RPC II, 673

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 673
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusias ad Hypium
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Domitian Caesar Augustus
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 Demeter standing, left, holding corn-ears and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.87 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 7 corr.
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 679/1.
Note See also RPC II, 678-81 for specimens with no monograms. 1 is from same obv. die asUncertain 679/1 (no monogram). The design is taken from the CERESAVGVST, S C Latin coins from Thrace (508-9).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb. Rec pl. CIII.22
2 2     B: I-B GRMK p. 19, no 4
3 3     ✸ CGT coll.
4 4     N&N London Green X, 5 June 2023, lot 263