Watch List notes:

Kibyra. Faustina II, 147-176. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 36mm, 25.18 g 6), alliance issue with Hierapolis, signed by the magistrate Cl. Philocles, 160s-170s. ΦΑΥCΤΕΙΝΑ CΕΒΑCΤΗ Draped bust of Faustina to right, her hair bound up with pearls in a bun at the back. Rev. ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ Κ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΕΠΙ.ΚΛ.ΦΙΛΟΚΛΕΟC // ΟΜΟ-ΝΟΙ-Α On the left, Leto of Hierapolis, draped, veiled, and holding two infants at her breast, standing right, facing Zeus of Kibyra, seated left on throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and an eagle in his right. BMC 96 = Franke/Nolle 984 (same dies). Very rare, only eight examples, from a single obverse and three reverse dies, were known to Franke/Nolle. With a fine portrait. Very minor flan crack and slight double-striking on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From a Swiss collection, ex Peus 374, 23 April 2003, 790 and Giessener Münzhandlung 71, 3 May 1995, 691.