RPC IV.2, 2251 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2251 (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 (ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ retrograde)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design temple with eight columns enclosing statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; in pediment, two Nikai supporting globe and two doors
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Karwiese 218–19
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     ✸ B: (Löbb) Karwiese 218 (R56B)
3 3     V: GR 29862 Karwiese 219 (V32, R58)
4 4     Lanz 44 (15/05/1988), 584 = Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann) 91 (05/07/2020), 887, ex private coll. Plankenhorn, Germany = Karwiese 219 (R57 in description 'R58')
5 5     Alex G. Malloy 3 (14/03/1974), 237 = CNG Electronic Auction 146 (23/08/2006), 171
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 138 (07/03/2005), 1734 = Karwiese 218 (V32, R56)
7 7     V-Universität: Inv. 7379, ex coll. Schöller Karwiese 218 (R56A)
8 8     Nomos Obolos 7 (09/07/2017), 340
9 9     Private coll.