Description
| RULER | Nero |
| DATE | 68 AD |
| DENOMINATION | AE17 |
| MATERIAL | Orichalcum |
| SIZE & WEIGHT | 17 mm, 2,78 gr |
| OBVERSE | NEPΩN KΛAY∆I-OC KAICAP CEBA, bare-headed, draped bust of Nero right, wearing light beard |
| REVERSE | Labrys (double-axe), ΘΥΑΤ−ΕΙΡΗ/ΝΩ−Ν in two two lines across field divided by axe handle |
| REFERENCES | RPC I 2382; BMC Lydia p. 302, 62; SNG Cop 597; Lindgren-Kovacs 834; SNGvA. |
| PROVENANCE | Ex English private collection, acquired between 1975 – 1990 |
| LITERATURE | Thyateira (also Thyatira) is the ancient name of the modern Turkish city of Akhisar (`white castle`). In Revelation, Thyatira is the church that had a false prophetess (Revelation 2:20). |
