RPC II, 2518

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2518
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue LΕ = year 5
Dating AD 85/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ, L Ε
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Δομιτιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) (ἔτους) ἐʹ
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, of year 5
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription
Reverse design hawk standing, right, with headdress
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 3.86 g
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.96 BMC 331
2 2     L: 1950,1006.25 BMC 2753
3 3     Cologne Geissen 344
4 4     D 620
5 5     ✸ Naville Numismatics 74, 19 June 2022, lot 255
6 6     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Emporium Hamburg 46, 2001, lot 194; Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 195)