RPC II, 656

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 656
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Obverse design radiate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤΗ ΒΙΘΥΝΙΑ
Reverse design Demeter standing, left, holding ?corn-ears and long sceptre, in biga of winged serpents
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Reference Rec 31
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: B-I GM p. 605, no. 135
2 2     Kress 120, 1961, lot 188 = SNR 68 (1989) p. 56, no.12 with Taf. 3.12