RPC II, 2697

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2697
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue LΙΓ = year 13
Dating AD 93/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΘΕΟ(Υ) ΥΙΟϹ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) θεοῦ υἰὸς Δομιτ(ιανὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Son of the Divine Domitian Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΓ
Edition (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation of year 13
Reverse design triumphal arch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.67 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note The arch appears on tetradrachms of year 6 and bronzes of years 13, 14, and 15 (as well as on coins of Trajan and Hadrian).The arch has three arcades; above, there is a statue of the emperor in a four- (2524: tetradrachms) or six- (2697, 2708, 2728-30:bronzes) horse chariot, flanked by trophies and captives. See the discussion by F. S. Kleiner, 'An Arch of Domitian in Rome on the Coinage of Alexandria', NC 1989,pp. 69-81. Kleiner argues that the arch was at Rome, not Alexandria. He illustratesthe year 6 tetradrachm in NY.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     D 541
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.53983
3 3     NY