RPC VIII, 1636

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1636
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Alliance with Pergamum
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Κ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Ἱεραπολειτῶν καὶ Περγαμηνῶν νεωκόρων ὁμόνοια Ἱεραπολειτῶν κ(αὶ) Περγαμηνῶν νεωκόρων ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of the Hierapolitans and Pergamenes, neocorate
Reverse design Apollo of Hierapolis standing right, holding plectrum and lyre, facing Asclepius standing left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 15.81 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), p. 91, F, b-d; Franke & Nollé 805–7
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die as 1580/1–2, 1582/1–5, 1618/1–6, 1620/1–5, 7–16, 1666/1–3 (Themisonium), 1717/1–8 (Eumenea), 1718/1–3 (Eumenea), 1744/1–3 (Apamea), 1745/1–5, 8, 10–17 (Apamea).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2179 BMC 171 = Franke & Nollé 805
2 2     ✸ B: 18274483, I-B KM p. 242, no. 37 = Franke & Nollé 806
3 3     Cop SNG 466 = Franke & Nollé 807
4 4     Rex Numismatics Rex Budget 4, 15 Dec. 2023, lot 336