RPC II, 1506

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1506
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Attalea
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΤΤΑΛΕωΝ
Edition Ἀτταλέων
Translation of the Attaleans
Reverse design helmeted bust of Athena, right
Metal bronze
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.94 g
Axis 6
Reference Baydur 162–7, BMC 15
Specimens 10 (8 in the core collections)
Note Poor style. On 1 there seem to be three letters (?Δ, Λ and Γ) to the left, below and to the right of the portrait of Domitian. Their reading (and interpretation) is obscure (cf. RPC I, 3367 with Γ behind the head of ?Nero), though Baydur p. 41 thinks that they are 'eine Spur des Kaisernames'.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 15
2 2     B: 1393
3 3     B: 1931
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     P: 1984/727
6 6     O
7 7     C: Mossop
8 8     V: GR 19365
9 9     ✸ Naumann 61, 7 Jan. 2018, lot 455
10 10     A. Tricarico coll.