RPC II, 637

 

Image of specimen #14

 

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
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙΣΤΗ Ν(Ε)ΙΚΑ(Ι)ΕΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΠΑΡΧ(ΕΙ)
Reverse design head of Dionysus, left, wearing ivy wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 54
Specimens 15 (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

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 810 Wa 396 = Rec pl. LXVII.9
2 2     B: B-I
3 3     MMAG liste 555, 1992
4 4     L: 1920,0516.49
5 5     L: 1979,0101.1324 ex vA 7016
6 6     NY: 1944.100.42166
7 7     MMAG XIII, 1954, lot 877
8 8     Mu
9 9     C: 95/1948
10 10     Schulten, Apr. 1988, lot 394 = SNR 68 (1989), no. 13 with Taf. 3.13
11 11     Naville Numismatics 19, 13 Dec. 2015, lot 216 = Praefectus Coins β, 28 Oct. 2023, lot 431
12 12     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Emporium Alpha Auction 3, 8 Sept. 2019, lot 137)
13 13     Münzen Ritter
14 14     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 78, 17 Dec. 2020, lot 808
15 15     Numismad 9, 8–9 Sept. 2023, lot 755