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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Lydia| > |Sardes| > GP89325
Sardes, Lydia, c. 133 B.C. - 14 A.D.
|Sardes|, |Sardes,| |Lydia,| |c.| |133| |B.C.| |-| |14| |A.D.|, Sardis was the capital of the Kingdom of Lydia, an important city of the Persian Empire, a Roman proconsul seat, and in later Roman and Byzantine times the metropolis of the province Lydia. In the Book of Revelation, Sardis, one of the Seven Churches of Asia, is admonished to be watchful and to strengthen since their works haven't been perfect before God. (Revelation 3:1-6).
GP89325. Bronze AE 14, Johnston Sardis 229 corr. (lower left monogram), SNG Cop 469 var. (monograms), SNG Ashmolean -, VF, black patina, earthen deposits, scratches, reverse off center, Sardes (Sart, Turkey) mint, weight 3.210g, maximum diameter 14.2mm, die axis 0o, under Roman rule, c. 133 B.C. - 14 A.D.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean lion-scalp headdress knotted at neck; reverse kantharos, monograms flanking base, ΣAPΔI-ANΩN divided in two downward lines starting on the right; ex CNG e-auction 403 (9 Aug 2017), lot 198; scarce; SOLD




  







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