RPC II, 686

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 686
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusias ad Hypium
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Coins without ethnics but probably Prusias. Group B: German victories
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ(Μ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΔΕΔΟΥ ΣΕΒΑ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΩ, ΓΕΤΙΚΗ (in field)
Edition δεδου(λωμένη) Σεβα(στῷ) Δομιτιανῷ Γετική
Translation dedicated to Domitian Augustus for the Gothic victory
Reverse design captive kneeling, left, with hands behind back
Metal brass
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.47 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1898,0403.15
2 2     ✸ B: 18268527, 232/1907
3 3     C: Mossop
4 4     Schulten, 18 Oct. 1989, lot 481 = Künker 20, 1991, lot 535 ('Judaea') = Malloy 27, 1989, lot 95