RPC II, 2771

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2771
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Issue Herakleopolite (nome of Upper Egypt)
Dating L ΙΑ = year 11, AD 91/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΘΕΟ ΥΙΟϹ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Obverse design laureate (corn-ears) head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΝΟΜΟϹ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΑ
Reverse design Heracles standing, left, holding club and lion skin in left hand, and griffin with wheel in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 12
Reference Weber and Geissen, p. 180, no. I
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note 2-3: probably same dies, and have Ε and Σ, whereas 1 has Ɛ and Ϲ
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     D 6250 = R. Dauwe coll., ex Kölner MünzkabinettAuktion 67, 12 Nov. 1997, 512
2 2     L BMC N142
3 3     Cologne Geissen 3371
4 4     ✸ Jacquier 38, 13 Sept. 2013, lot 269
5 5     DS 10940
6 6     DS 10941
7 7     Brussels Weber and Geissen, p. 181, note 49