RPC II, 1018

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1018
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Mestrius Florus (proconsul)
Dating c. AD 87/8
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right (drapery on left shoulder)
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Λ ΜΕϹΤΡΙΟΥ ΦΛΩΡΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ, ΖΜΥΡ
Reverse design Smyrna seated, left, holding up small temple and with double axe
Metal brass
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Klose XXXVIII B, C; Stumpf 412
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
Note Another specimen seems to have only the legend ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ[ ] around the type: Münster University (= Klose XXXVIII C).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.1779 vA 7998
2 2 –7     see Klose
8 8     ✸ A. Tricarico coll.
9 9     Münster: M 1149