Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Kaystriani


The Kaystriani (Kaystrianoi) were the people of the plain of the Lower Kayster. There was apparently no actual town of this name.

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Athens 15Kaystriani, AE21, autonomous issue, 200-1 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / KAYΣTΡIANΩN, Cult image of Juno-Pronuba facing, ΠH monogram in upper right field. Athens Collections, 15, in RN 1885; Plankenhorn (Naumann) 1061; GRPC Lydia 34.TextImage
BMC 9 corr.Kaystriani, Lydia, AE15, autonomous issue, 200-1 BC. 3.03 g. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / KAYCTΡIANΩN, lyre formed from a bucranium, EMΡ monogram in left field, ΡMT monogram in right field. BMC 9 corr. (monogram); SNG Munich 198 corr. (ditto); Plankenhorn 1064; Gökyildirim Istanbul 215; GRPC Lydia 22.TextImage
GRPC Lydia 11Kaystriani, Lydia, AE13, civic issue, 200-1 BC. 2.51 g. Head of Apollo right / KAYΣTΡIANΩN, lionskin draped over club, ΡΦΔT monogram in lower right field. GRPC Lydia 11 otherwise unpublished. Zufahl Numis. 734700218.TextImage
GRPC Lydia 15Kaystriani, Lydia, Autonomous. 200-1 BC. AE 15-16mm; 3.06 g. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / KAYΣTΡIANΩN, amphora, ΠAY monogram above, ΠMTΡ below. GRPC Lydia 15 otherwise unpublished. CNG AK Coll. sale, 1337.TextImage
GRPC Lydia 16Kaystriani, Lydia, AE14 autonomous issue. 100-1 BC. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy. / KAYCTΡIANΩN, lyre formed from a bucranium. AΠΛ monogram above. GRPC Lydia 16, otherwise unpublished.TextImage
GRPC Lydia 25Kaystriani, Lydia, AE15 Autonomous issue. 200-1 BC. 2.00 g. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / KAYΣTΡIANΩN, lyre formed from a bucranium, ΡM monogram in left field, ΡMT monogram in right field. GRPC Lydia 25, otherwise unpublished monogram pair. Naumann 42, 283.TextImage
GRPC Lydia 33Kaystriani, Lydia, Autonomous. 200-1 BC. AE 18, 5.58 g. Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche right / KAYΣTΡIANΩN, Zeus seated left on a facing throne, holding eagle and sceptre, ΠA monogram in left field, MI monogram under throne. GRPC Lydia 33, otherwise unpublished. Agora Coins, Feb. 2005.TextImage
Imhoof LS 1Kaystriani, Lydia, civic issue. AE 13.6 mm, 200-1 BC. 1.95 g. Head of Herakles right, lionskin knotted around neck / KAYCTΡIANΩN, Club (no lionskin). ΡM monogram above, ΠΛY monogram below. Imhoof LS 1; GRPC Lydia 14.TextImage
Klein 569Kaystriani, AE15 mm, 4.29 g. Autonomous. 200-1 BC. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / KAYΣTΡIANΩN, lyre formed from a bucranium, ΡME monogram in left field, ΡMT monogram in right field. Klein 569; Arminius 9238; GRPC Lydia 26.TextImage
Mionnet IV 131 varKaystriani, Lydia, Autonomous. 200-1 BC. AE15, 2.35 g. Laureate head of Apollo right, hair in formal curls / KAYCTΡIANΩN, lionskin draped over club. ΔK monogram in lower right field. Mionnet IV, 131 (monogram off flan) = Paris 214; GRPC Lydia 6.TextImage
Paris 212Kaystriani, Lydia, AE15, Autonomous. 200-1 BC. 3.66 g. Laureate head of Apollo right / KAYCTΡIANΩN, winged caduceus, ΔK monogram in lower right field. Paris 212; SNG Munich 200; SNG Cop 101; GRPC Lydia 3.TextImage
Paris 212 (2)Kaystriani, Lydia, Autonomous. 200-1 BC. 2.63 g, 18.50 mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / KAYΣTΡIANΩN, caduceus, ΔK monogram in right field. Paris 212; SNG Munich 200; SNG Cop 101; GRPC Lydia 3.TextImage
Paris B702Kaystriani, Lydia, AE15, Autonomous issue, 200-1 BC. 5.21 g. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / KAYΣTΡIANΩN, Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm branch, ΔH monogram in left field. Paris B702; GRPC Lydia 30.TextImage
Paris M4932Kaystriani, Lydia, AE. Autonomous. 200-1 BC. AE 2.42 g. Head of Apollo right / KAYΣTΡI-ANΩN, tripod, ΡΔT monogram below. Paris M4932; GRPC Lydia 12.TextImage
SNG Cop 102Kaystriani, Lydia, AE 15-16mm. 4.64 g. 2-1 century BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / KAYCTΡIANΩN, winged caduceus, monogram at lower right. SNG Cop. 102; SNG Tüb. 3698; GRPC Lydia 2.TextImage
SNG Munich 201Kaystriani, Lydia, autonomous, 2nd-1st century BC. AE 15, 1.98g. Laureate head of Apollo right / KAYCTΡIANΩN, lionskin draped over club. (ΠHTΡ monogram). SNG Munich 201-202; Mionnet 131; GRPC Lydia 9.TextImage
Waddington 4931Kaystriani, Lydia, AE15, Autonomous. 200-1 BC. 2.69 g. Turreted head of Tyche right, ΡMΔ monogram behind head / KAYΣTΡIANΩN, lyre formed from a bucranium. MAΡ ? monogram in right field. Waddington 4931; Paris 215; Mionnet IV, 127; GRPC Lydia 32.TextImage
Waddington 4932Kaystriani, Lydia, AE14, Autonomous. 200-1 BC. 2.73 g. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / KAYCTΡIANΩN, lyre formed from a bucranium, ΔK in lower right in field. SNG Tübingen 3699; BMC 6; Mionnet IV, 129; Waddington 4932; Paris 216; GRPC Lydia 17.TextImage
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