Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Ca. 81/0-17/6 BC. AR tetradrachm (29mm, 15.13 gm, 12h). Year 28 (54/3 BC). Veiled, draped, and turreted bust of Tyche right / ΛAOΔIKEΩN THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY, Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; in inner left field, date (HK) below throne, Θ above monogram in exergue, ΣE; all within wreath. Mørkholm -. SNG Copenhagen -. Cf. Hoover 1398. An unrecorded date for this series. Light scratch on obverse behind head, die-break across reverse, light porosity. Toned. Extremely Fine.From the Mayflower Collection. In his article on this coinage, Mørkholm records no examples of year 28. The date in the reverse field of this coin is clearly cut over year 25, which he does publish (see O. Mørkholm, "The Autonomous Tetradrachms of Laodicea ad Mare," MN 28 [1983], 15b.)
Estimate: 500.00-800.00 USD