RPC III, 1936

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1936
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Cyme
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Magistrate Hieronymos
Obverse inscription ΗΡΩϹ ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ
Edition Ἥρως Ἀντίνοος
Translation Hero Antinous
Obverse design bare-headed half-length bust of Antinous, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΩΝΥΜΟϹ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ ΚΥΜΑΙΟΙϹ
Edition Ἱερώνυμος ἀνέθηκε Κυμαίοις
Translation Hieronymos dedicated (this) to the Cymaeans
Reverse design Athena standing right, with spear in right hand and shield on left arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.73 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Blum Cyme 1–2
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note Hieronymos also signed coins for Antoninus Pius and the young Marcus, as well as several types without an imperial head. Some of these coins without an imperial coins appear in both RPC III and IV, as their chronology is uncertain.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 16826 Blum pl. II, 1
2 2     ✸ B: 18234427, Löbb. Blum pl. II, 2 rev. = Backe p. 41, no. 24
3 3     Mu SNG 547
4 4     Milan: 3848 Brera 3264 and Tav. XVI
5 5     NFA IV, 24–25 Mar. 1977, lot 589