CNG 
53, Lot: 53. PHRYGIA, Laodicea ad Lycum. 
Tiberius (?) 14-31 AD. Æ 19mm (6.24 gm). magistrate Dioskourides, Estimate $150. 

SEBA-STOS, Bare head right
Zeus Laodikeos standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. 
RPC I 2911; BMC Phrygia pg. 301, 143 (as Augustus). 

RPC's attribution of this issue to Tiberius is based
on the "mature portrait", the "second issue" of this and 
another magistrate, and the use of "SEBASTOS". 
No city in southern Phrygia issues "SEBASTOS" coins along 
with "TIBERIUS" coins - it is always "either-or". Also, 
unless the "SEBASTOS" coinage of southern Phrygia is 
attributed to Tiberius, a huge gap in coinage would need to 
be explained some other way. Together, these arguments 
make a reasonable case. (See RPC I, pp. 376 and 475.)

Closing Date And Time: Nov 20, 2002 10:46 AM EST.
Current Date And Time: Nov 20, 2002 12:51:00 PM EST.