RPC II, 2781


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	II
Number	2781
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Domitian
Person (obv.)	Domitian (Augustus)
Issue	Sethroite (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	ΣΑΘΡΩΙΤΗΣ ΝΟΜΟΣ, L ΙΑ
Edition	Σαθρώιτης νομὸς (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation	Sethroite nome, of year 11
Reverse design	Ares standing, right, holding sceptre and parazonium; to right, a cat(?)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	16.00 g
Reference	Weber and Geissen, p. 329, no. I
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Note	See also 2780.
Correction	Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				D 6386	27			'[L Ι]Δ (sic), but surely L ΙΑ. See also 2780. Weber and Geissen: 'Uns scheint als Lesun der Rs.-Legende CΑΘΡΩΙΤΗC [ΝΟΜΟΣ] (mit rundem Sigma) moeglich'.	Show
2	2				El Kaysar coll.	27	16.00		the rev. legend seems to end [ ]ΤΗΣ, and the figure is similar to the Dattari coin	Show