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 (without title)
Obverse inscription ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, r.
Reverse inscription Μ Ν ΑΠΛΟΣ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design goddess standing, l., holding corn-ears and poppy in r. hand and cornucopia in l. hand; to l., serpent
Metal Æ
Average diameter 21 mm
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)