RPC II, 2215

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 2215
Province Judaea
Region Judaea
City Ascalon
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Year 190
Dating AD 86/7
Obverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΣΚΑΛΩ, ϘΡ/Α
Edition Ἀσκάλω(ν) ϙραʹ
Translation Ascalon, 190
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, on prow with standard and aphlaston; in left field incense altar; in right field dove standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.92 g
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Note According to M. Robinson, all these coins are dated year 190, not 191, and written QP/A, 190 first half. On coins 1 and 5 there is plenty of space for three letters if they had needed them. 190/A would then follow on immediately from the previous issue of 189/B.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0518.1
2 2     P: 107
3 3     NY: 1944.100.63214 SNG 699
4 4     Schulten, 22 Apr. 1985, lot 396
5 5     Sofaer 84 (ex Rosenberger 117)
6 6     ✸ Markov The New York Sale XLII, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 328 (ex Ira and Larry Goldberg Coins and Collectibles 98, 6 June 2017, lot 1715)
7 7     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Tauler & Fau 129, 22 June 2023, lot 1341)
8 8     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Aphrodite Art Coins 14, 30 Sep. 2023, lot 529)