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Between 52 BC. and 17 BC. this Cilician town became the center of an independent principality under Tarcondimotus I. Emperor Augustus then restored its influence by making Tarcondimotus II the new king.
| SNGFr_2224 | Cilicia, Hierapolis-Kastabala. 1st Century BC. AE28. Wreathed bust of Dionysos, thyrsos over shoulder; grapes to right / IEROPOLITWN TWN PROC TW PURAMW, Zeus enthroned left with Nike & scepter. | Text | Image | |
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| SNGLev 1564 Sear #5548 | Cilicia, Hieropolis - Kastabala AE21. ca 2nd-1st Century BC. Turreted head of Tyche right. monogram behind / IEROPOLITWN TWN PROSTW PURAMW, city-goddess seated left in kalathos, eagle under seat. SNGLev 1564, Lindgren 1507. | Text | Image | |
| SNGLev 1569 Sear #5549 | Cilicia, Hieropolis-Kastabala. ca 2nd-1st Century BC. AE 22mm. Draped, veiled & turreted bust of Tyche right / IERO POLITWN above, TWN PROS TW PURAMWI, below, river-god Pyramos swimming right, holding eagle in right hand. SNGLev 1569, SNG Cop 144, BMC 3. | Text | Image | |
| SNGLev_1570 | Cilicia, Hierapolis-Kastabala AE 23mm. ca 1st Century BC. IEPOPOLITWN, draped & veiled bust of Tyche right, in turreted crown / PYPAMW TWN PPOC TW, river-god Pyramos swimming right, head facing, holding eagle. SNG France 2225. | Text | Image | |
| SNGLev_1571v | Cilicia, Hierapolis-Kastabala. Circa 2nd, 1st Century BC. AE 23mm. Draped & turreted bust of Tyche right; monogram behind / Tyche seated left holding long palm; pine tree right. SNG France 2219 var. | Text | Image | |
| SNGLev_1576 | Cilicia, Hierapolis-Kastabala. Circa 2nd-1st Century BC. AE 31mm. Bust of Athena left / Bust of Hygieia left; serpent before. | Text | Image | |
| SNGLev_1577 | Cilicia, Hierapolis-Kastabala. Circa 2nd-1st Century BC. AE 23mm.IEROPOLIT.., Veiled & draped bust of Tyche right, in turreted crown; torch before. / diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of king right. SNGFr 2227. | Text | Image | |
| cf SNGLev_1577 | Cilicia, Hierapolis-Kastabala. Circa 2nd-1st Century BC. AE 21mm.IEROPOLIT.., Veiled & draped bust of Tyche right, in turreted crown; torch or club before. / diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of king right. cf SNGFr 2227. | Text | Image | |
| SNGFr_2223 | Cilicia, Hierapolis-Kastabala AE 19mm. ca 1st Century BC. Draped & veiled bust of Tyche right, in turreted crown / IEROPOLITWN TWN PROS TWI PYRAMWI THS IERAS, to left, right and below eagle standing left, wings closed. | Text | Image | |
| SNG vA 8675 | Hierapolis-Kastabala, Cilicia. 200-0 BC. AE 20mm; 5.3g. Draped and turreted bust of Tyche right / Female figure seated left, hand outstretched, holding rod (?), river-god Pyramos swimming at foot. SNG von Aulock 8675. | Text | Image | |
| RPC 464cf | Hieropolis-Kastabala, AE24. pseudo-autonomous, ca 150-211 AD. IEROPOLI-TWN, draped, veiled bust of Tyche right, wearing mural-crown / TWN PROS TO PURAMW, bust of Artemis Perasia right, draped and veiled, wearing mural crown; burning torch before. cf RPC I, 464 (obv.), unpublished? | Text | Image | |
| BMC 7 | Antoninus Pius AE18 of Hierapolis-Castabala, Cilicia. Laureate head right / Eagle standing left on club, wings closed. BMC 7. | Text | Image | |
| SNG Levante 1579 | Nerva AE 21mm of Hierapolis-Castabala, Cilicia. Laureate bust right / wreath. | Text | Image | |
| Mionnet 251 | Marcus Aurelius AE22 of Cilicia, Hieropolis-Kastabala. AVTOK ANTWNEINO, laureate head right / IEROPOLEITWN, river god Pyramus swimming right, facing left. Mionnet S7, 251 | Text | Image | |
| SNG Fr 2229 | Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AE 29 of Hieropolis-Castabala, Cilicia. OMONOIA CEBACTWN, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing facing each other, clasping hands / IEROPOLEITWN PROCTW PYRA M, wreathed bust of Dionysos right, thyrsos over shoulder, bunch of grapes to right. SNG France 2229-30. | Text | Image | |
| SNGLeypold_2369 | Marcus Aurelius AE32 of Cilicia, Hieropolis-Castabala. EIPOPOLEITWN TWN PPOCTW PYPA M, draped bust of Dionysus right in wreath of ivy leaves, thyrsus over shoulder, bunch of grapes on stem in right field / AYT K M AYP ANTWNEINOC CEB, Marcus, togate, seated left on curule chair, holding globe in right hand, being crowned by Nike flying behind him. | Text | Image | Text | Obv | Rev |
| Ziegler 1292 | Marcus Aurelius. 161-180 AD. AE 32, 17.97g. Cilicia, Hieropolis-Castabala. IEROPOLITWN TWN PROC TW PURA, Draped bust of Dionysus right wearing wreath of ivy leaves, long locks of hair curling under bust, thyrsus over left shoulder, bunch of grapes before / AYT K M AYP ANTWNEINOC CEB, Emperor, togate, seated left on curule chair, holding globe in right hand, behind him a small Victory flying left, crowning him with wreath. Ziegler, Munzen Kilikiens, 1292. | Text | Image | |
| Lindgren 1513 | Commodus, AE32 of Hierapolis-Kastabala, Cilicia, 177-192 AD. IEROPOLITWN KASTABALEWN, draped bust of Dionysos right wearing wreath of ivy and holding thyrsos / AYT KAI M KOMODOS EYTYC, Commodus standing left, holding Nike on globe and sceptre. | Text | Image | |
| SNG Levante 1588 | Commodus AE44mm Medallion of Cilicia, Hierapolis-Castabala. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / Emperor standing left, holding scepter, receiving a wreath from Tyche who stands right. SNG Levante 1588; SNG France 2237. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 11 | Septimius Severus, AE of Hierapolis-Kastabala, Cilicia. 193-211 AD. AVT K L CEP CEVHROC GER CE, laureate, draped bust right. Two countermarks: Nike advancing left (Howgego 260) and prize crown between two torches or palm branches (Howgego 427) / IEROPOLITWN TWN PROSTW PU/RAMW, Nike walking right, offering wreath to Severus who is standing left in military dress, resting on spear. SNG Pfalz 579 (these countermarks); BMC 11. | Text | Image | |
| SNGFr 2238 | Septimius Severus, AE35 of Hieropolis-Kastabala, Cilicia. 192-211 AD. 24.5g. AYT KAI L CEP CE-YHROS PER CE, laureate, draped bust right / (IERO)POLEITWN TWN (PROS) TW PYRAMW, Severus standing left, holding spear, facing Nike standing right, holding wreath. BMC 11; SNG France II 2238; SNG Pfalz 6, 579; SNG Levante Suppl 375. | Text | Image | |
| SNG Levante 1589 | Septimius Severus AE 30mm of Hierapolis-Castabala, Cilicia. AVT KAI L CE CEVHPOC PEP CE, Septimius standing left, holding Nike on globe & spear / KACTABALA MHTPOPOLITWN, wreathed bust of young Dionysus right, in panther's skin; thyrsus over left shoulder, grape bunch to right. SNGFr 2339. | Text | Image | |
| SNGFr 2240 | Caracalla, AE31 of Hierapolis-Kastabala, Cilicia. AYT KAI MAR AYRH ANTWNEINOS, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / IEROPOLITWN KASTABALEWN, Caracalla, togate, standing right, facing Septimius Severus standing left, shaking hands, small prize crown between them. Countermark. Ziegler (dt. Kleinsammlungen) 1302ff; SNG Düsseldorf 11053; SNG Pfalz 6, 586ff.; SNG France II 2240; Lindgren III A843A. | Text | Image | |
| SNG Levante 1592 | Caracalla AE 30mm of Hierapolis-Castabala, Cilicia. Laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder & cornucopiae; at left, ears of corn. | Text | Image | |
| SNG Levante 1068cf | Elagabalus AE 30mm of Hierapolis-Kastabala in Cilicia. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / Tyche seated left upon rocks; holding branch before her. | Text | Image | |
| SNG Levante 1595 | Elagabalus AE 27mm of Hierapolis-Castabala, Cilicia. Laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right / Prize-crown between two lighted torches. | Text | Image | |
| SNG Levante Supp 378 | Volusian AE 28mm of Hierapolis-Castabala, Cilicia. Radiate, draped, & cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder & cornucopiae. | Text | Image | |
| LandK 1516a | Valerian I AE28 of Hierapolis-Castabala in Cilicia. AVT K OVLAEPIANOC CE, Radiate draped bust right / P ..KACTABALE, Helios advancing right holding orb in left hand, right hand raised, in left field value mark V = 6. | Text | Image | |
| See also: | Perseus Project database, coins of Hieropolis-Kastabala | |||
| Entry for Cilicia, Hieropolis-Kastabala on the Digital Historia Numorum | ||||
| Search for Castabala in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum | ||||
| Search for Hieropolis-Kastabala at Incitatus Coins | ||||
| Search for Hieropolis-Kastabala at AncientImports.com | ||||
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