Late 2nd to 1st Centuries BC Obv. Laureate head of Zeus, right. Rev. Zeus Larasius, zebu standing left, head turned facing. Reference: SNG Cop 666 Extremely rare. It’s nice looking in hand and with good details. On the dark side so difficult to capture with my cell phone (all I have). A Zebu is a type of a cow, the hump behind the head is the main feature of this kind of cattle.
Nice coin, @Collecting Nut ! I have a similar one, perhaps with a different inscription. Mine was difficult to attribute! Lydia, Tralles, 250-1 BC, AE15, 2.93g Obv: Zeus head right Rev: [ΔΙ]ΟΣ ΛΑΡΑΣΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΟΣ Ε[ΥΜΕΝΟΥ]; Zebu Bull left Ref: BMC Lydia p. 339, #87 The inscription means "Zeus Larasios and Zeus Eumenes". "Zeus at Tralles was called Larasios from a sanctuary at the neighbouring village of Larasa. Zeus ‘Eumenes’ or ‘The Kindly’ may have had a separate sanctuary." --Barclay Head I think of Zeus at Tralles as "A god so nice, we worship him twice!"
