RPC II, 640

 

Image of specimen #8

 

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
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, r.
Reverse inscription ΡΩΜΗΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΝ ΝΕΙΚ ΠΡΩ(Τ) ΒΙΘ ΚΑΙ Π
Reverse design Roma seated, l., on cuirass, holding wreath
Metal Brass
Average diameter 26 mm
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

Number Number 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     Waddell 26, 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     Biga Numismatics Online Auction 4, 11 July 2021, lot 311