Help ID the CITY of a Roman Provincial - ΑΡΤ?

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Thanks in advance for anyone who can help me ID the City that this tiny Roman Provincial is from. It measures 11mm and weighs 1.5g.

 

The obverse certainly seems to feature the name and likeness of [Marcus] Aurelius.

 

The reverse looks like it features a goat or deer. I think the letters that appear to the side are ΑΡΤ in Greek, but I don‘t know what CITY it is from.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

 

 Pictures cropped 

 [11mm / 1.5g] 

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

 Rather than ΑΡΤ maybe it is ΑΡΓ 

as part of ΒΑΡΓΥ on the right, with the unseen 

part on the left of picture having ΛΙΗΤΩΝ there, 

making the Mint as 

 

ΒΑΡΓΥ
ΛΙΗΤΩΝ

Mint - Bargylia, Caria, Turkey 

 

 Maybe. 

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

That’s genius! And the central device of the stag is certainly consistent. Now I’ve just got to see if they minted a tiny coin for Aurelius. My usual resource shows very few Roman Provincials for Bargylia, and none for Aurelius.

 

Thank you for the excellent lead / suggestion!!

 This is still not the same, but is similar 

https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/marcus_aurelius/_ephesos_Karwiese_308.jpg 

Ephesus. Marcus Aurelius AE19. M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / 

EΦECIΩN BN, stag standing right. Karwiese 308; Paris 734 and 738; 

SNG Munich 144-145 corr. (obv legend); Leypold 566; SNG Turkey VII, 53; Istanbul 6314; SNG Leipzig 106. 

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352921720847 

 That shows - Septimius Severus 193AD Ephesus Ionia Stag Authentic Ancient Roman Coin - 

so is not a likeness of [Marcus] Aurelius - but is similar. Also no APT lettering on reverse. 

 Though on obverse the lettering does end in O letter - or is it a G from AVG maybe?  

 

 

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

I think you need to brush up on your Greek, ZacUK. 😛 On the obverse of the Septimius Severus coin, the legend on the right side is ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ (Severus), with the final Ϲ on the other side of his neck.

The obverse of Callicles’ coin says ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟ[Ϲ], which would transliterate to Aurelius. However, several emperors used this name on their coins, including Septimius Severus. Some of Antoninus Pius’ coins show a young Marcus Aurelius.

The reverse seems to say ΑΡΤ, but this is not necessarily a mint mark. It could instead stand for Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt. The stag could symbolize Artemis.

It’s getting very late at night for me here, but I hope this helps put you on the right track.

 Anyone good with computers? 

What symbol do they see in the above reply - 

as all I see is a   ?   in a box … 

 

 Then secondly what setting / program do I need to show it? 

 

 Guessing that would also be connected to only seeing some Emojis in the Reply box - 

where of the 60 on the first part, here are only 26 shown, for some reason. 

 

 Lastly, were they coloured yellow - either in that selection or on the page? 

 

 Anyway, it is not a question of brushing up - 

apart from me not knowing Greek in the first place - 

it is trying to read any lettering on a well-used coin !! 

 Thanks for the actual lettering - I added it over the first picture 

 

  😊 

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

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