RPC IV.2, 1999 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1999 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Early in the reign of Antoninus Pius
Dating c. 138-140
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ (Ρ shaped as Þ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἱεραπολειτῶν Ἱεραπολειτῶν
Translation of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design Apollo standing, right, holding plectrum and lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 16.90 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference L. Weber, NC 1913, 8, II, no. 16, BMC 134
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 134
2 2     ✸ P: 1318 Wa 6153
3 3     V: GR 32810
4 4     vA 3653 = CNG Mail Bid Sale 57 (04/04/2001), 819 = Stack's Vermeule, Ward, and Mexico Maxico Collections (11/01/2010), 277, ex coll. C.C. Vermeule