RPC I, 2959

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2959
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate Asklepiades
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Τιβέριος Καῖσαρ
Translation Tiberius Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΑΔΗΣ
Edition Ἱεραπολειτῶν Ἀσκληπιάδης
Translation of the Hierapolitans, Asklepiades
Reverse design lyre; above, monogram
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.68 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 109
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note The monogram is clear on 2, and seems to consist of Τ, Ν and Ε with two Οs above: perhaps ΝΕΩΤΕΡΟΣ? ΣΤΕΦΑΝΕΦΟΡΟΣ seems unlikely, as there seems to be no Σ.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 109
2 2     MMAG, FPL 505, 1987, lot 118
3 3     ✸ CGT coll. = Naumann 53, 7 May 2017, lot 525