RPC II, 709

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 709
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Uncertain of Bithynia
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Group D: probably Nicaea
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Domitian Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
Edition Σεβαστοῦ
Translation of Augustus
Reverse design Nike advancing left, holding shield and wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.03 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note The rev. is copied from the similar Victory type found on 'restored' coins of Divus Augustus, perhaps minted in Thrace (RPC II, 512). The style of the obv. seems very close to RPC II, 710.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1198 ex vA, SNG -
2 2     A Tricarico coll.
3 3     CGT coll.