RPC II, 1082

 

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1082
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
Reverse inscription [ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ] ΑΝΘΥ ΡΟΥϹΩΝΟϹ, ΖΜΥΡ, ΕΦΕ
Edition ὁμόνοια ἀνθυ(πάτου) Ῥουσῶνος Ζμυρ(ναίων) Ἐφε(σίων)
Translation concord of the proconsul Ruso, of the Smyrnaeans and of the Ephesians
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.17 g
Reference Franke & Nollé 173–4
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note Franke & Nollé 171 is probably a coin of Caesennius Patus (O = 1089/6), but is very poorly preserved.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B
2 2     B: 1653/1918