RPC II, 1507

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1507
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 with aegis, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.86 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Baydur 168–81, Cop 284
Specimens 20 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 8: same pair of dies.
Note Some of the portraits look more like Trajan than Domitian (e.g. 1507.20), so it is possible that the issue might have continued into his reign

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 349/1968
2 2     P: 184 Wa 3273
3 3     P: 185 Wa 3274
4 4     P: 185A
5 5     V: GR 32948
6 6     O
7 7     C: Mossop
8 8     Mu
9 9     Cop SNG 284
10 10     vA 4616
11 11     Lindgren 1089
12 12     Istanbul Baydur 174
13 13     A Baydur 169
14 14     A Baydur 176
15 15     A Baydur 177
16 16     A Baydur 181
17 17     Malloy 37, 1994, lot 468 = Malloy 41, 1995, lot 304 = Malloy 45, 1997, lot 338
18 18     CGT coll. (ex G. Rohde)
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     ✸ Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 986 (ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser 13, 7–8 Oct. 1997, lot 331)