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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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
16 16     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 306, W. Weiser coll., 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1020 (ex Hirsch 190, 1996, lot 762)