RPC — Type: 63141

RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 63141)


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/63141 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	X
Number	— (unassigned; ID 63141)
Province	Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince	Conventus of Cibyra
Region	Phrygia
City	Hierapolis
Reign	Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.)	Valerian (Augustus)
Alliance with	Ephesus
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ ΠΟΥ ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Κέσαρ Πούβλιος Λικίνιος Οὐαλεριανός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(έσαρ) Πού(βλιος) Λικ(ίνιος) Οὐαλεριανός
Translation	Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus
Obverse design	laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, wearing aegis from which two serpents emerge, seen from front
Reverse inscription	ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Κ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΟΜΟΝΥΑ (or ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ)
Edition	Ἱεραπολειτῶν καὶ Ἐφεσίων νεωκόρων ὁμὸνυα Ἱεραπολειτῶν κ(αὶ) Ἐφεσίων νεωκόρων ὁμὸνυα
Translation	concord of the Hierapolitans and the Ephesians, neocorate
Reverse design	Tyche (?) standing right, holding transverse sceptre in left facing Artemis of Ephesus facing flanked by two stags
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	31 mm
Average weight	13.01 g
Axis	5, 6
Reference	Franke & Nollé 733-50 (Sarapis and Artemis)
Specimens	20 (7 in the core collections)
Note	The identification of the figure on the l. as Sarapis seems unlikely, as Sarapis is not otherwise attested at Hierapolis. It looks somewhat like Apollo, but there are no diagnostic attributes.

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Specimens of this coin type

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
—	—	L	BMC 188 = Franke & Nollé 749	29	11.95	5		Show
—	—	P: 1055	Franke & Nollé 746	32	15.88	6		Show
—	—	NY: 1971.230.88		32	12.64	6		Show
—	—	O	Franke & Nollé 748	31	12.81	6	obv not checked	Show
—	—	O: Ready	Franke & Nollé 748	31	12.81	6	obv not checked	Show
—	—	V: GR 30408		30	15.40	6	obv not checked	Show
—	—	V: 30408	Franke & Nollé 737	30	15.40	6	obv not checked	Show
—	—	Bern	SNG Righetti 1189	31	13.70	6	obv not checked	Show
—	—	Istanbul: ex Osman Nuri	Franke & Nollé 750	31	12.94	6	obv not checked	Show
—	—	Istanbul	Franke & Nollé 750	31	12.94	6	obv not checked	Show
—	—	Tübingen	SNG 4047	31	15.12	6	obv not checked	Show
—	—	Tübingen	SNG 4048	31	11.98	6	pierced; obv not checked	Show
—	—		CGT coll.	32	10.39	6	pierced	Show
—	—		CNG EA 224, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 424	31	12.76	6		Show
—	—		CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 313	30	12.61	6		Show
—	—		Foss coll. = Franke & Nollé 745	32	11.67		obv not checked	Show
—	—		M&M GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 514	30.2	12.66			Show
—	—		Naumann 103, 6 June 2021, lot 401	34.2	12.03			Show
—	—		Plankenhorn coll. = Franke & Nollé 736	32	12.35	6	obv not checked	Show
—	— ✸		Rex Numismatics E-Rex 11, 29 June 2024, lot 562	31.3	12.18			Show