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Ruler:
Hadrian (117-38)
Mint:
Ephesus
Mint:
Efes
History note: Bequeathed to Corpus by the Revd. Samuel Savage Lewis, 1891; bt Nelignan sale, Sotheby's 10.xi.1881, lot 198.
Image(height): 27.58 mm
Image(width): 26.08 mm
Method of acquisition: Loan (1991) by Corpus Christi College
117 - 138
Object composed of silver Die Axis 180 degrees Weight 11.04 g
Inscription present: Head of Hadrian right
Inscription present: Statue of Artemis Ephesia facing with polos on head and fillets dangling from wrists, in tetrastyle Ionic temple on podium, door between two Amazons and flanking windows in pediment, legend either side and in exergue
Accession number: CM.LS.1310-R
Primary reference Number: 175226
SNG: VI 1310
RIC: 2.475.6
Metcalf: 46
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Coins and Medals
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