RPC II, 1055 (forgery)

Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
City Nicaea Cilbianorum 
Region Lydia
Reign Domitian
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ[ ]
Obverse design bare (?) head of Domitian, right, facing draped bust of Domitia, left
Reverse inscription ΚΙΛΒΙ[ ] ΠΕΡ ΝΕΙΚΕΑΝ
Reverse design figure (Eirene?) standing, left, leaning on column, holding branch

Coin no. 1 of RPC II, 1055 (forgery)

 

Museum Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France)
Inventory no. 232
Reference Imhoof-Blumer, 'Die Münzen der Kilbianer in Lydien', NZ 20 (1888), no. 12, reading ΑΥΤ Κ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ C(Ɛ).
Diameter 19
Weight 7.91
Axis 6
Note This coin is a forgery, with an implausible obv. legend, and indeed it has been tooled from a similar coin of Hadrian and Sabina. It was originally struck from the same dies as BMC 8
External URI https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85168859 
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