Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
AR27 - Hadrian DIA-NA, EPHESIA
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Ephesus |
|---|---|
| Year | 117-138 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, seen from the rear, with beard rendered in fine detail characteristic of Hadrianic portraiture. The emperor's drapery falls over the left shoulder in a paludamentum arrangement. A circular Latin legend surrounds the effigy in the field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Tetrastyle temple set upon a podium of three or four steps, within which stands the cult statue of Artemis Ephesia (Diana of Ephesus) depicted frontally in the distinctive multi-breasted or multi-orbed iconographic type. The architectural rendering shows columns with Ionic capitals and a pediment above. The reverse legend is divided across the field identifying the deity and cult centre. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Ephesus, Ionia, modern-day Selçuk, Turkey |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |