RPC II, 2556

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2556
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 Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Δομιτιανός Σεβ(αστός) Γερμ(ανικὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design Apis-bull standing, right, before, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 6.88 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex D 579 = Naville 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 258)
2 2     NY
3 3     L: 1862,0614.100 BMC 314
4 4     P: 1142