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Æ15 - Augustus ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΔΙΦΙΛΟΣ
| Issuer | City of Hierapolis (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 5 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare, youthful head of Gaius Caesar facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic portrait tradition. The effigy displays characteristic features of the young prince, with close-cropped hair and a smooth, idealized countenance. The Greek legend ΓΑΙΟΣ is placed in the field identifying the subject. The flan is irregular and the surface heavily patinated, consistent with provincial bronze coinage of the Augustan period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Hierapolis in Phrygia — not to be confused with the more famous Hierapolis in Syria — sat within the conventus of Cibyra, one of the judicial districts Rome imposed on the province of Asia. The magistrate name ΔΙΦΙΛΟΣ appearing on this issue identifies the local official responsible for the emission, a common practice in Asian civic coinage whereby a prominent citizen underwrote or supervised the striking as a form of public munificence. Augustus's consolidation of the eastern provinces after Actium prompted a surge of such local bronzes, cities signaling loyalty through coinage while Rome remained largely indifferent to their small-denomination output.