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PHRYGIA. Eucarpeia. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Diassarion (Bronze, 25 mm, 9.99 g, 6 h), Pedia Secunda, epimelètheisa, 117-138. ΔΗΜΟС ЄΥΚΑΡΠЄΩΝ Laureate and draped head of Demos to right. Rev. ЄΠIMЄΛHΘЄICHC ΠЄΔIAC CЄKOYNΔHC Artemis standing facing, head to right, drawing arrow from quiver at her shoulder with her right hand and holding bow with her left; to left, stag standing left, looking up; to right, small statue of Kybele (?), wearing kalathos and veil. BMC 2. Martin, Eukarpeia 1 (same dies ). RPC III 2590 (same dies ). Very rare and of great historical interest. Attractive earthen deposits on a green patina. Minor cleaning marks, otherwise, very fine.
This is one of the few cases of a female financing a coin emission: Pedia Secunda must have been an unusually wealthy woman, and she apparently played an important role in her town. RPC speculates that she may, in fact, have been the wife of P. Cl. Max. Marcellianus, who is known from other coins of Eucarpeia (see RPC III, p. 863).
This is one of the few cases of a female financing a coin emission: Pedia Secunda must have been an unusually wealthy woman, and she apparently played an important role in her town. RPC speculates that she may, in fact, have been the wife of P. Cl. Max. Marcellianus, who is known from other coins of Eucarpeia (see RPC III, p. 863).