RPC II, 632

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 632
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡ(Μ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑ ΠΡ
Edition Νεικ(αιεῖς) πρ(ῶτοι)
Translation Nicaeans first
Reverse design Ares walking right, with trophy and spear
Metal brass
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.76 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference GRMK p.19, no. 1
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2, 11, 13: same obv. die.
Note The monograms stand for Νεικαιεῖς πρῶτοι. Similar coins are found at Nicomedia and Prusias ad Hypium (653, 671); all copy the designs and style of the Latin coins with Mars, S C from Thrace (502).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1852,0222.99
2 2     P: L 40 (1882)
3 3     vA 539
4 4     trade = see GRMK p. 19, no. 1, not illustrated = cast of rev. in Winterthur (Incerta) labelled Osman 1903
5 5     MMAG, Feb. 1979, lot 38
6 6     MünzZentrum 73, 1992, lot 70
7 7     Empire 8, 1987, lot 130
8 8     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. = Auctiones EA 46, 27 Mar. 2016, lot 21 = CNG MBS 64, 2003, lot 592 = CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 592
9 9     Numismatik Naumann 78, 2 June 2019, lot 476
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 965
11 11     Private coll. (ex Rauch)
12 12     CGT coll. = Naville 59, 26 July 2020, lot 226
13 13     CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 540
14 14     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, W. Weiser coll., 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1018 (ex Ex Münzzentrum 156, 2010, lot 295)