Lydia, Hierocaesarea, Faustina I
Description:
Lydia, Hierocaesarea, Faustina I (138 - 141 AD). FAVCTEINA CEBACTH; draped bust right; / IEPOKAICAPEIA; Artemis standing right, holding bow, reaching into quiver at shoulder, deer right in the background to right.
Diameter:
AE20 mm
Weight:
5,08 g
Grade:
aVF/gF
Attribution:
Imhoof-Blumer, Lydien 42; SNG Leypold 972
Commentary:
well centered
History:
In Hierocaesarea the former cult of old Iranian godess Anahit gradually changed and culminated in the cult of Artemis Persica.
Article Number:
005-08-05-41652