RPC II, 1782

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1782
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Year 142 (BMP)
Dating AD 95/6
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜ[ ]
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right, with small aegis
Reverse inscription ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ, ΦΙΛΩΤΑ / ΘΕΟΔΟϹ (in r. field), ΒΜΡ (in l. field)
Reverse design Athena Alkidemos, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference Levante 1702, Haymann 31
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note The obv. legend should be ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΜΟϹ ϹΕΒΑ[ ]. [ ]ΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ can be read on 3, while ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑ[ ] can be read on 1. The complete legend would presumably have been something like ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Levante 1702 = CNG EA 121, 24 Aug. 2005, lot 113
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     Winterthur: G 6456
4 4     H. Wells collection (cast in Winterthur)
5 5     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Bucephalus 6, 12 June 2022, lot 682)