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 Αὐτοκράτορι Τίτῳ Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ Αὐτοκρ(άτορι) Τίτῳ Καίσαρ(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 βασιλέως Ἀγρίππα ἔτου(ς) λʹ βα(σιλέως) Ἀγρίππα
Translation of year 30, 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

# Specimen 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)