Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
City Sardis 
Region Lydia
Reign Philip I
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Π ΚΟΡ ΑΚΥΛΑ ΑΡΧ Α, ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΖΕΥϹ ΛΥΔΙΟ[Ϲ] (on pedestal)
Reverse design sacrificial scene with central lighted altar, four bull's heads appearing amid the flames; at left, Heracles holding club leading humped bull to altar; at right, statue of Zeus Lydios holding patera and sceptre standing on inscribed altar, beneath tree

 

Museum Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (USA)
Inventory no. 1972.389
Reference Price & Trell p. 138, fig. 245 = R. E. Hecht, 'Some Greek imperial coins in my collection', NC 1968, p. 29, no. 6
Diameter 50
Weight 43.51
Axis 12
Note
External URI https://collections.mfa.org/objects/262496