Lydia. Tralleis (as Caesarea). Vedius Pollio (Procurator Asiae) under Augustus circa 29-27 BC. ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΠΑΡΡΑΣΙΟΥ (Menandros, son of Parrhasios), magistrate
Bronze Æ
20mm., 5,88g.
ΟΥΗΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΩΝ, bare head of Vedius Pollio right, uncertain object behind / ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΠΑΡΡΑΣΙΟΥ, laureate head of Zeus right.
good very fine
RPC I 2635 (OVHIΔΙΟΣ); BMC Lydia, pg. 338, 76-8 (ΟVΗΙΔΙΟΣ, object explained as head of sacrificial axe).