RPC II, 641

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 641
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 ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΠΑΡΧΕΙΑΣ
Edition Νεικαιεῖς πρῶτοι τῆς ἐπαρχείας
Translation Nicaeans, first of the province
Reverse design eagle on globe, head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.39 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 63
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Note Rev. design is a copy of design of restored coins of Divus Augustus, found on Latin coins from Thrace (see RPC II.514).

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