RPC IV.2, 1114 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1114 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Issue 1: Without personal name but associated with the coins of Lucius Cerrinius Paetus, grammateus
Dating c. 138–140
Obverse inscription Τ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Τίτος Αἴλιος Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος Τ(ίτος) Αἴλιος Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Titus Aelius Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΚΑΥϹΤΡοϹ ΚΕΝΧΡΕΙοϹ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Κάυστρος Κένχρειος Ἐφεσίων δὶς νεωκόρων Κάυστρος Κένχρειος Ἐφεσίων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation Kaystros, Kenchreios, of the Ephesians, twice neocorate
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; between river-gods Kaystros (l.) and Kenchrios (r.) reclining, facing each other, each holding reed and resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 27.80 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference BMC 236
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 236, pl. XIII.8 (rev.), obverse partly double struck with ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΙΝΟС, electrotype C Leake 2789, Addenda Asiatic Greece, p. 147.5 Karwiese 200 (R18)
2 2     P: Delepierre 46 Karwiese 200 (V15)
3 3     Leu WA 27, 9 Sept. 2023, lot 1227 = Timeline Auction 31, 3 June 2025, lot 2908 (by then, tooled and smoothed)