Description: Lydia, Maeonia, Nero (54 - 68 AD). Menekrates, magistrate, struck ca. 65 AD. ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ; laureate head right / ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ MENEKPATOYΣ; Hestia, veiled, standing right, holding rod, ΕΠ ΤΙ ΚΛ in fields.

Diameter: AE18 mm

Weight: 3,46 g

Grade: gF/aVF

Attribution: RPC 3013; SNG Cop 234

Commentary: brown patina with light deposits, good detail

History: Maeonia was the original name of the Lydian kingdom, and Homer refers to the inhabitants of Lydia as Maiones.

Article Number: 009-07-04-41652