RPC II, 2775

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2775
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Memphite (nome of Lower 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 ΝΟΜΟϹ ΜΕΝΦΕΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΑ
Edition νόμος Μενφείτης ἔτους ιαʹ νόμος Μενφείτης (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation Memphite nome, of year 11
Reverse design Isis standing, right, holding sceptre and uraeus (?); behind her, Apis bull
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.69 g
Reference Weber and Geissen, p. 213, no. Ι.1
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note Description of rev. is uncertain; the one given here is just a translation of D, but it looks rather different from 2-3. A. Geissen (in litt.) wonders if the 'bull' might just be a 'pedestal? with snake'. Legend too is not certain, as Friedländercommented, but MEN- is clear on 2, and the letters EITHC on 1, so legend given here seems most likely at the moment. The design (if as described) continued under Trajan (D6296), and both MEM- (as on 2776) and MEN- occur later.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     D 6294 = Naville 50, 23 June 2019, lot 336
2 2     ✸ B J. Friedländer, ‘Nomenmünzen Domitian’s’, Berliner Blätter für Münz-, Siegel- und Wappenkunde 4 (I868), p. 30, with Taf. XLII.1 (line drawing): NOMOC MEN(ΦI)THC)
3 3     B: 28798
4 4     DS p. 303, n.d. = Naville Numismatics 72, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 393 = Naville Numismatics 100, 22 Feb. 2026, lot 473