Description: Phrygia, Philomelion, Marcus Aurelius (161 - 180 AD). AV M AYPH ANTωΝƐINOC; laureate head left / ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛƐωΝ; Apollo, naked, standing right, holding laurel twig and resting hand on lyre standing on tripod.

Diameter: AE23 mm

Weight: 6,90 g

Grade: aVF/gF

Attribution: not in known references, cf. Münzen & Medaillen GmbH, Auction 29, 2659

Commentary: very rare; dark brown patina with bronze highlights on obverse

History: Sometime in the middle of the 2nd century AD the bishop of Smyrna was martyred and his martyrdom has been described in the famous letter from the church of Smyrna to the church of Philomelion.

Article Number: 012-06-05-44656