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Æ28 - Domitian ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΣ ΤΕΙΑΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Tium (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 81-96 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC II#704 |
| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Domitian facing right, rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of Bithynian civic coinage. The portrait displays the emperor's characteristic physiognomy with a broad neck and strong features. A circular Greek legend surrounds the effigy along the rim, identifying the emperor with his full imperial titulature. The fields show the slightly irregular flan surface characteristic of hammered provincial bronze coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Dionysus, the patron deity of the city of Tium, depicted standing facing left in a relaxed contrapposto pose. The god holds a cantharus in his outstretched right hand, beneath which hangs a bunch of grapes, and grasps a long thyrsus — the fennel staff wreathed with ivy and pine cone — in his left hand. The reverse legend in two lines names both the deity and the issuing civic authority, reflecting the important role of Dionysiac cult in the religious life of this Pontic city. The design is characteristic of the local civic bronze coinage struck under the authority of Tium during the Flavian period. |
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| Mintage | ND (81-96) |
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