Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Figure 161

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Coin from Laodicea ad Lycum. Minted under Caracalla (AD 198–217). Obv.: Ailios Pisoneinos, asiarch. ..ΑΙΛΩΣ ΠΙΣΟΝΕΙΝΚ ΑΡCΙΕΡ. Rev.: COΝΕWHC ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩKOΡΩΝ (Laodikeon Neōkoron). Tyche of Laodicea or winged Nemesis, standing holding a patera and scepter, and at her feet a small statue of Minerva. She is facing the neocorate, an octostyle temple of Laodicea, the temple of Laodicea, seen in three-quarters perspective, with a statue standing inside. (Mionnet 4.769).

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