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Iconium, Lycaonia, is modern Konya, Turkey. Under Claudius the name was changed to Claudiconium. The region known by the name of Lycaonia was bounded on the west by Pisidia, on the north by Galatia, on the east by Cappadocia, and on the south by the mountainous country of Isauria or Cilicia Tracheia.
This coin is cruder than any of the referenced examples, but only slightly.GB98200. Bronze AE 17, cf. vA Lykaoniens 204 ff.; SNG BnF III 2276; BMC Lycaonia p. 4, 1; Weber 7487; HGC 789 (none this crude or with this abbreviated ethnic), gVF, dark patina with highlighting earthen deposits, light scratches, part of inscription weak, weight 3.460 g, maximum diameter 17.0 mm, die axis 0o, Iconium (Konya, Turkey) mint, 1st century B.C.; obverse laureate and bearded head of Zeus right; reverse Perseus standing left, nude, harpa in right hand, head of Gorgon Medusa in left hand, [EI]KO/NI in two downward lines the first on the right, ending on left; very rare; SOLD