RPC II, 968

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 968
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Aegae
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Caesar) ; Titus (Augustus)
Magistrate Apollonios, son of Nemeonikos
Obverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩΝ
Obverse design laureate head (of Titus), right, facing bare and draped bust (of Domitian), left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ ΝΕΜΕΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ, ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ
Reverse design Apollo standing, right, holding taenia and laurel branch
Metal bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 22; Cop 25
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
Note The identification seems sure in view of the way that one head is laureate and the other bare. See also S2-I-2431A for a coin with the name Nemeonikos, showing that the translation given in RPC II (Nemean victor) is incorrect and the word should just be regarded as a name.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 22 ('Titus and Domitian')
2 2     B: I-B ZfN 20 (1897), p. 276, no. 5
3 3     Mu SNG 377 ('Titus und Divus Vespasianus (?)')
4 4     Cop SNG 25
5 5     vA 7673 ('Titus and Domitian')
6 6     Plankenhorn coll.
7 7     Plankenhorn coll.
8 8     SKA 42, 1984, lot 127 = Müller 43, 1983, lot 244
9 9     Malter 34, 1986, lot 490 = CCE Inc, Oct. 1991, lot 219
10 10     ✸ CGT coll. (ex Naumann 70, 7 Oct. 18, lot 236)
11 11     CNG EA 277, 11 April 2012, lot 118
12 12     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Naumann 127, 2 Apr. 2023, lot 444)
13 13     CNG EA 199, 19 Nov. 2008, lot 325
14 14     CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 591