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 Imperator Domitianus Caesar Divi filius Augustus 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 Divus Vespasianus 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

# Specimen 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