RPC II, 1991

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1991
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Titus (Caesar)
Issue Orichalcum coinage
Dating AD 74
Obverse inscription T • CAESAR • IMP • PONT •
Edition Titus Caesar Imperator Pontifex T(itus) Caesar Imp(erator) Pont(ifex)
Translation Titus Caesar, emperor, priest
Obverse design laureate head of Titus, right
Reverse inscription TR • POT • COS III • CENSOR •
Edition Tribunicia Potestate Consul III Censor Tr(ibunicia) Pot(estate) Co(n)s(ul) III Censor
Translation holding tribunician power, consul for the third time, censor
Reverse design winged caduceus between crossed cornucopias
Metal brass
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.73 g
Axis 6
Reference RIC 813 (a–b), BMCRE 891, McAlee 386
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMCRE 891, pl. 43, 7
2 2     P: 5261
3 3     Ljubljana: 349
4 4     Hirsch 166, 1990, lot 844
5 5     NAC 1, 29–30 Mar. 1989, lot 823
6 6     Peus 236, 1–3 Nov. 1989, lot 568
7 7     The New York sale XXV, 5 Jan. 2011, lot 173 = NAC A, 27–8 Feb. 1991, lot 1781
8 8     Lanz 56, 13 May 1991, lot 442
9 9     McAlee coll.
10 10     Richard McAlee coll. = McAlee 386 (this coin illustrated at p. 175) = Peus 340, 2 Nov. 1994, lot 867
11 11     CNG EA 453, 2 Oct. 2019, lot 187 (ex CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 225)
12 12     A. Tricarico Coll.
13 13     Hamburger, 19 Oct. 1925, lot 692
14 14     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 148th Silver Auction, 20 Nov. 2022, lot 454)