RPC II, 2474


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
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Volume	II
Number	2474
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Domitian
Person (obv.)	Domitian (Augustus)
Issue	LΒ = year 2
Dating	AD 82/3
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΥ ΣΕΒ
Edition	Αὐτοκ(ράτορος) Καίσαρος Δομιτιανοῦ Σεβ(αστοῦ)
Translation	of Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription	ΝΙΛΟΣ, L Β
Edition	Νῖλος (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation	Nile, of year 2
Reverse design	bust of Nilus, lotus on shoulder, right
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	12.36 g
Axis	1
Specimens	3 (0 in the core collections)
Note	Geissen suggested that that the legend reads Ν[ΕΙ]ΛΟΣ but ΝΙΛΟΣ is now clear, as was the spelling on the coins of Titus.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	Cologne	Geissen 327	26	12.36	1		Show
2	2		DS 6713				this second specimen confirms the entry, but is insufficiently clear to help decide whether the legend is ΝΙΛΟΣ or ΝΕΙΛΟΣ	Show
3	3 ✸	Brussels: 358		27			ΝΙΛΟΣ	Show