RP77259. Bronze AE 24, Johnson Hierapolis 70 (3 spec.); BMC Phrygia p. 242, 86; SNG Cop 445; SNGvA -; SNG Tüb -; SNG Mün -; SNG Hunt -; et al. -; c/m Howegego 278, aF, flan crack, nice countermark, Phrygia, Hierapolis (near Pamukkale, Turkey) mint, weight 5.325g, maximum diameter 24.0mm, die axis 180
o, pseudo-autonomous, c. 218 - 268 A.D.; obverse IEPA CY-NKΛHTO-C, draped bust of the senate right; countermark: Male figure standing, uncertain object in right hand, scepter or spear in left hand, letter(s) in field, irregularly shaped punch; reverse IEPAΠOΛEITΩN NEΩKOP,ΩN (last two letters in left field), Hygieia seated left, kalathos on head, from phiale in her right hand, feeding snake rising before her, resting left elbow on cushion(?), small Telesphoros behind;
very rare;
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