RPC II, 604

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 604
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Titus (Caesar)
Magistrate Marcus Maecius Rufus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΤΙΤΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣ ΥΙΟΣ
Obverse design laureate head of Titus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΜΑΙΚΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design palm tree; to left, cuirass with helmet and two spears; to right, shield and two spears
Metal brass
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rec 16, Stumpf 366
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
Note The countermark ΜΗΤΒ (= GIC 622) may stand for μητρόπολις Βιθυνίας implying an attribution to Nicomedia. It is found also on 612 and on coins of Nicaea and Claudiopolis (627/5, 629/4, 691/2-3).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1902,0607.3 NC 1903, pl XI.2
2 2     P: 159 Rec pl. XXXV.10
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     vA 6910
5 5     NFA 20, 1988, lot 152
6 6     Hecht (BM photo)
7 7     Gotha
8 8     Budapest
9 9     NFA Dec. 1987, lot 729 = CNG Triton XXV, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 641
10 10     CNG MBS 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 860
11 11     ✸ Naumann 87, 1 Mar. 2020, lot 282
12 12     Zeus Numismatics EA 25, 23 Oct. 2022, lot 260
13 13     priv Coll H.I. (ex Demos 15,13 Jan. 2023, lot 661)