RPC IV.2, 3140 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3140 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Neapolis ad Harpasum
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Demetrios (grammateus)
Alliance with Aphrodisias
Issue Antoninus Pius: 'Alliance' with Aphrodisias
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἁδρια(νὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΓΡ ΑΥΡ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΟΜΟΝ ΑΦΡΟΔ ΝΕΑΠΟΛΕΙΤ
Edition γρ(αμματέως) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Δημητρίου ὁμον(οία) Ἀφροδ(ισιέων) Νεαπολειτ(ῶν)
Translation of the grammateus Aurelius Demetrios, concord of the Aphrodisians and the Neapolitans
Reverse design to left, cult statue of Aphrodite of Aphrodisias standing, facing, wearing kalathos; to right, Apollo standing, left, crowning Aphrodite
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.91 g
Reference D. MacDonald, The Coinage of Aphrodisias (London, 1992), homonoia type A (O302, R593)
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gorny 46 (19/10/1989], 280 = D. MacDonald, The Coinage of Aphrodisias (London, 1992), homonoia type A, pl. XXXI (O302, R593)
2 2     Gorny 101 (06/03/2000), 596