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).

Figure 97

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A bronze Sestertius coin struck in Rome in AD 22–23. Obv.: CIVITATIBVS ASIAE RESTITVTIS “Cities of Asia restored.” Depicts Tiberius (r. 14–37 AD) with laureate and toga, seated on a curule chair, his feet on a stool, holding a patera in his right hand and long scepter (hasta pura) in his left. (RIC 1.48).