Lydia. Sardeis . Semi-autonomous issue circa AD 70-73. Time of Vespasian. ΤΙ. ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΦΙΛΕΙΝΟΣ (or ΦΙΛΙΝΟΣ) ΣΤΡΑΓΗΓΟΣ, ΜΑΡΚΕΛΛΟΣ TO B (Ti. Claudius Philinos, Strategos and Ti. Clodius M. f. Eprius Marcellus, Proconsul in Asia under Vespasian for the second time)
Bronze Æ
19mm., 3,12g.
[EΠ]I TI KΛAV ΦIΛEIN[...] (clockwise, partially retrogade), helmeted bust of Athena right, aegis on chest / EΠI MA[ΡK]EΛΛOY CA-[ΡΔ?]IANΩN (counterclockwise, partially retrogade) OT (=TO) to left, B to right of tetrastyle temple on two steps, circle (?) in the pediment.
very fine, possibly overstruck
Cf. SNG Keckman 378 (legends).