RPC II, 1110

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1110
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nysa
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ
Edition Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, with aegis, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΗ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟϹ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΥ ΝΥϹΑ(ΕΩΝ)
Edition Νείκη αὐτοκράτορος Δομιτιανοῦ Νυσαέων
Translation Victory of Emperor Domitian, of the Nysaeans
Reverse design helmeted winged figure standing, left, holding out patera and resting spear on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.19 g
Axis 6
Reference Regling, Nysa 65
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note The reverse figure is presumably supposed to be Nike (hence the inscription), but with elements of Minerva (helmet, spear on shield). As Minerva was Domitian's patron goddess the representation is perhaps therefore indeed 'Victory of the emperor Domitian'.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ H.I. coll.
2 2     P: 843
3 3     P: Ephesus 662
4 4     B: 534/1900
5 5     Hirsch 183, 20 Sept. 1994, lot 1041 (as 'Cilbiani Inferiores') = Numismatik Naumann 52, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 1169
6 6     Lepczyk 54, 1983, lot 581
7 7     Kölner Münzkabinett 107, 7 Oct. 2017, lot 149