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 24.01 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, 5, 12: 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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