RPC II, 1126

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1126
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Domitian (Caesar) ; Titus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Οὐεσπασιανὸς Σαμίων
Translation Emperor Vespasian, of the Samians
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΤΙΤΟϹ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Τίτος Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ
Translation Emperor Titus, Domitian Caesar
Reverse design laureate head of Titus, right, facing bare, cuirassed bust of Domitian, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 8.91 g
Axis 6
Specimens 7 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 7: same obv. die. 2, 5–6: same obv. die.
Note Dräger pp. 95-6 suggests that coins depicting Titus and Domitian date from the later reign of Vespasian, since at Blaundus, Dorylaeum and Smyrna they appear on coins referring to the proconsulship of Silius Italicus. Reverse legend in two lines above and below on coins 1-4, and around on coins 5-7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3380 Wa 2077
2 2     B: B-I
3 3     B: Fox
4 4     Mu
5 5     ✸ B: I-B
6 6     B: I-B
7 7     B: Fox