RPC II, 2300

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 2300
Province Judaea
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Vespasian (Divus)
Issue Domitian's provincial Judaean coinage, Group 1
Dating AD 81/2
Obverse inscription IMP DOMITIANVS CAESAR DIVI F AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Domitianus Caesar Divi f(ilius) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Domitian Caesar, son of the divine, Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription DIVOS VESPA-SIANVS
Edition Div{o}<u>s Vespasianus
Translation Divine Vespasian
Reverse design veiled figure, holding palm in left hand, ploughing right, with two oxen
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 27.41 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer Suppl. VIII, 1
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ H. Kaufman coll. = Meshorer, Addendum p. 128 and pl. 31
2 2     Tel Aviv Meshorer pl. 36, 1 = I. Carradice, INJ 6–7, 1982–3, pl. 3, 18