RPC II, 707

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 707
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Uncertain of Bithynia
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Caesar)
Magistrate Marcus Salvidenus Proclus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ
Edition Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστοῦ υἰὸς
Translation Domitian Caesar, son of Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΣΑΛΟΥΙΔΗΝΟΥ ΠΡΟΚΛΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤ
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Σαλουιδηνοῦ Πρόκλου ἀνθυπάτ(ου)
Translation under Marcus Salvidenus Proclus, proconsul
Reverse design helmeted head of Athena, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.39 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 22, Stumpf 373
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note A similar design occurred on Bithynian coins of Claudius under the proconsul L. Mindius Balbus with no city name; these have been attributed to Nicomedia (RPC I, 2065-7, with p. 349).This may also have been the mint of this coin.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: 4941a Rec pl. XXXV.14
2 2     Milan see Rec