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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος 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 γραμματέως Αὐρηλίου Δημητρίου ὁμονοία Ἀφροδισιέων Νεαπολειτῶν 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 15.66 g
Reference D. MacDonald, The Coinage of Aphrodisias (London, 1992), homonoia type A (O302, R593)
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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     ✸ Hirsch 343, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 2612 = Hirsch 352, 25 Sept. 2019, lot 2914 = Gorny 101 (06/03/2000), 596
3 3     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 233, 30 Oct. 2025, lot 568