RPC II, 1626

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1626
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Galatia
City Tavium
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ(ΝΑ) ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕ ΥΙΟΣ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ υἱὸς Σεβαστοῦ Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Δομιτιαν{α}(ὸς) Καῖσαρ υἱ(ὸς) Σεβα(στοῦ)
Translation Emperor Domitian Caesar, son of the Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΩΝ ΤΡΟΚΜΩΝ
Edition Σεβαστηνῶν Τροκμῶν Σεβαστηνῶν Τροκμῶν
Translation of the Augustan Trocmi
Reverse design Nike standing left, on globe, holding wreath and palm
Metal brass
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.81 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Note The reading ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΑ seems bizarre. There is clearly a letter after N, which was read by Lindgren as W, but seems more like an A or even a Θ. Confirmation needed with a better specimen

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG 144: Cope Collection, 8 May 2024, lot 1050 = Sternberg, XXIV, 1990, lot 253
2 2     L: 1978,0918.1
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     C SNG 5399
5 5     NY: 1944.100.62270
6 6     Oslo
7 7     Lindgren A 1688 AB
8 8     Sternberg XI, 1981, lot 379
9 9     Zeus Numismatics EA 25, 23 Oct. 2022, lot 290
10 10     A. Tricarico coll.