RPC II, 1164

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1164
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Halicarnassus
Region Caria
City Cos
Reign Titus
Person (obv.) Titus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΤΙΤΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Τίτος Σεβαστός
Translation Titus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Titus, right
Reverse inscription ΚΩΙΩΝ
Edition Κωίων
Translation of the Coans
Reverse design basket between two torches
Metal bronze
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.79 g
Axis 12
Reference KM p. 165, no. 1
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same pair of dies.
Note The coin has been classified in the reign of Titus, but it is possible that it belongs in the reign of Vespasian (for the use of σεβαστός with Titus under Vespasian, see Aegae or Ephesus (RPC II, 968, 1066).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1961,0301.369 ex Weber 6677
2 2     O
3 3     B: I-B KM p. 165, no. 1
4 4     P. Requier coll.
5 5     ✸ P. Requier coll. (ex Varesi 59a, 23 Nov. 2011, lot 246)