RPC IV.2, 10670 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 10670 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nicaea Cilbianorum
Reign Antoninus Pius
Magistrate Claudius Meliton
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Reign of Antoninus Pius
Dating 138–161
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Obverse design draped bust of the Senate (youthful), right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΚΛ ΜΕΛΙΤΩΝ(Ο)Ϲ ΚΙΛΒΙ(ΩΝ) (ΤΩΝ) ΠΕΡΙ Ν(Ε)(ΙΚ(Ε(Α)))
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; between two stags
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Hochard 292-4, KM 175, no. 1
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V-ON Leypold I, no. 1016 = Leypold II, no. 1016.0 = GRPCL Nikaia-Kilbiani 2 = Hochard 294a, pl. 16
2 2     Yale: 2004.6.2882, ex PRF Schulten 24 (19/04/1989), 128 = MünzZentrum 67 (07/11/1989), 1500 = GRPCL Nikaia-Kilbiani 5 = Hochard 292d, pl. 16, reverse legend with ΜƐΛΙΤΩΝϹ(sic)
3 3     ✸ MünzZentrum 102 (03/05/2000), 132 = GRPCL Nikaia-Kilbiani 3, reverse legend with ΜƐΛΙΤΩΝϹ(sic)
4 4     Private coll. CGT, ex SPQR
5 5     Brussels SNG coll. Bar 793 = Hochard 293a, pl. 16
6 6     Fritz Rudolf Künker 49 (15/06/1999), 158 = MünzZentrum 134 (30/08/2006), 322 = MünzZentrum 136 (18/04/2007), 198
7 7     Bern: Righetti 1017
8 8     P: 222A GRPCL Nikaia-Kilbiani 1 = Hochard 292a, pl. 16
9 9     L: 1895-6-6-129, ex Lennep BMC 3
10 10     V: GR 30475
11 11     V: GR 33972 reverse legend perhaps without ƐΠΙ
12 12     Private coll. CGT = Naville Numismatics 52 (22/09/2019), 820
13 13     B: B-I KM 175, no. 1 = GRPCL Nikaia-Kilbiani 4 (not illustrated)