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In Honor of Augustus
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Cibyra
The city was near the sources of the Indus in Southern Phrygia, bordering upon Lycia. After the defeat of Antiochus, B.C 190, Cibyra gained or retained its independence as the chief city of a confederation of four towns, Cibyra, Balbura, Bubon, and Oenoanda, constituting the Cabalian Tetrapolis.
In 130 B.C the Romans allowed it to remain independent with its territory. But in 84B.C it was incorporated with the province of Asia by L. Licinius Murena, a lieutenant of Sulla, and became the capital of the Cibyratic conventus. It was renowned for its ironwork, but, being situated away from the great lines of Roman commerce did not maintain its ancient prosperity. Tiberius restored it after an earthquake. It struck coins, and had its own era reckoned from A.D. 25.
There are 3 issues placed as Augustus by the portrait and not dated except for the 3rd example. However, this coin is virtually identical to a issue of Tiberius(RPC 2885) with the date letter 'P'(A.D. 15/16 YEAR 100) yet should be 10 years earlier. So the reverse P on this issue could be a mistake and the issue has not been resolved.
obv; Bare head right. rev; CΕΒΑCΤΟC ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤWN Capricorn right, head turned back. (19mm, 4.98g) RPC I 2882; SNG von Aulock 3727. 
obv; CEBACTOC- bare head right. rev; KIBYPATΩN- trophy with shield. (17mm, 4.33g)RPC 2883 
obv; ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ- bare head right. rev; KIBYPATΩN- Zeus standing left with thunderbolt and sceptre, to left palm, caduceus and  .(17mm, 4.62g)RPC 2884
DIONYSOPOLIS Founded by Eumenes II ( B.C. 197-159) and Attalus II (B.C. 159-138) Dionysopolis is placed on the south bank of the upper Maeander. The Ethnic name occurs in a letter of M. Cicero to his brother Quintus , in which he speaks of the people of Dionysopolis being very hostile to Quintus, which must have been for something that Quintus did during his praetorship of Asia. A coin previously attributed by BMC (17) to Augustus in Dionysopolis is infact a coin of Smyrna. So this leaves only one coin with a left facing portrait of Augustus with ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΕ.
obv; ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ- bare head left. rev; ΔIONYΣOΠOΛEITΩN- Zeus? standing left, with eagle and sceptre.(21mm, 5.84g)RPC 3116
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