RPC II, 2771

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2771
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Herakleopolite (nome of Upper Egypt)
Dating L ΙΑ = year 11, AD 91/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΘΕΟ ΥΙΟϹ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Θεο(ῦ) υἰὸς Δομιτ(ιανὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Son of a God Domitian Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate (corn-ears) head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΝΟΜΟϹ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΑ
Edition νόμος Ἡρακλεοπολείτης (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation Herakleopolite nome, of year 11
Reverse design Heracles standing, left, holding club and lion skin in left hand, and griffin with wheel in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.56 g
Axis 12
Reference Weber and Geissen, p. 180, no. I
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note 2-3: probably same dies, and have Ε and Σ, whereas 1 has Ɛ and Ϲ
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     D 6250 = R. Dauwe coll., ex Kölner MünzkabinettAuktion 67, 12 Nov. 1997, 512
2 2     L BMC N142
3 3     Cologne Geissen 3371
4 4     ✸ Jacquier 38, 13 Sept. 2013, lot 269
5 5     DS 10940
6 6     DS 10941
7 7     Brussels Weber and Geissen, p. 181, note 49