RPC III, 1977

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1977
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Magistrate Marcus Antonius Polemo (strategos)
Dating AD 134/5
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ ΗΡΩϹ
Nominative Antinous Hero
Obverse design bare head of Antinous, left
Reverse inscription ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΟΙϹ
Reverse design female panther, left, her right paw on thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Blum Smyrna 14, Klose XLVI, 19–24
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 2212
2 2     V: GR 17785
3 3     V: GR 17786 Blum pl. II, 7 rev.
4 4     ✸ P: 2252
5 5     Oslo
6 6     Private coll.
7 7     Trade
8 8     MM 52, 19–20 June 1975, lot 652
9 9     Triton VIII, D. A. Dowdy coll., 11 Jan. 2005, lot 727 (ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 7, 27–29 Apr. 1987, lot 857)