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David Cannon Collection
Mr. Cannon is an avid collector of coins found on the travels of Saint Paul.
| Achaemenid
Kingdom |
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Achaemenid Kingdom, Time of Darios I to Xerxes I, AR Quarter Siglos, c.505-480 BC,
Sardes
(No legend)
Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow
(No legend)
Incuse punch
10mm x 11mm, 1.70g
Carradice Type II; Klein 756
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Achaemenid Kingdom, Time of Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II, AR Siglos, c.420-375 BC
(No legend)
Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, transverse spear in right hand,
bow in left, quiver with arrows over shoulder, punch in center
(No legend)
Incuse punch
13mm x 15mm, 5.52g
Carradice IIIb/C
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Achaemenid Kingdom, Time of Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II, AR Siglos, c.420-375 BC
(No legend)
Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, arrow in right hand, bow in
left, quiver with arrows over shoulder
(No legend)
Incuse punch, two countermarks
14mm x 16mm, 5.40g
Carradice IV/B
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Achaemenid Kingdom, Time of Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II, AR Siglos, c.420-375 BC
(No legend)
Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, dagger in right hand, bow in
left, quiver with arrows over shoulder
(No legend)
Incuse punch, one countermark
12mm x 15mm, 5.34g
Carradice IV/B
Ex David Cannon Collection
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| Hellenic
Kingdoms and City States |
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Greek, Attica-Aigina, AR Hemidrachm, c.404 BC
(No legend)
Land tortoise with segmented shell
(No legend)
Mill-sail pattern with five sunken compartments with thick dividing bands,
two pellets in one compartment
14mm x 15mm, 2.53g
SNG Copenhagen 522
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Attica-Athens, AR Tetradrachm, c.440-420 BC
(No legend)
Head of Athena right, wearing round earring and
crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and
spiral palmette on bowl
AΘE
Owl standing right, head facing, crescent and olive sprig with berry behind
22mm x 25mm, 17.07g
SNG Munich 52
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Bruttium-Rhegium, AE11, c.350-270 BC
(No legend)
Head of lion facing
PHΓINΩN
Laureate head of Apollo right
11mm x 12mm, 1.17g
SNG Copenhagen 1942
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Caria-Knidos, AR Diobol, c.300-225 BC, Agesikles as Magistrate
(No legend)
Head of Aphrodite right, pellet border
KNI / AΓHΣIKΛHΣ
Three-quarter facing head of bull, turned slightly right
11mm x 13mm, 1.18g
SNG Helsinki I, 189
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Caria-Knidos, AR Didrachm, c.210-185 BC, Agephon- as Magistrate
(No legend)
Head of Helios facing slightly right
KNIΔION / AΓEΦΩN
Forepart of roaring lion right; club to left (off flan)
17mm x 19mm, 5.52g
SNG Keckman --; SNG München --; SNG Copenhagen 318
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Caria-Kos, AR Didrachm, c.360-300 BC
(No legend)
Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress
KΩION
Veiled head of Demeter (?) left, MA in right field
18mm x 20mm, 6.35g
Pixodarus 12; SNG Copenhagen 619
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Caria-Kos, AE18, c.300-190 BC
(No legend)
Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress
KΩI
Crab upward
18mm x 19mm, 5.04g
SNG Keckman --; SNG von Aulock --
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Caria-Rhodes, AR Drachm, c.304-166 BC, Kallisthenes as Magistrate
(No legend)
Head of Helios facing slightly right
KAΛΛIΣΘENHΣ
Rose with buds on both sides, club to right, P | O across fields
15mm x 17mm, 2.54g
Boston Collection 2063
Ex David Cannon Collection; Ex Numismatik Naumann, Auction 16, Lot 384
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Greek, Caria-Rhodes, AR Drachm, c.88-84 BC, Mahs as Magistrate
(No legend)
Radiate head of Helios right
MAHΣ
Rose, bud to right, Isis crown in right field, P | O across fields, all in
incuse square
14mm x 15mm, 2.13g
BMC 268; SNG Keckman 686; SNG München 610; Jenkins, Group E, 246
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Cilicia-Tarsos, AR Stater, 361/360-334 BC, Mazaios as Satrap
B'LTRZ (Aramaic)
Baaltars seated left, head facing, holding in outstretched right hand
eagle, grain-ear and grape-bunch, scepter in left, TN (Aramaic) in left
field, M (Aramaic) below throne
MZDI (Aramaic)
Lion left, attacking bull left
23mm x 24mm, 10.25g
Casabonne series 2C; SNG BN 335; SNG Levante Supp. 20
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Cilicia-Tarsos, AR Drachm, Before 164 BC
(No legend)
Turreted head of Tyche right within fillet border
TAPΣEΩN
Sandan standing right on back of horned, winged animal standing
right; two monograms in outer left field mostly off flan
15mm x 16mm, 3.92g
BMC 94; SNG France 2 --; SNG Levante --
Ex David Cannon Collection
Note: Rainbow toning. Very rare type and desirable non-Hellenistic reverse taken
from the Hittite culture.
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Greek, Cilicia-Tarsos, Semi-Autonomous Issue, AE21, 1st Century BC
(No legend)
Turreted, veiled, draped bust of Tyche right
M / ΔH | TAPΣEΩN
Pyre of Sandan in the form of a pyramidal structure, containing figure of
Sandan on lion, surmounting garlanded square basis, eagle perched on apex
20mm x 21mm, 7.37g
Sear GCV 5672
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Ionia-Ephesos, AR Drachm, c.202-133 BC, Mitras as Magistrate
E_Φ
Bee with straight wings
MHTPAΣ
Stag standing right before palm tree
16mm x 19mm, 3.81g
P. Kinns, The Attic Weight Drachms of Ephesos, NC 1999, S.88; Head
Class X (S.51)
Ex David Cannon Collection
Note: Rare magistrate.
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Greek, Ionia-Miletos, AR Hemihekte or Obol (Milesian Standard), c.5th
Century BC
(No legend)
Forepart of roaring lion right, head turned back
(No legend)
Star-like floral pattern with central diamond enclosing pellet, all within square incuse
8mm x 9mm, 1.13g
SNG Kayhan 482
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Ionia-Miletos, AR Hemidrachm, c.331-323 BC, Proxenos as Magistrate
(No legend)
Laureate head of Apollo left
ΠPOΞENOΣ
Lion advancing left, looking back, MI monogram in left field, * above
12mm x 13mm, 1.63g
Deppert-Lippitz 248; SNG Kayan 491-495 var. (Magistrate, cf.490, drachm)
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Ionia-Samos, AR Obol, c.500-494 BC
(No legend)
Head of panther facing
(No legend)
Quadripartite incuse square
8mm x 9mm, 0.62g
BMC 12
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Islands off Ionia-Chios, AE18, c.190-133 BC
(No legend)
Sphinx seated right, corn ear before
HPOΣTPA / XIOΣ
Amphora, bunch of grapes to left
16mm x 19mm, 4.65g
SNG Copenhagen 1573
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Lesbos-Mytilene, AR Diobol, c.400-350 BC
(No legend)
Laureate head of Apollo right
MY
Head of Aphrodite right, control mark at left (partially off flan)
10mm, 1.25g
BMC 8-14
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Lycian League-Masikytes, AE13, c.30-27 BC
(No legend)
Laureate head of Artemis right
ΛYKI / M | A
Crossed bow and quiver in incuse square
13mm x 14mm, 2.31g
cf. Troxell 170b
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Lycian League-Myra, AR Hemidrachm, c.168 BC-81 AD
(No legend)
Laureate head of Apollo right
M | Y / P | A
Kithara in incuse square, fly in lower left field
14mm x 16mm, 1.46g
SNG von Aulock 4365
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Lycian League-Myra, AE11 , c.1st Century BC
(No legend)
Laureate head of Artemis right
ΛYKIΩ / N
Crossed bow and quiver in incuse square
11mm, 1.40g
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Lykaonia-Eikonion, AE16, c.1st Century BC
(No legend)
Laureate head of Zeus right
EIKONI | EIΩN
Perseus standing facing, head left, harpa in right hand, head of Medusa in left
14mm x 16mm, 3.04g
SNG von Aulock 5385
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Macedon-Amphipolis, AE10, c.410-357 BC
(No legend)
Head of youth wearing tainia
A | M / Φ | I
Race torch
10mm x 11mm, 1.31g
SNG ANS 89
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Macedon-Amphipolis, AE20, c.148-32/1 BC
(No legend)
Helmeted head of Athena right
AMΦIΠO_ΛITΩN
Eagle standing left, head right
19mm x 21mm, 4.37g
SNG ANS 140-1
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Macedon-Apollonia, AE22, After 187 BC
(No legend)
Laureate head of Apollo right
AΠOΛ | ΛΩNOΣ
Amphora
20mm x 22mm, 7.03g
SNG Copenhagen 133
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Macedonia-Neapolis, AR Hemidrachm, c.424-350 BC
(No legend)
Facing head of gorgoneion with protruding tongue
N | E / O | Π
Head of nymph right, hair wrapped in bun, in incuse circle
16mm x 18mm, 2.79g
SNG Copenhagen 229; SNG ANS 457
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Moesia-Istros, AR Drachm, c.4th Century BC
(No legend)
Facing male heads, left inverted
IΣTPIH
Sea-eagle flying left, dolphin in talons, H laying below eagle tail
17mm x 20mm, 5.74g
cf. SNG BMC Black Sea 227-236 (controls)
Ex Dave Cannon Collection
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Greek, Mysia-Adramytium, AE11, 350-300 BC
(No legend)
Laureate head of Zeus three-quarters facing
AΔPA
Eagle standing left on altar, barley ear in left field
10mm x 11mm, 1.64g
SNG Copenhagen --; SNG von Aulock --; SNG France 5/3
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Pamphylia-Perga, AE14, 2nd-1st Centuries BC
(No legend)
Sphinx seated right
ΠPEIIAK | ANAΨA
Artemis standing facing, head left, wreath upward in right hand,
scepter in left
13mm x 14mm, 2.14g
SNG France 355-61
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Phrygia-Kolossai, AE13, c.2nd-1st Century BC
(No legend)
Radiate head of Helios right
KOΛOΣ | ΣHNΩN
Kithara
13mm x 14mm, 3.26g
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Sicily-Melita (Matla), AE25, c.2nd-1st Centuries BC
MEΛITAYΩN
Head of Isis left, wearing uraeus crown; symbol of Tanit in left field
(No legend)
Four-winged figure of Osiris kneeling left, holding flail and sceptre
25mm x 26mm, 12.22g
Calciati III, p. 353, 7; SNG Copenhagen (Africa) 463; Sear GC 6588
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Sicily-Selinus, AR Didrachm, c.540-510 BC
(No legend)
Selinon leaf
(No legend)
Incuse square divided into twelve sections
21mm x 26mm, 8.26g
SNG ANS 679; SNG Ashmolean 1884
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Sicily-Syracuse, AE Hemilitra, After 410 BC
(No legend)
Head of Arethusa left, wearing headband
ΣY_PA
Doplhin swimming right, shell below
14mm x 17mm, 3.05g
Calciati 24
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Syria-Seleucia Pieria, Autonomous Civic Issues, AR Tetradrachm, Year
12 Local Era (98/97 BC)
(No legend)
Turreted, veiled bust of Tyche right
ΣEΛEYKEIAΣ / THΣ IEPAΣ | KAI / AYTONOMOY
Thunderbolt placed on filleted cushion on stool, BI (Year 12)
between legs, Δ to right, all in laurel wreath
27mm x 30mm, 13.63g
BMC 271, 19 var; SNG Cop. 398 var
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Thessaly-Larissa, AR Drachm, c.344-321 BC
(No legend)
Head of the nymph Larissa, facing slightly left
ΛAPIΣ / AIΩN
Horse grazing right, plant between its legs
17mm x 18mm, 5.86g
BMC Thessaly, p. 30, 61
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Islands Off Thrace-Samothrace, AE16, c.280-200 BC, Teisik as
Magistrate
(No legend)
Head of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet
ΣA_MO | TEIΣIK
Cybele stead left, patera in right hand, long scepter in left
16mm, 4.53g
SNG Copenhagen 1000-1
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Troas-Alexandria, AE Quarter Unit, c.65-48 BC
(No legend)
Laureate head of Apollo right
AΛ / EΞ
Legend in two lines, monogram below, all within wreath
13mm x 14mm, 1.78g
Bellinger A179
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Greek, Troas-Assos, AE11, c.400-241 BC
(No legend)
Head of Athena right wearing Attic helmet
AΣΣI
Griffin seated left, club below
11mm, 1.32g
SNG Copenhagen 237; SNG von Aulock 7588
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Macedonian Kingdom, Lysimachos, AR Drachm, c.301-297 BC, "Ionia-Teos"
(No legend)
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress
ΛYΣIMAXOY | BAΣIΛEΩΣ
Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left,
griffin above monogram in left field
16mm x 17mm, 4.30g
Price L38
Ex David Cannon Collection
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| Paeonian
Kingdom |
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Paeonian Kingdom, AR Tetradrachm, c.359-340 BC, Lykkeios
(No legend)
Laureate, bearded head of Zeus right in beaded circle
ΛYKK_EIOY
Young, nude Herakles standing left, strangling Nemean lion with left arm,
club raised in right hand, bow and quiver on ground to right
23mm x 25mm, 13.15g
SNG ANS 1019; Paeonian Hoard 63
Ex Sotheby's, Auction 16, April 1969;
Ex Harlan Berk; Ex David Cannon Collection
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| Pergamene
Kingdom |
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Pergamene Kingdom, Attalos I, AR Tetradrachm, 241-197 BC
(No legend)
Laurel wreath entwined with diadem, head of Philetairos right
ΦIΛETAIPOY
Athena enthroned left, wreath in right hand, left arm resting on shield,
transverse spear behind, bee in left field, bow in right field, ME
monogram under arm
28mm x 30mm, 16.40g
Westermark Group VI B (V.CXIII.R1)
Ex David Cannon Collection
Note: Very rare monogram configuration.
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| Judaean
Kingdom |
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Judaean Kingdom, Herod the Great (40-4 BC), AE 2-Prutot, 37-4 BC,
Jerusalem Mint
HPΩΔOY BAΣIΛ_EωΣ
Cross surrounded by an open diadem, dotted border
(No legend)
Table with three curved legs surmounted by flat vessel, small palm branches to
left and right, all within dotted border
15mm x 18mm, 2.18g
Meshorer TJC 49b;
Hendin 1178a
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Judaean Kingdom, Antoninus Felix as Procurator (52-59), Reign of Claudius,
Nero and Brittanicus, AE Prutah,
Year 14 (55 AD), Jerusalem Mint
NEP_ω KΛAV KAI_CAP
Two oblong crossed shields over two crossed spears
BPIT
Six-branched palm tree with clusters of dates, L | IΔ / K | AI across fields
16mm x 19mm, 2.35g
Hendin 1348; Meshorer 341
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Judaean Kingdom, First Jewish War (66-70), AE Eighth Shekel, Year 4
(69/70)
(Hebrew legend = Year four)
Lulav branch flanked by etrogs
(Hebrew legend = To the redemption of Zion)
Omer cup
18mm x 20mm, 5.77g
Hendin 1369; Meshorer 214
Ex David Cannon Collection
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| Roman Imperial |
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Roman Imperial, Augustus, AR Denarius, 2 BC (?)-4 AD, Lugdunum
CAESAR AVGVSTVS-DIVI F PATER PATRIAE
Laureate head right
AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT
Gaius and Lucius Caesar, each togate and standing facing, resting hand on
shield, spear behind each shield
Simpulum on left facing right and lituus on right facing left in upper
field
C L CAESARES in exergue
18mm x 19mm, 3.22g
RIC I, 207
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Imperial, Vespasian, AR Denarius, 69-70, Rome
IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
Laureate head right
IVDAEA
Judaea in mournful pose on ground right, trophy behind
16mm x 17mm, 3.27g
RIC II, 15
Ex David Cannon Collection
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| Roman
Provincial |
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Roman Provincial, Caria-Cnidus, Caracalla, AE20, 197-217
...T . KP . E...
Bare head right
KNI | ΔIΩN
Lit altar
19mm x 20mm, 7.16g
Unpublished?
Ex David Cannon Collection
Note: The only known Provincials from
Cnidus were struck for Caracalla, sometimes with Plautilla. I can't find anything similar to this coin anywhere.
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Roman Provincial, Caria-Rhodes, Semi-Autonomous Coinage, AE35, 31 BC-60
AD,
Teimostratos as Magistrate
(No legend)
Radiate head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath
POΔIΩN / TA | MI / TEI | MO / CTP | ATOY
Rose with two buds between poppy and stalk of grain
34mm x 35mm, 25.19g
RPC I 2748.4; Lindgren 700; SNG Copenhagen 888
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Cilicia-Tarsos, Augustus (27 BC-14 AD), AR Tetradrachm,
c.1 BC-10 AD
KAIΣAPOΣ-ΣEBAΣTOY
Laureate head right
MHTPO-ΠOΛEΩΣ
Fortuna seated right on rocky outcropping, holding palm frond;
below, half-length figure of river-god Cydnus swimming right; monogram in
right field
25mm x 27mm, 13.08g
RPC I 4004; Prieur 748; SNG Levante 988
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Corinthia-Corinth, Germanicus, AE21, 4/5 AD, C. Heius
Pollio and C. Mussius Priscus as Duoviri
GERMANI_CVS-CAESAR COR
Bare head right
C • HEIO • PO / LLIONE ITER / C • MVSSIO • P /
RISCO II VIR
Legend in four lines within ivy wreath
20mm x 22mm, 6.27g
RPC --; Amandry, Corinthe, XIII e.
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Koinon of Cyprus, Augustus, AE Quadrans, 27 BC-14 AD
(No legend)
Capricorn right, * above
(No legend)
Scorpion
17mm x 19mm, 3.24g
RPC I 3916
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Ionia-Ephesus, Claudius, AE20, 41-54
(No legend)
Jugate, laureate head of Claudius right with draped bust of Agrippina II
EΦFE / ΣIΩN
Stag standing right
19mm x 20mm, 5.61g
RPC 2622
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Ionia-Miletos, Nero, AE21, 54-68, Midesion (?) as
Magistrate
ΣEBAΣTOΣ
Laureate head left, * in left field
MIΔH_ΣIΩN
Lion walking right, head reverted, * above
21mm x 22mm, 5.86g
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Islands Off Ionia-Samos, Augustus, AE17, 27 BC-14 AD
(No legend)
Laureate head right
ΣAMIΩN
Peacock standing right on caduceus, scepter behind
16mm x 17mm, 4.22g
RPC 2681; BMC 224; SNG Cop 1728
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Lesbos-Mytilene, Tiberius, AE18, 14-37
TI ΘEOC CEBACTOC
Laureate head of Tiberius right, M | Y / T | I across fields
IOY ΘEA CEBACTH
Draped bust of Livia right, M | Y / T | I across fields
18mm x 19mm, 5.91g
RPC 2345; SNG Copenhagen 414
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Lycaonia-Iconium, Nero, AE23, 62-65 AD
NEPWN KAICAP CEBACTOC
Laureate head right
ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑΣ
ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ
ΚΛΑΥΔΕΙΚΟ_Ν /
ΙΕΩΝ
Poppaea Sabina as Kore seated left, scepter in left hand, poppy in right
26mm x 27mm, 10.05g
SNG von Aulock 5388; SNG Copenhagen 4; RPC 3544
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Lycaonia-Lystra, Antoninus Pius, AE23, 145-161
ANTONINVS AVG-PIVS PP TR P COS IIII
Laureate head right
MINERVAE CO_L LVSTRA
Minerva standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing with patera
over lighted altar to left; shield to right
23mm, 7.72g
RPC IV online 7263; H. Von Aulock, Die römische Kolonie Lystra und
ihre Münzen, CHIRON 2 (1972), 516 and Tf. 27, 11 (stgl.); Imhoof-Blumer,
KM II, 420, 2
Ex Münzen & Medallien, Auction
19, Lot 26, May 2006; Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Lycaonia-Lystra, Antoninus Pius, AE27, 145-161
ANTONINVS AVG-PIVS PP TR P COS IIII
Laureate head right
CERERIS COL-LVSTRA
Demeter seated left on chair, holding poppy, grain ears and scepter;
lighted altar to left
25mm x 29mm, 10.60g
RPC IV online 7264; Mabbott 2100
Ex David Cannon
Collection
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Roman Provincial, Lycaonia-Lystra, Faustina II, AE21, 146-176
FAVSTINAE-AVGVSTAE
Draped bust right, hair waved and coiled at lower back of head in small bun
COL IVL-LVSTRA
Tyche seated left on rocks, facing front, Orontes swimming left
below
21mm x 22mm, 4.64g
H. von Aulock, “Die römische Kolonie Lystra und ihre Münzen,” Chiron
2 (1972)
Ex David Cannon
Collection
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Roman Provincial, Macedonia Koinon, Nero, AE25, 54-68
KAIΣAP-NEPΩN
Bare head left
MAKEΔONΩN • ΣEBAΣTOΣ •
Round Macedonian shield
24mm x 25mm, 8.30g
RPC 1614
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Macedonia-Beroea, Koinon of Macedonia, Quasi-Autonomous Coinage under
Elagabalus-Philip, AE27,
3rd Century AD
AΛEΞANΔPOY
Head of Alexander the Great right wearing Corinthian helmet
KOIN MAKE • B • NEΩ • BEP_AIΩN
Youth standing left, holding whip in left hand and patera in right over
lit altar, table with two prize urns with palms at left, amphora on column
behind
27mm x 28mm, 12.77g
SNG Copenhagen --; AMNG III/1 864
Ex David Cannon Collection
Notes:
Some porosity and deposits. Rare with reverse legend
spelling out entire ethnic.
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Roman Provincial, Macedonia-Philippi, Augustus, AE18, 27 BC-14 AD
AVG
Bare head right
(No legend)
Two pontiffs driving team of oxen right, plowing pomerium
18mm, 3.85g
RPC 1656; Varbanov 3770; SNG Copenhagen 282
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Macedonia-Philippi, Claudius, AE27, 41-54 AD
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P
Bare head left
COL AVG-IVL-PHILIP
Large base with statues of Divus Augustus wearing military attire
being crowned by Divus Julius togate, DIVVS AVG in two lines on base,
flanked by two more bases
27mm x 28mm, 9.34g
RPC 1653; Varbanov 3774; SNG ANS 684
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Macedonia-Thessalonica, Claudius, AE22, 41-54
TI KΛAY KAIΣAP-ΣEBAΣTOΣ-ΓEPM
Laureate head of Claudius left
ΘEOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΣ-ΘEΣΣAΛONEIKEΩN
Radiate head of Divus Augustus right
20mm x 22mm, 9.08g
RPC I 1578; Varbanov 4235
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Mysia-Adramytium, Augustus, AE20, 27 BC-14 AD
ΣEBAΣTOY
Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust left
(No legend)
Laureate head of Jupiter left
19mm x 20mm, 6.87g
Unpublished?
Ex David Cannon Collection
Note: Although there is apparently no ethnic on either side, the style of
Jupiter matches Adramytium. The bust type of the emperor is more like that
seen in the Severan era, but I could not find any examples from that
period where the legend would have simply been
ΣEBAΣTOY. In any event, I
could not find a similar example with this combination of emperor and
Jupiter, leading me to believe this may be unpublished.
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Roman Provincial, Moesia Inferior-Nicopolis ad Istrum, Diadumenian, AE
Tetrasserion, 217-218, Statius Longinus as Magistrate
M OΠEΛ ΔIAΔOVMENIANOC K
Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right
VΠ CTA ΛONΓAINOV-NIKOΠOΛITΩN / ΠP | OC / ICTPΩ
Demeter standing facing, head left, long torch entwined by serpent
in left hand, grain ears in right over open cista mystica from which a
serpent emerges
25mm x 30mm, 12.60g
Varbanov 3722; AMNG 1836
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Pamphylia-Attaleia, Domitian, AE18, 81-96
(No legend)
Laureate head right
AT_TAΛEW_N
Helmeted, draped bust of Athena right
18mm x 19mm, 5.64g
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Pamphylia-Perga, Hadrian, AE20, 117-138
AΔPIANOC-KAICAP
Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
APTEMIΔOΣ-ΠEPΓIAC
Artemis standing right, bow in left hand, reaching for arrow in quiver
with right, stag right behind
20mm x 21mm, 5.47g
SNG BN Paris 400
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Phoenicia-Tyre, Autonomous Issue, AR Shekel, Tyrian Era Year 146 (20/21
- Lifetime of Jesus Issue)
(No legend)
Laureate bust of Melkart right, wearing lionskin around neck
TYP_OY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY
Eagle standing left on prow, palm over left wing, vertical club in left field,
PM ς (date) above club, KP over monogram in right field, Phoenician
letter below eagle
20mm x 23mm, 6.01g
Prieur 1419 (Population 3); RPC 4659
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Autonomous Issue, AR Half Shekel, Tyrian Era Year 161
(35/36 AD), Phoenicia-Tyre
(No legend)
Laureate bust of Melkart right, wearing lionskin around neck
TYP_OY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY
Eagle standing left on prow, palm over left wing, vertical club in left field,
PΞA (date) above club, KP over monogram in right field, Phoenician
letter below eagle
20mm x 21mm, 5.43g
Prieur 1464 (Population 1); RPC 4694
Ex David Cannon Collection
Note: Chipped and crystalized.
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Roman Provincial, Phrygia-Colossae, Semi-Autonomous Coinage, AE18
KOΛOCC_HNΩN
Radiate, draped bust of Helios right
CAKEPA_ΩEN
Stag standing right
17mm x 18mm, 4.80g
Von Aulock, Phrygien -- (cf. 451 obverse, cf. 453 reverse)
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Phrygia-Colossae, Time of Commodus
(c.177-192), Semi-Autonomous Coinage, AE32
ΔHMOC-KOΛOCCHNΩ_N
Laureate head of young Demos right
KO | ΛOC / CH | NΩN
Helios in quadriga facing, globe in left hand, torch in right
32mm x 33mm, 19.95g
BMC 5; SNG von Aulock 3765; Von Aulock, Phrygien II 496
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Pisidia-Antioch, Titus as Caesar, AE21, 69-79
T • CAES • IMP • PONT
Laureate head right
ANT • / COL
Priest with vexillum standing right behind two oxen, crescent above
21mm, 6.72g
RPC 1605; SNG von Aulock 4919; SNG Paris 1077
Ex David
Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Pisidia-Antioch, Pseudo-Autonomous Coinage, AE13, c.2nd Century
AD
ANT_IOC
Bust of Mên on crescent right, wearing Phrygian cap
C_OLO_NIA
Rooster standing right
13mm, 1.54g
SNG BN Paris 1064
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Pisidia-Antioch, Pseudo-Autonomous Coinage, AE13, c.2nd Century
AD
ANTIO_CHI (retrograde counterclockwise)
Bare headed, draped bust right, caduceus over shoulder
CO_LON
Rooster standing right
12mm x 14mm, 1.55g
cf. SNG BN Paris 1069; cf. SNG Copenhagen 16
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Syria-Antioch,
Augustus, AE Semis, 4-5 AD
AVGVST •-TR POT
Bare head right
S C
Legend in laurel wreath
22mm x 25mm, 10.42g
McAlee 209; RPC 4261
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Syria-Antioch, Autonomous Issue Under Augustus, AE Small
Denomination, Actian Year 42 (11/12 AD), Group 2, Quintus Caecilius Metellus
Creticus Silanus as Governor of Syria
(No legend)
Laureate head of Zeus right
ANTIOXE_ΩN MHTPO_ΠOΛEΩΣ
Ram running right, looking back, * above, BM below
19mm x 21mm, 8.12g
Butcher 56; BMC Galatia 62; MacDonald, NC 1904, pp 110-112
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Roman Provincial, Troas-Alexandria, Vespasian, AE Semis, 69-79
IMP VESPASIANVS AVG
Laureate head right
VICTORIA-AVG
Victory advancing right, wreath in right hand
19mm x 20mm, 4.92g
RPC 896
Ex David Cannon Collection; Ex Sayles & Lavender, VCoins, 2009
Notes from John Lavender: Both
RPC 896 (the coin on our site) and RPC 897 have traditionally been
attributed to Apameia in Bithynia, on conjectural evidence, but this
attribution has recently been revised in favor of Alexandria Troas, based
on three pieces of much more convincing evidence:
1) the Latin legends
indicate the coins were struck at a Roman colony, only three of which
existed in the region where the coins are found (Apameia in Bithynia,
Parium in Mysia, and Alexandria Troas).
2) the cult of Apollo Smintheus
(cp. the reverse of RPC 897) was centered at Alexandria Troas, and on one
of the known examples of RPC 897 the words APOLLO ZMIN are legible.
3) an example of RPC 897 (i.e., Smintheus reverse) was reportedly found at
Alexandria Troas. It has long been understood that both coins are the
product of the same mint. Thus, if RPC 897 is from Alexandria Troas, which
the evidence strongly supports, then so is RPC 896 (our coin).
I was able to trace all of the known existing specimens of both RPC 896 and
RPC 897, and there are only four coins that are not in museum collections.
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