RPC II, 634

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 634
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΠΑΡΧΕΙΑΣ
Reverse design Elpis standing left, holding up flower and raising hem of dress
Metal brass
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 1
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Coin copies design and style of Spes on the Latin coins from Thrace (5o6). See Mi S.435 (cf. Rec. p. 406, note 2)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1323 ex vA, SNG -
2 2     Vat cast in Winterthur
3 3     Private coll.