Ancient Coinage of Ionia, Miletos


Miletus or Miletos, near the mouth of the Meander River in Anatolia

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CIVIC AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
BMC 2vMiletos, Ionia Electrum Stater. Before 575 BC. Lion reclining left, head turned back, within rectangular frame divided into smaller rectangular compartments / Central oblong punch containing a fox standing left and three dots, flanked by two square punches containing, respectively, a stag's head left and a cross shape formed by five joined dots. Traité II 19. TextImage
BMC 37Miletos, AR obol, struck under Hekatomnos (395-372 BC), satrap of Caria. 9 mm, 1.01 g. Head of lion left, E[KA] above / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Pozzi 2482; BMC 37-41; Klein 505.TextImage
BMC 47Miletos, Ionia. 350-300 BC. AE 14mm. Magistrate Lykos. Lion standing left, head turned back; IM monogram above / ΛYKOΣ around stellate pattern. BMC 47; Deppert Milet 279-280. TextImage
BMC 66Miletos, Ionia, AR Drachm. ca 352-325 BC. Magistrate Rhodios. 14.5 mm, 3.66 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / ΡOΔIOΣ beneath lion walking left, head turned back; MI monogram in left field. BMC 66; Deppert 172-177; Weber 6047; Hunter 6.TextImage
BMC 94Miletos, Ionia AR drachm, 260-250 BC. 20 mm, 5.18 g. Magistrate Alkon. Laureate head of Apollo left. / Lion standing left, head right, star above. MI monogram over T in left field, AΛKΩN in exergue. BMC 94; Deppert-Lippitz Milet 515.TextImage
BMC 103Miletos, Ionia, AE. 250-190 BC. Persic Standard. Magistrate Basileides. Laureate head of Apollo right, circle of dots / BAΣIΛEIΔHΣ beneath lion standing right, looking back at star in upper field, all within wreath. BMC 103; Deppert Milet 544-548; SNG Cop 991.TextImage
BMC 109Miletos, Ionia. 250-190 BC. AE 14mm. Magistrate Eubates. Laureate head of Apollo facing three-quarters to left / EYBATHΣ, Lion standing right, looking back at star above. Deppert Milet 609; BMC 109.TextImage
BMC 127Miletos, Ionia, 200-100 BC. Magistrate Hippolochos. AE18 mm, 4.52 gr. Laureate head of Apollo right / MI to left, Θ in right field, IΠΠOΛOCOΣ below, lion standing right, looking left, star above. SNG Cop 996; Deppert Milet 839-840; BMC 127.TextImage
BMC 139Miletos, Ionia, AE16. 39-17 BC. 3.68 g. Apollo Didymaios standing right, holding stag and bow / MIΛECIω-N, Lion crouching right, looking left, star above. Paris 1845; BMC 139-140; SNG Cop 1004; Sear 4521.TextImage
Boston 1882Miletos, Ionia, Electrum stater. ca 560-545 BC. 13.97g. Roaring lion lying left, head turned back, within a decorative rectangular frame / Three ornamental incuse punches, on the left a square punch containing a stag’s head right; in the centre a rectangular punch containing a fox running left (downwards) and an ornament; on the right a square punch containing a star of five dots connected by lines. Boston 1882; Weidauer 126 var. (direction of stag's head); SNG Kayhan 440 var.TextImage
Deppert 1-3Miletos, Ionia, AR Drachm. ca 352-325 BC. Magistrate Leukippos. 17.5 mm, 3.67 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / ΛEYKIΠΠOΣ beneath lion walking left, head turned back; MI monogram in left field. Deppert 1-3; Dewing 2298.TextImage
Deppert 56-59Miletos, Ionia, AR hemidrachm, 327-326 BC. Magistrate Antiand.. 1.33 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / ANTIANΔ.. beneath lion standing left, star above. MI monogram in left field. Deppert-Lippitz 56-59; SNG Cop 970; SNG Fitz 4544; Paris 1802; Waddington 1798.TextImage
Deppert 68Miletos, Ionia, AR tetradrachm, 23 mm, 15.18 g. Magistrate Demainos. 352-325 BC. Laureate head of Apollo left. / ΔHMAINOΣ beneath lion standing left, head turned back, star above, MI monogram in left field. Deppert 68-76; Boston I 1886; Paris 1729; Waddington 1802; Traité II-2, 7; Berlin 18200160.TextImage
Deppert 116-124Miletos, Ionia, AR Drachm. ca 350-325 BC. Magistrate Lenaios. 15 mm, 3.61 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / ΛHNAIOΣ beneath lion standing left, looking back, star above, MI monogram in left field. Deppert 116-124; Paris 1748 and 1757.TextImage
Deppert 125-130Miletos, Ionia. Magnistrate Damnas. ca 352-325 BC. AR Drachm. Laureate head of Apollo left / ΔAMNAΣ beneath lion walking left, head turned back; MI monogram before, star above. Deppert 125-130: BMC 54; Paris 1753; Waddington 1801. TextImage
Deppert 166Miletos, Ionia, AR Drachm. ca 352-325 BC. Magistrate Antipatros. 15 mm, 3.59 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / ANTIΠAT beneath lion walking left, head turned back; MI monogram in left field. Deppert 166.TextImage
Deppert 225-231Miletos, Ionia, AR drachm, ca 353-323 BC. Magistrate Diopompos. 16 mm, 3.51 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / ΔIOΠOMΠOΣ beneath lion standing left, looking right, star above. MI monogram in left field. Deppert-Lippitz 225-231; Weber 6043; Traite II-2, 1760f; SNG Cop 960; Paris 1737; Bern 1493; Boston I 1888; SNG Berry 1073.TextImage
Deppert 366Miletos, Ionia, AE19 civic issue, 313-290 BC. Magistrate Moirias. Laureate head of Apollo right. / MOIΡIAΣ beneath lion standing right, looking back, star above. Deppert-Lippitz 366-367.TextImage
Deppert 515Miletos, Ionia, AR Drachm. ca 259-246 BC. Magistrate Alkon. 20 mm, 5.33 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / AΛKΩN beneath lion walking left, head turned back; MI monogram over curled T in left field. Deppert 515; BMC 94.TextImage
Deppert 520Miletos, Ionia. AR drachm, 260-230 BC. 20mm, 5.15 g. Magistrate Theokrines. Laureate head of Apollo left. / MI monogram over T to left, ΘEOKΡINHΣ below, lion standing left, head right, star above. Deppert 520.TextImage
Deppert 529Miletos, Ionia, AR Drachm. ca 250-180 BC. Magistrate Leontiskos. 20 mm, 5.36 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / ΛEONTIΣKOΣ beneath lion walking left, head turned back; MI monogram over E in left field. Deppert 529.TextImage
Deppert 535Miletos, Ionia, AR hemidrachm. ca 260-250 BC. Magistrate Leontiskos. 15 mm, 2.6 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / ΛEONTIΣKOΣ beneath lion walking left, head turned back; MI monogram over T in left field. Deppert 535.TextImage
Deppert 738 varMiletus, Ionia, AR hemidrachm, 15 mm, ca. 175-85 BC. Magistrate Antiandros. Laureate head of Apollo right. / ANTIANΔΡOY beneath lion standing right, head turned back, star above. MI monogram in upper right field, ΡE monogram in lower right field. Deppert-Lippitz 738 var.TextImage
Deppert 757Ionia, Miletos AR Tetradrachm. ca 175 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / MIΛHΣIΩN, lion standing right, head turned back, star above back; in right field, MI monogram above ΡE monogram, magistrate YΛIAΔHΣ in ex. TextImage
Head 107vAE15 of Miletos, Ionia. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion standing right, looking back at star of six to eight rays in upper field, monogram right. ..-IΩN in ex. TextImage
Klein 415Miletos, Ionia. ca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (hemihekte). 7 mm, 1.1 g. Lion's head right. / Incuse punch containing stellate or quincunx pattern of five dots connected by lines. Klein 415; SNG Kayhan 444–449.Text
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Klein 415vMiletos, Ionia. Mid-6th Century BC. EL Twelfth Stater (hemihekte)(1.12 g). Lion's head right / Incuse punch. TextImage
Klein 416Ionia, Miletos. Mid-6th Century BC. EL 1/24th Stater (0.58 gm). Lion head facing / Incuse punch.Text
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Klein 430Ionia, Miletos. Circa 525-494 BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.21 g). Lion's head left / Quail running left.Text
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Klein 443Miletus, Ionia, A10 mm, ca. 175-125 BC. Magistrate Herginos. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion standing right, head turned back, star above, EΡΓINOΣ below. Marcellesi 50; Klein 443 (this coin).TextImage
Lindgren 513Miletos, Ionia AE17. ca 350-300 BC. Head of Apollo right / lion right, head turned back, star above. TextImage
Luynes 2634Miletos, Ionia, 600-400 BC. AR Trihemitartemorion, 7mm, 0.26 gr. Lion's head right within raised dotted border / Star of sixteen rays, eight long and eight short. Luynes coll. 2634.TextImage
RJO 77Miletos, Ionia autonomous Coinage AR 1/96th Stater. 0.12 g, 5.21mm. 525-500 BC. Lion's head right / Quail standing right in incuse square, two dots in opposing corners. RJO 77; cf SNG Berry 1045 (1/48 Stater).TextImage
Rosen 271Miletos, Ionia, ca 650-600 BC. EL Twelfth Stater (1.11 g). Forepart of lion left, head turned back. / Simple starlike floral design with four petals and central dot within incuse square. Rosen 271.TextImage
Rosen 275vMiletos, Ionia. Circa 600 BC. EL Twelfth Stater. Lion's head right / Cross of five dots in incuse. TextImage
Rosen 407-408Ionia, Miletos AR tetartemorion. ca 500 BC. 6.4 mm, 0.25 g. Forepart of lion left, head turned right, one foreleg below, tail curled around to right ("head of lion right") / Bustard (bird) standing right in square incuse, dot at upper left and lower right. SNG von Aulock 1818; Rosen 407-408; SNG Kayhan 947-948; Klein 432; SNG Tuebingen 3006; SNG Berry 1045.Text
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SNG Berry 1045Miletos, Ionia. Circa 500 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion. Lion's head right / Quail right within incuse square, two dots in field. SNG Berry 1045, Rosen 407/8. TextImage
SNG Berry 1046Ionia, Miletos. Circa 500 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (0.16 g). Lion's head left / Quail left within incuse. Cf. Rosen 407-408.Text
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SNG Cop 378Miletos, Ionia. Circa 500 BC. AR Obol (0.67 gm). Protome of lion, seen from above / Scorpion within incuse. Rosen 403. TextImage
SNG Cop 948Ionia, Miletos. 6th - 5th Century B.C. AR Diobol. Forepart of lion right, head turned back / Star-like floral pattern. TextImage
SNG Cop 952Miletos, Ionia, AR 1/12 stater. Late 6th century BC. Forepart of lion left, head turned / Floral star pattern in incuse square. TextImage
SNG Cop 956Miletos, Ionia. 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm. Lion crouching right / Stellate pattern within incuse square. TextImage
SNG Cop 959Miletos, Ionia AR Drachm. ca 352-325 BC. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion walking left, looking right; star above, monogram before, magistrate ΔHMAINOΣ. Deppert-Lippitz 94-103. TextImage
SNG Cop 977Miletos, Ionia. ca 313-290 BC. AE 11mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion standing right, head turned back; star above, magistrate AΡIΣTOΓOΡAΣ. Cambridge, Burkitt 1120.TextImage
SNG Kayhan 440Miletos, Ionia, EL stater, Lydo-Milesian standard. 22 mm, 13.95 g. Lion reclining left, head right, within rectangular, ladder-patterned frame. / Central irregular oblong punch containing a fox left and a pattern of three dots, with a cross-shaped punch with five joined dots on the left and a square punch with a stag's head on the right. SNG Kayhan 440; Traité II-1, 19.TextImage
SNG Kayhan 443Miletos, Ionia. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater 11mm, 2.25 g. Lion reclining left, head turned back, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing geometric and stellate designs. SNG Kayhan 443. TextImage
SNG Kayhan 444Ionia, Miletos. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Twelfth Stater or Hemihekte. Lion's head right / Punch with four dots connected to central dot. SNG Kayhan 444-448. Text
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SNG Kayhan 449Miletos, Ionia. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Twelfth Stater or Hemihekte. Lion's head left / Punch with four dots connected to central dot. SNG Kayhan 449; Rosen 275. TextImage
SNG Kayhan 455Miletos. 6th Century BC. AR Triobol. Lion's head facing in dotted square / Stellate pattern within double lattice-work square. SNG Kayhan 455-460; SNG Keckman II 262. TextImage
SNG Keck 925Miletos, Ionia. AR 1/48th stater. 0.21 grams, 5.39 mm. 525-494 BC. Lion's head right / Quail standing left within incuse square. SNG Keckman I, 925; Klein 432; Sear -.TextImage
SNG Tub 3000 cfMiletos, Ionia. AE 9mm (2nd-1st c. BC). 0.66 g. Forepart of lion left, head reverted / MI, Bird standing right. cf. SNG Tuebingen 3000; SNG Berry 1046 (no legend and silver).TextImage
SNG Tub 3001Miletos, Ionia, 510-494 BC. AR Tetartemorion 6 mm, 0.28 gr. Lion's head left / Bird standing left, within incuse square. SNG Tuebingen 3001-3005.TextImage
SNG vA 2082Miletos, Ionia. Ca 500 BC. AR 1/12th Stater. Head of roaring lion right / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Sear 3532; SNG von Aulock 2082.TextImage
Traité II-1, 14Ionia, Miletos. Before 575 BC. EL 1/3rd Stater - Trite. Lion reclining left, head turned back, within segmented rectangular frame / Two irregular incuse punches.Text
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Traite II-1, 63Miletos, Ionia. Electrum 1/12 Stater, 1.1 g. ca. 600-550 BC. Lion's head left. / Incuse punch containing stellate or quincunx pattern of five dots connected by lines. Traité II-1, 63; SNG Kayhan I, 449.TextImage
Traité II-1, 17vMiletos, Ionia EL Stater. Before 575 BC. Lion reclining right, head turned back, within rectangular frame divided into smaller rectangular compartments / Central oblong punch containing a running fox & three dots; square punch below containing stellate pattern; square punch above containing N pattern. TextImage
Traité II-1, 23Miletos, Ionia, EL stater, Lydo-Milesian standard. 22 mm, 13.95 g. Lion reclining right, head left, within rectangular, ladder-patterned frame. / Central irregular oblong punch containing a fox left and a pattern of three dots, with a cross-shaped punch with five joined dots on the left and a square punch with a stag's head on the right. Traité II-1, 23; cf BMC 3 (the positions of the two smaller punches reversed).TextImage
Weidauer 126Ionia, Miletos EL Stater. Before 575 BC. Lion reclining left, head turned back, within segmented rectangular frame / Central oblong punch containing a running fox & three dots; square punch above containing stag's head; square punch below containing stellate pattern. Boston MFA 1882. Text
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Weidauer 126cfIonia, Miletos EL Stater. Late seventh-early sixth century BC. Lion reclining left, head turned back, within double rectangular border with dentate pattern / Three incuses: the first square, containing stag head right; the second an elongated rectangle containing L & dog(?) left; the third, overlapping the second square & containing a cruciform pattern.Text
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Weidauer 130Miletos. Before 575 BC. EL Hekte. Lion reclining left, head turned back / Two divided incuse squares.TextImage
wwxls 6183Miletos, Ionia. AE15. ca 294-281 BC. Magistrate Zeychileos. Laureate head of Apollo right / ZEYΞIΛEΩ(Σ), lion walking right, head turned back, star above. wwxls 6183. Unlisted magistrate. TextImage
Sear SG 3532Miletos, Ionia, AR 1/12 Stater. c 525 BC, Lion's head right / Star ornament within incuse square. Grose 8207, SNG vA 2082, SNG Cop 952, BMC 185.TextImage
Sear SG 3533Miletos, Ionia AR 1/12 stater. ca 525 BC. Head of lion left / Star ornament within incuse square. Grose 8210, SNG vA 2081, BMC 186.TextImage
Sear SG 4502Miletos AR Drachm. Mid 4th century BC. Magistrate Kallaischros. Laureate head of Apollo left / KAΛΛAIΣXΡOΣ beneath lion standing left, looking back at star.TextImage
Sear 4508Miletos, Ionia AR Hemidrachm. 250-200 BC. Magistrate Deinostratos. Laureate head of Apollo left / ΔEINOΣTΡATOΣ, lion standing left, looking back at star. Monograms in left field. BMC 99.TextImage
Sear 4521Miletos, Ionia, AE17. Cult statue of Apollo right, holding leaping stag, and bow / Lion reclining right, looking back at star in upper field, monogram or letter before, MIΛHCIΩN below (No magistrate's name).TextImage
ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINS
CALIGULA
RPC 2703Caligula AE21 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 37-41. 5.33 g. ΓAIOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΓEΡMANIKOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head right, star in right field. / MIΛHΣIΩN ΔIΔYMEYΣ, Apollo Didymeus standing right, holding bow and stag. RPC I 2703; Paris 1857.TextImage
RPC 2704Caligula, AE20 of Miletos, Ionia. 37-41 AD. 5.98 g. ΓAIOΣ KAIΣAΡ ΓEΡMANIKOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head of Gaius Caligula right; star before / (from top left) MIΛHΣIΩN ΘEA ΔΡOYΣIΛΛA, draped bust of Drusilla right, wearing stephane. RPC 2704; BMC 144. Vagi 475; Mionnet III 776.TextImage
CLAUDIUS
RPC 2708Claudius, AE21 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 41-54. 5.82 g. ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head left, star in left field. / MIΛHΣIΩN ΔIΔYMEYΣ, Apollo Didymeus standing right, holding bow and stag. RPC I 2708; BMC 146; Paris 1862; McClean 8242; Mionnet III, 777.TextImage
NERO
RPC 2713Nero, AE21 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 54-68. 4.56 g. Magistrate Ti. Dama.. ΣEBAΣTOSigma; (or CEBACTOC), laureate head right / EΠI TI ΔAMA MIΛHCIΩN downwards to left and right of Apollo standing right, holding bow and stag. RPC I 2713; BMC 148; Paris 1876; SNG von Aulock 2104; SNG Tuebingen 3084.TextImage
RPC 2713 (2)Nero, AE21 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 54-68. 4.56 g. Magistrate Ti. Dama.. CEBACTOC, laureate head right / EΠI TI ΔAMA MIΛHCIΩN downwards to left and right of Apollo standing right, holding bow and stag. RPC I 2713; BMC 148; Paris 1876; SNG von Aulock 2104; SNG Tuebingen 3084.TextImage
RPC 2714Nero, AE21 of Miletos, Ionia. AD 54-68. 6.71 g. ΣEBAΣTOΣ, bare head left / MIΛHΣIΩN EΠI TI ΔAMAΣ upwards and downwards to right and left of Apollo Didymeus standing right, holding bow and stag. RPC I 2714; Mionnet Supp. VI, 1248-1249 corr.; BMC 1991.2.7.3.TextImage
DOMITIAN
RPC 1151Domitian, AE17 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 14-37. 4.21 g. CEBACTOC, laureate head right. / MIΛHCIΩN, Cult statue of Apollo Didymaeus standing right, holding stag and bow, star in right field. RPC II 1151-1152; BMC 152-153; SNG Tuebingen 3093; SNG Cop 1014; SNG von Aulock 2106.TextImage
RPC 1154Domitian, Miletos, AE15. ΣEBA-ΣTOΣ, Laureate draped bust right / MI, Lion leaping right, looking left at star, all within wreath. RPC 1154; BMC 154; SNG von Aulock 2107; SNG Lewis 1490.TextImage
TRAJAN
BMC 156 corr.Trajan, AE26 of Miletos, Ionia. AD 98-117. Magistrate Fla. Minni. Philometor. 6.6 g. AYTO NEΡ TΡAIANOC KAI CE ΓEΡMA, laureate head right. / EΠI ΦΛA MINNI ΦIΛOMHTOΡOC MIΛHCIΩN, tetrastyle temple on three steps, with cult statue of Apollo Didymeus, holding stag, standing right by tripod within. BMC 156 corr. ("hexastyle temple"); Dessau 818 (this coin); RPC III, 2134.TextImage
RPC 2133Trajan, AE27 of Miletos, Ionia. AD 98-117. Magistrate Fla. Minni. Philometor. 10.42 g. AYTO NEΡ TΡAIANOC KAI CE ΓEΡMA, laureate head right. / EΠI ΦΛA MINNI ΦIΛOMHTOΡOC MIΛHCIΩN, cult statue of Apollo Didymeus standing right, holding stag. Baldus 548–549; RPC III, 2133.TextImage
HADRIAN
Imhoof GM 337Hadrian AE16 of Miletos, Ionia. AD 117-138. CEBACTOC, Laureate and cuirassed bust right / EΠI Φ ZΩMIΛH, Lion standing right, looking back; star above. Imhoof GM 337; SNG Tuebingen 3095; Waddington 1860; RPC 2137.TextImage
RPC 2139Hadrian, AE27 of Miletos, Ionia. AD 117-138. CEBACTOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right. / EΠI ΦΛ MI ZΩ B around and in fields, cult image of Apollo Didymeus standing right, holding stag and bow. RPC III 2139; Berlin 18292531; Plankenhorn (Naumann) 1217.TextImage
RPC 2142Hadrian, AE15 of Miletos, Ionia. AD 117-138. Magistrate Reginos. AΔΡIANOC CEBACTOC, laureate head right. / MIΛHCIΩN EΠI ΡHΓINOY, lion standing left, head right, looking at star above. RPC III 2142; Berlin 4448; Plankenhorn 1220.TextImage
SNG Cop 1018Hadrian, Miletos, Ionia. AE20. AΔΡIANOC CEBACTOC, laureate head right / EΠI ΡEΓINOY MIΛECIΩN, Apollo Didymeos standing left, holding stag on outstretched right hand, and bow in left. SNG Cop. 1018 (same rev. die); Mionnet 1258.TextImage
SNG Munich 772Hadrian AE19 of Miletos, Ionia. AD 117-138. Magistrate Reginus. AΔΡIANOC CEBACTOC, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder. / EΠI ΡHΓINOY MIΛHCIΩN, Cult image of Apollo Didymus standing right, holding bow and recumbent stag. SNG Munich 772; SNG Tuebingen 3094; RPC III 2141; Baldus 106 in Istanbuler Mitt. 1984; SNG Cop 1018.TextImage
ANTONINUS PIUS
SNG vA 2108Antoninus Pius, AE39 of Miletos, Alliance issue with Smyrna. AD 138-161. 24.93 g. AY KAI TI AI AΔΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right. / MEIΛHCIΩN CMYΡNAIΩN OMONOIA, Apollo Didymeus standing front on the left, holding stag and bow, looking right at the two Nemeses of Smyrna standing facing one another, the one on the right holding a sceptre. SNG von Aulock 2108; Mionnet III, 786; SNG Tuebingen 3097; Mabbott 1569; Winterthur 3186a.TextImage
MARCUS AURELIUS
BMC 158 corrMarcus Aurelius and Commodus, AE35 of Miletos, Ionia. AD 177-180. 22.14 g. Magistrate P. Ael Protoleon Themistokleos. AYT KAI M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC AYT KAI Λ AYΡ KOMMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius right, facing laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus left. / EΠI AIΛ ΠΡΩTOYΛEONTOC TO B MIΛHCIΩN, Leto hurrying left, looking right, carrying Apollo and Artemis. BMC 158 corr. (magistrate's name); Lindgren I, A518A.TextImage
BMC 169Marcus Aurelius, AE33 of Miletus, Ionia, alliance issue with Ephesos. AD 161- 176. 21.26 g. AY K M A ANTΩNINOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right. / MIΛHCIΩN EΦECIΩN OMONOIA, Apollo Didymeus standing front on the left and Artemis Ephesia standing front between two stags on the right. BMC 169; Paris Delepierre 38.TextImage
CNG 401, 297Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus AE38 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 161-169. 26.28 g. Magistrate Themistokles. M AYΡ KAI ANTΩNINOC Λ AYΡ OYHΡOC KAI, laureate head of Marcus Aurelius right, facing laureate head of Lucius Verus left. / EΠI AIΛ ΘEMICTOKΛEC ACIAΡXOY MIΛHCΩN, Artemis standing left, holding patera and bow, stag at foot left, and Apollo Didymeus holding bow, standing left behind her. Unpublished. CNG 401, 297.TextImage
Fontana 5Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AE40 of Miletos, Ionia. AD 161-169. Magistrate Ael. Themistocles. M AYΡ KAI ANTΩNINOC Λ AYΡ OYHΡOC KAI, laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, facing laureate head of Lucius Verus / EΠI AIΛ ΘEMICTOKΛEC ACIAΡXOY MIΛHCΩN around and beneath tetrastyle temple with statue of Apollo Didymeus standing within, holding bow. (Stag at his side?). Fontana 5 in Riv. It. Num 1975; MFA Boston 67.875 (this coin).TextImage
Mionnet III 788Marcus Aurelius, AE25 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 161-180. 14 g. M AYΡ AY KAI ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right. / EΠI ΘEMICTOKΛEOY MIΛHCIΩN, Apollo Didymaeos standing half left, holding stag and bow. Mionnet III, 788; Vienna GR17500; SNG Tuebingen 3102.TextImage
Mionnet III, 789Marcus Aurelius AE16 of Miletus, Ionia. As Caesar under Antoninus Pius. AD 139-161. AYΡHΛIOC KAICAΡ, bare head right. / MIΛHCIΩN, Apollo Didymeus standing right, holding stag and bow. Mionnet III 789; Vienna GR17499; RPC IV online 3331.TextImage
FAUSTINA II
BMC 159Faustina II, AE15 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 146-180. 2.27 g. ΦAYCTINA, draped bust right. / MIΛHCIΩN, Apollo Didymeus standing right, holding bow and stag. BMC 159; SNG Tuebingen 3100; Mionnet III, 792; RPC 1074.TextImage
Mionnet III 790 corrFaustina II, AE20 of Miletus, Ionia. 5.15 g. ΦAYCTEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right. / EΠI AIΛIA ΠOΛEITO MIΛHCIΩN, Apollo Didymeus standing front, holding stag and bow. Mionnet III, 790 corr. (magistrate's name); Paris 1890.TextImage
SNG Tub 3101Faustina II, AE15 of Miletos, Ionia, 3.58 g. 146-180 AD. ΦAVCTINA, draped bust right / MIΛH[CIΩN], river-god Maendros reclining left, left hand to head, resting left arm on amphora from which waters flow. SNG Tuebingen 3101.TextImage
COMMODUS
SNG vA 2109Commodus, AE32 of Miletos, Ionia. AD 177-192. 17.55 g. Didymeia and Kommodeia Games issue. Magistrate Ail. Protoleon. AYT KAI M AYΡH KOMMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. EΠI AIΛ ΠΡΩTOΛEONTOC TO B around ΔIΔY-MEIA KO-MOΔEIA-MIΛHCI-ΩN in five lines within laurel wreath. SNG von Aulock 2109; Franke KZR 244.TextImage
Weber 6061Commodus as Caesar, AE35 of Miletus, Ionia, AD 177-192. Magistrate Aelius Politus. Λ AYΡ KOMOΔOC KAICAΡ, bare-headed, draped bust right. / EΠI AIΛI ΠOΛEITOY MIΛHCIΩN, Apollo sitting left on rocks, right hand raised to head, left arm resting on a serpent-entwined omphalos. Weber 6061; Imhoof GM 338; Burstein 646; McClean 8244.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
Engel 12Septimius Severus and Caracalla, AE35 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 193-211. Magistrate Menekleous. 21.17 g. AYT Λ CEΠ CEOYHΡOC KAI AY M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus right, facing laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla left. / EΠI AΡ HΓEM MENEKΛEOYC MEIΛHCIΩN, Apollo sitting left, looking right on omphalos, his right arm over his head, resting left arm on a small altar to right, large tripod altar to left with laurel tree behind it, (the top branches visible above the tripod). Engel 12 in RN 1884 corr. (legends); Dressel p. 78 in ZfN XXIV; Waddington 1868 var (no tripod).TextImage
Fontana (Lanz) 772Septimius Severus, AE35 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 193-211. 23.24 g. AYT KAI Λ CE CEOYHΡOC ΠEΡ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Countermark head of Apollo right, Howgego 3. / EΠI ΠO AIΛ AIΛIANOY OΡBIANOY MEIΛHCIΩN, Artemis standing left, holding patera and bow, stag at foot, Apollo standing left behind her, holding stag and bow, altar between them, short laurel tree to right. Fontana (Lanz) 772; Mionnet III 796 var (magistrate).TextImage
Mionnet Supp VI 1275 varSeptimius Severus AE36 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 193-211. 23.98 g. Magistrate Kolloninos (?). AYT KAIC CEΠ CEOYHΡO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / EΠI AΡXI KOΛΛONINOY (?) MIΛHCIΩN, Apollo sitting left on omphalos, looking right, right hand over his head and resting left arm on serpent-entwined altar to right. Mionnet Supp. VI 1275 var (magistrate).TextImage
SNG vA 2110vSeptimius Severus, AE of Miletus, Ionia. 23.24 g. AVT KAI Λ CE CEOVHΡOC ΠEΡ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, countermark: head of Apollo with branch before (Howgego 3) / EΠI ΠO AIΛ AIΛIANOY OΡBIANOY MEIΛHCIΩN, Artemis, veiled and holding patera and bow, standing beside Apollo, with bow and stag; altar between them, laurel branch to right. SNG von Aulock 2110 var (magistrate).TextImage
JULIA DOMNA
Imhoof GRM 120Julia Domna, AE24 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 193-217. Magistrate Polianos. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA, draped bust right. / EΠI ΠOΛIANOY YOY MHΛHCIΩN, Apollo Didymeus standing front, holding stag and bow. Imhoof GRM 120 in RSN 1913; Righetti Coll. 654.TextImage
Mionnet Supp VI 1282Julia Domna, AE27 of Miletos, Ionia. AD 193-217. Magistrate Menandros. 8.68 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA.., draped bust right. / MEIΛHCIΩN EΠI MENANΔΡOY, Apollo seated left on rock by an omphalos, right hand over his head. Mionnet Supp. VI 1282; Missere 325.TextImage
CARACALLA
CNG 115, 431Caracalla, AE37 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 198-217. 23.88 g. AY K MAΡ AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / EΠI AΡX IΠΡYTANEOC AYΡ ΔHM... MEIΛHCIΩN, Artemis standing left, holding patera and bow, with stag standing left at foot, and Apollo standing left behind her, holding bow and small sitting figure. Tree between them. Unpublished. CNG 115, 431.TextImage
PLAUTILLA
BMC 162Plautilla, AE22 of Miletos, Ionia. ΦOΛ ΠΛAYTIΛΛA CEBACT, Draped bust right / MIΛHCIΩN, Nike advancing left with wreath and palm. BMC 162. _miletos_BMC_162TextImage
GETA
BMC 163Geta, AE20 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 198-209. 3.3 g. Λ CEΠT ΓETAC KAI, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / MIΛHCIΩN, Apollo Didymeus standing front, holding stag and bow. BMC 163; Lindgren III 382; SNG Tuebingen 3109; Mionnet III 800.TextImage
ELAGABALUS
Waddington 1875Elagabalus. AE19 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 218-222. 3.74 g. ANTΩNEINOC AYΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / MIΛHCIΩN, Apollo Didymaeus standing front, holding stag and bow, lighted altar at foot left. Waddington 1875.TextImage
BALBINUS
BMC 164Balbinus, AE24 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 238. AYT K KAIΛI BAΛBEINOC, laureate, draped bust right. / MIΛHCIΩN NEOKOΡΩN, Leto hurrying right, looking back, holding the infants Apollo and Artemis in her arms. BMC 164; RPC VII 567.TextImage
Mionnet III 804Balbinus, AE24 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 238. 6.83 g. AYT K KAIΛI BAΛBEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / MIΛHCIΩN NEOKOΡΩN, tetrastyle temple with Apollo Didymeus, radiate, standing within, altar at foot right. Mionnet III 804.TextImage
PUPIENUS
RPC VII 569Pupienus with Gordian III and Balbinus. AE37 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 238. 24.06 g. Magistrate Ae. Sekoundos. AYT K M KΛ ΠOYΠIKNOC K AN ΓOΡΔIANOC KAICAΡ K AYT K KAI BAΛBEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Pupienus right facing bare-headed and draped bust of Gordian left and laureate, draped bust of Balbinus left. / EΠI AΡX CEKOYNΔ MIΛHCIΩN NEΩKOΡΩN, tetrastyle temple, containing statue of Apollo Didymos standing slightly left on base, holding stag and bow, athlete carrying torch to left and right. RPC VII.1 569; Paris 1925.TextImage
VALERIAN I
GM 241, 1898Valerian I, AE32 of Miletus, Ionia, 11.8g. Archon Aurelius Diogenesos. AVT K ΠO ΛIKIN OVAΛ[EΡIANOC], laureate, draped bust right / EΠI AΡX AY ΔIO-ΓENOY ..M-IA MIΛHCIΩ-N around, in field and below, Apollo seated left on rocks, looking right, holding bow and reaching for an arrow from the quiver at his shoulder, serpent-entwined tripod altar to left. Gorny & Mosch 241, 1898TextImage
GALLIENUS
SNG vA 2113Gallienus, AE29 of Miletus, Ionia. AD 253-268. 9.32 g. Magistrate Ant. Polemonos. AYT K ΠO ΛIKI ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Countermark: B in circular incuse (Howgego 763). / EΠI AΡ ANT ΠOΛEMΩNOC MIΛHCIΩN, Leto hurrying right, holding the infants Apollo and Artemis in her arms. SNG von Aulock 2113.TextImage
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