Phrygia. Ankyra . Antoninus Pius AD 138-161. ΑΡ. ΛΟΥΠΟΣ ΑΡΧΩΝ (Ar. Loupos, Archon)
Bronze Æ

24mm., 9,98g.

ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝOС, laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right / EΠΙ ΑP ΛOΥΠOΥ ΑΡΧ ΑΝΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ, nude Zeus standing, left, holding anchor in right hand and long sceptre in left.

very fine

Cf. BMC Phrygia, p.63, 28 (AI ΛΟΥΠΟΥ, see note) & 29 (AI ΛΟΥΠΠΟΥ); cf. Imhoof-Blumer, GM, p.729, 650 (ΑΙ ΛΟΥΠΠΟΥ); cf. Revue Numismatique 1851, p.158 (Π. ΑΡ. ΛΟΥΠ.).