RPC II, 1079

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1079
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Calvisius Ruso Iulius Frontinus (proconsul)
Alliance with Smyrna
Dating AD 92/3 or 93/4
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΡΟΥϹΩΝΟϹ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, ΖΜΥΡ, ΕΦΕ
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis (with supports) between two Nemeses; above, ƐΦƐ; below, ΖΜΥΡ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC Ephesus 405; Stumpf 414; Franke & Nollé 149–55, 162–6, 179; Pera, Homonoia p. 31, no. 1
Specimens 16 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 405 = Franke-Nolle 154
2 2     L BMC 406 = Franke-Nolle 153
3 3     P: 649
4 4     P: 650 Wa 1626
5 5     B: Löbb = Franke-Nolle 163
6 6     Mu SNG 288 = Franke-Nolle 164
7 7     O Franke-Nolle 149
8 8     G Hunter p. 340, no. 94 = SNG 1695 = Franke-Nolle 151
9 9     NY: 1944.100.46201
10 10     V: GR 17154 = Franke-Nolle 165
11 11     Bern SNG Righetti 873 = MM AG 41, 1970, lot 384 = Franke-Nolle 150 and 166
12 12     Brandt Liste 8, lot 207
13 13     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Triton XIII, 5 Jan. 2010, lot 1446)
14 14     J. Clark coll.
15 15     ✸ Savoca 82nd Online Auction, 26 July 2020, lot 203
16 16     F. Vink coll. (ex P. & P. Santamaria, Rome 1955; Finarte, Fontana coll., Nov. 1996, lot 846; Lanz 92, 4-5 June 1999, lot 503) = Franke-Nolle 154A