RPC II, 700


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
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Volume	II
Number	700
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Tium
Reign	Domitian
Person (obv.)	Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑ Γ(ΕΡΜ)(Α)
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβα(στὸς) Γερμα(νικός)
Translation	Emperor Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design	laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription	ΖΕΥΣ ΣΥΡΓΑΣΤΗΣ ΤΕΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition	Ζεύς Συργαστής Τειανῶν
Translation	Zeus Sygastes, of the Teians
Reverse design	Zeus Syrgastes standing, left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal	brass
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	24.54 g
Reference	Rec 20–1
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)
Note	There seems to be something behind Zeus on 3, perhaps part of a sacred animal? It is presumably the same as can be seen to the left of Zeus on RPC II, 702/1-4.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Note	More
1	1	L	BMC 3	34	23.52	Metal analysis: Cu 82.5%; Pb 0.21%; Sn <0.12%; Zn 15.7% (see Pike, Berlin Congress)	Show
2	2	B		34	22.69		Show
3	3		Lindgren 191	34	25.96		Show
4	4 ✸		CNG EA 145, 9 Aug. 2006, lot 191	33.5	26.00		Show