RPC II, 1275

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1275
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Titus
Person (obv.) Domitian (Caesar)
Magistrate Claudia Zenonis
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΕΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Domitian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription Κ(ΛΑΥΔΙΑ) ΖΗΝΩΝΙϹ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ
Reverse design figure (half-naked) standing, left, holding patera and palm branch; to left, urn containing staff with flag
Metal bronze
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 180; Cop 571
Specimens 12 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9: same obv. die as 1274/1.
Note Cuirass decorated with gorgoneion;The rev. type was described by Imhoof-Blumer as 'stehender jugendlicher Sieger mit Binde um das Haupt und nackten Oberkörper linkshin, Schale in der Rechten, Palmzweig in der Linken; vor ihm zu Füssen, Gefäss mit einem Henkel und Vexillum' and interpreted 'als Sieger in Festspielen [...]. Ungewöhnlich ist das vermutlich auf kriegerische Kampfspiele deutende Vexillum'. Rev. with ΚΛΑΥΔΙΑ: coins 1-7; rev. with K: coins 8-9.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 180
2 2     P Wa 6273, as 'femme sacrifiant sur un trépied'
3 3     B: 590/1878
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     Cop SNG 571
6 6     V: GR 33419
7 7     C McClean 8829 corr.
8 8     B: B-I KM p. 265, no. 15, pl. VIII, 23 = ZfN 39, 1929, p. 286, no. 26
9 9     Kovacs coll. = Weber 7143
10 10     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 43, 1 May 2016, lot 750)
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     ✸ Leu EA 19, 26 Feb. 2022, lot 2206