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
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΣ [Τ]ΕΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus (with bunch of grapes below) and thyrsus
Metal brass
Average diameter 28 mm
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)