laureate head of Augustus, right; to right, lituus
Reverse inscription
ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΣ
Edition
Τραπεζοπολιτῶν Ἀπολλόδοτος
Translation
of the Trapezopolitans, Apollodotos
Reverse design
monogram including ΝΕΩ?; Apollo standing, left, with laurel branch; to left, monogram including Χ and uncertain letters (?)
Metal
leaded bronze
Average diameter
18 mm
Average weight
4.19 g
Axis
12
Reference
BMC 8, AMC 1343
Specimens
9 (6 in the core collections)
Note
The monograms are not clear, nor is their sense; the one after the name of Apollodotos seems plausibly to stand for νεώτερος, but the interpretation of the one to the l. of Apollo as ἄρχων (NC IX, p. 161) seems very uncertain. It is not even certainly a monogram.
