RPC II, 633

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 633
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Δομιτιανός Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστός) Γερ(μανικὸς)
Translation Emperor Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΠΑΡΧΕΙΑΣ
Edition Νεικαιεῖς πρῶτοι τῆς ἐπαρχείας
Translation Nicaeans, first of the province
Reverse design Eirene standing, left holding branch and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.67 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 59 corr.
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same pair of dies.
Note Rev. design also occurs at Prusias ad Hypium (672) and is a copy of design and style of PAX AVGVST, S C found on Latin coins from Thrace of Titus and Domitian (see 501).
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