RPC II, 1201

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1201
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Iasus
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription [ ] ΙΑΣΕΩΝ
Reverse design male figure standing, left, holding out ?
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note The figure could be Apollo holding out a branch as on RPC I, 2797 (Nero), but the object does not really look like a branch; a purse? Dräger p. 282 gives 'Hermes?'. There may be no further legend on the rev.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 760
2 2     Excavations at Iasos = S. Pennestri, ‘Monete degli scavi a Iasos’, Bolletino di Numismatica 40–43, 2003– 4, p. 273 and Tav. 1, 2 = F. Delrieux, AIIN 65 (2019), p. 86 no. 124 ('personnage nu debout de face, la tête a g., un objet indéterminé dans la main dr., une chlamyde sur l'épaule g.')