RPC II, 613A

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 613A
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Caesar)
Magistrate Marcus Salvidenus Asprenas (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣ ΥΙΟΣ
Edition Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβασ(τοῦ) υἰὸς
Translation Domitian Caesar, son of Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΣΑΛΟΥΙΔΗ(ΝΟΥ) ΑΣΠΡΗΝΑ Α
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Σαλουιδηνοῦ Ἀσπρηνᾶ ἀ(νθυπάτου)
Translation under Marcus Salvidenus Asprenas, proconsul
Reverse design basket with 3 poppy heads (?) and 2 ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.45 g
Axis 2
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note This seems to be the missing denomination for Domitian for the proconsul Asprenas, parallel to 607 for Maecius Rufus and 616 for Naso, but curiously with a different design: one would have expected the spear and shield.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Humphries coll.