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A bronze coin of Eikonion in Lykaonia showing Perseus with the head of Medusa Coin Type: Bronze AE20 of Eikonion (Iconium) in Lykaonia.
Mint and Date: Eikonion, c. 1st century BCE.
Size and Weight: 20mm, 4.61g.
Obverse: Bust of Perseus seen from behind, holding harpa and the head of Medusa.
Reverse: ЄIKONIЄΩN MЄNЄΔHM TIMOΘOY (partly off the flan)
Zeus seated left , holding sceptre and thunderbolt.
Provenance: numismatiklanz (eBay), August 2010.
Ref: H. von Aulock, Muenze und Stadte Lykaoniens 190.
BW Ref: 001 051 000
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