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I, 2958
Image of specimen #9
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2958
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Volume
I
Number
2958
Province
Asia
Subprovince
Conventus of Cibyra
Region
Phrygia
City
Hierapolis
Reign
Augustus
Person (obv.)
Augustus
Magistrate
Matron, son of Apollonios
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
ΜΑΤΡΩΝ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition
Μάτρων Ἀπολλωνίου Ἱεραπολειτῶν
Translation
Matron, son of Apollonios, of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design
double axe on basis, with serpent coiled around and surmounted by radiate head, looking right
Metal
leaded bronze
Average diameter
18 mm
Average weight
5.13 g
Axis
12
Reference
BMC 106,
AMC
1391
Specimens
6 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links
9–10: same pair of dies. 1: same obv. die as 2958A/1–6. 9–10: same rev. die as 2958A/1–3, 6.
Note
ΜΑΤΡΩΝ was preferred by Imhoof-Blumer to Waddington's ΜΑΤΙΩΝ; for the name Μάτρων, see
LGPN
, p. 300; for its occurrence at Hierapolis, see Weber, p. 487.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
L: 1894,1005.54
BMC 106
18
5.52
12
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5
5
O
AMC
1391
18
6.49
12
Obv.: GIC 11 (Helios (Lairbenos), radiate head r.)
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6
6
Mu: 11a
18
4.79
12
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7
7
C: 359/1948
18
5.05
12
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9
9
✸
Savoca Special Auction 79 , 21 June 2020, lot 434
18
4.85
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10
10
CGT coll. = Papillon 4, 19 Dec. 2020, lot 312
17
4.09
12
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