RPC III, 2206

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2206
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Mylasa
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus) ; Aelius (Caesar)
Magistrate Marcus Iulius Damianos
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟϹ ΛΟΥΚΙΟϹ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Αδριανὸς Ὀλύμπιος Λούκιος Αἴλιος Καῖσαρ Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Αδριανὸς Ὀλύμπιος Λούκιος Αἴλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Emperor Hadrian Olympian Lucius Aelius Caesar
Obverse design confronted bare-headed and draped busts of Hadrian and Aelius
Reverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΔΑΜΙΑΝΟϹ ΜΥΛΑϹΕΥϹΙΝ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Δαμιανὸς Μυλασευσίν Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλιος Δαμιανὸς Μυλασευσίν
Translation Marcus Iulius Damianos to the Mylaseans
Reverse design to left, Zeus Οsogoa standing facing, his right resting on sceptre; to right, Zeus Labraundos standing facing, his left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 27.32 g
Reference Akarca —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note The end of the reverse legend was read as ΜΥΛΑCϹΥCΙⲰ, which had no real meaning. The reading ΜΥΛΑCΕΥCΙN makes sense: M. Iulius Damianus (offered this coinage) to the inhabitants of Mylasa. We owe this suggestion to F. Delrieux (see ed. L. Bricault et al., Melanges Amandry, pp. 229-47)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Berk Buy or Bid Sale 236, C. Clay coll., 3 Sept. 2026, lot 653 (ex Peus 366, Burstein coll., 29 Oct. 2000, lot 679; CNG EA 145, 9 Aug. 2006, lot 213)
2 2     Giessener 52, 6 Nov. 1990, lot 315