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A bronze provincial coin of the empress Julia Domna showing Artemis of Ephesus. Coin Type: AE17 of Julia Domna, 193-218 CE
Mint and Date: Tabala in Lydia, 193-218 CE
Size and Weight: 17mm, 3.25g
Obverse: IOVΛIA CЄBACTH
Draped bust right.
Reverse: TABA - ΛЄΩN
Cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing facing, wearing polos and veil; arms held out and supported by ornamented props; the forepart of a stag under each arm, facing outwards.
Ref: SNG Cop —; BMC —; SNG Cop —; SNG von Aulock —; SNG München —; SNG Tübingen —; SNG Leypold —.
Provenance: numismatiklanz (eBay), February 2011.
BW Ref: 048 052 167
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Note: References for this coin do not seem to exist, at least in the two specimens I could find on line (this coin being one). The other specimen is here, from Numismatik Lanz München auction 128 (22 May 2006), lot 561: Domna Tabala.

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