Lydia. Sardes Æ15

I rarely add greeks of any kind to my collection, here is one small one that didn't cost very much.


Lydia. Sardes ( 188-133 B.C.)
Æ15
O: Laureate head of Apollo right.
R: ΣAPΔIANΩN; divided by club, all within wreath
3.52g
15mm SNG Copenhagen 470 ff.

 

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Very nice @Mat . And, yeah, I do not see many Greeks from you!

I like this little guy. Apollo looks good, however, I was drown to the reverse. The club and wreath is nice.

I don’t have any Lydia coins from Greek times. Only a Persian one and an Empire one.

 

The reverse is upside down. There should be a monogram beneath the head of the club.
Nice coin.

 

All the examples on VC have the wreath set the way mine is.

 

Also saw some on forvm galleries the same and even sideways.

 

Is there some agreed upon convention for orientation of these and other wreath types? In general, I orient them with the wreath ties at the bottom and the leaves pointing generally upwards (as Mat has done). With coins like Mat's, I'd think that a 90 degree turn to orient the legends horizontally would be acceptable as well. I guess there's nothing inherently wrong (or right! ) about orienting it with the wreath ties up though.

 

Fun new coin from a very interesting area! The reverse is fantastic!!!
I've a few Lydian coins. And the prices are hard to beat.
Here are some of my favs:

LYDIA, Sardes
2nd - 1st Century BCE Æ Laureate bust of a young Herakles right, lion's skin tied around neck / Nude Apollo standing left, holding bird in extended right hand, laurel branch in left; monogram before, magistrate HRAIOS ; all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 493; BMC Lydia pg. 240, 36. Good VF, dark olive green patina.

Thyateira, Lydia
AD 1-100, AE14, semi-autonomous issue. Bearded head of Herakles right / ΘYATEIΡHNΩN, bipennis(double-axe; labrys). BMC 8; RPC I 2379; SNG Tuebingen 3838.

... And it doesn't hurt that they imitated one of my favorite coin designs:

LYDIA, Philadelphia. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Æ (13mm, 4.10g). Herrmippos, magistrate. Macedonian shield / Horiztontalthunderbolt; EPMIΠ/ΠOΣ in two lines above; all within wreath. SNG von Aulock 3060; SNG Copenhagen 342. VF, Ex: Savoca

 

I've got a little AE15 of the type as well. This was one of my first Greek coin, took a new pic of it today. Seems like the reverse are oriented every possible way on pics I've seen, I just when with leaves pointing up as well.



Lydia, Sardes. 2nd Century BC
O:Apollo, R: club in wreath. 15 mm, 5.3 g.

 

That's a neat little coin Mat

 

Wow, over 5 grams, seems like the weight of these are pretty scattered.

 

Wildwinds has a nice selection on these. The monogram is the most important part. Looks like you an M and O atop.