RPC II, 1241

 

Image of specimen #22

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1241
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Sebastopolis
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Papias, son of Apollonios
Obverse inscription ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Οὐεσπασιανὸς Σεβαστός
Translation Vespasian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΠΑΠΙΑϹ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition Παπίας Ἀπολλωνίου Σεβαστοπολιτῶν
Translation Papias, son of Apollonios, of the Sebastopolitans
Reverse design veiled goddess standing facing
Metal bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.22 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Robert 2
Specimens 22 (11 in the core collections)
Note Identity of veiled goddess is not known, see Robert, Etudes Anatoliennes, p. 362; cf. La Carie, pp. 331-2, where he suggests she was an old indigenous goddess perhaps assimilated with Artemis. There are die-links with 1240

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