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]
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right, with small aegis (?)
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹϹΕΙΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΕϘ
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
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)

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