RPC II, 524

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 524
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Flavian Latin mint in Thrace
Reign Titus
Person (obv.) Galba (Augustus)
Issue Restored issues
Dating AD 80/81
Obverse inscription IMP SER SVLP GALBA CAESAR AVG TR P
Edition Imp(erator) Ser(vius) Sulp(icius) Galba Caesar Aug(ustus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate)
Translation Emperor Servius Sulpicius Galba Caesar Augustus, with tribunician power
Obverse design laureate head of Galba, right
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
Metal brass
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 24.91 g
Axis 6
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).tit.421
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note Corr: The obverse should read IMP SER SVLP GALBA CAES AVG TR P, and not IMP SER SVLP GALBA CAESAR TR P. Given to 'Flavian mint in Thrace' in RPC II, but attributed to Rome in RIC II (2nd ed.).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMCRE 305, pl. 56.9
2 2     Ljubljana P. Kos and A. Semrov, Roman Imperial Coins and Countermarks of the First Century (Ljubljana, 1995), no. 424
3 3     ✸ B: 18227673
4 4     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Origin Numismatics 2, 22 Oct. 2021, lot 248)