RPC II, 2474


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
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Volume	II
Number	2474
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Domitian
Person (obv.)	Domitian (Augustus)
Issue	LΒ = year 2
Dating	AD 82/3
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΥ ΣΕΒ
Obverse design	laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription	ΝΙΛΟΣ, LΒ
Reverse design	bust of Nilus, lotus on shoulder, right
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	27 mm
Axis	1
Specimens	3 (0 in the core collections)
Note	Geissen suggested that that the legend reads Ν[ΕΙ]ΛΟΣ but ΝΙΛΟΣ is now clear, as was the spelling on the coins of Titus.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	Cologne	Geissen 327	26	12.36	1		Show
2	2		DS 6713				this second specimen confirms the entry, but is insufficiently clear to help decide whether the legend is ΝΙΛΟΣ or ΝΕΙΛΟΣ	Show
3	3 ✸	Brussels: 358		27			ΝΙΛΟΣ	Show