RPC I, 2954

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2954
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Iollas II (grammateus)
Issue Group III: Augustus alone
Dating c. AD 5
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΙΟΛΛΑΣ ΙΟΛΛΟΥ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἰόλλας Ἰόλλου γραμματεύς Ἱεραπολειτῶν
Translation Iollas, son of Iollas, grammateus, of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design lyre
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 5.25 g
Axis 10, 11, 12
Reference BMC 107
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4: same pair of dies. 5, 7: same pair of dies. 6, 8, 10–11: same pair of dies. 9, 12: same pair of dies. 1, 4–5, 7: same obv. die. 6, 8–12: same obv. die. 1, 4, 9, 12: same rev. die. 5–8, 10–11: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.50441
2 2     L: 1903,0204.162 BMC 107
3 3     L: 1838,0419.175 BMC 108
4 4     B: 18241092, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer GM 694a
5 5     B: 18241091, 1873 Fox
6 6     G SNG 1948
7 7     Mu: 11b SNG 237 (238 on plate)
8 8     Naumann 45, 3 July 2016, lot 505
9 9     Rauch E-12, 22 Mar. 2013, lot 355
10 10     ✸ Naumann 37, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 529
11 11     J. Clark coll.
12 12     Papillon Numismatic 3, 29 Nov. 2020, lot 277
13 13     Savoca 31st Blue Auction, 25 April 2020, lot 746