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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    •Hp^jmeVos] (?)—Electus (?). Byzantium (p. 232). reposes—Elders. Lacedaemon (p. 365). E^opoi—Ephors. Lacedaemon (p. 365, Ancyra, 557). Nopo<j>u\aK£s—Guardians of the Laws. Lacedaemon (p. 365). noXepapxos—Polemarch. Thebes (p. 299). ((3) Financial, etc. Tapias—Treasurer. Smyrna (p. 510), Rhodes (p. 542). AoYio-rrjs—Curator reipublicae. Cidyessus (p. 561), Synnada (p. 569). ’EmpeXiyrqs, ’EmpeXi^cras, ’Eirip.€Xr]0eis, ’Eurp.eXr]0eio-a—Curator. Philadel- phia Lydiae; Eucarpia and Hierapolis Phrygiae ; Antiochia, Mylasa, and Stratoniceia Cariae. Whether this officer undertook the charge of the coinage, or whether he bore the title fVipeXqrjjj in virtue of some other function, cf. fVtpeXjjTi)? n.ava6t]vaia>v on a coin of Mastaura Lydiae (p. 551), can hardly he decided. ’Eiu'ctkou-os—Overseer, Inspector. Ephesus (p. 498). ’Amjcrdpei'os—Alia (p. 556), Ancyra (p. 557), and Eucarpia (p. 563) in Phrygia. Friedlaender (Hermes, ix. 494) explains this word as referring perhaps to the statue or other object represented on the coin. It would thus mean that the work in question had been erected, or possibly that the coinage itself had been issued, on the requisition of the magistrate whose name appears as aiTrjcrdnevos. 4'T]4>icrdp€i'os—on a coin of Stratoniceia (p. 531)—maybe explained as signi- fying that the coin was issued in pursuance of a decree voted by the Council on the motion of the magistrate mentioned on the coin. (y) Agonistic, Sacerdotal, and Honorary, etc. ’Apxiepeus—Chief Priest. Frequent in Roman Asia. ’Apxiepa-reuGw—Chief Priest. Sala (p. 568). ’Apxiepeus freyas—Chief Priest. Sardes (p. 553). ’Apxiepeus p.e'Yi<rros—Chief Priest. Crete (p. 384). ‘lepeu's—Priest. Frequent in Roman Asia. lepeuff Sid pLou tuv Ief3aaT<ov—Priest for life of the Augustan worship. Per- perene (p. 464). 'le’peia—Priestess. Smyrna, Acmonia, Attuda, Eucarpia, and Prymnessus. 'lepeia ©uyd-rrip tou Aqpou—Priestess, daughter of the People. Smyrna (Im- hoof, Mon. Gr., p. 296). Ao-idpxtjs, ’Apxiepeus ’Ainas—President of the Sacred Festivals or High Priest t the Augustan worship of the Province of Asia ( Koivbv ’Aalas). Yios Aaiapxou Son of the Asiarch. Acmonia Phrygiae (Imhoof, Mon. Gr., V• 390* KiXiKapxrjs President of the Festival of the kolvov KiXuday. Tarsus (Ann. de Hum., vii. 18). Kpr}Tdpxi]s President of the Festival of the kolvov K pr/rav. Crete (p. 384, 396). lTe4>anr](j)dpos—Superintendent of Sacrifices, so called from the crown which he wore while performing his sacred duties. Province of Asia. jAY&ji'o0^tt]s Superintendent of the Games. Province of Asia. AY&wo0«h-r)s Sid Piou—Superintendent of the Games for life. Cotiaeum (p. 561). rup,i/acndpxT)5—Director of the Gymnasium. Province of Asia.
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