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ch. v] MONETARY OFFICIALS 127
at Hieropolis in Phrygia; with which must be compared the
Ephesian legend 'Ο νεω(<όρον) ’Εφε(σίων) δί)(μοί) ετ)εχάρ(α^εν).
(β) He dedicates the coin to a personage 01· body of persons.
Thus θευδιαυόί στρατη(γων) άνεθηκ,ε Σμυρναίοις 1 2. This ‘ dedication ’
probably means that the expense of the issue was borne by
Theudianos; it would seem that the issue of coinage was
regarded as a leitourgia.
(y) The name of the person complimented may also be placed
in the accusative case, in which circumstances we must under-
stand some such word as ετίμησε, e. g. Σεβαστόν Κεφαλιών γραμ-
ματέων (Pergamum).
2. The use of the genitive is much commoner. The preposi-
tions which are employed are three in number. ’Επί of course
expresses primarily a date, but probably in the case of financial
officers also direct responsibility. Other prepositions are
restricted to small areas. Διά is confined to part of Caria
and south-west Phrygia, occurring at the cities of Laodicea
ad Lycum, Attuda, Cidramus, Trapezopolis, Apollonia Salbace
and Tabae (at the last two places only exceptionally). Παρά is
found once or twice at Apamea in Phrygia (παρά Στρατονυαανου).
Παρά and διά, like the formulae of dedication, both seem to
imply that the person charged himself with the expense of the
coinage.
Before passing on to deal with the various magisterial titles
that occur, we must consider a few participial constructions
which express not an office but a commission or private under-
taking which resulted in the issue of coins. The commonest
of these is επιμεληβέτοε or επιμελήααντοε. This merely implies
that the person (whose official title is sometimes mentioned—
επιμελούντο? Φλ. Μυωνοί άρ(χοντοΐ) at Aphrodisias in Caria) is
charged with the issue3. The title επιμελ^του is probably quite
distinct, the επιμελητής being a distinct official3.
Φηφισαμένου Φλαυβί,ου Διομήδους is the inscription On a coin of
Stratonicea in Caria of imperial date4. The use of the middle
1 Smyrna, Brit. Mus. Catal., Ionia, 133. At Temenothyrae in Phrygia
nearly all the coins with magistrates’ names are inscribed, with this
formula (omitting άνέθηκε').
2 The phrase is common in inscriptions in connexion with the erection
of monuments. Compare also the Sestos inscription (above, p. 125).
3 He occurs on coins of Mastaura.
4 Brit. Mus. Catal., Caria, p. 153, no. 42.
at Hieropolis in Phrygia; with which must be compared the
Ephesian legend 'Ο νεω(<όρον) ’Εφε(σίων) δί)(μοί) ετ)εχάρ(α^εν).
(β) He dedicates the coin to a personage 01· body of persons.
Thus θευδιαυόί στρατη(γων) άνεθηκ,ε Σμυρναίοις 1 2. This ‘ dedication ’
probably means that the expense of the issue was borne by
Theudianos; it would seem that the issue of coinage was
regarded as a leitourgia.
(y) The name of the person complimented may also be placed
in the accusative case, in which circumstances we must under-
stand some such word as ετίμησε, e. g. Σεβαστόν Κεφαλιών γραμ-
ματέων (Pergamum).
2. The use of the genitive is much commoner. The preposi-
tions which are employed are three in number. ’Επί of course
expresses primarily a date, but probably in the case of financial
officers also direct responsibility. Other prepositions are
restricted to small areas. Διά is confined to part of Caria
and south-west Phrygia, occurring at the cities of Laodicea
ad Lycum, Attuda, Cidramus, Trapezopolis, Apollonia Salbace
and Tabae (at the last two places only exceptionally). Παρά is
found once or twice at Apamea in Phrygia (παρά Στρατονυαανου).
Παρά and διά, like the formulae of dedication, both seem to
imply that the person charged himself with the expense of the
coinage.
Before passing on to deal with the various magisterial titles
that occur, we must consider a few participial constructions
which express not an office but a commission or private under-
taking which resulted in the issue of coins. The commonest
of these is επιμεληβέτοε or επιμελήααντοε. This merely implies
that the person (whose official title is sometimes mentioned—
επιμελούντο? Φλ. Μυωνοί άρ(χοντοΐ) at Aphrodisias in Caria) is
charged with the issue3. The title επιμελ^του is probably quite
distinct, the επιμελητής being a distinct official3.
Φηφισαμένου Φλαυβί,ου Διομήδους is the inscription On a coin of
Stratonicea in Caria of imperial date4. The use of the middle
1 Smyrna, Brit. Mus. Catal., Ionia, 133. At Temenothyrae in Phrygia
nearly all the coins with magistrates’ names are inscribed, with this
formula (omitting άνέθηκε').
2 The phrase is common in inscriptions in connexion with the erection
of monuments. Compare also the Sestos inscription (above, p. 125).
3 He occurs on coins of Mastaura.
4 Brit. Mus. Catal., Caria, p. 153, no. 42.