RPC II, 2596

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2596
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue LΙΑ = year 11
Dating AD 91/2
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 ΙΑ
Edition ἔτους ιαʹ (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation of year 11
Reverse design Demeter standing, right, with torch and corn-ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.78 g
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note A coin in NY (12.83 g) with emperor in quadriga, r., is housed under year 11, but is perhaps of year 14 or 15? Milne also mentions coins with Athena, but none has yet been found.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cologne Geissen 383
2 2     NY
3 3     D 477 = A. Tricarico coll. ex Naville Numismatics 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 317
4 4     D 478
5 5     ✸ Naville Numismatics 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 226