RPC IV.2, 1145 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1145 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Issue Commodus as Caesar
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ΑΠΗΜΗ(sic) ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Edition ἱερὰ ἀπήμη Ἐφεσίων
Translation sacred wagon of the Ephesians
Reverse design sacred covered wagon drawn by two mules, right; within, driver
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.36 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Karwiese 361–2, BMC 251–3
Specimens 34 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 251, pl. XIII.13 (rev.) Karwiese 361 (R23)
2 2     L: BMC 252 Karwiese 361 (R22)
3 3     L: BMC 253 Karwiese 361 ('V7', R22), tooled
4 4     B: (Fox)
5 5     B: (Löbb)
6 6     O
7 7     O
8 8     P: 758 Karwiese 362 ('V1', R25)
9 9     P: 759
10 10     P: 760 Karwiese 361 (R16)
11 11     Mu SNG 150
12 12     Mu SNG 151
13 13     V: GR 30109
14 14     Trade = L. Forrer, JIAN 2 (1899), 240, no. 10
15 15     Weber 5879 = Karwiese 361 ('V6', R19), obverse tooled
16 16     vA 1892
17 17     Lindgren III, 357
18 18     Falghera 1038 = Fritz Rudolf Künker 20 (30/09/1991), 628 = Karwiese 361 (V3, R18)
19 19     V-ON Leypold I, no. 571
20 20     Ephesus: 6/96 found at 'Hanghaus 2'
21 21     H.-W. Müller [Solingen] 67 (22/02/1991), 98
22 22     Numismatik Naumann 53 (07/05/2017), 454
23 23     Vat: 60 Karwiese 361 (R15)
24 24     CNG 106 (13/09/2017), 606
25 25     V-Universität: Inv. 7090, ex coll. Schöller
26 26     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 4 (02/06/2013), 243
27 27     Ephesus: 11/90 found at 'Embolos'
28 28     Italo Vecchi 17, 550
29 29     Gorny 82 (29/04/1997), 194 = Karwiese 361 (V2, R20)
30 30     N: 8061
31 31     Tire: Inv. 90-37 SNG Turkey 5.I, no. 85
32 32     ✸ CNG 103 (14/09/2016), 572
33 33     CNG 91 (19/09/2012), 519, ex coll. Marcel Burstein
34 34     Schulten 27 (15/10/1990), 745 = G. Hirsch 183 (20/09/1994), 1262 = G. Hirsch 187 (19/09/1995), 1385