RPC IV.2, 1949 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1949 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Cibyra
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Magistrate Claudius Philokles Cassianus
Alliance with Hierapolis
Issue »Southern Workshop, 138-180«
Dating probably 172, otherwise probably 169–175
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΚΛ ΦΙΛΟΚΛΕΩϹ ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ Κ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΙΤ[ΩΝ?] ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Κλ(αυδίου) Φιλοκλέως Κιβυρατῶν κ(αὶ) Ἱεραπολιτῶν ὁμόνοια
Translation Claudius Philokles, concord of the Cibyrates and the Hierapolitans
Reverse design to left, veiled Demeter(?) of Hierapolis standing, right, holding transverse sceptre in left hand and fruits(?) in folds of dress with right hand; to right, Zeus of Cibyra seated, left, holding eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 25.36 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 980–3, L. Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), 95, no. II
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 19696 L. Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), 95, no. II, pl. IA'.21 (rev.) = Franke & Nollé 980, pl. 43
2 2     P: 731B E. Babelon, RN 1892, p. 122
3 3     B: (Fox) J. von Schlosser, NZ 23 (1891), 7, no. 5
7 7     Schulten 27 (15/10/1990), 741 = Kölner Münzkabinett 106 (11/03/2017), 418