RPC II, 2282

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2282
Province Judaea
Region Syria
City Caesarea Paneas
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippa II (king)
Issue Year 27
Dating AD 75/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙ-ΑΝΩ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩ
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τορι) Οὐεσπασιανῷ Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ
Translation to Emperor Vespasian Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΚΖ ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ
Edition ἔτους κζʹ βασιλέως Ἀγρίππα
Translation year 27 of King Agrippa
Reverse design Tyche with kalathos standing, left, holding cornucopia and rudder on globe; in left field, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.54 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer 39, Meshorer, Addendum 39b
Specimens 7 (1 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.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ Sofaer 236 = Meshorer, Addendum pl. 30, 39b
2 2     A. Sofaer coll. = Meshorer pl. 15, 39
3 3     Private coll. = Meshorer pl. 15, 39a
4 4     J. Samel coll. = Das Heilige Land no. 196 = Künker 334, 17 Mar. 2020, lot 2169
5 5     CNG 96, 14 May 2014, lot 671
6 6     NY: 2012.82.63 Sofaer 237
7 7     ✸ Archaeological Center Auction 73 Part I (Tel Aviv, 12 Oct. 2022), lot 51