Issues without letters or monograms date of last edit: 12/17/2004
Pellet // pellet BMC Thrace pg. 183, 8, 9; McClean 4056; Dewing 1301; SNG Copenhagen 824-826 13268.jpg (50375 bytes)731281.jpg (26272 bytes)
Pellet // palm BMC Thrace pg. 183, 10; McClean 4081 98757.jpg (26131 bytes)
Pellet // grape bunch BMC Thrace pg. 183, 11; Weber 2419, 2434; McClean 4079 197q.jpg (33355 bytes)00549p00.jpg (27751 bytes)
Pellet // ivy leaf BMC Thrace pg. 183, 13; McClean 4082-4083; SNG Berry 501 10117.jpg (35663 bytes)98752.jpg (23830 bytes)
Pellet // selinon leaf   104037.jpg (20681 bytes)
Pellet // wreath BMC Thrace pg. 183, 14; McClean 4076-4077; SNG Copenhagen 843 12329.jpg (58522 bytes)SNGCop_843.jpg (21626 bytes)SNGCop_843.3.jpg (42909 bytes)
Pellet // caduceus   98758.jpg (13886 bytes)
Pellet // omphalos or garlanded pileus McClean 4078 12337.jpg (58465 bytes)98756.jpg (15323 bytes)
Pellet // swastika McClean 4080 98755.jpg (24342 bytes)12335.jpg (63644 bytes)swastikaa.jpg (45357 bytes)
Pellet // Tri-lobe flower SNG Copenhagen 842; SNG Dreer 109  
Pellet // Quatri-lobe flower Weber 2433; McClean 4073 SNGCop_842.jpg (14543 bytes)
Pellet above torch // bucranium Weber 2412  
Pellet // star Weber 2417; Winterthur 1194 LD7.jpg (42817 bytes)
Pellet // rose McClean 4075 4075.jpg (40229 bytes)
Pellet // bee McClean 4100 4100.jpg (42119 bytes)
Pellet // grain kernel SNG Manchester 776 13265.jpg (58967 bytes)
Pellet // crested helmet SNG Berry 502 98738.jpg (18659 bytes)
Pellet // poppy Winterthur 1195  

Issues with the letter A

A below pellet // pellet BMC Thrace pg. 183, 15; McClean 4057 4057.jpg (24422 bytes)
A // amphora BMC Thrace pg. 183, 16  
A below pellet // strung bow below pellet BMC Thrace pg. 184, 17 6353.jpg (16679 bytes)
A below pellet // bunch of grapes BMC Thrace pg. 184, 18; Weber 2434; McClean 4088; Dewing 3104 sg1603.jpg (23792 bytes)00548q00.jpg (28750 bytes)
A above pellet // scallop shell BMC Thrace pg. 184, 19; Weber 2435 98764.jpg (29339 bytes)
A below pellet // flower BMC Thrace pg. 184, 20; SNG Copenhagen 841 SNGCop_841.jpg (15283 bytes)
A below pellet / club beside pellet   98759.jpg (17346 bytes)11840.jpg (60871 bytes)
A below pellet // star McClean 4086-4087; SNG Copenhagen 840; SNG Lockett 1185 4086.jpg (43253 bytes)1185.jpg (14260 bytes)
Pellet // A on raised quarter // star SNG Fitzwilliam 463 0463.jpg (20373 bytes)
A above pellet // MA on raised quarter // bipenis  McClean 4109 4109.jpg (39919 bytes)
A below pellet // plow   98744.jpg (23695 bytes)
A // lizard   6346.jpg (14957 bytes)
A below pellet // helmet(?) SNG Dreer 111  

Issues with AG monogram

AG beside pellet // amphora BMC Thrace pg. 184, 21; Weber 2406; McClean 4066; Dewing 1305; SNG Copenhagen 837 12336.jpg (51012 bytes)13253.jpg (55707 bytes)98735.jpg (90630 bytes)
AG above pellet // two crossed grains beside pellet BMC Thrace pg. 184, 22; McClean 4067-4068 4067.jpg (34591 bytes)98734.jpg (27054 bytes)
AG // bucranium BMC Thrace pg. 184, 23  
AG beside pellet // ram's head Weber 2411, 2427 98765.jpg (22752 bytes)
AG (no pellet)// ram's head Dewing 1307 98733.jpg (13040 bytes)
AG below pellet // club beside pellet BMC Thrace pg. 184, 24  
AG above pellet // helmet without crest BMC Thrace pg. 184, 25  
AG above pellet // helmet without crest beside pellet BMC Thrace pg. 184, 26  
AG beside pellet // lizard BMC Thrace pg. 184, 27; SNG Dreer 112 11362.jpg (43779 bytes)13261.jpg (54878 bytes)hemidrachm_lizard-a.jpg (24475 bytes)
AG beside pellet // plow Weber 2414  
AG below pellet // plow SNG Manchester 775 0775.jpg (13099 bytes)
AG // plow BMC Thrace pg. 184, 28; Winterthur 1196  
AG below pellet // star Weber 2430 98763.jpg (21149 bytes)
AG below pellet // cicada McClean 4093; SNG Berry 503 00171q00.jpg (30897 bytes)98748.jpg (17774 bytes)6355.jpg (16580 bytes)
AG below pellet // torch Weber 2407; McClean 4092 98762.jpg (22315 bytes)AC8967.jpg (32530 bytes)77030.jpg (23709 bytes)
AG beside pellet // fish below pellet   3539.jpg (27238 bytes)
AG above pellet // fish vertically McClean 4094 98741.jpg (19038 bytes)
AG above pellet // fish horizontally  below pellet McClean 4095 98742.jpg (16002 bytes)
AG below pellet // grain ear McClean 4089; SNG Berry 504 13260.jpg (54206 bytes)98740.jpg (23961 bytes)
AG beside pellet // bee Weber 2409, 2428; McClean 4090; SNG Copenhagen 832 4090.jpg (37257 bytes)Cherson SNG Cop 832.jpg (18214 bytes)
AG beside pellet // Athena Promachos Weber 2418  
AG below pellet // round shield Weber 2425; SNG Fitzwilliam 464 6367.jpg (16271 bytes)0464.jpg (21167 bytes)
AG below pellet // club beside pellet Weber 2426  
AG below pellet // pellet McClean 4060; SNG von Post 76 4060.jpg (30497 bytes)SNGCop_826.jpg (14464 bytes)
AG below pellet // pruning knife McClean 4061-4064; SNG Tubingen 919; SNG von Post 77 4062.jpg (40173 bytes)
AG below pellet // bucranium McClean 4091

4091.jpg (42607 bytes)

Issues with AY or AT monogram

AT beside pellet // bee BMC Thrace pg. 184, 29; SNG Dreer 113; Winterthur 1199 6347.jpg (15780 bytes)98739.jpg (10835 bytes)hemidrachm_bee-c.2.jpg (21046 bytes)
AT above pellet // caduceus  

98737.jpg (17483 bytes)

Issues with DI

DI // bee   98736.jpg (93093 bytes)

Issues with LD monogram

LD beside pellet // ram's head McClean 4096-4097 4096.jpg (39656 bytes)4097.jpg (35293 bytes)

 

Issues with EB monogram

EB above pellet // amphora McClean 4098 4098.jpg (43025 bytes)
EB above pellet // bee BMC Thrace pg. 184, 30; McClean 4099 13263.jpg (51930 bytes)

Issues with an E

E beside pellet // dolphin below pellet BMC Thrace pg. 185, 31; Weber 2413 98761.jpg (14667 bytes)
E beside pellet // fish BMC Thrace pg. 185, 32, 33; McClean 4103 4103.jpg (36687 bytes)
E // fish below pellet   98760.jpg (13657 bytes)
E above pellet / fish upwards   GS0007.jpg (29077 bytes)
E // griffin's head beside pellet BMC Thrace pg. 185, 34  
E above pellet // grain ear Weber 2429; McClean 4101 12330.jpg (60768 bytes)13255.jpg (57091 bytes)i3297.jpg (23161 bytes)

Issue with EP monogram

EP below pellet // pellet BMC Thrace pg. 185, 35  

Issues with an H

H // torch McClean 4124 4124.jpg (35051 bytes)
H // bucranium McClean 4104 4104.jpg (42249 bytes)
H below pellet // bucranium   98743.jpg (15643 bytes)
Two pellets // H on raised quarter BMC Thrace pg. 185, 37; McClean 4059; Dewing 3102 13266.jpg (51405 bytes)98751.jpg (15071 bytes)723122.jpg (41620 bytes)
I below pellet // H on raised quarter // rooster   cher-rooster.JPG (17016 bytes)Rooster1.jpg (13855 bytes)
Pellet // H on raised quarter // star Weber 2417 68q.jpg (43239 bytes)
Pellet // H on raised quarter // torch McClean 4105 4105.jpg (38945 bytes)

 

Issues with HP monogram

HP below pellet // olive leaf with olive McClean 4108; SNG Copenhagen 828 4108.jpg (40825 bytes)
HP below pellet // pellet   hemidrachm_HP.jpg (40361 bytes)

Issues with an I

I  below pellet // ladle(?) BMC Thrace pg. 185, 36; Weber 2405 98732.jpg (22499 bytes)
I above pellet // ladle(?) below pellet   98749.jpg (25297 bytes)
I below pellet // ladle(?) below pellet McClean 4069-4070 4069.jpg (36861 bytes)
I // ladle(?) below pellet  

730778.jpg (29453 bytes)
I below pellet // pellet SNG Dreer 107 98750.jpg (16379 bytes)hemidrachm_I-a.2.jpg (15253 bytes)
I below pellet // Grain ear Weber 2410; Dewing 1303; SNG Copenhagen 835 SNGCop_835.jpg (14187 bytes)SNGCop_835a.jpg (42844 bytes)Chersonesos01.jpg (42081 bytes)
I beside pellet // grain ear SNG Tubingen 921  
I below pellet // X above pellet McClean 4058 4058.jpg (32727 bytes)
I below pellet // star McClean 4107 01246q00.jpg (30877 bytes)12338.jpg (67208 bytes)

Issues with a K

K beside pellet // amphora BMC Thrace pg. 185, 38  
K beside pellet // pentagram above pellet   19b.jpg (46454 bytes)
K (below pellet?) // pentagram below pellet   736963.jpg (45049 bytes)

Issues with VE or sometimes LE  monogram

VE beside pellet // amphora BMC Thrace pg. 185, 39; Weber 2423; McClean 4111-4112 00579q00.jpg (30843 bytes)00123q00.jpg (31624 bytes)6365.jpg (15174 bytes)
LE // lekythos with strigil beside pellet BMC Thrace pg. 185, 40  
VE beside pellet // bee BMC Thrace pg. 185, 41; Weber 2424; McClean 4114-4116 12333.jpg (69730 bytes)00554q00.jpg (30055 bytes)140q.jpg (38679 bytes)
VE above pellet // bee SNG Copenhagen 831 hemidrachm_bee-d.jpg (30836 bytes)(possible just an E)
VE below pellet // caduceus BMC Thrace pg. 185, 42  
VE beside pellet // caduceus Weber 2421 12332.jpg (54738 bytes)6364.jpg (14540 bytes)SNGCop_836.jpg (17137 bytes)
VE above pellet // caduceus SNG Copenhagen 836  
VE beside pellet // pentagram below pellet BMC Thrace pg. 185, 43; Weber 2422; SNG Dreer 115 12331.jpg (66103 bytes)pentagram.jpg (37666 bytes)
VE beside pellet // pentagram beside pellet McClean 4071 10116.jpg (35185 bytes)01151q00.jpg (32840 bytes)4071.jpg (44313 bytes)
VE beside pellet / pentgram   98753.jpg (22120 bytes)13264.jpg (51926 bytes)250757.jpg (18779 bytes)
VE beside pellet // lekythos with strigil attached to strap BMC Thrace pg. 185, 44; Weber 2420; McClean 4113 4113.jpg (38535 bytes)
VE beside pellet // lizard Weber 2415; McClean 4117-4118; SNG Copenhagen 830 4117.jpg (44120 bytes)SNGCop_830a.jpg (19259 bytes)SNGCop_830.jpg (16011 bytes)
VE beside pellet // amphora // VE beside pellet on raised quarter Weber 2416  
VE above pellet // grain kernel between two pellets McClean 4072 4072.jpg (42954 bytes)
VE above pellet // dolphin SNG Copenhagen 829  
VE  // Oinochoe beside pellet SNG Copenhagen 837  

Issues with a YP monogram

YP above pellet / grain ear BMC Thrace pg. 186, 45; McClean 4110 4110.jpg (38985 bytes)

Issues with an S

S beside pellet // pellet BMC Thrace pg. 186, 46:McClean 4085 4085.jpg (40033 bytes)

Issues with an X

X // pellet BMC Thrace pg. 186, 47 hemidrachm_X.jpg (21663 bytes)
X beside pellet // amphora McClean 4122 sg1606.jpg (15332 bytes)60160.jpg (36618 bytes)
X below pellet // amphora BMC Thrace pg. 186, 48; McClean 4121 13262.jpg (61363 bytes)
X above pellet // bee BMC Thrace pg. 186, 49 12334.jpg (69455 bytes)
X below pellet // bee SNG Copenhagen 834  
X below pellet // caduceus BMC Thrace pg. 186, 50; Weber 2432; McClean 4120 13258.jpg (56820 bytes)736957.jpg (29274 bytes)
X below pellet // lizard BMC Thrace pg. 186, 51; Weber 2431; McClean 4123 13259.jpg (56478 bytes)
X // lizard McClean  4125 4125.jpg (44918 bytes)
X below pellet // torch BMC Thrace pg. 186, 52 77030.jpg (23709 bytes)
X / Astragalos   98754.jpg (21799 bytes)
X below pellet // bucranium   6369.jpg (14639 bytes)

Issues with an uncertain monogram   

Uncertain letter or monogram beside pellet // pentagram Weber 2408  

This list is not a corpus of known specimens, but a compendium of the known varieties. This list is a work in progress. If you have any varieties not included or photos of examples not illustrated, please contact me at barry@bpmurphy.com. Thank you.

Photo Credits

Reid Goldsborough's page on these coins.

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