RPC I, 2808

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2808
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Alabanda
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Aristogenes (hipparchos)
Magistrate Maia
Obverse inscription ΑΡΙΣΤΟΓΕΝΗΣ ΙΠΠΑΡΧΗΣ
Edition Ἀριστογένης ἱππαρχής
Translation Aristogenes, cavalry commander
Obverse design diademaed head of Aristogenes, right
Reverse inscription ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΕΩΝ ΜΑΙΑ
Edition Ἀλαβανδέων Μαῖα
Translation of the Alabandians, Maia
Reverse design female head of Maia (?), right; monogram
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.14 g
Axis 12
Reference GM 661, no. 407
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Note Imhoof-Blumer later suggested (KM 105) that the word on the rev. might be ΜΑΓΑ, the genitive of ΜΑΓΑΣ, but ΜΑΙΑ seems definite on the V specimen. Imhoof-Blumer originally thought that ΜΑΙΑ was the goddess with whom Livia was identified. Grant, FITA 373 and pl. XI.57 (=2808/1), regarded the obv. as a portrait of Aristogenes.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B GM 661, no. 407, with Taf. IX.22
2 2     V: GR 35994
3 3     Trade 1987
4 4     JSW
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 426
7 7     Naumann 53, 7 May 2017, lot 546
8 8     NY: 1944.100.47637
9 9     ✸ CNG Triton XXVI, 10 Jan. 2023, lot 548