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Coin ID #5847

Lampsakos (AD 249-251) AE 21

Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE21 (4.15g). AVT KOI TPAIAN ΔEK[IOC], draped, laureate bust right / ΛANVAKHN / [Ω]N - EΠI AΠOΛΛ[ΩN?] - ETOV, Priapos standing left, draped from hips, showing Ithyphallos, holding Thyrsos left and Kantharos right. Very rare, F+/-VF. Hoeft coll.

ΛAN erroneous for ΛAM, but there are some open questions too: KOI seems to be erroneous for KAI, magistrate AΠOΛΛΩNITOC couldn't be found until now. Priapos was born by Aphrodite in Lampsakos. Therefore Lampsakos was the centre of warshipping of Priapos. Here his depiction was more like Dionysos who was said to be his father.

File information
Filename:lampsakos_trajan_decius_SNGparis1294cf.jpg
City/Mint name:Lampsakos
Rating (2 votes):00000
Keywords:bronze / roman
References:cf. SNG Paris 1294
Valuation:€220, Dr. Brandt
Photo courtesy of:Dr. Brandt - www.vcoins.com/ancient/klassische-muenzen
Filesize:74 KiB
Date added:Apr 28, 2009
Dimensions:1062 x 537 pixels
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