RPC II, 986

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 986
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Magnesia ad Sipylum
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitia (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Δομιτία Σεβαστή
Translation Domitia Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Domitia (queue), right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗ ϹΙΠΥ
Edition Μαγνή(των) Σιπύ(λου)
Translation of the Magnetes at Sipylum
Reverse design river god reclining left, holding branch of plant and cornucopia over inverted pot from which flows water
Metal bronze
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.98 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 56; Cop 259
Specimens 21 (12 in the core collections)
Note The river-god is labelled ƐΡΜΟϹ on later coins (BMC 19-20). All coins (1-18) probably of same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 56
2 2     P: 668
3 3     P: 669
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     B: Rauch
6 6     V: GR 19468
7 7     V: GR 19469
8 8     NY: 1944.100.49302
9 9     NY: 1944.100.46473
10 10     Cop SNG 259
11 11     Mu
12 12     G Hunter p. 456, no. 9 = SNG 1428
13 13     vA 3003
14 14     Plankenhorn coll.
15 15     Plankenhorn coll.
16 16     Cahn 60, 1928, lot 1517
17 17     Amsterdam: ex Leiden
18 18     Amsterdam: ex Leiden
19 19     A. Tricarico coll.
20 20     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 21, 7 Sept. 2014, lot 402
21 21     H.I. coll.