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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/613A json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | II |
Number | 613A |
Province | Bithynia-Pontus |
Region | Bithynia |
City | Koinon of Bithynia |
Reign | Vespasian |
Person (obv.) | Domitian (Caesar) |
Magistrate | Marcus Salvidenus Asprenas (proconsul) |
Obverse inscription | ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣ ΥΙΟΣ |
Edition | Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβασ(τοῦ) υἰὸς |
Translation | Domitian Caesar, son of Augustus |
Obverse design | laureate head of Domitian, right |
Reverse inscription | ΕΠΙ Μ ΣΑΛΟΥΙΔΗ(ΝΟΥ) ΑΣΠΡΗΝΑ Α |
Edition | ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Σαλουιδηνοῦ Ἀσπρηνᾶ ἀ(νθυπάτου) |
Translation | under Marcus Salvidenus Asprenas, proconsul |
Reverse design | basket with 3 poppy heads (?) and 2 ears of corn |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 22 mm |
Average weight | 7.45 g |
Axis | 2 |
Specimens | 1 (0 in the core collections) |
Note | This seems to be the missing denomination for Domitian for the proconsul Asprenas, parallel to 607 for Maecius Rufus and 616 for Naso, but curiously with a different design: one would have expected the spear and shield. |
Addition | Additional coin-type (post publication) |