RPC II, 2293

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 2293
Province Judaea
Region Syria
City Caesarea Paneas
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Titus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippa II (king)
Issue Year 30
Dating AD 78/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΤΙΤΩ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτορι) Τίτῳ Καῖσαρ(ι) Σεβαστῷ
Translation to Emperor Titus Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Titus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥ - Λ ΒΑ / ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ
Edition ἔτους λʹ βα(σιλέως) Ἀγρίππα
Translation of year 32, of King Agrippa
Reverse design Tyche with kalathos standing, left, holding cornucopia and two corn-ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.26 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer 49
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.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Private coll. = Meshorer pl. 16, 49
2 2     JSW coll.
3 3     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 227th Weekly Blue, 10 Aug. 2024, lot 273)