXI 71-73; SNG Oxford 90. | Text | Image |
| BMC 178 type 2 | Kos, Caria. AE21. Civic issue, 167-88 BC. Magistrate Agesias. 8.63 g. Bearded head of Asklepios right. / KΩIΩN AΓHΣIAΣ to right and left of serpent-entwined staff. BMC 178; Ingvaldsen XXI 71-73; SNG Oxford 90. | Text | Image |
| BMC 179-181 | Kos, Caria. AE20. Civic issue, 180-70 BC. Magistrate Aglaos. 7.68 g. Bearded head of Asklepios right. / KΩIΩN AΓΛAOΣ to right and left of serpent-entwined staff. BMC 179-181; Ingvaldsen XXI 26-70; SNG Oxford 91; SNG Cop 670. | Text | Image |
| BMC 185 | Kos, Caria. AE20. Civic issue, 180-70 BC. Magistrate Kleyma. 5.83 g. Bearded head of Asklepios right. / KΩIΩN KΛEYMA to right and left of serpent-entwined staff. BMC 185; Ingvaldsen XXI 123-136; SNG von Aulock 8178. | Text | Image |
| BMC 187-188 corr. | Kos, Caria. AE20. Civic issue, 180-70 BC. Magistrate Polyarchos. 7.76 g. Bearded head of Asklepios right. / KΩIΩN ΠOΛYAΡX to right and left of serpent-entwined staff. BMC 187-188 corr. (magistrate's name); Ingvaldsen XXI 12-17; Karl Coll. 365. | Text | Image |
| BMC 190 | Kos, Caria. AE22. Civic issue, 167-88 BC. Magistrate Filinos. Bearded head of Asklepios right. / KΩIΩN ΦIΛINOΣ to right and left of serpent-entwined staff. BMC 190; Ingvaldsen XXI 1-11; Milan 2877; SNG Oxford 94. | Text | Image |
| BMC 198 | Kos, Caria, AE31, magistrate Kallipides. ca 30 BC. NIKIAS, head of Nikias right in a slight beard, band in hair / KΩIΩN KAΛΛIΠΠIΔHΣ, laureate head of Asklepios right. BMC 198: RPC I 2728, SNG Cop 689. | Text | Image |
| BMC 208 | Kos, Caria. AE 31. No legend, bearded head of Herakles right, club over shoulder / KΩINΩ, bowl on three legs, with two birds standing on the rim, drinking from the bowl. BMC 208. | Text | Image |
| Dewing 2393 corr | Kos, Caria, AR Hemidrachm. ca 190-167 BC. 12mm, 1.36 g. Magistrate Theugenes. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / K-ΩIO-N, crab; ΘEYΓENH[Σ] and club below. | Text | Image |
| Ingvaldsen 31 | Kos, Caria, 190-166 BC. AE13mm. Magistrate Kleuchios. Three-quarter facing head of Herakles, head turned slightly right / KΩI KΛEYXIO, club and a bow in a bow case. Ingvaldsen XX 31 (this coin); Triton V, 491; Münsterberger II, pg. 124 (this coin cited). | Text | Image |
| Ingvaldsen 108 | Kos, Caria, AE, ca 3rd-2nd century BC. 1.45g. Magistrate Teisias. Head of Herakles left, wearing lionskin headdress / KΩIΩN TEIΣI, Crab, club below. Ingvaldsen 108; Göttingen 109.1. | Text | Image |
| Ingvaldsen 137-139 | Kos, Caria. AE22. Civic issue, 167-88 BC. 6.99 g. Magistrate Kleufa. Bearded head of Asklepios right. / KΩIΩN KΛEYΦA to right and left of serpent-entwined staff. Ingvaldsen 137-139; Righetti Coll. Sale, part III, 465. | Text | Image |
| Kroll 18 | Kos, Caria, AR Tetrobol. ca 145-88 BC. Magistrates Nikome.. and Theufami. Head of bearded Asklepios right / NIKOMHΔ ΘEYΦAMI to left and right of coiled serpent; KΩI below, all within incuse square. Kroll 18. | Text | Image |
| Kroll 31b | Kos, Caria. AR tetrobol, 14 mm, 2.04 g. 167-88 BC. Magistrates Asklepios and Nikarchos. Laureate head of Asklepios right. / AΣKΛHΠ NIKAΡXO upwards to left and right of coiled serpent, KΩI below, coiled serpent, all within incuse square, H below. Kroll 31b. | Text | Image |
| PatonHicks 86 | Kos, Caria, AE17, (4.16g) c. 190-88 BC. Magistrate Philinos. Head of Herakles 3/4 facing, wearing lion skin / KΩIΩN ΦIΛINOΣ, Bow in case and club. Paton and Hicks 86; cf BMC 156ff. | Text | Image |
| Paton&Hicks 100b | Kos, Caria. AE10, 1.45 gr. 300-190 BC. Magistrate Teisias. Head of Herakles left, wearing lionskin / KΩIΩN above crab, TEIΣI below. Paton and Hicks 100b. | Text | Image |
| Pixodarus 12 | Kos, Caria. AR didrachm. ca. 345-330 BC. 18 mm, 6.55 g. Magistrate Ma... Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / KΩION below, MA to right of veiled female head left. Pixodarus 12; SNG Cop 619 (with A off flan). | Text | Image |
| Pixodarus 19a | Kos, Caria. AR didrachm. ca. 345-330 BC. 20 mm, 6.85 g. Magistrate Iph... (or Philo..) Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / KΩION below, IΦ to right of veiled female head left. Pixodarus 19a (this coin); Pixodarus Hoard (CH IX, p. 421, this coin) (SNG Cop 622 var (drachm)). | Text | Image |
| Requier 43c | Kos, Caria, AR Tetradrachm. 300-190 BC. Magistrate Leodamas. Head of Herakles right wearning lionskin / KΩION above crab, magistrate ΛEΩΔAMAΣ, bow in case below. | Text | Image |
| Requier 48 | Kos, Caria, AR Tetradrachm. ca 285–258 BC. Magistrate Leodamas. Head of young Herakles right in lion skin headdress / KΩION above crab, ΛEΩΔAMAΣ, bow in case below. SNG Cop 627; Rhousopoulos 3967; Waddington 2721; SNG Berry 1116; Requier 48. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2724 | Kos, Caria, Nikias, tyrant, ca. 30 BC, AE32, 23.66 g. Magistrate Antiochos. NIKIAΣ, lightly bearded and bare head of Nikias right / KΩIΩN ANTIOXOΣ, laureate head of Asklepios right. RPC 2724; BMC 196; SNG Cop 687; Paton-Hicks 234. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 617 | Kos, Caria, AR Triple Siglos, ca. 480-470 BC. 16.60g. [KOΣ] Nude male youth hurling a discus, standing facing, weight on his right leg, left leg is crossing behind, the upper part of the body bent to its right side. On the left, large tripod, the prize of the contest. / Irregular square incuse with diagonal lines, small crayfish in lower section. Babelon Traite 2,2 1738; Imhoof MG 98; BMC 6-9; Mionnet III, 5; SNG Cop 617; SNG Fitz. 4758-4759. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 622 | Kos, Caria. AR drachm. ca. 345-330 BC. 15 mm, 3.44 g. Magistrate Phi(leonidas). Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / KΩION below, IΦ to right of veiled female head left. SNG Cop 622; Egger auction 45, lot 594 (1913). | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 627 | Kos, Caria, AR Tetradrachm. Magistrate Leodamas. ca 285-258 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / K-ΩIO-N ΛEΩΔAMAΣ, crab; bow and quiver below, all in dotted square. Requier 40ff, SNG Berry 1116; Paton-Hicks 18. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 637 | Kos, Caria, AR drachm. ca 3rd-2nd Cent. BC. Magistrate Lukon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / Crab; club and ΛYKΩN below. SNG Cop 637; Weber 6634; BMC 61. | Text | Image |
| SNG Keckman 228v | Kos, Caria, AR Tetradrachm. Phase 4, circa 345-340 BC. Magistrate Athamas. Head of Herakles right, in lionskin / Veiled head of female left; AΘAMAΣ to right. Ingvaldsen III, 5-11. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 2758 var | Kos, Caria, AR Hemidrachm. Magistrate Kallisthenes. Ca. 300-190 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / crab on club, KAΛΛIΣΘ below. Ingvaldsen XIII, 86-103; ANS 170.267; Athens 48-60 and 192-209 all ex Pyle hoard (IGCH 1308). | Text | Image |
| Wealth 111 | Kos, Caria, AR Tetradrachm. ca 170 BC. Head of Aphrodite right, wreathed with myrtle / IKOΣTΡATOΣ, Asklepios standing right, resting on serpent staff, legs crossed. Paton-Hicks 128. | Text | Image |
| Weber 6652 | Kos, Caria, AE12, 190-167 BC. 1.46 g. Head of Helios or youthful Herakles facing. / KΩI MEΔΩN, club and bow in bowcase. Weber 6652; SNG von Aulock 8174. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2738 | Augustus AE21 of Kos, Caria. 6.4g. Magistrate Sophocles, son of Timoxenos. ΣEBAΣTOΣ KΩIΩN, laureate head right. / EIΡANA ΣOΦOKΛEΣ TIMOXENOY, laureate head of Eirene right. RPC 2738; BMC 224-225. | Text | Image |
| See also: | PDF Download from wildwinds: Coin pages extract of Inscriptions of Cos by Paton and Hicks. (Old but excellent for finding Magistrate's names). 11 Mb, no images. | ||
| See also: | PDF Download from University Museum of Cultural Heritage, Oslo: Hakon Ingvaldsen's wonderful 2002 thesis: COS – Coinage and Society | ||
| Entry for Caria, Kos on the Digital Historia Numorum | |||
