RPC II, 640

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 640
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερ(μανικός)
Translation Emperor Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΡΩΜΗΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΝ ΝΕΙΚ ΠΡΩ(Τ) ΒΙΘ ΚΑΙ Π
Edition Ῥώμην μητρόπολιν Νεικαιεῖς πρῶτοι Βιθυνίας καὶ Πόντου Ῥώμην μητρόπολιν Νεικ(αιεῖς) πρῶτ(οι) Βιθ(υνίας) καὶ Π(όντου)
Translation the Nicaeans, the first of Bithynia and Pontus, (honour) the metropolis Rome
Reverse design Roma seated, left, on cuirass, holding wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.46 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 61 = Rec Nicomedia 34
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die.
Note Rev. design is a copy of design of ROMA, S C found on Latin coins of Titus and Domitian from Thrace (see 507, 528)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 25 = Rec pl. LXVII.5
2 2     L BMC 26
3 3     B: 393/1925
4 4     Private coll. = SNR 68 (1989), p. 56, no. 15 with Taf. 3.15
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 306, W. Weiser coll., 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1022 (ex Waddell 1, New York 1982, lot 100; Waddell Liste 21, 1985, lot 107; ex Waddell Liste 26, no date, lot 173)
6 6     V: GR 15758 Rec Nicomedia 34
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CNG EA 320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 290
9 9     A. Tricarico coll.
10 10     G. Rohde VCoins store
11 11     Private coll.
12 12     Bucephalus Numismatic Black 36, 5–6 Apr. 2024, lot 558 (ex Biga Numismatics Online Auction 4, 11 July 2021, lot 311)