Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Figure 125

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Coin from Philadelphia. Obv.: AYT K G M KY TRAIANOC DEKIOC. Laureate head of Trajan Decius (AD 249–251). Rev.: EPI AYR ROYFEINOY ARX OMONOIA FILADELFEWN NEWK EFECIWN. Alliance issue with Ephesus depicting a distyle temple seen in perspective on the left; in the center Tyche is standing, holding a statue of Artemis Anaitis, and looking back at the Dioskuri standing beside her (SNG Righetti 1065 = Mionnet 4.597).

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