RPC IV.2, 2022 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2022 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Marcus Aurelius as Caesar (youthful - lightly bearded): Group 1: ΒΗΡΟϹ
Dating c. 139–146
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΒΗ[ΡΟϹ] ΚΑΙϹΑΡ (Ρ shaped as Ϸ)
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Βῆρος Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Βῆρος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Verus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ (Ρ shaped as Ϸ)
Edition Ἱεραπολειτῶν Ἱεραπολειτῶν
Translation of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design to left, nude Apollo advancing, right, holding strung bow; to right, serpent (Python) coiling, left; in serpent's head, arrow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Reference Weber, ΧΑΡΙΤΕΣ 482, no. 2, J.N. Svoronos, JIAN 10 (1907), 219, no. 390
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: 390 J.N. Svoronos, JIAN 10 (1907), 219, no. 390, pl. IV.23 = Weber, ΧΑΡΙΤΕΣ 482, no. 2, pl. VIII.8 (rev.)