GB85832. Bronze AE 28, RPC I 2994 (13 spec.), SNG Cop 517, SNGvA 3143, BMC Lydia p. 251, 104, aF, centered on a tight flan, porous, spot of encrustation obverse, Sardes (Sart, Turkey) mint, weight 10.496g, maximum diameter 26.5mm, die axis 0
o, c. 23 - 26 A.D.; obverse ΔPOYΣOΣ KAI ΓEPMANIKOΣ KAIΣAPEΣ NEOI ΘEOI ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOI (Drusus and Germanicus, new gods, loving brothers), Drusus and Germanicus, togate, seated left side-by-side on curule chairs, the farther brother holding a lituus in his extended right hand; reverse EΠI APΞIEPEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY KΛEΩNOΣ ΣAPΔIANOY (struck under Alexander, son of Cleon, Archiereus of Sardis), oak and laurel wreath enclosing KOINOY AΣIAΣ (Community of Asia); ex Moneta Numismatic Services;
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