RPC IV.2, 2671 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2671 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: probably multiple issues; some or all from »Southern Workshop, 138-180«
Dating c. 161–165
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
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 ΑΝΕΙΚΗΤ[ ] ΡΩΜΑΙ[ ] (on shield) ΡΩΜΑΙΩΝ ΝΕΙΚΗ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΘΕΑ
Reverse design Nike standing with foot on globe, right, inscribing shield attached to palm-tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.18 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 310(b), J. Nollé, 'Ein ephesischer Kult der ‹Victoria Romanorum› und das sogenannte Parthermonument', Chiron 33 (2003), pp. 459-84, esp. pp. 459-63, Burnett, Zela, pp. 102 f.
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 739 Wa 1633 = Karwiese 310 (V11, R24) = Burnett, Zela, pp. 102 and 103, fig. 53
3 3     C SNG 4443 = Karwiese 310 (R26)
4 4     ACANS: 29 Lindgren III, 1668 = Peus 366 (29/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 660 = Karwiese 310 (R27)