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Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia, c. 138 - 161 A.D.
| Laodicea on the Lycus was on the river Lycus (Curuksu), in Lydia, later the Roman Province of Phrygia Pacatiana, now near the modern city of Denizli, Turkey. It was home to one of the Seven churches of Asia in the Book of Revelation. In 2013 the archaeological site was identified as a of World Heritage Site. Its ruins attest to its former greatness. Its many buildings include a stadium, baths, temples, a gymnasium, theaters, and a bouleuterion (Senate House). On the eastern side, the line of the ancient wall may be distinctly traced, with the remains of the Ephesus gate; there are streets traversing the town, flanked by colonnades and numerous pedestals. North of the town, towards the Lycus, are many sarcophagi, with their covers lying near them, partly embedded in the ground, and all having been long since rifled. |  |
RP110220. Bronze AE 19, RPC Online IV-2 T2113 (12 spec.); SNG Cop 538; SNGvA 3830; SNG Mu 365; BMC Phrygia p. 293, 95, aVF, green patina, near centered, earthen deposits, porosity, Laodicea ad Lycum (near Denizli, Turkey) mint, weight 3.326g, maximum diameter 18.8mm, die axis 180o, Time of Antonines, c. 138 - 161 A.D.; obverse ΔHMOC clockwise on right, laureate youthful head of Demos right; reverse ΛAOΔIKEΩN clockwise from upper right, Zeus Laodikeus standing slightly left, head left, wearing long chiton and himation, eagle in extended right hand, scepter in left hand; SOLD
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