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Coin of Ephesus with bust of Antoninus Pius
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 138–161
Mint: Asia: Ionia, Ephesus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 36.5 mm. Weight: 31.63 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1984.422
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Antoninus Pius to left.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Jupiter Pluvius seated right, throne on rock; he holds thunderbolt in left hand and with right pours rain on mountain-god Pion, recumbent at lower right. At lower left, kneeling female figure with head against rock. Cypress trees in landscape.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Jupiter Pluvius seated right, throne on rock; he holds thunderbolt in left hand and with right pours rain on mountain-god Pion, recumbent at lower right. At lower left, kneeling female figure with head against rock. Cypress trees in landscape.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1982: with Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1100, 1050 Seventeenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (Auction 1, Barbizon Plaza Hotel, 106 Central Park South, New York City, December 9, 1982, lot 192); purchased by MFA from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., September 12, 1984