RPC IV.2, 7132 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 7132 (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 ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls), left
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Ἐφεσίων δὶς νεοκόρων Ἐφεσίων δὶς νεοκόρων
Translation of the Ephesians, twice neocorate
Reverse design temple with eight columns enclosing statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; between two stags; to left, star; to right, crescent; in pediment, globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 25.51 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 297, C. Fontana, RIN 90 (1988), 76, no. 1
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: 30365 Karwiese 297 (R13)
2 2     MMAG 41 (18/06/1970), 382, pl. 21 = Karwiese 297 (V9, R14)
3 3     ✸ Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 674, pl. 27, ex Baranowsky (1935), 7196 = Karwiese 297 (R15) = C. Fontana, RIN 90 (1988), 76, no. 1, pl. 1