RPC II, 1064 (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1064 (forgery)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹ ΓΕΡΜ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ
Edition Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβασ(τὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Αὐτοκράτ(ωρ)
Translation Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus Emperor
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right, with aegis
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΟΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Ἐφεσίων βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation of the Ephesians, twice neocorate
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing cult statue of Artemis
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 19.83 g
Reference Karwiese 104
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The legends on the coin looks as if they have been altered, presumably from a normal coin such as 1070. This false coin in Mu has now been published by D.O.A. Klose, ‘Münz- oder Gruselkabinett?’, in Internationales Kolloquium zur kaiserzeitlichen Münzprägung Kleinasiens, Nomismata I (1997), pp. 254-60, at p. 257.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu