RPC II, 1089

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1089
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Iunius Caesennius Paetus (proconsul)
Alliance with Smyrna
Dating Between AD 91 and 95
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ
Edition Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right, with drapery on right shoulder
Reverse inscription (ΕΠΙ) ΑΝΘΥ ΚΑΙϹΕΝ ΠΑΙΤΟΥ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, ΖΜΥΡ, ΕΦΕ
Edition ἐπὶ ἀνθυπάτου Καισεννίου Παίτου ὁμόνοια Ζμυρναίων Ἐφεσίων ἐπὶ ἀνθυ(πάτου) Καισεν(νίου) Παίτου ὁμόνοια Ζμυρ(ναίων) Ἐφε(σίων)
Translation under proconsul Caesennius Paetus, concord of Smyrnans (and) Ephesians
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis (with supports); to left, ΖΜΥΡ; to right, ƐΦƐ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.36 g
Axis 3, 12
Reference Stumpf 421; Franke & Nollé 194–200, 211
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)
Note ƐΠΙ present on coin no. 6, but not on coins 1-5.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 654
2 2     P: 655
3 3     Mu SNG 286
4 4     O
5 5     C: Leake
6 6     O
7 7     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 576
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Ödemiş SNG 29
10 10     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Bay Numismatics EA 14, 14 June 2025, lot 416)