RPC II, 704

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 704
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Tium
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Not definitely Tium
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜ[ΙΤΙΑ]ΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβα(στὸς) Γερ(μανικός)
Translation Emperor Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΣ [Τ]ΕΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Διὸνυσος Τειανῶν
Translation Dionysus, of the Teians
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus (with bunch of grapes below) and thyrsus
Metal brass
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.61 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Rec gave the reading ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΣ [ΚΤΙΣΤ Τ]ΕΙΑΝΩΝ. Dionysus is possible at Tium and a similarreading to that given by Rec is found for coins of Trajan (Rec 28). The E inT]EIANΩN does seem clear on the coin, but the possibility that it has beenaltered from a coin of Amastris is discussed below, under Amastris (p. 113). The new specimen (/2) confirms the reading, and is probably from the same dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC Tium 4 = Rec Tius 24
2 2     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 27 Blue, 28 Dec. 2019, lot 736)