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
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΚΖ ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ
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
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