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Æ39 - Antoninus Pius ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Features

Issuer City of Hierapolis (Conventus of Cibyra)
Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 139-146
Composition Bronze
Weight 10.09 g
Diameter 39 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
549894
References RPC Online IV.2# 2022
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Script: Greek

Lettering: Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΒΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ

Unabridged legend: Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Βῆρος Καῖσαρ

Translation: Marcus Aurelius Verus Caesar

Reverse

To left, nude Apollo advancing, right, holding strung bow; to right, serpent (Python) coiling, left; in serpent's head, arrow

Lettering: ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Translation: of the Hierapolitans

Mint

Hierapolis, Phrygia, modern-day Pamukkale, Turkey

Comments

Weber, ΧΑΡΙΤΕΣ 482, no. 2, J.N. Svoronos, JIAN 10 (1907), 219, no. 390

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (139-146) 

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