RPC II, 511

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 511
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Flavian Latin mint in Thrace
Reign Titus
Person (obv.) Augustus (Divus)
Issue Restored issues
Dating AD 80/81
Obverse inscription DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER
Edition Divus Augustus Pater
Translation Divine Augustus, father
Obverse design Augustus seated, left, on curule chair, holding patera and sceptre
Reverse inscription IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII REST, S C
Edition Imp(erator) T(itus) Caes(ar) Divi Vesp(asiani) f(ilius) Aug(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) P(ater) P(atriae) Co(n)s(ul) VIII Rest(ituit) S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation Emperor Titus Caesar, son of the divine Vespasian, Augustus, chief priest, with tribunician power, father of the fatherland, consul for the eighth time, restored, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design large S C
Metal brass
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 25.99 g
Axis 6
Reference Cahn 10
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).tit.399
http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).tit.400
http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).tit.401
http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).tit.402
http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).tit.403
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note Given to 'Flavian mint in Thrace' in RPC II, 511, but attributed to Rome in RIC II (2nd ed.), 399-403. Four variants of this type exist, as detailed in RIC 399-403.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O Cahn pl. 3.5
2 2     C
3 3     C
4 4     ✸ UBS 78, 9 Sept. 2008, lot 1379 (ex Glendining, Platt-Hall coll., 19 July 1950, lot 836)
5 5     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 148th Silver, 20 Nov. 2022, lot 440)