RPC II, 641A

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 641A
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 ΝΕ ΠΡ
Edition Νεικαιεῖς πρῶτοι Νε(ικαιεῖς) πρ(ῶτοι)
Translation Nicaeans first
Reverse design eagle on globe, head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.44 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note The type is a variant of 641, with a slightly different obv. legend, and two monograms instead of a legend on the rev. This is the first coin smaller than the sestertius-sized coins to have the monograms, which stand for ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΙ.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Weigel coll. (ex K. Dorney website June 1998, lot 27)
2 2     Private coll.
3 3     W. Peters collection http://www.provincial-romans.com/provincial/Coins/Domitian001.htm
4 4     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Rex Numismatics E-Rex Duo 12, 20–21 July 2024, lot 217)