RPC II, 932

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 932
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Nacrasa
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ϹΕ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ
Edition Δομιτιανὸς Καῖ(σαρ) Σε(βαστὸς) Γερμανικός
Translation Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription (ΜΑ) ΝΑΚΡΑϹΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ΜΑ Νακρασειτῶν
Translation MA(?) of the Nacrasites
Reverse design Nike standing, left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.99 g
Axis 12
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)
Note The two letters MA (if correctly read; see also 934, 936) refer probably to the name of the city as it appears on later coins (ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΝΑΚΡΑΣΕΙΤΩΝ) rather than to the strategos called Markos whose name appears on 938. ΝΑΚΡΑϹƐΙΤΩΝ on coins 1–11, ΜΑ ΝΑΚΡΑϹƐΙΤΩΝ on 12.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 783
2 2     B: Knobelsdorf
3 3     Mu
4 4     O
5 5     C: Leake ('Germanicus Acrasus')
6 6     H.I. coll.
7 7     Plankenhorn coll.
8 8     Trade (1989)
9 9     Müller 52, 1986, lot 155
10 10     Schulten, Oct. 1987, lot 395
11 11     Malloy 44, 1996, lot 364
12 12     B: 18217239, Löbb ZfN 12 (1885), pp. 334–5, pl. XIII, 15
13 13     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Pecunem Gitbud and Naumann 18, 1 June 2014, lot 429)
14 14     Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 1981
15 15     Bochum: M 1901
16 16     H.I. coll.