Lydia. Tralleis (as Caesarea). Vedius Pollio (Procurator Asiae) under Augustus circa 29-27 BC. ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΠΑΡΡΑΣΙΟΥ (Menandros, son of Parrhasios), magistrate
Bronze Æ
22mm., 6,12g.
ΟΥΗIΔΙΟΣ [ΚΑ]ΙΣΑΡΕΩΝ, bare head of Vedius Pollio right, uncertain object behind / ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΠΑΡΡΑΣΙΟΥ, laureate head of Zeus right.
very fine, overstruck or c/m on reverse (?)
RPC I 2635; BMC Lydia, pg. 338, 76-8 (object explained as head of sacrificial axe).