RPC IV.2, 972 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 972 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Neapolis ad Harpasum
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Proteas, son of Adei— (grammateus)
Issue Antoninus Pius with new civic title
Dating probably c. 141/142-161
Obverse inscription Α Κ ΤΙ Α ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΚΤΙϹΤΗϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἰλίος Ἀδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος κτίστης Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τί(τος) Α(ἰλίος) Ἀδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος κτίστης
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus founder
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΠΡΩΤΕοΥ ΑΔ ΑΥΡΗ ΝΕΑΠοΛΕΙΤ[ω?]
Edition ἐπὶ γραμματέως Πρωτέου Ἁδριανῶν Αὐρηλιέων Νεαπολειτῶν— ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Πρωτέου Ἁδ(ριανῶν) Αὐρη(λιέων) Νεαπολειτῶν(—)
Translation under the grammateus Proteas, of the Hadrianic Aurelian Neapolitans
Reverse design Apollo standing, right, holding plectrum and lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.07 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Delrieux, Harpasos 39, no. NP/4, BMC, pp. lxv f. corr.
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1893-6-3-103 BMC Caria, p. lxvi, under 'Neapolis in Ionia' = Delrieux, Harpasos 39, no. NP/4(9), pl. 13
2 2     B: 1899/449 Delrieux, Harpasos 39, no. NP/4(10a), pl. 13
3 3     Aufhäuser 10 (05/10/1993), 429 = Delrieux, Harpasos 39, no. NP/4(10b), pl. 13
4 4     Private coll. CGT
5 5     Afyon