Rex Numismatics

Rex Budget 1  –  19 August 2023

Rex Numismatics, Rex Budget 1

Ancient, Medieval and World Coins, Antiquities

Sa, 19.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
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Description

PHRYGIA. Laodicea ad Lycum. Augustus (27 BC-14 AD). Ae. Zeuxis Philalethes, magistrate.
Obv: ΣEBAΣTOΣ.
Bare head right; lituus to right.
Rev: ZEVΞIΣ ΦIΛAΛHΘHΣ / ΛAOΔIKEΩN.
Serpent-entwined staff.
RPC I (p. 475) notes that "...Zeuxis was almost certainly the director of the medical school mentioned by Strabo," making this reverse type alluding to the god of healing particularly appropriate
Condition: Fine.
Weight: 3,30 gr,
Diameter: 16,12 mm.

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