RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 20730)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 20730)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Philip I
Obverse inscription ΛΑΙΡΒΗΝΟϹ
Edition Λαιρβηνός
Translation Lairbenos
Obverse design radiate and draped bust of Apollo Lairbenos, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition 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 5.26 g
Axis 3, 6, 7, 12
Reference Weber, NC 1913, p. 134, nos 5–7
Specimens 27 (9 in the core collections)
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
— —     L: 1930,1210.5
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— —     Cop SNG 435
— —     O: Christ Church
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— —     Saint Paul Antiques 13, 19 Nov. 2017, lot 239
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— —     Savoca 4 Blue, 29 Dec. 2017, lot 842