★ A rare and attractive tetrassarion of Crispina from Laodicea ad Lycum ★

PHRYGIA. Laodicea ad Lycum. Crispina, Augusta, 178-182. Tetrassarion (Orichalcum, 30 mm, 16.71 g, 6 h), Homonoia with Nicomedia, circa 178-179. ΚΡΙϹΠЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ Draped bust of Crispina to right. Rev. ΛΑOΔΙΚЄΩΝ - ΚΑΙ ΝЄΙΚOΜΗΔЄΩΝ / OΜOΝOΙΑ The Tyche of Laodicea, on the left, and the Tyche of Nicomedia, on the right, clasping their right hands and holding scepters in their left. Franke-Nollé 1156-58. RPC IV.2 2111.6 ( this coin ). SNG von Aulock 3875. Rare and attractive, a lovely example. Very fine.

Ex Leu Web Auction 10, 7 December 2019, 816 and Lanz 165, 8 December 2017, 235.