RPC III, 2050

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2050
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΝΕΡΒΑϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ (or ΚΕϹΑΡ)
Nominative Imperator Nerva Traianus Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΑ (retrograde)
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Ephesia with supports; to right, bee
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 221, K 140–1
Specimens 19 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 2049/2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 221
2 2     P: 670
3 3     Cop SNG 384
4 4     Mu SNG 124 corr.
5 5     V-ON SNG Leypold 559
6 6     B: Rauch
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     B: Magnesia-Funde 1653/1918
9 9     W. Holt coll.
10 10     W. Holt coll.
11 11     W. Holt coll.
12 12     MM Deutschland 15, Righetti IV, 21–22 Oct. 2004, lot 577
13 13     Künker 97, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1394
14 14     ✸ MM Deutschland 32, 26 May 2010, lot 234
15 15     Emporium Hamburg 66, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 239
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CGT coll., ex Naville 20, 27 Feb. 2016, lot 280
18 18     CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca
19 19     Tatiș (SNG Turkey 10)