RPC II, 1979

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1979
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Year 9
Dating AD 89/90
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 ΕΝΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ ἐνάτου
Translation of the new holy year nine
Reverse design eagle with wings spread on thunderbolt to right; in right field, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 14.06 g
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 109, Prieur 146, McAlee 399
Specimens 24 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 4, 8, 13, 16, 18: same obv. die. 3, 12, 19–20: same obv. die. 6, 17: same obv. die. 14–15: same obv. die.
Note 20 coins: at least 8 obv.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 257
2 2     P: 323
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: 4484
5 5     B: Peytrignet
6 6     Cop SNG 177
7 7     NY: 1944.100.65669
8 8     NY: 1944.100.65670
9 9     Tiberias 36
10 10     Müller 21, 1977, lot 196
11 11     Müller 32, 1981, lot 310
12 12     Schulten 22–3 Apr. 1985, lot 397
13 13     H. Berk 52, 1988, lot 280 (ex H. Berk 29, 1983, lot 254)
14 14     NFA XXXI, 1993, lot 573
15 15     ✸ Giessener Münzhandlung 67, 2 May 1994, lot 463 = CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 585 (ex M. Prieur coll.)
16 16     Lanz 20, 1981, lot 513
17 17     Galerie des Monnaies SA, Genève, 10 Oct. 1977, lot 362
18 18     Hirsch 150, 1986, lot 372
19 19     H. Berk 70, 1992, lot 461 (ex Berk 64, 1990, lot 372; Berk 68, 1991, lot 382)
20 20     Glendining, 6 June 1991, lot 666
21 21     Trade Baldwin
22 22     CGT coll. (ex Münzhandlung Ritter)
23 23     A. Tricarico coll.
24 24     Goldberg 135, 18 June 2023, lot 1769