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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2062970, member: 42773&quot;]At first glance, this coin may look like so many other Greek Bust/Thunderbolt types, but the inscription tells us it&#039;s a rare coin of Apollonis, in Northern Lydia.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Apollonis, Lydia</b></p><p><b>AE16, 3.74g; 2nd- to 1st-centuries BC.</b></p><p><b>Obverse: Head of young Heracles in lion skin right.</b></p><p><b>Reverse: Winged thunderbolt; AΠOΛΛΩ-NIΔEΩN.</b></p><p><b>Reference: Sear 4688; BMC Lydia p.19, 3-4; SNG v. Aulock 2899; SNG Cop. 17.</b></p><p><b>Notes: ex-Gerhard Rohde, ex-Lee Toone.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]380570[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The city of Apollonis was founded in honor of Attalus I&#039;s queen, Apollonis. It&#039;s not clear to me whether the city was founded by Attalus I or his sons Eumenes II and Attalus II, but evidently it was a somewhat important center of commerce during the Attalid Dynasty (281-133 BC). Here&#039;s the obligatory shot from the ISS...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]380583[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone else have coins of Apollonis? There are a few attractive but rather un-original bronze types, some lovely cistophorii, and a handful of Roman Provincial bronzes running from Domitia to Severus Alexander. I think they&#039;re all rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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