RPC IV.2, 2018 (temporary)

Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
City Hierapolis 
Region Phrygia
Reign Commodus
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ[ΠΟΛΕΙ]ΤΩΝ ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ(?) ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design to left, Apollo standing, right, holding plectrum and lyre; to right, cult statue of Aphrodite of Aphrodisias standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding two apples(?); (between, altar)

Coin no. 5 of RPC IV.2, 2018 (temporary)

 

Museum Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (USA)
Inventory no. 61.1058
Reference C.C. Vermeule, Roman Imperial Art in Greece and Asia Minor (Cambridge [MA], 1968), pp. 160–1
Diameter 36
Weight 26.79
Axis 6
Note
External URI https://collections.mfa.org/objects/162546 
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