RPC II, 700

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
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)
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΖΕΥΣ ΣΥΡΓΑΣΤΗΣ ΤΕΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus Syrgastes standing, left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal brass
Average diameter 34 mm
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 3
2 2     B
3 3     Lindgren 191
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 145, 9 Aug. 2006, lot 191