Building dedication to Tiberius and Livia

Description: Four fragments of white marble architrave blocks, with three fasciae which have bead and reel decoration between them. a. (W. 1.54 × H. 0.45 × D. 0.58) has left edge, but the right end is broken; b. (W. 1.0 × H. 0.42 × D. 0.58) is broken to the left, but the right edge survives; c. (W. 1.54 × H. 0.45 × D. 0.58) has left edge, but the right end is broken; d. (W. 1.0 × H. 0.42 × D. 0.58) is broken to the left, but the right edge survives.

Text: Inscribed on three fasciae.

Letters: Finely worked, triangular trenches; l.1, 0.095; l.2, 0.075; l.3, 0.08.

Date: A.D. 14-37 (reign)

Findspot: A and B during excavation of the Sebasteion, at E. Temple (Sebasteion) 83-1 ; C and D during construction of the dighouse

Original Location: On the front of the Temple in the Sebasteion.

Last recorded location: A and B, in stone collection south of dighouse; C and D, Museum

History of discovery: Excavated by the NYU expedition (83.151, Village 9)

Bibliography: c published by Reynolds, PCPS 206, 1980, 79, no. 10, whence SEG 1980.1248, AnnEpig 1980.872, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 103; discussed by Reynolds, StudClas 24, 1986, 110, note 12 (l. 2)

Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (1980).

Edition Diplomatic Epidoc (XML) [Conventions] [Font help] 1[·· ? ·· Αὐτοκράτορι Τιβ]ερίῳ Καίσαρι θε[οῦ Σεβα]στο[ῦ ὑιῶι Σεβαστῶι καὶ Ἰ]ουλίαι Σεβαστῆ̣[ι νέαι] Δημητρ[ὶ ·· ? ··]

2[·· ? ·· Ἀτ]ταλὶς Μενεκρ[άτους Ἄ]πφιο[ν ·· c. 12 ·· ὑπὲ]ρ Ἀττάλου τοῦ Μ[ενάνδρ]ου τοῦ ΑΝ[·· ? ··]

3[·· ? ··] τὸν νάον καὶ τ[ὸν βῶμ]ον [·· c. 15 ··] vac. ὑπὲρ τοῦ [·· c. 5 ··]ου vac. [·· ? ··] 1[ - - - ··············]ΕΡΙΩΚΑΙΣΑΡΙΘΕ[······]ΣΤΟ[· ············ ····]ΟΥΛΙΑΙΣΕΒΑΣΤ·[·····]ΔΗΜΗΤΡ[· - - - ]

2[ - - - ··]ΤΑΛΙΣΜΕΝΕΚΡ[······]ΠΦΙΟ[················]ΡΑΤΤΑΛΟΥΤΟΥΜ[······]ΟΥΤΟΥΑΝ[ - - - ]

3[ - - - ]ΤΟΝΝΑΟΝΚΑΙΤ[·····]ΟΝ[···············] ΥΠΕΡΤΟΥ[·····]ΟΥ [ - - - ]

   

Αὐτοκράτορι

  

Τιβ

 

ερίῳ

Καίσαρι

θε

 

οῦ

  

Σεβα

 

στο

 

ῦ

  

ὑιῶι

  

Σεβαστῶι

  

καὶ

  

Ἰ

 

ουλίαι

Σεβαστ

 

ῆ

  

ι

  

νέαι

 

Δημητρ

 

ὶ

     

Ἀτ

 

ταλὶς

Μενεκρ

 

άτους

  

Ἄ

 

πφιο

 

ν

   

ὑπὲ

 

ρ

Ἀττάλου

τοῦ

Μ

 

ενάνδρ

 

ου

τοῦ

 

αν

    

τὸν

νάον

καὶ

τ

 

ὸν

  

βῶμ

 

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ὑπὲρ

τοῦ

 

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Translation:

[·· ? ··] for the Imperator Tib]erius Caesar [Augustus, son] of the god Augustus, and for Julia Augusta, the new Demeter [ . . .

 

2. . . . ] Attalis Apphion, daughter of Menekrates [ . . . ? . . .] on behalf of Attalos, son of Menandros, ? her [ husband . . .

 

3. . .]the temple and ? the [altar . . ? . . .] on behalf of [ . . .

 

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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.85 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 8 BC. AVGVSTVS DIVI • F, laureate head right / C • CAES • above, AVGVS • F in exergue, Caius Caesar on horseback, galloping right, holding sword in left hand and reins in right; behind him, an aquila between two signa. RIC I 199; Lyon 69; RSC 40; BMCRE 500-502 = BMCRR Gaul 223-225; BN 1461, 1463-1465, 1469.

CILICIA, Augusta. Julia Augusta (Livia). Augusta, AD 14-29. Æ 18mm (3.46 g, 12h). Struck after AD 20. Draped bust right / Capricorn left, holding globe; star above. Karbach, Augusta 7; RPC I 4007.17 (this coin); SNG France 1891; SNG Levante -.

Cultura romana.

Finales del siglo III d. C., principios del siglo IV d. C.

Opus tesselatum de mármol de colores diversos.

Museo de Arqueología de Barcelona.

PHRYGIA, Acmoneia. Agrippina Junior. Augusta, AD 50-59. Æ 17mm (2.95 g, 12h). Draped bust right; grain ear and poppy before / Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; stag and small figure of Nike holding palm and wreath at feet to right. RPC I 3173; SNG Copenhagen 25; SNG von Aulock 8312.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.62 g, 12h). Pergamum mint. Struck 19-18 BC. Bare head right / Hexastyle Temple of Rome and Augustus set on five-tiered base; pediment surmounted by acroteria; ROM ET AVGVST on entablature. RIC I 506; Sutherland Group VII; RPC I 2219; RSC 86.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero, with Divus Augustus. AD 54-68. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.14 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7). Radiate head of Nero left; LIΓ (date) to left / Radiate head of the deified Augustus right. Köln 177-80; Dattari (Savio) 184; K&G 14.100; RPC 5294.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.05 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. cngcoins.com

Agrippina the Younger, the wife of Claudius.

Marble. 1st century.

Athens, National Archaeological Museum.

 

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Obol (25mm, 12.01 g, 11h). Dated RY 3 (AD 42/3). Laureate head right; star before / Bull butting right; [L] Γ (date) in exergue. Köln 80; Dattari (Savio) 175; K&G 12.29; RPC I 5138.

A Roman mosaic in the Nîmes Historical museum, Southern France

PHOENICIA, Orthosia. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ 21mm (6.90 g, 12h). Dated SE 354 (AD 42/3). Laureate head left; [L] Δ-NT (date) across fields / Baal of Orthosia driving chariot pulled by two griffins. Unrecorded in the standard references.

 

An issue of Nero, RPC I 4506, is dated to the Seleukid Era. Otherwise, coins of Orthosia carry dates of an uncertain era, which Seyrig thought to be Pompeian, or, on the coinage of Cleopatra, the queen’s ‘Phoenician’ regnal dates. RPC I discusses a coin Seyrig attributed to Tiberius with date L Δ (Year 4) before the portrait, but the authors did not think the evidence was sufficient to merit its inclusion. It was, however, included in RPC I Suppl. 2, after a coin from the McAlee collection with this date came to light, but the coin is not illustrated. The present coin shows traces of the L before the Δ, with a very clear NT behind the head (equalling 354). As the McAlee coin is not illustrated, it is uncertain if it is centered properly to see the area behind the head, or if the McAlee coin is really a coin of Claudius dated 354.

  

Iluminación de la casa romana.

Objeto de bronce

Cultura romana.

Museo Arqueológico de Barcelona

 

GAUL, Nemausus. Augustus, with Agrippa. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ As (25mm, 9.25 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 10-14. Back to back heads of Agrippa, wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath, and Augustus, laureate / Crocodile right, chained to palm frond with wreath at top; two palm fronds at base. RPC I 525; RIC I 160.

CAPPADOCIA, Caesaraea-Eusebia. Nero. AD 54-68. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 1.70 g, 11h). Laureate head of Nero right / ARME-NIAC, Nike advancing right, holding palm and wreath. RPC I 3644; Sydenham, Caesarea 81.

 

This reverse type celebrates the general Corbulo’s Armenian victories during his campaigns of AD 58-60.

 

Museo Arqueológico de Barcelona

LESBOS, Mytilene. Tiberius, with Julia Augusta (Livia). AD 14-37. Æ 18mm (4.23 g, 11h). Struck circa AD 35. Laureate head of Tiberius right / Draped bust of Livia right. RPC 2345.27 (this coin); BMC 187-92; SNG Copenhagen 414.

SYRTICA, Sabratha. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ As (23mm, 8.72 g, 9h). Struck circa AD 8-14. Bare head of Augustus right; lituus before / Head of Serapis right; Neo-Punic R to right. RPC I 814; MAA 43; SNG Copenhagen 40 var. (Neo-Punic legend).

Building dedication to the Divine Augustus by Eusebes son of Menandros

Description: Three fragments (one lost) from a white marble architrave block cornice or lintel; a broken at both sides (W. 0.49 × H. 0.36 × D. 0.25); b: no measurements; c: (W. 0.75 × H. 0.38 × D. 0.75) right edge, which is the end of the cornice, survives

Text: Inscribed on two fasciae

Letters: 0.05

Date: Julio-Claudian (content, lettering)

Findspot: Temple/Church: b and c: 'Non procul a Veneris templo haec fragmenta colligebantur litteris majusculis' (Picenini)

Original Location: Unknown

Last recorded location: a and c in the Temple; b not found again.

History of discovery: b and c were copied in 1705 by Picenini (BM Add 10102, 20 and, from Tisser, 56v), whence Sherard (BM Add 10101 f.31) and ; a and c recorded by Gaudin (72, 73); c recorded by the MAMA expedition; a and c found by the NYU expedition.

Bibliography: a and c published (from Gaudin) by Reinach, 192 and 191. B and c published by Boeckh, from Sherard, CIG 2738 and 2773. C published, from the MAMA records by Cormack, MAMA 433; discussed by Reynolds, PCPS 206, 1980, 78, no. 8, whence SEG 1980.1244, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 94; discussed by Reynolds, 'Inscriptions and the Building of the Temple', Aphrodisias Papers (Ann Arbor, 1990), 37-40, 38.

Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds); Sherard papers; Gaudin's squeeze; publications. This edition Reynolds (1980).

Edition Diplomatic Epidoc (XML) [Conventions] [Font help] 1 [Αὐ]τοκράτορ̣ι̣ θεῷ Σεβαστῷ Καίσαρι πατρὶ πατρίδος̣

2[Εὐσ]εβὴς v. Μενάνδρου φιλόπατρις καὶ Εὔνικος leaf Μενάνδρου 1[··]ΤΟΚΡΑΤΟ[··][···][·······][·······][·····]ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟ·

2[···]ΕΒΗΣ [·········][··········][···][·······][·]ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ

  

Αὐ

 

τοκράτο

      

ρι

        

θεῷ

       

Σεβαστῷ

       

Καίσαρι

       

πατρὶ

  

πατρίδο

 

ς

   

Εὐσ

 

εβὴς

      

Μενάνδρου

       

φιλόπατρις

       

καὶ

       

Εὔνικος

          

Μενάνδρου

 

Apparatus

The letters seen only by Sherard are highlighted.

 

l. 1, ΟΗΘΕΩ Sherard. The final sigma was read by MAMA but not by Reinach.

 

l.2 Sherard showed a dotted line between ll. 1 and 2 (perhaps indicated the stepping of the fasciae), and a leaf after Εὔνικος.

 

Translation:

To Imperator the god Augustus Caesar, pater patriae, Eusebes son of Menandros, (entitled) lover of his country, and Eunikos, son of Menandros (?gave this)

 

Commentary:

The extensive re-use of material in the area of the Temple means that the findspot may not be significant. But see the discussion by Reynolds, 'Inscriptions and the Building of the Temple', , 38.

 

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Augustus, with Rhoemetalkes I. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Drachm (3.93 g, 12h). Byzantium in Thrace mint. Diademed head of Rhoemetalkes I right; BA POIMHTAΛ monogram to right; all within pelleted border / BYZANTIA, bare head of Augustus right; KAIΣAP monogram to right; all within pelleted border. Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1304 (V2/R2); Youroukova 169; RPC 1775 (same dies).

Roman marble portrait bust of a Julio-Claudian prince, circa first half of the 1st Century A.D. It is 13 3/8 inches high.

SPAIN, Emerita. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Semis (20mm, 5.02 g). Struck after 2 BC. Laureate head right / Aquila between two signa. RPC I 16; SNG Copenhagen 402.

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MYSIA, Lampsacus. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ 17mm (3.62 g, 6h). Laureate head right; lituus to right / Ithyphallic Priapus standing left, holding oenochoe. RPC 2276 (same dies).

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.79 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head right, globe at point of bust / Emperor on horseback right, holding spear; behind him, soldier on horseback right, holding vexillum. RIC I 396; WCN 408. cngcoins

Courtesy of David Emery

Honours for Antonia Augusta

Description: White marble statue base, with moulding above and below on three sides (W. 0.54 × H. 0.405 × D. 0.47). The back and much of the moulding have been broken away, probably to facilitate re-use. Top worked smooth

Text: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: Lightly cut; 0.03-0.04

Date: Julio-Claudian (context, lettering)

Findspot: South portico of the Sebasteion: Seb 80/1, IIIA, at -3.60.

Original Location: Sebasteion

Last recorded location: Museum

History of discovery: Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1980 (80.172; SBI 83)

Bibliography: Published by Reynolds, ZPE 43 (1981), 317-27, no.5, whence SEG 1981.915, BullEp 1982.356, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 204.

Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (1981).

Edition Diplomatic Epidoc (XML) [Conventions] [Font help] 1 v. Ἀντωνίαν vv.

2 v. Σεβασστὴν v.

3Ἑρμίας ἱερεὺς ἀ - v.

4 vac. νέθηκεν vac. 1 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑΝ

2 ΣΕΒΑΣΣΤΗΝ

3ΕΡΜΙΑΣΙΕΡΕΥΣΑ

4 ΝΕΘΗΚΕΝ

  

Ἀντωνίαν

   

Σεβασστὴν

  

Ἑρμίας

ἱερεὺς

ἀ

   

νέθηκεν

  

Translation:

Antonia Augusta: Hermias, priest, put up (her statue).

 

Commentary:

One of the Sebasteion group of dedications to the imperial family (9.37=72.224, 9.38=72.237, 9.39=72.275, 9.40=73.145, 9.33=77.123, 9.26=80.172, 9.27=82.108, 9.35=82.109, 9.28=82.116, 9.34=82.117, 9.29=82.118, 9.36=82.210, 9.30=84.30, 9.31=84.31, and 9.32=84.41). On these see Reynolds (1996), 'Ruler-cult at Aphrodisias'.

 

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Bronze

Greek, direct lost-wax casting

Late 2nd - 1st century B.C.

 

Metropolitan Museum of Art

NYC

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Adornos femeninos.

Objetos de bronce

Cultura romana.

Museo Arqueológico de Barcelona

 

Tiberius. AD 14-37. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.61 g, 5h). “Tribute Penny” type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 4, struck AD 18-35. Laureate head right / Livia (as Pax) seated right, holding scepter and olive branch; footstool, ornate chair legs, one line below throne. RIC I 30; Lyon 150; RSC 16a.

GAUL, Vienna. Octavian, with Julius Caesar. 36 BC. Æ 32mm (18.91 g, 11h). Bare head of Julius Caesar left and bare head of Octavian right / Prow of quinquireme right, decorated with eye; multi-story forecastle and standard or corvus above. RPC I 517; SNG Copenhagen -.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 11.91 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Struck 25-24 BC. Bare head right / Capricorn right, head left, bearing cornucopia on back; all within laurel wreath. RIC I 477; Sutherland Group Vα, 166 (O7/R13); RPC I 2213; RSC 16. cngcoins.com

Britannicus. AD 41-55. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.03 g, 6h). Uncertain Balkan/Thracian mint. Struck under Claudius, circa AD 50-54. Bareheaded and draped bust left / Mars, barefoot, but wearing full military outfit, including sagum (cape), advancing left, holding spear and round shield. RIC I p. 130, note; von Kaenel, Thrakien, Type B, 5 (same dies). cngcoins.com

Portrait of Caligula; inv.21.479.12; front view; Roman; Ca. AD 37-41; New York: Brooklyn Mus.; Bronze; H: 0.142m

 

Ostia antica

So-called Ara Grimani. Augustan decorative base with Dionysiac motifs.

 

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A ROMAN GLASS PLATE

CIRCA 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.

Pale green in color, free-blown, the curved walls with the rim folded out, on an applied ring foot, a pontil mark on the base

9 1/8 in. (23.3 cm) diameter

  

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Octavian. 38 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.69 g, 12h). Military mint moving with Agrippa in Gaul or Octavian in Italy. Bare head right, with slight beard / M•AGRIPPA COS/ DESIG in two lines across field. Crawford 534/3; CRI 307; Sydenham 1331; RSC 545.

 

Marcus Agrippa was Octavian’s boyhood friend, lieutenant and and eventual chosen heir, adopted by the then known Augustus in 17 BC to ensure a smooth succession. Agrippa's prominence in political affairs was emphasized in 13 BC, when two of the three moneyers included Agrippa on their coin types. Succession was not to be, though, as Agrippa died the following year.

 

This coin names Agrippa as “consul designate”, in anticipation of his consulship the following year. It was probably minted in Gaul under Agrippa, who was named governor of Transalpine Gaul in 39 or 38 BC. It was in the latter year, the year this coin was struck, that Agrippa but down a uprising of the Aquitanians. cngcoins.com

  

ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF NIOBE

 

The ill-fated queen of Thebes, whose children were slaughtered by Apollo for her hubris.

 

Ex Meyer family collection, Zurich, Switzerland, acquired in the 1970s.

 

Later 2nd Century AD

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H. 9 7/8 in. (25 cm.),

 

Art of the Ancient World, 2006, no. 20

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Cubiertos: cochleares.

Objeto de bronce

Cultura romana.

Museo Arqueológico de Barcelona

 

Iluminación de la casa romana.

Objeto de bronce

Cultura romana.

Museo Arqueológico de Barcelona

 

AEOLIS, Cyme. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ 19mm (4.48 g, 1h). Struck circa AD 63-68. Laureate head right / Horse prancing right. RPC 2435; BMC 126-7; SNG Copenhagen 141-2.

Gold ring from the age of the dynasty Julio-Claudia.

 

(Photo: Roberto Lérida Lafarga 16/03/2008)

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Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.36 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 64-65. Laureate head right / Nero standing facing, radiate and togate, holding Victory and laurel branch. RIC I 47; RSC 45.

 

The reverse depicts the Colossus, a 120 foot tall bronze statue of Nero as Sol that was created by Zenodorus for the vestibule of the Domus Aurea, or Golden House, the massive palace constructed by Nero after the fire of 64 AD. The statue was destroyed after Nero's downfall in 68, but its memory was retained in the popular name of the amphitheater constructed by the Flavians at the same site-the Colosseum. cngcoins.com

  

In Harmony (2004)

Xiaoping Chen

 

A young woman does the fifth exercise of Falun Gong, called "Way of Strengthening Divine Powers." The clear water and blue sky reflect her tranquility and give a feeling of her union with heaven while she meditates. Four cherubs play amidst an energy field.

 

This painting reflects the wonderfulness that Falun Dafa cultivation brings.