RPC II, 2587

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2587
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue LΙ = year 10
Dating AD 90/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Δομιτιανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Δομιτ(ιανὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription L Ι
Edition ἔτους ιʹ (ἔτους) ιʹ
Translation of year 10
Reverse design canopus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.46 g
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note Milne 497b, Herakles standing with club and lion skin, LI, is not definitely Domitian or from Alexandria.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cologne Geissen 372
2 2     P: 1148 SNG 922
3 3     NY
4 4     Naville Numismatics 19, 13 Dec. 2015, lot 335
5 5     D 476
6 6     ✸ Naville Numismatics 88, 7 Apr. 2024, lot 236
7 7     A. Tricarico coll.