Watch List notes:

LYDIA. Blaundus. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Diassarion (Orichalcum, 24 mm, 7.84 g, 6 h), time of the Antonines, 138-192. IEPA CYNΚΛHTOC Draped bust of the Roman Senate to right. Rev. ΒΛΑΥΝΔЄΩΝ ΜΑΚЄΔΟΝΩΝ Zeus, naked, standing left, holding phiale in his right hand and thunderbolt in his left. BMC 45. RPC IV online 1200. SNG München 86. Rare and very attractive. Minor deposits on the obverse, otherwise, very fine.


The reverse legend on this and related issues from Blaundos indicates that Macedonian veterans were settled in the city in Hellenistic times, most likely by the Attalid Kings of Pergamon.