RPC III, 1980

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1980
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; in front, caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 40.14 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Blum Smyrna 4–7, Klose XLVI, 28–32
Specimens 18 (5 in the core collections)
Note In addition, Lyon Klose 32/3 is a cast coin and not listed here. The option here is to consider that Klose’s R28 has a caduceus

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 340
2 2     P: 2254
3 3     Cop SNG 1367 (ex Cahn 54, 9 Sept. 1925, lot 374; Cahn 68, Simon Moritz coll., 26 Nov. 1930, lot 1883)
4 4     B: Hermann
5 5     V: GR 33520 ex Bachofen von Echt coll., lot 1255 = Blum pl. II, 8 rev.
6 6     Moscow
7 7     Rome: 80322 Calomino MNR 235
8 8     N: 8206
9 9     Brüder Egger XLVI, Th. Prowe coll., 11 May 1914, lot 1038 (ex Hirsch XXIV, Consul Weber coll., 10 May 1909, lot 1485)
10 10     Schlesinger 13, 5 Feb. 1935, lot 1289
11 11     Glendining, 25 Nov. 1953, lot 86
12 12     Kricheldorf 4, 7 Oct. 1957, lot 320 (ex Münzhandlung Basel 4, 1 Oct. 1935, lot 816)
13 13     Sternberg XI, 20–21 Nov. 1981, lot 284
14 14     ✸ Tkalec 28 Nov. 1994, lot 208 = NAC 114, 6 May 2019, lot 690
15 15     Heritage ANA Signature Sale 3048, 11 Aug. 2016, lot 32072
16 16     Boston: 1986.901
17 17     NAC 42, 20 Nov. 2007, lot 345
18 18     R. Pudill coll. (ex Naville 16, 12 July 2015, lot 526)