RPC II, 1981

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1981
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Year 13
Dating AD 93/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΔΟΜΙ-ΤΙΑΝΟΣ 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 ΤΡΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ τρίς καὶ δέκατου
Translation of the new holy year, thrice and tenth
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 14.65 g
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 111
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die.
Note 4 coins: 2 obv. dies

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 326
2 2     NY: 1944.100.65673
3 3     Empire, 5 May 1985, lot 187
4 4     Hirsch 37, 1963, lot 413
5 5     ✸ A. Tricarico coll.