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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Lydia| > |Sardes| > RP92868
Sardes, Lydia, c. 212 - 217 A.D.
|Sardes|, |Sardes,| |Lydia,| |c.| |212| |-| |217| |A.D.|, The Zeus who was worshiped at Laodicea was a Hellenized form of the old native god, Mên. Mên had been the king and father of his people. When Greeks settled in the area they continued to worship the god whose power was supreme in the district, but they identified him with their own god Zeus. Thus at Sardis and elsewhere in the region the native god became Zeus Lydios.
RP92868. Bronze AE 16, SNG Munchen 499; BMC Lydia p. 248, 86; Johnston Sardis 262; Lindgren-Kovacs A809A; SNG Cop -; SNGvA -, aVF, well centered, dark green patina, porosity, Sardes (Sart, Turkey) mint, weight 1.991g, maximum diameter 15.9mm, die axis 180o, time of Caracalla, c. 212 - 217 A.D.; obverse ZEYC - ΛYΔIOC, diademed and draped bust of Zeus Lydios right; reverse CAPΔIANΩN, Herakles standing facing, head left, resting right hand on grounded club, Nemean lionskin on left arm; scarce; SOLD




  







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