RPC III, 2073

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2073
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟϹ
Nominative Hadrianus Caesar Olympius
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right, with aegis
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ (in exergue)
Reverse design temple with eight columns on podium with three steps within which cult statue of Artemis Ephesia with supports; the columns are of Ionic order and the base of the columns are decorated; in pediment, four statues, two reclining in the angles and two probably female on either side of the central window: each has one arm raised towards the window and one lowered
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 224–6, K 171–2
Specimens 26 (17 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 224 (and pl. XIII, 7 rev.)
2 2     L BMC 225
3 3     L BMC 226
4 4     C McClean 8104
5 5     G SNG 1700
6 6     ✸ P: 673
7 7     P: 673a
8 8     P: Delepierre
9 9     P: Delpierre
10 10     Cop SNG 387
11 11     Mu SNG 126
12 12     Bern: Righetti 846
13 13     V: GR 17169
14 14     B: 8630
15 15     B: Löbb.
16 16     B: I-B
17 17     B: Dressel 1/1921
18 18     NY: 1944.100.46100
19 19     MM XIII, 17–19 June 1954, lot 894
20 20     MM 81, 18–19 Sept. 1995, lot 494
21 21     Uncertain source
22 22     Stack’s, The Vermeule, Ward and Maxico Collections, 11 Jan. 2010, lot 267 (ex Triton VII, 13–14 Jan. 2004, lot 751)
23 23     Boston: 1982.389
24 24     CNG EA 455, 30 Oct. 2019, lot 227 = CNG EA 182, 20 Feb. 2008, lot 136 = CNG EA 158, 14 Feb. 2007, lot 178
25 25     CNG EA 284, 8 Aug. 2012, lot 154
26 26     Stack's Vermeule, Ward, and Mexico Maxico Collections, 11 Jan. 2010, lot 267 = Triton VII, January 2004, lot 751