LYDIA, Blaundus. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (40mm, 29.43

LYDIA, Blaundus. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (40mm, 29.43 g, 6h). Aurelius Glykon III, great-grandson of Nigros, first archon. • AYT K M IOYΛ • ΦIΛIΠΠOC • AYΓ •, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ЄΠ AYP ΓΛAYKΩNOC Γ NIΓP APX A BΛAYNΔЄΩN • MAKЄ •, statue of Apollo Citharoedus standing right, holding lyre with right hand, plectrum with left; within tetrastyle temple with rounded pediment. Matern 78; Kurth 133; RPC VIII Online 20272 (this coin cited). Earthen green patina, light porosity. VF.

From the W. Toliver Besson Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell, March 2016. Ex Gorny & Mosch 232 (5 October 2015), lot 335.