στεφανήφορος

A. wearing a crown or wreath, θίασοι E. Ba. 531 (lyr.); χοροί prob. in B. 18.51; ἵπποι Theoc. 16.47; ς. ἀγών,= στεφανίτης, a contest in which the prize was a crown, Hdt. 5.102, And. 4.2; hence Ἀλφειέ, Διὸς ς. ὕδωρ AP 9.362; ς. ὧραι Scol. 3; νίκη APl. 4.62.

II. στεφανηφόρος,ὁ, title of certain magistrates in Greek states who had the right of wearing crowns when in office, as the Archons at Athens, ς. ἀρχή Aeschin. 1.19; compared with the Roman flamen by D.H. 2.64, cf. Ath. 5.215b, 12.533e; freq. in Inscrr., Φοίβου ς. ἱρεύς IG 14.1020 (Rome), cf. CIG 2671, al. (Iasus), SIG 169.2, al. (ibid., iv B.C.), OGI 213.35 (Milet., iv/iii B.C.), al.; and of women, IG 12(8).526.7 (Thasos); ὁ ἄρχων τὴν ς. ἀρχήν ib. 12(5).821.6 (Tenos, ii B.C.); στεφανηφόρος Κλεοπάτρας θεᾶς PRein. 10.6 (ii B.C.); ς. ἐξηγητεία PRyl. 77.34 (ii A.D.).

III. δραχμαὶ Στεφανηφόρου, i.e. officially minted, the Athenian mint being attached to a temple of the hero Σ., IG 22.1013.31, 1028.30 (ii B.C.), cf. Antipho Frr. 36, 44: also δραχμὰς στεφανηφόρους with a wreath on the reverse, JHS 54.142 (Delos, ii B.C.).