RPC II, 1076

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1076
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus) ; Domitia (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Δομιτία Σεβαστή
Translation Domitian Caesar, Domitia Augusta
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right, facing draped bust of Domitia, left
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΗ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΥ ΕΦΕ
Edition Νείκη Δομιτιανοῦ Ἐφε(σίων)
Translation Victory of Domitian, of the Ephesians
Reverse design Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm
Metal bronze
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.31 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 220; Cop 383; Karwiese 126
Specimens 18 (11 in the core collections)
Note There is a very strange looking coin in Berlin (B-I, 27 mm, 14.21 g) with same obverse and similar reverse design, but accompanied by the legend ΕΦΕ ΝΕΙΚΗ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΥ: note the different form of E and the way that the abbreviated name of the city is incorporated in the inscription around the design, rather than being in the field, as usual. In addition Nike's raised hand is empty. It looks as if it has been very much altered, but it is hard to explain the large flan, unless perhaps it has been completely remade from something else.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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