RPC II, 2731


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Coin type
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Volume	II
Number	2731
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Domitian
Person (obv.)	Domitian (Augustus)
Issue	LΙΕ = year 15
Dating	AD 95/6
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΘΕΟ(Υ) ΥΙΟϹ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) θεοῦ υἰὸς Δομιτ(ιανὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Son of the Divine Domitian Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design	laureate head of Domitian, right, with aegis by neck
Reverse inscription	L ΙΕ
Edition	(ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation	of year 15
Reverse design	emperor in quadriga, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Average weight	11.79 g
Axis	12
Specimens	4 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1		D 458 = Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 193	29.5	13.65			Show
2	2 ✸	NY: 1944.100.53999		30	12.92	12		Show
3	3		Naville Numismatics 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 227	27.4	10.03			Show
4	4		D 459 ('year 16') = Naville Numismatics 80, 2 Apr. 2023, lot 423	26.8	10.57		Dattari described the coin as being of year 16, but the rubbing in DS shows that the year is illegible. Cf. RPC II, p. 338, note 96. No coinage is definitely attested for year 16.	Show