RPC II, 1075

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Edition Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΚΛΑϹΕΑϹ
Edition Ἐφεσίων Κλάσεας Ἐφεσίων Κλάσεας
Translation of the Ephesians, Klaseas
Reverse design river god Klaseas reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, left arm reclining on urn from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 10.33 g
Axis 12
Reference Karwiese 107
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The authenticity of 1075/1 is suspect. 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)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 663 Wa 1627 = RN 1858, p. 166 = F. Imhoof-Blumer, FM, p. 280, no. 266