RPC IV.2, 2019 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2019 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Alliance with Sardis
Dating c. 188–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜΜοΔοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long and wide beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑΠοΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ οΜοΝοΙΑ
Edition Ἱεραπολειτῶν καὶ Σαρδιανῶν ὁμόνοια Ἱεραπολειτῶν καὶ Σαρδιανῶν ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of the Hierapolitans and the Sardinians
Reverse design to left, Apollo standing, right, holding plectrum and lyre; to right, cult statue of Kore of Sardis standing, facing, wearing tall crown surmounted by crescent; between poppy and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 30.77 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Franke & Nollé 808–13, L. Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), 86, E.I.a, BMC 167
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 200 (Medaillon), under 'Mytilene' L. Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), 86, E.I.a, pl. IA'.8 (rev.) = Franke & Nollé 813, pl. 37
2 2     L: BMC 167, pl. LII.1 (rev.) Franke & Nollé 810, pl. 37
3 3     Boston: 1974.140 C.C. Vermeule, Divinities and Mythological Scenes in Greek Imperial Art (Cambridge [MA], 1983), p. 32 and 38, no. 32, pl. 32 (enlarged) = MMAG 41 (18/06/1970), 467, pl. 27
4 4     Gorny 48 (02/04/1990), 468 = Fritz Rudolf Künker 133 (11/11/2007), 8944 = GRPCL Sardes (Sardis) 463
5 5     Solidus Numismatik 21 (04/11/2017), 341
6 6     Boston: 1988.352
7 7     Baldwin's
8 8     Private coll. A. Jürging