Time of Tiberius, AD 14-37 Obv. Laureate head of Apollo right, Lyre to right Rev. Alter surmounted by headdress of Isis. Another new addition to my ancient collection.
Nice! Here's my favorite coin from that city: Philip II as Caesar, AD 244-247. Roman provincial Æ 25.2 mm, 7.72 g, 6 h. Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum, Sardis Workshop, AD 244-247. Obv: •Μ•ΙΟVΛΙ••ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ•Κ•, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front. Rev: ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄ|ΩΝ ΝЄ|ΩΚΟΡΩΝ, river Caprus as boar and river Lycus as wolf seated back to back, heads facing each other. Refs: BMC 25.324,260 (same rev. die); RG 6326 (same obv. die); RPC VIII unassigned, ID 20777; SNG Cop 607; SNG Leypold 1678.
Here's a cornucopiae and a caduceus: Laodikeia, Phrygia Æ 20 (c. 133/88-67 B.C.) Laureate, draped bust of Laodice or Aphrodite right / [Λ]AOΔI[KEΩN], single cornucopiae, caduceus behind it. Walcher coll. 2789; SNG Cop 501-502; BMC 40-43; SNG Tuebingen 4127; SNG Munich 345-346. (5.06 grams / 20 x 17 mm)
@Collecting Nut ......Very nice coin!...Good portrait and an interesting reverse! @Roman Collector .....I do like that reverse! Here's mine from Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum.. LAODICEA AD LYCUM (Phrygia) 14mm/4.0gr. Ca 200-100 BC. Obverse: Draped bust of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane, hair in bun. Reverse: ΛAOΔIKEΩN. Aphrodite standing left, holding dove, rose with stalk to left. BMC Phrygia (p.284)27, SNG Copenhagen 497; SNG München 340; HGC 7, 744 SCARCE (R1 per HGC) Laodicea ad Lycum mint
