RPC IV.2, 1118 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1118 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Alliance with Pergamum; Smyrna
Issue Issue 2
Dating 138–161
Obverse inscription Τ ΑΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Titus Aelius Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΖΜΥΡ ΠΕΡΓ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝ (Ζ may be reversed)
Edition Ζμυρ(ναίων) Περγ(αμηνῶν) Ἐφεσίων ὁμον(ία)
Translation concord of the Smyrnaeans, Pergamenes, and Ephesians
Reverse design in centre, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; to left, Nemesis standing, right, plucking chiton, holding cubit rule; beside her, wheel; to right, Asclepius standing, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.07 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Karwiese 271, Franke & Nollé 305–11, Kampmann 108, no. 45, BMC 403–4
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 403
2 2     L: BMC 404
3 3     P: 691 Karwiese 271 (R134)
4 4     ✸ P: 692
5 5     O
6 6     Peus 366 (29/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 613, pl. 31
7 7     Mu: 94a Franke & Nollé 309, pl. 18 = Kampmann 108, no. 45, pl. 4 (V17, R42), authenticity doubtful: cast
8 8     C: Leake 7985, Suppl., p. 79.3, as 'Caracalla', under 'Pergamus and Symrna', and as 'Asclepius between two Nemeses'
9 9     Roma Numismatics 7 (22/03/2014), 868 = Roma Numismatics Electronic Sale 26 (30/04/2016), 403
10 10     Fritz Rudolf Künker 193 (26/09/2011), 743