RPC II, 2484


Image of specimen #7

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/2484 json ttl rdf xml
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
Obverse design	laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription	ΕΤΟΥΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΥ
Reverse design	eagle standing, right, on thunderbolt
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
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