RPC II, 1912

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1912
Province Judaea
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Titus (Caesar)
Issue Aureii and denarii: group 2 (gold; Judaea?)
Dating AD 70
Obverse inscription IMP T CAESAR VESPASIANVS
Edition Imp(erator) T(itus) Caesar Vespasianus
Translation Emperor Titus Caesar Vespasian
Obverse design laureate head of Titus, right, with aegis
Reverse inscription IVDAEA DEVICTA, IMP / T / CAES(AR) (in shield)
Edition Iudaea devicta Imp(erator) T(itus) Caesar
Translation Judea conquered, Emperor Titus Caesar
Reverse design Victory standing, right, left foot on helmet, inscribing on round shield set on palm tree
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.52 g
Reference BMCRE p.110, RIC 373
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1535
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1913/1. 3: same obv. die as 1911/1, 1912A/1.
Note The note in BMCRE citesanother example in Trivulzio coli., Milan, ENS 3 (1887), p. 13 (no. 9, notillustrated). This is possibly the same coin as 2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 427 BNC III, 384 = BMCRE p. 110 and pl. 19, 12
2 2     Formerly Schonwalter
3 3     Heritage, The Shoshana Collection of An- cient Judaean Coins, 8–9 Mar. 2012, lot 20531