Basic classification Coin types Additional symbols City ethnic

Basic classification

Staters are segmented into three groups, that roughly correspond to the aggregate segmentation according to Lederer 1931:

• Group 1 (c. 420–380 BC): Lederer I–III (nos. 1–19),
• Group 2 (c. 380–360 BC): Lederer IV–VII (nos. 20–33),
• Group 3 (c. 360–333 BC): Lederer VIII–X (nos. 34–92).

Coin types and variants missing from Lederer are also included in these groups. The dating of these groups given in brackets is approximate and based on Lederer 1931, SNG France 2 and SNG Levante. Lower silver denominations (third staters, obols, hemiobols and tetartemorions) and bronze coins are listed in separate sections.

 

Coin types

AR Staters
Obverse		Reverse		Distinctive features	Type
Aphrodite enthroned	left	Dionysos standing	left	obv.: Aphrodite’s left arm resting on the back of the wide-backed chair; Eros standing and his right arm extended to Aphrodite rev.: NAΓIΔEΩN	1.1, 1.2
				obv.: Aphrodite’s left arm resting on the back of chair with curved back and legs; Eros flying and crowning Aphrodite rev.: NAΓIΔEΩN or NAΓIΔIKON or abbreviated forms	1.3, 1.4
				obv.: Aphrodite holding her left arm around tall standing Eros rev.: NAΓIΔ or NAΓIΔEΩN	2.2, 2.3
				obv.: Aphrodite’s left arm resting on the back of the chair, lit altar to left, Eros standing and crowning Aphrodite with wreath rev.: NAΓIΔEΩN	2.4, 2.5
				obv.: Aphrodite’s left arm resting on the back of the chair, Eros standing and his right arm extended to Aphrodite rev.: NAΓIΔEΩN	2.6a, 2.7
				obv.: Aphrodite’s left arm resting on the back of the chair, Eros standing and his right arm extended to Aphrodite rev.: NAΓIΔIKON	2.6b
				obv.: Aphrodite’s left arm resting on the back of the chair, Eros standing and his right arm outstretched behind the chair rev.: NAΓIΔ	2.8
				obv.: Eros flying and crowning Aphrodite (her hair bound in sphendone); in exergue, Π rev.: NAΓIΔEΩN	3.1
				obv.: Eros flying and crowning Aphrodite (her hair bound in sphendone); below throne, mouse; in exergue, Ω rev.: NAΓIΔEΩN	3.2
				obv.: Eros flying and crowning Aphrodite (her hair falls in curls); below throne, mouse rev.: NAΓIΔEΩN	3.3
				obv.: Eros flying and crowning Aphrodite (her hair falls in curls); below throne, mouse rev.: NAΓIΔIKON; dotted border	3.4, 3.5
				obv.: Eros flying and crowning Aphrodite; rose bush with a flower and one bud each on the left and right; below throne, mouse rev.: NAΓIΔIKON; dotted border	3.6
				obv.: Eros flying and crowning Aphrodite; rose bush with a flower and one bud on the right; below throne, mouse rev.: NAΓIΔIKON; dotted border	3.7
				obv.: Eros flying and crowning Aphrodite; rose bush with a flower and one bud on the right; below throne, mouse rev.: NAΓIΔIKON TΩNΔΩ; dotted border	3.8
				obv.: Eros flying and crowning Aphrodite; rose flower; below throne, mouse rev.: NAΓIΔIKON; dotted border	3.9
				obv.: Eros flying and crowning Aphrodite; below throne, mouse rev.: NAΓII(!)ΔIKON; dotted border	3.10
	right	bearded bust of warrior	left	obv.: a sphinx seated on the right side of the throne rev.: Pharnabazos in Aramaic	2.1
head of Dionysos	right	head of Aphrodite	right	rev. NAΓIΔEΩN or NAΓIΔIKON or abbreviated forms	1.5
	right	head of satrap	right	rev. ethnic abbreviated to NA	1.6
AR Third Staters
Obverse		Reverse		Distinctive features	Type
Aphrodite enthroned	left	Dionysos standing	left	obv.: Aphrodite’s left arm resting on the back of the chair, Eros standing on the right and crouching with clasped hands rev.: NAΓIΔ	4.1
				obv.: Aphrodite’s left arm resting on the back of the chair, Eros standing on the right and his right arm extended to Aphrodite rev.: NAΓIΔIKON	4.2
AR Obols
Obverse		Reverse		Distinctive features	Type
head of Aphrodite	left	head of Dionysos	left		5.1
			right		5.2
	right	head of Dionysos	left	rev. incuse circle	5.3
				rev. dotted border	5.4
			right	rev. no border, complete ethnic	5.5
				rev. dotted border	5.6
	facing	head of Dionysos	facing	young Dionysos	5.7
head of Pan	right	head of Dionysos	right		5.8
	right	amphora			5.9
head of Dionysos	left	amphora			5.10
amphora		kantharos			5.11
seated Baal	left	head of Tyche	left		5.12
AR Hemiobols
Obverse		Reverse		Distinctive features	Type
head of Aphrodite	left	head of Dionysos	left	anepigraphic	5.13
head of Aphrodite	right	head of Dionysos	left	anepigraphic	5.14
AR Tetartemorions
Obverse		Reverse		Distinctive features	Type
head of Aphrodite	right	human torso			5.15
Bronze coins
Obverse		Reverse		Distinctive features	Type
head of Pan	right	amphora			6.1
		kantharos			6.2
head of Dionysos	right	kantharos			6.3
seated Baal	left	head of Aphrodite	right		6.4

 

Additional symbols

Symbol	Denomination	Position	Orientation	Type
astragalos	stater	rev.: upper left field	—	3.4o–p, 3.5b
cross	stater	rev.: upper left field	—	3.5a
fly	stater	rev.: upper left field	right	3.4k
grape bunch hanging from vine	stater	rev.: upper left field	—	1.2, 1.4
grasshopper	stater	rev.: upper left field	right	3.4i–j
lion’s head	stater	rev.: upper left field	left	3.4m–n
mouse	stater	obv.: below throne	left	3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10
rose flower	stater	obv.: lower left field	—	3.9
		rev.: upper left field	—	3.4l
rose bush	stater	obv.: lower left field	—	3.6, 3.7, 3.8
star	stater	rev.: upper left field	—	3.4a–h
vine leafs	stater	rev.: upper left field	—	1.1a–c

 

City ethnic

Ethnic	Denomination	Position	Type
NAΓIΔEΩN	stater	rev.	1.1, 1.2, 1.3d, 1.4, 1.5b, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6a, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
	obol	rev.	5.5, 5.10, 5.11a
NAΓIΔEΩ	stater	rev.	1.5a
NAΓIΔE	stater	rev.	1.5c
NAΓIΔ	stater	rev.	1.3a, 2.2, 2.8
	third stater	rev.	4.1
NAΓI	obol	rev.	5.1b, 5.2, 5.3a, 5.6d, 5.8, 5.9b, 5.11d–e
	tetartemorion	rev.	5.15
	bronze coins	rev.	6.1a, 6.3
NAΓ	obol	rev.	5.1c
	bronze coins	rev.	6.1b–c
NA	stater	rev.	1.6
	obol	rev.	5.6c, 5.9c, 5.11b, 5.12
	bronze coins	rev.	6.4
N	obol	obv.	5.6a
		obv. & rev.	5.4, 5.6b, 5.7
	bronze coins	rev.	6.2
NAΓIΔIKON	stater	obv.	2.1
		rev.	1.3b–c, e–g, 1.5d–e, 2.6b, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9
	third stater	rev.	4.2
	obol	rev.	5.9a
NAΓIΔIIKON (sic)	stater	rev.	3.10
NAΓIΔIKON TΩNΔΩ	stater	rev.	3.8
NAΓIΔI	obol	rev.	5.1a, d
anepigraphic	obol		5.3b, 5.9d, 5.11c, f
	hemiobol		5.13, 5.14
	bronze coins		6.1d