RPC II, 2570

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2570
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue LΙ = year 10
Dating AD 90/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Δομιτ(ιανὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design head of Domitian wreathed with corn, right, aegis by neck
Reverse inscription ΑΘΗΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ, L Ι
Edition Ἀθηνᾶ Σεβαστὴ (ἔτους) ιʹ
Translation Athena Augusta of year 10
Reverse design Athena standing, left, with corn-ears and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 13.55 g
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (5 in the core collections)
Note Cop 213 describes a diobol with 'Zeus Ammon r., disk on head (damaged)': ·perhapstooled from something else?
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR34077 M 496
2 2     L: 1854,1227.7 BMC 288
3 3     L BMC 289
4 4     Cologne Geissen 369
5 5     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Mabbott 3308; Malloy XIV, 1979, lot 108 ; Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 198)