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Æ30 - Trajan ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | City of Hierapolis (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 98-117 |
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| Weight | 14.97 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Apollo Archegetes facing right, with a lyre depicted at the breast. The deity is portrayed with characteristically youthful features and flowing hair rendered in the Hellenistic tradition. The Greek legend ΑΡΧΗΓΕΤΗϹ is disposed around the bust in the field. The style of the engraving is consistent with provincial bronze coinage of the Trajanic period struck at Hierapolis in Phrygia. |
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| Mintage | ND (98-117) |
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Hierapolis in Phrygia — not to be confused with the better-known Syrian city of the same name — sat astride major trade routes connecting the Aegean coast to the interior of Anatolia, and its civic coinage under Trajan reflects a city flush with commercial confidence. The conventus of Cibyra, to which Hierapolis was administratively subordinate for Roman judicial purposes, grouped several prosperous Phrygian communities under a single assize circuit, and membership in that circuit carried real prestige.
Provincial bronze of this module from the Trajanic period frequently shows die-axis inconsistency, a product of workshop practices rather than official negligence.