RPC III, 1978

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1978
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
Nominative Antinous Hero
Obverse design bare head of Antinous, right
Reverse inscription ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΟΙϹ
Reverse design female panther, left, her right paw on thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Reference Blum Smyrna 15, Klose XLVI, 25–26
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G SNG 1506
2 2     Ratto, Giorgi coll., 26 Jan. 1955, lot 687