RPC II, 358A

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 358A
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Sestus
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ ]ΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣ[ ]
Edition [---] τιανὸς Καῖσ[---]
Translation [---]tianus Caesar [---]
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΣΗΣΤΙΩΝ
Edition Σηστίων
Translation of the Sestians
Reverse design lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 4.30 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference RPC I, 1739 (as 'Augustus (?)')
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note RPC I, 1739 was given to Augustus (?) though BMC attributed the L coin to Domitian. This attribution seems now the most likely: see M. Fox, 'Two numismatic puzzles from 1st century Sestus' in B. Ciupercă ed. ,Archaeology of the first millennium A.D. IV. Nomads and the autochtonous in the first millennium A.D. (Istros, 2015), pp. 33-47.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 16 = RPC I, 1739/1
2 2     Lischine 1197
3 3     M. Fox coll. ( = M. Fox, loc. cit., p. 44, pl. I/5)
4 4     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 1906
5 5     M. Fox coll.
6 6     M. Fox coll.
7 7     Leeds-UL: 554