RPC IV.2, 1110 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1110 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Issue 3
Dating 138–161
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρια(νὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and traces of drapery, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕοΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Ἐφεσίων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Ephesians, twice neocorate
Reverse design temple with eight columns enclosing statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; in pediment, three doors (or letter Ζ)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 26.87 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Karwiese 214(a) and 215(b), BMC 233
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 233 Karwiese 214 (V27, R44), with letter Ζ in pediment
2 2     B: 1919/1, found at Olympia, halved, 17.15g
3 3     Private collection H. I.
4 4     Gorny 87 (02/03/1998), 353 = Karwiese 215 (R50)
5 5     Lanz 46 (28/11/1988), 539 = Karwiese 215 (V27, R49)
6 6     G. Hirsch 281 (02/05/2012), 834