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AR28 - Hadrian DIANA EPHESIA
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed and draped bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, rendered in the idealized Hellenistic portrait style typical of his reign. The emperor's hair is shown in the characteristic short, curling locks with a slight fringe over the forehead. The circular legend HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P runs around the periphery in incuse Latin characters. The portrait displays fine relief work with naturalistic facial features including a gently aquiline nose and slight beard, consistent with Hadrianic coinage produced at the Ephesus mint. |
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| Reverse description | Full frontal cult statue of Artemis Ephesia (Diana Ephesia) standing upright on a low base, depicted in the canonical xoanon form with the body tightly wrapped in a decorated garment covered with multiple rows of ovoids or egg-shaped pendants representing her fertility attributes. The goddess wears a mural crown or kalathos on her head, and her forearms are extended horizontally to each side. Flanking columns or elaborate supports with hanging drapery are visible on either side of the figure, faithfully reproducing the famous cult image housed in the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. The legend DIANA EPHESIA is divided in two lines across the field, one word to each side of the figure. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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