RPC II, 1321

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1321
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Flavius Metrodoros (strategos for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ
Edition Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian (aegis on shoulder), right
Reverse inscription (ΕΠΙ) Τ ΦΛ ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡΟΥ (ϹΤ)(ΡΑ) ΤΟ Β ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Τ(ίτου) Φλ(αουΐου) Μητροδώρου στρα(τηγοῦ) τὸ βʹ Σαρδιανῶν
Translation under Titus Flavius Metrodoros, strategos for the second time, of the Sardians
Reverse design Hephaestus standin, right, holding cantharus into which is poured wine by Dionysus seated, left; behind, thyrsus
Metal brass
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 14.66 g
Axis 8, 12
Reference BMC 128
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 1320/3.
Note For the design, see F. Brommer, 'Die kleinasiatischen Münzen mit Hephaistos', Chiron 2, 1972, pp. 531-44. Coin 1 reads ƐΠΙ Τ ΦΛ ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡΟΥ ϹΤΡΑ ΤΟ Β, coins 2-3 read Τ ΦΛ ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡΟΥ ΤΟ Β.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2034 vA 3149
2 2     L BMC 128
3 3     Mu
4 4     P: 1224
5 5     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Numisfitz 4, 8 June 2024, lot 686)