RPC III, 1975

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1975
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Magistrate Marcus Antonius Polemon (strategos)
Dating AD 134/5
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ ΗΡΩϹ
Edition Ἀντίνοος ἥρως
Translation Antinous Hero
Obverse design bare head of Antinous, left
Reverse inscription ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΟΙϹ
Edition Πολέμων ἀνέθηκε Σμυρναῖοις
Translation Polemon dedicated (this) to the Smyrnaeans
Reverse design bull standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 39.03 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Blum Smyrna 8–11, Klose XLVI, 1–2, 4–16
Specimens 31 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Sandes Blum pl. II, 5
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     L BMC 339
4 4     O: Godwyn
5 5     O: Christ Church
6 6     C: Leake 2512
7 7     C: Y 613-1936
8 8     ✸ P: 2253
9 9     P: 2255
10 10     Mu
11 11     Tübingen SNG 3226
12 12     Hannover: K 607
13 13     Milan: 3263
14 14     Warsaw: 85512
15 15     Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 821 = ex Boston MFA 62.229
16 16     Harvard: HUAM 1994.14 (ex vA 8000)
17 17     J. Schulman, Vierordt coll., 5 Mar. 1923, lot 1417
18 18     Hess, Trau coll., 22 May 1935, lot 1423
19 19     Kress 89, 17 Apr. 1944, lot 431
20 20     NFA IV, Every coll., 24–25 Mar. 1977, lot 590
21 21     Triton VII, 12 Jan. 2004, lot 728 (ex Peus, M. Burstein coll., 25 Oct. 2000, lot 653)
22 22     CNG MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, lot 1108 (ex NAC, Steinberg coll., 16 Nov. 1994, lot 836)
23 23     MM Deutschland 15, Righetti IV, 21–22 Oct. 2004, lot 693
24 24     Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 725 (ex Waddell 1, 9 Dec. 1982, lot 217)
25 25     Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 726, ex J. Hirsch XXIV, Consul Weber coll., 10 May 1909, lot 1484; Naville XVIII, de Sartiges coll., 10 Oct. 1938, lot 228; Hess-Leu 17, Esr coll., 23 Mar. 1961, lot 182; MM 52, 19–20 June 1975, lot 651; Waddell 1, 9 Dec. 1982, lot 216
26 26     NAC 39, The Barry Feirtstein coll., 16 May 2007, lot 121
27 27     Gemini VII, 9 Jan. 2011, lot 774
28 28     Sincona 4, 25 Oct. 2011, lot 4106
29 29     Naumann 53, 7 May 2017, lot 464
30 30     Goldberg 135, 18 June 2023, lot 1786 (ex Markov The New York Sale LI, 12 Jan. 2021, lot 122)
31 31     R. Pudill coll.