RPC II, 642

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 642
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, right
Reverse inscription ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙΣ ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΙΣ ΠΡΩΤ ΠΟΝ ΚΑΙ Β
Reverse design Heracles standing, right, leaning on club and lion skin
Metal brass
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 58
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–5: same rev. die as 643/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 21
2 2     L BMC 22
3 3     P: 814 Rec pl. LXVII.12
4 4     O
5 5     vA 7015
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 3, 25 Feb. 2018, lot 525
8 8     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 7 Blue, 26 May 2018, lot 647)
9 9     ✸ Nomos obolos 15, 24 may 2020, lot 553
10 10     Naumann 31, 3 may 2015, lot 339