Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Caesar) ; Faustina II (Augusta)

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

Denomination: Æ (21 mm); 5.21 g (5)

Obverse: οΥΗΡοϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ [Φ]ΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕ; to left, bare head of Marcus Aurelius (medium length beard), right; to right, draped bust of Faustina II, left

Reverse: ΔΗΜ[ΟϹ] ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ; to left, Demos standing, left, wearing toga, holding patera, to right, Nike standing on base, left, crowning Demos

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: ex PRF

Diameter:  19 Weight: 4.8   Axis: 6 

Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

City: Samos Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Miletus)

Denomination: Æ (18 mm); 3.04 g (26)

Obverse: Μ ΑΥ(Ρ) ΚΟΜΟΔΟ(Ϲ); laureate head of Commodus (long beard), right

Reverse: ϹΑΜΙΩΝ; cult statue of Samian Hera standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding patera in each hand, having fillets; between two peacocks

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: ex PRF

Diameter:  18 Weight: 3   Axis: 6 

Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

City: Samos Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Miletus)

Denomination: Æ (18 mm); 3.04 g (26)

Obverse: Μ ΑΥ(Ρ) ΚΟΜΟΔΟ(Ϲ); laureate head of Commodus (long beard), right

Reverse: ϹΑΜΙΩΝ; cult statue of Samian Hera standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding patera in each hand, having fillets; between two peacocks

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: ex PRF

Diameter:  17 Weight: 2.5   Axis: 6 

Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

City: Samos Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Miletus)

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 13.40 g (6)

Obverse: ΑΥ Λ ΑΥΡ ΑΝ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ; laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ϹΑΜΙΩΝ; Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: ex PRF

Diameter:  32 Weight: 15.4   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)

City: Magnesia ad Maeandrum Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Miletus)

Denomination: Æ (31 mm); 15.43 g (10)

Obverse: Μ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΒΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing paludamentum, right, seen from centre

Reverse: ΓΡΑΜ ΔΙΟΦΑΝΤΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ; cult statue of turreted Artemis Leukophryene standing, facing, having supports, being crowned by two flying Nikai; between two standing eagles with spreading wings

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: ex PRF

Diameter:  29 Weight: 14.3   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Miletus Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Miletus) Alliance with: Smyrna

Denomination: Æ (37 mm); 29.22 g (4)

Obverse: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΕΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ; turreted Amazons of Miletus (on left) and Smyrna (on right), standing, facing each other, clasping hands, each holding double axe

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: 2004.6.209, ex PRF

Diameter:  38 Weight: 27.44   Axis: 6 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Faustina II (Augusta)

City: Miletus Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Miletus) Alliance with: Ephesus

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 16.80 g (4)

Obverse: ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ (Φ shaped as ·I·); draped bust of Faustina II, right

Reverse: Μ(Ε)ΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ οΜοΝοΙΑ; to left, cult statue of nude Apollo Didymeus standing, facing, holding stag and bow; to right, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; between two stags

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: 2004.6.210, ex PRF

Bibliography: Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 17 (21/05/1996), 222 = G. Hirsch 192 (27/11/1996), 555 = Franke & Nollé 1300, pl. 61 (rev.), rev. legend with ΜƐΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ 

Diameter:  33 Weight: 19.75   Axis: 6 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)

City: Miletus Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Miletus)

Denomination: Æ (37 mm); 25.52 g (4)

Obverse: Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙ; laureate-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius (on left, with long beard) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other, both wearing cuirass

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΘΕΜΙϹΤΟΚΛΕΟΥϹ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΜΙΛΗϹ(Ι)ΩΝ(sic); temple with four columns enclosing statue of nude Apollo Didymeus standing on short base, left, holding stag and bow

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: 2009.110.49

Bibliography: C. Fontana, RIN 77 (1975), 140, no. 5, pl. I.5 = C. Fontana, RIN 90 (1988), 82, no. 13, pl. 3 = Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 684, pl. 28 = Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 6 (06/10/2000), 521 = Triton 8 (11/01/2005), 764, rev. legend with ΜΙΛΗϹΩΝ(sic) 

Diameter:  39 Weight: 28.86   Axis: 5 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Faustina II (Augusta)

City: Miletus Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Miletus)

Denomination: Æ (15 mm); 2.04 g (14)

Obverse: ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ; draped bust of Faustina II, right

Reverse: ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ; Artemis (Pythie) standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding patera, bow and arrow; to left at her feet, stag standing, left

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: 2001.87.11776

Diameter:  15

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Faustina II (Augusta)

City: Miletus Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Miletus)

Denomination: Æ (15 mm); 2.06 g (9)

Obverse: ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ; draped bust of Faustina II, right

Reverse: ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ; cult statue of nude Apollo Didymeus standing, right, holding stag and bow

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: 2004.6.2746, ex PRF

Diameter:  15.5 Weight: 1.71   Axis: 7 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Commodus (Caesar)

City: Miletus Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Miletus)

Denomination: Æ (37 mm); 24.26 g (5)

Obverse: Λ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜοΔοϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛΙ ΠΟΛΕΙΤΟΥ ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ; nude Apollo (Delphinios) seated on rock, left, head, right, placing right hand on top of his head, holding bow in left hand, resting with left arm on omphalos around which serpent coils

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: 2013.17.237

Bibliography: Peus 366 (29/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 646, pl. 33 

Diameter:  37 Weight: 23.09  

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Philadelphia Region: Lydia Province: Asia (conventus of Philadelphia)

Denomination: Æ (33 mm); 22.72 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ (Ω shaped as closed ∩); laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (thin face with very long beard) wearing cuirass with traces of drapery, right, seen from front

Reverse: [ΕΠΙ] Π ΚΑΙΚΙ Κ[ΛΕ]ΩΝοϹ ΑΡΧο Α ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ (Φs shaped as ·|·, Ωs as closed ∩); temple with two columns and rounded pediment enclosing statue of Artemis of Ephesus, standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: 2004.6.378, ex PRF

Bibliography: Lanz 97 (22/05/2000), 647 = GRPCL Philadelphia 280 = Hochard 1481a, pl. 78 

Diameter:  34 Weight: 22.72   Axis: 6 

Reign: Commodus Persons:

City: Philadelphia Region: Lydia Province: Asia (conventus of Philadelphia)

Denomination: Æ (19 mm); 5.89 g (6)

Obverse: ΕΠΙ ΟΡΕϹΤΕΙΝοΥ; draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, left

Reverse: ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ (Φs shaped as ·Ι·); Isis standing, facing, head, left, wearing lotus, holding sistrum and situla

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: 2004.6.2925, ex PRF

Bibliography: Gorny 58 (09/04/1992), 419 = Hochard 1606a, pl. 86 

Diameter:  21 Weight: 5.24   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons:

City: Tmolus Region: Lydia Province: Asia (conventus of Sardis)

Denomination: Æ (15 mm); 2.19 g (5)

Obverse: head of Dionysus (youthful) wearing ivy wreath, right; to right, thyrsus

Reverse: ΤΜΩΛΙΤΩΝ; bunch of grapes

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: 2004.6.2988

Diameter:  15 Weight: 1.28   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Commodus (Caesar)

City: Sardis Region: Lydia Province: Asia (conventus of Sardis)

Denomination: Æ (31 mm); 15.97 g (2)

Obverse: Λ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜοΔοϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ (Δ with long serifs); bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front

Reverse: ΕΠΙ Γ ΑϹΙΝ ΦΡοΥΓΙ ΑΡΧοΝ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩ (Δ with long serifs); cult statue of Kore of Sardis standing, facing, wearing tall crown surmounted by crescent; to left, poppy; to right, ear of corn

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: 2004.6.2969, ex PRF

Bibliography: Hochard 1963a, pl. 112, with traces of tooling 

Diameter:  31 Weight: 16.67   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Faustina I (Diva)

City: Koinon of the Thirteen Cities Region: Uncertain Province: Asia (conventus of Sardis)

Denomination: Æ (37 mm); 25.83 g (5)

Obverse: ΘΕΑ ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ; draped bust of the deified Faustina I, right

Reverse: ΚοΙΝΟΝ (ΠΡΟ) ΚΛ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙΕ(ΡΕΩϹ) ΓΙ ΠοΛΕΩΝ; temple with six columns enclosing statue of emperor standing, left, wearing military dress, holding uncertain object (small Nike?) and long sceptre

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: ex PRF

Bibliography: MünzZentrum 101 (15/12/1999), 233, obverse legend heavily tooled 

Diameter:  35 Weight: 23.8  

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons:

City: Maeonia Region: Lydia Province: Asia (conventus of Sardis)

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 8.20 g (9)

Obverse: ΖΕΥϹ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟϹ (Ζ reversed); diademed head of Zeus Olympios with traces of drapery, left

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ΜΟΥΚΙΑΝοΥ ΑΡ Γ ΜΑΙοΝΩΝ; helmeted Roma seated on cuirass and shield, left, holding Nike and sword

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: 2004.6.2902, ex PRF

Diameter:  26 Weight: 8.04   Axis: 12 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)

City: Sala Region: Lydia Province: Asia (conventus of Sardis)

Denomination: Æ (22 mm); 5.69 g (5)

Obverse: Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙοϹ οΥΗΡοϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded) wearing paludamentum, right, seen from centre

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ΑΝΔΡο ϹΑΛΑΜΩΝο(Ϲ) ϹΑΛΗΝΩΝ; Dionysus standing, right, crossing legs, holding bunch of grapes and cantharus, resting left arm on column

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: 2004.6.381, ex PRF

Bibliography: Gorny 84 (13/10/1997), 5531 

Diameter:  21 Weight: 5.46   Axis: 6 

Reign: Uncertain Persons:

City: Traianopolis Region: Phrygia Province: Asia (conventus of Sardis)

Denomination: Æ (20 mm); 4.30 g (23)

Obverse: ΔΗΜΟϹ; draped bust of the Demos (youthful), right

Reverse: ΤΡΑΙΑΝοΠοΛΙΤΩΝ; Cybele seated, left, wearing kalathos, holding patera over lion, resting arm on tympanum

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: 2004.6.616 (ex PRF)

Weight: 5.31  

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons:

City: Temenothyrae Region: Phrygia Province: Asia (conventus of Sardis)

Denomination: Æ (23 mm); 7.28 g (11)

Obverse: ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ; draped bust of the Senate (youthful), right

Reverse: ϹΚΟΠΕΛΙΑΝ(ΟϹ) ΤΗΜΕΝΟΘΥΡΕΥ(ϹΙ) (Ρ might be shaped as Ϸ); Mên standing, left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding pine cone and long sceptre; behind his shoulders, crescent

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: 2004.6.3082, ex PRF

Bibliography: ex Kölner Münzkabinett 

Diameter:  23 Weight: 7.75   Axis: 5