RPC II, 494

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 494
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Sarmatia
City Tyra
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟ-ΜΕΤΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Καῖσαρ Δομετιανός
Translation Caesar Domitian
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian right
Reverse inscription Τ-Υ/Ρ-Α/ΝΩΝ
Edition Τυράνων
Translation of the Tyrians
Reverse design eagle facing, wings spread, head left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.10 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Anokhin pl. XXVII, 485; Frolova, Tyra, p. 55, 1–27 and Pl. XI, 8–16 and XII, 1–7
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1920,1013.10
2 2     P: 908
3 3     V: GR 7537
4 4     A. Tricarico coll.
5 5 –12     Moscow SNG 57-64
13 13     Roma Numismatics EA 89. 28 Oct. 2021, lot 814