RPC IV.2, 2380 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2380 (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 ΙΕΡΑ ΑΠΗΜΗ (or ΑΠΗΝΗ, sic) ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Edition ἱερὰ ἀπήμη Ἐφεσίων
Translation sacred wagon of the Ephesians
Reverse design sacred covered wagon drawn by four mules, right; within, driver
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.60 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Karwiese 225–6
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Weber 5877 = Karwiese 225 (V20, R64), reverse legend with ΑΠΗΝΗ(sic)
2 2     B: I-B Karwiese 225 (R64A), reverse legend with ΑΠΗΝΗ(sic)
3 3     Mu SNG 134, reverse legend with ΑΠΗΝΗ(sic)
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.46101, reverse legend with ΑΠΗΝΗ(sic)
6 6     V: GR 17174 reverse legend with ΑΠΗΜΗ(sic)
7 7     Lindgren III, 355, misreading obverse legend as 'ΑΙΛΙΟС'
8 8     Brisbane: 1803 Roma Numismatics Electronic Sale 1 (31/08/2013), 338
9 9     G. Hirsch 179 (21/09/1993), 956, pl. 40 = Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 614, pl. 31 = Roma Numismatics 4 (30/09/2012), 2171 = Karwiese 226 (V21, R65), reverse legend with ΑΠΗΜΗ(sic)
10 10     Triton 15 (03/01/2012), 1388, reverse legend with ΑΠΗΝΗ(sic)
11 11     Ödemiş: Inv. 2002-49 SNG Turkey 7.I, no. 51, worn, both legends obscure
12 12     Missere 308, reverse legend with ΑΠΗΝΗ(sic)