Description: Caria, Halikarnassos, 2nd - 1st century BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ΑΛΙΚΑΡ−ΝΑΣΣΕΩΝ; lyre.

Diameter: AE15 mm

Weight: 2,92 g

Grade: aVF/gF

Attribution: SNG von Aulock 2528

Commentary: glossy green patina, well centered

History: In 88 BC, the city fell to Mithridates VI, in 80 it was ravaged by Verres, the Roman governor of Cilicia, and it was attacked by pirates from 62-58 BC; in 58 BC, the city was finally incorporated into the Roman province of Asia.

Article Number: 020-05-06-41652