URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/1281
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Volume
II
Number
1281
Province
Asia
Subprovince
Conventus of Cibyra
Region
Phrygia
City
Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign
Domitian
Person (obv.)
Domitia (Augusta)
Magistrate
Cornelius Dioskourides
Obverse inscription
ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ϹΕ ΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition
Δομιτία Σεβαστή
Translation
Domitia Augusta
Obverse design
draped bust of Domitia, right
Reverse inscription
ΔΙΑ ΚΟΡ ΔΙΟϹΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕ ΩΝ
Edition
διὰ Κορ(νηλίου) Διοσκούριδου Λαοδικέων
Translation
through Cornelius Dioskourides, of the Laodiceans
Reverse design
temple with six columns
Metal
brass
Average diameter
33 mm
Average weight
20.50 g
Axis
6
Reference
BMC 187
Specimens
1 (1 in the core collections)
Note
The style is rather rough and it is rather odd that the largest denomination is represented by a coin in the name of Domitia rather that her husband, but there is no obvious reason to doubt the coin's authenticity.