RPC IV.2, 1135 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1135 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–165
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Β ΝΕΩ(Κο) ΠΡΩ ΑϹΙΑϹ
Edition Ἐφεσίων βʹ νεωκόρων πρώτων Ἀσίας Ἐφεσίων βʹ νεωκό(ρων) πρώ(των) Ἀσίας
Translation of the Ephesians, twice neocorate, first of Asia
Reverse design in centre, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; between two emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus) standing, facing each other, each wearing toga and holding patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 22.82 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 288(a)
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 1891 = Karwiese 288 (R2)
2 2     ✸ G: II, 333, no. 47, pl. 50.18 (rev.) SNG I, no. 1707 = Karwiese 288 (R5)
4 4     Prowe III, 873, pl. XIV = Naville [Geneva] 5 (18/06/1923), 618 = Karwiese 288 ('V3', R6), both sides with traces of tooling