RPC II, 608A

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 608A
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
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΜΑΙΚΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design five corn-ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Rec 25 and Stumpf 370 cite two coins of Domitian, but the one in Mu is definitely Titus (RPC II, 608/6).
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Gorny & Mosch 152, 9 Oct. 2006, lot 1775 = Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 64.1, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1933
2 2     L BMC 7
3 3     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Zeus Web Auction 22, 23 Jan. 2022, lot 432)