RPC III, 1982

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1982
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 prow, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 39.06 g
Axis 6
Reference Blum Smyrna 1–2, Klose XLVI, 34–36
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note On the Dionysiac sense of the prow, see C. Kuhn, 'M. Antonius Polemon und die Dionysia. Zur Bedeutung des Prora-Motivs auf kaiserzeitlichen Münzen Smyrnas', Athenaeum 99, 2011, 145–153.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2256
2 2     L BMC 341
3 3     V: GR 17787 Blum pl. II, 6 rev.
4 4     N: 8207
5 5     NAC N, 26 June 2003, lot 1985 = NAC N, 26 June 2003, lot 1985