RPC VIII, 1609

 

Image of specimen #23

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1609
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Philip I
Obverse inscription ΛΑΙΡΒΗΝΟϹ
Edition Λαιρβηνός Λαιρβηνός
Translation Lairbenos
Obverse design radiate and draped bust of Apollo Lairbenos, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἱεραπολειτῶν Ἱεραπολειτῶν
Translation of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design Hygieia seated left, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Telesphorus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.27 g
Axis 3, 6, 7, 12
Reference Weber, NC 1913, p. 134, nos 5–7
Specimens 29 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7, 9–10, 12–13, 16–22, 24–9: same obv. die as 1608/1–5, 1610/1–12, 1611/1–5, 1612/1–24, 1619/1–4, 7, 9–15, 1628/1–73, 1646/1–17, 1655/1–5, 7–8, 12, 14–30, 32–3, 35–6. 8, 11, 14–15, 23: same rev. die as 1600/1–4.
Note A second obverse die is used here (coins https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/203381, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/492040, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/480241, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/480242, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/480240), with a reverse die shared with coins of Otacilia Severa (type https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/20723).
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1930,1210.5
2 2     L: 1902,1002.70 BMC 59
3 3     P: M 3061
4 4     B: 18274462, 1874 Prokesch-Osten
5 5     B: 18274461, 1914/753
6 6     B: 18274460, Löbb. KM p. 237, no. 9
7 7     C McClean 8818
8 8     Cop SNG 435
9 9     O: Christ Church
10 10     V-ON SNG Leypold 1564
11 11     Agora Numismatic Sale #113, 25 Mar. 2025, lot 122
12 12     Naumann 98, 3 Jan. 2021, lot 556
13 13     Naumann 98, 3 Jan. 2021, lot 557
14 14     Rex Numismatics 3, 17 Nov. 2023, lot 389
15 15     Rex Numismatics 3, 17 Nov. 2023, lot 390
16 16     Rex Numismatics E-Rex 16, 22 Jan. 2025, lot 452
17 17     Rex Numismatics E-Rex 24, 3 July 2025, lot 428
18 18     Rex Numismatics E-Rex 24, 3 July 2025, lot 429
19 19     Rex Numismatics E-Rex Duo 10, 6 Apr. 2024, lot 337
20 20     Rex Numismatics E-Rex Duo 10, 6 Apr. 2024, lot 338
21 21     Rex Numismatics E-Rex Duo 10, 6 Apr. 2024, lot 339
22 22     Rex Numismatics E-Rex Duo 10, 6 Apr. 2024, lot 340
23 23     ✸ Rex Numismatics E-Rex Duo 12, 20–21 July 2024, lot 292
24 24     Rex Numismatics E-Rex Duo 12, 20–21 July 2024, lot 293
25 25     Rex Numismatics Rex Budget 3, 10 Nov. 2023, lot 342
26 26     Rex Numismatics Rex Budget 3, 10 Nov. 2023, lot 344
27 27     Saint Paul Antiques 13, 19 Nov. 2017, lot 239
28 28     Saint Paul Antiques 15, 27 Jan. 2018, lot 177
29 29     Savoca 4 Blue, 29 Dec. 2017, lot 842