Antoninus Pius AE 35mm of Ephesos, Ionia. AD 138-161. Magistrate L. C. Paetus. Struck AD 138-140. 28.29 g.

T AILIOC KAICAR ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
KAYCTROC KENXREIOC EPI PAITOY EFECIWN, cult image of Artemis Ephesia standing front, kalathos on head, and with supports, between river-gods Kaystros, reclining right, and Kenchrios, reclining left, each resting arm on urn from which water flows. 

Unpublished for this magistrate. Var of BMC 236 and Karwiese 200 (rev. legend).

wwxls 43810; TLA 0625-2908.

With permission of Timeline Auctions June 2025, lot 2908.