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Æ25 - Antoninus Pius ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Ephesus (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered in the conventional provincial portrait style, with finely detailed wreath of laurel leaves encircling the head. The encircling Greek legend reads ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ distributed around the periphery of the flan. The portrait is modelled in moderately high relief typical of Ephesian civic coinage of the mid-second century AD. The flan is slightly irregular with a notable flaw at the upper edge. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length figure of Tyche standing to the left, draped, wearing a kalathos (cylindrical modius-like headdress) upon her head. She extends her right hand downward holding a ship's rudder, symbolising the fortune and maritime prosperity of the city of Ephesus, while her left arm cradles a cornucopia overflowing with fruits and foliage. The ethnic legend ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ is inscribed in the field to the left of the figure, identifying the issuing city. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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