RPC II, 637

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 637
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ(Α) ΓΕΡ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβα(στὸς) Γερ(μανικός)
Translation Emperor Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙΣΤΗ Ν(Ε)ΙΚΑ(Ι)ΕΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΠΑΡΧ(ΕΙ)
Edition τὸν κτίστη(ν) Νεικαιεῖς πρῶτοι τῆς ἐπαρχεί(ας)
Translation the Nicaeans, first of the province, (honour) the founder
Reverse design head of Dionysus, left, wearing ivy wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.42 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 54
Specimens 16 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
Note The N of ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΙΣ is presumably also intended to act as the final N of ΚΤΙΣΤΗΝ

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