RPC II, 2773

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2773
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Oxyrhynchite (nome of Upper Egypt)
Dating L ΙΑ = year 11, AD 91/2
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ] ΘΕΟ ΥΙΟϹ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹΕΒ [ΓΕΡΜ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ θεοῦ υἰὸς Δομιτιανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός 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 [Ν]ΟΜΟϹ ΟΞΥΡΥΝΧ(Ε)ΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΑ
Edition νομὸς Ὀξυρυνχείτης ἔτους ιαʹ νομὸς Ὀξυρυνχείτης (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation nome Oxyrhynchite, of year 11
Reverse design Athena standing, right, holding sceptre (or spear?) and resting parazonium on knee raised on shield(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Reference Weber and Geissen, p. 170, note 49
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Perhaps Saite or Sethroite and not Oxyrhynchite?
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
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