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. 188–192
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 ΚΑΙ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition 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 L. Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), 86, E.I.a, BMC 167, Franke & Nollé 808–12$
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 200 (Medaillon), under 'Mytilene' L. Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), 86, E.I.a, pl. IA'.8 (rev.), authenticity doubtful: forgery?
2 2     L: BMC 167, pl. LII.1 (rev.)
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 Monthly Auction 21 (04/11/2017), 341
6 6     Boston: 1988.352