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Obolos Webauction 20  –  3 October 2021

Nomos, Obolos Webauction 20

The Vineyard Collection Part IV, and Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic and Mod...

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LYDIA. Sardis. Nero, 54-68. (Bronze, 19 mm, 5.91 g, 12 h), Mindios, strategos for the second time, c. 60. NEPΩN KAICAP Laureate head of Nero right. Rev. EΠΙ MINΔIOY CAPΔIANΩN / CΤΡΑ ΤΟ B Dionysus standing to left, holding kantharos with his right hand and long thyrsos with his left; at his feet to left, panther. BMC 116. GRPC Lydia, 365. RPC 2997. SNG Copenhagen 521. Clearly and boldly struck. Minor porosity, otherwise, very fine.

From the Vineyard Collection, ex Henzen FPL 144, December 2003, 443.

Mindios served twice as strategos (in this case, chief magistrate): his first was served jointly with Morkios.

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