cn type 16734

Obverse

Design: Laureate head of Domitian, right.
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Reverse

Design: to left, Artemis (of Ephesus) with stag behind; to right, Pergamos holding long sceptre; both clasping hands.
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Metrology

Public Commentary: RPC II, 920: This 'alliance' coin of Ephesus and Pergamum has the name of a Pergamene magistrate and should therefore presumably be regarded as a coin made by Pergamum, even though no other coins of this denomination are known at Pergamum. The same denomination does, however, occur at Ephesus, and the obv. is very close to coins of Ephesus (e.g. 1070-3). The identity of the male figure is not certain, but probably Zeus (von Fritze, Pergamon, p. 102), who is attested at Pergamum in various cults, e.g. Zeus Philips, Zeus Olympios. From the second century Asclepius was the god normally chosen to symbolise Pergamum in 'alliance' coins, although on coins of Augustus the Demos of Pergamum appears with the Demos of Sardis (RPC I, 2362, cf. 2988). Dräger p. 320 with n. 10 prefers to identify the figure as Asclepius Soter.

Citation: Weisser, Die kaiserzeitliche Münzprägung von Pergamon, München 1995 nr. 5.1. T (235) ❐

Burnett et al., RPC II: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. II: From Vespasian to Domitian (AD 69-96)., London [u.a.] 1999 nr. 920 ❐

Franke and Nollé, Die Homonoia-Münzen Kleinasiens und der thrakischen Randgebiete, Saarbrücken 1997 nr. 1509-1510 ❐

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