ephesus

[AlfaOmega]

This ae 23 raises some questions.
It should be Antoninus Pius on the right after two letters I don't understand, I read well: ANTΛNEINON.
On the reverse, the legend takes me to the city of Ephesus.
EΦECIVM IONT.
The two Omegas were replaced in the legends on the obverse with a Λ on the reverse with a V.
The iconography of the reverse a Tyche does not have the rudder, but an olive branch?
final deduction could it be a coeval imitation? I did not find this type on the net.
I kindly ask you what you think of my theory. Thanks Roberto

[shanxi]

I'm not so sure about the missing rudder. There are two straight lines with an angle of about 30deg left of Tyche which might be the remains of a rudder.

Also it might be Marcus Aurelius. The short legend K Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝοϹ fits better than the longer legend of Antoninus Pius.

e.g. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/11481

Nevertheless I haven't found an example with anti-clockwise reverse legend.

[AlfaOmega]

Thanks i Think you're right, i still nave the doubt of the two Omega hot appropriate.
Then Marcus Aurelius

[OldMoney]

I think shanxi is correct in suggesting this to be Marcus Aurelius,
however I think that this is a contemporary copy that has been
blundered by whomever it was responsible for its manufacture.

The reverse legend is a reversed and partially inverted version of
the typically encountered: "ЄΦЄϹΙΩΝ B ΝЄOΚ". Neither side has
been fully detailed as one would expect from an original.

There are a couple of additional variants on RPC (and Karwiese)
to that presented by shanxi, but the basic types are the same.

- Walter

[AlfaOmega]

OldMoney

So you also suggest that it is a contemporary imitative, as I had also thought.
Thanks and regards Roberto