Person GND

Name

Marcus Annius Afrinus

Roman governor (Legatus Augusti pro praetore) in Galatia between c. AD 49 and 54.

Consul suffectus in AD 66.

His name (on the civic issues also his portrait, but never an explicit title) is known from coins of the Galatian league, from Iconium in Lycaonia and Pessinus in Galatia issued during the reign of emperor Claudius: RPC I nos. 3541-3543 (Iconium); nos. 3555-3556 and 3558-3561 (Galatian league); 3557 (Pessinus).

Lit.: PIR2 A 630; G. Stumpf, Numismatische Studien zur Chronologie der römischen Statthalter in Kleinasien 122 v. Chr.-163 n. Chr. (1991) pp. 166-170; W. Leschhorn, Lexikon der Aufschriften auf griechischen Münzen II (2009) p. 397 with note 7 s. v. Aphr(e)inos (AD 49-54); RPC I nos. 3541-3543, 3555-3558, 3561.

Types

Legatus Augusti pro praetore Info, Sitter Info

Wikipedia [en]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Annius_Afrinus nomisma

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/magistrate/2572

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12286047

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