Sardis in Lydia, 98-117 AD., Pseudo-autonomous issue, by Loukios Ioulios Libonianos, strategos, Æ 16, Imhoof-Blumer, Lydische Stadtmünzen 13.

Sardis in Lydia, Pseudo-autonomous issue, by magistrate Loukios Ioulios Libonianos, strategos, 98-117 AD.,
Æ 16 (15-16 mm / g),
Obv.: CAPΔIA - NΩN , bust of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath.
Rev.: CTP ΛO IO ΛI - BΩNIANOV; Thyrsos bound with taenia; in field r. bee or fly.
SNG Cop. 508 ; Imhoof-Blumer, LSM 139, 13 ; SNG Österreich 1201 .

Monument to L. Julius Libonianus.
Text, now lost, seen by Cyriac of Ancona 'in marmorea basi'; Dr. Pickering's' copy
printed by J. Spon (1685) Later travels, By Ciriaco (d'Ancona) (inscription on a marble base) [Dedication to] "Lucius lulius Libonianus, a man eminent by birth and lover of his city high-priest of Asia of the temples of the Sardians in Lydia and priest for two terms of the most mighty Zeus Polieus, high- priest of the Thirteen Cities, stephanephorus, priest of Tiberius Caesar, chief strategus for two terms and agonothete for life; when want came among the people, he nobly contributed toward its alleviation out of his private means a modius for each citizen, and he munificently discharged all the public offices for his native city."