Reign: Caligula Persons: Caligula (Augustus)

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Brass (17 mm); 3.57 g (3)

Obverse: ΓΑΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ; laureate head of Caligula, right

Reverse: ΕΡΕϹΕ(?) [; thyrsus and lyre

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1901,0704.2

Diameter:  17 Weight: 3.59  

Reign: Caligula Persons: Caligula (Augustus)

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Brass (17 mm); 3.57 g (3)

Obverse: ΓΑΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ; laureate head of Caligula, right

Reverse: ΕΡΕϹΕ(?) [; thyrsus and lyre

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 84

Diameter:  17 Weight: 3.14  

Reign: Caligula Persons: Caligula (Augustus)

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Brass (17 mm); 3.57 g (3)

Obverse: ΓΑΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ; laureate head of Caligula, right

Reverse: ΕΡΕϹΕ(?) [; thyrsus and lyre

Bibliography: CGT coll. 

Diameter:  17 Weight: 3.98   Axis: 12 

Reign: Claudius Persons: Claudius (Augustus)

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (16 mm); 4.09 g (2)

Obverse: ΚΑΙΣ[ ]ΥΔΙΟ[; laureate head of Claudius, right

Reverse: ΕΡΕΣΙ; capricorn holding globe, right

Museum: Cop: Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen (Denmark) Inventory: 

Bibliography: SNG 344 

Diameter:  16 Weight: 4.37   Axis: 6 

Reign: Claudius Persons: Claudius (Augustus)

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (16 mm); 4.09 g (2)

Obverse: ΚΑΙΣ[ ]ΥΔΙΟ[; laureate head of Claudius, right

Reverse: ΕΡΕΣΙ; capricorn holding globe, right

Bibliography: Themis 9, 28 Mar. 2021, lot 548 

Diameter:  17 Weight: 3.8  

Reign: Uncertain Persons:

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (16 mm); 2.16 g (4)

Obverse: ΣΑΦΦΩ; Sappho seated left holding plectrum in her right hand, left arm resting on lyre

Reverse: ΕΡΕΣΙ; herm of Hermes wearing petasus on base standing facing, head left, holding caduceus and cornucopia

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 83

Weight: 1.55  

Reign: Uncertain Persons: Nero (Augustus)

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (18 mm); 3.88 g (2)

Obverse: ΝΕΡ[(?) ΚΑΙ]ϹΑΡ; laureate head of uncertain Nero (?), right

Reverse: ΕΡΕΣΙ; prow, right

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 85

Diameter:  18 Weight: 3.58   Axis: 6 

Reign: Uncertain Persons:

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (16 mm); 2.16 g (4)

Obverse: ΣΑΦΦΩ; Sappho seated left holding plectrum in her right hand, left arm resting on lyre

Reverse: ΕΡΕΣΙ; herm of Hermes wearing petasus on base standing facing, head left, holding caduceus and cornucopia

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Pfau 1770 ( = I-B, MG 278/247) 

Weight: 1.37  

Reign: Uncertain Persons: Nero (Augustus)

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (18 mm); 3.88 g (2)

Obverse: ΝΕΡ[(?) ΚΑΙ]ϹΑΡ; laureate head of uncertain Nero (?), right

Reverse: ΕΡΕΣΙ; prow, right

Bibliography: MünzZentrum-Rheinland 143, 16–17 Apr. 2008, lot 325 = Naumann 100, F. Jarman coll., 7 Mar. 2021, lot 1351 

Diameter:  19 Weight: 4.18  

Reign: Uncertain Persons:

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (16 mm); 2.16 g (4)

Obverse: ΣΑΦΦΩ; Sappho seated left holding plectrum in her right hand, left arm resting on lyre

Reverse: ΕΡΕΣΙ; herm of Hermes wearing petasus on base standing facing, head left, holding caduceus and cornucopia

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 1895/732

Weight: 1.96  

Reign: Uncertain Persons:

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (16 mm); 2.16 g (4)

Obverse: ΣΑΦΦΩ; Sappho seated left holding plectrum in her right hand, left arm resting on lyre

Reverse: ΕΡΕΣΙ; herm of Hermes wearing petasus on base standing facing, head left, holding caduceus and cornucopia

Museum: V: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria) Inventory: GR 16907

Diameter:  17 Weight: 3.75   Axis: 11 

Reign: Trajan Persons: Trajan (Augustus)

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (17 mm); 3.48 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΓΕΡ; laureate head of Trajan, right

Reverse: ΕΡΕϹΙωΝ; Apollo standing naked, left, holding branch in right hand, left resting on tripod

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: B-I

Diameter:  17 Weight: 3.26  

Reign: Trajan Persons: Trajan (Augustus)

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (17 mm); 3.48 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΓΕΡ; laureate head of Trajan, right

Reverse: ΕΡΕϹΙωΝ; Apollo standing naked, left, holding branch in right hand, left resting on tripod

Bibliography: Numisfitz 3, 3 Dec. 2023, lot 476 

Diameter:  18.4 Weight: 3.7  

Reign: Hadrian Persons: Hadrian (Augustus) ; Sabina (Augusta)

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (22 mm); 9.37 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ ϹΑΒΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ; bare head of Hadrian, left looking right, with drapery on left shoulder facing diademed and draped bust of Sabina right, looking left, hair falling in plait down neck

Reverse: ΕΡΕϹΙΩΝ; bust of Athena, right, with crested helmet

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: Löbb.

Diameter:  22.4 Weight: 9.37  

Reign: Hadrian Persons: Aelius (Caesar)

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (19 mm); 4.28 g (1)

Obverse: Λ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare head of Aelius, right

Reverse: ΕΡΕϹΙΩΝ; head of Hermes, right, with petasus

Museum: Winterthur: Münzkabinett der Stadt Winterthur (Switzerland) Inventory: 

Bibliography: GrMW 2873 

Diameter:  18.3 Weight: 4.28  

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (21 mm); 5.27 g (1)

Obverse: [Α]Υ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΒοΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ (tooled); radiate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius(?) wearing paludamentum, right, seen from centre

Reverse: ΕΡΕϹΙΩΝ; kalathos on tripod, containing two poppies and two ears of corn

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: I-B

Diameter:  21 Weight: 5.27   Axis: 12 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (19 mm); 3.01 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝο[c]; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ϹΑΠΦΩ ΕΡΕϹ; head of Sappho, right

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1925-7-5-3

Diameter:  21 Weight: 3.12   Axis: 12 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (19 mm); 3.01 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝο[c]; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ϹΑΠΦΩ ΕΡΕϹ; head of Sappho, right

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 87

Bibliography: Wa 1371 

Diameter:  19 Weight: 2.9   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 18.60 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΗΝΟϹ(sic, tooled); laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius(?) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right (tooled)

Reverse: ΕΙΠ(sic) ϹΤΡ ΠΟΥ(sic) ΤΡΥΦΩΝΙΑΝ ΕΡΕϹΙΩΝ (tooled); temple with eleven(sic) columns (tooled)

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1901-6-1-49

Bibliography: both sides heavily tooled, see city introduction 

Diameter:  32 Weight: 18.6   Axis: 6 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Eresus Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Adramyteum)

Denomination: Æ (25 mm); 7.02 g (1)

Obverse: ] ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΝ(sic, tooled); laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre

Reverse: ΕΡΕϹΙΩΝ; Nike standing, right, holding transverse trophy

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: (Fox)

Diameter:  25 Weight: 7.02   Axis: 6