RPC II, 1631

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1631
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Year 95
Dating AD 92/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΩ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹ ΓΕΡ[?Μ]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορι) Δομιτιανῷ Καῖσαρ(ι) Σεβασ(τῷ) Γερμ(ανικῷ)
Translation to Emperor Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right, with small aegis (?)
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹϹΕΙΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΕϘ
Edition Ἀμασσείας ἔτους εϙʹ
Translation of Amasea, of year 95
Reverse design view of city in front of two mountain summits; eight towers can be seen; in centre, temple with four columns; to left, tomb (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.69 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 11
Reference Rec —, Dalaison, Domitien 16–19
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1632/1–3.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 31633 Dalaison 16a and Pl. 2
2 2     L: 1974,0102.18 M. Price and B. Trell, Coins and their Cities (1977), fig. 162: rev. = Dalaison 18c
3 3     B: 677/1919 Dalaison 18b
4 4     Mu
5 5     Peus 366, M. Burstein coll., 29 Oct. 2000, lot 475 = Dalaison 17a and Pl. 2
6 6     Solidus Summer 32, 28 July 2018, lot 136
7 7     R. Becker coll.
8 8     R. Hoppensteadt coll.
9 9     ✸ Rönesans Salzgitter 3, 22 July 2023, lot 323
10 10     CNG EA 550, 15 Nov. 2023, lot 354
11 11     Nomos Obolos Webauction 31, 21 Apr. 2024, lot 437