Description: Lydia, Sardes, 69 - 79 AD. CAPΔΙΑΝΩΝ; laureate bust of Herakles right, lion skin on shoulders / CAPΔΙΑΝΩΝ; Herakles standing facing, holding club and lion skin.

Diameter: AE15 mm

Weight: 2,38 g

Grade: aVF/gF

Attribution: RPC II 1310; SNG München 494

Commentary: rare; dark green patina with some deposits, well centered

History: Sardes had surely one of the first established Christian communities to which the Book of Revelation (written in the second half of the 1st century AD) reffers as "dead" or "lifeless", probably because of smooth integration of Christians into a pagan community.

Article Number: 013-07-06-41652