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166 V. PHRYGIAN CITIES OF THE LOWER MAEANDER.
Attouda is one of the few cities of Phrygia of which silver coins
are known. They belong, according to Mr. Head, to the pre-Roman
period, probably the Pergamenian domination 190-133 B.C. The
name on these coins is spelt Attoudda.
Coins and inscriptions connect Attouda with Trapezopolis, Laodiceia,
Kidramos, and above all Aphrodisias. With the first three it forms,
according to M. Imhoof-Blumer, a numismatic group, marked by the
use of Sid on coins ; and to his list two Carian cities must be added 1.
ATTOYAA- AIA- dpAABIAC • l€P I AC (date uncertain).
AIA ■ K[APMINI]OY ■ KAAYAIANOY • ACIAPXOY • ATTOYAEON
(Aurelius and Verus).
AIA • no • M(kivviov) • AAPACTOY • and BOYAH • TPATTEZO-
FfOAITflN (date uncertain).
AIA ■ [nATllOY] • KAAAinnOY • and AFIOAAnNIATnN (prob.
120-170).
AIA- OPOPIOY- lEPriNOC • TABHNnN (Domitian).
AIA-nAN(j)IAOY-KAI-n[OAEMnNQZ-]KIAPAMHNnN (Hadrian)2.
It is united with Trapezopolis on another coin in which Cybele, with
crown and veil, stands laying her hands on two lions ; on each side of
her stands a female figure with turreted head, one ATTOYAA, the
other TP Aff E Z OTloXis. This coin indicates more than a mere alliance;
it marks the two cities as conterminous, and united in the worship
of the same goddess, whose name, as we learn from inscriptions, was
MrjT-qp "ASpdcrros.
The connexion of Attouda with Aphrodisias was closer than with
any other city. The same persons appear on the records of both
cities (cp. App. II § 9); the same names (e. g. Adrastos, Polychronios,
Peritus &c.) and the same peculiar epigraphic formulae (see no. 70)
are characteristic of both. Now commercially and geographically
the natural relations of Attouda are with Laodiceia; and the numis-
matic facts just stated show that such a connexion existed3. The
1 Numism. Zft. 1884 p. 272. Mr. Head Laodicean coins with Sid p. 57.
informs me by letter that Apollonia- 3 While, in the point just quoted,
Salbake and Tabai (see App. II) also use the coins of Laodiceia agree with those
dul on coins. This strengthens our con- of Attouda, there is a general difference
elusion that Attouda is more closely between them. Laodicean coins are
connected with the Carian cities than Phrygian in type; but, as Mr. Head
with the Phrygian. writes to me, ' the coins of Attouda
2 M. Imhoof-Blumer accepts my pro- and Trapezopolis resemble one another
posed completion of this legend, and in style, fabric, and sometimes even in
interprets as above his published read- type, and are more like the Carian than
ing of the coin of Trapezopolis TTOAI. the Phrygian issues; if we had only
Attouda is one of the few cities of Phrygia of which silver coins
are known. They belong, according to Mr. Head, to the pre-Roman
period, probably the Pergamenian domination 190-133 B.C. The
name on these coins is spelt Attoudda.
Coins and inscriptions connect Attouda with Trapezopolis, Laodiceia,
Kidramos, and above all Aphrodisias. With the first three it forms,
according to M. Imhoof-Blumer, a numismatic group, marked by the
use of Sid on coins ; and to his list two Carian cities must be added 1.
ATTOYAA- AIA- dpAABIAC • l€P I AC (date uncertain).
AIA ■ K[APMINI]OY ■ KAAYAIANOY • ACIAPXOY • ATTOYAEON
(Aurelius and Verus).
AIA • no • M(kivviov) • AAPACTOY • and BOYAH • TPATTEZO-
FfOAITflN (date uncertain).
AIA ■ [nATllOY] • KAAAinnOY • and AFIOAAnNIATnN (prob.
120-170).
AIA- OPOPIOY- lEPriNOC • TABHNnN (Domitian).
AIA-nAN(j)IAOY-KAI-n[OAEMnNQZ-]KIAPAMHNnN (Hadrian)2.
It is united with Trapezopolis on another coin in which Cybele, with
crown and veil, stands laying her hands on two lions ; on each side of
her stands a female figure with turreted head, one ATTOYAA, the
other TP Aff E Z OTloXis. This coin indicates more than a mere alliance;
it marks the two cities as conterminous, and united in the worship
of the same goddess, whose name, as we learn from inscriptions, was
MrjT-qp "ASpdcrros.
The connexion of Attouda with Aphrodisias was closer than with
any other city. The same persons appear on the records of both
cities (cp. App. II § 9); the same names (e. g. Adrastos, Polychronios,
Peritus &c.) and the same peculiar epigraphic formulae (see no. 70)
are characteristic of both. Now commercially and geographically
the natural relations of Attouda are with Laodiceia; and the numis-
matic facts just stated show that such a connexion existed3. The
1 Numism. Zft. 1884 p. 272. Mr. Head Laodicean coins with Sid p. 57.
informs me by letter that Apollonia- 3 While, in the point just quoted,
Salbake and Tabai (see App. II) also use the coins of Laodiceia agree with those
dul on coins. This strengthens our con- of Attouda, there is a general difference
elusion that Attouda is more closely between them. Laodicean coins are
connected with the Carian cities than Phrygian in type; but, as Mr. Head
with the Phrygian. writes to me, ' the coins of Attouda
2 M. Imhoof-Blumer accepts my pro- and Trapezopolis resemble one another
posed completion of this legend, and in style, fabric, and sometimes even in
interprets as above his published read- type, and are more like the Carian than
ing of the coin of Trapezopolis TTOAI. the Phrygian issues; if we had only