RPC II, 1093

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1093
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitia (Augusta)
Magistrate Lucius Iunius Caesennius Paetus (proconsul)
Alliance with Smyrna
Dating Between AD 91 and 95
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Δομιτία Σεβαστή Δομιτία Σεβαστή
Translation Domitia Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Domitia, right
Reverse inscription ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΑΝΘΥ ΚΑΙϹΕΝ ΠΑΙΤΟΥ, ΖΜΥΡ, ΕΦΕ
Edition ὁμόνοια ἀνθυπάτου Καισεννίου Παίτου Ζμυρναίων Ἐφέσιων ὁμόνοια ἀνθυ(πάτου) Καισεν(νίου) Παίτου Ζμυρ(ναίων) Ἐφέ(σιων)
Translation concord, (under) proconsul Caesennius Paetus, of the Smyrnaeans (and) Ephesians
Reverse design Homonoia (?) standing facing, head left; to left, ΖΜΥΡ; to right, ƐΦƐ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.67 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Stumpf 424; Franke & Nollé 241–2
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note The identity of figure on reverse (Stumpf: 'stehende weibliche Gottheit') is not clear. Franke & Nollé suggest Nemesis; A. Johnston has plausibly suggested Homonoia (cf. Smyrna, 1023). There is an obverse die link with 1091/2 (Domitia / statue of Artemis).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 669 Wa 1629
2 2     ✸ B: 18213565, I-B