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- Model: Galatia Marcus Annius Afrinus
GALATIA. Koinon of Galatia. Claudius (41-54). Ae. Pessinus(?) mint. Marcus Annius Afrinus, legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Obv: ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΟϹ.
Laureate head right.
Rev: ΜΗΤΡΟϹ ΠЄϹϹΙΝΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ ЄΠΙ ΑΦΡЄΙΝΟΥ.
Cybele seated left on throne, holding sceptre.
RPC I 3556; SNG von Aulock 6209.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 6.28 g.
Diameter: 20 mm.
Marcus Annius Afrinus was the legatus augusti of Galatia under Claudius and one of the last Roman officials from outside the imperial domus to appear on a coin with his own portrait. In about 67, Afrinus became consul suffectus (CIL IV 1544) and in 69/70, he was Vespasian's legate of the province Pannonia Superior (CIL III 4109), proving that he successfully maneuvered through the turbulent civil wars of 68/9 that ended so many political careers.