28 AD - 29 AD

Sardis   Lydia   Drusus & Germanicus
Σάρδεις   Λυδία   Δρούσος & Γερμανικός
 AE 27
 SHH 6416

6416 Sardis Lydia Drusus & Germanicus AE

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Provenance
 11.33 g   26.4-27.2 mm   2.3 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   F   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = 8.6 MS/m
Togate figures of Drusus and Germanicus  seated left on curule chairs
[ΔΡΟΥΣΟΣ] ΚΑΙ ΓΕΡΜΑ[ΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ]ΕΣ ΝΕΟΙ ΘΕΟΙ ΦΙΛΑΔΕ[ΛΦΟΙ]
clockwise around.
[ΚΟΙ]ΝΟΥ // ΑΣΙΑΣ within wreath;
[ΓΑΙΩ Α]ΣΙΝΝΙΩ Π[OΛΛΙΩ]ΝΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΩ clokwise around.
"...as well as the original issue there was a second one with a very elaborate 'countermark': the reverse legend was oblitarated by a ring-shaped punch with (the revised inscription quoted above). [RPC I p. 488] 
2995 As 2994 but obv. inscription restruck as above and reverse inscription restruck: ΓΑΙΩ ΑΣΙΝΝΙΩ ΠΩΛΛΙΩΝΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΩ. [RPC I p. 489]
The coin shown here suggests that the central piece was overstruck after the restriking of the reverse inscription !
Copenhagen V 518 (no dating); RPC I 2995 (28-29 AD); von Aulock cf 3161 (no dating)
Ex Numismatik Naumann (NN) 52/1261, 3.4.2017