RPC I, 2953

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2953
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Attalos Meilichios
Issue Group II: Augustus and Gaius
Dating c. 5 BC
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΤΤΑΛΟΣ ΜΕΙΛΙΧΙΟΣ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἄτταλος Μειλίχιος Ἱεραπολειτῶν
Translation Attalos Meilichios of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design tripod with laurel branch
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.05 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference KM 238, no. 21
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 5–7: same pair of dies. 1–3, 5–7: same obv. die as 2943/1, 3–5, 7–12.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18241083, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer KM 21
2 2     P: 1287
3 3     C SNG 4977
4 4     Winterthur GRMK 152, no. 5
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2139
7 7     Leu EA 24, 3 Dec. 2022, lot 2196