RPC II, 2524

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2524
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue LϚ = year 6
Dating AD 86/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Δομιτιανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Δομιτιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition ἔτους ϛʹ (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design triumphal arch
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.18 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
Note The arch appears on tetradrachms of year 6 and bronzes of years 13, 14, and 15 (as well as on coins of Trajan and Hadrian).The arch has three arcades; above, there is a statue of the emperor in a four- (2524: tetradrachms) or six- (2697, 2708, 2728-30:bronzes) horse chariot, flanked by trophies and captives. See the discussion by F.S. Kleiner, 'An Arch of Domitian in Rome on the Coinage of Alexandria', NC1989,pp. 69-81. Kleiner argues that the arch was at Rome, not Alexandria. He illustratesthe year 6 tetradrachm in NY.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.313 BMC 286
2 2     NY: 1944.100.53868
3 3     Cologne Geissen 349
4 4     D 449
5 5     O: HCR25761 M 484
6 6     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Gorny & Mosch 302, 4 Mar. 2024–5 Mar. 2025, lot 359)
7 7     CNG 127, 17 Sept. 2024, lot 387
8 8     Bonn: P.24.024