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Gallienus, August 253 - September 268 A.D., Side, Pamphylia
A neocorate was a honor granted by the Roman Senate and the Roman Emperor to certain cities which had built temples to the Emperor or had established cults dedicated to members of the Imperial family. The city itself was referred to as neokoros (pl. neokoroi). A temple dedicated to the emperor was also called neocorate. These titles came from the Greek word NΕΩKOPOΣ, literally a temple-sweeper (NΕΩΣ, temple, KOPΕIN, to sweep), and was also used for a temple attendant and for a priestly holder of high rank who was in charge of a temple. The first city to use the title was Ephesus for its Temple of the Sebastoi. Starting in the 2nd century A.D., the title appeared on many coins. There were approximately 37 cities holding the neocorate, concentrated in the province of Asia, but also in neighboring provinces.RP88912. Bronze 10 assaria, SNG BnF 901, SNG Fitzwilliam 5112, Waddington 3498, SNG PfPs -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG Righetti -, SNG Hunterian -, BMC Lycia -, Lindgren -, VF, well centered, porous, Side (near Selimiye, Antalya Province, Turkey) mint, weight 15.370g, maximum diameter 29.2mm, die axis 30o, sole reign, 260 - Sep 268 A.D.; obverse AYT KAI ΠOY ΛI EΓNA ΓAΛΛIHNOC CEB, laureate bust right, wearing paludamentum and cuirass, arrow right below, I (mark of value) before; reverse CIΔHTΩN, NE/ΩKO/PΩN in three lines within laurel wreath; only one sale recorded on Coin Archives in the last two decades; very rare; SOLD
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