Reign: Trajan Persons: Trajan (Augustus)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (19 mm); 4.63 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΥΩ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ ΓΕΡΜΑ; laureate and draped bust of Trajan, right, seen fro rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΙΩΝΙΑ; Demeter standing facing, head left, holding ears of corn in her right hand, left resting on torch

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: B-I

Diameter:  18.5 Weight: 5.15  

Reign: Trajan Persons: Trajan (Augustus)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (19 mm); 4.63 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΥΩ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ ΓΕΡΜΑ; laureate and draped bust of Trajan, right, seen fro rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΙΩΝΙΑ; Demeter standing facing, head left, holding ears of corn in her right hand, left resting on torch

Bibliography: CGT coll., ex Savoca 4 Blue, 29 Dec. 2017, lot 800 

Diameter:  18 Weight: 4.95   Axis: 12 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (36 mm); 23.83 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΠΟΠΛΙΟϹ ϹΤΡΑΤΗ[ ] ΑΝΕΘΗ[ΚΕΝ] ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ; to left, Dioscuri standing, right, each holding spear; to right, Ares standing, left, holding spear

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 1618

Bibliography: Wa 1765 

Diameter:  36 Weight: 23.83   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (31 mm); 15.94 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΙΩΝΙΑ; nude Zeus seated, left, holding eagle and long sceptre

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 545/JF

Diameter:  30 Weight: 16.5   Axis: 12 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (31 mm); 15.94 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΙΩΝΙΑ; nude Zeus seated, left, holding eagle and long sceptre

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1961-3-1-784

Diameter:  31 Weight: 13.74   Axis: 12 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (31 mm); 15.94 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΙΩΝΙΑ; nude Zeus seated, left, holding eagle and long sceptre

Bibliography: PK Coll. = Savoca Numismatik Blue 24 (21/09/2019), 769 

Diameter:  31 Weight: 17.58   Axis: 12 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (31 mm); 0.00 g (0)

Obverse: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗ[ΤΡ]ΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΙΩΝΙΑ; turreted Cybele seated, left, holding patera over lion, resting arm on tympanum

Bibliography: G. Hirsch 191 (24/09/1996), 1118 = G. Hirsch 205 (22/09/1999), 848, perhaps slightly tooled 

Diameter:  33

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (23 mm); 7.10 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare head of Marcus Aurelius (lightly bearded - short beard) with traces of drapery, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ; Dionysus standing, facing, head, left, holding thyrsus and bunch of grapes

Bibliography: Rutten & Wieland stock 

Diameter:  24 Weight: 7.1   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (23 mm); 6.43 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare head of Marcus Aurelius (lightly bearded - short beard) with traces of drapery, right

Reverse: ΑϹΤΡΑΙΟϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ; river-god Astraios (bearded) reclining, left, holding reed, resting on water-urn

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: I-B

Bibliography: FM 283, no. 271, pl. IX.10 (rev.) 

Diameter:  22 Weight: 7.48   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (23 mm); 6.43 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare head of Marcus Aurelius (lightly bearded - short beard) with traces of drapery, right

Reverse: ΑϹΤΡΑΙΟϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ; river-god Astraios (bearded) reclining, left, holding reed, resting on water-urn

Museum: V: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria) Inventory: GR 19931

Diameter:  23 Weight: 5.55   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (23 mm); 6.43 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare head of Marcus Aurelius (lightly bearded - short beard) with traces of drapery, right

Reverse: ΑϹΤΡΑΙΟϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ; river-god Astraios (bearded) reclining, left, holding reed, resting on water-urn

Museum: V: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria) Inventory: GR 19981, under 'Tiberiopolis'

Diameter:  24 Weight: 6.27   Axis: 12 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Faustina II (Augusta)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (19 mm); 3.33 g (4)

Obverse: ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ; draped bust of Faustina II, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ; Demeter standing, left, holding ears of corn and long sceptre

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 1619

Diameter:  18 Weight: 3.24   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Faustina II (Augusta)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (19 mm); 3.33 g (4)

Obverse: ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ; draped bust of Faustina II, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ; Demeter standing, left, holding ears of corn and long sceptre

Bibliography: Lindgren I, A508A 

Diameter:  20 Weight: 3.4  

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Faustina II (Augusta)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (19 mm); 3.33 g (4)

Obverse: ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ; draped bust of Faustina II, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ; Demeter standing, left, holding ears of corn and long sceptre

Bibliography: Private coll. CGT, ex Gerhard Rohde 

Diameter:  18.3 Weight: 3.59   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Faustina II (Augusta)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (19 mm); 3.33 g (4)

Obverse: ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ; draped bust of Faustina II, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ; Demeter standing, left, holding ears of corn and long sceptre

Bibliography: Private coll. CGT, ex Gerhard Rhode 

Diameter:  18 Weight: 3.08   Axis: 6 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (22 mm); 6.59 g (4)

Obverse: ΑΥ Κ Μ Α(ΥΡ) ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ; Ares standing facing, head left or right, holding spear and resting hand on shield

Museum: NY: American Numismatic Society, New York (USA) Inventory: 1944.100.46497

Diameter:  23 Weight: 5.36   Axis: 6 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (22 mm); 6.59 g (4)

Obverse: ΑΥ Κ Μ Α(ΥΡ) ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ; Ares standing facing, head left or right, holding spear and resting hand on shield

Museum: Tübingen: Münzsammlung der Eberhard Karl Universität, Tübingen (Germany) Inventory: 

Bibliography: SNG 2981 

Diameter:  23 Weight: 6.55   Axis: 7 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (22 mm); 6.59 g (4)

Obverse: ΑΥ Κ Μ Α(ΥΡ) ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ; Ares standing facing, head left or right, holding spear and resting hand on shield

Bibliography: CGT coll. 

Diameter:  22 Weight: 7.62   Axis: 6 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (22 mm); 6.59 g (4)

Obverse: ΑΥ Κ Μ Α(ΥΡ) ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ; Ares standing facing, head left or right, holding spear and resting hand on shield

Bibliography: R. Aquistapace coll. 

Diameter:  23 Weight: 6.82   Axis: 6 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Metropolis Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (22 mm); 6.23 g (5)

Obverse: ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΙΩΝΙΑ; Ares standing facing, head left, holding spear and resting hand on shield

Museum: Cop: Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen (Denmark) Inventory: 912

Diameter:  22 Weight: 6.45   Axis: 12