Interesting Magistrate
PHRYGIA. Laodicea ad Lycum. Augustus (27 BC-14 AD). Ae. Zeuxis Philalethes, magistrate.
Obv: ΣEBAΣTOΣ.
Bare head right; lituus to right.
Rev: ZEVΞIΣ ΦIΛAΛHΘHΣ / ΛAOΔIKEΩN.
Serpent-entwined staff.
RPC I 2895; SNG von Aulock 3837; SNG Copenhagen 554; BMC 153.
Ex Numismatik Naumann 44 (2016), lot 698. RPC I (p. 475) notes that "...Zeuxis was almost certainly the director of the medical school mentioned by Strabo," making this reverse type alluding to the god of healing particularly appropriate.
Condition: Good very fine.
Weight: 4.47 g.
Diameter: 17 mm.
Obv: ΣEBAΣTOΣ.
Bare head right; lituus to right.
Rev: ZEVΞIΣ ΦIΛAΛHΘHΣ / ΛAOΔIKEΩN.
Serpent-entwined staff.
RPC I 2895; SNG von Aulock 3837; SNG Copenhagen 554; BMC 153.
Ex Numismatik Naumann 44 (2016), lot 698. RPC I (p. 475) notes that "...Zeuxis was almost certainly the director of the medical school mentioned by Strabo," making this reverse type alluding to the god of healing particularly appropriate.
Condition: Good very fine.
Weight: 4.47 g.
Diameter: 17 mm.
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€ 80
Current bid:
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Closing on: 2025-11-02 16:00:00 Roma time
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