Bronze coin of Faustina Iunior from Hippos (HIP0102)
Dublin Core
Title
Bronze coin of Faustina Iunior from Hippos (HIP0102)
Description
Local bronze coin of Faustina Iunior, wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, from Hippos (Hip0102)
Source
Publisher
Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV no.6570 (temporary #)
Date
Rights
Ashmolean Museum (University of Oxford), via Roman Provincial Coinage Online (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)
Format
Bronze
Language
Identifier
HIP0102
Numismatics Item Type Metadata
Metal
Bronze
Weight (g)
4.57-5.99g (pictured=5.99g)
Diameter (mm)
18-20mm (pictured=20mm)
Province
Palaestina
Region
Decapolis
Obverse Type
Draped bust of Faustina, looking right
Reverse Type
Pegasos galloping to right
Obverse Legends
ΦΑYCTEINA CEBACTH (Faustina Sebaste)
Reverse Legends
ANT ΠΡ ΙΠ ΙΕΡ ΑCYΛ (of the Antiochenes by Hippos, sacred and inviolable)
Type Notes
The obverse type is similar to others of Faustina at the city (Hip0101) and used throughout the region (e.g. Abl0101-0103)
Name 1
Role 1
Notes
The use of the pegasus on coins from Hippos (which also went by the name Antioch ad Hippum) appear to be a play on the name of the city (ιππος, "Hippos" meaning "horse" in Greek).
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).
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
Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV no.6570 (temporary #) [http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6570/]
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. (pp.176, no.14)
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.172-173, no.12).
Rigsby, K.J. 1997. Asylia: territorial inviolability in the Hellenistic world. Berkeley: University of California Press.
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. (pp.176, no.14)
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.172-173, no.12).
Rigsby, K.J. 1997. Asylia: territorial inviolability in the Hellenistic world. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Citation
“Bronze coin of Faustina Iunior from Hippos (HIP0102),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 24, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/62.