Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Figure 126

© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. (CNG).
(Photographs courtesy of www.cngcoins.com)
Coin from Philadelphia (AD 193–211). Obv.: ZEYC KORYFAIOC. Head of Zeus Koryphaeos with his hair bound by a taenia. Rev.: ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEΩN. Aphrodite is standing holding an apple in her outstretched left hand, while her right hand is raised drawing up the edge of her chiton (BMC 24; SNG Tübingen 3749; RPC 3.2385).

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