RPC IV.2, 1114 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1114 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Issue 1: Without personal name but associated with the coins of Lucius Cerrinius Paetus, grammateus
Dating c. 138–140
Obverse inscription Τ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΚΑΥϹΤΡοϹ ΚΕΝΧΡΕΙοϹ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; between river-gods Kaystros (l.) and Kenchrios (r.) reclining, facing each other, each holding reed and resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference BMC 236
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 236, pl. XIII.8 (rev.), obverse partly double struck with ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΙΝΟС, electrotype C Leake 2789, Addenda Asiatic Greece, p. 147.5 Karwiese 200 (R18)
2 2     P: Delepierre 46 Karwiese 200 (V15)