RPC IV.2, 10215 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 10215 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Alliance with Sardis
Dating c. 188–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜοΔοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑΠοΛΕΙΤΩΝ Κ[ΑΙ?] ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Ἱεραπολειτῶν καὶ Σαρδιανῶν ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of the Hierapolitans and the Sardinians
Reverse design turreted Tychai of Hieropolis and Sardis standing, facing each other, clasping hands, each holding long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 23.39 g
Reference Franke & Nollé 814$
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ MMAG 41 (18/06/1970), 468, pl. 27 = MünzZentrum 47 (10/11/1982), 154 = Fritz Rudolf Künker 124 (16/03/2007), 9230
2 2     CNG Electronic Auction 136 (29/03/2006), 147 = GRPCL Sardes (Sardis) 464, both sides tooled
3 3     Gorny 78 (13/06/1996), 360