RPC II, 2484


Image of specimen #7

Coin type
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Volume	II
Number	2484
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Domitian
Person (obv.)	Domitian (Augustus)
Issue	LΒ = year 2
Dating	AD 82/3
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ
Edition	Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Δομιτιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription	ΕΤΟΥΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΥ
Edition	ἔτους δευτέρου
Translation	of year two
Reverse design	eagle standing, right, on thunderbolt
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	8.88 g
Axis	12
Specimens	8 (8 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L	BMC 319	25				Show
2	2	G: 182						Show
3	3	P: D 1076			11.06			Show
4	4	P: 1112			6.83			Show
5	5		A. Tricarico coll.	24.7	9.05	12		Show
6	6		D 583 = Naville Numismatics 69, 14 Nov. 2021, lot 194	25	8.37		obv. reading with ΓΕΡΜ accepted by Buttrey, Chronology pp. 55-6. No confirming piece has yet been found. See also RPC II, 2488. But see now comments on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/7176. This is a 'normal' coin of year 2.	Show
7	7 ✸		Naville Numismatics 83, 30 July 2023, lot 259	24.1	10.43			Show
8	8		Naville Numismatics 84, 8 Oct. 2023, lot 237	24.5	7.53			Show