Æ31 - Valerian and Gallienus ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Κ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΟΜΟΝΥΑ (or ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ)

Features

Issuer	City of Hierapolis (Conventus of Cibyra)
Emperor	Valerian (Publius Licinius Valerianus) (253-260)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	253-260
Composition	Bronze
Weight	14.08 g
Diameter	31 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 549972
References	RPC Online X# 95875 British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 10. From Valerian to Diocletian (AD 253–297). British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press.

Obverse

Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, wearing aegis from which two serpents emerge, seen from front

Lettering: Α Κ Π Λ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίνιος Οὐαλεριανός

Translation: Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus

Reverse

Tyche (?) standing right, holding transverse sceptre in left facing Artemis of Ephesus facing flanked by two stags

Lettering: ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Κ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΟΜΟΝΥΑ (or ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ)

Unabridged legend: Ἱεραπολειτῶν καὶ Ἐφεσίων νεωκόρων ὁμὸνυα

Translation: concord of the Hierapolitans and the Ephesians, neocorate

Mint

Hierapolis, Phrygia, modern-day Pamukkale, Turkey

Comments

Franke & Nollé 733-50 (Sarapis and Artemis)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (253-260)

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