IONIA, Ephesus. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (35mm, 24.84 g, 6h). Good Fine.

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Lot: 570. Estimated: $ 100

Roman Provincial, Bronze

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IONIA, Ephesus. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (35mm, 24.84 g, 6h). Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Octastyle temple enclosing statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing, wearing calathus, having supports; in pediment, door with two Nikai flanking. Karwiese, MvE 5, 216A (V28/R51A) = RPC IV.2 3086.4 (this coin). Brown patina with red patches, cleaning marks, smoothing, bare metal showing. Good Fine. Extremely rare, only five listed in RPC, only this coin with this pediment type.

Ex Gemini VI (10 January 2010), lot 822; Boston Museum of Fine Arts inventory no. 63.2591. Purchased from Robert E. Hecht in 1963, by the Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoe Wilbour; Arthur M. Woodward Collection (Glendining, 27 September 1962), lot 153 (part of).


Closing Date and Time: 4 October 2023 at 13:09:40 ET.

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