RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 63170)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 63170)
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Alliance with Smyrna
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Π Λ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Π(όπλιος) Λ(ικίνιος) Οὐαλεριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Valerian right wearing aegis from which two serpents emerge
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩ-Ν Κ ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ / ΟΜΟΝΥΑ
Edition Ἱεραπολειτῶν κ(αὶ) Ζμυρναίων νε{ο}<ω>κόρων ὁμόνυα
Translation concord of the Hierapolitans and the Smyrnaeans, neocorate
Reverse design Tyche of Hierapolis and Tyche of Smyrna standing facing each other, clasping hands, each with mural crown and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 12.24 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 899-900 corr. (Sarapis  and Nemesis)
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Note The identifications of the figures as Sarapis and a winged Nemesis seem unlikely, since Sarapis is not otherwise attested at Hierapolis, and there is no sign of any wing; the similar type for Philip suggests they are two Tychai (RPC VIII, 1650 = https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/88123).
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— —     L BMC 190 = Franke & Nollé 900
— —     B: IB Franke & Nollé 899 = I-B, KM p. 243 no. 40
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