RPC II, 2015A

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2015A
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Titus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription [T CA]ES IMP TR POT
Edition T(itus) Caes(ar) Imp(erator) Tr(ibunicia) Pot(estate)
Translation Titus Caesar, Emperor, with tribunician power
Obverse design laureate head of Titus, right
Reverse inscription S C
Edition s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation by decree of the senate
Reverse design in laurel wreath
Metal bronze
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.32 g
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 385A
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Obverse legend of this coin differs from RPC II, 2015 and instead matches that of RPC II, 1996 (orichalcum as struck at Rome for circulation in Syria), but this coin is clearly from the local mint, as shown by its style, 12:00 die axis, and the dot to the left of the SC (R. McAlee)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Richard McAlee coll. = McAlee 385A (this coin illustrated at p. 175)