RPC II, 633

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 633
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΠΑΡΧΕΙΑΣ
Reverse design Eirene standing, left holding branch and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 59 corr.
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same pair of dies.
Note Rev. design also occurs at Prusias ad Hypium (672) and is a copy of design and style of PAX AVGVST, S C found on Latin coins from Thrace of Titus and Domitian (see 501).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 815 Rec pl. LXVII.13
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     O
4 4     Erginer coll.
5 5     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Numismatik Naumann 79, 7 July 2019, lot 315)
6 6     Boston: 67.325