RPC III, 2076

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2076
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ-ϹΑΡ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟϹ
Nominative Hadrianus Caesar Olympius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦ-ΕϹ/ΙΩ-Ν (l. and r. in field), ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟ/ΡΩΝ (in exergue)
Reverse design temple with eight columns on podium with three steps within which cult statue of Artemis Ephesia with supports; the columns are of Ionic order and the base of the columns are decorated; in pediment, four statues, two reclining in the angles and two probably female on either side of the central: each has one arm raised towards the window and one lowered
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 227–8, K 173–4, 176
Specimens 14 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.4009 BMC 227
2 2     L BMC 228
3 3     P: 675
4 4     Mu SNG 127
5 5     Tübingen SNG 2829
6 6     V: GR 30061
7 7     V: GR 31880
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     NY: 1944.100.46099
10 10     CNG EA 148, 20 Sept. 2006, lot 269 (ex Lanz 78, 25 Nov. 1996, lot 619; CNG EA Jan. 2004, lot 54 = CNG EA 148, 20 Sept. 2006, lot 269
11 11     CNG EA 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 302
12 12     Freiburg: 12635
14 14     CNG EA 454, 16 Oct. 2019, lot 254
17 17     ✸ Collection F. Vink, ex Giessener Münzhandlung 89, 5 May 1998, lot 321