RPC IV.2, 11100 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11100 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Peltae
Reign Antoninus Pius
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Reign of Antoninus Pius, perhaps part of Peltae's first imperial issue
Dating probably c. 147-161
Obverse inscription ΔΗΜΟϹ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ
Edition Δῆμος Μακεδόνων Δῆμος Μακεδόνων
Translation the People of the Macedonians
Obverse design head of the Demos (youthful) in the guise of Heracles/Alexander wearing lion-scalp, right
Reverse inscription ΠΕΛΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition Πελτηνῶν Πελτηνῶν
Translation of the Peltians
Reverse design male figure (Alexander) on horseback, right, holding spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.24 g
Reference Martin, Demos II, 223, no. 4
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ vA 8432 = Martin, Demos II, 223, no. 4/1, pl. 32; suggesting in n. 292 that the die cutter originally intended only ΜΑΚƐΔΟΝΩΝ as obverse legend using widely spaced letters, but then added ΔΗΜΟϹ in more tightly spaced ones