RPC II, 1980

 

Image of specimen #34

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1980
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Year 11
Dating AD 91/2
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 ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ ἐνδεκάτου
Translation of the new holy year 11
Reverse design eagle with wings spread on thunderbolt to left, head right, with wreath in beak; in right field, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.50 g
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 110
Specimens 35 (15 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5–6, 16, 18, 21, 26: same obv. die. 2–3, 7, 12, 17, 23, 30: same obv. die. 8, 10, 25, 28: same obv. die. 9, 13, 20, 22, 27, 29: same obv. die. 11, 24: same obv. die.
Note 31 coins: at least 6 obv. dies (4 is a single obv. die)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 258
2 2     O
3 3     O
4 4     C SNG 4876
5 5     G Hunter III, p. 162, no. 146
6 6     P: 324
7 7     P: 325
8 8     P: S de R
9 9     B: Löbb.
10 10     B: I-B
11 11     B: 223/1961
12 12     V
13 13     J-SBF
14 14     Tiberias 37
15 15     Tiberias 37
16 16     NY: 1944.100.65671
17 17     NY: 1944.100.65672
18 18     NY: 1984.88.24
19 19     Butcher coll.
20 20     E. Cahn XXXI, 1934, lot 284
21 21     Hess-Leu 41, 1969, lot 159
22 22     Seaby's Bulletin, June 1973, lot A 604
23 23     Peus 296, 1978, lot 430
24 24     Bowers and Ruddy 1980, lot 360
25 25     MM 61, 1982, lot 171
26 26     Müller 56, 1987, lot 257
27 27     Auctiones AG 17, 1988, lot 378 (ex MM list 488, May 1986, lot 26; Auctiones AG 15, 1985, lot 368)
28 28     MünzZentrum 70, 1990, lot 494 (ex MünzZentrum 53, 1984, lot 1943)
29 29     Hirsch 187, 1994, lot 688
30 30     MM list 600, Sept. 1996, lot 55
31 31     CNG 43, 1997, lot 1091
32 32     CNG EA 437, 6 Feb. 2019, lot 347 (ex M. Prieur coll.)
33 33     A. Tricarico coll.
34 34     ✸ A. Tricarico coll.
35 35     Boston: 60.1150