Description: Phrygia, Kotiaion, Gallienus (253 - 268 AD). Diogenes, son of Dionysius, magistrate. ΑVΤ Κ Π Λ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟ; radiate draped bust right / ΚΟΤΙΑΕΩΝ; Kybele riding lion right, Α-Ρ-X in fields; ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟΓΕΝΟΥC ΔΙΟΝΥ.

Diameter: AE21 mm

Weight: 4,22 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: SNG von Aulock 3794 (same dies); SNG Cop 342 (same dies)

Commentary: green patina with light deposits, good centering with full legends

History: Kybele is of Hittite ("Kubaba") and Phrygian ("Kubileya") origin; her priests (Galli) were castrated and dressed in womans cloth, which echoed the myth of Kybele and Attis, who castrated himself.

Article Number: 014-02-05-41652