Ancient Coinage of Sarmatia, Tyra


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CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
Anokhin 1Tyra. Danube, Black Sea, Thrace, AE13, ca 370-360 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / TYΡA, Bull standing right on club right. Anokhin 1; Zograph, Tyra 40; SNG BM Black Sea 348.TextImage
Anokhin 9Tyra. Danube, Black Sea, Thrace, AE12, ca 350-340 BC. Laureate head of Tyras left / TYΡA, Horse's head, bridled, right. Anokhin 9; Zograph -; SNG BM Black Sea -.TextImage
Anokhin 13 varTyra. Danube, Black Sea, Thrace, AR drachm, 17mm, 5,46 gr. ca 330-310 BC. Head of Demeter facing slightly left, veiled and wearing grain ear wreath and necklace / TYΡANΩN, Bull butting left, Φ below. Anokhin 13 var (control letter below); Zograph -; SNG BM Black Sea -.TextImage
Anokhin 25Tyra. Danube, Black Sea, Thrace, AE16mm, 5,66 gr. ca 300-290 BC. Head of Demeter left, wearing grain ear wreath / TYΡA within wreath of corn ears. Anokhin 25; Zograph, Tyra 39; SNG BM Black Sea 347; SNG Pushkin 6.TextImage
Anokhin 26Tyra. Danube, Black Sea, Thrace, AE13, ca 290-280 BC. Veiled head of Demeter right / TY-ΡA in two lines within wreath. Anokhin 26; Zograph, Tyra 20; SNG Pushkin 6.TextImage
Anokhin 27Tyra, Thrace. Circa 280-270 BC. AE 19mm, 5.29 g. Helmeted head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet / TYΡA above bull butting left. Anokhin 27 (this coin); Zograph, Tyra 22.TextImage
Anokhin 36Tyra, Sarmatia, AE20, ca 230-220 BC. Dolphin left(?) / Large TY. Anokhin 36; Zograph –; SNG BM Black Sea 349.TextImage
Anokhin 38Tyra, Sarmatia, AE16, ca 220-210 BC. Laureate, draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / T-Y Ρ-A in two lines across fields to left and right of tripod. Anokhin 38; Zograph –; SNG BM Black Sea –.TextImage
Anokhin 39Tyra, Sarmatia. AE15, ca. 210-200 BC. Head of Tyche right, wearing mural crown and veil / T-Y Ρ-A in two lines across fields, lion sitting right, head left. Anokhin 39 (this coin).TextImage
Anokhin (1989) 423Tyra, Sarmatia. AE19. 370-360 BC. 5.3 g. Laureate head of Apollo or Tyras right. / TYΡA above bull standing right. Anokhin (1989) 423; Grimm 8.TextImage
Berlin 2Tyra, Sarmatia, AE23, 230-220 BC. Laureate, draped bust of Apollo right / TY-ΡA in two lines to left and right of lyre. Berlin I, 2.TextImage
Loboda 16, 1Tyra, Sarmatia, AE, 3rd-2nd C. BC. Dolphin swimming right? / TY within shallow incuse. P. Loboda, Odessos Museum, Bulletin 16, no. 1, otherwise unpublished. Anokhin 36 var (dolphin left)TextImage
Loboda 16, 6Tyra, Sarmatia, AE, 3rd-2nd C. BC. Laureate head of Apollo or Tyras right / T-Y, cornucopiae. Loboda, Odessos Museum Bulletin 16, 6.TextImage
Loboda 21, 1King Skyles, Scythia, Nikonion mint. 470-460 BC. ΣKY, Owl standing left / Wheel with four spokes. Loboda, Odessos Museum, Bulletin 21, no. 1.TextImage
Loboda 34, 1Tyra, Sarmatia, AE, 3rd-2nd C. BC. Laureate head of Apollo or Tyras right / TYΡANΩN above forepart of horse right. ΠΛ monogram below. SNG BMC Black Sea 340 var (legend, monogram); Loboda, Odessos Museum, Bulletin 34, no. 1.TextImage
SNG BMC 334Tyra. c350-300 BC. AR Drachm. Three-quarter facing head of Demeter, slightly left, in veil & two grain ears in hair / TYΡANO, Bull butting left. TextImage
SNG BMC 345Tyra, Sarmatia, AE, 120-110 BC. Head of Artemis right / T-Y to left and right of cornucopiae. SNG BMC Black Sea 345.TextImage
SNG BMC 347Tyra, Sarmatia, AE23. Bust of Demeter left wearing wreath of corn / TYΡA within wreath of corn. BMC Black Sea 347.TextImage
Zograph 8Tyra, Sarmatia, AE19, ca 260-250 BC. Head of Demeter facing, wearing wreath of grain ears / T-Y Ρ-A in two lines across fields, cista, PY monogram below. Anokhin 31; Zograph 8; SNG BM Black Sea 344; SNG Pushkin 5.TextImage
Zograph 11Tyra. Danube, Black Sea, Thrace, AE22, ca 350-340 BC. Laureate head of Tyras left / TYΡA, Horse's head right. Anokhin 7; Zograph, Tyra 11; SNG BM Black Sea 337.TextImage
Zograph 13Tyra. Danube, Black Sea, Thrace, AE17, ca 360-350 BC. Laureate head of Tyras right / TYΡA, Bull standing right, head facing. Anokhin 2-3; Zograph, Tyra 13; SNG BM Black Sea 338.TextImage
Zograph 17Tyra, Sarmatia, AE17, ca 310-300 BC. Laureate head of Tyras right / TYΡA, horse's head right, wearing bridle. Anokhin 24; Zograph 17; SNG BM Black Sea 342–3; SNG Pushkin 3–4; SNG Stancomb 333; Sutzu II 271.TextImage
Zograph 21Tyra, Sarmatia, AE18, ca 270-260 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet / TY PA in two lines within wreath. Anokhin 29; Zograph 21.TextImage
Zograph 29Tyra, Sarmatia, AE14, ca 160-150 BC. Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / T-Y R-A in two lines to left and right of thyrsos. Anokhin 47; Zograph 29.TextImage
Zograph 34Tyra, Sarmatia, AE12, ca 130-120 BC. Head of Artemis right; bow and quiver behind / T-Y R-A in two lines to left and right of cornucopia. Anokhin 52; Zograph 34; SNG BM Black Sea 345; SNG Pushkin 8–9.TextImage
Zograph 37Tyra, Sarmatia, AE14, ca 140-130 BC. Bearded head of Asklepios right / T-Y R-A in two lines to left and right of serpent right, rising from omphalos. Anokhin 51; Zograph 37.TextImage
Zograph 40Tyre, Sarmatis, AE13, ca. 370-360 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / TYΡA above bull standing right on club right. Anokhin 1; Zograph 40; SNG BM Black Sea 348.TextImage
AUGUSTUS
RPC (Suppl) 1947BAugustus, AE24 of Tyra, Sarmatia, 27 BC–AD 14. KAICAΡOC [CE]BACTO[Y], laureate head left / TYΡANΩN, eagle standing right, wings spread. Anokhin 61 (Vespasian); Zograph –; RPC Supp. 2, S2-I-1947B.TextImage
RPC S2-I-1947BAugustus, AE24 of Tyra, Sarmatia. 27 BC–AD 14. 9.4 g. KAICAΡOC CEBACTOY, laureate head left. / TYΡANΩN, eagle standing right, head right, wings spread. RPC Supp. II, S2-I-1947B; Anokhin 61 corr. ("Vespasian"); K๖hne 7 corr. (ditto); Minns I, 17; Chaudoir 4; Alexeyev 11 (2005); Frolova pl. X, 2-7.TextImage
DOMITIAN
RPC 493Domitian, AE21 of Tyra, Sarmatia. KAICAΡ ΔOMETIANOC, laureate head right / TYΡA beneath female figure, wearing polos, seated left, holding wreath. RPC 493; Zograph 20.TextImage
RPC 493, cmDomitian, AE23 of Tyra, Sarmatia. 81-96 AD. KAICAΡ ΔOMETIANOC, laureate head right; c/m to right: bunch of grapes within incuse circle / TYΡA, female figure seated left, wearing polos and holding wreath. Anokhin 63 (this coin); Zograph 44; RPC II 493. Countermark Howgego 411.TextImage
RPC 494Domitian, AE21 of Tyra, Sarmatia. KAICAΡ ΔOMETIANOC, aureate head right. Countermark corn-ear. T-Y Ρ-A NΩN to left, right and beneath eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread. RPC 494. Countermark: Howgego 407.TextImage
RPC 495Domitian, AE20 of Tyra, Sarmatia, 81-96 AD. KAICAΡ [ΔOMETIANOC], laureate head right / [T]-Y [Ρ]-A NΩN in three lines across field and beneath upright club; c/m to left: grain ear in rectangular incuse. Anokhin 65; Zograph 47; RPC II 495; Sutzu II 272. Countermark Howgego 407.TextImage
HADRIAN
Makandarov Had1Hadrian, AE of Tyra, Sarmatia. AΔΡIANOC KAI AY, laureate, draped bust right / TY-ΡA in two lines to left and right of club. Makandarov, Hadrian 1; SNG Moscow 76-79; Anokhin 489; Zograf 6; RPC III 959.TextImage
Zograph 49Hadrian, AE18 of Tyra, Sarmatia, 117-138 AD. KAI AY AΔΡIANOC, laureate head right / TYΡA, eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread. Anokhin 67; Zograph 49; Sutzu II 273; SNG Moscow 73-75; RPC III 958.TextImage
ANTONINUS PIUS
SNG Copenhagen 117Antoninus Pius AE16 of Tyra, Sarmatia. AVT ANTONEINON CEB laureate bust right / TYΡANΩN, Herakles, naked, standing front, head right, resting right hand on club, holding lionskin over outstretched left arm and apples of the Hesperides in left hand. AMNG I/1, pl.XII, 25; SNG Cop 117; RPC IV Online 3672; SNG Moscow 93-100; Anokhin 493; SNG Stancomb 913-915.TextImage
Zograph 51Antoninus Pius, AE22 of Tyra, Sarmatia. Laureate head right / TYΡANΩN, Kybele seated left, holding patera in right hand, left elbow resting on drum; lion at feet to left. Zograph 51; SNG Moscow 80-81; Anokhin 490.TextImage
Zograph 52Antoninus Pius, AE19mm 2-Assaria of Tyra, Sarmatia. 138-161 AD. AYT ANTΩNEINON CEB, laureate head right / TYΡANΩN, eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak. Anokhin 70 and (1989) 491; Zograph 52; SNG Stancomb 911–912; Sutzu II 274; SNG Moscow 82-85; Anokhin 491.TextImage
Zograph 54Antoninus Pius AE16 1 Assaria of Tyra, Sarmatia, 138-161 AD. AYT ANTΩNEINON CEB, laureate head right / TYΡANΩN, Herakles standing right, leaning on club held in right hand, lionskin draped over left arm. Anokhin 72; Zograph 54; SNG Stancomb 913–915; Sutzu II 275.TextImage
MARCUS AURELIUS
Mionnet S2, 117Marcus Aurelius, AE Tetrassaria of Tyra, Sarmatia. KAICAΡ AYΡHΛIO, bare head right / TYΡANΩN, Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus. Δ below. Mionnet Supp. 2, 117.TextImage
Zograph 53Marcus Aurelius, AE18 3-Assaria of Tyra, Sarmatia. 139-161 AD. BHICCIMOC KAICAΡ, bare head right / TYΡANΩN, Athena standing left, holding patera, spear and shield. Anokhin 73; Zograph 53; SNG Stancomb 916–7.TextImage
COMMODUS
Zograph 56 varCommodus AE21, 4-assaria of Tyra, Sarmatia, 180-192 AD. [AVT K Λ A]VΡ KOMOΔOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right / TY-Ρ-ANΩN, Kybele seated left, holding Nike in right hand, resting left arm on throne; lion left at feet, Δ in exergue. Anokhin 75 var. (no lion); Zograph 56 var. (ditto).TextImage
Zograph 59Commodus, AE22 of Tyra, Sarmatia. Laureate, draped bust right / TYΡ-ANΩN, female figure in long robe, seated left on square rock, holding patera. Δ below. Zograph 59; Mionnet Supp. II, 120.TextImage
Zograph 60Commodus, AE21 of Tyra, Sarmatia. Laureate, draped bust right / TYΡANΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Γ below. Zograph 60; SNG Cop 118.TextImage
Zograph 60 varCommodus, AE21 of Tyra, Sarmatia. AV KAI M KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TYΡANΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. No mark of value. Anokhin 80 var; Zograph 60–60a var; Sutzu II 278 var. Unlisted without mark of value on reverse.TextImage
Zograph 63Commodus, AE14 Assaria of Tyra, Sarmatia. AY K M KOMOΔOC, laureate head right / TYΡANΩN, Herakles standing right, leaning on club held in right hand, lionskin over left arm. Anokhin 83; Zograph 63.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
SNG Cop 119cfSeptimius Severus AE24 of Tyra, Sarmatia. AV K Λ CE CEVHΡOC, laureate draped bust right / TYΡANΩN, Hercules standing right with club, lionskin and apples of the Hesperides in hand, Δ to right. (Rev as Cop 119 of Caracalla.)TextImage
Zograph 69Septimius Severus, AE22 of Tyra, Sarmatia. 193-211 AD. AV K Λ CEΠTI CEVHΡOC Π, laureate head right / TYΡANΩN, Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm branch. Δ (mark of value) at lower left. Anokhin 88; Zograph 69.TextImage
JULIA DOMNA
Alekseev 12Julia Domna, AE18 of Tyra, Sarmatia. 1.5 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA, draped bust right. / TYΡANΩN, eagle standing left, head right, wings closed, wreath in beak. B beneath tail. Alekseev 12 in "Stratum plus",6, 2010, otherwise unpublished.TextImage
Anokhin 517Julia Domna, AE24 of Tyra, Sarmatia. AD 193-217. 8.54 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEB, draped bust right. / TYΡANΩN, Kybele seated left, holding patera and resting left arm on tympanum, value mark Δ in lower right field. Anokhin 517; Nechitaylo & Michailov 182.TextImage
Grimm 23 varJulia Domna, AE24 4-assaria of Tyra, Sarmatia. IOVΛIA ΔOMNA CE, draped bust right / TYΡANΩN, Kybele seated left, holding patera and resting arm on drum; lion on each side of her. Value mark Δ in ex. Grimm 23 var (lions).TextImage
Weber 2426Julia Domna AE24 (3 Assaria) of Tyra, Sarmatia. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA, draped bust right / TYΡANΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder & cornucopia, Γ below. TextImage
Zograph 79Julia Domna, AE23 of Tyra, Sarmatia. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CE, draped bust right / TYΡANΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Γ at lower left. Zograph 79.TextImage
Zograph 95Julia Domna, AE25 of Tyra, Sarmatia. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CE, draped bust right / TYΡANΩN, Demeter standing left, holding grain-ears and sceptre. Δ at lower right. Zograph 95.TextImage
Zograph 113Julia Domna, AE16, assaria of Tyra, Sarmatia. Struck under Caracalla, 211-217 AD. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA, draped bust right / TYΡANΩN, Herakles standing right, leaning on club, lionskin draped over left arm. Anokhin 134; Zograph 113.TextImage
CARACALLA
Chaudoir 9Caracalla, AE of Tyra, Sarmatia. AD 197-217. AYT K M AY CEYHΡOC ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right / TYΡANΩN, Dionysos, wearing short chiton, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. Chaudoir Coll. 9.TextImage
Frolova LIX, 3Caracalla, AE26 of Tyra, Sarmatia (Scythia). AD 198-217. 9.38 g. AYT K M AYΡ CEYHΡOC ANTΩNINO, laureate head right. / TYΡANΩN, emperor, holding spear in right hand, riding horse trotting right. Frolova LIX, 3 (same dies); Zograph MT 4; Righetti Coll. 26.TextImage
Lanz 112-661Caracalla, AE26 of Tyra, Sarmatia. AYT K M AYΡ CEYHΡOC ANTΩNI, laureate head right / TYΡANΩN, Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; panther at foot. Lanz 112-661.TextImage
Mionnet 127Caracalla, AE23 of Tyra, Sarmatia. AVT K M AVΡ CEVHΡOC ANTΩNIN, laureate head right / TYΡANΩN, Kybele seated left between two lions, holding patera and resting arm on drum. Mionnet Supp. II, 127.TextImage
Mionnet 131Caracalla, AE24 of Tyra, Sarmatia. AVT K M AVΡ CEVHΡOC ANTΩNIN, laureate head right / TYΡANΩN, Emperor in military dress, holding spear in right hand, riding on horseback prancing right. Mionnet Supp. 2, 131.TextImage
Zograph 107aCaracalla, AE24 of Tyra, Sarmatia. Laureate head right / TYΡANΩN, Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm. Zograph 107a.TextImage
GETA
Mionnet Supp II 134Geta, AE17 of Tyra, Sarmatia. AY K P CE GETAC, bare-headed, draped bust right / TYΡANΩN, Eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak; B in right field. Mionnet Supp. II, 134.TextImage
SEVERUS ALEXANDER
Grimm 45Severus Alexander, AE23 of Tyra, Sarmatia. AV K M AVR CEV ALESANDRO, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, Countermark: bunch of grapes / TYΡANΩN, Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm, star in crescent to left. Grimm 45; Makandarov SAL 1.TextImage
Hourmo SHH2082Severus Alexander, AE21 of Tyra, Sarmatia. (AV K MA CEY) ALEXANDROC, laureate head right, countermark: bunch of grapes / TYΡANΩN, Herakles standing facing, head left, resting on club with right hand, lionskin over left arm. Value mark Δ at lower left. Hourmo SHH 2082.TextImage
SNG Moscow 225Severus Alexander AE23 of Tyra, Sarmatia. AD 222-235. 6.95 g. AYT K M AYΡ CEY AΛEXANΔ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Countermark: bunch of grapes in circular incuse (Howgego 412). / TYΡANΩN, Dionysos, naked, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot. Δ in left field. SNG Moscow 225; Frolova XLIV, 5; Nechitaylo & Michailov 250-251; Anokhin Black Sea 557; Kurth Dionysos 1115.TextImage
JULIA MAMAEA
Loboda 24, 18Julia Mamaea, AE24 of Tyra, Sarmatia. IOVLIA MAMEA CEBA, draped bust right / TYΡANΩN, river-god reclining right, resting right arm on rock, Δ in right field. P. Loboda, Odessos Museum, Bulletin 24, 18.TextImage
Loboda 34, 15Julia Mamaea, AE24 of Tyra, Sarmatia. IOVLIA MAMEA CEBA, draped bust right / TYΡANΩN, Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus. Loboda, Odessos Museum, Bulletin 34, no. 15.TextImage
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