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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Lydia| > |Tralleis| > GB93598
Tralleis, Lydia, 2nd - 1st Century B.C.
|Tralleis|, |Tralleis,| |Lydia,| |2nd| |-| |1st| |Century| |B.C.|, The city of Tralles, or Tralleis, said to have been founded by Argives and Thracians (Tralli), stood upon a lofty plateau on one of the southern spurs of the Messogis range overlooking the plain of the lower Maeander. At Tralles, Zeus was called Larasios, from a sanctuary at the neighboring village of Larasa. Zeus Eumenes (the Kindly) may have had a separate sanctuary.
GB93598. Bronze AE 17, cf. BMC Lydia p. 336, 63 - 65; SNGvA 3271 - 3272; SNG Cop -, F, multi-color mottled patina with bare brassy areas, Tralles (Aydýn, Turkey) mint, weight 4.002g, maximum diameter 14.5mm, die axis 0o, 2nd - 1st century B.C.; obverse head of Zeus right; reverse humped bull walking left, TPAΛΛI/ANΩN above and below; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD











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