RPC II, 846

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 846
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Caesar)
Issue 'Provincial' issue: E{PHE}, COS III
Dating AD 71
Obverse inscription DOMITIANVS CAESAR AVG F
Obverse design draped and cuirassed (with aegis) bust of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription AVG
Reverse design in oak wreath; below, EPHE
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMCRE 469; RIC 347
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1445
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 848/1. 6, 8: same obv. die.
Note GIC 839 attests another specimen, apparently of this type, in V: 22881 (under Mesopotamia)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMCRE 469, pl. 16, 20
2 2     P: Ephesos 643
3 3     V: RÖ 86030 Elmer
4 4     B
5 5     Hirsch 18, 27 May 1907, lot 1854 (Imhoof-Blumer) = GRMK p. 7, no. 5, pl. I, 6 = SM 49 (1963), p. 7, fig. 15a
6 6     Helios 1, 17 Apr. 2008, lot 449 = NAC 125, 23 June 2021, lot 574
7 7     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1302
8 8     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 1157
9 9     ✸ Nomos obolos 3, 15 Nov. 2015, lot 293
10 10     CNG 102, 18 May 2016, lot 919
11 11     Freiburg: 00912
12 12     A. Tricarico coll.