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Nero ~ Lydia Maeonia AD 54-68 Æ (18.5mm) VF EX CNG VF ~ GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC

Nero ~ Lydia Maeonia AD 54-68 Æ (18.5mm) VF EX CNG VF ~ GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC

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  • Year: AD 54-68
  • Historical Period: Roman: Provincial (100-400 AD)
  • Era: Ancient

    Description

    LYDIA, Maeonia.
    Nero.
    AD 54-68. Æ (18.5mm, 4.47 g, 12h). Ti. Cl. Menekrates,
    strategos
    . Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head right / Veiled goddess standing right, holding scepter over shoulder. Kurth 78; RPC I 3011; SNG Copenhagen 231; SNG von Aulock 3016. Green-brown patina, light roughness. VF.
    The goddess on the reverse has been described as Boule (Imhoof-Blumer), Hestia (Kurth and BMC), and Demeter (Waddington). Unfortunately, none of the three make a regular appearance on the early coinage of Maeonia to sway the evidence to favor one over the others. Demeter becomes slightly more regular under the Antonines
    EX CNG E auction 517 lot 393