CARIA.APHRODISIAS.Pseudo automous issue.Severan period circa AD 193-235.AE. ( Half Assarion ). ( 5.14g, 20.6mm, 12h )
ΙΕΡΑ ΒΟΥΛΗ, vield bust of Boule right.
Reverse.ΑΦΡΟΔΙCΕΙΩΝ, two Erotes seated on base facing each other playing astragali ( knucklebones )
Ref:RPC On-line 5368 ( 8 examples recorded ), McDonald 126, BMC 45-46.
surface lightly cleaned ( wire brush?), otherwise Better than very fine,some legend weakness. Obverse small pit rigde of nose of boule, reverse small pit by head of Ero seated to right, some red oxide surface deposit.
Very Rare - two examples passed through public sales in recent times