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Image of specimen #14 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/2490 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | II |
Number | 2490 |
Province | Egypt |
Region | Egypt |
City | Alexandria |
Reign | Domitian |
Person (obv.) | Domitian (Augustus) |
Issue | LΓ = year 3 |
Dating | AD 83/4 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ |
Edition | Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Δομιτιανὸς Σεβ(αστός) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus |
Obverse design | laureate head of Domitian, right |
Reverse inscription | ΕΤΟΥΣ ΤΡΙΤΟΥ |
Edition | ἔτους τρίτου |
Translation | of the third year |
Reverse design | bust of Isis, right |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 25 mm |
Average weight | 8.38 g |
Axis | 12 |
Specimens | 15 (14 in the core collections) |
Note | The obv. legend ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΥ ΣΕΒ occurs on NY 1944.100.53826. This is otherwise found only ontetradrachms of year 1. Perhaps an old die was inadvertently used in year 2; the diameter is the same. |