RPC II, 2629A

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2629A
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 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
Translation of year 11
Reverse design Harpocrates standing right, finger in mouth and resting stomach on column, on which he places cloak and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.63 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note The design is not absolutely clear: 'Harpokrates in piede a d.; porta skhent, l'indice della d. alla bocca , il gomito s. appoggiato ad una colonna che gli sia davanti, sulla quale tiene chlamys e cornucopiae' (Dattari). The year is not clear on either D 498 or D 499, but Dattari is followed here, in view of the other Harpokrates coins from the same year.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     D 499
3 3     ✸ A. Tricarico coll.