Historia numorum : a manual of Greek numismatics / by Barclay V. Head.

  • Barclay Vincent Head
Date:
1887
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Credit: Historia numorum : a manual of Greek numismatics / by Barclay V. Head. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Magistrates’ titles which occur on the coins chiefly of the Greek Impe- rial series may be divided into the following classes:— I. Roman. II. Greek (a) Municipal. (/3) Financial. {y) Agonistic, Sacerdotal, and Honorary. I. Roman. ’ArGun-a-ros—Proconsul. Chiefly on the coins of the Roman Provinces of Bithynia and Asia. ’Ar-n.CTTpdTT]Yos—Propraetor. Thrace, Galatia, Cyrena'ica. Auo arSpes—Duumviri. This title very rarely occurs in Greek, but it is frequent on colonial coins in Latin, as II VIRl. ’Etutpott-os—Procurator. Bithynia. 'Hyepwr or 'Hyouperos—Praeses. Frequent on Thracian coins. 'l-jrmKos—Eques Eomanus. Occasional in the Province of Asia. Kop[riicou\dpios] (?)—Cornicularius (1). Adjutant, Tribune, Assistant, etc., Laodiceia Phrygiae. ndTpur—Patronus. Nicaea and Nicomedia in Bithynia, where it is applied to the Proconsul. npecrPeuTq?—Legatus. Various cities of Thrace, Galatia, and Cappadocia. Tapias—Quaestor. This title is applied both to Roman Provincial Quae- stors, as on coins of Macedon (p. 210 sq.), and of Cyrenaica (p. 733), and to the Treasurers and Comptrollers of the public moneys of certain Greek cities, such as Smyrna (p. 510), and Rhodes (p. 542). YiraTos—Consul, in the formula AHM. EZ. YTTAT. (SrgjLapxucrjs i^ovtrlas xmaTos), equivalent to the Roman TR. POT. COS. Chiefly met with on coins of Caesareia Cappadociae, and Antiochia Syriae, but it occurs also in Crete (p. 384) and Cyprus (p. 627). II. Greek. (a) Municipal. *Apxur—Chief Magistrate. Ap^ow d. First Archon, at cities where there were several Archons. This title occurs very frequently throughout the Roman Province of Asia. It is met with also at Byzantium (p. 232). On the coins of Asander and Hygiaenon of Bosporus it is a dynastic title. iTpa-rqyds is also a title of the chief civic Magistrate of still more frequent occurrence than that of Archon, with which it is sometimes interchange- able. It appears to be confined to the cities of the Province of Asia. At Smyrna this office was sometimes held for life, 2rpnri/y6r 81a /3iov (p. 510). rpappaTcus—Secretary (A. V. Townclerk, Acts xix. 35). Chief magistrate in many cities of the Province of Asia. ripuTans—Prytanis, or one of a board of several Prytaneis. Chief magis- trates of some cities of the Province of Asia. BouXapxos—President of the BovAi) or Town Council. Mastaura Lydiae (Mion. iv. p. 234). NopoOeVris—Lawgiver. Laodiceia Phiygiae. Bao-[i\eus] (?)—This word as a magisterial title occurs on certain coins of Byzantium (p. 232).
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