bgr_997988 - CILICIA - HIERAPOLIS-CASTABALA Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 150-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Hiérapolis-Castabala, Cilicie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,16 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais régulière. Buste agréable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste voilé, tourelé et drapé de Tyché à droite ; derrière, un monogramme.
Obverse legend : (WDI)
Reverse
Reverse description : Le dieu fleuve Pyramos sous les traits d’un jeune homme nu, nageant à droite, un aigle posé sur la main gauche.
Reverse legend : IEROPO/LITWN (TW) PROS TW/ PURAMWI
Reverse translation : (Hierapolis près du Pyramos).
Commentary
Ce type avec une représentation allégorique du Pyramos est intéressante et particulièrement bien venue à la frappe sur cet exemplaire.
This type with an allegorical representation of Pyramos is interesting and particularly well struck on this example.
This type with an allegorical representation of Pyramos is interesting and particularly well struck on this example.
Historical background
CILICIA - HIERAPOLIS-CASTABALA
(2nd-1st century BC)
Hierapolis, located on Pyramos to the east of Anazarbos, does not seem known before the reign of Antiochus IV. It became at the end of the 1st century BC the capital of the kings of Cilicia under Tarkondimotos I (39-31 AC.), then Philopator. On the death of the latter under Tiberius around 17, the kingdom was attached to Rome. An imperial workshop operated there between the reigns of Antoninus Pius and Gallien.
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