RPC II, 644

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 644
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 radiate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΠΑΡΧΕΙΑΣ, ΔΙΟΣ ΛΙΤ-ΑΙΟΥ (on altar)
Edition Νεικαιεῖς πρῶτοι τῆς ἐπαρχείας Διὸς Λιταίου
Translation Nicaeans, first of the province, of Zeus Litaeus
Reverse design garlanded, lighted and inscribed altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.08 g
Axis 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12
Reference Rec 62
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
Note Original comment: "Inscription on altar is not clear. Rec suggested ΔΙΟΣ ΑΓΟΡΑΙΟΥ. One might expect ΔΙΟΣ ΛΙΤΑΙΟΥ, which is found with an altar on Nicaean coins of Nero and Vespasian (RPC I, 2053, 2055; cf. 2, 710), but traces of letters cannot easily be made to give this reading." ΔΙΟΣ ΛΙΤΑΙΟΥ is now clear.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 816 Rec pl. LXVII.16
2 2     P: 817
3 3     A. Tricarico coll.
4 4     Private coll.
5 5     Amphora Ancient Coins
5 5     Ancient Imports Coins store
6 6     Freiburg: 14061
7 7     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Naumann 117, 5 June 2022, lot 581)
8 8     Naumann 119, 7 Aug. 2022, lot 429
9 9     Leu EA 26, 8–13 July 2023, lot 2184 = Numismatik Naumann 145, 6 Oct. 2024, lot 311