Description: Phrygia, Ancyra, Antoninus Pius (138 - 161 AD). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛΙOC ΑΝΤΩΝEΙΝOC; bare head right / EΠΙ ΛΙΚΙΝΙΟΥ Α-ΡΧ ΑΝΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ; nude Zeus standing facing, head turned to left, holding anchor and long scepter.

Diameter: AE27 mm

Weight: 11,48 g

Grade: aVF/aVf

Attribution: BMC 62, 26; SNG von Aulock 8329

Commentary: grey patina, well centered

History: During Roman times up to 200.000 people lived in Ankyra - a number surpassed only in the early 20th century when the city became the capital of the Republic of Turkey.

Article Number: 044-03-03-44531