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Domitian, 13 September 81 - 18 September 96 A.D., AE22, Kibyra, Phrygia
Kibyra (Cibyra) near the modern town of Gölhisar in south-west Turkey, was possibly originally settled by Lydians. The city was in the far south of Phrygia adjoining Lycia. It is uncertain whether the city was part of the Province of Asia or of Lycia in the early imperial period. According to Strabo, the Lydian language was still being spoken by a multicultural population in the 1st century B.C. Thus Kibyra was the last place where the Lydian culture, by then extinct in Lydia proper, persevered.RP110424. Leaded bronze AE 22, RPC Online II 1263; SNG Cop 283; BMC Phrygia p. 138, 41; Waddington 5826; SNGvA 3728, Choice VF, nice green patina with highlighting earthen deposits, scratches, Kibyra (near Gölhisar, Turkey) mint, weight 5.563g, maximum diameter 22.0mm, die axis 180o, 13 Sep 81 - 18 Sep 96 A.D.; obverse ΔOMITIANOC KAI CEBACYOC (sic, N reversed, T appearing as Y), laureate head right; reverse EΠI APXIEPEΩC KΛAY BIANTOC (struck under high priest Klaudios Bias), Dionysus standing half left, head left, from kantharos in right hand pouring wine for panther at feet on left, thyrsus vertical in left hand, KI-BY (Kibyra) divided high across field; SOLD
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