LYCAONIA, Iconium. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (28mm, 15.42 g, 6h). Near VF.

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Lot: 319. Estimated: $ 100

Roman Provincial, Bronze

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LYCAONIA, Iconium. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (28mm, 15.42 g, 6h). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / She-wolf standing right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; overarching branch of tree above, S R in exergue. von Aulock, Lykaoniens 360-3; SNG BN –; SNG von Aulock 5394 (same dies). Mottled green-brown surfaces, smoothing, cleaning marks, pit on reverse. Near VF.

From the DFA Collection. Ex Numismatik Naumann 116 (1 May 2022), lot 153.

Iconium, now the city of Konya in south-central Turkey, is a bronze age settlement that was refounded as a Roman colony under the emperor Claudius. It was visited by the Apostle Paul on his first missionary journey circa AD 47-48.

Closing Date and Time: 18 October 2023 at 11:46:00 ET.

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