RPC IV.2, 3084 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3084 (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 ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Β ΝΕ ΠΡΩ ΑϹΙΑϹ
Edition Ἐφεσίων βʹ νεωκόρων πρώτων Ἀσίας Ἐφεσίων βʹ νε(ωκόρων) πρώ(των) Ἀσίας
Translation of the Ephesians, twice neocorate, first of Asia
Reverse design temple with eight columns enclosing statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; (in pediment, two Nikai?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 24.39 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 294–5
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: Lewis 1448 Karwiese 294 (V5, R6)
2 2     Kress 135 (15/03/1966), 2539 = MünzZentrum 51 (28/03/1984), 289 = Auktionshaus Felzmann 161 (06/03/2018), 285 = Karwiese 295 (V5, R7)