RPC IV.2, 35 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 35 (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 ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙ ΝΕΑΠΟΛ[
Edition γρ(αμματέως) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Δημητρίου ὁμόν(οια) Ἀφροδει(σιέων) Νεαπολ[---]
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 14.65 g
Axis 12
Reference Franke & Nollé 1345$, D. MacDonald, The Coinage of Aphrodisias (London, 1992), type 59 corr.
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 2456, under 'Aphrodisias' = D. MacDonald, The Coinage of Aphrodisias (London, 1992), type 59, pl. VII (O123, R204), under 'Aphrodisias'
2 2     B: 1931 A.E. Cahn 71 (14/10/1931), 832, pl. 30, misreading both legends
3 3     ✸ L: 1897-12-6-10, worn