RPC II, 2645

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2645
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 sphinx, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.84 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)
Note Demeter standing, r. (O508), has an illegible obv. and is probably not Domitian. Milne also mentions coins with canopus and with elephant (= rhinoceros?), but none has yet been found.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR34096 M 509
2 2     L: 1838,0210.115.X BMC 336
3 3     Cologne Geissen 395
4 4     D 570 = Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 232
5 5     D 572 = Naville Numismatics 26, 23 Oct. 2016, lot 136
6 6     P: 1167
7 7     D 573
8 8     A. Tricarico coll.
9 9     Naville Numismatics 72, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 255
10 10     ✸ Naville Numismatics 76, 2 Oct. 2022, lot 185 = Leu EA 24, 3 Dec. 2022, lot 2379
11 11     Naville Numismatics 83, 30 July 2023, lot 264
12 12     Leu WA 33, 15 Mar. 2025, lot 1839