RPC II, 353

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 353
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Cos XIIII
Dating AD 88/9
Obverse inscription IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Domit(ianus) Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus) Co(n)s(ul) XIIII Cens(or) per(petuus) P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian, Augustus, Germanicus, consul for the fourteenth time, perpetual censor, father of the fatherland
Obverse design radiate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟ-ΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Φιλιπποπολειτῶν
Translation of the Philippopolitans
Reverse design Ares wearing helmet standing, left, holding shield and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.26 g
Axis 5, 6, 7
Reference Mouchmov 8, Varbanov, Philippopolis 15–18, Domitian II.2
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)
Note see https://www.academia.edu/39370521/The_Start_of_the_Coinage_of_Philippopolis_under_Domitian
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18247987, 259/1896
2 2     V: GR 8964
3 3     Lindgren 837
4 4     Künker 133, 11–12 Oct. 2007, lot 7828 (ex Künker 24, 10–12 Mar. 1992, lot 323
5 5     Empire 71, 1994, lot 54
6 6     Freeman and Sear 2, 1996, lot 497
7 7     Milan cast in Winterthur
8 8     Milan Lischine = cast in Winterthur
9 9     CNG EA 375, 1 June 2016, lot 505
10 10     Auctiones eA 49, 26 June 2016, lot 32
11 11     Auktionshaus Felzmann 157, 8–9 Nov. 2016, lot 52
12 12     Emporium Hamburg 85, 8 May 2019, lot 332
13 13     A. Tricarico coll.
14 14     A. Tricarico coll.