RPC II, 1085

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1085
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Iunius Caesennius Paetus (proconsul)
Alliance with Smyrna
Dating Between AD 91 and 95
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) ΑΝΘΥ ΚΑΙϹΕΝΝΙΟΥ ΠΑΙΤΟΥ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, ΖΜΥΡ, ΕΦΕϹΙ
Edition ἐπὶ ἀνθυ(πάτου) Καισεννίου Παίτου ὁμόνοια Ζμυρ(ναίων) Ἐφεσί(ων)
Translation under proconsul Caesennius Paetus, concord of Smyrnans (and) Ephesians
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis (with supports) between two Nemeses; above, ΖΜΥΡ; below, ƐΦƐϹΙ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.24 g
Reference BMC 407; Stumpf 416–17; Franke & Nollé 180, 186–7; Pera, Homonoia p. 32, no. 3
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Note ƐΠΙ present on coins 1-2, but not 3-4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 407
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     P: 652 Wa 1625
4 4     V: GR 17154
5 5     ✸ Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 720