RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 71510)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 71510)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Amphipolis
Reign Uncertain
Obverse inscription ΤΑΥΡΟΠΟΛΟϹ
Edition Ταυροπόλος Ταυροπόλος
Translation Tauropolos
Obverse design draped bust of Artemis Tauropolos, right, wearing kalathos, with crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἀμφιπολειτῶν Ἀμφιπολειτῶν
Translation of the Amphipolitans
Reverse design Artemis Tauropolos, crescent at shoulders, standing l, holding long torch and branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.38 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference C. Papaevangelou-Genakos, The Metrology of the Coinage of Amphipolis in Imperial Times, in Kermatia Philias. Timètikos tomos gia ton Iôannè Touratsoglou, Athens, 2009, p. 423, fig. 16
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note Stylistically the type looks to belong to the third century, but the exact date uncertain.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     CGT coll.
— —     ✸ CNG EA 595, 10 Sept. 2025, lot 303
— —     Naumann 56, 6 Aug. 2017, lot 313
— —     Private coll. = Papaevangelou-Genakos, p. 423, fig. 16