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Æ23 - Philip I ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | City of Hierapolis (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Radiate and draped bust of Apollo Lairbenos facing right, wearing a radiate crown with prominent diverging rays rendered in bold relief. The deity is depicted with curly hair and a short beard, the drapery indicated by a series of concentric folds across the chest and shoulder. The legend ΛΑΙΡΒΗΝΟϹ appears in the field to the right of the bust, identifying the local Phrygian manifestation of Apollo venerated at Hierapolis. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΛΑΙΡΒΗΝΟϹ (Translation: Lairbenos) |
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Hierapolis in Phrygia — not to be confused with the better-known Syrian city of the same name — sat within the conventus of Cibyra and maintained a vigorous civic coinage through much of the third century. Philip I's reign coincided with the celebration of Rome's thousandth anniversary in 248 AD, and provincial mints across Asia Minor issued heavily during this period, partly in response to the festive demand for coin in public distributions.
The Cibyra conventus cities tended to share engravers and occasionally dies, making attribution of individual workshop output genuinely uncertain.