RPC IV.2, 3005 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3005 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Miletus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Alliance with Smyrna
Dating c. 147–161
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Αντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΜΕΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition Μειλησίων Σμυρναίων
Translation of the Milesians and Smyrnaeans
Reverse design turreted Amazons of Miletus (on left) and Smyrna (on right), standing, facing each other, clasping hands, each holding double axe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 29.22 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Roch XVIII.3, Franke & Nollé 1284-1284A
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 35768 (Medaillon)
2 2     ✸ Yale: 2004.6.209, ex PRF
3 3     Falghera 915, under 'Ephesus' = R. Martini and E. Winsemann Falghera, Annotazioni Numismatiche 5 (1992), pp. 87–8, under 'Ephesus'
4 4     Ex PRF = Lanz 78 (23/11/1996), 640 = Franke & Nollé 1284A, pl. 59