Person
Name	Philistos
	Magistrate in Smyrna/Ionia between c. AD 50 and 54. His name (lacking a title) appears on coins issued in the reign of Claudius - always in combination with the [strategos] Eikadios. Besides pseudo-autonomous coins with the image of a bee the “imperial” obverses show the portraits of Claudius and his wife Agrippina or Britannicus, see D. O. A. Klose, Die Münzprägung von Smyrna in der römischen Kaiserzeit. AMuGS X (1987) pp. 67, 75, 129 (I series A) and pp. 221-224 (XXX-XXXI series A, AD 51-54); RPC I nos. 2475-2477 (stephanephoros). Lit.: W. Leschhorn, Lexikon der Aufschriften auf griechischen Münzen II (2009) p. 871 s. v. Philistos (c. AD 50-54).; Th. Corsten (Hrsg.), Lexicon of Greek Personal Names V A. Coastal Asia Minor (2010) p. 450 s. v. Philistos (no. 2) (c. AD 49-54); RPC I p. 418.
Types	Magistrate (Ant)
	http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/id/V5a-39413
Permalink	https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/person/10722
created	10.05.2024
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Person

Name

Philistos

Magistrate in Smyrna/Ionia between c. AD 50 and 54.

His name (lacking a title) appears on coins issued in the reign of Claudius - always in combination with the [strategos] Eikadios. Besides pseudo-autonomous coins with the image of a bee the “imperial” obverses show the portraits of Claudius and his wife Agrippina or Britannicus, see D. O. A. Klose, Die Münzprägung von Smyrna in der römischen Kaiserzeit. AMuGS X (1987) pp. 67, 75, 129 (I series A) and pp. 221-224 (XXX-XXXI series A, AD 51-54); RPC I nos. 2475-2477 (stephanephoros).

Lit.: W. Leschhorn, Lexikon der Aufschriften auf griechischen Münzen II (2009) p. 871 s. v. Philistos (c. AD 50-54).; Th. Corsten (Hrsg.), Lexicon of Greek Personal Names V A. Coastal Asia Minor (2010) p. 450 s. v. Philistos (no. 2) (c. AD 49-54); RPC I p. 418.

Types

Magistrate (Ant)

http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/id/V5a-39413

Permalink

https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/person/10722

created

10.05.2024

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