RPC VI, 5496


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/5496 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	5496 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Cibyra
Region	Phrygia
City	Hierapolis
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Alliance with	Tripolis
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing decorated cuirass, seen from front
Reverse inscription	ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design	the Tychai of Hierapolis and Tripolis staning facing, looking at each other, each holding a long sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	36 mm
Average weight	17.60 g
Axis	6
Reference	GRPCL Tripolis 137
Specimens	1 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				CNG MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 636	36	17.60	6	Obv.: GIC 278 (Mên standing facing, head l., holding sceptre in l. hand and pinecone in r., Α in l. field, Ν? in r. field); GIC 667 (A in a wreath); GIC — (uncertain in circular punch) ; Auction had the uncertain cmk as GIC 814	Show