RPC IV.2, 1113 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1113 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Issue 1: Without personal name but associated with the coins of Lucius Cerrinius Paetus, grammateus
Dating c. 138–140
Obverse inscription Τ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; between two temples, each in perspective, with two frontal columns and enclosed imperial statues of Vespasian and Hadrian
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Karwiese 201, BMC 235
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 235 Karwiese 201 (V16, R19)
2 2     B: v. Knobelsdorff
3 3     G: II, 333, no. 43 SNG I, no. 1704 = Karwiese 201 (R21)
4 4     Mu SNG 132 = Karwiese 201 (V17, R20)
5 5     V: GR 17173, obverse heavily tooled, obverse legend Τ ΑΙΛΙΟС ΚΑΙС ΑVG С(sic) ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟС Karwiese 201 (V18, R22)
6 6     Ephesus: 251/92 found at 'Kuretenstraßen-Kanal'
7 7     ✸ Helios Numismatik 6 (09/03/2011), 162, traces of tooling