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Epikrates |
Second magistrate attested in Athens in 63/62 BC. From Leukonion. Belongs to the the same family as his colleague, the first magistrate, Kallimachos. Most probably herold of the Aeropagos. Epikrates was mentioned by the young Marcus Cicero in a letter to Tiro, named "princeps Atheniensium" (Habicht 1991, p. 16). Lit.: M. Thompson, The New Style Silver Coinage of Athens (1961) nos. 1253-1254 / her issue 100 (p. 564); C. Habicht, Zu den Münzmagistraten der Silberprägung des Neuen Stils, Chiron 21, 1991, pp. 6 and 16 (63/62 BC, his issue 102); Prosopographia Attica 4903; P. M. Fraser - E. Matthews, A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names II Attica (1994) p. 149 s. v. Epikrates, no. 88; W. Leschhorn, Lexikon der Aufschriften auf griechischen Münzen II (2009) p. 483 s. v. Epikrates. |
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Magistrate (Ant)  |
Nomisma |
http://nomisma.org/id/epikrates_athens |
http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/id/V2-22611 |
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