RPC IV.2, 25033 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 25033 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Cibyra
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Magistrate Claudius Philokles Cassianus
Alliance with Hierapolis
Issue »Southern Workshop, 138-180«
Dating probably 172, otherwise probably 169–175
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΚΛ ΦΙΛΟΚΛΕΟϹ(sic) ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ Κ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design to left, veiled Demeter(?) of Hierapolis standing, right, holding fruits(?) in folds of dress with right hand; to right, Zeus of Cibyra seated, left, holding eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Franke & Nollé 984-5, BMC 96
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
4 4     L: BMC 96, pl. LI.5 (rev.) Franke & Nollé 984, pl. 43 (rev.)
5 5     CNG 53 (15/03/2000), 1109
6 6     ✸ Numismatica Ars Classica 23 (19/03/2002), 1584 = CNG Mail Bid Sale 63 (21/05/2003), 1015 = Triton 8 (11/01/2005), 771 = Gemini 2 (11/01/2006), 486 = Nomos 6 (08/05/2012), 151
9 9     Gorny 67 (02/05/1994), 551 = Gorny 71 (03/05/1995), 691 = Peus 374 (23/04/2003), 790 = Sincona 20 (15/10/2014), 2168 = Nomos 11 (09/10/2015), 184