Lydia, Philadelphia AE (Vespasian/Zeus, RPC II 1329)

LYDIA, PHILADELPHIA
Time of Vespasian
AE (24.97mm, 9.16g, 12h)
Struck AD 69-79
Obverse: ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, laureate head of Vespasian right
Reverse: Zeus standing left, holding eagle in right hand and long vertical sceptre in left, altar to lower left; ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΘ ΠΛΕΜΑΙΥΟ ΚΑΙ ΗΡΔΩΟΥ around, ΦΛΑΒΙ ΦΙΛΑΔΕ in left and right fields
References: RPC Online, Vol. II, No. 1329 (19th specimen this coin)

Earthen patina. A very distinctive portrait of Vespasian, with comically exaggerated facial features and neck creases.

Collection : Roman Provincial