RPC IV.2, 1124 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1124 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Issue 2
Dating 138–161
Obverse inscription Τ ΑΙΛ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Titus Aelius Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΝΑϹ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Edition Μάρνας Ἐφεσίων
Translation Marnas, of the Ephesians
Reverse design in centre, river-god Marnas (youthful) reclining, left, holding poppy between two ears of corn and cornucopia; to left, Nymph seated, right, extending left arm; both resting on water-urns; to right, Nike standing, left, crowning Marnas
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 28.48 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 237, FM 279, no. 265
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 705 FM 279, no. 265, pl. IX.4 (rev.) = O. Benndorf, Forschungen in Ephesos I (Vienna, 1906), p. 67, fig. 22 = Karwiese 237 (V24, R82), reverse with traces of tooling
2 2     Ephesus: 186/80 found at 'Hanghaus 2'