Hierapolis (AD 244-249) AE 28160 viewsTime of Philip I, 244 -249 AD. AE28 (9.11g). ΛΑΙΡ-ΒΗΝΟC, draped and radiate bust of Helios Apollo Lairbenos right. ΙEΡΑΠΟΛ-EΙΤ-ΩΝ, Hygieia-Kybele seated left holding patera feeding serpent; Telesphoros in right field. Rare. Good style. Dark olive-green patina. Good very fine.
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Hierapolis (AD 244-249) AE 25104 viewsTime of Philip I. 244 -249 AD. AE25 (6.45g). ΛΑΙΡ-ΒΗΝΟC, draped and radiate bust of Helios Apollo Lairbenos right / ΙEΡΑΠΟΛ-EΙΤ-ΩΝ ΝEΩΚΟΡΟ/Ν - ΤΟ Β, male god in military uniform standing left, holding double axe in left and laurel wreath in extended right. Olive-green patina. Slightly smoothed. Good very fine.
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Hierapolis (AD 41-54) AE 20 – Claudius I126 viewsClaudius I, 41-54 AD. AE20 (5.69g). M. Suillios Antiochos, Grammateus, 50-54. Laureate head right / Μ ΣΥΙΛΛΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΓΡΑ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, God on horseback holding double axe. Dark green patina. Good very fine.
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Hierapolis (AD 54-68) AE 16 – Agrippina II120 viewsAgrippina II, mother of Nero, died 59 AD. AE16 (3.89g). M. Antonios Kalos. Draped bust right / Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣ / ΚΑΛΟΣ - ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙ/ΤΩΝ scepter of Asklepios. Rare. Black green patina. Good very fine.
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Hierapolis (AD 218-222) AE 31 - Elagabalus94 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE31 (10.50g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΙEΡΑ-ΠΟΛEΙΤ-ΩΝ - ΝEΩΚΟΡΩΝ, Tyche holding cornucopiae and rudder. Very rare. Dark green patina. Large flan. Almost extremely fine.
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Hierapolis (AD 14-37) AE - Tiberius76 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE (3.85g). Theotimos Lykotou. ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ - ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, laureate head right / ΙΕΡΑ/ΠΟΛΕΙΤΕΝ - ΘΕΟΤΕΙΜΟΣ / ΛΥΚΩΤΟΥ Apollo Citharoedus im standing right holding kithara. Black green patina. Slightly off centre. Good very fine.
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Hierapolis (AD 177-192) AE 40 - Commodus58 viewsin Alliance mit Sardeis. Commodus, 177-192 AD. AE40 (30.74g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Apollo of Hierapolis standing right with Lyre; before Kore of Sardeis. Extremely rare. Green patina, small sractch, very fina. Ex. Auktion Giessener Münzhandlung 48, München 1990, Nr. 469.
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Hierapolis (AD 177-192) AE - Commodus115 viewsHomonoia with Sardeis. Commodus, 177-192 AD. AE (25.28g). Laureate and draped bust right / City-goddesses of Hierapolis and Sardeis standing facing each other, clasping hands. Extremely rare. Green brown patina. Very fine. Ex Münz Zentrum Auc. 47 (Köln 1982), 154.
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Hierapolis (AD 100-300) AE 2860 viewsLate 2nd-early 3rd cent AD. AE28 (10.06g). Laureate, veiled and draped bust of Boule right / IERAPO-LEITΩN, Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm. Fine, dark green patina with earthen highlights.
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Hierapolis (AD 139-161) AE 23 - Marcus Aurelius87 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE23 (11.39g). Bare-headed and draped bust right / IERAPO-LEITΩN, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia. Fine, green patina, some scrapes. Ex Burstein Coll.; Lindgren Coll.
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Hierapolis (AD 218-222) AE 22 - Elagabalus17 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE22 (4.61g). AVK M AV ANTΩNЄINO C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IЄPAΠOΛITΩN NЄO/ K O/ PΩN, Mên standing left, holding pine-cone and scepter. Good VF, dark greenish-brown patina.
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Hierapolis (AD 98-117) AE 29 - Trajan7 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE27 (14.52g, 1h). AV KAI NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄP ΔAKIKOC, laureate head right / ΙЄΡΑΠΟ ΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Cybele seated left, holding patera and resting arm on drum; lion at feet. VF, brown patina with green highlights, reverse scratches.
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Hierapolis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 17 - Augustus4 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE17 (4.22g, 12h). Charopides Sostratou, magistrate. Struck circa AD 5. ΣEBA[ΣTOΣ], laureate head right / XAPOΠIΔHΣ ΣΩΣTPATOY [IEPAΠOΛI]TΩN, Apollo on horseback right, holding labrys over shoulder. Near VF, black patina, obverse slightly off-center.
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Hierapolis (AD 41-54) AE 184 viewsTime of Claudius, 41-54 AD. AE18 (7.37g, 7h). M. Sullios Antiochos, grammateus. Laureate head of Apollo right / Hexastyle temple. Good VF, black patina. Ex M&M Deutschland 11 (7 Nov. 2002), lot 94.
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Hierapolis (AD 253-260) AE 31 - Valerian I4 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE31 (12.76g, 6h). Homonoia with Ephesus. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis / Serapis standing right before facing cult statue of Artemis Ephesia. Near VF, brown patina, minor roughness.
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Hierapolis (BC 5) AE 16 - Gaius85 viewsGaius, adopted by Augustus, died 4 AD. AE16 (3.50g). Kokos Pollidos Phil(opatris), ca 5 BC. ΓAIOΣ, bare head of Gaius right. / IEPAΠOΛEITΩN KΩKOΣ, laurel branch. Rare. Nice very fine.
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Hierapolis (AD 244-249) AE 25 - Time of Philip I87 viewsTime of Philip I, 244-249 AD. AE25 (7.25g). ΛΑΙΡ-ΒΗΝΟC, draped and radiate bust of Helios Apollon Lairbenos / ΙE-ΡΑΠΟ-ΛEΙ-ΤΩΝ Hygieia-Kybele seated left, holding patera in outstreched right, feeding serpent, in right field Telesphoros standing facing. Rare, very fine.
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Hierapolis (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero118 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE19 (5.72g). Bare headed and draped bust right; c/m: radiate bust of Helios(?) right / The Rape of Persephone: Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying Persephone; Eros flying above, overturned cista mystica below horses. Coin good VF, c/m Fine, brown patina with earthen highlights. Extremely rare and possibly unique. From the David Simpson Collection.Hades fell in love with Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, and asked Zeus for permission to marry her. Zeus feared to offend his eldest brother by a downright refusal, but knew also that Demeter would not forgive him if Persephone were committed to the underworld. Zeus "therefore answered politically that he could neither give nor withhold his consent." This emboldened Hades to abduct Persephone, as she was picking flowers in a meadow, and carry her away in his horse-drawn chariot to the underworld.
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Hierapolis (AD 100-300) AE 2770 viewsImperial Times, ca 2nd-3rd cent AD. AE27 (11.32g). Diademed head of Zeus Troios right / Apollo standing right, holding lyre and plectrum. Nice VF, cleaned but with a coppery toning, superb style.
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Hierapolis (AD 218-222) AE 36 - Elagabalus63 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE36 (17.60g, 6h). Homonoia with Tripolis in Lydia. [A] VT KAI M AVP ANT[WNEINOC CE]B. laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; 3 countermarks: A in wreath, V in circle, figure standing left, holding sceptre, in oval / IERA[POL]EIT WN NEWK[OR]WN OMO NOIA, in exergue K TRIPOLEI TWN, the two Tychiae, each holding a sceptre and clasping hands, standing vis-a-vis. Fine, brown patina, flan crack.
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Hierapolis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian54 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.22g, 6h). Struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Apollo Citharoedus standing right, holding plectrum and lyre. VF, a few scratches. Overstruck on an uncertain cistophorus.
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Hierapolis (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian80 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.82g, 7h). Struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Great God right on horseback, holding labrys over shoulder. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain cistophorus. Extremely rare and unpublished.
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Hierapolis (AD 200-300) AE 30132 views3rd cent AD. AE30 (11.94g, 5h). ΔΕ-MOC, laureate bust of Demos right, slight drapery on left shoulder / IEPAΠOΛEITΩN, NEΩKOP/ΩN in two lines in exergue, river-god Chrysorrhoas reclining left on upturned urn from which water flows, holding two poppies in right hand. EF, beautiful red and green patina.
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Hierapolis (BC 10-9) AE 15 - Fabius Maximus83 viewsFabius Maximus. Proconsul, 10/9 BC. AE15 (3.12g, 12h). Tryphon, magistrate. ΦΑΒ[ΙΟΣ] to right, ΜΑΞΙΜ[Ο-Σ] to left, bare head right / ΙΕΡΑΠΟ/ΛΕΙΤΩΝ/ΤΡΥΦΩΝ in three lines across fields. VF, black-green patina with earthen overtones. Rare.
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Hierapolis (AD 100-300) AE 1850 viewsCivic Issue, ca 2nd-3rd cent AD. AE18 (9.40g). Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena right / ΙΕΡΑΠΟ-ΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Nemesis standing left. VF, dark green patina.
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Hierapolis (AD 244-249) AE 23 - Otacilia Severa5 viewsOtacilia Severa, wife of Philip I, 244-249 AD. AE23 (4.81g). M•ΩT•CEVHPA, draped bust right / IЄP AΠOΛЄIT ΩN, Hygieia seated left on stool, resting left arm on tympaio, feeding serpent from patera, small figure of Telesphoros to the right. Almost very fine.
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Hierapolis (AD 244-249) AE 2422 viewsTime of Philip I, 244-249 AD. AE24 (7.52g). ΛΑΙΡ-ΒΗΝΟC, draped and radiate bust of Helios Apollo Lairbenos / NЄΩKOPΩN ΙEΡΑ ΠΟΛEΙΤΩΝ Hygieia-Kybele seated left, holding patera in outstretched right, feeding serpent, in right field Telesphoros standing facing. VF.
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Hierapolis (AD 138-161) AE 32 - Antoninus Pius45 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE32 (14.54g). Bust right / Apollo standing right with lyre, looking left. VF.
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Hierapolis (AD 100-200) AE 2414 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 2nd century AD. AE24 (7.34g). ΛAIP - BHNOC, draped and radiate bust of Apollo Lairbenos right / IEPAΠOΛEITΩN/NEΩKOPΩ/N, she-wolf standing left, suckling the twins Remus and Romulus; star above. About VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll.
Lairbenos is a pre-Greek name of Apollo from Asia Minor. Some put it to 'labrys' = double axe, others to Hetitian 'labarnas' = master. But more possibly it is a toponymikon or ethnikon. There are several sanctuaries of Lairbenos in Phrygia with numerous votive inscriptions especially in Dionysopolis and Motela.
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Hierapolis (BC 10-9) AE 15 - Fabius Maximus60 viewsFabius Maximus, Proconsul, 10/9 BC. AE15 (4.91g, 12h). Zosimos Philopatris and Charax. ΦΑΒΙΟΣ ΜΑΞΙΜΟΣ bare head right / ZΩΣΙΜΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΡΙΣ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΧΑΡΑΞ, double axe with fillet. Very rare. Beautiful dark green patina. Good very fine.
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Hierapolis (AD 244-249) AE – Philip I81 viewsHomonoia with Ephesos. Philip I, 244 -249 AD. AE (22.80g). ΑΥ Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Κ ΕΦΕCΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, Apollo of Hierapolis with kithara and Artemis of Ephesos in between two stag. Very rare. Beautiful dark green patina, well struck. Extremely fine.
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Hierapolis (AD 54-68) AE 18 - Nero50 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE18 (6.53g). L. Helvius Optomus, magistrate. Draped bust right / Filleted cornucopia; double axe to left. VF, black patina. light deposits. Ex Wagner coll.
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Hierapolis (AD 100-300) AE52 views2nd-3rd cent AD. AE (23.04g). IЄPA C-VNKΛHTOC, draped and diademed bust of Senate / IЄPAΠO-ΛЄITΩN, Tyche standing facing with ears of corn and rudder. Good very fine.
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Hierapolis (BC 27-AD 14) AE 20 - Augustus41 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE20 (7.38g, 12h). Bryon, son of Bryon, magistrate. Bare head right / Apollo standing right, holding plectrum and cithara. VF, black-green patina, areas of light roughness. Very rare. Ex. Prideaux Coll.
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Hierapolis (AD 98-117) AE 32 - Trajan61 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE32 (17.46g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / Athena, holding spear and shield, standing right, and Hermes, holding purse and caduceus, standing left. Good VF, violet and olive surfaces. Struck with dies of fine style. Rare.
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Hierapolis (AD 180-268) AE 1947 viewsImperial Times, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD. AE19 (4.69g). ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩΝ, bust Tyche with turreted headdress right / ΙЄΡΑΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Mên standing left, holding pine cone and scepter. Green patina, very fine.
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Hierapolis (AD 218-222) AE 24 - Annia Faustina40 viewsAnnia Faustina, † 221 AD. AE24 (5.57g). ΑΝΝΙΑ ΦΑΥΣΤΕΙΝΑ, draped bust right / ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΝΕΩ/ [...Ο...], young God in Oriental clothing standing to left holding phiale and double axe in left. Unpublished (?). Red brown patina. Very fine.
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Hierapolis (AD 244-249) AE 2557 viewsTime of Philip I, 244-249 AD. AE25 (7.83g). ΛAIPBHNOC, radiate bust of Apollo Lairbenos / IЄPAΠOΛЄITΩ/ N/ NЄΩKOP/ΩN, Lupa Romana with the twins Romulus and Remus. Nice dark green patina, VF.
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Hierapolis (AD 81-117) AE 2562 viewsImperial Times, Domitian to Trajan, 81-117 AD. AE25 (12.76g). IЄPAΠOΛЄITΩN, head of Apollo right / The Rape of Persephone: Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying Persephone. Red brown patina. gVF.
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Hierapolis (AD 41-54) AE 20 - Claudius62 viewsClaudius, 41-54 AD. AE20 (5.87g), struck ca 50-54 AD. KΛAVΔIOΣ KAIΣAP, laureate head right / M ΣVΛΛIOΣ ANTIOXOΣ ΓPA IEPAΠOΛEITΩN, Apollo with Kithara standing right. Rare. Black patina, gVF.
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Hierapolis (AD 98-117) AE 29 - Trajan79 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE29 (16.50g). Laureate bust right / ΙΕΡΑΠΟ-ΛΕΙΤΩΝ, statue of Ephesian Artemis, stags on either side. Very rare. Ex Mediterranean Coins. The reverse probably denotes an alliance with Ephesos.
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