RPC II, 1338

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1338
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Magistrate Flavius Praxeas (first archon, priest of five priesthoods for life, and epemeletes)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΦΛ ΠΡΑΞΕΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΠΡ ΙΕΡΕΩϹ ΙΕΡΩϹΥΝ Ε ΔΙΑ ΒΙΟΥ, ΦΛ(ΑΒΙ) ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕ(ΩΝ)
Reverse design turreted goddess seated, left, holding animal on her knees; to left, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Cop 376, Hochard 1435-8
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 6: same obv. die.
Note The goddess is presumably Mother Anaitis, principal goddess of Philadelphia (see Robert, Monnaies grecques, cf. 1330). The description of the reverse type omitted that the seated goddess holds an animal on her knees, maybe a stag.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 976
2 2     Cop SNG 376
3 3     B: Fox
4 4     B: Löbb. KM p. 180, no. 5, pl. VI, 10
5 5     B: B-I GRMK p. 127, no. 8
6 6     NY: 1944.100.49352
7 7     Lindgren III, 501
8 8     Aufhäuser 12, 1996, lot 515
9 9     ✸ J. Clark coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     Naumann 92, 2 Aug. 2020, lot 498 = Naumann 98, 3 Jan. 2021, lot 529
12 12     A. Tricarico coll.
13 13     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 824
14 14     Bucephalus Numismatic Black 16, 24 - 25 Feb. 2023, lot 597