Description: Cilicia, Hieropolis Kastabala, Marcus Aurelius (161 - 180 AD). ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤWΝ ΚΑΣΤΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ; draped bust of Dionysus right wearing wreath of ivy leaves, thyrsus over left shoulder, bunch of grapes on stem in right field / AV ANTONINOC CEB; Marcus Aurelius, togate, seated left on curule chair, holding globe in right hand, being crowned by Nike flying behind him.

Diameter: AE30 mm

Weight: 14,34 g

Grade: aVF/gF

Attribution: SNG Leypold 2369 (different ethnics); Ziegler 1292 (different ethnics)

Commentary: very rare; dark olive-grey patina, some roughness

History: From 64 BC until 17 AD Hieropolis was a capital of a local dynasty founded by Tarcondimotos, former pirate defeated by Pompey.

Article Number: 015-07-04-41652