RPC III, 1976

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1976
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, right
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 36 mm
Average weight 38.90 g
Reference Blum Smyrna 12, Klose XLVI, 17
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note The specimens described by Blum Smyrna 13; Klose XLVI, 18 corr. are dubious: V GR 17784, 34.56 and Helbing 63, Prix coll., 29 April 1931, lot 702 offer the same obverse die as the B and Cop coins, but their reverse show a bull standing l., whose style is very odd, as well as the lettering of the legend
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 639/1878
2 2     Cop SNG 1366