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LOT 3337
Phrygia, Laodikeia ad Lycum AE 15mm. Time of Tiberius, AD 14-37. ΠΥΘΗΣ ΠΥΘΟΥ (Pythes, son of Pythes), magistrate. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ, laureate bust of Apollo to right, lyre before / ΠΥΘΗΣ ΠΥΘΟΥ, altar surmounted by headdress of Isis. RPC I, 2909; SNG Copenhagen 511; BMC 62-3. Near Very Fine.(2.51gr, 15mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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