RPC IV.2, 25034 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 25034 (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 [Ε ΚΛ?] ΦΙΛΟΚΛ ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ Κ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛ[Ι]ΤΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design to left, veiled Demeter(?) of Hierapolis standing, right, holding transverse sceptre in left hand and 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 37 mm
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 986-7
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
8 8     ✸ Gorny 89 (05/05/1998), 331 = Gorny 90 (12/10/1998), 619
10 10     Ex private coll. Grewer = H.-W. Müller [Solingen] 43 (09/09/1983), 614 = Kölner Münzkabinett 106 (11/03/2017), 419 = Kölner Münzkabinett Electronic Auction 3 (25/06/2017), 271 = Franke & Nollé 987, pl. 43 (rev.)
11 11     B: (Fox)