Phrygia. Kidyessos . Caracalla AD 211-217. ΠΕΙΣΩΝ (Peison), First Archon
Bronze Æ

24mm., 6,34g.

ΑΥ • Κ • Μ • ΑΥP [ΑΝ]ΤΩNEINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ • ΠΡΩ ΠΕΙCΩΝΟC B KIΔΥΗCCE-ΩΝ, Cybele seated left, holding patera in outstretched right hand, leaning left elbow on tympanum, lions flanking.

very fine

Von Aulock, Pisidiens 553 var. (bust seen from front, gorgoneion on breastplate); SNG Copenhagen 308 var. (same); BMC Phrygia p. 151, 7 var. (ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΠΡΩ ΠΕΙCΩΝΟΣ Δ ΚΙΔΥΗCCΕΩΝ).