RPC IV.2, 2017 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2017 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Alliance with Ephesus
Dating c. 184–188
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Ἱεραπολειτῶν Ἐφεσίων ὁμόνοια Ἱεραπολειτῶν Ἐφεσίων ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of the Hierapolitans and Ephesians
Reverse design to left, Apollo standing, right, holding plectrum and lyre; to right, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports, between two stags
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.75 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 650-5, L. Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), 67, A.I.b-d, BMC 165
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1326 Wa 6158, pl. XVI.25 (rev.) = L. Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), 67, A.I.b, pl. I'.2 (rev.) = Franke & Nollé 655, pl. 31 (rev.)
2 2     L: 1979-1-1-2251 vA 3665 = Kraft, pp. 190–1, pl. 92.12 = Franke & Nollé 654, pl. 31 (rev.)
3 3     B: I-B L. Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), 67, A.I.c, pl. I'.3 (rev.)
4 4     B: (Löbb)
5 5     L: BMC 165, pl. LI.9 (rev.) Franke & Nollé 650, pl. 31 (rev.)
6 6     NY: 1971.230.87
7 7     CNG 91 (19/09/2012), 543, ex coll. Marcel Burstein