bgr_877235 - CILICIA - HIERAPOLIS-CASTABALA Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 150-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Hiérapolis-Castabala, Cilicie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 8,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré à l’usure importante mais régulière. Revers agréable. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste voilé, tourelé et drapé de Tyché à droite ; derrière, un monogramme.
Obverse legend : (PE).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche, les ailes fermées sur une massue.
Reverse legend : IEROPOLITWN/ TWN PROS TW/ PURAMWI/ TTHS IERAS/ KAI ASILOU.
Reverse translation : (Hierapolis près du Pyramos très sainte et asile sacré).
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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