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AR21 - Hadrian ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Γ ΠΑΤΗΡ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟϹ
| Issuer | Hierapolis (Galatia-Cappadocia) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of the emperor Hadrian facing right, with drapery visible on the left shoulder, rendered in the provincial Greek style. The portrait displays the characteristic short curled beard and hair associated with Hadrian's mature coinage. A circular Greek legend surrounds the effigy, reading ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ, with a dotted border enclosing the design. The flan is slightly irregular and the relief is moderately high, typical of provincial hammered silver issues. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ |
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Hierapolis in Galatia-Cappadocia was a minor civic mint that produced silver coinage only sporadically under the Principate, making any silver issue from the city genuinely scarce in absolute terms. The legend ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Γ ΠΑΤΗΡ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟϹ — referencing Hadrian's third consulship and the title Pater Patriae, both formally held from 128 AD — helps bracket this piece to the later portion of his reign. Hadrian's extensive tours through the eastern provinces during the 120s and 130s frequently prompted local mints to issue commemorative civic silver, and Hierapolis was almost certainly responding to one such visit or to the administrative reorganization that followed it.