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ID:
PRV-467
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Provincial
Region:
Lydia
City:
Sardes
Issuer:
Tiberius
Date Ruled:
14 - 37 CE
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
Ae27
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
28 - 29 CE
Diameter:
27 mm
Weight:
12.09 g
Obverse Legend:
∆ΠΟΥΣΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΣ ΝΕΟΙ ΘΕΟΙ ΦΙΛΑ∆ΕΛΦΟΙ
Obverse Description:
Drusus and Germanicus, togate, seated left on curule chairs, one holding lituus
Reverse Legend:
ΓΑΙΩ ΑΣΙΝΝΙΩ ΠΟΛΛΙΩΝΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΩ
Reverse Description:
wreath enclosing ΚΟΙΝΟΥ ΑΣΙΑΣ
Mint:
Sardes
Primary Reference:
RPC I 2995
Reference2:
SNG Copenhagen 518
Reference3:
BMC Lydia 106
Reference4:
SNG Turkey 5 471
Notes:
This coin was originally struck with the reverse legend ΕΠΙ ΑΡΞΙΕΡΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ ΚΛΕΩΝΟΣ ΣΑΡ∆ΙΑΝΟΥ but using an elaborate set of ring-shaped countermark dies the obverse and reverse legends were restruck, the reverse indicating the new magistrate.
Created and Managed by Alfredo De La Fe
