RPC II, 281

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 281
Province Achaea
Region Thessaly
City Koinon of Thessaly
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Domitia (Augusta)
Issue Second emission: letter forms Ϲ, Ⳟ and Ɛ
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΙ
Edition Δομιτιανὸν Καίσαρα Θεσσαλοί
Translation for Domitian Caesar, the Thessalians
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right; star in field
Reverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝ
Edition Δομιτίαν Σεβαστήν
Translation for Domitia Augusta
Reverse design draped bust of Domitia, r
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 6.10 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rogers 88a–89; Burrer, pp. 173–8, 43–89
Specimens 21 (7 in the core collections)
Note Letter forms Ϲ and Ⳟ both occur in ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ and Ε, and Ϲ and Ⳟ in ΘƐϹϹΑΛΟΙ on obv. Ϲ and Ⳟ, and Ɛ and Ε in ϹƐΒΑϹΤΗΝ on rev.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     BCD
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 380, 10 Aug. 2016, lot 388 = BCD
3 3     L: 1924,1016.33
4 4     L: 1933,0214.188
5 5     P: 99
6 6     B: 709/1929
7 7     NY: 0000.999.7552
8 8     NY: 1944.100.17751
9 9     BCD
10 10     BCD
11 11     BCD
12 12     BCD
13 13     BCD
14 14     BCD
15 15     BCD
16 16     BCD
17 17     BCD
18 18     BCD
19 19     BCD
20 20     G Hunter III, p.739, no 70 'uncertain'
21 21     A. Tricarico coll.