RPC II, 1217

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1217
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Antioch ad Maeandrum
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Aglaos Frugi (epimeletheis)
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΘΕΝΤΟϹ ΤΙ ΚΛ ΑΓΛΑΟΥ ΦΡΟΥΓΙ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, holding grapes in his right hand, his left resting on thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference MG p. 304, no. 9
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note GM p. 304, no. 9, reading EΠΙΜƐΛ[ΗCAΝΤΟϹ ΚΛ] ΑΓΛΑΟΥ ΦΡΟΥΓΙ ΑΝΤΙΟΧEΩΝ, but the restoration given here seems preferable in view of legends on the other coins.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B GM p. 304, no. 9
2 2     A. Tricarico coll.
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     ✸ Naumann 108, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 476
5 5     CGT coll. = Papillon 8, 19 Sept. 2021, lot 881