RPC II, 2550

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2550
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue LΗ = year 8
Dating AD 88/9
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 Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design Nilus reclining, left; below, hippopotamus and lotus
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.57 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D 443 = Naville Numismatics 30, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 285
2 2     NY: 1944.100.53875
3 3     Frankfurt: 225
4 4     CNG MBS 75, 23 May 2007, lot 875
5 5     D 444
6 6     Nomos obolos 23, 12 June 2022, lot 653