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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3231177, member: 85693&quot;]I am pretty excited, gsimonel!&nbsp; Thanks to Victor Clark&#039;s assistance I was able to scrounge up more information on this coin.&nbsp; It appears it was issued to commemorate Emperor Tiberius and his mother Livia for the Roman government&#039;s assistance that was given to Sardes after the earthquake of 17 A.D. which pretty much leveled the city.&nbsp; Livia is shown with a grain ear portraying Demeter/Ceres, while Tiberius raises the kneeling Tyche of Sardes off her knees, prostrate from the earthquake. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are several examples online, many far better than my example.&nbsp; Wildwinds, etc. and this one from Asia Minor Coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=2195" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=2195" rel="nofollow">https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=2195</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my attribution. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tiberius &amp; Livia&nbsp; Æ 18</b></p><p><b>Sardes, Lydia&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>(c. 17-37 A.D.)</b></p><p>ΣEBAΣTOΣ KAIΣAΡEΩN ΣAΡΔIANΩN, Tiberius, togate, standing left, Tyche kneeling r. / ΣEBAΣTH IOYΛIOΣ KΛEΩN KAI MEMNΩN, Livia as Ceres</p><p>seated right, with sceptre &amp; grain.</p><p>RPC 2991; SNG Cop. 515.</p><p>(4.61 grams / 18 x 16 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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