RPC II, 1059

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1059
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nicaea Cilbianorum
Reign Uncertain
Issue No 'magistrate's' name
Dating perhaps period of Domitian?
Obverse inscription ΚΙΛΒΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Κιλβιανῶν
Translation of the Cilbiani
Obverse design laureate head, right
Reverse inscription ΤΩΝ ΠΕΡΙ ΝΙΚΕΑ
Edition τῶν περὶ Νίκεα(ν)
Translation of the (Cilbiani) near Nicaea
Reverse design six corn-ears in a bundle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.94 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 1
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note Poppy now deleted. The head has been identified as 'Domitian(?)' in BMC and does look very like his portrait. Imhoof-Blumer's only comment about the date is 'Prägezeit vor Sept. Severus'; he interpreted the obv. as 'jugendlicher Kopf des Herakles (?)', but Heracles is not known at Cilbia. A date in this period is suggested by the form of the city's name (used from Domitian to Commodus: hence presumably Imhoof-Blumer's comment) and mainly by layout of the rev. legend (starting at seven o'clock).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1
2 2     P: 220 Imhoof-Blumer, NZ 1888, p. 8, no. 6, pl. I, 2
3 3     ✸ CGT coll. = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 41, 6 Mar. 2016, lot 515
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 92 Blue, 19-20 Dec. 2020, lot 1258)
6 6     Savoca 93rd Silver Auction, 17 Jan. 2021, lot 324