RPC IV.3, 4976 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 4976 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Hierapolis-Castabala
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II wearing crescent, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design nude Helios standing, left, holding (torch,) whip and chlamys; to left at his feet, torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6
Reference Robert 27 and 27a, F. Imhoof-Blumer, ZfN 10 (1883), 274, no. 30–1, BMC 8–9
Specimens 14 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B GM 709, no. 559 = Robert 27, pl. XXVI.75
2 2     B: ex coll. Sperling
3 3     B: (Löbb)
4 4     P: 609 SNG 2233 = Wa 4316
5 5     ✸ L: BMC 9, pl. XIV.5 (rev.)
6 6     vA 5572 = Robert 27, pl. XXVI.77 = Levante 1586 = CNG Electronic Auction 504 (17/11/2021), 204
7 7     L: BMC 8 Robert 27a, pl. XXVI.76, on rev., Helios holding torch
8 8     NY: 1998.18.123 Lindgren III, 840
10 10     Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 952, pl. 51
11 11     C: Leake 7801, Suppl., p. 59.2, broken and pierced 8.88g
12 12     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions Electronic Auction 28 (15/07/2015), 358
13 13     vA 8679
14 14     Private coll. CGT, ex Savoca Numismatik
15 15     Leeds-UL: 1555