RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 20742)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 20742)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Alliance with Ephesus
Issue Busts with aegis
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front, wearing balteus, aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Κ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Ἱεραπολειτῶν καὶ Ἐφεσίων νεωκόρων ὁμόνοια Ἱεραπολειτῶν κ(αὶ) Ἐφεσίων νεωκόρων ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of the Hierapolitans and the Ephesians, neocorate
Reverse design Apollo of Hierapolis standing right, holding plectrum and lyre, facing cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing between stags
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 18.35 g
Axis 6
Reference Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), p. 69, l; Franke & Nollé 677–8
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note The Vienna coin listed under Franke & Nollé 678 (= Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), p. 69 and pl. I' 6) rather belongs to type https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/20746 and is possibly identical to coin https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/142673.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    P: 1348 Wa 6173 = Franke & Nollé 677
    Rex Numismatics E-Rex 15, 7 Dec. 2024, lot 376
    ✸ Rex Numismatics E-Rex Duo 10, 6 Apr. 2024, lot 228
    Rex Numismatics E-Rex Privatus 25, 8 July 2025, lot 209