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)
Issue AD 75
Obverse inscription CAES AVG F DOMIT COS III
Edition Caesar Augusti filius Domitianus Consul III 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 publica 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

# Specimen 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