RPC III, 1982

 

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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
Nominative Antinous Hero
Obverse design bare head of Antinous, left
Reverse inscription ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΟΙϹ
Reverse design prow, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
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