Ancient Coinage of Cyclades, Syros

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BMC 1Syros, Cyclades, AE16. 3rd-1st centuries BC. 4.18 g. Head of Pan right, hair bound in a taenia. / ΣYΡ, goat standing left, corn ear to left. BMC 1; Kroll 847a-b; Pozzi (Boutin) 4589 (this coin); Bompoise 1286; Rhousopoulos 3184.TextImage
BMC 1vSyros, Cyclades, AE17, 3rd Century BC. 3.32g. Horned and bearded head of Pan right / ΣYΡI, bearded goat standing left; grain ear before, wreath(?) below. Mionnet II, 135 var; BMC Crete 1 var. (no wreath); Laffaille 404 var. (ditto); Weber 4719 var. (ditto), Sear 3152.TextImage
BMC 9Syros, Cyclades, AE15 civic issue. 3rd-2nd c. BC. 3.23 g. Bearded and horned head of Pan right, hair bound in a taenia. / ΣYΡI, goat standing right, corn ear in right field. BMC 9; SNG Cop 755-758; Mionnet II, 136; Agora Kroll 847c; Weber 4720 (this coin).TextImage
BMC 16Syros, Cyclades, AE13 civic issue. 3rd-2nd c. BC. Bee. / ΣY, pileus surmounted by a star. BMC 16; Prokesch-Osten 47 in AZ 1849.TextImage
Dewing 1968Cyclades, Syros. Circa 150 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Wreathed head of Demeter right / The two Kabiri (or Dioskuri) standing facing, each holding sceptre & surmounted by star; monogram to right, all within wreath. Winterthur 2319. TextImage
Laffaille 134vSyros, Cyclades, 3rd-1st centuries BC. AE12 2.13 g. Wreathed head of Dionysos left / Kantharos, B-like character at lower left, retrograde S-like letter at lower right. cf. Laffaille 134 (symbols).Text
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Sear SG 3152Cyclades, Syros. 3rd Century BC. AE 17mm. Horned & bearded head of Pan right / ΣYΡI, bearded goat standing left; grain ear before, wreath(?) below. TextImage
DOMITIAN
RPC 263Domitian, AE21 of Syros, Cyclades. AD 81-96. KAICAΡ AYΓOYCTOC ΔOMITIANOC, laureate head right. / CY-ΡI KA-BIΡ across fields, the heads of the Kabiri facing each other, corn-ear between them, star and bee below. RPC II 263; BMC 21 (this coin); SNG Cop 760; Paris 428; Hunter 1; Weber 4722.TextImage
ANTONINUS PIUS
BMC 24Antoninus Pius, AE21 of Syros, Cyclades. AD 138-161. 7.82 g. AYT KAI CEB ANTωNEINOC, laureate head right. / CYΡI KABIΡΩN, the Kabiri personified by the head of Faustina II right, facing the head of Marcus Aurelius left, corn ear between them, bee and star below. BMC 24; RPC online 4707; SNG Cop 762; Paris 431; Mionnet Supp. IV, 292-293.TextImage
MARCUS AURELIUS
SNG Cop 763Marcus Aurelius AE17 of Syros, Cyclades. AD 139-161. 3.84 g. OYHΡOC KAICAΡ, bare head right. / EICIC CYΡIωN, draped bust of Isis right, wearing lotus headdress. SNG Cop 763; RPC IV online 5279.TextImage
SNG Cop 764Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AE of Syros, Cyclades. AY ANTON AY ANTwNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius right, facing laureate, draped and cuirassed of Lucius Verus left / CYΡIΩN, draped bust of Isis right, wearing lotos crown. SNG Cop 764; Chaix 313.TextImage
COMMODUS
Paris 439Commodus, AE23 of Syros, Cyclades. AD 177-192. 6.26 g. Λ AY KOMOΔOC (retrograde), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / CYΡIωN (retrograde), the Dioskuri standing facing each other, each holding a spear. Paris 439; Burstein 467; Weber 4726s; Chandon de Briailles 913 corr. ("Tripolis, Phoenicia"); Berlin 8120; RPC temp 5278.TextImage