RPC I, 2956

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2956
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Meniskos, son of Diphilos (in office for the third time)
Issue Group III: Augustus alone
Dating c. AD 5
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ ΔΙΦΙΛΟΥ ΤΟ Γ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μενίσκος Διφίλου τὸ γʹ Ἱεραπολειτῶν
Translation Meniskos, son of Diphilos, for the third time, of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design Apollo, standing left, with patera and double axe
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.01 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 105, AMC 1388, Cop 450
Specimens 15 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 18: same pair of dies. 2, 4, 10–13: same pair of dies. 3, 17: same pair of dies. 2, 4, 10–13: same obv. die as 2957/1, 3, 5–8, 10.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1903,0404.49 BMC 105
2 2     P: 1286
3 3     P: 1286a Wa 6133
4 4     B: 18241088, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer KM 239, no. 23
5 5     O AMC 1388
6 6     C McClean 8823
7 7     Cop SNG 450
8 8     V: GR 32390
9 9     V: GR 29945
10 10     vA 3644
11 11     ✸ Naumann 55, 2 July 2017, lot 501
12 12     CGT coll. = Pecunem Auction 40, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 458
13 13     CGT coll.
17 17     Leu EA 11, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 1336
18 18     Naumann 108, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 454