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Lydia, Sardeis, pseudo-autonomous, RPC 3010

AE 15, 2.59g
struck under the magistrate Ti. Cl. Mnaseas (time of Nero)
obv. EPI TI MNACEOV CARDIANWN
Head of Herakles, bearded, with lion-skin, r.
rev. CE - BACTH
Nike, winged, flying l., holding palmbranch in l. arm and wreath in outstretched r.
hand.
RPC 3010
about VF

The legend CEBASTH (lat. Augusta) may suggest that here Poppaea is depicted as Nike. There is a similar coin from Smyrna with the legend NEIKH POPPAIA SMYR where this connection is explicite (SNG 2486).

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