Midaeum or Midaeion, named after King Midas was on the river Tembris about 18 miles east of Dorylaeum. It struck coins from the time of Augustus to Philip II, although not continuously.
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| Aulock Phrygien 744 | Trajan AE21 of Midaeum, Phrygia. AD 98-117. NEΡ TΡAIANOC KAI CE ΓEΡ ΔAK, Laureate head right / MIΔAEΩN, Asklepios standing left, holding serpent-entwined staff. Aulock Phrygien 744; Lindgren I 1005; RPC III 2647. | Text | Image |
| RPC III 2645A | Trajan, AE25 of Midaeum, Phrygia. AD 98-117. 12.24 g. AY NEΡ TΡAIANOC KAI CE ΓEΡ ΔA (clockwise from top right), laureate head right. / MIΔAEΩN, Demeter, veiled, standing left, holding patera and sceptre. RPC III 2645A; Bucephalus Black 17, 316. | Text | Image |
| Aulock Phryg. II, 748 | Lucius Verus AE29 of Midaeum, Phrygia. AD 161-169. 17.43 g. AY KAI Λ AYΡHΛIOC OYHΡOC AΡM, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / MIΔAEΩN, Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle at foot left. Von Aulock Phrygiens II, 748 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| Aulock Phryg. II 749 | Lucius Verus, AE27 of Midaeum, Phrygia. AD 161-169. AY K Λ AYΡ OYHΡOC AΡ, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / TON KTICTHN MIΔAEIC, draped bust of Midas right, wearing Phrygian cap. Aulock Phrygien II, 749. | Text | Image |
| Naumann 64, 321 | Lucius Verus, AE31 of Midaeum, Phrygia. AD 161-169. 18.16 g. AY KAI Λ AYΡHΛIOC OYHΡOC AΡM, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / EΠI AΡX AIMIΛIANOY MIΔAEΩN, Athena standing right, holding patera and spear. Unpublished reverse for Verus. Naumann 64, 321. | Text | Image |
| BMC 9 | Phrygia, Midaeum. Caracalla AE 30. ca 209-217 AD. ANTΩNEINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / MIΔAEΩN, veiled figure of Demeter standing left, holding two ears of corn & long torch. | Text | Image |
| BMC 11 | Caracalla AE27 of Midaeum, Argolis (or Phrygia?). Ca 209-217 AD. ANTΩNEINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate bust right / MIΔAEΩN, The god Mên, in Phrygian cap, short chiton, cloak & boots standing left, holding pine-cone in right hand & sceptre in left. /td> | Text | Image |
| Lanz 109, 634 | Caracalla, AE30 of Midaeum, Phrygia. ANTΩNEINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate head right / MIΔAEΩN, Herakles Farnese standing right, right hand behind back, resting left hand on club set on rock. Unpublished. Lanz 109, lot 634. | Text | Image |
| SNGvA 3889v | Caracalla AE 30mm of Phrygia, Midaeum. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / Tyche, turreted, seated left, holding two Erotes with torches. | Text | Image |
| von Aulock 764cf | Caracalla AE 30mm of Midaeum, Phrygia. ANTΩNEIOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate & cuirassed bust right; viewed from behind / MIΔAEΩN, Tyche of Midaeum seated left, holding two Erotes with torches, at her feet, the river god Tembros. | Text | Image |
| von Aulock 786 | Caracalla, AE28 of Midaeum, Phrygia. ANTΩNEINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / MIΔAEΩN, Athena standing left, holding serpent-entwined sceptre and upright shield. Von Aulock, Phrygiens II 786. | Text | Image |
| vAulock Phrygiens 793 | Caracalla, AE24 of Midaeum, Phrygia. AD 198-217. ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate head right / MIΔAEΩN, Pan walking left, holding pedum and syrinx. Von Aulock, Phrygiens 793. | Text | Image |
| von Aulock 803 | Geta, AE26 of Midaeum, Phrygia. 198-209 AD. 10.14 gr. ΠOY CEΠTIMIOC ΓETAC KAI, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta right / EΠI ΛIΛIANOY MIΔAEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Von Aulock, Phrygien II 803; SNG Hunterian 2050. | Text | Image |
| Leu 7, 1465 | Diadumenian AE26 of Midaeum, Phrygia. AD 217-218. 8.06 g. M ANT ΔIAΔOYMENIANON KA, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / MIΔAEΩN, draped bust of King Midas right, wearing Phrygian cap. (Large A denoting year 1). Unpublished reverse for Diadumenian. Leu 7, 1465. | Text | Image |
| Aulock Phrygien 828 | Gordian III, AE32 of Midaeum, Phrygia. AD 238-244. Magistrate Kl. Philippianos. 10.59 g. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / EΠI KΛ ΦIΛIΠΠIANOY A AΡX MIΔAEΩN, Herakles, naked, standing front, looking left, resting on club with right hand, and holding the infant Telephos and lionskin on his left arm, stag at foot right. Aulock Phrygien 828; Paris 1749; SNG Leypold 1695; RPC VII 762. | Text | Image |
