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Æ28 - Trajan ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | City of Hierapolis (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 98-117 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, youthful draped bust of Apollo Archegetes facing right, hair rendered in short curling locks with a laurel or wreath detail at the crown. A lyre is depicted at the breast, serving as the deity's primary attribute. The Greek legend ΑΡΧΗΓΕΤΗϹ arcs around the field, identifying the divinity as the divine founder and patron. The portraiture is rendered in the Hellenistic provincial style characteristic of Phrygia under Trajanic rule. |
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| Reverse description | The cult-statue of Artemis Ephesia (Ephesian Artemis) depicted in strict frontal hieratic pose, rendered in the distinctive xoanon tradition with supports flanking the lower body. The goddess stands between two stags with heads raised and turned upward toward the deity, a standard iconographic pairing known from Ephesian coinage throughout the imperial period. The encircling Greek legend ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ in the field identifies the issuing civic authority. The overall composition closely mirrors the sacred image housed in the Artemision at Ephesus and its widespread provincial numismatic representations. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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