Reign: Caligula Persons: Caligula (Augustus)

City: Cnossus Region: Crete Province: Cyrenaica and Crete

Denomination: Æ (22 mm); 6.39 g (48)

Obverse: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS; laureate head of Caligula, right

Reverse: GERM CAESAR PVLCHRO III VARIO IIVIR; laureate head of Germanicus, right

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 1905.1510 G 39

Weight: 5.3   Axis: 6 

Reign: Tiberius Persons: Augustus (Divus)

City: Patras Region: Peloponnesus Province: Achaea

Denomination: Copper (26 mm); 9.84 g (72)

Obverse: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER; radiate head of Augustus, left

Reverse: COL A A PATRENS; togate man, holding measuring rod (?) and vexillum with two oxen, left

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 

Diameter:  26 Weight: 6.67  

Reign: Vespasian Persons: Vespasian (Augustus)

City: Alexandria Region: Egypt Province: Egypt

Denomination: Tetradrachm; 12.26 g (7)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΤΙΤ ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝ ΚΑΙΣ, LΑ; laureate head of Vespasian, right

Reverse: ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Titus, right

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 

Bibliography: BMC 221 

Diameter:  27

Reign: Uncertain Persons:

City: Athens Region: Attica Province: Achaea

Denomination: Æ; 6.71 g (8)

Obverse: head of Athena (with traces of drapery), right

Reverse: ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ; to left, Athena standing, facing, head, right; to right, nude Marsyas advancing, left, raising right arm

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Svoronos, Athens 89.30 

Diameter:  23

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Sparta Region: Peloponnesus (Laconia) Province: Achaea

Denomination: Æ; 5.50 g (7)

Obverse: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΩΝ; club

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 1776

Weight: 5.12   Axis: 10 

Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

City: Odessus Region: Moesia Province: Moesia Inferior

Denomination: Æ; 5.96 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΚΟΜΟΔοϹ; laureate head of Commodus, right

Reverse: ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ; to left, Kore standing, right, holding long torch and two ears of corn; to right, veiled Demeter standing, left, holding patera and long torch

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 

Diameter:  23

Reign: Uncertain Persons:

City: Byzantium Region: Thrace Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 4.41 g (14)

Obverse: draped bust of Artemis, right; to left, quiver; to right, bow

Reverse: ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ; crescent surmounted by star

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1910/1, pl. 115 (V1 and R3), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin 

Diameter:  22

Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

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

Denomination: Æ (19 mm); 4.54 g (3)

Obverse: ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ; laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short - medium length beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΘΥΜΝΑΙΩΝ; Arion riding on dolphin, right, raising arm, holding lyre

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Schefold, Bildnisse, pp. 172–3, no. 5 (rev.) and p. 219 

Diameter:  20

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Koinon of the Thirteen Cities Region: Uncertain Province: Asia (conventus of Sardis)

Denomination: Æ (43 mm); 52.03 g (13)

Obverse: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΕΥ; laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, left, seen from rear

Reverse: ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΙΓ ΠΟΛΕΟΝ(sic) ΠΡΟΝ(Ο Μ) ΚΛ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑΡΧ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙ ΙΓ ΠΟΛΕΩΝ; Hades standing in galloping quadriga, right, holding sceptre, struggling with Persephone; above, small Eros flying, right, holding torch and guiding horses' reins; beneath, overturned kalathos containing flowers

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 1903/2164

Bibliography: Gillespie 1, pl. III.1 = A.H. Cahn, in Provincialia. Festschrift Rudolf Laur-Belart (1968), p. 59, no. 15 

Diameter:  50 Weight: 63.06   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons:

City: Silandus Region: Lydia Province: Asia (conventus of Sardis)

Denomination: Æ (43 mm); 52.23 g (1)

Obverse: ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ; draped bust of the Senate (youthful), right

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΑ ΑΤΤΑΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟϹ Α ϹΙΛΑΝΔΕΩΝ; bearded emperor (Lucius Verus) galloping over kneeling and bound captive, right, wearing military dress, brandishing spear

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 272/1951

Bibliography: GM 723, no. 622 = N. Dürr, SM 3 (1952), pp. 10–11 = A.H. Cahn, 'Münzen aus fernen Gegenden in Augst', in E. Schmid, L. Berger and P. Bürgin (eds), Provincialia. Festschrift Rudolf Laur-Belart (Basel and Stuttgart,1968), p. 62, no. 16 = GRPCL Silandos 12 

Diameter:  41 Weight: 52.23   Axis: 6 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)

City: Pompeiopolis Region: Paphlagonia Province: Galatia

Denomination: Æ; 28.34 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙ Λ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡοϹ ϹΕΒ; laureate-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius (on left) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other, both wearing cuirass, Marcus with paludamentum

Reverse: ΝΕΙΚΗ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩΝ ΜΗΤΡο ΠοΜΠΗΙο; emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus) galloping over foe, right, each wearing military dress and holding spear

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 1967/23309

Bibliography: A.H. Cahn, in Provincialia. Festschrift Rudolf Laur-Belart (1968), p. 62, no. 17, found at Augst 1967 

Diameter:  33 Weight: 28.34  

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Marcianopolis Region: Moesia Province: Moesia Inferior

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.52 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ; laureate head of Severus Alexander, right

Reverse: ΗΓ ΟΥΜ ΤΕΡΕΒΕΝΤΙΝΟΥ Μ[ΑΡΚΙΑΝ]ΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ; Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 

Bibliography: AMNG 1038.1 

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Magnesia ad Sipylum Region: Lydia Province: Asia (conventus of Smyrna)

Denomination: Æ (21 mm); 5.04 g (33)

Obverse: Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥΛΟΥ; bull standing, left

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 1908.2071

Diameter:  21.9 Weight: 5.09   Axis: 12 

Reign: Gordian III Persons:

City: Smyrna Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Smyrna)

Denomination: Æ (25 mm); 6.55 g (76)

Obverse: ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ; draped bust of the Senate, right

Reverse: ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ; temple with four columns enclosing statue of Tyche holding rudder and cornucopia

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 1918.2005

Diameter:  23 Weight: 7.1   Axis: 6 

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Ephesus Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus) Alliance with: Alexandria

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 11.57 g (6)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front

Reverse: ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ; Sarapis seated, left, holding sceptre and cult statue of Artemis Ephesia; at his feet, Cerberus

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 

Diameter:  28

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 9.33 g (7)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΙΩΝΙΑ; Tyche standing left, holding figure of Ares and cornucopia

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 1908.1996

Diameter:  29.2 Weight: 8.44   Axis: 5 

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Samos Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Miletus)

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 9.75 g (26)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ϹΑΜΙΩΝ; warrior advancing right, right hand raised, holding shield, left foot on prow

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 1908.2020

Diameter:  29.4 Weight: 12.12   Axis: 6 

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Samos Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Miletus)

Denomination: Æ (21 mm); 5.52 g (25)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ϹΑΜΙΩΝ; Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 1982.455.57

Diameter:  20.8 Weight: 3.47   Axis: 6 

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Samos Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Miletus)

Denomination: Æ (21 mm); 5.03 g (38)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ϹΑΜΙΩΝ; river god Imbrasos reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water urn

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 1908.2021

Diameter:  22 Weight: 5.66   Axis: 6 

Reign: Gordian III Persons:

City: Koinon of Macedonia Region: Macedonia Province: Macedonia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 0.00 g (0)

Obverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; helmeted head of Alexander the Great, right; griffin on helmet; below, star

Reverse: ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩ; Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, holding couched spear

Museum: Basel: Historisches Museum Basel (Switzerland) Inventory: 

Bibliography: AMNG 772.1 = cast in BBAW 

Diameter:  27.4