Person
Name	Aulus Gessius Philopatris
	Magistrate (probably a strategos, but the latter is not attested on coins) in Smyrna/Ionia between c. AD 54 and 59. His name (without any title) appears on coins issued in the reign of Nero (with portraits of the emperor, his wife Aggripina, and the senate), see RPC I nos. 2478-2481. Lit.: D. O. A. Klose, Die Münzprägung von Smyrna in der römischen Kaiserzeit. AMuGS X (1987) pp. 67, 75; W. Leschhorn, Lexikon der Aufschriften auf griechischen Münzen II (2009) p. 417 s. v. Gessius and 875 s. v. Philopatris; Th. Corsten (ed.), Lexicon of Greek Personal Names V A. Coastal Asia Minor (2010) s. v. Philopatris, no. 1.
Types	Magistrate (Ant)
	http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/id/V5a-39414
	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/magistrate/2133
Permalink	https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/person/10700
created	10.05.2024
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Person

Name

Aulus Gessius Philopatris

Magistrate (probably a strategos, but the latter is not attested on coins) in Smyrna/Ionia between c. AD 54 and 59.

His name (without any title) appears on coins issued in the reign of Nero (with portraits of the emperor, his wife Aggripina, and the senate), see RPC I nos. 2478-2481.

Lit.: D. O. A. Klose, Die Münzprägung von Smyrna in der römischen Kaiserzeit. AMuGS X (1987) pp. 67, 75; W. Leschhorn, Lexikon der Aufschriften auf griechischen Münzen II (2009) p. 417 s. v. Gessius and 875 s. v. Philopatris; Th. Corsten (ed.), Lexicon of Greek Personal Names V A. Coastal Asia Minor (2010) s. v. Philopatris, no. 1.

Types

Magistrate (Ant)

http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/id/V5a-39414

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/magistrate/2133

Permalink

https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/person/10700

created

10.05.2024

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