RPC II, 1075

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1075
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΚΛΑϹΕΑϹ
Reverse design river god Claseas reclining left, holding corn-ear (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference Karwiese 107
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note The authenticity of 1075/1 was suspect, in view of its close similarity to the coins with Marnas (1074), but a second specimen now confirms the existence of this type. For the unique appearance of the name Claseas, see Karwiese, RE Suppl. XII (1980), cols. 329ff. See now as well S. Karwiese, ‘ΠΟΛΙΣ ΠΟΤΑΜΩΝ. Stadt der Flüsse. Die Gewässer auf den ephesischen Münzen’, Kongr. Act. Cura Aquarum, Ephesos 2004 (2006), pp. 17-22.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 663 Wa 1627 = RN 1858, p. 166 = F. Imhoof-Blumer, FM, p. 280, no. 266
2 2     ✸ Vink coll.