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.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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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Near Very Fine. Very rare.
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Good Fine.
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Caracalla AE Assarion of Thuria, Messenia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
