RPC VI, 4874 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4874 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Fourth neocorate
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, seen from rear, right; sometimes, to right, star
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΜΟΝΩΝ ΑΠΑϹΩΝ ΤΕΤΡΑΚΙ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Ἐφεσίων μόνων ἁπάσων τετράκι νεωκόρων
Translation of all the Ephesians alone, four times neocorate
Reverse design emperor standing, left, wearing toga and holding patera over lighted tripod at his feet, before temple with four columns seen from the front, globe in pediment, within which Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.19 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Karwiese 639
Specimens 20 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 895 Karwiese 639.7
2 2     B: 18202092, F1873 Mabbott 1503
3 3     B: L1906 Karwiese 639.4
4 4     NY: 1971.279.26 (possibly Egger)
5 5     V: GR 30811 Karwiese 639.1
6 6     Boston: 1984.5 Karwiese 639.9
7 7     Istanbul: 6330 Karwiese 639.6
8 8     Istanbul: 6331 Karwiese 639.8
9 9     V-Universität: Eph124/81 (Hanghaus 2) Karwiese 639.15
10 10     Karwiese 639.10
11 11     Karwiese 639.11 = Aequitas
12 12     Karwiese 639.12 = Schulman IX, 1973, 441
13 13     Karwiese 639.13 = Egger 1892/3, 316
14 14     Karwiese 639.14 = Hess 1917, 1243
15 15     Karwiese 639.2 = Künker 97, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1693
16 16     Karwiese 639.3 = MH 58, 70
17 17     Karwiese 639.5 = Peus 388, 1 Nov. 2006, lot 1130
18 18     O
19 19     O
20 20     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 33, 5 July 2015, lot 314