RPC III, 1979

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1979
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 ram, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 32.62 g
Axis 12
Reference Blum Smyrna —, Klose XLVI, 27
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Naville VIII, Bement coll., 25 June 1929, lot 939
2 2     ✸ Künker 133, 11 Oct. 2007, lot 8853 (ex Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 746)