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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Lydia| > |Other Lydia| > RP84897
Nero, 13 October 54 - 9 June 68 A.D., Mostene, Lydia
|Other| |Lydia|, |Nero,| |13| |October| |54| |-| |9| |June| |68| |A.D.,| |Mostene,| |Lydia|, Mostene, in ancient Lydia, prospered in Roman and Byzantine eras. There is debate, based on a line in Tacitus, over whether Mostene was a Macedonian colony or a native Lydian city. In 17 A.D. the city was hit by an earthquake and was assisted by relief from Tiberius.
RP84897. Bronze AE 16, RPC I 2462 (2 specimens), Imhoof-Blumer LS 4a, BMC Lydia -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG Munchen -, SNG Tübingen -, VF, dark patina, encrustations, light corrosion, slightly off center, Mostene (Kepecik, Turkey) mint, weight 2.457g, maximum diameter 16.2mm, die axis 0o, as caesar, 50 - 54 A.D.; obverse NEPONA KAICAPA, bare-headed and draped bust right; reverse EΠI MEΔANIOY MOCTHNΩN, city goddess of Mostene seated left, kalathos on head, two grain ears in right hand, double axe in left hand; very rare; SOLD











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