RPC I, 2967

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2967
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate Theotimos, son of Lukotas
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design laureate head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription [ΙΕΡΑ]ΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΘΕΟΤΕΙΜΟΣ ΛΥΚΩΤΟΥ
Reverse design Apollo, standing right, playing lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 12
Reference KM 240, no. 26
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note The new /2 confirms the reading of the personal name. Original RPC comment: 'The restoration Theoteimos seems sure; for the name Λυκώτης at Hierapolis, see C. Humann, loc. cit., inscription no. 178.'

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     ✸ M&M GmbH 22, 24 May 2007, lot 1284
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll. = Naville 15, 7 June 2015, lot 275
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     M. B. Richter coll.