RPC IV.2, 17316 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 17316 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Miletus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelianus Asclepiades Polites
Issue With personal name: Distinct bust shapes and epsilons with dot instead of horizontal stroke
Dating c. 139–146 (?)
Obverse inscription ] ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ[
Edition [---] Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντωνῖνο[---]
Translation [---] Caesar Antoninus [---]
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΟΥ ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ (Ε with dot instead of horizontal stroke)
Edition ἐπὶ Πολίτου Μιλησίων
Translation under Polites of the Milesians
Reverse design to left, cult statue of nude Apollo Didymeus standing, right, holding stag and bow; to right, Artemis (Pythie) standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding patera, bow and arrow; between, tripod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.76 g
Reference Roch XV.1
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Balat: M80061 Baldus, Didyma 571 (not illustrated) = H.R. Baldus, MDAI(I) 34 (1984), 296, no. 110, pl. 58
2 2     Balat: M80001 Baldus, Didyma 570, pl. 2 = H.R. Baldus, MDAI(I) 34 (1984), 296, no. 111 (not illustrated)
3 3     Balat: M80073 Baldus, Didyma 572, pl. 2