RPC II, 655

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 655
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤΗ ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΑΣ ΚΑ(Ι) (ΠΟ), ΝΙΚΟ-ΜΗ (in field)
Edition ἡ μητρόπολις καὶ πρώτη Βειθυνίας καὶ Πὸ(ντου) Νικομή(δεια)
Translation the metropolis and first of Bithynia and Pontus, Nicomedia
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.07 g
Axis 6, 8
Reference Rec 30
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb. Rec pl. LXXXIX.17
2 2     B: I-B GM p. 605, no. 136
3 3     Lindgren 161
4 4     Harvard: 1983.56.21 H.B. Wells coll.
5 5     ✸ Auctiones 36, 19 Apr. 2015, lot 24
6 6     R. Effler coll. (ex Leu EA 14, 12 Dec. 2020, lot 958)
7 7     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Naumann 139, 7 Apr. 2024, lot 400)