RPC IV.2, 2025 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2025 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Hieropolis
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Dating c. 152–176
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡοΠοΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἱεροπολειτῶν
Translation of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.24 g
Axis 6
Reference KM 245, no. 6, Cop ('Hierapolis') 460, L. Weber, NC 1913, 10, no. 5 (under 'Hierapolis')
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B KM 245, no. 6
2 2     Cop: 460, under 'Hierapolis in Phrygia' L. Weber, NC 1913, 10, no. 5, pl. I.11 (rev.), under 'Hierapolis in Phrygia'
3 3     Private coll. = R. Ashton, C. Lightfoot and A. Özime, Anatolia Antiqua VIII (2000), 175, no. 33
4 4     Private collection Plankenhorn, Germany
5 5     V-ON Leypold II, no. 1587
6 6     Savoca Numismatik Blue 139 (31/07/2022), 526