RPC III, 2084

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2084
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Person (rev.) Antinous
Obverse inscription ΗΡΩϹ ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ
Edition Ἥρως Ἀντίνοος
Translation Hero Antinous
Obverse design bare-headed draped bust of Antinous, right
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΑΝΔΡΟΚΛΟϹ
Edition Ἐφεσίων Ἄνδροκλος
Translation of the Ephesians, Androklos
Reverse design Antinous as Androclos walking right, naked but chlamys over his shoulders, holding a dead boar with his right hand, holding spear over shoulder in left hand; behind him, a tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.83 g
Axis 6
Reference Blum Ephesus 1, K 195
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note The coin depicts the Androclos legend when he killed a wild boar at the Hypelaios spring with his spear
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 232, Blum pl. II, 2
2 2     L: 1979,0101.1718 vA 7867
3 3     Gotha
4 4     Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 723 (ex vA 1886; MM 52, 19–20 June 1975, lot 649; Giessener Münzhandlung 28, 2–3 Feb. 1984, lot 3551)
5 5     ✸ MDC Monaco EA 11, 30 Nov. 2024, lot 179