RPC II, 922

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 922
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Kephalion (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡ(Α) ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ(Α)
Edition Καίσαρα Αὐτοκράτορα
Translation for Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head (of Domitian?), right; uncertain object (cantharus?) in front of head
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΚΛ ΚΕΦΑΛΙΩΝΟϹ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Κλ(αυδίου) Κεφαλιῶνος Περγαμηνῶν
Translation under the strategos Claudius Kephalion, of the Pergamenes
Reverse design Athena standing left, with hand holding patera over owl and holding spear and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.08 g
Axis 12
Reference RPC I, 2354; Cop 463
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
Note The formula of the strategos' name is the same as on 921, indicating that this was made in the reign of Domitian. For further discussion of this coin, see RPC I, pp. 399-400, where it is regarded as a coin depicting Domitian. Augustus is another possibility.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 7495
2 2     Cop SNG 463
3 3     ✸ P: 1187
4 4     Mu: 111
5 5     C: Hasluck
6 6     L: 1840,1226.1162
7 7     Lanz eBay
8 8     Freiburg: 11689
9 9     Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 429
10 10     CGT coll.