RPC III, 1983

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1983
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Magistrate Marcus Antonius Polemon (strategos)
Dating AD 134/5
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ ΗΡΩϹ
Nominative Antinous Hero
Obverse design bare head of Antinous, right
Reverse inscription ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΟΙϹ
Reverse design prow, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Blum Smyrna 3, Klose XLVI, 37–42
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.47055
2 2     Schlesinger 13, 5 Feb. 1935, lot 1290
3 3     Helbing 83, 19 Aug. 1941, lot 512
4 4     Santamaria, Magnaguti III, 26 June 1950, lot 1123
5 5     Hess-Leu 36, 17–18 Apr. 1968, lot 482
6 6     Elsen list 100, May-June 1987, lot 41 (ex MM 41, 18–19 June 1970, lot 391; Elsen list 41, Feb. 1982, lot 31; Elsen list 54, Apr. 1983, lot 100; Elsen VSO 2, 14 Nov. 1984, lot 89)
7 7     Peus 372, 30 Oct. 2002, lot 1215 (ex Hirsch XXIV, Consul Weber coll., 10 May 1909, lot 1485; Brüder Egger XLVI, Th. Prowe coll., 11 May 1914, lot 1039; Naville XVIII, de Sartiges coll., 10 Oct. 1938, lot 229; Münzhandlung Basel 4, 1 Oct. 1935, lot 482; MM Numismatics Ltd I, 7 Dec. 1997, lot 195)
8 8     CNG MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 550
9 9     ✸ Triton XIII, 5 Jan. 2010, lot 318 (ex Sternberg XI, 20–21 Nov. 1981, lot 283; Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 724)
10 10     R. Pudill coll. (ex Gorny & Mosch 224, 13 Oct. 2014, lot 362)