RPC II, 2294

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2294
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 ΚΑΙϹΑ ϹΕΒΑ
Obverse design laureate head of Titus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥ - Λ ΒΑ / ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ
Reverse design Tyche with kalathos standing, left, holding cornucopia and two corn-ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer 50, Meshorer, Addendum 50a
Specimens 5 (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, Addendum pl. 30, 50a
2 2     J-BoI Meshorer pl. 16, 50
3 3     IMJ Sofaer 256
4 4     IMJ Sofaer 257
5 5     ✸ CNG Keystone 9, 18 Jan. 2023, lot 187