RPC II, 2272A

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 2272A
Province Judaea
Region Syria
City Caesarea Paneas
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus) ; Titus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippa II (king)
Issue Year 26
Dating AD 74/75
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΤΙΤΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Καῖσαρ Δομιτιανός Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Καῖσαρ Τίτος Καῖσαρ Δομιτιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Caesar Domitian
Obverse design cuirassed and laureate bust of Titus, right, facing laureate head of Domitian left
Reverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕΩϹ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΚϚ
Edition Βασιλέως Ἀγρίππα ἔτους κϛʹ Βασιλέως Ἀγρίππα ἔτους κϛʹ
Translation of King Agrippa, of year 26
Reverse design Pan, naked except for goat skin over shoulder, walking left, playing syrinx and holding pedum over left shoulder; to right, tree trunk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 27.86 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note The present chronology adopts the date of AD 60/1 for year 1 of the era used by Agrippa II, which solves a number of issues but gives the problem of having large number of issues of posthumous coinage for Vespasian and Titus.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D. Hendin, ‘A new medallion of Agrippa II’, Israel Numismatic Research 4 (2009), pp. 57–61 = D. Hendin, Guide to Biblical Coins (5th ed, New York, 2010), no. 1281
2 2     Leu 19, 18 Oct. 2025, lot 113
3 3     CNG 99, 13 May 2015, lot 500