RPC II, 846

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 846
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Caesar)
Issue 'Provincial' issue: E{PHE}, COS III
Dating AD 71
Obverse inscription DOMITIANVS CAESAR AVG F
Edition Domitianus Caesar Aug(usti) f(ilius)
Translation Domitian Caesar, son of Augustus
Obverse design draped and cuirassed (with aegis) bust of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription AVG
Edition Aug(ustus)
Translation Augustus
Reverse design in oak wreath; below, EPHE
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.12 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMCRE 469; RIC 347
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1445
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 848/1. 6, 8: same obv. die.
Note GIC 839 attests another specimen, apparently of this type, in V: 22881 (under Mesopotamia)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMCRE 469, pl. 16, 20
2 2     P: Ephesos 643
3 3     V: RÖ 86030 Elmer
4 4     B
5 5     Hirsch 18, 27 May 1907, lot 1854 (Imhoof-Blumer) = GRMK p. 7, no. 5, pl. I, 6 = SM 49 (1963), p. 7, fig. 15a
6 6     Helios 1, 17 Apr. 2008, lot 449 = NAC 125, 23 June 2021, lot 574
7 7     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1302
8 8     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 1157
9 9     ✸ Nomos obolos 3, 15 Nov. 2015, lot 293
10 10     CNG 102, 18 May 2016, lot 919
11 11     Freiburg: 00912
12 12     A. Tricarico coll.