RPC II, 1461

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1461
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain mint of Asia Minor of the denarii with o
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Caesar)
Dating AD 76
Obverse inscription CAES AVG F DOMIT COS III
Edition Caes(ar) Aug(usti) f(ilius) Domit(ianus) Co(n)s(ul) III
Translation Caesar, son of the Augustus, Domitian consul for the third time
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right; below, o
Reverse inscription FIDES IVBI
Edition fides <p>ub<l>(ica)
Translation public faith
Reverse design clasped hands holding caduceus between poppies and corn-ears
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.26 g
Reference BMCRE 480
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1488
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1462/1, 1463/1–2, 1464/1. 1–2: same rev. die as 1452/8.
Note RIC II (2nd. ed.) 1488: reverse described as FIDES PVBI, with note 66 stating that one die variety has FIDES IVBI.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 7159
2 2     L BMCRE 480, pl. 17.10
3 3     ✸ Freeman & Sear MBS 17, 15 Dec. 2009, lot 229