RPC II, 636

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 636
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕ(Β)(Α) ΓΕ(Ρ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβα(στὸς) Γερ(μανικός)
Translation Emperor Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΠΑΡΧΕΙ(ΑΣ)
Edition Νεικαιεῖς πρῶτοι τῆς ἐπαρχείας
Translation Nicaeans, first of the province
Reverse design Demeter, veiled, standing, left, holding corn-ears and sceptre
Metal brass
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.18 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 53 corr.
Specimens 14 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 9, 11–12: same obv. die.
Note The design is taken from the CERES AVGVST, S C coins of the Latin mint in Thrace (508-9). As pointed out in NZ 1921, p. 136, Mi S.433 (cf. Rec. p. 406, note 2) is an incorrect description of this variety.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.42165
2 2     L BMC 19
3 3     B: B-I Rec pl. LXVII.8
4 4     G Hunter p. 247, no. 7 = SNG 1074
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 306, W. Weiser coll., 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1019 (ex Lanz 46, 1988, lot 497 = SNR 68 (1989), p. 56, no. 11 with Taf. 3.11)
6 6     P: S de R
7 7     V: GR 15560
8 8     Mu
9 9     CGT coll. (ex Saint Paul 18, 13 Oct. 2018, lot 237)
10 10     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca Numismatic 8th blue auction, 14 July 2018, lot 682)
11 11     Savoca 12 Blue, 17 Nov. 2018, lot 857
12 12     Naumann 23, 5 Oct. 2014, lot 537
13 13     Boston: 63.1089
14 14     Harlan J. Berk 228th Buy or Bid Sale, 30 July 2024, lot 534