RPC IV.3, 8544 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #18

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8544 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Hierapolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Reign of Antoninus Pius
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛ(Ε)ΙΤωΝ
Obverse design laureate-headed and draped bust of Apollo(?), right
Reverse inscription (ΕΤ(ΟΥ(Ϲ))) ΖΝΥ (Ζ may be shaped as reversed Ζ, ΝΥ may be retrograde)
Reverse design lyre; above or in right field, numeral letter A, B or Γ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 12 mm
Axis 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Specimens 19 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1658, reverse legend probably without ƐΤ(ΟΥС)
2 2     B: ex coll. Bonnet
3 3     NY: 1944.100.65380
4 4     V: GR 20985, on reverse, first two letters of date obscure
5 5     V: GR 20986, obverse legend obscure
6 6     C: SNG 5853 Leake 1077, Asiatic Greece, p. 14.6, in Leake under 'Antioch in Syria'
7 7     B: 17698
8 8     NY: 1944.100.65381
9 9     NY: 1944.100.65382
10 10     L: 1980-6-21-6
11 11     L: 1979-11-34-1, on reverse date note entirely certain, probably Γ
12 12     B: I-B, on reverse numeral off flan
13 13     Bern: Righetti 1874
14 14     CNG 22 (02/09/1992), 61 = CNG Electronic Auction 110 (16/03/2005), 141, obverse as 'Faustina II'
15 15     Private coll. CGT
16 16     Private coll. CGT
17 17     B: 18260129, I-B
18 18     ✸ Richard McAlee coll.
19 19     Richard McAlee coll.