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Coin of Ephesus in alliance with Pergamum and Smyrna with bust of Antoninus Pius
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 138–161
Mint: Asia: Ionia and Mysia, Smyrna, Pergamum and Ephesus (Alliance)
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 36 mm. Weight: 24.50 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.229
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Cult-image of Artemis Ephesia flanked by a Nemesis at the left and Asklepios at the right.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Cult-image of Artemis Ephesia flanked by a Nemesis at the left and Asklepios at the right.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXI, no. 248); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., March 20, 1963