RPC II, 353

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 353
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Cos XIIII
Dating AD 88/9
Obverse inscription IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P
Obverse design radiate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟ-ΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Ares wearing helmet standing, left, holding shield and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 5, 6, 7
Reference Mouchmov 8, Varbanov, Philippopolis 15–18, Domitian II.2
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)
Note see https://www.academia.edu/39370521/The_Start_of_the_Coinage_of_Philippopolis_under_Domitian

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18247987, 259/1896
2 2     V: GR 8964
3 3     Lindgren 837
4 4     Künker 133, 11–12 Oct. 2007, lot 7828 (ex Künker 24, 10–12 Mar. 1992, lot 323
5 5     Empire 71, 1994, lot 54
6 6     Freeman and Sear 2, 1996, lot 497
7 7     Milan cast in Winterthur
8 8     Milan Lischine = cast in Winterthur
9 9     CNG EA 375, 1 June 2016, lot 505
10 10     Auctiones eA 49, 26 June 2016, lot 32
11 11     Auktionshaus Felzmann 157, 8–9 Nov. 2016, lot 52
12 12     Emporium Hamburg 85, 8 May 2019, lot 332
13 13     A. Tricarico coll.
14 14     A. Tricarico coll.