RPC II, 1068

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1068
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Titus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΤΙΤΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Τίτος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Titus Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Titus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕΣΙΩΝ
Edition Ἐφεσίων
Translation of the Ephesians
Reverse design in two lines in wreath
Metal bronze
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.72 g
Axis 12
Reference Karwiese 92
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note Dräger p. 291, no. 101 restores the Weber coin as being one of Vespasian and separates it from his no. 104, which he correctly identifies as a coin of Titus, which he dates to Titus' own reign. For the attribution of 1068 to the reign of Vespasian, see introduction.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.1713 vA 1878
2 2     L: 1921,0520.58 Weber 5874 ('Vespasian')
3 3     V: GR 17151
4 4     Afyon: 3359
5 5     Missere 303
6 6     Ödemiş SNG 27
7 7     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Biga Numismatics Online Auction 4, 11 July 2021, lot 318)