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Lydia, Sardeis, pseudo-autonomous, SNG Copenhagen 513 var.
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AE 19, 3.23g, 18.96mm, 180°
struck 2nd-3rd century AD
obv. CAR - DIC
Bust of Tyche Sardis, draped and veiled, wearing mural crown, r.
rev. CARDIANWN. - .B.NEWKORWN
Cult statue of Kore, wearing polos, stg. frontal, surmounted by star and crescent; grain-ears l., poppy r.
ref. SNG Copenhagen 513 var.; SNG von Aulock 3141 var (both without grain-ears and poppy); Paris 1971, 405
rare variant, VF, black-green patina
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