RPC II, 2284

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2284
Province Judaea
Region Syria
City Caesarea Paneas
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Titus (Augustus) ; Domitian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippa II (king)
Issue Year 27
Dating AD 75/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΤΙΤΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Titus, right, facing head of Domitian, left
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΚΖ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΩϹ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ
Reverse design Pan, naked except for goat skin over right shoulder, walking left, playing syrinx and holding pedum over left shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer 41Treasury Treasury 168
Specimens 5 (2 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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll. = Meshorer pl. 15, 41
2 2     J Samel coll. = Das Heiliege Land no. 198 = Künker 334, 17 Mar. 2020, lot 2171
3 3     NY: 2012.82.65 Sofaer 238
4 4     ✸ NY: 2012.82.66 Sofaer 239
5 5     Galst coll. = CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 782