RPC II, 1302

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1302
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate M— N— Haplos
Obverse inscription ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Οὐεσπασιανὸς Σεβαστός
Translation Vespasian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription Μ Ν ΑΠΛΟΣ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μ(—)Ν(—) Ἅπλος Ἱεραπολιτῶν
Translation M— N— Haplos, of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design goddess standing, left, holding corn-ears and poppy in right hand and cornucopia in left hand; to left, serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.37 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note W. Weiser, 'Quintus Corellius Rufus and Marcus Maecius in Asia', EA 20 (1992), pp. 117-25, suggest (p. 120) that Haplos might be the son of the man of the same name who occurs on Tiberian coins (RPC I, 2961-2).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B KM p. 241, no. 29
2 2     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Victoria 2, 27 Sept. 2022, lot 364)