RPC I, 2973

 

Image of specimen #21

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2973
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Claudius
Magistrate Marcus Suillius Antiochos (grammateus)
Dating AD 50/4
Obverse inscription Μ ΣΥΙΛΛΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Συίλλιος Ἀντίοχος Ἱεραπολιτῶν
Translation Marcus Suillius Antiochos, of the Hierapolitans
Obverse design draped bust of Apollo, right; sometimes, in front, laurel branch
Reverse inscription ΓΕΝΕΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩΝ
Edition γένει Σεβαστῶν
Translation of the family of the Augusti
Reverse design temple with six columns; statue (?) in pediment
Metal bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.85 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference BMC 11
Specimens 21 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 12–13: same pair of dies. 11–13: same obv. die.
Note The head has been identified as Dionysus by BMC and Agrippina II (ZfN, 1882, p. 4); but the wreath seems to be of laurel and the hairstyle is wrong for Agrippina (no cue on the neck); Apollo seems the obvious alternative.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 391/1880
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     B: B-I
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     P: 1307
7 7     P: 1308
8 8     P: 1281 Wa 6131
9 9     L BMC 11
10 10     Afyon
11 11     MM Deutschland 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 94
12 12     CNG EA 218, 9 Sept. 2009, lot 360
13 13     CGT coll. = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 544
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     Savoca 16, 25 June 2017, lot 368
16 16     Naumann 58, 1 Oct. 2017, lot 401
17 17     Kölner Münzkabinett EA 4, 1 Jan. 2018, lot 208
18 18     Zeus 4, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 737
19 19     Savoca 23rd Blue Auction, 24 Aug. 2019, lot 727
20 20     Savoca 116th Blue, 23 Oct. 2021, lot 571
21 21     ✸ priv Coll H.I.