RPC II, 516

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 516
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Flavian Latin mint in Thrace
Reign Titus
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Issue Restored issues
Dating AD 80/81
Obverse inscription TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST IMP VIII
Edition Ti(berius) Caesar Divi Aug(usti) August(us) Imp(erator) VIII
Translation Tiberius Caesar, son of the divine Augustus, Augustus, commander for the eighth time
Obverse design head of Tiberius, left
Reverse inscription IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII REST(ITV), 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 Restitu(it) 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
Metal copper
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.39 g
Axis 7
Reference Cahn 15
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).tit.413
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note Kraay also thought BMCRE 284, pl. 54.11, was an example of this style. -- Corr: Given to 'Flavian mint in Thrace' in RPC II, but attributed to Rome in RIC II (2nd ed.).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Münzhandlung Basel 8, 1937, lot 556 = Cahn pl. 3.7
2 2     O
3 3     O
4 4     MMAG 7, 1948, lot 260
5 5     Trau 308
6 6     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Naumann 117, 5 June 2022, lot 705)