RPC II, 493

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 493
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Sarmatia
City Tyra
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟ-ΜΕΤΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Καῖσαρ Δομετιανός Καῖσαρ Δομετιανός
Translation Caesar Domitian
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡΑ (in exergue)
Edition Τυράνων Τυρά(νων)
Translation of the Tyrians
Reverse design female figure wearing polo seated, left, holding wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.47 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Anokhin pl. XXVII, 484; Frolova, Tyra, pp. 53–5, 1–34 and Pl. X, 8–12 and XI, 1–7
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 907
2 2     P: 906
3 3     C SNG 1600
4 4     AMNG I, Taf. 12, 23
5 5     Zograph, pl. XXVIII, 20
6 6     CNG EA 440, 20 Mar. 2019, lot 291
7 7     CNG EA 475, 26 Aug. 2020, lot 442 ex CNG 382, 7 Sep. 2016, lot 214
8 8 –10     Moscow SNG 54-56
11 11     CNG Triton XVI Sessions 1 & 2, 8 Jan. 2013, lot 89