RPC II, 1080

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1080
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
Edition Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right, with drapery and aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΡΟΥϹΩΝΟϹ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, ΖΜΥΡ, ΕΦΕ
Edition ἐπὶ ἀνθυπάτου Ῥουσῶνος ὁμόνοια Ζμυρ(ναίων) Ἐφέ(σιων)
Translation under proconsul Ruso, concord of the Smyrnaeans and Ephesians
Reverse design two Amazons, holding double axes, clasping hands
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.58 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC Ephesus 408; Stumpf 415; Franke & Nollé 145–8, 156–61, 167–8, 170, 178; Pera, Homonoia p. 31, no. 2
Specimens 13 (11 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18203596, Fox
2 2     B: Knobelsdorf
3 3     L BMC 408
4 4     P: 646
5 5     Mu SNG 289
6 6     G Hunter p. 341, no. 95
7 7     O
8 8     NY: 1944.100.46202
9 9     NY: 1944.100.46201
10 10     V: GR 17773
11 11     B: Fox
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex CNG EA 229, 10 Mar. 2010, lot 293)