RPC I, 4065

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4065
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Hierapolis-Castabala
Reign Uncertain
Dating first century AD?
Obverse inscription
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Alexander the Great?, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἱεροπολιτῶν
Translation of the Hieropolitans
Reverse design veiled head of Tyche, right; before, torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.75 g
Axis 6
Reference Robert 72, no. 20
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
Note Although one might otherwise expect the letter form Ɛ to be later, it occurs on coins of Philopator (3872), perhaps minted at Hierapolis.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1894,0901.2 BMC 6
2 2     P: 602
3 3     P: 603
4 4     B: 18214443, 1906 Löbbecke
5 5     NY: 1944.100.54054
6 6     Levante 1577
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     ✸ Künker 333, 16 Mar. 2020, lot 553 (ex Gorny and Mosch 152, 2006, lot 1829)