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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Lydia| > |Sardes| > GB85236
Sardes, Lydia, 2nd Century B.C.
|Sardes|, |Sardes,| |Lydia,| |2nd| |Century| |B.C.|, Sardis was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, an important city in the Persian Empire, the seat of a proconsul under Rome, and the metropolis of the province Lydia in later Roman and Byzantine times. Its importance was due to its military strength, its location on an important highway from the interior to the Aegean coast, and its command of the wide fertile plain of the Hermus. As one of the Seven churches of Asia, John, the author of the Book of Revelation in the Holy Bible, identified the population as notoriously soft and fainthearted. Remains including the Temple of Artemis, bath-gymnasium complex, synagogue and Byzantine shops are open to visitors year-round.
GB85236. Orichalcum AE 17, GRPC Lydia 4 pl. 275, 58 (this coin); Johnston Sardis 194; Gokyildirim Istanbul 463 - 464; BMC Lydia -; SNG Cop -, VF, nicely centered, adjustment marks, a little rough, Sardes (Sart, Turkey) mint, weight 3.811g, maximum diameter 17.3mm, die axis 135o, 2nd century B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right; reverse ΣAPΔI-ANΩN divided in two lines by club, all within oak-wreath closed by v on K within a rectangle; SOLD












Other coins that relate to the Book of Revelation include coins of Nero and coins of the Parthian kings with an archer reverse. Verses 13 and following are a symbolic reference to Parthians attacking Rome for its vile behavior in persecuting Christ's church. Parthians themselves aren't envisioned as doing the attacking, but the serve as a great image for the diabolical forces Revelation's author had in mind. Suetonius, in The Twelve Caesars, writes of a belief among the Romans after Nero's death that he hadn't really died but would be returning with the Parthians. Nero has been identified as the 666 of Revelation (his name in gematria equals 666). Verse 8 refers to the Parthians long hair, "They had hair like woman's hair." Verse 10 includes a subtle reference to Parthian archer-horseman and their perfected technique of the parting shots, shooting over the rear of their animal while feigning retreat, "They had tails like scorpions, with stingers." Verse 14 refers to the Parthian heartland across the Euphrates.



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