Coin type
URI |
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/1304B
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Volume |
II |
Number |
1304B |
Province |
Asia
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Subprovince |
Conventus of Cibyra
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Region |
Phrygia
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City |
Hierapolis
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Reign |
Uncertain
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Dating |
Titus? |
Obverse inscription |
ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ |
Obverse design |
draped bust of Dionysus (wearing ivy wreath), right |
Reverse inscription |
ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ |
Reverse design |
Hades driving quadriga, right, looking back, holding sceptre and Persephone |
Metal |
copper-based alloy |
Average diameter |
26 mm |
Axis |
6, 12 |
Reference |
Weber, NC 1913, p. 143, no. XXIII.2 |
Specimens |
3 (1 in the core collections) |
Die-links |
1–2: same rev. die as 1304C/1. |
Note |
The obverse inscription facing outwards is a feature of the first and early second centuries (in RPC I-III). The 'portrait' of Dionysus looks quite like 1304, and lunate letters also occur in the Flavian period. If correctly dated, this type anticipates that used in the middle of the second century - see RPC IV. Confirmation required.
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Addition |
Additional coin-type (post publication) |