RPC II, 661

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 661
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 ΝΙΚΟ (in centre), ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΤΗ ΒΙΘΥΝΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΝΤ (around)
Edition ἡ μητρόπολις Νικο(μηδείας) καὶ πρώτη Βιθυνίας καὶ Πὸντ(ου)
Translation the metropolis of Nicomedia and the first of Bithynia and Pontus
Reverse design
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.17 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Rec 36
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1987,1140.3
2 2     P: 1276 Rec pl. LXXXIX.23
3 3     Malloy 23, 1987, lot 92
4 4     A. Tricarico coll. (ex CGF, Monnaies IX, VSO, 30 Dec. 2000, lot 206 = CGB E-auction 248, lot 451683)
5 5     CGT coll. = Naville 18, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 195
6 6     ✸ T. Mullally coll.
7 7     CGT coll. = Naville 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 130