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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Lydia| > |Philadelphia| > RP91392
Philadelphia, Lydia, 193 - 211 A.D.
|Philadelphia|, |Philadelphia,| |Lydia,| |193| |-| |211| |A.D.|, Philadelphia, located south-east of Sardeis, was founded by Attalos II Philadelphos, King of Pergamon. It was an important and wealthy trade center that retained its importance until late Byzantine times. Saint Paul and Saint John the Theologian, visited, and established the first Christian churches. St. Ignatius of Antioch visited on his trip to his martyrdom in Rome. Philadelphia is among the Seven Churches named in John's Book of Revelation.
RP91392. Bronze AE 22, SNG Cop 364; SNG Righetti 1056; Lindgren I 776; Mionnet Supp. VII p. 399, 377; SNGvA -; BMC Lydia -; Imhoof-Blumer Lydien -, aVF, dark patina with highlighting earthen deposits, reverse a little off center, scratches on reverse, Lydia, Philadelphia (Alasehir, Turkey) mint, weight 6.235g, maximum diameter 21.8mm, die axis 0o, 193 - 211 A.D.; obverse ΦIΛAΔEΛΦIA, turreted, and draped bust of Tyche of Philadelphia right; reverse EΠI ΔOK-IMOVA (Dokimos [magistrate, archon]), Zeus standing slightly left, head left, eagle in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand; from the Maxwell Hunt Collection, only one sale recorded on Coin Archives in the last two decades; extremely rare; SOLD




  







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