RPC II, 662

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 662
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 ΠΡΟΤΗ ΒΙΘΥΝΙ
Edition ἡ μητρόπολις καὶ πρώτη Βιθυνί(ας)
Translation the metropolis and first of Bithynia
Reverse design figure standing, right, with foot on prow, with head turned backwards and holding out hand to left and sceptre right
Metal brass
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.61 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 35 corr.
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note The identity of the figure is unsure, though is perhaps supposed to be Asclepius arriving by ship (cf. 649 and 659-60, and Bosch pp. 269-73). On the other hand the figure looks as if it may be female, as MacDonald thought for 3. S. Middleton has pointed out that the figure on the reverse might be Astakos: see P. Weiss in LIMCII, p.902, C. Bosch, Die Kleinasiatischen Münzen, pp. 211-3
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu Rec pl. LXXXIX.22
2 2     L: 1967,0805.1
3 3     G Hunter p. 252, no. 4, pl. XLVI.18, rev
4 4     A. Tricarico coll.
5 5     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 105, 19 Jan. 2023, lot 594 (ex Bucephalus 3, 12 Feb. 2022, lot 424)