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Coin ID #12154

Thyateira (AD 218-235) AE 39

Time of Elagabalus or Severus Alexander, 218-222 and 222-235 AD. AE39 - Medallion (10.72g, 6h). Cl. Aurelius Dionysius, strategos and eques. IЄPA CVNKΛHTOC, draped bust of youthful Senate right / ЄΠI CTP KΛΩ AVP ΔIONVCIOV IΠΠIKOV/ ΘVATЄIPH/NΩN, the river-god Lykos, nude from the waist down, reclining left, placing right hand on amphora; to left, bull grazing right; tree in background. Superb EF, green patina. Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA IV (12/2006), lot 212.

Cl. Aurelius Dionysius is one of several strategoi of Thyateira to include his title ἱππικός, equivalent of the Latin eques (a member of the Equestrian order).

File information
Filename:98000881.jpg
City/Mint name:Thyateira
Keywords:roman / bronze
References:??? SNG von Aulock 3210 (for the same obverse die)
Valuation:CNG Triton XVIII (1/2015), lot 881 ($18,000 + comm); Numismatica Genevensis SA IV (12/2006), lot 212 (CHF 22,000 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Classical Numismatic Group - www.cngcoins.com
Filesize:96 KiB
Date added:Apr 02, 2015
Dimensions:800 x 383 pixels
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