RPC II, 710

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 710
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Uncertain of Bithynia
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Group D: probably Nicaea
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ Γ(ΕΡΜ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΣ ΛΙ-ΤΑΙΟΥ
Edition Διὸς Λιταίου
Translation of Zeus Litaeus
Reverse design altar
Metal copper
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.93 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note The reading ΔΙΟΣ ΛΙ is clear and its completion seems likely, as an altar with the same inscription is found on coins of Nicaea under Nero (RPC I, 2053, 2055). This, in turn, suggests the attribution to Nicaea for this coin of Domitian; as the portrait style of 709 seems very close to that found on this coin, they should both perhaps beattributed to Nicaea.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1261 ex vA 276
2 2     Private coll.