RPC IV.2, 1947 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1947 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Cibyra
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Philokles Cassianus
Alliance with Hierapolis
Issue »Southern Workshop, 138-180«
Dating probably 172, otherwise probably 169–175
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Ε ΚΛ ΦΙΛΟΚΛΕΩ ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition ἐπὶ Κλαυδίου Φιλοκλέως Κιβυρατῶν καὶ Ἱεραπολιτῶν ὁμόνοια ἐ(πὶ) Κλ(αυδίου) Φιλοκλέω(ς) Κιβυρατῶν καὶ Ἱεραπολιτῶν ὁμόνοια
Translation under Claudius Philokles, concord of the Cibyrans and the Hierapolitans
Reverse design to left, veiled Thea Pisidike of Cibyra standing, right, supporting wicker basket on head; to right, Apollo of Hierapolis standing, left, holding lyre; both clasping hands
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 33.76 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 970–75A, L. Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), 94, no. Ia, C. Fontana, RIN 88 (1986), 221, no. 1
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 728B (ex 1327) (Medaillon) Wa 7069, under 'Hierapolis in Phrygia' = L. Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), 94, no. Ia, pl. IA'.19 (rev.)
2 2     V: GR 19795 (Medaillon)
3 3     MMAG 41 (18/06/1970), 471, pl. 28 = Franke & Nollé 975, pl. 43 (rev.)
4 4     C. Fontana, RIN 88 (1986), 221, no. 1, pl. I = Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 676, ex private coll. Fontana
6 6     Falghera 1053
8 8     Boston: 63.242
9 9     Milan: B 428 h
10 10     Baldwin's