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Æ29 - Philip I ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Κ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, ΠΥΘΙΑ, ΚΟΙΝΑ ΑϹΙΑϹ
| Issuer | City of Hierapolis (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Draped and diademed bust of Otacilia Severa, wife of Philip I, facing right, her hair elaborately coiffed and bound with a diadem. The empress is depicted with considerable portrait realism characteristic of mid-third-century provincial bronze coinage. A circular border frames the effigy, with the Greek imperial titulature legend distributed around the periphery of the field. |
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| Reverse description | Two agonistic wreaths or crowns set side by side in the field, each inscribed with the name of a sacred games or festival — ΠΥΘΙΑ (the Pythian Games) and ΚΟΙΝΑ ΑϹΙΑϹ (the Common Games of Asia) — and each containing two crossed palm branches, symbols of athletic victory. The composition celebrates the homonoia (concord) between the cities of Hierapolis and Smyrna, both holding the prestigious title of neokoros (temple warden). The surrounding legend identifies the two cities and their shared honorific status. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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