Alexandria: Domitian (81-96 AD) [ ALSK_0320 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Domitian mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts | Sarapis sitzt auf hochlehnigem Thron nach links, die Rechte über vor ihm sitzenden Kerberos ausgestreckt, die Linke an langem Szepter; im Feld links L Η |
| Depicted Person |
Domitian (81-96 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
|
Sarapis (seated on, to the left, holding, wearing)
Kalathos (worn)
Chiton (worn)
Himation (worn)
Sceptre (held)
Throne (underlying)
Cerberus / Kerberos (left)
|
| Legend (edited) | [ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΚΑΙ]ΣΑΡ ΔΟΜ[ΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡΜ(ΑΝΙΚΟΣ)] | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in upper left field
:
L Η
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC II 2545 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
358
A. Geißen, Katalog Alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen der Sammlung des Instituts für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Bd. I (Augustus – Trajan Nr. 1-740), Opladen 1974.
No.
358
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
492
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