RPC II, 672

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 672
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusias ad Hypium
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμα(νικός)
Translation Emperor Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, ΠΡ ΥΠ (in field)
Edition ὁμόνοια Σεβαστὴ Προυσιέων Ὑπίῳ ὁμόνοια Σεβαστὴ Πρ(ουσιέων) Ὑπ(ίῳ)
Translation Augustan concord, of the Prusians of Hypium
Reverse design Eirene standing, left, holding branch and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.33 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 6 corr.
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note See also RPC II, 676-8 for specimens with no ethnic. The rev. design also occurs at Nicaea (RPC II, 633) and is a copy of the design of PAX AVGVST, S C found on Latin coins from Thrace of Titus andDomitian (see RPC II, 501). Despite the reverse legend, the figure is not Homonoia, always figured with a patera and not a branch.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: N4258 Prusa, but see E. Babelon, RN 1917–18, pp. 25–44 with pl. I.14: rev.
2 2     B: B-I Rec pl. CIII.21 = GRMK p. 19, no 3: 'Homonoia oder Eirene' = GM p. 246 no. 813