RPC II, 1976

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1976
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Year 2
Dating AD 81/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Δομιτιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right, with aegis
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Β
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ βʹ
Translation of the new sacred year 2
Reverse design eagle with wings spread on thunderbolt to right; in right field, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.33 g
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 106
Specimens 19 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 6, 13: same obv. die. 2, 11–12, 14–15, 17: same obv. die. 4, 10: same obv. die. 5, 7: same obv. die.
Note 17 coins, at least 7 obv. dies (single obv. dies: 3; 8; 16)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1922,0305.2
2 2     G Hunter III, p. 161, no. 144 and pl. LXXII, 17
3 3     P: 320
4 4     P: Chandon 1841
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     NY
7 7     Bern SNG Schweiz II Righetti 1938
8 8     J-SBF
9 9     Tiberias hoard 33
10 10     Prieur coll.
11 11     Prieur coll. = Gilmore, SNC LXXXVIII, 11, Nov. 1980, p. 403, fig. 6
12 12     Butcher coll.
13 13     Emporium Hamburg 4, 11 Apr. 1985, lot 84
14 14     Empire FPL 46, June 1989, lot 31
15 15     CNG XXVII, 1993, lot 1297
16 16     Gorny 67, 1994, lot 462
17 17     SNC CII, 2, Mar. 1994, lot 834
18 18     CNG 43, 1997, lot 1087
19 19     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex CGB Live Auction, 1June 2015, lot bpv141599)