RPC II, 2291

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 2291
Province Judaea
Region Syria
City Caesarea Paneas
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Titus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippa II (king)
Issue Year 29
Dating AD 77/78
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΤΙΤΩ ΚΑΙϹ[ΑΡ] ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτορι) Τίτῳ Καῖσαρ(ι) Σεβαστῷ
Translation to Emperor Titus Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Titus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤ(ΟΥ) - ΚΘ ΒΑ / ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ
Edition ἔτου(ς) κθʹ βα(σιλέως) Ἀγρίππα
Translation of year 29, of King Agrippa
Reverse design Nike standing, right, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.27 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer 27, 45a and b
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 12–13: same obv. die.
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     L BMC 26
2 2     L BMC 25
3 3     NY: 1944.100.62877 SNG 292
4 4     J. Samel coll. = Das Heilige Land no. 201 = Künker 334, 17 Mar. 2020, lot 2175
5 5     Private coll. = Meshorer pl. 16, 45a
6 6     Private coll. = Meshorer pl. 16, 45b
7 7     E. Grosswirth coll. = Meshorer pl. 13, 27
8 8     IMJ Sofaer 250
9 9     IMJ Sofaer 251
10 10     IMJ Sofaer 252
11 11     IMJ Sofaer 253
12 12     VAuctions 305, 17 Apr. 2014, lot 233
13 13     ✸ Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 204