RPC II, 1978

 

Image of specimen #23

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1978
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Year 8
Dating AD 88/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Δομιτιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right, with aegis
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Η
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ ηʹ
Translation of the new holy year 8
Reverse design eagle with wings spread on thunderbolt to right; in right field, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.81 g
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 108
Specimens 24 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 13–14, 17: same obv. die. 4, 18: same obv. die. 5–6, 15–16: same obv. die. 19–20: same obv. die.
Note 20 coins, at least 9 obv. dies (single obv. dies: 1; 2; 7; 8; 12)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 255
2 2     L BMC 256
3 3     O
4 4     G Hunter III, p. 161, no. 145
5 5     P: 322
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     NY: 1944.100.65668
8 8     J-SBF
9 9     Tiberias hoard 35
10 10     Tiberias hoard 35
11 11     Tiberias hoard 35
12 12     MM list 270, Aug. 1967, lot 32
13 13     Elsen list 38, Nov. 1981, lot 28
14 14     Vecchi 10, 10 Oct. 1983, lot 321 (ex Hess 252, 1982, lot 251)
15 15     Emporium Hamburg, 10 May 1984, lot 676
16 16     Rauch 32, 1984, lot 647
17 17     Rauch 32, 1984, lot 648
18 18     Hirsch 163, 1989, lot 906
19 19     CNR/Seaby XVII, 3, 1992, lot 455
20 20     Waddell list 57, 1992, lot 177 (ex Waddell list 53, 1991, lot 124; Waddell auction IV, 19991, lot 80)
21 21     CNG 43, 1997, lot 1089
22 22     CNG 43, 1997, lot 1090
23 23     ✸ A. Tricarico coll.
24 24     A. Cahn 75, 30 May 1932, lot 386