RPC II, 1197

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1197
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Mylasa
Reign Titus
Person (obv.) Titus (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Melas, son of Asklepiodoros (dedicator)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΤΙΤΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Τίτος Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Titus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Titus, right
Reverse inscription [ΨΗΦΙϹ]ΑΜΕΝΟϹ ΚΛΑΥ[ΔΙΟϹ Μ]ΕΛΑ[Ϲ Α]ΝΕΘΗ[ΚΕ]Ν, ΜΥΛΑϹΕΩΝ
Edition ψηφισάμενος Κλαύδιος Μέλας ἀνέθηκεν Μυλασέων
Translation having voted, Claudius Melas dedicated (this), of the Mylaseans
Reverse design Zeus Labraundeus standing facing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.63 g
Axis 12
Reference Akarca 52 corr.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Correct reading of legend is probably [ψηφισ]άμενος rather than [αἰτησ]άμενος, in view of RPC II, 1198. The final N of ἀνέθηκεν is in the field. The letters read as νέοις (Münsterberg, Beamtennamen, p. 119, Wa 2458) seem actually to be the letters read here as [ἀ]νέθη[κεν].
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 797 Wa 2458