RPC II, 1337

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1337
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Magistrate Flavius Praxeas (first archon, priest of five priesthoods for life, and epemeletes)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Δομιτιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ(ΜΕΛ) ΦΛ ΠΡΑΞΕΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΠΡ ΙΕΡΕωϹ ΙΕΡωϹΥ(Ν) Ε ΔΙΑ ΒΙΟΥ, Φ(ΛΑ)(ΒΙ) ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕωΝ
Edition ἐπιμελ(ηθέντος) Φλ(αβίου) Πραξέου ἄρχ(οντος) πρ(ώτου) ἱερέως ἱερωσυν(ῶν) εʹ διὰ βίου Φλαβί(ων) Φιλαδελφέων
Translation under the supervision of Flavius Praxeas, first archon, priest of the five priesthoods for life, of the Flavian Philadelphians
Reverse design Nike advancing left, with wreath and palm
Metal brass
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.16 g
Axis 6
Reference Cop 377, Hochard 1439–40
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Note Coin 7 reads ƐΠΙ ΦΛ ΠΡΑΞIΟΥ (sic) ΑΡΧ ΠΡ ΙƐΡƐWϹ ΙƐ(Ρ)WϹΥ Ɛ ΔΙΑ ΒΙΟΥ, ΦΙΛΑΔƐΛΦƐWΝ Φ; coin 8 reads ƐΠIΜƐΛ ΦΛ ΠΡΑΞƐΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΠΡ[ ], ΦΛΑ ΦΙΛΑΔƐΛΦƐWΝ
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1901,0601.88
2 2     B: Fox
3 3     V: GR 19509
4 4     Cop SNG 377
5 5     vA 3074
6 6     GRMK p. 127, no. 9 (trade)
7 7     Giessener 82, 1997, lot 200
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Numismatik Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 518)
10 10     ✸ J. Clark coll. (ex Gorny & Mosch 276, P. Weiss coll., 19 Apr. 2021, lot 370)