Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Apollonis


Apollonis, in Lydia, between Sardes and Pergamon
Not to be confused with Apollonis-Hieron, Lydia

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CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
BMC 1Lydia, Apollonis AR Tetradrachm. Minted under Eumenes III Aristonikos of Pergamon, 133-130. Serpent emerging from cista mystica, within ivy wreath / two snakes entwined around a bow case, thunderbolt above, heads of Zeus and Dionysos to left and right, BA - EV within serpents' coils, AΠ-OΛ below. SNG vA 2897; BMC 1; Paris 1970.359; Waddington 6955; Pinder 137; GRPC Lydia S302. TextImage
BMC 2Apollonis, Lydia, AE20, Autonomous issue, 200-0 BC. 3.41 gr. Turreted head of Kybele right, hair in a bun behind head, wearing necklace / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, Zeus seated left on cippus, holding eagle and sceptre. BMC 2; Weber 6780; Waddington 4863 corr. (obv.); SNG Cop 18; SNG von Aulock 2898; GRPC Lydia 5.TextImage
BMC 3Apollonis, Lydia, AE16mm. Head of young Herakles right, in lionskin / AΠOΛΛΩ-NIΔEΩN above and beneath thunderbolt. BMC 3; SNG v. Aulock 2899; SNG Cop. 17; GRPC Lydia 3.TextImage
BMC 5Apollonis, Lydia, AE20, Autonomous issue, 200-0 BC. 7.72 gr. ΘEON CYNKΛHTON, youthful, draped bust of the Senate right, countermark, bee / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, eagle standing front on a bone, head left, wings spread. BMC 5-7; Mionnet Supp VII, 35; GRPC Lydia 24.TextImage
BMC 9Apollonis, Lydia, AE15 semi-autonomous, 100-150 AD. 14.9mm, 2.15g. AΠOΛΛΩNIΔE, head of Apollo right / IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, draped bust of the Senate right. BMC 9; Weber (DE) 3291; Walcher Coll. 2650; GRPC Lydia 13.TextImage
BMC 10Apollonis, Lydia, semi-autonomous issue, 30 BC-276. Draped bust of Artemis right, quiver behind shoulder / AΠOΛΩNIΔEΩN, stag standing right. BMC 10-11; SNG Cop 19; Mionnet Supp. VII 29; Imhoof LS 3; GRPC Lydia 32.TextImage
BMC 12-13Apollonis, Lydia, AE18, semi-autonomous issue, AD 138-192. 3.12 g. Helmeted head of Athena right, with aegis / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, Tyche standing left, polos on head, holding rudder and cornucopiae. BMC 12-13; Plankenhorn 940; GRPC Lydia 19.TextImage
BMC 14Apollonis, Lydia, AE13, Autonomous, 30 BC-276 AD. Helmeted head of Athena right, with aegis / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, lion standing right. BMC 14; Paris AAGR5078; Subhi Pascha 3235; GRPC Lydia 15.TextImage
Imhoof LS 4Apollonis, Lydia. AE19, semi-autonomous issue. Magistrate Hermokratos. AD 161-169. AΠOΛΩNIΔEΩN, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right. / EΠI CTΡ EΡMOKΡATOYC, Vase containing poppies and corn-ears. Imhoof, LS 4; SNG von Aulock 2902; SNG Munich 39; Mionnet IV, 32; Mionnet Supp. VII, 33; Paris 53; Plankenhorn 939; GRPC Lydia 30.TextImage
Lindgren 712Lydia, Apollonis AE16. Flavian times. AΠOΛΛONIΔEΩN, draped bust of Apollo right / IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, bust of youthful senate to right. SNG Tuebingen 3661; Lindgren 712; SNG Cop 22-23; SNG von Aulock 2901; SNG Munich 34; GRPC Lydia 10. TextImage
Manisa Museum 14692Apollonis, Lydia, AE21 semi-autonomous issue. Severan times. 5.9 g. ΔHMOC, head of Demos right, hair bound in a taenia / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread. Manisa Museum 14692. Obv. type var of BMC 5; GRPC Lydia 35.TextImage
Manisa Museum 18546Apollonis, Lydia, 13 mm, 1.69 g. Helmeted and armoured bust of Athena right with aegis before / AΠOΛΛONIΔEΩN, eagle standing, wings spread, head right. Manisa Museum 18546; Ellenberger Coll. CP482; Aiello coll. 26; GRPC Lydia 14.TextImage
Mionnet IV, 33Apollonis, Lydia. AE15-16. Autonomous, 200-0 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, winged thunderbolt. Walcher Coll. 2651; Mionnet IV, 33; Mionnet Supp VII, 31-32; Plankenhorn 930; GRPC Lydia 3.TextImage
Mionnet IV, 34Apollonis, Lydia, AE15. 30 BC-276 AD. CYNKΛHTOC, draped bust of the Senate right / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, Tyche standing left, polos on head, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Mionnet IV, 34; Paris 48; GRPC Lydia 36.TextImage
Mionnet S7, 28Apollonis, Lydia. AE, 30 BC-276 AD. IEΡA CYNKΛH, diademed head of Senate right / (from top right), AΠOΛΛΩ-NIΔEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Mionnet Supp. VII, 28; SNG Munich 37; SNG Cop 25; GRPC Lydia 27.TextImage
Mionnet S7, 30Apollonis, Lydia. AE12.5. Autonomous, 200-0 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, winged thunderbolt. Mionnet Supp VII, 30; Paris 51; GRPC Lydia 2.TextImage
Mionnet S7, 34Apollonis, Lydia. AE25. Semi-autonomous. 198-217 AD. Magistrate Demetrios. ΔHMOC AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, unbearded, laureate head of Demos right, countermark: laureate head of Caracalla right (Howgego 85) / EΠI CTΡA ΔHMHTΡIOY AΠEΛΛA B, Tyche standing left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopiae. Mionnet Supp VII, 34: Paris 54; Leypold I, 887; Kurth Demos 509; GRPC Lydia 33.TextImage
Paris 42Apollonis, Lydia, AE 2.08 gr, autonomous issue. ca. 2nd C. BC. Laureate head of Asklepios or Zeus right / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, serpent-entwined staff of Asklepios. Paris 42; Manisa Museum 17398; GRPC Lydia 1.TextImage
Prowe III, 1414Apollonis, Lydia, AE15 semi-autonomous. AD 138-192. 3.27 g. Head of youthful Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / AΠOΛ-ΛΩNI-ΔEΩN in three lines within ivy wreath, NA monogram above. Prowe III, 1414; Plankenhorn 932; GRPC Lydia 21.TextImage
RPC 950Lydia, Apollonis AE16. Flavian Times. ΘEON CYNCΛHTON, draped bust of the Senate right / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, tripod. BMC 17-18; RPC 950; SNG Cop 21; Mionnet Supp. VII, 36; SNG von Aulock 2900; SNG Turkey 3, 655; Mionnet IV, 32; GRPC Lydia 26. TextImage
RPC 953AE of Apollonis, Lydia. ΘEON CYNKΛHTON, bust of the Senate right / AΠOΛΛONIΔEΩN, eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread. BMC 5-7; RPC II 953; SNG Cop 24; Righetti Coll. IV, 712; Mionnet Supp VII, 35; GRPC Lydia 24.TextImage
SNG Cop 16Lydia, Apollonis AE19. Late 2nd-1st Century BC. Macedonian shield ornamented with five stars / AΠOΛΛΩ-NIΔEΩN above and beneath club. SNG Cop 16; Mionnet Supp. VII, 24; Weber (DE) 3289; SNG Munich 32; Mionnet IV, 39; Plankenhorn_931; GRPC Lydia 4.TextImage
SNG Cop 20Apollonis, Lydia, AE16, semi-autonomous. Late 1st Century AD. ΘEON CYN-KΛHTON, draped bust of the Senate right with Flavian style hairstyle / AΠOΛΛONIΔEΩN, lyre. SNG Cop 20; Mionnet IV, 40-41; Paris 58; RPC II 951-952; Waddington 4866; SNG Munich 38; SNG Turkey 5, 323; Leypold I, 886; Lindgren Coll. Sale 38, lot 85; GRPC Lydia 37. TextImage
SNG Munich 36Apollonis, Lydia, pseudo-autonomous issue, ca 138-192 AD. 3.34 g. ΘEOY CYNKΛHTON, draped bust of the Senate right / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, Dionysos wearing short chiton, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. BMC 8; SNG Munich 36; Mionnet IV, 36; Leypold I, 884; GRPC Lydia 23.TextImage
SNG vA 2899Apollonis, Lydia, AE16, civic issue, 200-1 BC. Youthful head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / AΠOΛΛΩ-NIΔEΩN above and beneath winged thunderbolt. SNG von Aulock 2899; BMC 3-4; SNG Cop 17; SNG Munich 33; Plankenhorn 930 (this coin); GRPC Lydia 3.TextImage
SNG vA 2902Lydia, Apollonis, Hermokrates, Strategos, AE20. AΠOΛONIΔEΩN, draped turreted bust of Tyche right / EΠI CTΡ EΡMOKΡATOYC, modius containing poppies and corn-ears. SNG von Aulock 2902; SNG Munich 39; Imhoof LS 4; Mionnet IV, 32; Mionnet Supp. VII, 33; Paris 53; Plankenhorn 939; GRPC Lydia 30.TextImage
Vienna 36062Apollonis, Lydia, semi-autonomous. 138-192 AD. AE 28 mm, 12.25 gr. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, youthful, bare-headed, draped bust of the Senate right / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. Vienna 36062; Prowe III, 1416; GRPC Lydia 29.TextImage
Waddington 4865Apollonis, Lydia, AE15, Autonomous, 100 BC-14 AD. Draped bust of Artemis right, quiver behind shoulder / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, burning altar. Waddington 4865; Paris 56; Imhoof LS 2; Weber 6781; Imhoof, Klagenfurt 131; Johnson, Sardis, 134; GRPC Lydia 31.TextImage
Walcher 2649Apollonis, Lydia AE15, Autonomous, 30 BC-276 AD. Bearded head of Herakles right / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩ, lion walking right. Walcher 2649; BMC 15-16; SNG Righetti 1005; Mionnet IV, 38; Paris 45; Pembroke 1119.2; Leypold I, 878; GRPC Lydia 7.TextImage
Weber (DE) 3291Apollonis, Lydia, AE16, semi-autonomous issue, AD 1-100. AΠOΛΛΩNIΔE, Draped bust of Apollo right. / IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, draped bust of the Senate right. BMC 9; Weber (DE) 3291; Walcher Coll. 2650; GRPC Lydia 13.TextImage
Weber 6781Apollonis, Lydia. Autonomous issue. 2nd C. AD. 1.99 gr. Draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / AΠOΛΩNIΔEΩN (sic), burning altar. Waddington 4865; Paris 56; Imhoof LS 2; Weber 6781; Imhoof, Klagenfurt 131; Johnson, Sardis, 134; GRPC Lydia 31.TextImage
Winterthur 3682Apollonis, Lydia. Autonomous, 200-0 BC. AE19, 6.73 gr. Macedonian shield ornamented with five stars, countermark eagle / AΠOΛΛΩ-NIΔEΩN, above and beneath club. Winterthur 3682-3683 (same countermark on obv.); GRPC Lydia 4TextImage
DOMITIA
RPC 951Domitia AE 17mm of Lydia, Apollonis. ΘEON CYNCΛHTON, draped bust of Domitia as youthful Senate right / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, lyre. RPC II 951-952; SNG Cop 20; Mionnet IV, 40-41; Paris 58; Waddington 4866; SNG Munich 38; SNG Turkey 5, 323; Leypold I, 886; GRPC Lydia 37.TextImage
HADRIAN
Imhoof GRM 1Hadrian AE28 of Apollonis (or Apollonoshieron), Lydia. AD 117-138. Magistrate Gabinius Longinus. AY KAI TΡA AΔΡIANOC, laureate head right / EΠI ΓAB ΛONΓEINOY AΠOΛΛΩNIE (or AΠOΛΛΩNIΔ, Artemis standing right, holding bow and reaching for an arrow from a quiver at her shoulder, facing Apollo standing left, holding branch. Winterthur 3686; Vienna 17018 corr. ("Apollonoshieron"); Prowe III, 1422 (ditto); Imhoof GRM, 1; RPC III 1839; GRPC Lydia 38.TextImage
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Waddington 4867Hadrian, AE18 of Apollonis, Lydia. 117-138 AD. 3.30 gr. AΔΡIANOC KAICAΡ, laureate, draped bust right / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, Dionysos wearing short chiton, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. RPC III 1840; Paris 59; Waddington 4867; Leypold I 888; SNG Turkey 10, 465; GRPC Lydia 39.TextImage
MARCUS AURELIUS
GRPC Lydia 41>Marcus Aurelius AE29 of Apollonis, Lydia. Magistrates Aeschrion and Hermokrates. AV KAI M AYΡHΛIOC ANTΩNINOC, bare-headed draped bust right / AΠOΛΩNIΔEΩN across fields, AΡ EΡMOKΡATOY AIΣCΡIΩNONOC, Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. CNG 67, 1109; Plankenhorn 936; GRPC Lydia 41, otherwise unpublished.TextImage
RPC temp 3299Marcus Aurelius, AE of Apollonis, Lydia, 161-180 AD. 14.71 g. AY KAI M AVΡHΛIOC ANTΩNINOC, bare-headed, draped bust right / AΡ EΡMOKΡATOYC AIΣXΡI AΠOΛΩNIΔEΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. RPC temp 3299; Missere p. 31 in RIN LXV (1963) (corr. bust type); Missere Coll. 365; GRPC Lydia 40.TextImage
FAUSTINA II
SNG Cop 27Faustina II AE19 of Apollonis, Lydia. ΦAYCTEINA CEBACT, draped bust right / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, Demeter standing left holding poppy-heads and corn-ears, left hand resting on long torch. SNG Cop 27; Aiello coll. 5242; GRPC Lydia 44.TextImage
LUCIUS VERUS
RPC temp 3957Lucius Verus, AE26 of Apollonis, Lydia, 161-169 AD. 8.95 g. Magistrate Hermokrates Aischrionos. AY KAI ΛOY AYΡHΛI OYHΡOC, bare head right / EΠI CTΡ EΡMOKΡATOYC AIXZΡIΩ AΠOΛΩNIΔEΩN, Dionysos wearing short chiton, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. RPC Online 3957; CNG 115, 237; GRPC Lydia 48.TextImage
COMMODUS
Burstein 36Commodus, AE 33 of Apollonis, Lydia. Magistrate Moschianos Philippos. 16.53 gr. AYT KAI M AYΡHΛI KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI AΡX MOCXIANOY.. AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, Poseidon walking right, brandishing trident and holding hippocamp. Burstein Collection 36; GRPC Lydia 51.TextImage
GRPC Lydia 50Commodus, AE 25 mm of Apollonis, Lydia. AD 180-193. Magistrate Moschianos Philippos. AYTOK Λ AY KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI AΡX MOCXI AΠOΛΛΩNIΔE-Ω-N, Homonoia standing left by altar, polos on head, holding patera and cornucopiae. Pecunem 32, 315; GRPC Lydia 50.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
BMC 21Septimius Severus AE 26mm of Apollonis, Lydia. AD 193-211. AVT KAI CEΠT CEOVΡOC, laureate head right / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, two handled krater or kantharos. BMC 21; Plankenhorn 941; GRPC Lydia 54.TextImage
Waddington 4868Septimius Severus, AE36 of Apollonis, Lydia. AD 193-211. Magistrate Cl. Sev. Herakleidos. 19.72 gr. AYT KAIC Λ CEΠTI CEOYHΡOC ΠEΡ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, countermark of bust of Caracalla right (Howgego 85) / EΠI CTΡ KEΛCOY HΡAKΛEIΔOY AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, river-god reclining left, holding reed and resting arm on overturned urn from which waters flow. Waddington 4868; Paris 60; SNG von Aulock 2903; GRPC Lydia 53.TextImage
JULIA DOMNA
GRPC Lydia 57Julia Domna, AE25 of Apollonis, Lydia. AD 193-217. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEBACTH, draped bust right / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, Tyche standing left, kalathos on head, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopiae in left. cgb.fr 312455; GRPC Lydia 57 otherwise unpoublishedTextImage
SNG vA 2904Julia Domna, AE22 of Apollonis, Lydia. AD 193-217. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEB, draped bust right, countermark: laureate head of Caracalla right (Howgego 85) / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, river-god reclining left, holding reed and resting arm on overturned urn from which waters flow. SNG von Aulock 2904; Aiello Coll. 29; GRPC Lydia 55.TextImage
CARACALLA
BMC 22Caracalla AE34 of Apollonis, Lydia. AD 198-217. Demetrios, magistrate. AY KAI M AYΡH ANTΩNEINOC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, viewed from the back [c/m: laureate bust right in incuse circle, Howgego 22] / EΠI CTΡA ΔHMHTΡIOY AΠEΛΛA B around, APOLLWNIDE-WN in two lines below, tetrastyle temple with Dionysos, holding kantharos and thyrsos, standing left within. BMC 22; Bernhart 645; Mionnet IV, 44 corr. ("Marcus Aurelius"); GRPC Lydia 58TextImage
GETA
BMC 24Geta, as Caesar, AE 19mm of Apollonis, Lydia. AD 197-209. Π CEΠ ΓETAC KAICAΡ, bare-headed, draped bust right / AΠOΛΛΩ-NIΔEΩN, cross-hatched modius containing five grain ears and two poppies. BMC 24; SNG Cop 28; SNG Keckman 362; Leypold I, 891; SNG Munich 40; Lindgren 713; Winterthur 3688 (with ΓEΡAC for ΓETAC); GRPC Lydia 63.TextImage
Mionnet IV, 47Geta, AE18 of Apollonis, Lydia. AD 198-209. Π CEΠ ΓETAC KAI, bare-headed, draped bust right / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, modius containing two corn-ears and three poppies. BMC 24; SNG Cop 28; Mionnet IV, 47; Paris 62; SNG Munich 40; SNG Keckman 362; GRPC Lydia 62.TextImage
SEVERUS ALEXANDER
Mionnet S7, 38Severus Alexander, AE medallion of Apollonis, Lydia. 48.79 gr. AD 222-235. Magistrate Aur. Tertullos Glykonianos. AYT K Π K (sic) M AYΡ CEBHΡOC AΛEΞANΔΡOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, aegis on chest / EΠI CTΡ AYΡ TEΡTYΛΛOY ΓΛYKΩNIANOY AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, Demeter, holding torch in each hand, standing in a biga drawn right by two winged serpents. Mionnet Supp VII, 38; Paris 64; GRPC Lydia 64.TextImage
SNG Cop 29Severus Alexander, AE of Apollonis, Lydia. AD 222-235. AYT AΛEΞANΔΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, Dionysos wearing short chiton, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. SNG Cop 29; Aiello Coll. 38; GRPC Lydia 66.TextImage
SNG vA 2905Severus Alexander, AE32 of Apollonis, Lydia. AD 222-235. Magistrate Aur. Tertullos Glyconianos. AYTKΡ K M AYΡ CEBHΡOC AΛEXANΔΡO, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EΠI CTΡ AYΡ TEΡTYΛΛOY ΓΛYKΩNIANOY AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, Hygieia standing right, holding patera, feeding serpent in arms, facing Asklepios, standing left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. SNG von Aulock 2905; Mionnet IV, 48 corr (rev legend); Paris 63; SNG Munich 41; Leypold I, 892; GRPC Lydia 65.TextImage
ORBIANA
Waddington 4869Orbiana, AE31 of Apollonis, Lydia. 225-235 AD. Magistrate Aur. Tertullos Glyconianos. ΓN CE C EΡ BAΡ OΡBIANH CEB, draped bust right / EΠ CTΡ AYΡ TEΡTYΛΛOY ΓΛY AΠOΛΛΩNIΔEΩN, Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre. Waddington 4869; Paris 65; Kraft pl. 44.47; GRPC Lydia 69.TextImage
See also: Entry for Apollonis on the Digital Historia Numorum
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