RPC II, 1740

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1740
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mopsus
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus) ; Domitia (Augusta)
Issue Year 161 (ΑΞΡ)
Dating AD 93/4
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΕΤΙΑΝΟ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΔΟΜΕΤΙΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Δομετιανὸ(ς) Σεβαστὸς Δομετία Σεβαστή
Translation Domitian Augustus, Domitia Augusta
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right, facing bust of Domitia, left
Reverse inscription ΜΟΨΕΑΤΩΝ (in r. field), ΤΗϹ ΙΕΡΑϹ ΚΑΙ ΑϹΥΛΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ, ΑΞΡ
Edition Μοψέων τῆς ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου καὶ αὐτονόμου αξρʹ
Translation of the Mopsaeans, the sacred and inviolable and autonomous (city), (year) 161
Reverse design Tyche seated, right, holding corn-ears; below, river god
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.41 g
Axis 12
Reference vA, Mopsos 30
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Levante 1330 (ex vA 5736)
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 186, 8–9 Mar. 2010, lot 1640 (ex Giessener Münzhandlung 64, 11 Oct. 1993, lot 396; Giessener Münzhandlung 107, 2 Apr. 2001, lot 322; GM 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2060)
3 3     P: 2007/76
4 4     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 154th Blue Auction, 28 Jan. 2023, lot 937)
5 5     Savoca Coins Blue 233rd Weekly Blue, 28 Sept. 2024, lot 303