RPC IV.2, 2047 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2047 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Uncertain
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Second or early third century AD
Dating c. 100–218
Obverse inscription ΖΕΥϹ ΤΡΩΙΟϹ (Ζ reversed Ρ shaped as Ϸ)
Edition Ζεύς Τρώϊος
Translation Trojan Zeus
Obverse design diademed head of Zeus Troios, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ (Ρ shaped as Ϸ)
Edition Ἱεραπολειτῶν
Translation of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design youthful hero standing, left, wearing military dress, holding laurel-branch and double axe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.85 g
Axis 12
Reference L. Weber, NC 1913, 25, XIV, no. 5, BMC 41
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1243 Wa 6090, pl. XVI.17 = L. Weber, NC 1913, 25, XIV, no. 5, pl. II.32
2 2     L: BMC 41
3 3     Tübingen: coll. Hommel SNG 4026