20070915

Greece/LYDIA; THE KAŸSTRIANOI 2nd-1st Centuries BCE


AE 15 mm, 3.47 g
Lindgren III, 454; GCV 4697 v

O: hd of Dionysus wreathed with ivy
R: [KAYC]TPIANΩN, lyre formed from bucranium, monogram

Ex: Copper Penny/Ancient Byways

Acquisition: 2006

(Sear notes that these coins were “issued in the name of the inhabitants of the plain of the lower Kayster [p. 428 GCV], it should be noted that Ephesus was on the Kayster further to the west.)