Bronze coin of Faustina Iunior from Hippos (HIP0101)
Dublin Core
Title
Bronze coin of Faustina Iunior from Hippos (HIP0101)
Description
Local bronze coin of Faustina Iunior (161-175 CE), wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, from Hippos/Hippos-Sussita
Source
Publisher
Spijkerman 1978:172-173, no.11
Format
Bronze
Language
Identifier
HIP0101
Numismatics Item Type Metadata
Metal
Bronze
Weight (g)
6.68-7.13g
Diameter (mm)
21mm
Province
Palaestina
Region
Decapolis
Obverse Type
Draped bust of Faustina, facing right
Reverse Type
Seated figure (Zeus?) on chair, holding scepter and an unknown object
Obverse Legends
ΦAYCTEINA CEBACTH (Faustina Sebaste)
Reverse Legends
ANT ΠΡ ΙΠ ΙΕΡ ΑCYΛ ("of the Antiochiones near Hippos, sacred and inviolable")
Name 1
Role 1
Notes
Reverse figure: Meshorer et al. (2013, 176) identified the seated figure on the reverse as Zeus, while Spijkerma (1978, 172-173, no.11) read the figure as a female.
Reverse legend: The last two titles on the reverse legend (IEP and ACYΛ ) were commonly found on coins in Asia Minor and the Near East beginning the Hellenistic period, and appear to be honorific titles rather than an expression of an enforceable inviolable status (see Rigsby 1997).
Reverse legend: The last two titles on the reverse legend (IEP and ACYΛ ) were commonly found on coins in Asia Minor and the Near East beginning the Hellenistic period, and appear to be honorific titles rather than an expression of an enforceable inviolable status (see Rigsby 1997).
Selected Bibliography
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (p.176, no.15)
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.172-173, no.11)
Rigsby, K.J. 1997. Asylia: territorial inviolability in the Hellenistic world. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.172-173, no.11)
Rigsby, K.J. 1997. Asylia: territorial inviolability in the Hellenistic world. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Citation
“Bronze coin of Faustina Iunior from Hippos (HIP0101),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/61.