RPC II, 607

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 607
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Caesar)
Magistrate Marcus Maecius Rufus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣ ΥΙΟΣ
Edition Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβασ(τοῦ) Υἱός
Translation Domitian Caesar, son of Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΜΑΙΚΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Μαικίου Ρούφου ἀνθυπάτου
Translation under Marcus Maecius Rufus, proconsul
Reverse design spear and round shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.48 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Rec 23–4, Stumpf 369
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same obv. die.
Note 3 has a low weight and a small diameter, and was sepa­rated by Rec (as Rec 24); but Rec included 1 in the same category, and any­ way 2-3 have same obv. die. It seems that 3 was supposed to be a specimen of the same denomination, but was struck on a rather small and light-weight flan.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC Bithynia in genere 6, pl. XXIV.4
2 2     P: 164
3 3     P: 165
4 4     B B-I
5 5     Mu
6 6     O
7 7     vA 277
8 8     vA 6911
9 9     Aufhäuser 10, 1993, lot 387
10 10     A
11 11 –12     see Stumpf
13 13     Righetti 5747
14 14     ✸ A. Tricarico coll.(ex Rauch EA 13, lot 356)
15 15     Boston: 62.513
16 16     Savoca Coins Blue 170th Blue, 12–13 Aug. 2023, lot 462