RPC II, 638

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 638
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Δομιτιανός Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστός) Γερ(μανικὸς)
Translation Emperor Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙΣ Ν(Ε)ΙΚΑΕΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΙ ΠΟΝΤ ΚΑΙ ΒΙΘ
Edition τον κτίσ(την) Νεικαεῖς πρώτοι Πὸντ(ου) Βιθ(υνίας)
Translation the Nicaeans, the first of Pontus and Bithynia, (honour) the founder
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, on elephant head, holding cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.94 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 55
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 812 Rec pl. LXVII.10
2 2     Giessener 64, lot 391
3 3     P: 811
4 4     B: B-I
5 5     vA 540
6 6     ✸ R. Effler coll. (ex F. Künker 124, A. Wild coll., 16–17 Mar. 2007, lot 8986; Schulten, 11–12 Apr. 1988, lot 394; Meister & Sonntag 5, 19 Sept. 2007, lot 136 = GM 265, 14–15 Oct. 2019, lot 966)
7 7     G. Missere, F. Missere, La collezione Missere di monete romane provinciale, Modena, 1999, no. 225
8 8     CGT coll. ex Naville 50, 23 June 2019, lot 165
9 9     A. Tricarico coll. (ex G. Rohde VCoins store)