RPC IV.2, 2658 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2658 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Hestiaios (archon)
Alliance with Ephesus
Issue Group 1: early in the reign of Antoninus Pius
Dating c. 138–142(?)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟϹ ΕϹΤΙΑΙΟΥ ΕΦΕϹΟϹ ΚΥΖΙΚΟϹ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition ἐπὶ ἄρχοντος Ἑστιαίου Ἔφεσος Κύζικος ὁμόνοια
Translation under archon Hestiaios, Ephesus, Cyzicus, concord
Reverse design to left, nude hero Ephesos standing, right; to right, nude hero Kyzikos standing, left, holding spear; both with chlamys over shoulder and clasping hands
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.99 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1015–19
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 701, under 'Ephesus' SNG 679, worn
2 2     ✸ P: 700, under 'Ephesus' SNG 678, obverse legend tooled: СƐΒΑСΤ, reverse legend tooled omitting the name of the 'magistrate'
3 3     vA 1263
4 4     P: 702, under 'Ephesus' SNG 680, reverse figures as 'Kyzikos' and 'Androklos', worn
5 5     Private coll. Kiel, ex Beckenbauer = Franke & Nollé 1016, pl. 45