RPC II, 2780

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 2780
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Sebennyte (nome of Lower 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 ϹΕΒΕΝΝΥ]ΤΗϹ, L ΙΑ
Edition Νόμος Σεβεννύτης (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation Nome Sebennyte, of year 11
Reverse design Ares standing, right, holding spear and parazonium; to left, stag
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Reference Weber and Geissen, p. 311, note 36
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The reading is very dubious, and the coin is very like 2781, if not the same. Weber and Geissen also incline to an attribution to the Sethroite nome.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Osnabrück J. Friedländer, ‘Nomenmünzen Domitian’s’, Berliner Blätter für Münz-, Siegel- und Wappenkunde 4 (I868), pp. 29–34, at p. 31 with Taf. XLII.3 [Line drawing]