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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Phrygia| > |Hierapolis| > RP89398
Augustus, 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D., Hierapolis, Phrygia
|Hierapolis|, |Augustus,| |16| |January| |27| |B.C.| |-| |19| |August| |14| |A.D.,| |Hierapolis,| |Phrygia|, Hierapolis (Greek: "Holy City") was located on hot springs in Phrygia in southwestern Anatolia. Its ruins are adjacent to modern Pamukkale in Turkey and are designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The hot springs have been used as a spa since the 2nd century B.C., with many patrons retiring or dying there. The large necropolis is filled with sarcophagi. In A.D. 17, during the rule of the emperor Tiberius, a major earthquake destroyed the city.
RP89398. Bronze AE 20, RPC Online I 2945 (8 spec.); BMC Phrygia p. 244, 100; Imhoof-Blumer KM p. 238, 20; SNG Cop -; SNGvA -, aF, attractive portrait, scratches, marks, mild porosity, Hierapolis (near Pamukkale, Turkey) mint, weight 5.401g, maximum diameter 20.2mm, die axis 0o, magistrate Lynkeus philopatris, c. 5 B.C.; obverse ΣEBAΣTOΣ, bare head right; reverse tripod lebes, laurel branch rising from the bow, ΛYNKEYΣ / ΦIΛOΠATPIΣ in two upward lines on left, IEPAΠO/ΛEITΩN in two upward lines on right; zero sales of this type recorded on Coin Archives in the last two decades; extremely rare; SOLD










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