Domitian (?); Diassarion; 3 countermarks Prusias ad Hypium
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Description
Domitian (?); Diassarion; 3 countermarks Prusias ad Hypium: head of empress in oval punch, AV K TP in rectangular punch, Î PY in square punch.
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE26 |
| Weight [g]: | 8,24 |
| Grade: | worn smooth/worn smooth c/m: , Poor, aVF, F |
| Attribution: | cf. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/397934 (same countermarks); M. J. Price, Countermarks at Prusias ad Hypium, NC 1967, 37-42; Weiser, Köln 114 f.; Howgego 217, Howgego 608, Howgego 630 |
| Commentary: | rare countermarks; grey-bronze patina |
Historical Context
Three Roman emperors, (Hadrian, Caracalla and Elagabalus) visited the city in person in the 2nd and 3rd centuries.
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