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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Macedonia| > |Amphipolis| > RP79971
Domitian, 13 September 81 - 18 September 96 A.D., Amphipolis, Macedonia
|Amphipolis|, |Domitian,| |13| |September| |81| |-| |18| |September| |96| |A.D.,| |Amphipolis,| |Macedonia|, Amphipolis was home to an imperial cult, worshiping the living emperor, and to a cult dedicated to Artemis Tauropolos. Artemis' most distinctive attributes were her bow, arrows and quiver, but she was also called the torch-bearing goddess. This reverse likely depicts a local statue of Artemis Tauropolos. Artemis was honored at Amphipolis with torch-races called Lampadephoria.
RP79971. Bronze AE 22, RPC II 339; BMC Macedonia p. 54, 91 - 93; SNG ANS 177; SNG Cop 100; Lindgren II 976, F, green patina, Amphipolis mint, weight 5.991g, maximum diameter 21.5mm, die axis 180o, 13 Sep 81 - 18 Sep 96 A.D.; obverse AYTO KAICAP ΔOMITIANOC, laureate head right; reverse AMΦIΠOΛEITΩN, Artemis Tauropolos standing left, kalathos on head, long torch before her in right hand, small branch in left hand downward at side, grounded shield behind; SOLD











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