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
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤΗ ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΑΣ ΚΑ(Ι) (ΠΟ), ΝΚ ΜΗ (in field)
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 8
Reference Rec 30
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

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)