RPC II, 1225

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1225
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Aphrodisias
Reign Domitian
Obverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Σεβαστὸς Σεβαστή
Translation Augustus Augusta
Obverse design laureate male head, right, facing draped female bust
Reverse inscription ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΣΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀφροδεισιέων
Translation of Aphrodisians
Reverse design Tyche of Aphrodisias seated, left, holding cult statue and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.45 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference MacDonald type 48
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
Note On identification of obv. portraits, see introductory remarks on Aphrodisias in the printed version. An attribution as Domitian and Domitia seems more likely, contra KM p. 116, no. 17 ('Nero mit Agrippina').

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1970,0909.93
2 2     P: 269 Wa 2207
3 3     P: Delepierre incertaines
4 4     B: I-B KM p. 116, no. 17
5 5     Mu
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 194, 20 Aug. 2008, lot 117 (ex Lindgren III, 420 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 670 = F. Kovacs, MBS XV, 1 Oct. 2003, lot 238)
7 7     Aphrodisias excavations C2011.432 = A. T. Tek, "Greek and Roman Provincial Coins found at Aphrodisias: Preliminary Results from the 1998-2019 Seasons", Colloquium Anatolicum, 2019/18 pp. 155-182
8 8     N&N London EA 16, 1 May 2023, lot 328