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Image of specimen #16 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/637 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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 |