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LOT 3342
Nerva AE 23mm of Synnada, Phrygia. AD 96-98.
[...] ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ [...], laureate head to right / [ΔΙΑ ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΝ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΙϹ?], Zeus Pandemos seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, Nike holding wreath. Cf. RPC III 2618. Good Fine.(9.37gr, 23mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Footnotes
Zeus Pandemos was the chief god of Synnada, and his epithet ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΣ means ''of all the people'' (see the word 'pandemic'), an indication of a form of Zeus associated with the community and popular support.
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