RPC II, 657


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	II
Number	657
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicomedia
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	laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription	Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤΗ ΒΙΘΥΝΙΑ(Σ)
Edition	ἡ μητρόπολις καὶ πρώτη Βιθυνίας
Translation	the metropolis and first of Bithynia
Reverse design	Demeter standing, left, holding ?corn-ears and long sceptre, in biga of winged serpents
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Average weight	10.41 g
Axis	7
Reference	Rec 31
Specimens	5 (2 in the core collections)
Note	A. Boutkowski, RN 1884, p. 402, no. 3, published an example in his own collection (pl. XVIII.3) as a coin of Heraclea. The figure of Demeter is similar to that found on contemporary coins of Nicaea and Prusias ad Hypium, derived from the Latin coins of Titus and Domitian from Thrace (508-9), although it has been placed on the chariot. For a discussion of the type, see R. Lindner, Mythos und Identität (1994), pp. 135-7·