200 BC - 1 BC

Sardeis   Lydia
Σάρδεις   Λυδία
 AE 17
 SHH 7208

7208 Sardeis Lydia AE

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Provenance
 5.34 g   15.4-17.6 mm   2.8 eqmm   8:00 o'clock   VF   centering -/-
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv.: 5.6; rev.: 6.4 MS/m
Laureate head of Hercules right; lion skin knotted around neck; border of dots.
Naked Apollo standing facing, head left, holding crow and lowerel branch;
ΣAPΔIANΩN downward on right; monogram on left; all within oak wreath.
Iregular straight grooves, hand-saw marks, on obverse and reverse.
BMC 5 (variant); Copenhagen 487 (2nd-1st c. BC); GRPC Lydia 167 (variant);
München 475 (variant); Sear Greek 4734 (variant, after 133 BC)
Ex Roma 75E/279, 15.10.2020