Phrygia, City of Apameia, AE Unit, Zeus & Artemis

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Phrygia
• Authority: City of Apameia
• Date: c. 100 - 50 BCE
• Denomination: AE (bronze) unit, name unknown
• Size: 21.5mm, 7.04g
• Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus right
• Reverse: AΠAME downward to right, HPAKΛEI and (ΕΓΛO) downward to left - Cult statue of Artemis Anaitis facing
• Notes: Zeus was the Greek god of the sky and thunder, equivalent to the Roman god Jupiter. He was also the king of gods in both Roman and Greek mythology. Artemis is the Greek goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, transitions, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, and chastity.

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