RPC IV.2, 2678 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2678 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Alliance with Hierapolis
Dating c. 182–184
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΟΛΥΠΙΟϹ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ὀλύμπιο(ς) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Olympius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Ἐφεσίων καὶ Ἱεραπολειτῶν ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of the Ephesians and the Hierapolitans
Reverse design to left, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; between two stags; to right, Apollo of Hierapolis standing, right, head, left, touching statue with arm, holding lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 19.29 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese —, Franke & Nollé 329–30, L. Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), 79, no. BId
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 751 Franke & Nollé 329, pl. 20, both sides with traces of tooling
2 2     Royal Ontario Museum, 910.161.1