RPC IV.2, 2664 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2664 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Alliance with Miletus
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: probably multiple issues; some or all from »Southern Workshop, 138-180«
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 (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ [ ] [ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ] [ ]
Edition Ἐφεσίων --- Μιλησίων --- Ἐφεσίων [---] Μιλησίων [---]
Translation of the Ephesians [---] of the Milesians [---]
Reverse design to left, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; to right, cult statue of nude Apollo Didymeus standing, facing, holding stag(?) and bow(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.91 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 315, Franke & Nollé 328 corr., L. Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), 79, no. BIa corr.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 726 L. Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), 79, no. BIa, pl. I'.21 (rev.) = Franke & Nollé 328, pl. 19, both under 'alliance' of Ephesus with 'Hierapolis in Phrygia' and r. figure on reverse as 'Apollo of Hierapolis'