RPC I, 3127

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3127
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Dionysios Meliton, son of Apollonios
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right; to right, aphlaston
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ ΜΕΛΙΤΩΝ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition Διονύσιος Ἀπολλωνίου Μελίτων Ἀπαμέων
Translation Dionysios, son of Apollonios, Meliton, of the Apameans
Reverse design facing cult statue of Artemis (with supports); below, maeander pattern
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.82 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 24 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 14, 16: same pair of dies. 4, 7: same pair of dies. 8–9: same pair of dies. 10, 20, 27: same pair of dies. 11, 24–5: same pair of dies. 1, 3–4, 7–9, 11, 14–16, 18, 24–5: same obv. die. 2, 5–6, 19, 22–3: same obv. die. 2–3, 14, 16: same rev. die. 17–18: same rev. die.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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