RPC IV.2, 2078 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2078 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Hieropolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Magistrate Claudius Pollio (asiarch and epimeletes)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΔΗΜΟϹ
Edition Δῆμος
Translation the People
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of the Demos (bearded) with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙΜ ΠΩΛΙΩΝΟϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛ(Ε)ΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπιμ(εληθέντος) Πωλ<λ>ίωνος Ἱεροπολειτῶν
Translation under the supervision of Pollionos of the Hieropolitans
Reverse design Mên standing, left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding patera and long sceptre; behind his shoulders, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.32 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 4, KM 244, no. 2, Martin, Demos, Hieropolis 1$
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 4
2 2     B: I-B KM 244, no. 2
3 3     ✸ P: 1370 Wa 6187
4 4     P: no number, under 'Unidentified'
5 5     E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 355
6 6     CNG Electronic Auction 394 (29/03/2017), 388, reverse with traces of tooling
7 7     V-ON Leypold II, no. 1586