RPC IV.2, 1154 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1154 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Alliance with Sardis
Dating c. 182–184
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟϹ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ὀλύμπιος Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Olympios Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Ἐφεσίων βʹ νεωκ(όρων) Σαρδιανῶν ὁμόνοια
Translation of the Ephesians, twice neocorate, concord with the Sardians
Reverse design to left, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; to right, cult statue of Kore of Sardis standing, facing, wearing tall crown surmounted by crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.53 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese —, Franke & Nollé 350–5, Hochard 1965 corr.
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Harvard: 1984.768, under 'Sardis' Weber 5906 = Sotheby's [London] 25/10/1984, 364 = Hochard 1965a, pl. 112 (under 'Sardis')
2 2     P: 754 Kraft, p. 190, pl. 91.9 = Franke & Nollé 353, wrongly illustrated as '351' ('Wien'), pl. 21 (rev.)
3 3     C: Leake 7736, Suppl., p. 51.8
4 4     Essen 72 (1996), 380 = Fritz Rudolf Künker 204 (12/03/2012), 716, ex PRF
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 207 (15/10/2012), 492 = GRPCL Sardes (Sardis) 462
6 6     Private coll. CGT = Savoca Numismatik Blue 10 (20/09/2018), 939
7 7     Braunschweig
8 8     Gorny & Mosch 147 (07/03/2006), 1835 = Gorny & Mosch 152 (10/10/2006), 1793