RPC II, 674

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 674
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusias ad Hypium
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitia (Augusta)
Obverse inscription [ ] ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ΣΕΒ[ ]
Edition [---] Δομιτία Σεβ[---]
Translation [---] Domitia Augusta
Obverse design bust of Domitia, right
Reverse inscription ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, ΠΡ ΥΠ (in field)
Edition 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 10.00 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 11 corr.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note This is the only coin known for Domitia from Bithynia. It seems to be genuine, but a suspicion remains that it has been altered from a coin of Domitian. There is also a reworked coin in B (B-I, 12.35 = vA Index, Domitia by the Koinon), which was perhaps originally a specimen of this variety. It also has a female head on the obv. with the inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ; the reverse reads ΔΗΜΗΤΗ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ and the letters Μ Δ appear in the field. MΔ might suggest Bosporus (cf. 469, etc.), but like the rev. legend could have been tooled from ΠΡ ΥΠ and OMONOIA ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ. The B coin is not at all reliable and it may seem better to disregard it completely.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 15884 Rec pl. CIII.27