LYDIA, Sardis. Germanicus, with Drusus. Caesar, 15 BC-AD 19. Æ (25mm, 11.94 g, 12h). Alexander of Sardis, son of Cleon, high priest of the Koinon of Asia. Struck under Tiberius, circa AD 23-26(?). Near VF.

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LYDIA, Sardis. Germanicus, with Drusus. Caesar, 15 BC-AD 19. Æ (25mm, 11.94 g, 12h). Alexander of Sardis, son of Cleon, high priest of the Koinon of Asia. Struck under Tiberius, circa AD 23-26(?). Germanicus and Drusus, both laureate and togate, seated left on curule chairs, one holding lituus / Legend within and around combined laurel and oak wreath. Kurth 360; RPC I 2994; SNG von Aulock 3143. Brown patina, cleaning scratches, smoothing. Near VF.

From the DFA Collection. Ex Numismatik Naumann 119 (7 August 2022), lot 461.

This issue has also been given to Pergamum, Ephesus, and Smyrna, as Sardis is only referred to on the coins as the city from which the high priest hails. However, as the authors of RPC point out, six specimens were recorded in excavations at Sardis (T.V. Buttrey, et al., Greek, Roman, and Islamic Coins from Sardis [Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982], p. 50, 274). Without a proper ethnic proclaiming the authority, they may be better thought of as Koinon issues as indicated by the central legend KOINON AΣIAΣ”.

Closing Date and Time: 4 October 2023 at 13:11:00 ET.

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