RPC II, 2817

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2817
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Corycus
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus) ; Domitia (Augusta)
Magistrate Orontes
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤΟ]ΚΡΑ (below) ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ (above)
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Δομιτιανός
Translation Emperor Domitian
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right, facing had of Domitia, left
Reverse inscription ΚΟΡΥΚΙ/ΩΤΩΝ (in l. field) ΟΡΟΝΤΟΥ (in r. field)
Edition Κορυκιωτῶν Ὀρόντου
Translation of the Corycians, of Orontes
Reverse design Athena wearing helmet and chition advancing right, head left, extending her right arm and holding shield on left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.21 g
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Note The attribution to Corycus, which was guessed in RPC II, is now secure.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Hirsch 165, 1990, lot 760
2 2     cast in BM
3 3     M. Fox coll.
4 4     A. Tricarico coll.
5 5     Private coll.
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 374